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): March 12, 2013

Resource America, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware
 
0-4408
 
72-0654145
(State of Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
One Crescent Drive, Suite 203
Navy Yard Corporate Center
Philadelphia, PA
 
 
 
19112
(Address of Principal Executive
 
 
 
(Zip Code)
Offices)
 
 
 
 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 215-546-5005

(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 the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held on March 12, 2013, the stockholders: (i) elected three directors, Messrs. Michael Bradley, Edward Cohen, and Andrew Lubin, to serve three-year terms expiring at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders in 2016; and (ii) ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.
The voting results were as follows:
Election of Directors
 
Shares For
 
Shares Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Mr. Bradley
 
14,039,763
 
196,029

 
5,137,280
Mr. Cohen
 
10,716,451
 
3,519,341

 
5,137,280
Mr. Lubin
 
12,109,994
 
2,125,798

 
5,137,280

A proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013:
Shares For
 
Shares Against
 
Abstentions
19,285,753
 
79,266
 
8,054


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 America, Inc.
 
 
Date: March 15, 2013
/s/ Michael S. Yecies   
 
Michael S. Yecies
 
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary