American Realty Capital Properties Executive Management Team to Ring the Bell on NASDAQ

NEW YORK--()--American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., (“ARCP” or the “Company”) announced today that members of its executive management team will ring the opening bell at NASDAQ on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Representing ARCP at the event will be Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Nicholas S. Schorsch and President and Chief Operating Officer William M. Kahane as well as various members of the Company’s leadership team. The ceremony will take place at the NASDAQ MarketSite Studio in Times Square New York at 9:30 am ET.

The ceremonial ringing of the bell commemorates the closing of the Company’s initial public offering of 5,580,000 shares of common stock at a price of $12.50 per share for proceeds of $69,750,000 on September 7, 2011. The shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “ARCP” at 3 P.M. on September 7, 2011.

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. is a newly organized Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on owning and acquiring single tenant freestanding commercial properties subject to net leases with high credit quality tenants.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different.

Contacts

DeFazio Communications, LLC
Anthony J. DeFazio, 484-532-7783
tony@defaziocommunications.com
or
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
Brian S. Block, EVP & CFO
212-415-6500
bblock@arlcap.com

Release Summary

American Realty Capital Properties, a single tenant net leased REIT, will ring the bell on NASDAQ at the NASDAQ MarketSite Studio in Times Square New York, Tuesday September 13th at 9:30 a.m ET.

Contacts

DeFazio Communications, LLC
Anthony J. DeFazio, 484-532-7783
tony@defaziocommunications.com
or
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
Brian S. Block, EVP & CFO
212-415-6500
bblock@arlcap.com