---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-062733"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABR"
cik: "0001253986"
company_name: "ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:29:35.918242+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arbor Realty Trust annual meeting elects directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay

## Summary
- Ivan Kaufman and Melvin F. Lazar elected as Class II directors with over 73.5M For votes each.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2023: 142.1M For, 4.1M Against.
- Say-on-pay approved (75.5M For, 11.1M Against); advisory frequency set to annual (55.7M for 1 year).
- Broker non-votes of 58.4M shares on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-062733
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABR
- cik: 0001253986
- company_name: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000110465923062733/0001104659-23-062733-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000110465923062733/tm2316273d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-062733.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The stockholders recommended, on an advisory basis, holding the Company’s advisory vote on executive compensation for its named executive officers on an annual basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000110465923062733/0001104659-23-062733-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers (Say-on-Pay) at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The stockholders approved the compensation of Arbor’s named executive officers as disclosed in the 2023 proxy statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000110465923062733/0001104659-23-062733-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Arbor for fiscal year 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000110465923062733/0001104659-23-062733-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC shareholders approved Election of two Class II directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The following persons were elected to serve as Class II directors of Arbor by a vote of stockholders, each to serve for a three-year term of office expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor is duly elected and qualified: Ivan Kaufman and Melvin F. Lazar.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000110465923062733/0001104659-23-062733-index.htm

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