UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): June 20, 2011

Newcastle Investment Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 798-6100

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):

On June 17, 2011, Newcastle Investment Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors had declared dividends in respect of both its common shares and preferred shares. Based on information provided to the Company by the New York Stock Exchange, that press release stated that the ex-dividend date applicable to the dividend payable in respect of the Company’s common shares for the second quarter of 2011 was June 29, 2011. Today, the New York Stock Exchange informed the Company that this date is incorrect.

Instead, the New York Stock Exchange has informed the Company today that the correct ex-dividend date applicable to the dividend payable in respect of the Company’s common shares for the second quarter of 2011 is June 30, 2011.

A copy of the Company’s press release with the corrected ex-dividend date is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) as Exhibit 99.1. The press release is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 8.01 disclosure.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 20, 2011

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