CapLease Announces Record Date for Special Stockholders Meeting in Connection with Merger

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CapLease, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: LSE) today announced that it has established the close of business on July 12, 2013 as the record date for its special meeting to vote on the proposed merger of the Company with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ARCP”), and the other transactions contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated May 28, 2013, among the Company, ARCP and certain of their respective affiliates, and other related proposals. The Company expects to establish the special meeting date and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission definitive proxy materials related to the proposed merger as soon as reasonably practicable.