---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-033197"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ABR"
cik: "0001253986"
company_name: "ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T07:27:08.474388+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arbor Realty Board adopts annual say-on-pay votes after shareholder vote

## Summary
- Shareholders voted 55.7M for 1-year frequency, 29.5M for 3-year, 1.4M for 2-year.
- Board of Directors approved annual advisory votes on executive compensation.
- Decision aligns with plurality of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Amended 8-K filed to disclose board's frequency determination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-033197
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ABR
- cik: 0001253986
- company_name: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000162828023033197/0001628280-23-033197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000162828023033197/abr-20230517.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-033197.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC shareholders approved Stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: the fourth proposal on which the Company’s stockholders voted at the Annual Meeting was whether a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should be held every one, two or three years. The results of the voting are as shown below: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 55,692,678 1,367,043 29,533,579 1,928,470 58,414,077
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/000162828023033197/0001628280-23-033197-index.htm

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