American Realty Capital Properties Names Lauren Goldberg as General Counsel

PHOENIX, June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. ARCP ("ARCP" or the "Company") announced today the hiring of Lauren Goldberg as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

Ms. Goldberg's experience includes general counsel for a public company, as an Assistant United States Attorney and in private practice. "Lauren's well-rounded background across regulatory matters, compliance, securities law, litigation, M&A and financing provides the experience we need to navigate the Company's current landscape," explained Glenn J. Rufrano, Chief Executive Officer of ARCP. "She will work closely with our leadership team to enhance corporate governance and increase transparency with our stakeholders, while managing our in-house legal teams."

Ms. Goldberg most recently served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for global cosmetics company Revlon. In this role, she was responsible for all aspects of Revlon's legal and regulatory affairs, served on the senior operating committee and oversaw Revlon's corporate governance matters. Additionally, Ms. Goldberg served as Senior Vice President – Law for MacAndrews & Forbes Inc.; Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York; and as an Associate with both Stillman & Friedman, P.C. and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Ms. Goldberg also has prior accounting experience as an associate at Coopers & Lybrand. She received her law degree from the Columbia Law School and her undergraduate degree in accounting from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Goldberg's appointment, which was effective May 26, 2015, follows the decision by Richard Silfen, ARCP's previous General Counsel, to return to private practice at his prior law firm, Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia.

About the Company
ARCP is a leading, full-service real estate operating company with investment management capability. ARCP owns, acquires, manages, leases and finances a diversified portfolio of retail, restaurant, office and industrial real estate assets with a total asset book value of $20.3 billion including approximately 4,650 properties totaling 102 million square feet. Additionally, ARCP manages $6.1 billion of gross real estate investments on behalf of the Cole Capital® non-traded REITs. ARCP is a publicly traded Maryland corporation listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. Additional information about ARCP can be found on its website at www.arcpreit.com. ARCP may disseminate important information regarding it and its operations, including financial information, through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Forward Looking Statements 
Information set forth herein may contain "forward-looking statements" (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), which reflect ARCP's expectations regarding future events.  Forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Generally, the words "expects," "anticipates," "targets," "goals," "projects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, and any statements regarding ARCP's future financial condition, results of operations and business are also forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond ARCP's control.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in forward-looking statements: ARCP's ability to address its current legal landscape; and the developments disclosed herein. Additional factors that may affect future results are contained in ARCP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which are available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The forward-looking statements contained herein reflect ARCP's beliefs, assumptions and expectations regarding ARCP's future performance, taking into account all information currently available to it. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties and can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to ARCP. If a change occurs, ARCP's business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in its forward-looking statements. ARCP disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes, except as required by law.

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