Starwood Property Trust Announces Public Offering Of 25.5M Shares, To Fund Acquisition Of Fundamental Income Properties

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) (the "Company") today announced that, subject to market and other conditions, it is offering 25,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The underwriters will have a 30-day option from the date of the offering to purchase up to an additional 3,825,000 shares from the Company. 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 fund a portion of the purchase price for the Company's recently announced pending acquisition of Fundamental Income Properties, LLC. The Company may also use a portion of the net proceeds (or all of the net proceeds, in the unlikely event the acquisition does not close) to originate and purchase commercial mortgage loans and other target assets and investments, or for other general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the repayment of outstanding indebtedness under the Company's repurchase facilities.

BofA Securities and Wells Fargo Securities will serve as joint book-running managers for the offering.