Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
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Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 bear a greater proportion of the risk if these goals and results are not achieved.

• Long-term incentive compensation should align executives’ interests with the Company’s stockholders . Awards of equity-based compensation encourage executives to focus on our long-term growth and prospects and motivate executives to manage the Company from the perspective of owners with a meaningful stake in the Company, as well as to focus on long-term career orientation.

Except as described above, the Compensation Committee does not employ a specific policy, practice or formula regarding an allocation between cash and non-cash compensation with respect to compensation paid to our executives.

The Compensation Committee reviews, at least annually, the goals and objectives of our executive compensation plans, incentive compensation plans, equity-based plans and other compensation and employee benefit plans. The Compensation Committee believes that our compensation and benefits are competitive with our peers and provide appropriate incentives for strong performance. In addition, the Compensation Committee considered whether our executive compensation program encourages unnecessary risk taking and has concluded that it does not.

#### Compensation Setting Process
Management’s Role in the Compensation-Setting Process

The Compensation Committee believes our CEO, Mr. Kaufman, is in the best position to determine the responsibilities of our executive officers, including the other NEOs, and observe how well each executive performs their responsibilities. Mr. Kaufman provides recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding base salary levels and the form and amount of the annual cash incentive awards and stock-based compensation paid to all of our executive officers. Mr. Kaufman’s recommendations are based on, among other things, his evaluation of each executive officer's performance, contribution toward achieving operational, financial and strategic goals, current and historical compensation elements and our financial performance. The Compensation Committee has the ability to accept, reject or modify any of these recommendations and is solely responsible for ultimately determining and approving all of our compensation arrangements for our executive officers. Additionally, Mr. Kaufman and our other officers provide compensation and other information to the Compensation Committee upon its request.

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Mr. Kaufman does not participate in any deliberations or approvals by the Compensation Committee with respect to his compensation.

See “Determining Compensation Levels” below for more information about the Compensation Committee’s process for determining the compensation of the NEOs.

Compensation Consultants

The Compensation Committee’s charter provides the committee with the sole authority to retain, terminate, obtain advice from, oversee and compensate any compensation consulting firm or other adviser as it deems appropriate. We have provided appropriate funding to the Compensation Committee to do so.

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