Rait Financial Trust 8K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland	1-14760	23-2919819
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

2929 Arch St., 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		19104
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (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					50,592,244
Votes against					1,236,337
Votes abstained					129,039
Broker non-votes					0

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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

		Name: James J. Sebra
		Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Rait Financial Trust (RAS) 8-KSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders