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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>May&nbsp;29, 2013</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.</B></P>

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charter)</P>

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        of incorporation)</P></TD>
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        Number)</P></TD>
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        Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 60%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>399 Park Avenue, 18<SUP>th</SUP>&nbsp;Floor, New York, NY</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 39%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>10022</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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code)</P>

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last report.)</P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>ITEM 5.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Submission of Matters to a Vote of
Security Holders.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
(the &quot;Company&quot;) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May&nbsp;29, 2013 (the &quot;Meeting&quot;).&nbsp; At
the close of business on April&nbsp;8, 2013, the record date for the Meeting, there were 198,263,269 shares of the Company's common
stock outstanding and entitled to vote.&nbsp; Holders of 165,429,726 shares of common stock, representing a like number of votes,
were present at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; Matters voted upon
by stockholders at the Meeting were:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Proposal 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the Meeting,
the following individuals were elected to the Company's Board of Directors to serve until the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders
and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Withheld</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Broker&nbsp;Non-Vote</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">C. Preston Butcher</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">110,019,952</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">618,273</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Stephen E. Cummings</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">110,050,171</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">588,054</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">David T. Hamamoto</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">108,052,200</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2,586,025</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Judith A. Hannaway</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">82,045,986</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">28,592,239</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Oscar Junquera</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">84,021,346</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">26,616,879</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Wesley D. Minami</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">110,002,687</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">635,538</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Louis J. Paglia</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">82,152,912</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">28,485,316</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,498</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Sridhar Sambamurthy</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">110,024,967</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">613,258</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,501</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Proposal 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the Meeting,
stockholders approved the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Second Amended and Restated 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, by the
following vote:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Against</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Abstained</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Broker&nbsp;Non-Vote</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">86,579,424</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">23,646,703</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">407,088</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,796,511</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Proposal 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the Meeting,
stockholders adopted a resolution approving, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive
officers, by the following vote:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Against</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Abstained</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Broker&nbsp;Non-Vote</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: center"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">67,056,256</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">43,065,245</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">516,713</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">54,791,512</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Proposal 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the Meeting,
stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton&nbsp;LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2013, by the following vote:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Against</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><B>Abstained</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: center"></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">162,002,525</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2,793,771</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">633,430</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Date: May&nbsp;31, 2013</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black"><U>/s/ Ronald J. Lieberman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Ronald J. Lieberman</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: black">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 29, 2013
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-32330
(Commission File
Number)
11-3707493
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
399 Park Avenue, 18
th
Floor, New York, NY
10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(212) 547-2600
(Registrant's telephone number, including area
code)
N/A
(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 (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
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.
(a)   NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
(the "Company") held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 29, 2013 (the "Meeting").  At
the close of business on April 8, 2013, the record date for the Meeting, there were 198,263,269 shares of the Company's common
stock outstanding and entitled to vote.  Holders of 165,429,726 shares of common stock, representing a like number of votes,
were present at the Meeting, either in person or by proxy.
(b)   Matters voted upon
by stockholders at the Meeting were:
Proposal 1.    At the Meeting,
the following individuals were elected to the Company's Board of Directors to serve until the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders
and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:
Director Nominees
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Vote
C. Preston Butcher
110,019,952
618,273
54,791,501
Stephen E. Cummings
110,050,171
588,054
54,791,501
David T. Hamamoto
108,052,200
2,586,025
54,791,501
Judith A. Hannaway
82,045,986
28,592,239
54,791,501
Oscar Junquera
84,021,346
26,616,879
54,791,501
Wesley D. Minami
110,002,687
635,538
54,791,501
Louis J. Paglia
82,152,912
28,485,316
54,791,498
Sridhar Sambamurthy
110,024,967
613,258
54,791,501
Proposal 2.    At the Meeting,
stockholders approved the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Second Amended and Restated 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, by the
following vote:
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Vote
86,579,424
23,646,703
407,088
54,796,511
Proposal 3.    At the Meeting,
stockholders adopted a resolution approving, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive
officers, by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Vote
67,056,256
43,065,245
516,713
54,791,512
Proposal 4.    At the Meeting,
stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013, by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstained
162,002,525
2,793,771
633,430
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
(Registrant)
Date: May 31, 2013
By:
/s/ Ronald J. Lieberman
Ronald J. Lieberman
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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