{"url_path":"/sec/abr/8-k/2026-07-01/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 ****Other","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/0001104659-26-079862-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-079862","cik":"0001253986","ticker":"ABR","issuer_name":"ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1253986/0001104659-26-079862-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001253986","primary_entity_name":"ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC"},"word_count":396,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01****Other\nEvents.**\n\n \n\nOn June 30, 2026, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”)\npriced an offering of $325 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) in\na private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities\nAct”), concurrently entered privately negotiated transactions to repurchase shares of its common stock through one of the initial\npurchasers or its affiliate, as its agent (the “Concurrent Share Repurchase”) and entered into a prepaid forward stock\npurchase transaction (the “Prepaid Forward Transaction”) with one of the initial purchasers of the Notes or its affiliates\n(in this capacity, the “Forward Counterparty”).\n\n \n\nThe Company intends to use the gross proceeds from the offering of $325\nmillion, or $375 million if the initial purchasers fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, before deducting\nthe initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and offering expenses to (i) use approximately $11.6 million to repurchase\n2.1 million shares of its common stock pursuant to the Concurrent Share Repurchase; (ii) repurchase approximately $102.7 million of\nshares of its common stock pursuant to the Prepaid Forward Transaction; (iii) use a portion of the proceeds, together with cash on hand,\nto redeem in full the Company’s outstanding $270 million of 4.50% Senior Notes due September 1, 2026 at par\nplus accrued and unpaid interest; and (iv) use any remaining proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.\n\n \n\nThe Prepaid Forward Transaction is a separate transaction between the\nCompany and the Forward Counterparty and is not part of the terms of the Notes and will not affect any holder's rights under the Notes\nor the indenture. Holders of the Notes will not have any rights with respect to the Prepaid Forward Transaction.\n\n \n\nCopies of the press releases announcing the Company’s intention\nto offer the Notes and the pricing of the offering are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively and are incorporated herein\nby reference.\n\n \n\nThe offer and sale of the Notes have not been and will not be registered\nunder the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and, unless so registered, the Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States\nor to U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities\nAct and applicable state securities laws."}