Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018236
Chunk: 19

Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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party risks of asset management activities and balance sheet, results of operations, key financial metrics and operational and integration risks. The internal audit plan is approved by the Audit Committee and regular reports on the progress and results of the internal audit program are provided to the Audit Committee. Our independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young, provides the audit report. Aspects of these reports are presented to the full Board at least quarterly by either the Chairman of the Audit Committee or the member of management responsible for the given subject area. In addition, the entire Board of Directors receives reports from our General Counsel with respect to any legal or regulatory matters that could materially affect us. To more effectively prevent, detect and respond to information security threats, we maintain a robust cybersecurity program, which is supervised by the Chief Technology Officer, whose team is responsible for leading enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy, policy, standards, and processes. The Information Technology team is supported by the Cyber Incident Response Team (“IRT”), which is comprised of members of our Information Technology and Legal teams. The Audit Committee receives biannual reports from the IRT, as presented by the Chief Technology Officer and General Counsel, on, among other things, the Company’s cyber risks and threats, the status of projects to strengthen our information security systems, assessments of our security program and the emerging threat landscape. The Audit Committee regularly reports on these matters to the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee takes the lead for the Board in oversight of risk relating to compensation matters.

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The Compensation Committee considers, in establishing and reviewing our executive compensation program, whether the program encourages unnecessary risk taking and has concluded that it does not.

Role of the Board of Directors in the Oversight of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Matters

Arbor continually examines and refines its governance structure with respect to sustainability. These efforts include revisiting the commitment made across the organization and determining the most appropriate systems and procedures to ensure proper oversight by senior management and the Board. Our governing Statement of ESG Principles can be found on our website at www.arbor.com under the heading “About-Our Responsibility.” Our Board will continue to engage with senior management on short- and long-term strategies as they relate to ESG matters. However, the primary responsibility of reviewing Arbor’s ESG plans and management’s performance in delivering on those plans, resides with the Corporate Governance Committee. This decision was made given the scope of the Corporate Governance Committee’s responsibilities and the fact that several directors who have experience in ESG