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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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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