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 19, 2015

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 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

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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 26, 2015	By:	/s/ James J. Sebra

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

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Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release

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