** Arbor Realty Trust ABR.N shares down ~2.5% premarket
after follow-on prices
** Residential/commercial mortgage REIT sells 6 mln shares,
raises ~$111.9 mln for general corp purposes urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nGNX423lMX
** Offering prices at $18.65, 4% discount to stock's last
sale
** Co also to use portion of net proceeds to purchase 600k
shares from its CEO and other execs
** ABR has ~133 mln shares outstanding for ~$2.6 bln market
cap, per Refinitiv
** JP Morgan, JMP Securities and Raymond James leading the
offering
** Co last raised ~$110 mln of equity in Mar follow-on
priced at $15.65 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LO0JC
** ABR shares up 37% in 2021 and have doubled over the past
year
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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