UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q/A


(Amendment
No. 2)


(Mark One) x
    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012


OR


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    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the transition period from _________ to __________


Commission file number: 000-54688


AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland
    
    27-3306391(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
    
    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)405 Park Ave., 15thFloor New York, NY
    
    10022(Address of principal executive offices)
    
    (Zip Code)(212) 415-6500(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)





Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes  ̈ No





Indicate by check mark whether the registrant submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web Site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). x Yes  ̈ No





Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer ̈
    
    Accelerated filer ̈Non-accelerated filerx
    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
    Smaller reporting company ̈





Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  ̈ Yes x No





The
number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock on October 31, 2012 40,320,035










Explanatory Note



On November 13, 2012, due to a
clerical error, Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A (“Amendment No. 1”) to American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust,
Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Original Filing”) was filed without a signature page and revised
exhibit index. American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. is submitting this Amendment No. 2 to Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A herewith solely for the purposes of including a signature page and revised exhibit index, as included herein.



Except as set forth above, we have not
modified or updated disclosures presented in the Original Filing and Amendment No. 1 to reflect events or developments that have
occurred after the date of the Original Filing and Amendment No. 1. Among other things, forward-looking statements made in the
Original Filing and Amendment No. 1 have not been revised to reflect events, results or developments that have occurred or facts
that have become known to us after the Original Filing and Amendment No. 1 (other than as discussed above), and such forward-looking
statements should be read in their historical context. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 2 should be read in conjunction with the
Original Filing and Amendment No. 1 and our other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing and
Amendment No. 1.















SIGNATURES



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

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Date: November 13, 2012













EXHIBITS INDEX



The following exhibits are included in
this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 (and are numbered
in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

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|Exhibit No. |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|4.1 *       |  | Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Operating Partnership, L.P.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|10.2 **     |  | Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement by and among American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Operating Partnership, L.P. and American Realty Capital Healthcare Advisors, LLC dated as of November 12, 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|10.28 *     |  | First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents, dated as of October 25, 2012, by and among American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Operating Partnership, L.P., American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., Key Bank National Association and the other lenders thereto                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|10.29 *     |  | Assignment, Assumption and Allocation Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2012, by and among American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. and American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Operating Partnership, L.P.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|31.1 *      |  | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|31.2 *      |  | Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|32 *        |  | Written statements of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|101 *       |  | XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2012, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information in furnished and not filed for purpose of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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|*  | Filed as an exhibit to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 filed with the SEC on November 13, 2012                     
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|** | Filed as an exhibit to Registrant’s Amendment
No. 1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 filed with the SEC on November 13, 2012