GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) ("the Company") today announced the tax treatment for the Company's distributions on its common stock (CUSIP: 85571B105) paid with respect to the calendar year ended December 31, 2016:



    Form 1099 Reference:                                         (Boxes 1a + 2a + 3)                     Box 1a                           Box 1b                    Box 2a                        Box 2b                             Box 3

             Record Date        Payable Date               Total Distribution Per Share       Ordinary Taxable Dividend       Taxable Qualified Dividends    Total Capital Gain
                                                                                                                                           (1)                  Distribution           Unrecaptured 1250 Gain (2)      Nondividend Distributions (3)

    12/31/2015                             1/15/2016                                   0.3294                          0.3117                         0.0268                    0.0177                            0.0000                            0.0000

    3/31/2016                              4/15/2016                                   0.4800                          0.4543                         0.0390                    0.0257                            0.0000                            0.0000

    6/30/2016                              7/15/2016                                   0.4800                          0.4543                         0.0390                    0.0257                            0.0000                            0.0000

    9/30/2016                             10/17/2016                                   0.4800                          0.4543                         0.0390                    0.0257                            0.0000                            0.0000

    12/30/2016                             1/13/2017                                   0.0938                          0.0888                         0.0078                    0.0050                            0.0000                            0.0000


                         Totals                                                        1.8632                          1.7634                         0.1516                    0.0998                            0.0000                            0.0000


                                                 (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

To the extent that total distributions for the year exceeded 2016 earnings, the portion of the fourth quarter distribution paid in January of 2017 that was equal to that excess will be treated as a 2017 distribution for federal tax purposes and is not included on the 2016 Form 1099.

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.

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

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