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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;2, 2007</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; margin-top: 6pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Maryland<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-0057959<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>333 Earle Ovington Boulevard<BR>
Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Uniondale, New York 11553<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. 2003 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Paul
Elenio<BR>333 Earle Ovington Boulevard<BR>
Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Uniondale, New York 11553<BR>
(516)&nbsp;832-7408<BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"> <B>Title of each class of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"> <B>securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share(3)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share(2)
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">397,099</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.07</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11,940,767</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;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&#146;s outstanding
shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Represents the remaining number of shares
of common stock issuable under the
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus
Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated.</TD>
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    <TD>Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act by averaging
the high and low sales prices of
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc common stock as
reported by the New York Stock Exchange on March&nbsp;30, 2007.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 397,099 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Arbor
Realty Trust, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) that may be issued and sold under the Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION<BR>
STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-121461) are
incorporated by reference herein, except as revised in Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement.
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;25, 2007, February&nbsp;14, 2007 and
March&nbsp;15, 2007; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated April&nbsp;5, 2004 filed with the SEC by the Company to register such securities under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated July&nbsp;1, 2003, between Arbor Realty Trust,
Inc. and JMP Securities, LLC*</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:5px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and
Restated**</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and
restated)***</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:5px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:5px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-11</TD>
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    <TD>(Registration No.&nbsp;333-110472), as amended. Such registration statement was originally filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;13, 2003.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">**</TD>
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    <TD>Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">***</TD>
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    <TD>Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, to any purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;Each prospectus filed by a Registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as
part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to an offering made pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii)&nbsp;or (x)&nbsp;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&nbsp;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
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    <TD colspan="3">the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;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&#146;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7)&nbsp;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 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.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;2, 2007.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Paul Elenio
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Paul Elenio&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Paul Elenio and Walter K. Horn 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Ivan Kaufman<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ivan Kaufman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Chairman of the Board, Chief<br>
Executive Officer and President<br>
(Principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Paul Elenio<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul Elenio
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ William Helmreich<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William Helmreich</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Walter K. Horn
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Walter K. Horn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ C. Michael Kojaian
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">C. Michael Kojaian</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Melvin F. Lazar
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Melvin F. Lazar</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Joseph Martello<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph Martello</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Karen K. Edwards
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Karen K. Edwards</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Kyle A. Permut
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kyle A. Permut</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Archie Dykes<BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Archie Dykes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:8px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated July&nbsp;1, 2003, between Arbor Realty Trust,
Inc. and JMP Securities, LLC*</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and
Restated**</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and
restated)***</TD>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2007
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.)
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard
Suite 900
Uniondale, New York 11553
(Address of principal executive offices)
ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. 2003 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
(Full title of the plan)
Paul
Elenio
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
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of each class of
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
securities to be registered
registered(1)
per share(3)
offering price
fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share(2)
397,099
$
30.07
$
11,940,767
$
367
(1)
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)
Represents the remaining number of shares
of common stock issuable under the
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus
Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated.
(3)
Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act by averaging
the high and low sales prices of
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc common stock as
reported by the New York Stock Exchange on March 30, 2007.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 397,099 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").
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION
STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121461) are
incorporated by reference herein, except as revised in Part II of this Registration
Statement.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1: OPINION OF VENABLE LLP
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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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, 2006;
(b) the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2007, February 14, 2007 and
March 15, 2007; 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
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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.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Form of Certificate for common stock*
4.2
Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 1, 2003, between Arbor Realty Trust,
Inc. and JMP Securities, LLC*
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the securities being registered
10.1
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and
Restated**
10.2
Amendment No. 1 to the 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and
restated)***
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)
*
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.
**
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004.
***
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2005.
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;
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(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.
(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
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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 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.
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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 2, 2007.
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 Paul Elenio and Walter K. Horn 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
Ivan Kaufman
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President
(Principal executive officer)
April 2, 2007
/s/ Paul Elenio
Paul Elenio
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial officer)
April 2, 2007
/s/ William Helmreich
Director
April 2, 2007
William Helmreich
/s/ Walter K. Horn
Director
April 2, 2007
Walter K. Horn
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ C. Michael Kojaian
Director
April 2, 2007
C. Michael Kojaian
/s/ Melvin F. Lazar
Director
April 2, 2007
Melvin F. Lazar
/s/ Joseph Martello
Director
April 2, 2007
Joseph Martello
/s/ Karen K. Edwards
Director
April 2, 2007
Karen K. Edwards
/s/ Kyle A. Permut
Director
April 2, 2007
Kyle A. Permut
/s/ Archie Dykes
Director
April 2, 2007
Archie Dykes
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Form of Certificate for common stock*
4.2
Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 1, 2003, between Arbor Realty Trust,
Inc. and JMP Securities, LLC*
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the securities being registered
10.1
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and
Restated**
10.2
Amendment No. 1 to the 2003 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and
restated)***
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)
*
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.
**
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004.
***
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2005.