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Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. filings document the public-company disclosures of a Maryland real estate investment trust and commercial real estate lender. Its Form 8-K reports include earnings releases, Regulation FD investor presentations, dividend announcements, share repurchase activity, senior note financing and commercial real estate mortgage loan securitization agreements tied to its loan and investment portfolio.
The filing record also covers capital structure and governance matters, including common stock, Series D, Series E and Series F cumulative redeemable preferred stock, executive appointments, board changes and related employment or compensation arrangements. Proxy materials describe director elections, executive compensation, equity awards and shareholder voting matters for the company’s REIT governance framework.
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. reported sharply weaker first-quarter 2026 results while declaring a quarterly common dividend of $0.17 per share. GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders fell to $0.6 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, from $30.4 million, or $0.16 per share, a year earlier. Distributable earnings dropped to $14.4 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared with $57.3 million, or $0.28 per share, for the first quarter of 2025. The company cited higher expenses, including a $12.5 million impairment on real estate owned and higher loss provisions.
Arbor’s fee-based servicing portfolio remained sizable at $36.31 billion unpaid principal balance, with servicing revenue, net of amortization, of $25.7 million in the quarter. The structured loan and investment portfolio had $12.00 billion of unpaid principal balance at a 7.03% weighted average interest rate including fees, while debt financing this portfolio totaled $10.71 billion at a 6.40% weighted average cost including fees. The company also completed a $762.6 million collateralized securitization and continued to manage credit quality with 19 non-performing loans totaling $481.5 million unpaid principal balance and a $131.2 million allowance for loan losses.
Arbor Realty Trust Inc ownership reported by Vanguard Portfolio Management: 9,675,024 shares, representing 5% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing shows Vanguard Portfolio Management has sole dispositive power over 9,675,024 shares and sole voting power for 74,733 shares.
The Schedule 13G discloses that these holdings include securities managed for Vanguard funds and other managed accounts; no single outside person is reported to hold more than 5% of the class in this filing.
Arbor Realty Trust is asking stockholders to approve several items at its virtual annual meeting on May 20, 2026, including electing four Class II directors and expanding its 2024 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan by an additional 8,000,000 common shares.
Investors will also vote on ratifying Ernst & Young as auditor for 2026 and a non-binding advisory “say‑on‑pay” resolution on executive compensation. The meeting will be held online at 11:00 a.m. ET, with 192,361,203 common shares and 16,170,218 special voting preferred shares entitled to vote.
ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC director Kenneth J. Bacon reported a grant of 3,947 Restricted Stock Units. The RSUs were fully vested and awarded on March 31, 2026 at a reference price of $7.60 per unit. He now directly holds 29,933 shares-equivalent of common stock through these units.
According to the director deferred compensation plan, Mr. Bacon had elected to defer his cash compensation until January 2028 or earlier upon a change in control or the end of his board service. These RSUs were issued in lieu of that cash compensation, making this a compensation-related, non-market acquisition rather than an open-market stock purchase.
Arbor Realty Trust Inc—The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 1 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting that, after an internal realignment, it holds 0 shares of Arbor Realty Trust common stock. The filing explains subsidiaries and business divisions now report beneficial ownership separately following the January 12, 2026 realignment. The statement is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/26/2026.
Green William C reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Arbor Realty Trust director William C. Green received 1,846 fully vested Restricted Stock Units on March 24, 2026 as a dividend-equivalent grant on his existing RSUs. He has elected to defer both the dividend equivalents and receipt of the common stock until his board service ends or an earlier change in control. Following this award, his directly held RSUs total 62,891 units.
BACON KENNETH J reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Arbor Realty Trust director Kenneth J. Bacon reported a compensation-related equity award. On March 24, 2026, he received 419 fully vested Restricted Stock Units as a dividend equivalent on a portion of his existing RSUs, bringing his directly held RSUs to 25,986.
He has elected to defer both the dividend equivalents and the receipt of the common stock underlying these RSUs until January 1, 2027, or earlier if there is a change in control of the company or his board service ends, under a pre-established deferral election.
LAZAR MELVIN F reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Arbor Realty Trust director Melvin F. Lazar reported receiving 1,452 fully vested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) of common stock on March 24, 2026. These RSUs were granted in lieu of a dividend equivalent on his existing RSUs that was paid by the company on the same date.
According to his pre-established deferral election, Mr. Lazar has deferred receipt of the underlying common shares and related dividend equivalents until his board service ends, or earlier if there is a change in control. Following this grant, he holds 52,694 RSUs directly.
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. completed a $762.6 million commercial real estate mortgage loan securitization through its subsidiary Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2026-FL1, LLC. The vehicle issued about $674.0 million of investment grade-rated notes and Arbor retained approximately $88.6 million of subordinate interests.
The securitization is backed by real estate related assets and cash with a face value of about $762.6 million, primarily first-lien mortgage bridge loans, and includes roughly $100 million of capacity to acquire additional loans for up to 180 days. The offered notes carry an initial weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.73% over Term SOFR, pay interest monthly, and have a stated maturity in September 2043, with expected repayment earlier based on collateral performance.
Arbor intends to treat the transaction as on-balance-sheet financing and hold the collateral portfolio to maturity. The company plans to use proceeds to repay borrowings under existing credit facilities, cover transaction expenses, and fund future loans and investments, while complying with risk-retention rules by retaining Income Notes equal to at least 5% of the aggregate fair value of the notes.