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

(a) The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Ready Capital Corporation (the "Company") was held virtually on July 14, 2021, at which 57,003,586 shares of the Company's common stock were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 78.88% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock entitled to vote.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders (i) elected the eight directors below to serve on the Company's board of directors until the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Company's 2021 Proxy Statement. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.





(i) The voting results with respect to the election of each director were as
follows:



Name                Votes For    Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Thomas E. Capasse   44,476,810        1,280,031         11,246,745
Jack J. Ross        42,207,647        3,549,194         11,246,745
Frank P. Filipps    44,986,076          770,765         11,246,745
Dominique Mielle    45,295,447          461,394         11,246,745
Gilbert E. Nathan   40,873,963        4,882,878         11,246,745
Andrea Petro        39,595,114        6,161,727         11,246,745
J. Mitchell Reese   37,837,272        7,919,569         11,246,745
Todd M. Sinai       40,254,856        5,501,985         11,246,745

(ii) The voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 were as follows:





Votes For    Votes Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
56,431,593         346,514   225,474                  0

(iii) The voting results with respect to the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows:





Votes For    Votes Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes
37,179,745       6,367,726   2,209,367         11,246,748




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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 15, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Adam Zausmer to serve as Chief Credit Officer, effective July 15, 2021.

Mr. Zausmer, 44, joined the Company's manager, Waterfall Asset Management, LLC (the "Manager"), in 2013. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Zausmer was a Senior Underwriter with JPMorgan Chase's Commercial Term Lending business. From 2004 to 2012, Mr. Zausmer was a Vice President on the Credit Risk Management team at Credit Suisse, specializing in credit, underwriting and workouts for the global CMBS and Corporate Finance platforms. Mr. Zausmer began his career in 1999 as a Management Associate within Citigroup's Global Shared Services division and transitioned to the Residential Real Estate business as a Senior Credit Risk Analyst until 2004. Mr. Zausmer received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University at Buffalo in 1999 and a Master of Science degree in Real Estate from New York University in 2007.

The Company does not have agreements with any of its executive officers or any employees of the Manager or the Manager's affiliates with respect to their cash compensation. Mr. Zausmer, like the Company's other executive officers, is an employee of the Manager and will not receive cash compensation from the Company for serving as one of its executive officers. The Company expects Mr. Zausmer to be primarily dedicated to the Company. Pursuant to the Company's management agreement with the Manager, the Company will pay an allocable share of the compensation of Mr. Zausmer. Accordingly, the Company intends to reimburse 100% of his compensation.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits





Exhibit                                 Description
  99.1       Press Release, dated July 15, 2021
 104.1     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
           document).




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