Edgar Filing: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

KAUFMAN IVAN

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC [ABR]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
COB, CEO and President

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC., 333 EARLE OVINGTON BLVD., STE. 900

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/05/2007

(Street)

UNIONDALE, NY 11553

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	02/05/2007		A		121,005	A	⁽¹⁾	578,041	I	By Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC ⁽²⁾
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share								13,334	D
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share								2,400	I	By son, Maurice Kaufman under Uniform Gift to Minors Act

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KAUFMAN IVAN C/O ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. 333 EARLE OVINGTON BLVD., STE. 900 UNIONDALE, NY 11553	X	X	COB, CEO and President

Signatures

/s/ Walter K. Horn, Attorney-In-Fact for Ivan Kaufman		02/22/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated January 19, 2005, by and among Arbor Commerical Mortgage, LLC ("ACM"), Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. ("ART"), Arbor Realty Limited Partnership and Arbor Realty SR, Inc., ACM is entitled to an incentive fee and has elected to have the incentive fee paid in shares of ART common stock.
(2)	These shares of ART Common Stock are held by ACM, Mr. Kaufman owns 50.68% of ACM directly, Mr. Kaufman and Lisa Kaufman, his spouse jointly own 100% of Arbor Management, LLC, which owns 0.62% of ACM. The Ivan and Lisa Kaufman Family Trust owns 34.68% and the Ivan Kaufman Grantor Retained Trust (of which Mr. Kaufman is also a co-trustee) owns 3.92% of ACM. Both trusts benefits the dependent children of Mr. Kaufman.

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