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): January 7, 2015

Resource Capital Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-506-3899

(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:

Underwriting Agreement

On January 7, 2015, Resource Capital Corp. (the “Company”) and Resource Capital Manager, Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.00% convertible senior notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Company also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $15.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes in connection with the Offering (as defined below) solely to cover over-allotments. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, indemnification provisions and closing conditions.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report and incorporated herein by this reference.

Completion of Public Offering of Convertible Senior Notes

On January 13, 2015, the Company completed its registered underwritten public offering of $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Offering”).

The Notes (and the shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) issuable upon conversion of the Notes) were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-195844) (the “Registration Statement”), which was filed and deemed automatically effective on May 9, 2014. The Offering was made pursuant to the prospectus supplement dated January 7, 2015 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), and the accompanying prospectus dated May 9, 2014, constituting a part of the Registration Statement.

The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the Offering were approximately $96.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including acquisition of investments, and originations of loans, as well as for working capital.

Supplemental Indenture

In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into a second supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), to the base indenture dated as of October 21, 2013 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), with respect to the Notes, pursuant to which the Notes were issued.

Interest on the Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2015. The Notes will mature on January 15, 2020 unless earlier repurchased or converted. Upon conversion, holders of the Notes will receive shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares, at the Company’s election. If the Company undergoes a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Indenture), subject to certain conditions, holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of such holders’ Notes. The fundamental change repurchase

price for the Notes will be 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

At any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert any or all of their Notes into shares of Common Stock at the applicable conversion rate.

Any conversion of Notes into shares of Common Stock will be subject to certain ownership limitations (as more fully described in the Indenture). The initial conversion rate for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes is 187.4414 shares of Common Stock, equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $5.34 per share of Common Stock, which is an approximate 10.0% premium to the closing price of the Common Stock on January 7, 2015. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the maturity date.

The foregoing description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the previously filed Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this report and incorporated herein by this reference.

The information required by this Item 2.03 relating to the Notes and the Indenture is contained in Item 1.01 above and is incorporated herein by reference.

Attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report is a copy of the opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP relating to the validity of the Notes sold in the Offering and the validity of the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Notes. Attached as Exhibit 8.1 to this Current Report is a copy of the opinion of Ledgewood P.C. relating to certain tax matters. Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 attached to this report are incorporated by reference in their entirety into the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURE(S)

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.

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