Starwood Property Trust Announces Full Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock

GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) (the "Company") today announced that the underwriters for its recently-announced public offering of 17,800,000 shares of its common stock have exercised in full their option to purchase up to an additional 2,670,000 shares.  After giving effect to the full exercise of the option, the Company is selling a total of 20,470,000 shares of common stock in the offering for aggregate net proceeds of approximately $448.1 million, after deducting the Company's estimated expenses.  Settlement of the sale of the additional shares is expected to take place on December 9, 2016, concurrently with the settlement of the sale of the initial 17,800,000 shares, subject to customary closing conditions.  All of the shares will be issued under the Company's currently effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds received from the offering to originate and purchase additional commercial mortgage loans and other target assets and investments. The Company may also use a portion of the net proceeds for other general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the payment of liabilities and other working capital needs.

J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo Securities are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The offering of these securities may be made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting: J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Telephone:  (866) 803-9204; BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC  28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, via telephone at 1-800-831-9146; Credit Suisse, Attn: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, Telephone: 1-800-221-1037, newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com; or Wells Fargo Securities, Attention: Equity Syndicate Dept., 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152 or by email at cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com or by telephone at (800) 326-5897.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state.

About Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD), an affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group, is the largest commercial mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States. The Company's core business focuses on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt and equity investments. Through its subsidiary LNR Property, LLC, the Company also operates as the largest commercial mortgage special servicer in the United States. 

Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release which are not historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements with respect to the anticipated offering and the use of proceeds. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include: (i) factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and September 30, 2016, including those set forth under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Business"; (ii) defaults by borrowers in paying debt service on outstanding indebtedness; (iii) impairment in the value of real estate property securing the Company's loans or in which the Company invests; (iv) availability of mortgage origination and acquisition opportunities acceptable to the Company; (v) potential mismatches in the timing of asset repayments and the maturity of the associated financing agreements; (vi) national and local economic and business conditions; (vii) general and local commercial and residential real estate property conditions; (viii) changes in federal government policies; (ix) changes in federal, state and local governmental laws and regulations; (x) increased competition from entities engaged in mortgage lending and securities investing activities; (xi) changes in interest rates; and (xii) the availability of, and costs associated with, sources of liquidity.

Contact:
Zachary Tanenbaum
Starwood Property Trust 
Phone: 203-422-7788 
Email: ztanenbaum@starwood.com

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