SWEF : Investment Update

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 Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd (SWEF) 
SWEF : Investment Update 
 
21-Dec-2017 / 13:25 GMT/BST 
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Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited: Investment Update 
 
  Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (the "Company" and, together 
   with its subsidiaries, the "Group") is pleased to announce that the Group 
has entered into a new revolving credit facility and that the Group has made 
                                                           a new investment. 
 
        On 18 December 2017 the Group entered into a new GBP64 million secured 
  borrowing facility (the "Secured Facility"). The Secured Facility provides 
   for additional flexibility and optionality for the Group to implement its 
    investment strategies. The Secured Facility is a 5 year revolving credit 
     facility allowing both for term financing of whole loans and additional 
                                  capacity to bridge syndication strategies. 
 
     On 20 December 2017 the Group closed on a GBP45.87 million mezzanine loan 
secured by a well invested portfolio of geographically diversified hotels in 
          strong regional UK cities. The Group expects to earn an attractive 
           risk-adjusted return in line with its stated investment strategy. 
 
                                    For further information, please contact: 
 
                        Duncan MacPherson - Starwood Capital - 020 7016 3655 
 
                               Robert Peel - Fidante Capital - 020 7832 0900 
 
                                                                      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 [1]. 
 
    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. 
 
ISIN:          GG00B79WC100 
Category Code: PFU 
TIDM:          SWEF 
LEI Code:      5493004YMVUQ9Z7JGZ50 
Sequence No.:  5042 
 
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