UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

to

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 25, 2015

RCS Capital Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On June 25, 2015, RCS Capital Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following proposals: (i) the election of seven members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Directors”) to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified; (ii) an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A common stock”), the Company is authorized to issue to 300,000,000 shares (the “Certificate Amendment”); (iii) ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015; (iv) a non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes (commonly referred to as “say-on-frequency”); and (v) an amendment to the RCS Capital Corporation Equity Plan (the “Equity Plan Amendment”).

Holders of the shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and the holder of the sole outstanding share of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class B common stock”), is entitled to one vote more than the votes of the outstanding Class A common stock. Holders of the shares of Class A common stock and the holder of the sole share of Class B common stock voted together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

The full results of the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below:

Proposal No. 1 — Election of the Directors:

Proposal No. 2 — Approval of the Certificate Amendment:

On June 29, 2015, the Company filed the Certificate Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, at which time the Certificate Amendment became effective.

A copy of the Certificate Amendment will be filed with Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ending June 30, 2015.

Proposal No. 3 — Ratification of the appointment of PwC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015:

Proposal No. 4 — A non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes (commonly referred to as “say-on-frequency”):

Proposal No. 5 — Approval of the Equity Plan Amendment:

No other proposals were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

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 thereunto duly authorized.