Exhibit 10.4

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR
INCENTIVE RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN OF
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.
 
WHEREAS, American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc. (the “Company”)
maintains the Employee and Director Incentive Restricted Share Plan (the
“Plan”);
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan, the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Board”) may at any time amend the Plan; and
 
WHEREAS, the Board desires to amend the Plan as set forth herein.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan, effective as of August 8,
2017:

1.
The definition of “Advisory Agreement” in Section 1.2 is hereby deleted and
replaced in its entirety with:

“‘Advisory Agreement’ shall mean that agreement dated November 15, 2015, by and
among the Company, the Advisor and New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., as
may be amended from time to time.”

2.
The definition of “Fair Market Value” in Section 1.2 is hereby deleted and
replaced in its entirety with:

“‘Fair Market Value’ means with respect to Shares:

(i)
If the Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market
system, their Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for the Shares,
or the mean between the high bid and low asked prices if no sales were reported,
as quoted on such system or exchange (or, if the Shares are listed on more than
one exchange, then on the largest such exchange) for the date the value is to be
determined (or if there are no sales or bids for such date, then for the last
preceding business day on which there were sales or bids), as reported in The
Wall Street Journal.

(ii)
If the Shares are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling
prices are not reported, or if there is no secondary trading market for the
Shares, their Fair Market Value shall be the Company’s estimated net asset value
per Share, calculated pursuant to the valuation guidelines adopted by the Board
and published by the Company.”

3.
Section 6.1 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        
Exhibit 10.4

“Automatic Grant. Without further action of the Board or the Committee,
Non-Employee Directors shall receive an Award of a number of Restricted Shares
equal to the quotient of (A) 30,000 divided by (B) the Fair Market Value of a
Share as of the Grant Date of such Award, and such Award shall be made on each
of (i) the date of such Non-Employee Director’s initial election to the Board
and (ii) the date of each annual stockholders’ meeting of the Company thereafter
and, in each case, notwithstanding Section 5.1(c), each such date will be the
Grant Date of such Award.”
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board has approved the amendment to the Plan as set
forth herein and authorized the undersigned officer of the Company to execute
this amendment and the undersigned has caused this amendment to be executed this
8th day of August, 2017.

HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.
    
By: /s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr.                
Name: Edward M. Weil, Jr.
Title: Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary