As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2012

Registration No. 333-169533

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

to

Form S-11

FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

Cole Credit Property Trust IV, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Governing Instruments)

2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

(602) 778-8700

(Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Cole Credit Property Trust IV, Inc.

2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

(602) 778-8700

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Lauren Burnham Prevost, Esq.

Heath D. Linsky, Esq.

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

1600 Atlanta Financial Center

3343 Peachtree Road, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30326-1044

(404) 233-7000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:    As soon as practicable following effectiveness of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box:    þ

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    þ Registration No. 333-169533

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box.    ¨

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-169533) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely to add certain exhibits not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(b) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement.

101.INS***	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH***	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL***	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF***	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB***	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE***	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

*** XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is deemed not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this amended Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on the 23rd day of July, 2012.

COLE CREDIT PROPERTY TRUST IV, INC.
By:	/s/    D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.
	D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.
	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amended Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name	Title	Date
* Christopher H. Cole	Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)	July 23, 2012
/s/ D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.     D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)	July 23, 2012
/s/ Simon J. Misselbrook       Simon J. Misselbrook	Senior Vice President of Accounting (Principal Accounting Officer)	July 23, 2012
* Lawrence S. Jones	Director	July 23, 2012
*     J. Marc Myers	Director	July 23, 2012
* Marc T. Nemer	Director	July 23, 2012
*     Scott P. Sealy, Sr.	Director	July 23, 2012

*By:	/s/    D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.
	D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.
	Attorney-in-Fact