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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#### Board Committees
During 2024, our Board had four standing committees, the principal functions of which are briefly described below. Matters put to a vote at any one of our four committees must be approved by a majority of the directors on the committee who are present at a meeting at which there is a quorum or by unanimous written consent of all the directors on that committee. Our Board of Directors may from time to time establish certain other committees to facilitate the management of the Company.

Audit Committee

Our Board of Directors has established an Audit Committee, which is currently composed of five of our independent directors, Ms. Effron and Messrs. Lazar, Green, Farrell and Bacon. Each of these directors satisfy the independent requirements of the NYSE and the SEC. During 2024, the Audit Committee met on four occasions and acted by unanimous written consent once. The Audit Committee selects and appoints our independent registered public accounting firm and assists the Board in overseeing: (1) the integrity of our financial statements; (2) our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence; (3) the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm and our internal audit function; (4) cybersecurity; and (5) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Mr. Lazar currently serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Board has determined that Mr. Lazar qualifies as an “Audit Committee financial expert” as defined by the rules of the SEC and that each member of the Audit Committee is “financially literate.” The Audit Committee is governed by a charter that has been adopted by the Board of Directors.

Compensation Committee

Our Board of Directors has established a Compensation Committee, which is currently composed of six of our independent directors, Dr. Wilkens and Messrs. Farrell, Green, Lazar, Schwartz and Tsunis. Mr. Tsunis was added to the

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Compensation Committee upon his re-appointment as a director on March 6, 2025. Each of these directors satisfy the independence requirements of the NYSE and qualify as "non-employee directors" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). During 2024, the Compensation Committee met on two occasions and acted by unanimous written consent on three occasions. Mr. Green currently serves as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

The principal functions of the Compensation Committee are to: (1) evaluate the performance of our executive officers (as described