American Realty Capital Continues Growth with Addition of Louisa Quarto to American...

American Realty Capital Continues Growth with Addition of Louisa Quarto to American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC.

BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
American Realty Capital has named Louisa Quarto as Senior Vice
President of American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC, the external
manager of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a Real Estate
Investment Trust. The REIT acquires and operates a portfolio of
commercial real estate primarily consisting of single-tenant
properties net leased to high credit quality tenants throughout the
United States. Ms. Quarto will be responsible for building the
independent broker-dealer selling group and overseeing compliance
activities for Realty Capital Securities, LLC.

With more than 15 years experience in the financial services
industry, Ms. Quarto was with W. P. Carey & Co. LLC for over 12 years,
most recently as Executive Director and Chief Management Officer of
Carey Financial, LLC, the broker-dealer subsidiary of W. P. Carey,
where she managed relationships with the broker-dealers that were part
of the CPA(R) REIT selling groups.

Ms. Quarto earned a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University and
an MBA in Finance and Marketing from The Stern School of Business at
New York University. She holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 24 licenses and
is a member of the Investment Program Association's Board of Trustees
as well as its Treasurer and Chair of its Finance Committee.

"We are excited to bring Louisa onboard to continue building a
senior management team with extensive finance and real estate
investment experience," said Nicholas S. Schorsch, CEO of American
Realty Capital and former CEO of American Financial Realty Trust
(NYSE:AFR). "Her specific experience building relationships with REIT
broker-dealers will increase industry awareness of American Realty
Capital Trust, thereby strengthening its core business and its benefit
to investors."

American Realty Capital was formed by Nicholas S. Schorsch and
William M. Kahane. As CEO and board member, the two were behind the
growth of American Financial Realty Trust, where they acquired over
1,500 properties valued at more than $5 billion. In the last five
years, ARC's executive team has collectively negotiated and closed on
over $7 billion of bank branch and net lease real estate.

Ms. Quarto resides in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

For more information, visit www.americanrealtycap.com.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements as
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results and trends could differ materially from those set forth
in such statements due to various factors.

American Realty Capital
Sarah Fisher, 857-350-9521
sfisher@rcsecurities.com

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