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American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 3/23/18, at 6:10pm ET   ·   As of:  3/26/18   ·   For:  12/31/17   ·   Accession #:  1609234-18-4   ·   File #:  0-55625

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 3/26/18  American Realty Cap Healthca… Inc 10-K       12/31/17   89:8.7M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        10-K Hti 12.31.2017                                 HTML    959K 
 2: EX-21.1     Exhibit 21.1 List of Subsidiaries                   HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 Principal Executive Officer            HTML     33K 
                Certification                                                    
 4: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 Principal Financial Officer            HTML     33K 
                Certification                                                    
 5: EX-32       Exhibit 32 Principal Executive Officer and          HTML     27K 
                Financial Officer Certification                                  
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     53K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statement of Net Assets                HTML     59K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     99K 
15: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     47K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets     HTML     34K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     89K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     82K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
19: R8          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML    131K 
20: R9          Organization                                        HTML     35K 
21: R10         Purchase Agreement and Plan of Liquidation          HTML     60K 
22: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    126K 
23: R12         Net Assets in Liquidation                           HTML     46K 
24: R13         Liability for Estimated Costs During Liquidation    HTML     46K 
                (Notes)                                                          
25: R14         Real Estate Investments                             HTML     93K 
26: R15         Mortgage Note Payable                               HTML     46K 
27: R16         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     42K 
28: R17         Common Stock                                        HTML     60K 
29: R18         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements         HTML    124K 
30: R19         Economic Dependency                                 HTML     29K 
31: R20         Equity-Based Compensation                           HTML     57K 
32: R21         Non-Controlling Interests                           HTML     48K 
33: R22         Net Income (Loss) Per Share                         HTML     82K 
34: R23         Segment Reporting                                   HTML    198K 
35: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
36: R25         Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation -          HTML     49K 
                Schedule III                                                     
37: R26         Quarterly Results (Unaudited)                       HTML     82K 
38: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
39: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    148K 
                (Policies)                                                       
40: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     73K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R30         Net Assets in Liquidation (Tables)                  HTML     39K 
42: R31         Liability for Estimated Costs During Liquidation    HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R32         Real Estate Investments (Tables)                    HTML     78K 
44: R33         Mortgage Note Payable (Tables)                      HTML     49K 
45: R34         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     38K 
46: R35         Common Stock (Tables)                               HTML     38K 
47: R36         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements         HTML     81K 
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R37         Equity-Based Compensation (Tables)                  HTML     51K 
49: R38         Non-Controlling Interests (Tables)                  HTML     43K 
50: R39         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                HTML     85K 
51: R40         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML    193K 
52: R41         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Tables)              HTML     82K 
53: R42         Organization (Details)                              HTML     42K 
54: R43         Purchase Agreement and Plan of Liquidation          HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
56: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     43K 
                (Components of Income Tax Expense) (Details)                     
57: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Distributions) (Details)                                        
58: R47         Net Assets in Liquidation (Details)                 HTML     51K 
59: R48         Liability for Estimated Costs During Liquidation    HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         Real Estate Investments (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     81K 
61: R50         Real Estate Investments (Acquired Assets)           HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R51         Real Estate Investments (Schedule of Acquired       HTML     44K 
                Intangible Assets and Liabilities) (Details)                     
63: R52         Real Estate Investments (Summary of Amortization    HTML     42K 
                and Accretion Recognized) (Details)                              
64: R53         Mortgage Note Payable (Mortgage Note) (Details)     HTML     42K 
65: R54         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     41K 
66: R55         Common Stock (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     74K 
67: R56         Common Stock (Cumulative Share Repurchases)         HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements         HTML     35K 
                (Ownership) (Details)                                            
69: R58         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements         HTML     30K 
                (Purchase Agreement) (Details)                                   
70: R59         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements         HTML     64K 
                (Letter Agreement) (Details)                                     
71: R60         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements (Fees   HTML     29K 
                Paid in Connection with the IPO, Offering Costs                  
                and Reimbursements) (Details)                                    
72: R61         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements (Fees   HTML     83K 
                Paid in Connection With the Operations of the                    
                Company) (Details)                                               
73: R62         Related Party Transactions and Arrangements (Fees   HTML     64K 
                Paid in Connection With the Operations of the                    
                Company, Incurred, Forgiven and Payable) (Details)               
74: R63         Equity-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     49K 
75: R64         Equity-Based Compensation (Activity) (Details)      HTML     52K 
76: R65         Non-Controlling Interests (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     30K 
77: R66         Non-Controlling Interests (Investment Agreements    HTML     51K 
                with Third Parties) (Details)                                    
78: R67         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Calculation of EPS)    HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R68         Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Antidilutive           HTML     36K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
80: R69         Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     27K 
81: R70         Segment Reporting (Reconciliation of Segment        HTML     90K 
                Activity) (Details)                                              
82: R71         Segment Reporting (Reconciliation of Segment        HTML     50K 
                Activity to Assets) (Details)                                    
83: R72         Segment Reporting (Summary of Capital               HTML     35K 
                Expenditures) (Details)                                          
84: R73         Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation -          HTML     43K 
                Schedule III (Summary of Activity for Real Estate                
                and Accumulated Depreciation)                                    
85: R74         Quarterly Results (Unaudited) (Details)             HTML     54K 
86: R75         Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     34K 
88: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    159K 
87: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    107K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- hct-20171231                        XML   2.43M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hct-20171231_cal                XML    216K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hct-20171231_lab                      XML   1.66M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hct-20171231_pre               XML   1.00M 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hct-20171231                          XSD    218K 
89: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001609234-18-000004-xbrl      Zip    255K 


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This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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