Business and Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Business and Organization

Business and Organization

1. Business and Organization

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (“the Trust” together with its subsidiaries, “we” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that commenced operations (“Inception”) on August 17, 2009 upon the completion of its initial public offering (“IPO”). We are focused primarily on originating, investing in, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities and residential mortgage-backed securities. We are externally managed and advised by SPT Management, LLC (the “Manager”).

We are organized and conduct our operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As such, the Trust will generally not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on the portion of net income that is distributed to stockholders, if we distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to stockholders by prescribed dates and comply with various other requirements.