Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On June 3, 2020, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. held its virtual annual meeting of stockholders. At the meeting, the stockholders voted as indicated below on the following proposals:





  1. Election of three Class II directors for a three-year term of office expiring
     at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and the election of a Class III
     director for a one-year term of office expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of
     stockholders.




Nominee             Votes Cast For        Withheld        Broker Non-Vote
Ivan Kaufman           64,358,164         1,518,828           44,308,961
Melvin F. Lazar        64,241,522         1,635,470           44,308,961
George Tsunis          55,064,769         10,812,223          44,308,961
Kenneth J. Bacon       65,022,404          854,588            44,308,961

Each nominee was elected as a director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.





  2. Approval to amend and restate the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2017 Amended
     Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan as disclosed in the 2020 proxy statement.




    For            Against        Abstain       Broker Non-Vote
  56,285,357       8,699,667       891,968          44,308,961




Proposal 2 was approved.



  3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent
     registered public accounting firm of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. for the fiscal
     year 2020.




     For            Against         Abstain        Broker Non-Vote
  107,867,155       1,017,640       1,301,158                 0




Proposal 3 was approved.



  4. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.'s named
     executive officers as disclosed in the 2020 proxy statement.




    For            Against         Abstain        Broker Non-Vote
  55,948,265       8,216,987       1,711,740          44,308,961




Proposal 4 was approved.



  5. Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive
     compensation.




   1 Year          2 Years         3 Years          Abstain        Broker Non-Vote
  28,629,766       1,386,272       34,549,467       1,311,487          44,308,961

Based on the results of the vote, and consistent with the Board of Directors' recommendation, stockholders recommended to continue to hold the non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation every three years. Accordingly, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. will hold the non-binding advisory votes to approve executive compensation every three years until the next required advisory vote.

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