UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 16, 2013 (February 2628, 2013) Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

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~~TAU~~TIGER ACQUISITION, LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland	000-54690	2790-~~3715929~~0940668
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)	(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212) 415-6500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 51.0701. ~~Submission~~Entry ofinto ~~Matters to~~ a ~~Vote~~Material ofDefinitive ~~Security Holders~~Agreement.

AOn ~~special~~February ~~meeting~~28, of2013, ~~the~~American ~~stockholders~~Realty Capital Operating Partnership III, L.P. (the “~~Special~~Company ~~Meeting~~Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Contribution and Exchange Agreement (the “Contribution and Exchange Agreement”) with American Realty Capital Trust III Special Limited Partner, LLC (the “Special Limited Partner”), a Delaware limited liability company and the holder of the special limited partner interest (the “SLP Interest”) in the Company Operating Partnership, and ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “ARCP Operating Partnership”), ~~was~~a ~~held~~Delaware onlimited ~~February~~partnership and the operating partnership of ARCP (as 26defined below). The SLP Interest entitles the Special Limited Partner to receive certain distributions from the Company Operating Partnership, ~~2013~~including a subordinated distribution of net sales proceeds resulting from an “investment liquidity event” (as defined in the agreement of limited partnership of the Company Operating Partnership). ~~Set~~The ~~forth~~Merger (as defined below) ~~are~~constitutes an “investment liquidity event,” as a result of which the Special ~~voting~~Limited ~~results~~Partner, in connection with management’s successful attainment of the 6% performance hurdle and the return to the Company’s stockholders of $557.3 million in addition to their initial investment, was entitled to receive a subordinated distribution of net sales proceeds from the Company Operating Partnership in an amount equal to approximately $98.4 million (the “Subordinated Distribution Amount”). Pursuant to the Contribution and Exchange Agreement, the Special ~~Meeting~~Limited Partner contributed its SLP Interest (with a value equal to the Subordinated Distribution Amount), together with $750,000 in cash, to the Company Operating Partnership in exchange for an amount of common units of equity ownership of the Company Operating Partnership equivalent to 7,318,356 common units of equity ownership of the ARCP Operating Partnership, which were automatically converted into such ARCP Operating Partnership common units upon consummation of the Partnership Merger (as defined below).

1.The ToCompany ~~approve~~and the ~~merger~~Company ofOperating ~~the~~Partnership ~~Company~~were ~~with~~both ~~and~~sponsored by ~~into~~AR ~~Tau Acquisition~~Capital, LLC (“~~Merger Sub~~ARC”). ~~pursuant~~Certain toexecutive ~~the~~officers ~~merger~~and ~~agreement~~directors ~~(“Merger~~of ~~Agreement”),~~the ~~dated~~Company ~~December~~are ~~14,~~principals ~~2012,~~of byARC. ~~and~~ARC ~~among~~indirectly wholly-owns ~~American~~the ~~Realty~~Special ~~Capital~~Limited ~~Properties, Inc~~Partner., ARC ~~Properties~~and ~~Operating~~its ~~Partnership~~affiliates have provided investment, ~~L.P.~~management, ~~Merger~~advisory ~~Sub,~~and fund raising services to the Company and ~~American~~the ~~Realty~~Company ~~Capital~~ Operating Partnership ~~III~~, ~~L.P.~~for ~~and~~which ~~the~~they ~~other~~were ~~transactions~~paid ~~contemplated~~fees byand ~~the~~reimbursed ~~Merger~~for ~~Agreement~~certain expenses.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
122,052,434		640,063		1,358,253		0

This summary description of the material terms of the Contribution and Exchange Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the Contribution and Exchange Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

2Item 3.03. ToMaterial ~~adjourn~~Modification ~~the Special Meeting~~ to aRights ~~later date or dates, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor~~ of ~~the~~Security ~~proposal to approve the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement~~Holders.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
117,593,458		2,053,690		4,403,602		0

At the effective time of the Merger, which occurred on February 28, 2013 (the “Effective Time”), each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive (i) 0.95 of a share of common stock of ARCP (as defined below) (“Stock Consideration”) for those stockholders of the Company who made a stock election or who failed to make an election by the election deadline in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement (as defined below) or (ii) $12.00 in cash (“Cash Consideration” and together with “Stock Consideration,” the “Merger Consideration”) for those stockholders of the Company who made a cash election pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The aggregate amount of Cash Consideration payable to those stockholders of the Company who made a cash election pursuant to the Merger Agreement was approximately $350.7 million. In connection with the Partnership Merger, each outstanding unit of equity ownership of the Company Operating Partnership was converted into the right to receive 0.95 of the same class of unit of equity ownership in the ARCP Operating Partnership.

NoIn ~~other~~addition, ~~proposals~~immediately ~~were~~prior ~~submitted~~ to a ~~vote~~the ofEffective Time, the vesting of certain shares of Company’s ~~stockholders~~restricted atstock was accelerated, and each such share was entitled to receive the ~~Special~~Merger ~~Meeting~~Consideration.

~~SIGNATURES~~Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

~~Pursuant~~On toFebruary 28, 2013, the ~~requirements~~Company completed its merger (the “Merger”) with Tiger Acquisition, LLC (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ARCP”), whereby the ~~Securities~~Company merged ~~Exchange~~with ~~Act~~and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of ~~1934~~ARCP (the “Surviving Entity”). The Merger was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 14, 2012 (the ~~registrant~~“Merger ~~has~~Agreement”), by ~~duly~~and ~~caused~~among ~~this~~the ~~report~~Company, ARCP, Merger Sub, the Company Operating Partnership, and the ARCP Operating Partnership. In addition, pursuant to bethe ~~signed~~Merger onAgreement, the Company Operating Partnership completed its ~~behalf~~merger by(the “Partnership Merger”) with and into the ~~undersigned~~ARCP Operating Partnership, with the ARCP Operating ~~hereunto~~Partnership ~~duly~~being ~~authorized~~the surviving entity.

	TAU ACQUISITION, LLC
	BY: AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., its sole member
Date: March 1, 2013	By: /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
		Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
		Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

The Merger became effective upon the filing of the Articles of Merger with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland and the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with an effective date of February 28, 2013. The Partnership Merger became effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with an effective date of February 28, 2013.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 17, 2012.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, each of the following members of the Company’s Board of Directors resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time: Scott J. Bowman; David Gong; Edward G. Rendell; Nicholas S. Schorsch; and Edward M. Weil, Jr. These resignations were not a result of any disagreements between the Company and the current directors on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices and solely occurred in connection with the closing of the Merger.

Simultaneous with the resignations described above and solely in connection with the closing of the Merger, each of the following officers of the Company resigned, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time: Nicholas S. Schorsch as Chief Executive Officer; Edward M. Weil, Jr. as President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and Secretary; Brian S. Block as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Peter M. Budko as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, at the Effective Time, (i) the certificate of formation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Merger became the certificate of formation of the Surviving Entity, and (ii) the limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Merger became the limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Contribution and Exchange Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2013, among the Company Operating Partnership, the ARCP Operating Partnership and the Special Limited Partner

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Tiger Acquisition, LLC, as successor to American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	TIGER ACQUISITION, LLC

	BY:	AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC., its sole member

Date: March 6, 2013	By:	/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
		Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
		Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors

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