Starwood Property Trust Announces Tax Reporting Information

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Jan 26, 2015, 05:56 ET

GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) ("the Company") today announced the tax treatment for the Company's aggregate distributions of $7.2836 per share of common stock (CUSIP: 85571B105) paid with respect to the calendar year ended December 31, 2014:

Form 1099 Reference:		(Boxes 1a + 2a + 3)	Box 1a	Box 1b	Box 2a	Box 2b	Box 3
Record Date	Payable Date	Cash Distribution Per Share	Ordinary Taxable Dividend	Taxable Qualified Dividends (1)	Total Capital Gain Distribution	Unrecaptured 1250 Gain (2)	Nondividend Distributions (3)
12/31/13	01/15/14	0.0756	0.0194	0.0020	0.0028	-	0.0534
01/24/14	01/31/14	5.7680	1.4813	0.1553	0.2131	-	4.0735
03/31/14	04/15/14	0.4800	0.1233	0.0129	0.0178	-	0.3389
06/30/14	07/15/14	0.4800	0.1233	0.0129	0.0178	-	0.3389
09/30/14	10/15/14	0.4800	0.1233	0.0129	0.0178	-	0.3389

	Totals	7.2836	1.8706	0.1960	0.2693	-	5.1436

	(1)	Amounts in 1b are included in 1a
	(2)	Amounts in 2b are included in 2a
	(3)	Amounts in 3 are also known as Return of Capital

Because it was not a distribution of 2014 earnings, the distribution paid in January of 2015 that was declared in the fourth quarter of 2014 and payable to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2014 will be treated as a 2015 distribution for federal tax purposes and is not included on the 2014 Form 1099.

About Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

Starwood Property Trust (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 investments. Through its subsidiaries LNR Property LLC and Hatfield Philips International, Starwood Property Trust also operates as the largest commercial mortgage special servicer in the United States and one of the largest primary and special servicers in Europe. With total capital deployed since inception of approximately $13.5 billion, Starwood Property Trust continues to solidify its position as one of the premier real estate finance companies in the country. Additional information can be found at starwoodpropertytrust.com.

Contact:
Zachary Tanenbaum
Starwood Property Trust
Phone: 203-422-7788
Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Starwood Property Trust, Inc.