RSO 2015 Voting Results


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                                

FORM 8-K

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 3, 2015
Resource Capital Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

Maryland
 
1-32733
 
20-2287134
(State or other jurisdiction
of 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)

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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 3, 2015, our stockholders: (i) re-elected 10 directors, Messrs. Walter T. Beach, Edward E. Cohen, Jonathan Z. Cohen, Richard L. Fore, William B. Hart, Gary Ickowicz, Steven J. Kessler, Murray S. Levin and P. Sherrill Neff and Ms. Stephanie H. Wiggins to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders in 2016; and (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015.
The voting results were as follows:
Election of Directors
 
Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
Mr. Beach
 
57,395,291
 
1,915,598
 
448,498
 
55,407,223
Mr. E. Cohen
 
52,445,920
 
6,929,857
 
383,610
 
55,407,223
Mr. J. Cohen
 
52,875,396
 
6,486,442
 
397,549
 
55,407,223
Mr. Fore
 
57,723,811
 
1,582,015
 
453,561
 
55,407,223
Mr. Hart
 
57,756,024
 
1,552,481
 
450,883
 
55,407,223
Mr. Ickowicz
 
57,688,916
 
1,599,315
 
471,156
 
55,407,223
Mr. Kessler
 
57,675,203
 
1,648,070
 
436,114
 
55,407,223
Mr. Levin
 
53,965,712
 
5,327,195
 
466,480
 
55,407,223
Mr. Neff
 
57,282,807
 
2,011,889
 
464,691
 
55,407,223
Ms. Wiggins
 
57,734,017
 
1,582,988
 
442,382
 
55,407,223
A proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015:
Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Abstentions
112,071,051
 
1,973,185
 
1,122,374





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 5, 2015
/s/ Michael S. Yecies
 
Michael S. Yecies
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary