UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 19, 2016 (May 18, 2016)
 
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
MARYLAND
(STATE OF INCORPORATION)
 
001-32136	 	20-0057959	
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)	 	(IRS EMPLOYER ID. NUMBER)	
 
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 900	 	 	
Uniondale, New York	 	11553	
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)	 	(ZIP CODE)	
 
(516) 506-4200
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On May 18, 2016, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  At the meeting, the stockholders voted as indicated below on the following proposals:
 
1.                                      Election of three Class I directors for a three-year term of office expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Nominee	 	Votes Cast For	 	Withheld	 	Broker Non-Vote	 	
Archie R. Dykes	 	36,312,435	 	479,619	 	10,387,730	 	
Joseph Martello	 	36,334,221	 	457,833	 	10,387,730	 	
Stanley Kreitman	 	36,318,838	 	473,216	 	10,387,730	 	
 
Each nominee was elected as a director of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
 
2.                                      Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. for the fiscal year 2016.
 
For	 	Against	 	Abstain	 	Broker Non-Vote	 	
46,679,020	 	419,477	 	81,287	 	0	 	
 
Proposal 2 was approved.
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 	ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.	

 	By:	/s/ Paul Elenio	
 	Name:	Paul Elenio	
 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer	
 	 	 	
Date: May 19, 2016	 	 	
 
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