FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Silberstein Andrew Mark 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

RAIT Financial Trust [ RAS ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      __ X __ Other (specify below)
Trustee
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

C/O RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST, 2 LOGAN SQUARE, 100 N. 18TH ST, 23RD FL 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

10/11/2017
(Street)

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Share Purchase Warrant   (1) (2)   (3) (4) (5) 10/11/2017   (3)   D         11035875   (4) (5) (6)     (7)   (3) (7) Common Shares of Beneficial Interest     (4) (5) (6)   (2) 0   I   By ARS VI Investor I, LP   (1)
Common Share Appreciation Right   (1) (2)   (3) (4) (5) 10/11/2017   (3)   D         7485045   (4) (5) (6)     (7)   (3) (7) Common Shares of Beneficial Interest     (4) (5) (6)   (2) 0   I   By ARS VI Investor I, LP   (1)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  The reported securities are owned directly by ARS VI Investor I, LP (the "Investor"), a limited partnership in which the reporting person indirectly holds an equity interest. The Investor converted from a limited liability company into a limited partnership on December 31, 2013. Prior to the conversion, the Investor was known as ARS VI Investor I, LLC. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (defined in footnote 2), the Investor may designate a trustee on the issuer's board of trustees. The deputized trustee of the Investor is the reporting person, who serves on the issuer's board of trustees as the Investor's representative. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of the reporting person's pecuniary interest therein.
(2)  These securities were issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 1, 2012 (the "Purchase Agreement") among the issuer, certain subsidiaries of the issuer and the Investor. The purchase price allocated per security in the Purchase Agreement was approximately $0.925 per Common Share Purchase Warrant (the "Warrants") and $0.674 per Common Share Appreciation Right (the "SARs").
(3)  On October 11, 2017, the issuer received a Put Right Notice (as defined in the Warrants and SARs) from the Investor pursuant to the terms of the Warrants and SARs and the Investor surrendered all of the Warrants and SARs to the issuer. The Put Right Notice specified that the Issuer was to redeem all of the Investor's Warrants and SARs in accordance with the terms thereof. Upon surrender of the Warrants and SARs, the Investor's rights thereunder with respect to the issuer's common shares terminated (the "Termination"), and the Warrants and SARs represented the right of the Investor to receive the Put Redemption Price (as defined in the Warrants and SARs) from the issuer.
(4)  The Warrants and SARs define the Put Redemption Price as $1.23 per share and provide that the number of shares used to calculate the Put Redemption Price is based on the number of shares underlying the Warrants and SARs as of the date of the original issuance of the Warrants and SARs. Accordingly, the numbers of derivative securities that serve as the basis for the calculation of the Put Redemption Price were the 9,931,000 shares underlying the Warrants and the 6,735,667 shares underlying the SARs.
(5)  While not relevant to the calculation of the Put Redemption Price, prior to the Termination, the exercise price of the Warrants and SARs had adjusted in accordance with their terms to $5.40 and the number of shares underlying the Warrants and SARs had adjusted in accordance with their terms to 11,035,875 shares and 7,485,045 shares, respectively.
(6)  Prior to the Termination, the issuer would not have been obligated to issue in excess of 9,931,000 of the issuer's common shares, in the aggregate, upon exercise of the Warrants unless the issuer elected to seek, and obtain, shareholder approval for the issuance of such excess common shares in accordance with New York Stock Exchange listing requirements. The issuer would have had to pay cash or issue a 180 day unsecured promissory note, or a combination of the foregoing, equal to the market value of any common shares it could not issue as a result of this limit. Prior to such termination, any exercise of the SARs would have been settled in cash, not in the issuer's common shares.
(7)  The put right exercised pursuant to the Put Right Notice related to the Warrants and SARs became exercisable on October 1, 2017. The Warrants and SARs were also exercisable as of that date. Prior to the Termination, the Warrants and SARs were to expire on the earlier of (i) October 1, 2027 unless exercised on or prior to such date or (ii) (x) 30 days following the receipt of notice by the holder thereof of a defined change of control or (y) if later, the date such change of control occurred.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Silberstein Andrew Mark
C/O RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST
2 LOGAN SQUARE, 100 N. 18TH ST, 23RD FL
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103


Trustee

Signatures
s/ Anders F. Laren, attorney-in-fact 10/13/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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