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Resource Capital Corp. to Present at the Piper Jaffray 17th Annual Financial Services Conference in NYC

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2006--Resource Capital Corp. (NYSE:RSO)("RCC") announces today that it has been invited to present at the Piper Jaffray 17th Annual Financial Services Conference in New York City on March 20-21, 2006. Jonathan Z. Cohen, President and CEO of Resource Capital Corp., will speak on behalf of the Company on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. (EST).

A link to the live webcast of our presentation will be available on the homepage of the Resource Capital Corp. website. Listeners should go to www.resourcecapitalcorp.com. An archive of the webcast will be available for thirty days following the presentation.

Resource Capital Corp. is a specialty finance company that began operations in March 2005 and intends to qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. RCC invests in a combination of real estate-related assets and, to a lesser extent, higher-yielding commercial finance assets, targeting the following asset classes: commercial real estate-related assets such as B notes, mezzanine debt and commercial mortgage-backed securities; residential real estate-related assets such as residential mortgage-backed securities; and commercial finance assets such as other asset-backed securities, syndicated bank loans, equipment leases, trust preferred securities and private equity investments principally issued by financial institutions. For more information, please visit our website at www.resourcecapitalcorp.com or contact Investor Relations at pschreiber@resourcecapitalcorp.com.

This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management's control. Factors that can affect future results are discussed in the documents filed by Resource Capital Corp. from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Resource Capital Corp. undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statement to reflect new information or events.

CONTACT: Resource Capital Corp.
Investor Relations:
Pamela Schreiber, 215-546-5005
Facsimile: 215-546-4785

SOURCE: Resource Capital Corp.