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        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to the Management Agreement, dated July 1, 2003, by and among Arbor Commerical Mortgage, LLC (&quot;ACM&quot;), Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (&quot;ART&quot;) and Arbor Realty Limited Partnership, ACM is entitled to an incentive fee and has elected to have the incentive fee paid in shares of ART common stock.</footnote>
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