Starwood Property Trust,Inc. (NYSE:STWD) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December9, 2016, Starwood Property Trust,Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the Company), issued a press release announcing that
it had upsized and priced its private offering (the Offering) of
$700 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% unsecured
senior notes due 2021 (the Notes). The Offering was upsized from
the previously announced $500 million aggregate principal amount.
The Notes priced at 100.000% of the principal amount and the
settlement of the Offering is expected to occur on December16,
2016, subject to customary closing conditions. A copy of such
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit99.1 and is
incorporated by reference herein.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to
repay a portion of the amount outstanding under its existing
$653.2 million term loan agreement and for other general
corporate purposes, which may include the payment of liabilities
and other working capital needs.

The Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers
in reliance on Rule144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Securities Act), and non-U.S. persons to Regulation
S under the Securities Act. The Notes will not initially be
registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws
and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an
effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state
securities laws.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form8-K,
including exhibit hereto, is neither an offer to sell nor a
solicitation of an offer to purchase any of the Notes or any
other securities.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit

About Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD)

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The Company operates through three business segments: Real estate lending (the Lending Segment), which engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial first mortgages, subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), residential mortgage-backed securities, and other real estate and real estate-related debt investments; Real estate investing and servicing (the Investing and Servicing Segment), which includes servicing businesses in the United States and Europe that manage and work out problem assets; an investment business that selectively acquires and manages unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS, and a mortgage loan business, and Real estate property (the Property Segment), which engages primarily in acquiring and managing equity interests in stabilized commercial real estate properties.

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) Recent Trading Information

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:STWD) closed its last trading session down -0.17 at 22.39 with 3,219,327 shares trading hands.