Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
Chunk: 56

Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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 14, 2025, the Compensation Committee also granted each of Messrs. Bacon, Farrell, Green, Lazar and Schwartz 9,545 shares of fully vested RSUs, which the directors have elected to defer receipt of the common stock, into which the RSUs are converted, to a future date pursuant to a pre-established deferral election. Mr. Martello elected to receive a cash payment as permitted under our director compensation program.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During 2024, Dr. Wilkens and Messrs. Green, Lazar, Farrell and Schwartz served as members of our Compensation Committee. No member of the Compensation Committee has served as an officer or employee of Arbor at any time. In addition, no Arbor executive officer serves as a member of the Compensation Committee or on the Board of Directors of any company at which a member of Arbor’s Compensation Committee or Board of Directors serves as an executive officer.

#### Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table presents information as of December 31, 2024 regarding our Stock Incentive Plan, which is our only equity compensation plan.

| Plan Category                                              |     | Number of         
 Securities        
 to be Issued      
 Upon Exercise of  
 Outstanding       
 Options, Warrants 
 and Rights        |     |         |     | Weighted          
 Average           
 Exercise Price of 
 Outstanding       
 Options, Warrants 
 and Rights        |     |     |     | Number of           
 Securities          
 Remaining Available 
 for Future Issuance |     |           |
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:    |     |                   |     |         |     |                   |     |     |     |                     |     |           |
| Stock Incentive Plan                                       |     |                   |     | 542,482 |     |                   |     | N/A |     |                     |     | 6,012,082 |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |     |                   |     |     N/A |     |                   |     | N/A |     |                     |     |       N/A |
| Total                                                      |     |                   |     | 542,482 |     |                   |     | N/A |     |                     |     | 6,012,082 |

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### SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table indicates how many shares of our common stock and our special voting preferred stock are beneficially owned by: