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This FIRST AMENDEMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (“First
Amendment”) is dated as of October 16, 2009 and is by and among Resource Capital
Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Resource Capital Manager, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Manager”) and Resource America, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Resource America”).

WHEREAS, Company, Manager and Resource America are parties to that certain
Amended and Restated Management dated as of June 30, 2008 (the “Management
Agreement”) and desire to amend the Management Agreement on the terms and
conditions set forth in this First Amendment.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

      1.  Amendment to Section 3(a).  Section 3(a) of the Management Agreement
is hereby replaced to read in its entirety as follows:

“The Manager will provide the Company with a management team, including a Chief
Executive Officer and President, along with appropriate support personnel, to
provide the management services to be provided by the Manager to the Company
hereunder, the members of which team shall devote such of their time to the
management of the Company as may be reasonably necessary and appropriate,
commensurate with the level of activity of the Company from time to time.  The
Manager shall also provide the Company with a Chief Financial Officer and three
accounting professionals, each of whom shall be exclusively dedicated to the
operations of the Company, and the Manager shall provide the Company with a
director of investor relations who shall be fifty percent (50%) dedicated to the
operations of the Company.”

      2.  Amendment to Section 9.  The second to last paragraph of Section 9 of
the Agreement, immediately following Section 9(s), is hereby replaced to read in
its entirety as follows:

“Without regard to the amount of compensation received under this Agreement by
the Manager, the Manager shall bear the expense of the wages, salaries and
benefits of the Manager's officers and employees, with the exception that the
Company shall bear the expense of the dedicated personnel described in the final
sentence of Section 3(a) hereof.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be
executed and effective as of the date first written above.

 
 

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Resource Capital Corp.
Resource Capital Manager, Inc.
   
By:       /s/ Jeffrey Brotman
By:       /s/ Michael S. Yecies
Name:  Jeffrey Brotman
Name:  Michael S. Yecies
Title:     EVP & Asst. Secretary
Title:     CLO & Secretary
       
Resource America, Inc.
     
By:       /s/ Michael S. Yecies
 
Name:  Michael S. Yecies
 
Title:     SVP, CLO & Secretary
 

 
 
 

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