UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 10, 2017 (May 9, 2017)
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
MARYLAND
(STATE OF INCORPORATION)
001-32136 |
| 20-0057959 |
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) |
| (IRS EMPLOYER ID. NUMBER) |
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 900 |
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Uniondale, New York |
| 11553 |
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) |
| (ZIP CODE) |
(516) 506-4200
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
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Item 8.01 Other Information
On May 9, 2017, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Arbor Realty Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Arbor Realty SR, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ARSR”) and Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“ACM”) entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Option Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2016 (the “Option Agreement” and, together with the Amendment, the “Amended Option Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Partnership, ARSR and ACM to provide that the exercise price for the option provided therein (the “Option”) be payable to ACM in cash, rather than through a combination of cash and common units of the Partnership and to provide for an option closing date of May 31, 2017 (the “Option Closing”).
On May 9, 2017, in accordance with the terms of the Amended Option Agreement, the Partnership provided written notice to ACM of its intent to exercise the Option and fully internalize its management. Pursuant to the Amended Option Agreement, the Company will pay ACM $25,000,000 plus certain accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursable expenses to which ACM is entitled under the Management Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number |
| Exhibit |
1.1 |
| Amendment No. 1 to the Option Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2017, by and among Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., Arbor Realty Limited Partnership, Arbor Realty SR, Inc. and Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Paul Elenio |
| Name: | Paul Elenio |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: May 10, 2017