Starwood Property Trust Announces Public Offering of Sustainability Convertible Notes

Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), an affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group, is a leading diversified finance company with a core focus on the real estate and infrastructure sectors. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has successfully deployed over $94 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $28 billion across debt and equity investments. Starwood Property Trust's investment objective is to generate attractive and stable returns for shareholders, primarily through dividends, by leveraging a premiere global organization to identify and execute on the best risk adjusted returning investments across its target assets.

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, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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, 2022, and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, including those set forth under the captions "Risk Factors", "Business" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation"; (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) the Company's ability to achieve the benefits that it anticipates from the prior acquisition of the project finance origination, underwriting and capital markets business of GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; (vii) the duration and extent of the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including variants and resurgences, or any future pandemic or similar outbreak, on the global economy, the Company's operations and financial performance and the operations and financial performance of the borrowers underlying the Company's real estate-related assets and infrastructure loans and tenants of the Company's owned properties; (viii) national and local economic and business conditions, including as a result of the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; (ix) the occurrence of certain geo-political events (such as wars, terrorist attacks and tensions between states) that affect the normal and peaceful course of international relations (such as the war between Russia and Ukraine); (x); general and local commercial and residential real estate property conditions; (xi) changes in federal government policies; (xii) changes in federal, state and local governmental laws and regulations; (xiii) increased competition from entities engaged in mortgage lending and securities investing activities; (xiv) changes in interest rates; and (xv) 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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SOURCE Starwood Property Trust, Inc.