Investment Update

Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd (SWEF) Investment Update 29-Jul-2016 / 15:24 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information, transmitted by EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 29 July 2016 NOT FOR RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO U.S. PERSONS OR IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND OR ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited: Investment Update This announcement contains price sensitive information. Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (the 'Company') announces that on 29 July 2016 it received full repayment of EUR24 million in relation to the W Hotel, Amsterdam loan as a result of the refinancing of the property following completion of the development. Following repayment of this loan, the Company's portfolio maturity profile is as shown below: Remaining years to contractual maturity* Value of loans £m % of invested portfolio 0 to 1 years £6.0m 2.1% 1 to 2 years £48.8m 17.3% 2 to 3 years £103.0m 36.6% 3 to 5 years £99.0m 35.1% 5 to 10 years £25.0m 8.9%   *excludes any permited extensions. Note that borrowers may elect to repay loans before contractual maturity. For further information, please contact: For further information, please contact: Peter Denton - Starwood Capital - 020 7016 3664 Robert Peel - Fidante Capital - 020 7832 0900 The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Nick Robilliard of Ipes (Guerney) Limited, Company Secretary. Notes: Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited is an investment company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange with an investment objective to provide Shareholders with regular dividends and an attractive total return while limiting downside risk, through the origination, execution, acquisition and servicing of a diversified portfolio of real estate debt investments in the UK and the wider European Union's internal market. www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com. The Group is the largest London-listed vehicle to provide investors with pure play exposure to real estate lending. The Group's assets are managed by Starwood European Finance Partners Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Starwood Capital Group.

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Language:	English
ISIN:	GG00B79WC100
Category Code:	MSCM
TIDM:	SWEF
Sequence Number:	3281
Time of Receipt:	29-Jul-2016 / 15:24 GMT/BST

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