UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 28, 2017

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

000-55625

38-3930747

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

405 Park Avenue, 4^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

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

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On September 28, 2017, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s advisor, American Realty Capital Healthcare III Advisors, LLC, the Company’s property manager, American Realty Capital Healthcare III Properties, LLC, and AR Global Investments, LLC, as guarantor, entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the letter agreement among those parties dated June 16, 2017 (the “Letter Agreement”).

The purpose of the Amendment is to update the Letter Agreement to reflect the parties’ expectations that the closing of the asset sale contemplated by the purchase agreement, dated June 16, 2017, by and among the Company, Healthcare Trust, Inc. and the other parties thereto will be on a later date than initially anticipated.

The foregoing summary description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Amendment, dated as of September 28, 2017, to the Letter Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2017, by and among American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc., American Realty Capital Healthcare III Advisors, LLC and AR Global Investments, LLC

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc.

Date: October 4, 2017	By:	/s/ W. Todd Jensen
		W. Todd Jensen
		Interim Chief Executive Officer and President

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