UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): | May 14, 2013 |
RAIT Financial Trust
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 1-14760 | 23-2919819 |
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_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 2929 Arch St., 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 19104 | |
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___________ (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (215) 243-9000 |
Not Applicable
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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 RAIT Financial Trust’s (“RAIT”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 14, 2013 pursuant to the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement dated March 28, 2013, the voting results were as follows with respect to the matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders:
(a) Proposal 1. Each of the following nominees was elected to the Board as follows:
| Trustee | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott F. Schaeffer |
28,482,415 | 512,142 | 56,930 | 22,906,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Batinovich |
28,673,417 | 318,648 | 59,423 | 22,906,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward S. Brown |
28,441,914 | 549,237 | 60,336 | 22,906,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank A. Farnesi |
28,662,407 | 331,742 | 57,338 | 22,906,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S. Kristin Kim |
28,621,689 | 374,962 | 54,838 | 22,906,130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Makadon |
28,428,891 | 570,661 | 51,935 | 22,906,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jon C. Sarkisian |
28,658,354 | 340,164 | 52,970 | 22,906,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew M. Silberstein |
28,556,850 | 369,822 | 124,817 | 22,906,130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray Stempel, III |
24,919,136 | 4,076,410 | 55,942 | 22,906,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(b) Proposal 2. The proposal to approve the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as RAIT’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 was approved as follows:
Votes for
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50,592,244 | |||||||
Votes against
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1,236,337 | |||||||
Votes abstained
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129,039 | |||||||
Broker non-votes
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0 |
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.
| RAIT Financial Trust | ||||
| May 17, 2013 | By: |
/s/ James J. Sebra
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| Name: James J. Sebra | ||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||