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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 19, 2015

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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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
2929 Arch St., 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19104
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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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

 

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:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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 20, 2015, pursuant to the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement dated April 13, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”), the voting results were as follows:

  (a)   Proposal 1. Each of the following nominees was elected to the Board of Trustees as follows:

                                                                                 
 
                                                                               
Trustee       Votes For       Votes Against       Votes Abstain         Broker Non-Vote
                                 
Scott F. Schaeffer
            42,315,779                   659,373                   165,713                   30,873,322      
Andrew Batinovich
            42,239,850                   744,480                   156,533                   30,873,323      
Edward S. Brown
            38,297,583                   3,971,459                   871,823                   30,873,322      
Frank A. Farnesi
            38,505,499                   3,758,749                   876,616                   30,873,323      
S. Kristin Kim
            38,440,170                   3,848,865                   851,829                   30,873,322      
Jon C. Sarkisian
            41,717,024                   1,267,175                   156,664                   30,873,323      
Andrew M. Silberstein
            41,809,568                   1,176,504                   154,792                   30,873,322      
Murray Stempel, III
            41,648,670                   1,336,199                   155,994                   30,873,323      

(b)   Proposal 2. The proposal to approve the selection of KPMG LLP as RAIT’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was approved as follows:

                     
 
                   
Votes for
            68,122,704      
Votes against
            5,402,759      
Votes abstain
            488,724      
Broker non-votes
            0      

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 19, 2015, RAIT issued a press release announcing the pricing of a non-recourse, floating-rate commercial mortgage backed securities transaction. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. On May 22, 2015, this transaction was completed.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

         
Exhibit No.  
Description
  99.1    
Press Release


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 26, 2015   By:   /s/ James J. Sebra
       
        Name: James J. Sebra
        Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.1
  Press Release