Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
Chunk: 8

Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal at the annual meeting by holders of our voting securities. If this appointment is not ratified by holders of our voting securities, the Audit Committee and our Board of Directors may each reconsider its appointment and endorsement. Abstentions will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for this proposal. We do not expect any broker non-votes on this proposal. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in our best interest.

Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers (“NEOs”) as disclosed in this proxy statement, as specified in Proposal No. 3, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal at the annual meeting by holders of our voting securities. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as having been cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote for this proposal. The vote on Proposal No. 3 is non-binding on the Board and the Compensation Committee and will not be construed as overruling any decision by the Board or the Compensation Committee. The Board and the Compensation Committee expect to take the results of this vote into consideration when making future compensation decisions with respect to the NEOs, but are not required to do so.

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If the enclosed proxy is properly executed and returned to us in time to be voted at the annual meeting, it will be voted as specified on the proxy, unless it is properly revoked prior thereto. If no specification is made on the proxy as to any one or more of the proposals, the following action will be taken with respect to each share of our voting securities represented by the proxy:

(1) A vote will be cast FOR the election of each of the four Class I directors, each to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;

(2) A vote will be cast FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025;

(3) A vote will be cast FOR the adoption of a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement; and

(4) A vote will be cast