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Realty Trust, Inc.</font></div>
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STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED</font></font></div>
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Boulevard</font></font></div>
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11553</font></font></div>
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and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</font></font></div>
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FEE</font></font></div>
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      common stock issuable under Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock
      Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) pursuant to the
      amendment to the Plan adopted on May 21, 2008. Pursuant to Rule 416 under
      the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also
      covers additional shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason
      of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend,
      stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
      without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
      number of&#160;&#160;the registrant's outstanding shares of common
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      of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.&#8217;s common stock as reported by the New York
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2009.</font></font></div>
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NOTE</font></div>
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is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 400,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Arbor Realty
Trust, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) that may be issued and sold under the Arbor Realty
Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the
&#8220;Plan&#8221;) pursuant to the amendment to the Plan adopted as of <font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Ma</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">y 21</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">, 2008</font>.</font></div>
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BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS</font></div>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"></font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The contents of the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121461)&#160;is incorporated
by reference&#160;herein, except the portion of Part II thereof that is revised
as set forth below.</font></font></font></div>
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II</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:</font></div>
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Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008;</font></div>
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Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 10, 2008;
and</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;the
description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form
8-A dated April 5, 2004 filed with the SEC by the Company to register such
securities under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the
&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</font></div>
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documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&#160;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.</font></div>
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statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained in this registration statement, or in any other subsequently
filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior
statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement contained in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement
contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes
such prior statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.</font></div>
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      of Certificate for Common Stock (Incorporated by reference to the
      Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
      333-110472), as amended. Such registration statement was originally filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13,
      2003.)</font></div>
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      of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the securities being registered
      hereby</font></div>
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      Restated (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report
      on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.)</font></div>
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      No. 1 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.)</font></div>
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      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.)</font></div>
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      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.)</font></div>
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the
effective registration statement; and</font></div>
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include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to
such information in this registration statement;</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, to any purchaser:</font></div>
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prospectus filed by a Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to
be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and</font></div>
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prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as
part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as
of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective
date.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining liability of a Registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities
to such purchaser:</font></div>
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preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</font></div>
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free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
Registrant;</font></div>
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portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</font></div>
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other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.</font></div>
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undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.&#160;&#160;In the event that a claim for</font></div>
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against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of
Uniondale, State of New York, on April 21, 2009.</font></div>
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of the undersigned officers and directors of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Ivan Kaufman and Paul
Elenio and each of them, severally, as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, in his name and on his behalf, to sign
in any and all capacities this Registration Statement and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this Registration
Statement and any and all applications and other documents relating thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power and authority to
perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever which any such attorney or
substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection
with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the
undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and
approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.</font></div>
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arbors-8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Arbor
Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other
      jurisdiction of
incorporation or
      organization)
20-0057959
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. 2003 OMNIBUS
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
(Full title of the
plan)
Paul Elenio
Chief Financial O
fficer
Arbor Realty Trust,
Inc.
333 Earle Ovington
Boulevard
Suite 900
Uniondale, New York
11553
(516) 832-7408
(Name and address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title of each class
      of
securities to be
      registered
Amount to be
R
egistered
(1)
Proposed
M
aximum
Offering P
rice
P
er
S
hare
(
2
)
Proposed
M
aximum
A
ggregate
Offering P
rice
Amount of
R
egistration
F
ee
Common sto
ck, par value $0.01 per
      share
400,000
$
1.31
$524
,000
$
29.24
(1)
Represents the number of shares of
      common stock issuable under Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock
      Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the "Plan") pursuant to the
      amendment to the Plan adopted on May 21, 2008. Pursuant to Rule 416 under
      the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also
      covers additional shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason
      of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend,
      stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
      without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
      number of  the registrant's outstanding shares of common
      stock.
(2)
Computed in accordance with Rule
      457(h) under the Securities Act by averaging the high and low sales prices
      of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.'s common stock as reported by the New York
      Stock Exchange on April 20,
2009.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8
is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 400,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Arbor Realty
Trust, Inc. (the "Company") that may be issued and sold under the Arbor Realty
Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the
"Plan") pursuant to the amendment to the Plan adopted as of
Ma
y 21
, 2008
.
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS
OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
The contents of the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121461) is incorporated
by reference herein, except the portion of Part II thereof that is revised
as set forth below.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously
filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a)           the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008;
(b)           the
Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 10, 2008;
and
(c)           the
description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form
8-A dated April 5, 2004 filed with the SEC by the Company to register such
securities under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained in this registration statement, or in any other subsequently
filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior
statement.  Any statement contained in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement
contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes
such prior statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
1
Item
      8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Form
      of Certificate for Common Stock (Incorporated by reference to the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
      333-110472), as amended. Such registration statement was originally filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13,
      2003.)
5.1
Opinion
      of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the securities being registered
      hereby
10.1
Arbor
      Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and
      Restated (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report
      on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.)
10.2
Amendment
      No. 1 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.)
10.3
Amendment
      No. 2 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.)
10.4
Amendment
      No. 3 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.)
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting
      firm
23.2
Consent
      of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item
      9.
Undertakings.
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)           to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended;
(ii)           to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii)           to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to
such information in this registration statement;
(2)           That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
2
(3)           To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4)           That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, to any purchaser:
(i)           Each
prospectus filed by a Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to
be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii)           Each
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as
part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of
1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as
of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective
date.
(5)           That,
for the purpose of determining liability of a Registrant under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities
to such purchaser:
(i)           Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)           Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
Registrant;
(iii)           The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv)           Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(6)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(7)           Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
3
indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
4
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of
Uniondale, State of New York, on April 21, 2009.
ARBOR
      REALTY TRUST, INC.
By:
/s/
      Paul Elenio
Name:
Paul
      Elenio
Title:
Chief
      Financial
Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each
of the undersigned officers and directors of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Ivan Kaufman and Paul
Elenio and each of them, severally, as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, in his name and on his behalf, to sign
in any and all capacities this Registration Statement and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this Registration
Statement and any and all applications and other documents relating thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power and authority to
perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever which any such attorney or
substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or done in connection
with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as each of the
undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and
approving all acts of any such attorney or substitute.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ivan
      Kaufman
Chairman
      of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and
      President
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
April
      21, 2009
Ivan
      Kaufman
/s/ Paul
      Elenio
Chief
      Financial Officer
(Principal
      Financial Officer)
April
      21, 2009
Paul
      Elenio
/s/ John J. Bishar, Jr.
Director
April
      21, 2009
John
      J. Bishar, Jr.
/s/ Walter K. Horn
Director
April
      21, 2009
Walter
      K. Horn
/s/ Joseph Martello
Director
April
      21, 2009
Joseph
      Martello
/s/ Archie Dykes
Director
April
      21, 2009
Archie
      Dykes
/s/ William Helmreich
Director
April
      21, 2009
William
      Helmreich
/s/ Michael Kojaian
Director
April
      21, 2009
C.
      Michael Kojaian
/s/ Melvin F. Lazar
Director
April
      21, 2009
Melvin
      F. Lazar
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Form
      of Certificate for Common Stock (Incorporated by reference to the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No.
      333-110472), as amended. Such registration statement was originally filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13,
      2003.)
5.1
Opinion
      of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the securities being registered
      hereby.
10.1
Arbor
      Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and
      Restated (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report
      on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004.)
10.2
Amendment
      No. 1 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.)
10.3
Amendment
      No. 2 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.)
10.4
Amendment
      No. 3 to the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
      (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.)
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting
      firm
23.2
Consent
      of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature
page)