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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 accomplishments and qualifications, including in light of any other candidates that the committee might be considering, and conduct one or more interviews with the candidate. In certain instances, members of the Corporate Governance Committee may contact one or more references provided by the candidate or may contact other members of the business community or other persons that may have greater first-hand knowledge of the candidate’s qualifications.

In addition to director nominations and other proposed business submitted by stockholders in accordance with our bylaws, as summarized below under “Stockholder Proposals for 2026,” the Corporate Governance Committee will consider written recommendations from stockholders of potential director candidates. Such recommendations should be submitted to the Corporate Governance Committee in care of the Corporate Secretary at Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., 333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 900, Uniondale, New York, 11553. Director recommendations submitted by stockholders should include the following:

• the name, age, business address and residence address of the individual(s) recommended for nomination;

• the class, series and number of any shares of our stock that are beneficially owned by the individual(s) recommended for nomination;

• the date such shares of our stock were acquired by the individual(s) recommended for nomination and the investment intent of such acquisition; and

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• all other information relating to such candidate that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected.

Stockholder recommendations of director candidates must be delivered to the Corporate Secretary not earlier than the 150th day and not later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the date our proxy statement was released to stockholders for the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders.

The Corporate Governance Committee does not employ a specific policy, practice or formula for evaluating candidates to the Board recommended by stockholders and expects to use a similar process to evaluate candidates to the Board of Directors recommended by stockholders as the one it uses to evaluate candidates otherwise identified by the committee.

#### Director Attendance at Annual Meeting
We do not currently maintain a policy requiring our directors to attend the annual meeting; however, attendance by our directors is encouraged. Four of our directors attended the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, all of whom attended virtually.

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