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 6, 2012

NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

399 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 547-2600

Not applicable

(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):

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Item 5.07.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)          NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”) on June 6, 2012.  At the close of business on April 16, 2012, the record date for the Meeting, there were 25,056,259 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.  Holders of 12,947,366 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 2013 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:

Proposal 2.   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, 2012, by the following vote:

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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.

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