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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549  

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

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

 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2012

 
Resource Capital Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

Maryland
 
1-32733
 
20-2287134
(State or other jurisdiction or incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
712 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY
     
10019
(Address of principal executive offices)
     
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  212-974-1708
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.07                      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 7, 2012, our stockholders: (i) re-elected eight directors, Messrs. Walter T. Beach, Edward E. Cohen, Jonathan Z. Cohen, William B. Hart, Gary Ickowicz, Steven J. Kessler, Murray S. Levin and P. Sherrill Neff to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2013; and (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

The voting results were as follows:

Election of Directors
 
Shares For
 
Shares Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Mr. Beach
 
32,556,596
 
1,431,486
 
38,783,424
Mr. E. Cohen
 
29,585,303
 
4,402,779
 
38,783,424
Mr. J. Cohen
 
30,257,799
 
3,730,283
 
38,783,424
Mr. Hart
 
32,902,336
 
1,085,746
 
38,783,424
Mr. Ickowicz
 
33,072,741
 
915,340
 
38,783,424
Mr. Kessler
 
31,185,400
 
2,802,682
 
38,783,424
Mr. Levin
 
30,758,673
 
3,229,409
 
38,783,424
Mr. Neff
 
32,645,526
 
1,342,556
 
38,783,424

A proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
71,905,295
 
426,218
 
439,992
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Resource Capital Corp.

Date:  June 11, 2012
/s/         Michael S. Yecies
 
 
Michael S. Yecies
 
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary