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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-34436

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland						27-0247747
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

591 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut						06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(203) 422-7700

___________________________________________________________________________

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share	STWD	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The number of shares of the issuer’s common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of November 3, 2023 was 313,226,048.

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements, including without limitation, statements concerning our operations, economic performance and financial condition. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are developed by combining currently available information with our beliefs and assumptions and are generally identified by the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate” and other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance, which may be materially different from that expressed in, or implied by, any such statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their respective dates.

These forward-looking statements are based largely on our current beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us or within our control, and which could materially affect actual results, performance or achievements. Factors that may cause actual results to vary from our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

•factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those set forth under the captions “Risk Factors”, “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”;

•defaults by borrowers in paying debt service on outstanding indebtedness;

•impairment in the value of real estate property securing our loans or in which we invest;

•availability of mortgage origination and acquisition opportunities acceptable to us;

•potential mismatches in the timing of asset repayments and the maturity of the associated financing agreements;

•our ability to achieve the benefits that we anticipate from the prior acquisition of the project finance origination, underwriting and capital markets business of GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC;

•national and local economic and business conditions, including as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies;

•the occurrence of certain geo-political events (such as wars, terrorist attacks and tensions between states) that affect the normal and peaceful course of international relations;

•general and local commercial and residential real estate property conditions;

•changes in federal government policies;

•changes in federal, state and local governmental laws and regulations;

•increased competition from entities engaged in mortgage lending and securities investing activities;

•changes in interest rates; and

•the availability of, and costs associated with, sources of liquidity.

In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurances that the results referred to in the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q will in fact occur. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, changes to future results over time or otherwise.

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		Page
Part I	Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	9
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	11
	Note 1 Business and Organization	11
	Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	12
	Note 3 Acquisitions and Divestitures	19
	Note 4 Loans	20
	Note 5 Investment Securities	26
	Note 6 Properties	29
	Note 7 Investments of Consolidated Affordable Housing Fund	31
	Note 8 Investments in Unconsolidated Entities	32
	Note 9 Goodwill and Intangibles	33
	Note 10 Secured Borrowings	35
	Note 11 Unsecured Senior Notes	40
	Note 12 Loan Securitization/Sale Activities	42
	Note 13 Derivatives and Hedging Activity	43
	Note 14 Offsetting Assets and Liabilities	44
	Note 15 Variable Interest Entities	45
	Note 16 Related-Party Transactions	46
	Note 17 Stockholders’ Equity and Non-Controlling Interests	48
	Note 18 Earnings per Share	51
	Note 19 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	52
	Note 20 Fair Value	53
	Note 21 Income Taxes	61
	Note 22 Commitments and Contingencies	61
	Note 23 Segment Data	62
	Note 24 Subsequent Events	68
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	69
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	104
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	106
Part II	Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	107
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	107
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	107
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	107
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	107
Item 5.	Other Information	107
Item 6.	Exhibits	108

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except share data)


	As of September 30,		As of December 31,
	2023		2022
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	195,319	$	261,061
Restricted cash	235,951		121,072
Loans held-for-investment, net of credit loss allowances of $271,320 and $99,413	17,234,205		18,401,439
Loans held-for-sale, at fair value	2,602,265		2,784,594
Investment securities, net of credit loss allowances of $12,994 and $3,182 ($129,645 and $142,334 held at fair value)	721,593		815,804
Properties, net	1,405,791		1,449,986
Investments of consolidated affordable housing fund, at fair value	1,979,184		1,761,002
Investments in unconsolidated entities	91,924		91,892
Goodwill	259,846		259,846
Intangible assets ($18,188 and $17,790 held at fair value)	65,989		68,773
Derivative assets	133,016		108,621
Accrued interest receivable	173,260		168,521
Other assets	526,442		297,477
Variable interest entity (“VIE”) assets, at fair value	44,668,904		52,453,041
Total Assets	$	70,293,689	$	79,043,129
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	407,715	$	298,999
Related-party payable	24,282		41,186
Dividends payable	152,737		151,511
Derivative liabilities	85,657		91,404
Secured financing agreements, net	13,557,881		14,501,532
Collateralized loan obligations and single asset securitization, net	3,518,274		3,676,224
Unsecured senior notes, net	2,456,583		2,329,211
VIE liabilities, at fair value	42,997,104		50,754,355
Total Liabilities	63,200,233		71,844,422
Commitments and contingencies (Note 22)
Temporary Equity: Redeemable non-controlling interests	409,659		362,790
Permanent Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding	—		—
Common stock, $0.01 per share, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 320,664,108 issued and 313,215,417 outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and 318,123,861 issued and 310,675,170 outstanding as of December 31, 2022	3,205		3,181
Additional paid-in capital	5,855,962		5,807,087
Treasury stock (7,448,691 shares)	(138,022)		(138,022)
Retained earnings	585,756		769,237
Accumulated other comprehensive income	14,114		20,955
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity	6,321,015		6,462,438
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	362,782		373,479
Total Permanent Equity	6,683,797		6,835,917
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	70,293,689	$	79,043,129

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Note: In addition to the VIE assets and liabilities which are separately presented, our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 include assets of $4.3 billion and $4.5 billion, respectively, and liabilities of $3.5 billion and $3.7 billion, respectively, related to consolidated collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and a single asset securitization (“SASB”), which are considered to be VIEs. The CLOs’ and SASB’s assets can only be used to settle obligations of the CLOs and SASB, and the CLOs’ and SASB’s liabilities do not have recourse to Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Refer to Note 15 for additional discussion of VIEs.

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share data)


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	457,299	$	328,354	$	1,344,056	$	823,123
Interest income from investment securities	20,133		19,019		57,689		48,308
Servicing fees	8,630		8,427		22,228		30,972
Rental income	33,091		32,932		97,687		96,036
Other revenues	2,394		1,809		5,970		11,680
Total revenues	521,547		390,541		1,527,630		1,010,119
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	27,143		27,356		97,661		114,275
Interest expense	368,357		222,423		1,066,990		501,492
General and administrative	46,691		45,495		131,955		134,821
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	211		1,213		625		2,152
Costs of rental operations	11,777		12,206		34,910		32,094
Depreciation and amortization	12,271		12,611		37,010		36,498
Credit loss provision, net	52,634		15,343		217,753		20,123
Other expense	516		—		1,490		1,313
Total costs and expenses	519,600		336,647		1,588,394		842,768
Other income (loss):
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	43,763		37,146		139,024		72,268
Change in fair value of servicing rights	(68)		515		398		1,234
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	283		(83)		353		(1,683)
Change in fair value of mortgage loans, net	(66,806)		(87,474)		(111,247)		(326,737)
Income from affordable housing fund investments	16,908		117,527		253,696		658,733
(Loss) earnings from unconsolidated entities	(1,309)		(2,044)		11,378		911
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	10,616		13,453		15,486		112,059
Gain on derivative financial instruments, net	94,883		206,070		118,431		461,921
Foreign currency loss, net	(56,646)		(107,318)		(18,293)		(213,201)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(1,072)		(212)		(2,256)		(1,035)
Other loss, net	(2,521)		(56,391)		(31,686)		(90,963)
Total other income	38,031		121,189		375,284		673,507
Income before income taxes	39,978		175,083		314,520		840,858
Income tax benefit	11,399		48,755		18,997		48,999
Net income	51,377		223,838		333,517		889,857
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(3,942)		(29,276)		(65,265)		(158,409)
Net income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	47,435	$	194,562	$	268,252	$	731,448

Earnings per share data attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.:
Basic	$	0.15	$	0.62	$	0.85	$	2.35
Diluted	$	0.15	$	0.61	$	0.85	$	2.30

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Net income	$	51,377	$	223,838	$	333,517	$	889,857
Other comprehensive loss (net change by component):
Available-for-sale securities	(3,241)		(6,194)		(6,841)		(18,177)

Other comprehensive loss	(3,241)		(6,194)		(6,841)		(18,177)
Comprehensive income	48,136		217,644		326,676		871,680
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	(3,942)		(29,276)		(65,265)		(158,409)
Comprehensive income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	44,194	$	188,368	$	261,411	$	713,271

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except share data)


	Temporary Equity		Common stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		Non- Controlling Interests		Total Permanent Equity
			Shares	Par Value				Shares	Amount
Balance, June 30, 2023	$	408,034	320,217,189	$	3,202	$	5,842,813	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	689,146	$	17,355	$	6,414,494	$	370,449	$	6,784,943

Proceeds from DRIP Plan	—		13,598	—		278		—	—		—		—		278		—		278
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	—		21,088	—		347		—	—		—		—		347		—		347


Share-based compensation	—		319,593	3		10,618		—	—		—		—		10,621		—		10,621
Manager fees paid in stock	—		92,640	—		1,906		—	—		—		—		1,906		—		1,906
Net income	3,114		—	—		—		—	—		47,435		—		47,435		828		48,263
Dividends declared, $0.48 per share	—		—	—		—		—	—		(150,825)		—		(150,825)		—		(150,825)
Other comprehensive loss, net	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		(3,241)		(3,241)		—		(3,241)


Distributions to non-controlling interests	(1,489)		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		(8,495)		(8,495)
Balance, September 30, 2023	$	409,659	320,664,108	$	3,205	$	5,855,962	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	585,756	$	14,114	$	6,321,015	$	362,782	$	6,683,797

Balance, June 30, 2022	$	322,753	316,660,535	$	3,167	$	5,766,533	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	733,348	$	28,970	$	6,393,996	$	380,391	$	6,774,387


Proceeds from DRIP Plan	—		10,568	—		235		—	—		—		—		235		—		235
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	—		34,625	—		625		—	—		—		—		625		—		625


Share-based compensation	—		218,212	2		9,701		—	—		—		—		9,703		—		9,703
Manager fees paid in stock	—		108,374	1		2,593		—	—		—		—		2,594		—		2,594
Net income	23,795		—	—		—		—	—		194,562		—		194,562		5,481		200,043
Dividends declared, $0.48 per share	—		—	—		—		—	—		(148,722)		—		(148,722)		—		(148,722)
Other comprehensive loss, net	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		(6,194)		(6,194)		—		(6,194)


Distributions to non-controlling interests	(2,175)		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		(11,486)		(11,486)
Balance, September 30, 2022	$	344,373	317,032,314	$	3,170	$	5,779,687	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	779,188	$	22,776	$	6,446,799	$	374,386	$	6,821,185

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Continued)

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except share data)


	Temporary Equity		Common stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Treasury Stock			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		Non- Controlling Interests		Total Permanent Equity
			Shares	Par Value				Shares	Amount
Balance, December 31, 2022	$	362,790	318,123,861	$	3,181	$	5,807,087	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	769,237	$	20,955	$	6,462,438	$	373,479	$	6,835,917




Proceeds from DRIP Plan	—		45,050	—		852		—	—		—		—		852		—		852
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	—		110,112	1		1,669		—	—		—		—		1,670		—		1,670


Share-based compensation	—		1,542,034	15		31,040		—	—		—		—		31,055		—		31,055
Manager fees paid in stock	—		843,051	8		15,314		—	—		—		—		15,322		—		15,322
Net income	51,062		—	—		—		—	—		268,252		—		268,252		14,203		282,455
Dividends declared, $1.44 per share	—		—	—		—		—	—		(451,733)		—		(451,733)		—		(451,733)
Other comprehensive loss, net	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		(6,841)		(6,841)		—		(6,841)


Distributions to non-controlling interests	(4,193)		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		(24,900)		(24,900)
Balance, September 30, 2023	$	409,659	320,664,108	$	3,205	$	5,855,962	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	585,756	$	14,114	$	6,321,015	$	362,782	$	6,683,797

Balance, December 31, 2021	$	214,915	312,268,944	$	3,123	$	5,673,376	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	493,106	$	40,953	$	6,072,536	$	361,356	$	6,433,892

Proceeds from ATM agreement	—		1,415,564	14		33,307		—	—		—		—		33,321		—		33,321
Proceeds from DRIP Plan	—		33,037	—		770		—	—		—		—		770		—		770
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	—		34,625	—		625		—	—		—		—		625		—		625

Equity offering costs	—		—	—		(756)		—	—		—		—		(756)		—		(756)

Share-based compensation	—		1,455,814	15		29,688		—	—		—		—		29,703		—		29,703
Manager fees paid in stock	—		1,824,330	18		42,677		—	—		—		—		42,695		—		42,695
Net income	134,298		—	—		—		—	—		731,448		—		731,448		24,111		755,559
Dividends declared, $1.44 per share	—		—	—		—		—	—		(445,366)		—		(445,366)		—		(445,366)
Other comprehensive loss, net	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		(18,177)		(18,177)		—		(18,177)

Contributions from non-controlling interests	—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		21,926		21,926
Distributions to non-controlling interests	(4,840)		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		(33,007)		(33,007)
Balance, September 30, 2022	$	344,373	317,032,314	$	3,170	$	5,779,687	7,448,691	$	(138,022)	$	779,188	$	22,776	$	6,446,799	$	374,386	$	6,821,185

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	333,517	$	889,857
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of deferred financing costs, premiums and discounts on secured borrowings	38,596		34,705
Amortization of discounts and deferred financing costs on unsecured senior notes	6,978		6,560
Accretion of net discount on investment securities	(7,119)		(9,725)
Accretion of net deferred loan fees and discounts	(51,031)		(47,468)
Share-based compensation	31,055		29,703
Manager fees paid in stock	15,322		42,695
Change in fair value of investment securities	(353)		1,683
Change in fair value of consolidated VIEs	(26,879)		39,138
Change in fair value of servicing rights	(398)		(1,234)
Change in fair value of loans	111,247		326,737
Change in fair value of affordable housing fund investments	(218,182)		(628,956)
Change in fair value of derivatives	(55,990)		(465,986)
Foreign currency loss, net	18,293		213,201
Gain on sale of investments and other assets	(15,486)		(112,059)
Impairment charges on properties and related intangibles	23,856		55
Credit loss provision, net	217,753		20,123
Depreciation and amortization	40,870		39,911
Earnings from unconsolidated entities	(11,378)		(911)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated entities	8,049		4,935
Loss on extinguishment of debt	2,256		837
Origination and purchase of loans held-for-sale, net of principal collections	(226,656)		(3,641,067)
Proceeds from sale of loans held-for-sale	294,951		3,992,896
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Related-party payable	(16,904)		(50,225)
Accrued and capitalized interest receivable, less purchased interest	(97,034)		(131,678)
Other assets	2,103		(200,496)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	99,307		491,503
Net cash provided by operating activities	516,743		844,734
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Origination, purchase and funding of loans held-for-investment	(1,659,857)		(5,007,398)
Proceeds from principal collections on loans	2,390,121		1,840,317
Proceeds from loans sold	95,282		71,008
Purchase and funding of investment securities	(6,988)		(86,058)
Proceeds from sales and redemptions of investment securities	1,722		—
Proceeds from principal collections on investment securities	87,679		19,431
Proceeds from sales of real estate	60,955		166,424
Purchases and additions to properties and other assets	(19,662)		(17,295)
Investments in unconsolidated entities	(2,514)		(461)

Distribution of capital from unconsolidated entities	4,788		3,375
Cash resulting from initial consolidation of entities	123		617

Payments for purchase or termination of derivatives	(28,220)		(14,965)
Proceeds from termination of derivatives	19,729		168,607
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	943,158		$	(2,856,398)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	$	4,934,444	$	11,603,576
Principal repayments on and repurchases of borrowings	(5,908,393)		(8,751,730)
Payment of deferred financing costs	(13,873)		(48,847)
Proceeds from common stock issuances	2,522		34,716
Payment of equity offering costs	—		(756)
Payment of dividends	(450,507)		(442,794)
Contributions from non-controlling interests	—		21,926
Distributions to non-controlling interests	(29,093)		(37,847)


Repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs	(318)		(290,132)
Distributions of cash from consolidated VIEs	54,071		64,555
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(1,411,147)		2,152,667
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	48,754		141,003
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	382,133		321,914
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	383		(1,637)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	431,270	$	461,280
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	1,016,636	$	423,326
Income taxes paid (refunded), net	1,889		(8,613)
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends declared, but not yet paid	$	153,414	$	150,942
Consolidation of VIEs (VIE asset/liability additions)	—		4,361,325
Deconsolidation of VIEs (VIE asset/liability reductions)	—		730,012
Net assets acquired through foreclosure, control or conversion to equity interest:
Assets acquired, less cash	40,897		145,330
Liabilities assumed	74		95,796
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets	—		29,821
Loan principal collections temporarily held at master servicer	190,405		3,061
Reclassification of loans held-for-investment to loans held-for-sale	41,392		63,962

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

As of September 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

1. Business and Organization

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (“STWD” and, together with its subsidiaries, “we” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that commenced operations in August 2009, upon the completion of our initial public offering. We are focused primarily on originating, acquiring, financing and managing mortgage loans and other real estate investments in the United States (“U.S.”), Europe and Australia. As market conditions change over time, we may adjust our strategy to take advantage of changes in interest rates and credit spreads as well as economic and credit conditions.

We have four reportable business segments as of September 30, 2023 and we refer to the investments within these segments as our target assets:

•Real estate commercial and residential lending (the “Commercial and Residential Lending Segment”)—engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial first mortgages, non-agency residential mortgages (“residential loans”), subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and other real estate and real estate-related debt investments in the U.S., Europe and Australia (including distressed or non-performing loans). Our residential loans are secured by a first mortgage lien on residential property and primarily consist of non-agency residential loans that are not guaranteed by any U.S. Government agency or federally chartered corporation.

•Infrastructure lending (the “Infrastructure Lending Segment”)—engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing infrastructure debt investments.

•Real estate property (the “Property Segment”)—engages primarily in acquiring and managing equity interests in stabilized commercial real estate properties, including multifamily properties and commercial properties subject to net leases, that are held for investment.

•Real estate investing and servicing (the “Investing and Servicing Segment”)—includes (i) a servicing business in the U.S. that manages and works out problem assets, (ii) an investment business that selectively acquires and manages unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS, including subordinated interests of securitization and resecuritization transactions, (iii) a mortgage loan business which originates conduit loans for the primary purpose of selling these loans into securitization transactions and (iv) an investment business that selectively acquires commercial real estate assets, including properties acquired from CMBS trusts.

Our segments exclude the consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”).

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, we will generally not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on that portion of our net income that is distributed to stockholders if we distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to our stockholders by prescribed dates and comply with various other requirements.

We are organized as a holding company and conduct our business primarily through our various wholly-owned subsidiaries. We are externally managed and advised by SPT Management, LLC (our “Manager”) pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. Our Manager is controlled by Barry Sternlicht, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Our Manager is an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group Global L.P., a privately-held private equity firm founded by Mr. Sternlicht.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Balance Sheet Presentation of Securitization Variable Interest Entities

We operate investment businesses that acquire unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS and RMBS. These securities represent interests in securitization structures (commonly referred to as special purpose entities, or “SPEs”). These SPEs are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), SPEs typically qualify as VIEs. These are entities that, by design, either (1) lack sufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) have equity investors that do not have the ability to make significant decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses, or do not have the right to receive the residual returns of the entity.

Because we often serve as the special servicer or servicing administrator of the trusts in which we invest, or we have the ability to remove and replace the special servicer without cause, consolidation of these structures is required pursuant to GAAP as outlined in detail below. This results in a consolidated balance sheet which presents the gross assets and liabilities of the VIEs. The assets and other instruments held by these VIEs are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the VIEs do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the consolidator of these VIEs.

The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, a portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

Refer to the segment data in Note 23 for a presentation of our business segments without consolidation of these VIEs.

Basis of Accounting and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our consolidated subsidiaries and VIEs. Intercompany amounts have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows have been included.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (our “Form 10-K”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of our recurring accounting policies. We have included disclosure in this Note 2 regarding principles of consolidation and other accounting policies that (i) are required to be disclosed quarterly, (ii) we view as critical, (iii) became significant since December 31, 2022 due to a corporate action or increase in the significance of the underlying business activity or (iv) changed upon adoption of an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Variable Interest Entities

In addition to the securitization VIEs, we have financed pools of our loans through collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and a single asset securitization (“SASB”), which are considered VIEs. We also hold interests in certain other entities which are considered VIEs as the limited partners of those entities with equity at risk do not collectively possess (i) the right to remove the general partner or dissolve the partnership without cause or (ii) the right to participate in significant decisions made by the partnership.

We evaluate all of our interests in VIEs for consolidation. When our interests are determined to be variable interests, we assess whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is required to consolidate the VIE. Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation, defines the primary beneficiary as the party that has both (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could be potentially significant. We

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consider our variable interests as well as any variable interests of our related parties in making this determination. Where both of these factors are present, we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary and we consolidate the VIE. Where either one of these factors is not present, we are not the primary beneficiary and do not consolidate the VIE.

To assess whether we have the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, we consider all facts and circumstances, including our role in establishing the VIE and our ongoing rights and responsibilities. This assessment includes: (i) identifying the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and (ii) identifying which party, if any, has power over those activities. In general, the parties that make the most significant decisions affecting the VIE or have the right to unilaterally remove those decision makers are deemed to have the power to direct the activities of a VIE. The right to remove the decision maker in a VIE must be exercisable without cause for the decision maker to not be deemed the party that has the power to direct the activities of a VIE.

To assess whether we have the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE, we consider all of our economic interests, including debt and equity investments, servicing fees and other arrangements deemed to be variable interests in the VIE. This assessment requires that we apply judgment in determining whether these interests, in the aggregate, are considered potentially significant to the VIE. Factors considered in assessing significance include: the design of the VIE, including its capitalization structure; subordination of interests; payment priority; relative share of interests held across various classes within the VIE’s capital structure; and the reasons why the interests are held by us.

Our purchased investment securities include unrated and non-investment grade rated securities issued by securitization trusts. In certain cases, we may contract to provide special servicing activities for these trusts, or, as holder of the controlling class, we may have the right to name and remove the special servicer for these trusts. In our role as special servicer, we provide services on defaulted loans within the trusts, such as foreclosure or work-out procedures, as permitted by the underlying contractual agreements. In exchange for these services, we receive a fee. These rights give us the ability to direct activities that could significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. However, in those instances where an unrelated third party has the right to unilaterally remove us as special servicer without cause, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. We evaluated all of our positions in such investments for consolidation.

For securitization VIEs in which we are determined to be the primary beneficiary, all of the underlying assets, liabilities and equity of the structures are recorded on our books, and the initial investment, along with any associated unrealized holding gains and losses, are eliminated in consolidation. Similarly, the interest income earned from these structures, as well as the fees paid by these trusts to us in our capacity as special servicer, are eliminated in consolidation. Further, a portion of the identified servicing intangible asset associated with the servicing fee streams, and the corresponding amortization or change in fair value of the servicing intangible asset, are also eliminated in consolidation.

We perform ongoing reassessments of: (i) whether any entities previously evaluated under the majority voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework, and (ii) whether changes in the facts and circumstances regarding our involvement with a VIE causes our consolidation conclusion regarding the VIE to change.

We elect the fair value option for initial and subsequent recognition of the assets and liabilities of our consolidated securitization VIEs. Interest income and interest expense associated with these VIEs are no longer relevant on a standalone basis because these amounts are already reflected in the fair value changes. We have elected to present these items in a single line on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. The residual difference shown on our condensed consolidated statements of operations in the line item “Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs” represents our beneficial interest in the VIEs.

We separately present the assets and liabilities of our consolidated securitization VIEs as individual line items on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The liabilities of our consolidated securitization VIEs consist solely of obligations to the bondholders of the related trusts, and are thus presented as a single line item entitled “VIE liabilities.” The assets of our consolidated securitization VIEs consist principally of loans, but at times, also include foreclosed loans which have been temporarily converted into real estate owned (“REO”). These assets in the aggregate are likewise presented as a single line item entitled “VIE assets.”

Loans comprise the vast majority of our securitization VIE assets and are carried at fair value due to the election of the fair value option. When an asset becomes REO, it is due to non-performance of the loan. Because the loan is already at fair value, the carrying value of an REO asset is also initially at fair value. Furthermore, when we consolidate a trust, any existing

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REO would be consolidated at fair value. Once an asset becomes REO, its disposition time is relatively short. As a result, the carrying value of an REO generally approximates fair value under GAAP.

In addition to sharing a similar measurement method as the loans in a trust, the securitization VIE assets as a whole can only be used to settle the obligations of the consolidated VIE. The assets of our securitization VIEs are not individually accessible by the bondholders, which creates inherent limitations from a valuation perspective. Also creating limitations from a valuation perspective is our role as special servicer, which provides us very limited visibility, if any, into the performing loans of a trust.

REO assets generally represent a very small percentage of the overall asset pool of a trust. In new issue trusts there are no REO assets. We estimate that REO assets constitute approximately 1% of our consolidated securitization VIE assets, with the remaining 99% representing loans. However, it is important to note that the fair value of our securitization VIE assets is determined by reference to our securitization VIE liabilities as permitted under ASU 2014-13, Consolidation (Topic 810): Measuring the Financial Assets and the Financial Liabilities of a Consolidated Collateralized Financing Entity. In other words, our VIE liabilities are more reliably measurable than the VIE assets, resulting in our current measurement methodology which utilizes this value to determine the fair value of our securitization VIE assets as a whole. As a result, these percentages are not necessarily indicative of the relative fair values of each of these asset categories if the assets were to be valued individually.

Due to our accounting policy election under ASU 2014-13, separately presenting two different asset categories would result in an arbitrary assignment of value to each, with one asset category representing a residual amount, as opposed to its fair value. However, as a pool, the fair value of the assets in total is equal to the fair value of the liabilities.

For these reasons, the assets of our securitization VIEs are presented in the aggregate.

Fair Value Option

The guidance in ASC 825, Financial Instruments, provides a fair value option election that allows entities to make an irrevocable election of fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. The decision to elect the fair value option is determined on an instrument by instrument basis and must be applied to an entire instrument and is irrevocable once elected. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant to this guidance are required to be reported separately in our consolidated balance sheets from those instruments using another accounting method.

We have elected the fair value option for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities of our consolidated securitization VIEs, residential loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale originated or acquired for future securitization and purchased CMBS issued by VIEs we could consolidate in the future. The fair value elections for VIE and securitization related items were made in order to mitigate accounting mismatches between the carrying value of the instruments and the related assets and liabilities that we consolidate at fair value. The fair value elections for residential loans held-for-investment were made in order to maintain consistency across all our residential loans. The fair value elections for mortgage loans held-for-sale were made due to the expected short-term holding period of these instruments.

Fair Value Measurements

We measure our mortgage-backed securities, investments of consolidated affordable housing fund, derivative assets and liabilities, domestic servicing rights intangible asset and any assets or liabilities where we have elected the fair value option at fair value. When actively quoted observable prices are not available, we either use implied pricing from similar assets and liabilities or valuation models based on net present values of estimated future cash flows, adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, market and/or other risk factors.

As discussed above, we measure the assets and liabilities of consolidated securitization VIEs at fair value pursuant to our election of the fair value option. The securitization VIEs in which we invest are “static”; that is, no reinvestment is permitted, and there is no active management of the underlying assets. In determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the securitization VIEs, we maximize the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. Refer to Note 20 for further discussion regarding our fair value measurements.

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Loans Held-for-Investment

Loans that are held for investment (“HFI”) are carried at cost, net of unamortized acquisition premiums or discounts, loan fees and origination costs, as applicable, and net of credit loss allowances as discussed below, unless we have elected to apply the fair value option at purchase.

Loans Held-For-Sale

Our loans that we intend to sell or liquidate in the short-term are classified as held-for-sale and are carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value, unless we have elected to apply the fair value option at origination or purchase. We periodically enter into derivative financial instruments to hedge unpredictable changes in fair value of loans held-for-sale, including changes resulting from both interest rates and credit quality. Because these derivatives are not designated, changes in their fair value are recorded in earnings. In order to best reflect the results of the hedged loan portfolio in earnings, we have elected the fair value option for these loans. As a result, changes in the fair value of the loans are also recorded in earnings.

Investment Securities

We designate our debt investment securities as held-to-maturity (“HTM”), available-for-sale (“AFS”), or trading depending on our investment strategy and ability to hold such securities to maturity. HTM debt securities where we have not elected to apply the fair value option are stated at cost plus any premiums or discounts, which are amortized or accreted through the condensed consolidated statements of operations using the effective interest method. Debt securities we (i) do not hold for the purpose of selling in the near-term, or (ii) may dispose of prior to maturity, are classified as AFS and are carried at fair value in the accompanying financial statements. Unrealized gains or losses on AFS debt securities where we have not elected the fair value option are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in stockholders’ equity. Our HTM and AFS debt securities are also subject to credit loss allowances as discussed below.

Our only equity investment security is carried at fair value, with unrealized holding gains and losses recorded in earnings.

Credit Losses

Loans and Debt Securities Measured at Amortized Cost

ASC 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, became effective for the Company on January 1, 2020. ASC 326 mandates the use of a current expected credit loss model (“CECL”) for estimating future credit losses of certain financial instruments measured at amortized cost, instead of the “incurred loss” credit model previously required under GAAP. The CECL model requires the consideration of possible credit losses over the life of an instrument as opposed to only estimating credit losses upon the occurrence of a discrete loss event under the previous “incurred loss” methodology. The CECL model applies to our HFI loans and our HTM debt securities which are carried at amortized cost, including future funding commitments and accrued interest receivable related to those loans and securities. However, as permitted by ASC 326, we have elected not to measure an allowance for credit losses on accrued interest receivable (which is classified separately on our condensed consolidated balance sheets), but rather write off in a timely manner by reversing interest income and/or cease accruing interest that would likely be uncollectible.

As we do not have a history of realized credit losses on our HFI loans and HTM securities, we have subscribed to third party database services to provide us with historical industry losses for both commercial real estate and infrastructure loans. Using these losses as a benchmark, we determine expected credit losses for our loans and securities on a collective basis within our commercial real estate and infrastructure portfolios. See Note 4 for further discussion of our methodologies.

We also evaluate each loan and security measured at amortized cost for credit deterioration at least quarterly. Credit deterioration occurs when it is deemed probable that we will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan or security. If a loan or security is considered to be credit deteriorated, we depart from the industry loss rate approach described above and determine the credit loss allowance as any excess of the amortized cost basis of the loan or security over (i) the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the contractual effective interest rate or (ii) the fair value of the collateral, if repayment is expected solely from the collateral.

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Available-for-Sale Debt Securities

Separate provisions of ASC 326 apply to our AFS debt securities, which are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of AOCI. We are required to establish an initial credit loss allowance for those securities that are purchased with credit deterioration (“PCD”) by grossing up the amortized cost basis of each security and providing an offsetting credit loss allowance for the difference between expected cash flows and contractual cash flows, both on a present value basis.

Subsequently, cumulative adverse changes in expected cash flows on our AFS debt securities are recognized currently as an increase to the allowance for credit losses. However, the allowance is limited to the amount by which the AFS debt security’s amortized cost exceeds its fair value. Favorable changes in expected cash flows are first recognized as a decrease to the allowance for credit losses (recognized currently in earnings). Such changes would be recognized as a prospective yield adjustment only when the allowance for credit losses is reduced to zero. A change in expected cash flows that is attributable solely to a change in a variable interest reference rate does not result in a credit loss and is accounted for as a prospective yield adjustment.

Investments of Consolidated Affordable Housing Fund

On November 5, 2021, we established Woodstar Portfolio Holdings, LLC (the “Woodstar Fund”), an investment fund which holds our Woodstar multifamily affordable housing portfolios consisting of 59 properties with 15,057 units located in Central and South Florida. As managing member of the Woodstar Fund, we manage interests purchased by third party investors seeking capital appreciation and an ongoing return, for which we earn (i) a management fee based on each investor’s share of total Woodstar Fund equity; and (ii) an incentive distribution if the Woodstar Fund’s returns exceed an established threshold. In connection with the establishment of the Woodstar Fund, we entered into subscription and other related agreements with certain third party institutional investors to sell, through a feeder fund structure, an aggregate 20.6% interest in the Woodstar Fund for an initial aggregate subscription price of $216.0 million, which was adjusted to $214.2 million post-closing. The Woodstar Fund has an initial term of eight years.

Effective with the third party interest sale, the Woodstar Fund has the characteristics of an investment company under ASC 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. Accordingly, the Woodstar Fund is required to carry the investments in its properties at fair value, with a cumulative effect adjustment between the fair value and previous carrying value of its investments recognized in stockholders’ equity as of November 5, 2021, the date of the Woodstar Fund’s change in status to an investment company. Because we are the primary beneficiary of the Woodstar Fund, which is a VIE (as discussed in Note 15), we consolidate the accounts of the Woodstar Fund into our consolidated financial statements, retaining the fair value basis of accounting for its investments. Realized and unrealized changes in the fair value of the Woodstar Fund’s property investments, and distributions thereon, are recognized in the “Income from affordable housing fund investments” caption within the other income (loss) section of our condensed consolidated statements of operations. See Note 7 for further details regarding the Woodstar Fund’s investments and related income and Note 17 with respect to its contingently redeemable non-controlling interests which are classified as “Temporary Equity” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Revenue Recognition

Interest Income

Interest income on performing loans and financial instruments is accrued based on the outstanding principal amount and contractual terms of the instrument. For loans where we do not elect the fair value option, origination fees and direct loan origination costs are also recognized in interest income over the loan term as a yield adjustment using the effective interest method. When we elect the fair value option, origination fees and direct loan costs are recorded directly in income and are not deferred. Discounts or premiums associated with the purchase of non-performing loans and investment securities are amortized or accreted into interest income as a yield adjustment on the effective interest method, based on expected cash flows through the expected maturity date of the investment. On at least a quarterly basis, we review and, if appropriate, make adjustments to our cash flow projections.

We cease accruing interest on non-performing loans at the earlier of (i) the loan becoming significantly past due or (ii) management concluding that a full recovery of all interest and principal is doubtful. Interest income on non-accrual loans in which management expects a full recovery of the loan’s outstanding principal balance is only recognized when received in cash. If full recovery of principal is doubtful or if collection of interest is less than probable, the cost recovery method is applied whereby any cash received is applied to the outstanding principal balance of the loan. A non-accrual loan is returned to accrual

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status at such time as the loan becomes contractually current and management believes all future principal and interest will be received according to the contractual loan terms.

For loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality, interest income is only recognized to the extent that our estimate of undiscounted expected principal and interest exceeds our investment in the loan. Such excess, if any, is recognized as interest income on a level-yield basis over the life of the loan.

Upon the sale of loans or securities which are not accounted for pursuant to the fair value option, the excess (or deficiency) of net proceeds over the net carrying value of such loans or securities is recognized as a realized gain (loss).

Servicing Fees

We typically seek to be the special servicer on CMBS transactions in which we invest. When we are appointed to serve in this capacity, we earn special servicing fees from the related activities performed, which consist primarily of overseeing the workout of under-performing and non-performing loans underlying the CMBS transactions. These fees are recognized in income in the period in which the services are performed and the revenue recognition criteria have been met.

Rental Income

Rental income is recognized when earned from tenants. For leases that provide rent concessions or fixed escalations over the lease term, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the noncancelable term of the lease. In net lease arrangements, costs reimbursable from tenants are recognized in rental income in the period in which the related expenses are incurred as we are generally the primary obligor with respect to purchasing goods and services for property operations. In instances where the tenant is responsible for property maintenance and repairs and contracts and settles such costs directly with third party service providers, we do not reflect those expenses in our consolidated statement of operations as the tenant is the primary obligor.

Foreign Currency Translation

Our assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using foreign currency exchange rates at the end of the reporting period. Income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for each reporting period. The effects of translating the assets, liabilities and income of our foreign investments held by entities with a U.S. dollar functional currency are included in foreign currency gain (loss) in the consolidated statements of operations. Realized foreign currency gains and losses and changes in the value of foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities are included in the determination of net income and are reported as foreign currency gain (loss) in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Income Taxes

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code. The Company is subject to federal income taxation at corporate rates on its REIT taxable income, however, the Company is allowed a deduction for the amount of dividends paid to its stockholders in arriving at its REIT taxable income. As a result, distributed net income of the Company is subjected to taxation at the stockholder level only. The Company intends to continue operating in a manner that will permit it to maintain its qualification as a REIT for tax purposes.

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets and recognizes a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, both positive and negative, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. When evaluating the realizability of its deferred tax assets, the Company considers, among other matters, estimates of expected future taxable income, nature of current and cumulative losses, existing and projected book/tax differences, tax planning strategies available, and the general and industry specific economic outlook. This realizability analysis is inherently subjective, as it requires the Company to forecast its business and general economic environment in future periods.

We recognize tax positions in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that, based on the technical merits of the tax position, the position will be sustained upon examination by the relevant taxing authority. A tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that will more likely than not be realized upon settlement. If, as a result of new events or information, a recognized tax position no longer is considered more likely than not to be sustained upon examination, a liability is established for the unrecognized benefit with a corresponding charge to income tax expense in our consolidated

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statement of operations. We report interest and penalties, if any, related to income tax matters as a component of income tax expense.

Earnings Per Share

We present both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) amounts in our financial statements. Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the maximum potential dilution that could occur from (i) our share-based compensation, consisting of unvested restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs and any outstanding discounted share purchase options under the Employee Stock Purchase Program (“ESPP”), (ii) shares contingently issuable to our Manager, (iii) the conversion options associated with our senior convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) (see Notes 11 and 18) and (iv) non-controlling interests that are redeemable with our common stock (see Note 17). Potential dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation if they have an anti-dilutive effect in the period.

Nearly all of the Company’s unvested RSUs and RSAs contain rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends and thus are participating securities. In addition, the non-controlling interests that are redeemable with our common stock are considered participating securities because they earn a preferred return indexed to the dividend rate on our common stock (see Note 17). Due to the existence of these participating securities, the two-class method of computing EPS is required, unless another method is determined to be more dilutive. Under the two-class method, undistributed earnings are reallocated between shares of common stock and participating securities. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the two-class method resulted in the most dilutive EPS calculation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The most significant and subjective estimate that we make is the projection of cash flows we expect to receive on our investments, which has a significant impact on the amount of income that we record and/or disclose. In addition, the fair value of assets and liabilities that are estimated using a discounted cash flows method is significantly impacted by the rates at which we estimate market participants would discount the expected cash flows. Amounts ultimately realized from our investments may vary significantly from the fair values presented.

We believe the estimates and assumptions underlying our consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of September 30, 2023. Actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Developments

On March 12, 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, and on January 11, 2021, issued ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Scope, both of which provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. These ASUs are effective through December 31, 2024, as extended by ASU 2022-06, Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848, issued by the FASB on December 21, 2022. The Company has not adopted any of the optional expedients or exceptions through September 30, 2023.

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3. Acquisitions and Divestitures

Investing and Servicing Segment Property Portfolio (“REIS Equity Portfolio”)

During the three months ended September 30, 2023, we sold two operating properties for $34.6 million within the REIS Equity Portfolio. In connection with these sales, we recognized a total gain of $10.6 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 we sold three operating properties for $50.9 million within the REIS Equity Portfolio. In connection with these sales, we recognized a total gain of $15.4 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, we sold an operating property for $19.5 million. In connection with this sale, we recognized a total gain of $13.7 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold two operating properties for $54.0 million. In connection with these sales, we recognized a total gain of $25.4 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations, of which $0.6 million was attributable to non-controlling interests.

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we sold four units in a residential conversion project in New York for $12.1 million within the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment (three of which were sold during the three months ended September 30, 2023 for $9.1 million). In connection with these sales, there was no gain or loss recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold a distribution facility located in Orlando, Florida that was previously acquired in April 2019 through foreclosure of a loan with a carrying value of $18.5 million. The property was sold for $114.8 million and we recognized a gain of $86.6 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we had no significant acquisitions of properties or businesses other than properties acquired through loan foreclosure or obtaining equity control as discussed in Note 4.

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4. Loans

Our loans held-for-investment are accounted for at amortized cost and our loans held-for-sale are accounted for at the lower of cost or fair value, unless we have elected the fair value option for either. The following tables summarize our investments in mortgages and loans as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


September 30, 2023	Carrying Value		Face Amount		Weighted Average Coupon (1)		Weighted Average Life (“WAL”) (years)(2)
Loans held-for-investment:
Commercial loans:
First mortgages (3)	$	14,812,543	$	14,887,200	9.0	%	1.3
Subordinated mortgages (4)	75,097		75,617		14.8	%	1.1
Mezzanine loans (3)	246,968		248,518		13.5	%	1.6
Other	87,193		88,339		9.6	%	1.6
Total commercial loans	15,221,801		15,299,674
Infrastructure first priority loans	2,283,724		2,334,472		9.6	%	4.0

Total loans held-for-investment	17,505,525		17,634,146
Loans held-for-sale:
Residential, fair value option	2,499,681		2,954,536		4.5	%	N/A	(5)
Commercial, fair value option	102,584		107,997		7.0	%	6.1

Total loans held-for-sale	2,602,265		3,062,533
Total gross loans	20,107,790		$	20,696,679
Credit loss allowances:
Commercial loans held-for-investment	(261,914)
Infrastructure loans held-for-investment	(9,406)
Total allowances	(271,320)
Total net loans	$	19,836,470

December 31, 2022
Loans held-for-investment:
Commercial loans:
First mortgages (3)	$	15,562,452	$	15,648,358	7.9	%	1.7
Subordinated mortgages (4)	71,100		72,118		13.6	%	1.8
Mezzanine loans (3)	445,363		442,339		12.9	%	1.0
Other	58,393		59,393		8.2	%	1.4
Total commercial loans	16,137,308		16,222,208
Infrastructure first priority loans	2,363,544		2,395,762		8.6	%	3.9

Total loans held-for-investment	18,500,852		18,617,970
Loans held-for-sale:
Residential, fair value option	2,763,458		3,092,915		4.5	%	N/A	(5)
Commercial, fair value option	21,136		23,900		5.7	%	8.6

Total loans held-for-sale	2,784,594		3,116,815
Total gross loans	21,285,446		$	21,734,785
Credit loss allowances:
Commercial loans held-for-investment	(88,801)
Infrastructure loans held-for-investment	(10,612)
Total allowances	(99,413)
Total net loans	$	21,186,033

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(1)Calculated using applicable index rates as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 for variable rate loans and excludes loans for which interest income is not recognized.

(2)Represents the WAL of each respective group of loans, excluding loans for which interest income is not recognized, as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual loan is calculated using amounts and timing of future principal payments, as projected at origination or acquisition.

(3)First mortgages include first mortgage loans and any contiguous mezzanine loan components because as a whole, the expected credit quality of these loans is more similar to that of a first mortgage loan. The application of this methodology resulted in mezzanine loans with carrying values of $1.1 billion and $1.3 billion being classified as first mortgages as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

(4)Subordinated mortgages include B-Notes and junior participation in first mortgages where we do not own the senior A-Note or senior participation. If we own both the A-Note and B-Note, we categorize the loan as a first mortgage loan.

(5)Residential loans have a weighted average remaining contractual life of 28.0 years and 28.8 years as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

As of September 30, 2023, our variable rate loans held-for-investment, excluding loans for which interest income is not recognized, were as follows (dollars in thousands):


September 30, 2023	Carrying Value		Weighted-average Spread Above Index
Commercial loans	$	14,532,060	4.0	%
Infrastructure loans	2,281,923		4.1	%
Total variable rate loans held-for-investment	$	16,813,983	4.0	%

Credit Loss Allowances

As discussed in Note 2, we do not have a history of realized credit losses on our HFI loans and HTM securities, so we have subscribed to third party database services to provide us with industry losses for both commercial real estate and infrastructure loans. Using these losses as a benchmark, we determine expected credit losses for our loans and securities on a collective basis within our commercial real estate and infrastructure portfolios.

For our commercial loans, we utilize a loan loss model that is widely used among banks and commercial mortgage REITs and is marketed by a leading CMBS data analytics provider. It employs logistic regression to forecast expected losses at the loan level based on a commercial real estate loan securitization database that contains activity dating back to 1998. We provide specific loan-level inputs which include loan-to-stabilized-value (“LTV”) and debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) metrics, as well as principal balances, property type, location, coupon, origination year, term, subordination, expected repayment dates and future fundings. We also select from a group of independent five-year macroeconomic forecasts included in the model that are updated regularly based on current economic trends. We categorize the results by LTV range, which we consider the most significant indicator of credit quality for our commercial loans, as set forth in the credit quality indicator table below. A lower LTV ratio typically indicates a lower credit loss risk.

The macroeconomic forecasts do not differentiate among property types or asset classes. Instead, these forecasts reference general macroeconomic conditions (i.e. Gross Domestic Product, employment and interest rates) which apply broadly across all assets. For instance, although the office sector has been adversely affected by the increase in remote working arrangements and the retail sector has been adversely affected by electronic commerce, the broad macroeconomic forecasts do not account for such differentiation. Accordingly, we have selected more adverse macroeconomic recovery forecasts related to office and retail properties than for other property types in determining our credit loss allowance. We have also selected a more adverse macroeconomic recovery forecast for those properties which are experiencing more challenges than their general property type or asset class.

For our infrastructure loans, we utilize a database of historical infrastructure loan performance that is shared among a consortium of banks and other lenders and compiled by a major bond credit rating agency. The database is representative of industry-wide project finance activity dating back to 1983. We derive historical loss rates from the database filtered by industry, sub-industry, term and construction status for each of our infrastructure loans. Those historical loss rates reflect global

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economic cycles over a long period of time as well as average recovery rates. We categorize the results principally between the power and oil and gas industries, which we consider the most significant indicator of credit quality for our infrastructure loans, as set forth in the credit quality indicator table below.

As discussed in Note 2, we use a discounted cash flow or collateral value approach, rather than the industry loan loss approach described above, to determine credit loss allowances for any credit deteriorated loans.

We regularly evaluate the extent and impact of any credit deterioration associated with the performance and/or value of the underlying collateral, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. Specifically, the collateral’s operating results and any cash reserves are analyzed and used to assess (i) whether cash flow from operations is sufficient to cover the debt service requirements currently and into the future, (ii) the ability of the borrower to refinance the loan and/or (iii) the collateral’s liquidation value. We also evaluate the financial wherewithal of any loan guarantors as well as the borrower’s competency in managing and operating the collateral. In addition, we consider the overall economic environment, real estate or industry sector, and geographic sub-market in which the borrower operates. Such analyses are completed and reviewed by asset management and finance personnel who utilize various data sources, including (i) periodic financial data such as property operating statements, occupancy, tenant profile, rental rates, operating expenses, the borrower’s exit plan, and capitalization and discount rates, (ii) site inspections and (iii) current credit spreads and discussions with market participants.

The significant credit quality indicators for our loans measured at amortized cost, which excludes loans held-for-sale, were as follows as of September 30, 2023 (dollars in thousands):


	Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year												Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Total		Total Amortized Cost Basis		Credit Loss Allowance
As of September 30, 2023	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		Prior
Commercial loans:
Credit quality indicator:
LTV < 60%	$	265,245	$	1,937,607	$	3,101,829	$	188,077	$	991,760	$	206,365	$	—	$	6,690,883	$	24,768
LTV 60% - 70%	85,019		1,911,675		3,526,879		94,397		102,782		386,971		—		6,107,723		73,696
LTV > 70%	40,008		102,433		653,348		440,349		433,034		637,766		—		2,306,938		158,525
Credit deteriorated	—		—		—		—		—		29,065		—		29,065		4,925
Defeased and other	30,374		41,543		—		—		—		15,275		—		87,192		—
Total commercial	$	420,646	$	3,993,258	$	7,282,056	$	722,823	$	1,527,576	$	1,275,442	$	—	$	15,221,801	$	261,914
Infrastructure loans:
Credit quality indicator:
Power	$	288,797	$	—	$	107,644	$	75,616	$	278,309	$	465,377	$	5,757	$	1,221,500	$	3,722
Oil and gas	216,509		123,212		346,269		—		188,682		134,959		2,048		1,011,679		5,483
Other	48,744		—		—		—		—		—		—		48,744		201
Credit deteriorated	—		—		—		—		—		1,801		—		1,801		—
Total infrastructure	$	554,050	$	123,212	$	453,913	$	75,616	$	466,991	$	602,137	$	7,805	$	2,283,724	$	9,406

Loans held-for-sale															2,602,265		—
Total gross loans															$	20,107,790	$	271,320

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Non-Credit Deteriorated Loans

As of September 30, 2023, we had the following loans with a combined amortized cost basis of $229.9 million that were 90 days or greater past due at September 30, 2023: (i) a $122.2 million senior mortgage loan on an office building in Washington, DC; (ii) a $37.8 million leasehold mortgage loan on a luxury resort in California destroyed by wildfire; (iii) $60.7 million of residential loans; and (iv) a $9.2 million loan on a hospitality asset in New York City that our Investing and Servicing Segment acquired as nonperforming in October 2021. All of these loans were on nonaccrual as of September 30, 2023.

We also had the following loans on nonaccrual that were not 90 days or greater past due as of September 30, 2023: (i) a $220.1 million senior loan on a retail and entertainment project in New Jersey, of which $7.3 million was previously converted into equity interests (see Note 8); and (ii) a $60.8 million mortgage and mezzanine loan on a multifamily property in Portland, Oregon. The loans were not considered credit deteriorated as we presently expect to recover all amounts due.

Credit Deteriorated Loans

As of September 30, 2023, we had the following loans that were deemed credit deteriorated: (i) a $38.8 million commercial mortgage loan on an office and retail complex in Arizona for which we provided a $14.7 million specific credit loss allowance during the three months ended June 30, 2023, which was charged off in the same period; (ii) a $12.9 million infrastructure loan participation collateralized by a first priority lien on two natural gas fired power plants near Chicago for which we provided an $11.1 million specific credit loss allowance during the six months ended June 30, 2023, which was charged off during the three months ended September 30, 2023; and (iii) a $4.9 million commercial subordinated loan secured by a department store in Chicago which was fully reserved in prior years. All of these loans are on nonaccrual under the cost recovery method as of September 30, 2023.

Foreclosures

In May 2023, we obtained a deed in lieu of foreclosure on a mortgage loan on the retail portion of a hotel located in Chicago, which resulted in our obtaining physical possession of the underlying collateral. The carrying value of the loan was $41.1 million. In connection therewith, we reclassified the carrying value of the loan (representing our acquisition cost of the underlying land, building and in-place leases) to properties ($36.8 million) and lease intangible assets ($4.3 million) in accordance with the asset acquisition provisions of ASC 805.

Loan Modifications

We may amend or modify a loan based on its specific facts and circumstances. These modifications are often in the form of a term extension to provide the borrower additional time to refinance or sell the collateral property in order to repay the principal balance of the loan. Such extensions are generally made at the loan’s contractual interest rate and may require an extension fee be paid to us. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we made one such modification which is disclosable under ASU 2022-02, Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, as it was considered an other-than-insignificant payment delay for a borrower experiencing financial difficulty. In this instance we granted a 19-month term extension for a fully funded mortgage loan on an office park in Irvine, CA which had an amortized cost basis of $197.2 million, representing 1.3% of our commercial loans as of September 30, 2023. In connection therewith, we also provided a $25.1 million preferred equity commitment (of which $19.6 million was unfunded as of September 30, 2023), principally to fund property improvements and lease-up costs prior to the loan’s extended maturity. The loan has paid all contractual interest due as of September 30, 2023 and its modified terms, including the preferred equity commitment, were included in the determination of our general CECL reserve.

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The following tables present the activity in our credit loss allowance for funded loans and unfunded commitments (amounts in thousands):


	Funded Commitments Credit Loss Allowance
	Loans Held-for-Investment				Total Funded Loans
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023	Commercial		Infrastructure
Credit loss allowance at December 31, 2022	$	88,801	$	10,612	$	99,413
Credit loss provision, net	187,775		9,900		197,675
Charge-offs (1)	(14,662)		(11,106)		(25,768)


Credit loss allowance at September 30, 2023	$	261,914	$	9,406	$	271,320

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(1)Represents the charge-off of (i) a $14.7 million credit loss allowance related to the portion of a credit deteriorated commercial mortgage loan on an office and retail complex in Arizona deemed uncollectible and (ii) an $11.1 million credit loss allowance related to the portion of a credit deteriorated infrastructure loan participation collateralized by a first priority lien on two natural gas fired power plants near Chicago, which was deemed uncollectible due to a third party’s nearly complete acquisition of the power plants (see discussion of both above). Such loans were originated in 2015 and 2017, respectively, with the infrastructure loan acquired as part of the Infrastructure Lending Segment acquisition in 2018.


	Unfunded Commitments Credit Loss Allowance (1)
	Loans Held-for-Investment				HTM Preferred
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023	Commercial		Infrastructure		Interests (2)		CMBS (2)		Total
Credit loss allowance at December 31, 2022	$	9,749	$	72	$	—	$	52	$	9,873
Credit loss provision, net	3,141		342		6,695		88		10,266
Credit loss allowance at September 30, 2023	$	12,890	$	414	$	6,695	$	140	$	20,139
Memo: Unfunded commitments as of September 30, 2023 (3)	$	1,362,554	$	46,183	$	19,543	$	33,806	$	1,462,086

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(1)Included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

(2)See Note 5 for further details.

(3)Represents amounts expected to be funded (see Note 22).

Loan Portfolio Activity

The activity in our loan portfolio was as follows (amounts in thousands):


	Held-for-Investment Loans
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023	Commercial		Infrastructure		Residential		Held-for-Sale Loans		Total Loans
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	16,048,507	$	2,352,932	$	—	$	2,784,594	$	21,186,033
Acquisitions/originations/additional funding	1,053,627		605,397		—		363,520		2,022,544
Capitalized interest (1)	91,641		389		—		172		92,202
Basis of loans sold (2)	(53,000)		—		—		(337,321)		(390,321)
Loan maturities/principal repayments	(1,903,021)		(683,053)		—		(137,916)		(2,723,990)
Discount accretion/premium amortization	40,733		10,298		—		—		51,031
Changes in fair value	—		—		—		(111,247)		(111,247)
Foreign currency translation loss, net	(48,362)		(1,745)		—		—		(50,107)
Credit loss provision, net	(187,775)		(9,900)		—		—		(197,675)
Loan foreclosure	(41,071)		—		—		(929)		(42,000)		(3)
Transfer to/from other asset classifications or between segments	(41,392)		—		—		41,392		—
Balance at September 30, 2023	$	14,959,887	$	2,274,318	$	—	$	2,602,265	$	19,836,470

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	Held-for-Investment Loans
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022	Commercial		Infrastructure		Residential		Held-for-Sale Loans		Total Loans
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	13,450,198	$	2,027,426	$	59,225	$	2,876,800	$	18,413,649
Acquisitions/originations/additional funding	4,410,306		597,092		—		3,793,467		8,800,865
Capitalized interest (1)	85,454		373		1,445		402		87,674
Basis of loans sold (2)	(6,330)		—		—		(4,056,511)		(4,062,841)
Loan maturities/principal repayments	(1,558,907)		(246,127)		(6,663)		(146,184)		(1,957,881)
Discount accretion/premium amortization	40,179		7,289		—		—		47,468
Changes in fair value	—		—		(485)		(326,252)		(326,737)
Foreign currency translation loss, net	(612,669)		(4,530)		—		—		(617,199)
Credit loss provision, net	(18,262)		(7,079)		—		—		(25,341)
Loan foreclosure and equity control	(50,151)		—		—		—		(50,151)		(4)
Transfer to/from other asset classifications or between segments	(63,616)		—		(346)		63,962		—
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	15,676,202	$	2,374,444	$	53,176	$	2,205,684	$	20,309,506

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(1)Represents accrued interest income on loans whose terms do not require current payment of interest.

(2)See Note 12 for additional disclosure on these transactions.

(3)Represents the $41.1 million carrying value of a mortgage loan on the retail portion of a hotel located in Chicago foreclosed in May 2023 (see discussion above) and $0.9 million in residential mortgage loans foreclosed.

(4)Represents the net carrying value of first mortgage and contiguous mezzanine loans related to an office building in Texas that is eliminated as a result of consolidating the net assets of the mezzanine borrower entity upon obtaining control over its pledged equity interests in May 2022.

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5. Investment Securities

Investment securities were comprised of the following as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	Carrying Value as of
	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
RMBS, available-for-sale	$	102,076	$	113,386
RMBS, fair value option (1)	451,191		423,183
CMBS, fair value option (1), (2)	1,209,336		1,262,846
HTM debt securities, amortized cost net of credit loss allowance of $12,994 and $3,182	591,948		673,470
Equity security, fair value	8,829		9,840
Subtotal—Investment securities	2,363,380		2,482,725
VIE eliminations (1)	(1,641,787)		(1,666,921)
Total investment securities	$	721,593	$	815,804

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(1)Certain fair value option CMBS and RMBS are eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810.

(2)Includes $187.3 million and $198.9 million of non-controlling interests in the consolidated entities which hold certain of these CMBS as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Purchases, sales and redemptions, and principal collections for all investment securities were as follows (amounts in thousands):


	RMBS, available-for-sale		RMBS, fair value option		CMBS, fair value option		HTM Securities		Equity Security		Securitization VIEs (1)		Total
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
Purchases/fundings	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	5,536	$	—	$	—	$	5,536
Sales and redemptions	549		—		—		—		878		—		1,427
Principal collections	2,468		12,979		746		33,762		—		(13,624)		36,331

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
Purchases/fundings	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Sales and redemptions	—		—		—				—		—		—
Principal collections	3,412		16,914		5,118		609		—		(21,802)		4,251


	RMBS, available-for-sale		RMBS, fair value option		CMBS, fair value option		HTM Securities		Equity Security		Securitization VIEs (1)		Total
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Purchases/fundings	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,988	$	—	$	—	$	6,988
Sales and redemptions	549		—		—		—		1,173		—		1,722
Principal collections	7,451		41,776		12,980		79,543		—		(54,071)		87,679

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Purchases/fundings	$	—	$	226,152	$	63,681	$	86,058	$	—	$	(289,833)	$	86,058
Sales and redemptions	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Principal collections	16,200		58,843		6,394		2,549		—		(64,555)		19,431

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(1)Represents RMBS and CMBS, fair value option amounts eliminated due to our consolidation of securitization VIEs. These amounts are reflected as issuance or repayment of debt of, or distributions from, consolidated VIEs in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

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RMBS, Available-for-Sale

The Company classified all of its RMBS not eliminated in consolidation as available-for-sale as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. These RMBS are reported at fair value in the balance sheet with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

The tables below summarize various attributes of our investments in available-for-sale RMBS as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


							Unrealized Gains or (Losses) Recognized in AOCI
	Amortized Cost		Credit Loss Allowance		Net Basis		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Net Fair Value Adjustment		Fair Value
September 30, 2023
RMBS	$	87,962	$	—	$	87,962	$	17,182	$	(3,068)	$	14,114	$	102,076
December 31, 2022
RMBS	$	92,431	$	—	$	92,431	$	21,765	$	(810)	$	20,955	$	113,386


	Weighted Average Coupon (1)		WAL (Years) (2)
September 30, 2023
RMBS	5.8	%	7.4

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(1)Calculated using the September 30, 2023 SOFR rate of 5.319% for floating rate securities.

(2)Represents the remaining WAL of each respective group of securities as of the balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual security is calculated using projected amounts and projected timing of future principal payments.

As of September 30, 2023, approximately $91.1 million, or 89%, of RMBS were variable rate. We purchased all of the RMBS at a discount, a portion of which is accreted into income over the expected remaining life of the security. The majority of the income from this strategy is earned from the accretion of this accretable discount.

We have engaged a third party manager who specializes in RMBS to execute the trading of RMBS, the cost of which was $0.2 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and $0.6 million and $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, recorded as management fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of any available-for-sale securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recorded (amounts in thousands):


	Estimated Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
	Securities with a loss less than 12 months		Securities with a loss greater than 12 months		Securities with a loss less than 12 months		Securities with a loss greater than 12 months
As of September 30, 2023
RMBS	$	11,098	$	6,077	$	(1,626)	$	(1,442)
As of December 31, 2022
RMBS	$	6,961	$	1,889	$	(502)	$	(308)

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were fourteen securities and ten securities, respectively, with unrealized losses reflected in the table above. After evaluating the securities, we concluded that the unrealized losses reflected above were noncredit-related and would be recovered from the securities’ estimated future cash flows. We considered a number of factors in reaching this conclusion, including that we did not intend to sell the securities, it was not considered more likely than not that we would be forced to sell the securities prior to recovering our amortized cost, and there were no material credit events that would have caused us to otherwise conclude that we would not recover our cost. Credit losses, if any, are calculated by comparing (i) the estimated future cash flows of each security discounted at the yield determined as of the initial acquisition date or, if since revised, as of the last date previously revised, to (ii) our net amortized cost basis. Significant judgment is used in projecting cash flows for our non-agency RMBS. As a result, actual income and/or credit losses could be materially different from what is currently projected and/or reported.

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CMBS and RMBS, Fair Value Option

As discussed in the “Fair Value Option” section of Note 2 herein, we elect the fair value option for certain CMBS and RMBS in an effort to eliminate accounting mismatches resulting from the current or potential consolidation of securitization VIEs. As of September 30, 2023, the fair value and unpaid principal balance of CMBS where we have elected the fair value option, excluding the notional value of interest-only securities and before consolidation of securitization VIEs, were $1.2 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively. As of September 30, 2023, the fair value and unpaid principal balance of RMBS where we have elected the fair value option, excluding the notional value of interest-only securities and before consolidation of securitization VIEs, were $451.2 million and $326.3 million, respectively. The $1.7 billion total fair value balance of CMBS and RMBS represents our economic interests in these assets. However, as a result of our consolidation of securitization VIEs, the vast majority of this fair value (all except $18.7 million at September 30, 2023) is eliminated against VIE liabilities before arriving at our GAAP balance for fair value option investment securities.

As of September 30, 2023, $102.9 million of our CMBS were variable rate and none of our RMBS were variable rate.

HTM Debt Securities, Amortized Cost

The table below summarizes our investments in HTM debt securities as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	Amortized Cost Basis		Credit Loss Allowance		Net Carrying Amount		Gross Unrealized Holding Gains		Gross Unrealized Holding Losses		Fair Value
September 30, 2023
CMBS	$	569,867	$	(492)	$	569,375	$	79	$	(28,474)	$	540,980
Preferred interests	5,411		(2,420)		2,991		125		(1,170)		1,946
Infrastructure bonds	29,664		(10,082)		19,582		33		(18)		19,597
Total	$	604,942	$	(12,994)	$	591,948	$	237	$	(29,662)	$	562,523

December 31, 2022
CMBS	$	577,681	$	(172)	$	577,509	$	30	$	(30,424)	$	547,115
Preferred interests	29,757		—		29,757		125		(4,863)		25,019
Infrastructure bonds	69,214		(3,010)		66,204		47		(1,110)		65,141
Total	$	676,652	$	(3,182)	$	673,470	$	202	$	(36,397)	$	637,275

The following table presents the activity in our credit loss allowance for HTM debt securities (amounts in thousands):


	CMBS		Preferred Interests		Infrastructure Bonds		Total HTM Credit Loss Allowance
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Credit loss allowance at December 31, 2022	$	172	$	—	$	3,010	$	3,182
Credit loss provision, net	320		2,420		7,072		9,812
Credit loss allowance at September 30, 2023	$	492	$	2,420	$	10,082	$	12,994

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we provided an additional $7.2 million specific credit loss allowance, bringing the total to $10.0 million, on a $19.2 million infrastructure bond that is collateralized by a first priority lien on a coal-fired power plant in Mississippi. It was deemed credit deteriorated when we acquired the Infrastructure Lending Segment in 2018. It has been placed on nonaccrual under the cost recovery method due to a forbearance and restructuring plan agreed between the lenders and borrower that was necessitated by operating shortfalls at the plant.

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The table below summarizes the maturities of our HTM debt securities by type as of September 30, 2023 (amounts in thousands):


	CMBS		Preferred Interests		Infrastructure Bonds		Total
Less than one year	$	96,520	$	—	$	—	$	96,520
One to three years	428,684		2,991		332		432,007
Three to five years	44,171		—		10,136		54,307
Thereafter	—		—		9,114		9,114
Total	$	569,375	$	2,991	$	19,582	$	591,948

Equity Security, Fair Value

During 2012, we acquired 9,140,000 ordinary shares from a related-party in Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (“SEREF”), a debt fund that is externally managed by an affiliate of our Manager and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, 672,166 and 895,182 shares were redeemed by SEREF, for proceeds of $0.9 million and $1.2 million, respectively, leaving 8,244,818 held as of September 30, 2023. The fair value of the investment remeasured in USD was $8.8 million and $9.8 million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. As of September 30, 2023, our shares represent an approximate 2% interest in SEREF.

6. Properties

Our properties are held within the following portfolios:

Medical Office Portfolio

The Medical Office Portfolio is comprised of 34 medical office buildings acquired during the year ended December 31, 2016. These properties, which collectively comprise 1.9 million square feet, are geographically dispersed throughout the U.S. and primarily affiliated with major hospitals or located on or adjacent to major hospital campuses. The Medical Office Portfolio includes total gross properties and lease intangibles of $776.4 million and debt of $597.9 million as of September 30, 2023.

Master Lease Portfolio

The Master Lease Portfolio is comprised of 16 retail properties geographically dispersed throughout the U.S., with more than 50% of the portfolio, by carrying value, located in Florida, Texas and Minnesota. These properties, which we acquired in September 2017, collectively comprise 1.9 million square feet and were leased back to the seller under corporate guaranteed master net lease agreements with initial terms of 24.6 years and periodic rent escalations. The Master Lease Portfolio includes total gross properties of $343.8 million and debt of $193.6 million as of September 30, 2023.

Investing and Servicing Segment Property Portfolio

The REIS Equity Portfolio is comprised of 7 commercial real estate properties which were acquired from CMBS trusts over time. The REIS Equity Portfolio includes total gross properties and lease intangibles of $142.9 million and debt of $93.1 million as of September 30, 2023.

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment Property Portfolio

The Commercial and Residential Lending Segment Portfolio represents properties acquired through loan foreclosure or exercise of control over a mezzanine loan borrower’s pledged equity interests. This portfolio includes total gross properties and lease intangibles of $494.4 million and debt of $204.4 million as of September 30, 2023.

Woodstar Portfolios

Refer to Note 7 for a discussion of our Woodstar I and Woodstar II Portfolios which are not included in the table below.

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The table below summarizes our properties held as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Depreciable Life	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Property Segment
Land and land improvements	0 - 15 years	$	176,140	$	176,029
Buildings and building improvements	0 - 45 years	864,314		856,411
Furniture & fixtures	3 - 5 years	606		446
Investing and Servicing Segment
Land and land improvements	0 - 15 years	27,334		34,613
Buildings and building improvements	3 - 40 years	89,434		122,384
Furniture & fixtures	2 - 5 years	2,858		3,207
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment
Land and land improvements	N/A	95,603		99,043
Buildings and building improvements	0 - 50 years	113,467		79,661
Construction in progress	N/A	266,833		287,701
Properties, cost		1,636,589		1,659,495
Less: accumulated depreciation		(230,798)		(209,509)
Properties, net		$	1,405,791	$	1,449,986

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized a $23.8 million property impairment loss within other loss, net in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. The loss related to a vacant building in California which had been acquired by our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment through a loan foreclosure in December 2022. Management continues to evaluate a variety of potential sale and redevelopment opportunities related to the property. Given the current range of these potential outcomes, we determined that our basis may not be fully recoverable. The estimated fair value of the property was based on a third party appraisal obtained earlier this year.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023, we sold two operating properties for $34.6 million within the REIS Equity Portfolio. In connection with these sales, we recognized a total gain of $10.6 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 we sold three operating properties within the REIS Equity Portfolio for $50.9 million. In connection with these sales, we recognized a total gain of $15.4 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, we sold an operating property for $19.5 million. In connection with this sale, we recognized a total gain of $13.7 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold two operating properties within the REIS Equity Portfolio for $54.0 million and recognized a total gain of $25.4 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations, of which $0.6 million was attributable to non-controlling interests.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we sold four units in a residential conversion project in New York for $12.1 million within the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment (three of which were sold during the three months ended September 30, 2023 for $9.1 million). In connection with these sales, there was no gain or loss recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold an operating property within the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment for $114.8 million and recognized a gain of $86.6 million within gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. Refer to Note 3 for further discussion.

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7. Investments of Consolidated Affordable Housing Fund

As discussed in Note 2, we established the Woodstar Fund effective November 5, 2021, an investment fund which holds our Woodstar multifamily affordable housing portfolios. The Woodstar portfolios consist of the following:

Woodstar I Portfolio

The Woodstar I Portfolio is comprised of 32 affordable housing communities with 8,948 units concentrated primarily in the Tampa, Orlando and West Palm Beach metropolitan areas. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we acquired 18 of the 32 affordable housing communities of the Woodstar I Portfolio, with the final 14 communities acquired during the year ended December 31, 2016. The Woodstar I Portfolio includes properties at fair value of $1.8 billion and debt at fair value of $728.8 million as of September 30, 2023.

Woodstar II Portfolio

The Woodstar II Portfolio is comprised of 27 affordable housing communities with 6,109 units concentrated primarily in Central and South Florida. We acquired eight of the 27 affordable housing communities in December 2017, with the final 19 communities acquired during the year ended December 31, 2018. The Woodstar II Portfolio includes properties at fair value of $1.4 billion and debt at fair value of $475.6 million as of September 30, 2023.

Income from the Woodstar Fund’s investments reflects the following components for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Distributions from affordable housing fund investments	$	14,709	$	7,112	$	35,514	$	29,777
Unrealized change in fair value of investments (1)	2,199		110,415		218,182		628,956
Income from affordable housing fund investments	$	16,908	$	117,527	$	253,696	$	658,733

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(1)The fair value of the Woodstar Fund’s investments are dependent upon the real estate and capital markets, which are cyclical in nature. Property and investment values are affected by, among other things, capitalization rates, the availability of capital, occupancy, rental rates and interest and inflation rates.

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8. Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

The table below summarizes our investments in unconsolidated entities as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Participation / Ownership % (1)	Carrying value as of
		September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Equity method investments:
Equity interest in two natural gas power plants	10% - 12%	$	47,763	$	46,618
Investor entity which owns equity in an online real estate company	50%	5,495		5,457
Equity interest in a residential mortgage originator (2)	N/A	—		1,449
Various	20% - 50%	16,796		15,377
		70,054		68,901
Other equity investments:
Equity interest in a servicing and advisory business	2%	12,955		12,955
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets	4% - 6%	940		940
Investor entities which own equity interests in two entertainment and retail centers (3)	15%	6,201		7,322
Various	1% - 3%	1,774		1,774
		21,870		22,991
		$	91,924	$	91,892

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(1)None of these investments are publicly traded and therefore quoted market prices are not available.

(2)In January 2023, we sold our ownership interest to an unaffiliated third party.

(3)In March 2021, we obtained equity interests in two investor entities that own interests in two entertainment and retail centers in satisfaction of $7.3 million principal amount of a commercial loan. The interests were obtained in order to facilitate repayment of a portion of that loan for which these interests represented underlying collateral. The interests are entitled to preferred treatment in the distribution waterfall and are intended to repay us the $7.3 million principal amount of the loan plus interest. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we received a $1.1 million distribution from an investor entity which was considered a return of capital and reduced the carrying value of that investment. See further discussion in Notes 4 and 24.

There were no differences between the carrying value of our equity method investments and the underlying equity in the net assets of the investees as of September 30, 2023.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we did not become aware of (i) any observable price changes in our other equity investments accounted for under the fair value practicability election or (ii) any indicators of impairment.

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9. Goodwill and Intangibles

Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment annually in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

The Infrastructure Lending Segment’s goodwill of $119.4 million at both September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of net assets acquired on September 19, 2018 and October 15, 2018. The goodwill recognized is attributable to value embedded in the acquired Infrastructure Lending Segment’s lending platform.

LNR Property LLC (“LNR”)

The Investing and Servicing Segment’s goodwill of $140.4 million at both September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of net assets of LNR acquired on April 19, 2013. The goodwill recognized is attributable to value embedded in LNR’s existing platform, which includes a network of commercial real estate asset managers, work-out specialists, underwriters and administrative support professionals as well as proprietary historical performance data on commercial real estate assets.

Intangible Assets

Servicing Rights Intangibles

In connection with the LNR acquisition, we identified domestic servicing rights that existed at the purchase date, based upon the expected future cash flows of the associated servicing contracts. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance of the domestic servicing intangible was net of $36.0 million and $39.1 million, respectively, which was eliminated in consolidation pursuant to ASC 810 against VIE assets in connection with our consolidation of securitization VIEs. Before VIE consolidation, as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the domestic servicing intangible had a balance of $54.2 million and $56.8 million, respectively, which represents our economic interest in this asset.

Lease Intangibles

In connection with our acquisitions of commercial real estate, we recognized in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets associated with certain non-cancelable operating leases of the acquired properties.

The following table summarizes our intangible assets, which are comprised of servicing rights intangibles and lease intangibles, as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	As of September 30, 2023						As of December 31, 2022
	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
Domestic servicing rights, at fair value	$	18,188	$	—	$	18,188	$	17,790	$	—	$	17,790
In-place lease intangible assets	97,913		(67,548)		30,365		98,622		(64,246)		34,376
Favorable lease intangible assets	28,859		(11,423)		17,436		26,649		(10,042)		16,607
Total net intangible assets	$	144,960	$	(78,971)	$	65,989	$	143,061	$	(74,288)	$	68,773

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The following table summarizes the activity within intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 (amounts in thousands):


	Domestic Servicing Rights		In-place Lease Intangible Assets		Favorable Lease Intangible Assets		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2023	$	17,790	$	34,376	$	16,607	$	68,773
Acquisition (1)	—		2,061		2,280		4,341
Amortization	—		(5,221)		(1,451)		(6,672)

Sales	—		(851)		—		(851)
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions	398		—		—		398
Balance as of September 30, 2023	$	18,188	$	30,365	$	17,436	$	65,989

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(1) Represents lease intangibles related to a deed in lieu of foreclosure on a mortgage loan on the retail portion of a hotel located in Chicago in May 2023 (see Note 4).

The following table sets forth the estimated aggregate amortization of our in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter (amounts in thousands):


2023 (remainder of)	$	2,071
2024	7,241
2025	6,136
2026	4,610
2027	4,116
Thereafter	23,627
Total	$	47,801

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10. Secured Borrowings

Secured Financing Agreements

The following table is a summary of our secured financing agreements in place as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


													Outstanding Balance at
	Current Maturity		Extended Maturity (a)		Weighted Average Pricing		Pledged Asset Carrying Value			Maximum Facility Size			September 30, 2023			December 31, 2022
Repurchase Agreements:
Commercial Loans	Oct 2023 to Jun 2028	(b)	Oct 2025 to Dec 2030	(b)	Index + 2.02%	(c)	$	10,197,141		$	12,039,568	(d)	$	6,768,758		$	7,746,867
Residential Loans	Dec 2023 to Sep 2025		Mar 2024 to Sep 2025		SOFR + 1.97%		2,509,325			3,200,000			2,321,057			1,912,774
Infrastructure Loans	Sep 2024		Sep 2026		SOFR + 2.07%		397,130			650,000			333,119			290,431
Conduit Loans	Dec 2023 to Jun 2026		Dec 2024 to Jun 2027		SOFR + 2.07%		68,058			388,937			53,059			8,423
CMBS/RMBS	Jun 2024 to Apr 2032	(e)	Sep 2024 to Oct 2032	(e)	(f)		1,481,324			1,061,603			757,089		(g)	840,625
Total Repurchase Agreements							14,652,978			17,340,108			10,233,082			10,799,120
Other Secured Financing:
Borrowing Base Facility	Nov 2024		Oct 2026		SOFR + 2.11%		47,724			750,000		(h)	3,920			—
Commercial Financing Facilities	Dec 2023 to Aug 2028		Jul 2025 to Dec 2030		Index + 2.16%		502,694			553,319		(i)	355,962			311,825
Residential Financing Facility	N/A		N/A		N/A		—			—			—			244,418
Infrastructure Financing Facilities	Jun 2025 to Oct 2025		Jun 2027 to Jul 2032		Index + 2.14%		857,350			1,550,000			608,847			765,265
Property Mortgages - Fixed rate	Oct 2025 to Oct 2027	(j)	N/A		4.40%		326,161			224,898			224,898			261,100
Property Mortgages - Variable rate	Nov 2024 to Dec 2027		N/A		(k)		965,870			849,328			846,946			847,633
Term Loans and Revolver	(l)		N/A		(l)		N/A		(l)	1,520,275			1,370,275			1,380,766
Total Other Secured Financing							2,699,799			5,447,820			3,410,848			3,811,007
							$	17,352,777		$	22,787,928		13,643,930			14,610,127
Unamortized net discount													(26,039)			(30,320)
Unamortized deferred financing costs													(60,010)			(78,275)
													$	13,557,881		$	14,501,532

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(a)Subject to certain conditions as defined in the respective facility agreement.

(b)For certain facilities, borrowings collateralized by loans existing at maturity may remain outstanding until such loan collateral matures, subject to certain specified conditions.

(c)Certain facilities with an outstanding balance of $2.7 billion as of September 30, 2023 are indexed to EURIBOR, BBSY, SARON and SONIA. The remainder are indexed to SOFR.

(d)Certain facilities with an aggregate initial maximum facility size of $11.9 billion may be increased to $12.0 billion, subject to certain conditions. The $12.0 billion amount includes such upsizes.

(e)Certain facilities with an outstanding balance of $348.0 million as of September 30, 2023 carry a rolling 11-month or 12-month term which may reset monthly or quarterly with the lender’s consent. These facilities carry no maximum facility size.

(f)A facility with an outstanding balance of $259.5 million as of September 30, 2023 has a weighted average fixed annual interest rate of 3.27%. All other facilities are variable rate with a weighted average rate of SOFR + 2.21%.

(g)Includes: (i) $259.5 million outstanding on a repurchase facility that is not subject to margin calls; and (ii) $40.6 million outstanding on one of our repurchase facilities that represents the 49% pro rata share owed by a non-controlling partner in a consolidated joint venture (see Note 15).

(h)The maximum facility size as of September 30, 2023 of $450.0 million may be increased to $750.0 million, subject to certain conditions.

(i)Certain facilities with an aggregate initial maximum facility size of $453.3 million may be increased to $553.3 million, subject to certain conditions. The $553.3 million amount includes such upsizes.

(j)The weighted average maturity is 3.8 years as of September 30, 2023.

(k)Includes a $600.0 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by our Medical Office Portfolio. This debt has a weighted average interest rate of SOFR + 2.07% that we swapped to a fixed rate of 3.34%. The remainder have a weighted average rate of SOFR + 3.36%.

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(l)Consists of: (i) a $774.8 million term loan facility that matures in July 2026, of which $384.0 million has an annual interest rate of SOFR + 2.60% and $390.8 million has an annual interest rate of SOFR + 3.35%, subject to a 0.75% SOFR floor, (ii) a $150.0 million revolving credit facility that matures in April 2026 with an annual interest rate of SOFR + 2.60% and (iii) a $595.5 million term loan facility that matures in November 2027, with an annual interest rate of SOFR + 3.25%, subject to a 0.50% SOFR floor. These facilities are secured by the equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries which totaled $5.7 billion as of September 30, 2023.

The above table no longer reflects property mortgages of the Woodstar Portfolios which, as discussed in Notes 2 and 7, are now reflected within “Investments of consolidated affordable housing fund” on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we entered into Residential Loans facilities of $1.8 billion and amended or terminated several Residential Loans facilities, resulting in an aggregate net downsize of $337.9 million. The weighted average spread on the new facilities was 39 bps lower than the facilities that were repaid.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we entered into a commercial credit facility of $63.4 million. In addition, we amended several Commercial Loans facilities resulting in an aggregate upsize of $200.0 million.

In the normal course of business, the Company is in discussions with its lenders to extend, amend or replace any financing facilities which contain near term expirations.

Our secured financing agreements contain certain financial tests and covenants. As of September 30, 2023, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

We seek to mitigate risks associated with our repurchase agreements by managing risk related to the credit quality of our assets, interest rates, liquidity, prepayment speeds and market value. The margin call provisions under the majority of our repurchase facilities, consisting of 69% of these agreements, do not permit valuation adjustments based on capital market events and are limited to collateral-specific credit marks generally determined on a commercially reasonable basis. To monitor credit risk associated with the performance and value of our loans and investments, our asset management team regularly reviews our investment portfolios and is in regular contact with our borrowers, monitoring performance of the collateral and enforcing our rights as necessary. For the 31% of repurchase agreements which do permit valuation adjustments based on capital market events, approximately 7% of these pertain to our loans held-for-sale, for which we manage credit risk through the purchase of credit instruments. We further seek to manage risks associated with our repurchase agreements by matching the maturities and interest rate characteristics of our loans with the related repurchase agreement.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, approximately $10.3 million and $31.1 million, respectively, of amortization of deferred financing costs from secured financing agreements was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, approximately $9.5 million and $28.3 million, respectively, of amortization of deferred financing costs from secured financing agreements was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of September 30, 2023, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Goldman Sachs Bank USA held collateral sold under certain of our repurchase agreements with carrying values that exceeded the respective repurchase obligations by $775.9 million, $733.0 million, and $702.9 million, respectively. The weighted average extended maturity of those repurchase agreements is 3.1 years, 7.0 years, and 3.5 years, respectively.

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Collateralized Loan Obligations and Single Asset Securitization

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

In February 2022, we refinanced a pool of our commercial loans held-for-investment through a CLO, STWD 2022-FL3. On the closing date, the CLO issued $1.0 billion of notes and preferred shares, of which $842.5 million of notes were purchased by third party investors. We retained $82.5 million of notes along with preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $75.0 million. The CLO contains a reinvestment feature that, subject to certain eligibility criteria, allows us to contribute new loans or participation interests in loans to the CLO for a period of two years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we utilized the reinvestment feature, contributing $50.2 million of additional interests into the CLO.

In July 2021, we contributed into a single asset securitization, STWD 2021-HTS, a previously originated $230.0 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan on a portfolio of 41 extended stay hotels with $210.1 million of third party financing.

In May 2021, we refinanced a pool of our commercial loans held-for-investment through a CLO, STWD 2021-FL2. On the closing date, the CLO issued $1.3 billion of notes and preferred shares, of which $1.1 billion of notes were purchased by third party investors. We retained $70.1 million of notes, along with preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $127.5 million. The CLO contains a reinvestment feature that, subject to certain eligibility criteria, allows us to contribute new loans or participation interests in loans to the CLO in exchange for cash. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we utilized the reinvestment feature, contributing $93.7 million of additional interests into the CLO.

In August 2019, we refinanced a pool of our commercial loans held-for-investment through a CLO, STWD 2019-FL1. On the closing date, the CLO issued $1.1 billion of notes and preferred shares, of which $936.4 million of notes were purchased by third party investors. We retained $86.6 million of notes, along with preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $77.0 million. The CLO contains a reinvestment feature that, subject to certain eligibility criteria, allowed us to contribute new loans or participation interests in loans to the CLO in exchange for cash. The reinvestment period expired during 2022 and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we repaid CLO debt in the amount of $161.2 million.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

In January 2022, we refinanced a pool of our infrastructure loans held-for-investment through a CLO, STWD 2021-SIF2. On the closing date, the CLO issued $500.0 million of notes and preferred shares, of which $410.0 million of notes were purchased by third party investors. We retained preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $90.0 million. The CLO contains a reinvestment feature that, subject to certain eligibility criteria, allows us to contribute new loans or participation interests in loans to the CLO for a period of three years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we utilized the reinvestment feature, contributing $154.4 million of additional interests into the CLO.

In April 2021, we refinanced a pool of our infrastructure loans held-for-investment through a CLO, STWD 2021-SIF1. On the closing date, the CLO issued $500.0 million of notes and preferred shares, of which $410.0 million of notes were purchased by third party investors. We retained preferred shares with a liquidation preference of $90.0 million. The CLO contains a reinvestment feature that, subject to certain eligibility criteria, allows us to contribute new loans or participation interests in loans to the CLO for a period of three years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we utilized the reinvestment feature, contributing $159.1 million of additional interests into the CLO.

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The following table is a summary of our CLOs and our SASB as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):

September 30, 2023

Count

Face
Amount

Carrying
Value

Weighted
Average Spread

Maturity

STWD 2022-FL3

Collateral assets

999,998

1,009,424

SOFR + 3.53%

(a)

April 2026

(b)

Financing

842,500

840,414

SOFR + 1.93%

(c)

November 2038

(d)

STWD 2021-HTS

Collateral assets

230,000

231,293

SOFR + 3.87%

(a)

April 2026

(b)

Financing

210,091

209,639

SOFR + 2.75%

(c)

April 2034

(d)

STWD 2021-FL2

Collateral assets

1,275,042

1,288,073

Index + 3.94%

(a)

November 2025

(b)

Financing

1,077,375

1,074,437

SOFR + 1.85%

(c)

April 2038

(d)

STWD 2019-FL1

Collateral assets

737,444

747,484

Index + 3.49%

(a)

April 2025

(b)

Financing

578,016

SOFR + 1.64%

(c)

July 2038

(d)

STWD 2021-SIF2

Collateral assets

498,888

513,296

SOFR + 3.87%

(a)

January 2028

(b)

Financing

410,000

407,940

SOFR + 2.11%

(c)

January 2033

(d)

STWD 2021-SIF1

Collateral assets

499,203

513,618

SOFR + 3.98%

(a)

August 2027

(b)

Financing

410,000

407,828

SOFR + 2.22%

(c)

April 2032

(d)

Total

Collateral assets

4,240,575

4,303,188

Financing

3,527,982

3,518,274

December 31, 2022

Count

Face
Amount

Carrying
Value

Weighted
Average Spread

Maturity

STWD 2022-FL3

Collateral assets

1,000,000

1,010,051

Index + 3.52%

(a)

February 2026

(b)

Financing

842,500

842,374

SOFR + 1.93%

(c)

November 2038

(d)

STWD 2021-HTS

Collateral assets

230,000

231,186

LIBOR + 3.85%

(a)

April 2026

(b)

Financing

210,091

208,961

LIBOR + 2.71%

(c)

April 2034

(d)

STWD 2021-FL2

Collateral assets

1,277,474

1,284,240

Index + 4.04%

(a)

June 2025

(b)

Financing

1,077,375

1,072,403

LIBOR + 1.80%

(c)

April 2038

(d)

STWD 2019-FL1

Collateral assets

902,799

906,409

Index + 3.67%

(a)

December 2024

(b)

Financing

739,174

738,473

SOFR + 1.64%

(c)

July 2038

(d)

STWD 2021-SIF2

Collateral assets

495,587

510,730

Index + 3.73%

(a)

February 2027

(b)

Financing

410,000

407,260

SOFR + 2.11%

(c)

January 2033

(d)

STWD 2021-SIF1

Collateral assets

495,781

511,471

Index + 3.76%

(a)

November 2026

(b)

Financing

410,000

406,753

LIBOR + 2.15%

(c)

April 2032

(d)

Total

Collateral assets

4,401,641

4,454,087

Financing

3,689,140

3,676,224

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(a)Represents the weighted-average coupon earned on variable rate loans during the respective year-to-date period. Of the loans financed by the STWD 2021-FL2 CLO as of September 30, 2023, 6% earned fixed-rate weighted average interest of 7.40%. Of the investments financed by the STWD 2021-SIF1 CLO as of September 30, 2023, 2% earned fixed-rate weighted average interest of 5.70%.

(b)Represents the weighted-average maturity, assuming the extended contractual maturity of the collateral assets.

(c)Represents the weighted-average cost of financing incurred during the respective year-to-date period, inclusive of deferred issuance costs.

(d)Repayments of the CLOs and SASB are tied to timing of the related collateral asset repayments. The term of the CLOs and SASB financing obligations represents the legal final maturity date.

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We incurred $37.9 million of issuance costs in connection with the CLOs and SASB, which are amortized on an effective yield basis over the estimated life of the CLOs and SASB. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, approximately $2.0 million and $6.7 million, respectively, of amortization of deferred financing costs was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, approximately $2.7 million and $7.8 million, respectively, of amortization of deferred financing costs was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, our unamortized issuance costs were $11.5 million and $18.2 million, respectively.

The CLOs and SASB are considered VIEs, for which we are deemed the primary beneficiary. We therefore consolidate the CLOs and SASB. Refer to Note 15 for further discussion.

Maturities

Our credit facilities generally require principal to be paid down prior to the facilities’ respective maturities if and when we receive principal payments on, or sell, the investment collateral that we have pledged. The following table sets forth our principal repayments schedule for secured financings based on the earlier of (i) the extended contractual maturity of each credit facility or (ii) the extended contractual maturity of each of the investments that have been pledged as collateral under the respective credit facility (amounts in thousands):


	Repurchase Agreements		Other Secured Financing		CLOs and SASB (a)		Total
2023 (remainder of)	$	284,742	$	6,137	$	212,438	$	503,317
2024	2,025,069		628,757		301,307		2,955,133
2025	2,073,125		291,132		1,015,613		3,379,870
2026	2,146,190		871,513		1,679,387		4,697,090
2027	3,283,708		1,426,009		123,920		4,833,637
Thereafter	420,248		187,300		195,317		802,865
Total	$	10,233,082	$	3,410,848	$	3,527,982	$	17,171,912

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(a)For the CLOs, the above does not assume utilization of their reinvestment features. The SASB does not have a reinvestment feature.

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11. Unsecured Senior Notes

The following table is a summary of our unsecured senior notes outstanding as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Coupon Rate			Effective Rate (1)		Maturity Date	Remaining Period of Amortization	Carrying Value at
								September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
2023 Convertible Notes	4.38	%		4.57	%	4/1/2023	0.0 years	—		250,000

2027 Convertible Notes	6.75	%		7.48	%	7/15/2027	3.8 years	380,750		—
2023 Senior Notes	5.50	%		5.71	%	11/1/2023	0.1 years	300,000		300,000
2024 Senior Notes	3.75	%		3.94	%	12/31/2024	1.3 years	400,000		400,000
2025 Senior Notes	4.75	%	(2)	5.04	%	3/15/2025	1.5 years	500,000		500,000
2026 Senior Notes	3.63	%		3.77	%	7/15/2026	2.8 years	400,000		400,000
2027 Senior Notes	4.38	%	(3)	4.49	%	1/15/2027	3.3 years	500,000		500,000
Total principal amount								2,480,750		2,350,000
Unamortized discount—Convertible Notes								(9,085)		(118)
Unamortized discount—Senior Notes								(6,276)		(9,051)
Unamortized deferred financing costs								(8,806)		(11,620)
Total carrying amount								$	2,456,583	$	2,329,211

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(1)Effective rate includes the effects of underwriter purchase discount.

(2)The coupon on the 2025 Senior Notes is 4.75%. At closing, we swapped $470.0 million of the notes to a floating rate of LIBOR + 2.53%, which was converted to SOFR + 2.53% effective July 2023.

(3)The coupon on the 2027 Senior Notes is 4.375%. At closing, we swapped the notes to a floating rate of SOFR + 2.95%.

Our unsecured senior notes contain certain financial tests and covenants. As of September 30, 2023, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

Convertible Notes

In July 2023, we issued $380.8 million of 6.750% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the "2027 Convertible Notes") for net proceeds of $371.2 million. The notes mature on July 15, 2027.

In March 2017, we issued $250.0 million of 4.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Convertible Notes”). The entire $250.0 million principal balance of the 2023 Convertible Notes matured and was repaid in cash on April 1, 2023.

We recognized interest expense of $6.7 million and $9.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 from our Convertible Notes. We recognized interest expense of $2.9 million and $8.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 from our Convertible Notes.

The following table details the conversion attributes of our Convertible Notes outstanding as of September 30, 2023 (amounts in thousands, except rates):


	September 30, 2023
	Conversion	Conversion
	Rate (1)	Price (2)
2027 Convertible Notes	48.1783	$	20.76

(1) The conversion rate represents the number of shares of common stock issuable per $1,000 principal amount of 2027

Convertible Notes converted, as adjusted in accordance with the indenture governing the 2027 Convertible Notes

(including the applicable supplemental indenture).

(2) As of September 30, 2023, the market price of the Company's common stock was $19.35.

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The if-converted value of the 2027 Convertible Notes was less than their principal amount by $25.8 million at September 30, 2023 as the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $19.35 was less than the implicit conversion price of $20.76 per share. The if-converted value of the principal amount of the 2027 Convertible Notes was $355.0 million as of September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2023, the net carrying amount and fair value of the 2027 Convertible Notes was $371.0 million and $359.7 million, respectively.

Upon conversion of the 2027 Convertible Notes, settlement may be made in common stock, cash, or a combination of both, at the option of the Company.

Conditions for Conversion

Prior to January 15, 2027, the 2027 Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of one or more of the following conditions: (1) the closing market price of the Company’s common stock is at least 110% of the conversion price of the 2027 Convertible Notes for at least 20 out of 30 trading days prior to the end of the preceding fiscal quarter, (2) the trading price of the 2027 Convertible Notes is less than 98% of the product of (i) the conversion rate and (ii) the closing price of the Company’s common stock during any five consecutive trading day period, (3) the Company issues certain equity instruments at less than the 10-day average closing market price of its common stock or the per-share value of certain distributions exceeds the market price of the Company’s common stock by more than 10% or (4) certain other specified corporate events (significant consolidation, sale, merger, share exchange, fundamental change, etc.) occur.

On or after January 15, 2027, holders of the 2027 Convertible Notes may convert each of their notes at the applicable conversion rate at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date.

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12. Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

As described below, we regularly sell loans and notes under various strategies. We evaluate such sales as to whether they meet the criteria for treatment as a sale—legal isolation, ability of transferee to pledge or exchange the transferred assets without constraint and transfer of control.

Loan Securitizations

Within the Investing and Servicing Segment, we originate commercial mortgage loans with the intent to sell these mortgage loans to VIEs for the purposes of securitization. These VIEs then issue CMBS that are collateralized in part by these assets, as well as other assets transferred to the VIE by third parties. Within the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment, we acquire residential loans with the intent to sell these mortgage loans to VIEs for the purpose of securitization. These VIEs then issue RMBS that are collateralized by these assets.

In certain instances, we retain an interest in the CMBS or RMBS VIE and serve as special servicer or servicing administrator for the VIE. In these circumstances, we generally consolidate the VIE into which the loans were sold. The securitizations are subject to optional redemption after a certain period of time or when the pool balance falls below a specified threshold.

The following summarizes the face amount and proceeds of commercial and residential loans securitized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial Loans				Residential Loans
	Face Amount		Proceeds		Face Amount		Proceeds
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
2023	$	119,764	$	123,633	$	—	$	—
2022	33,000		30,957		—		—
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023	$	292,651	$	294,951	$	—	$	—
2022	1,038,889		1,022,754		1,905,829		1,913,459

The securitization of these commercial and residential loans does not result in a discrete gain or loss since they are carried under the fair value option.

Our securitizations have each been structured as bankruptcy-remote entities whose assets are not intended to be available to the creditors of any other party.

Commercial and Residential Loan Sales

Within the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment, we originate or acquire commercial mortgage loans, subsequently selling all or a portion thereof. Typically, our motivation for entering into these transactions is to effectively create leverage on the subordinated position that we will retain and hold for investment. We also may sell certain of our previously-acquired residential loans to third parties outside a securitization. The following table summarizes our loans sold by the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment, net of expenses (amounts in thousands):


	Loan Transfers Accounted for as Sales
	Commercial Loans				Residential Loans
For the Three Months Ended September 30,	Face amount (1)		Proceeds (1)		Face Amount		Proceeds
2023	$	42,496	$	42,370	$	—	$	—
2022	63,656		64,539		1,152		1,141
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023	$	95,496	$	95,282	$	—	$	—
2022	70,636		71,008		1,057,013		1,056,683

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(1)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we sold $42.5 million and $95.5 million, respectively, of mezzanine loans at par less costs to sell. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we sold $63.7 million of whole loan interests for proceeds of $64.5 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we also sold $7.0 million of senior interests in first mortgage loans for proceeds of $6.5 million.

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During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gains or losses recognized by the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment on sales of commercial loans. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, losses recognized by the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment on sales of commercial loans were $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

Infrastructure Loan Sales

There were no sales of loans by the Infrastructure Lending Segment during both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

13. Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. Refer to Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of our risk management objectives and policies.

Designated Hedges

The Company does not generally elect to apply the hedge accounting designation to its hedging instruments. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any designated hedges.

Non-designated Hedges and Derivatives

We have entered into the following types of non-designated hedges and derivatives:

•Foreign exchange (“Fx”) forwards whereby we agree to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency for a specified amount of USD at a future date, economically fixing the USD amounts of foreign denominated cash flows we expect to receive or pay related to certain foreign denominated loan investments;

•Interest rate contracts which hedge a portion of our exposure to changes in interest rates;

•Credit instruments which hedge a portion of our exposure to the credit risk of our commercial loans held-for-sale; and

•Interest rate swap guarantees whereby we guarantee the interest rate swap obligations of certain Infrastructure Lending borrowers. Our interest rate swap guarantees were assumed in connection with the acquisition of the Infrastructure Lending Segment.

The following table summarizes our non-designated derivatives as of September 30, 2023 (notional amounts in thousands):

Type of Derivative

Number of Contracts

Aggregate Notional Amount

Notional Currency

Maturity

Fx contracts – Buy Euros (“EUR”)

45,627

EUR

October 2023 - April 2026

Fx contracts – Buy Pounds Sterling (“GBP”)

122,142

GBP

October 2023 - January 2027

Fx contracts – Buy Australian dollar (“AUD”)

379,571

AUD

October 2024 - January 2026

Fx contracts – Sell EUR

194

824,687

EUR

October 2023 - February 2027

Fx contracts – Sell GBP

205

648,549

GBP

October 2023 - April 2027

Fx contracts – Sell AUD

110

1,070,581

AUD

October 2023 - October 2026

Fx contracts – Sell Swiss Franc (“CHF”)

20,891

CHF

November 2023 - November 2025

Interest rate swaps – Paying fixed rates

4,385,516

USD

April 2024 - September 2033

Interest rate swaps – Receiving fixed rates

970,000

USD

March 2025 - January 2027

Interest rate caps

624,666

USD

November 2023 - April 2025

Interest rate caps

61,000

GBP

April 2024

Credit instruments

49,000

USD

September 2058 - August 2061

Interest rate swap guarantees

102,331

USD

June 2025

Total

683

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The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position (1) as of				Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position (2) as of
	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022		September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Interest rate contracts	$	12,070	$	10,756	$	69,756	$	69,776

Foreign exchange contracts	119,908		97,289		15,901		21,628
Credit instruments	1,038		576		—		—
Total derivatives	$	133,016	$	108,621	$	85,657	$	91,404

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(1)Classified as derivative assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(2)Classified as derivative liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The table below presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (amounts in thousands):


Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income for the Three Months Ended September 30,				Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2023		2022		2023		2022
Interest rate contracts	Gain on derivative financial instruments, net	$	46,255	$	78,508	$	99,788	$	218,698
Interest rate swap guarantees	Gain on derivative financial instruments, net	—		—		—		260
Foreign exchange contracts	Gain on derivative financial instruments, net	48,549		127,358		18,412		242,042
Credit instruments	Gain on derivative financial instruments, net	79		204		231		921
		$	94,883	$	206,070	$	118,431	$	461,921

14. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The following tables present the potential effects of netting arrangements on our financial position for financial assets and liabilities within the scope of ASC 210-20, Balance Sheet—Offsetting, which for us are derivative assets and liabilities as well as repurchase agreement liabilities (amounts in thousands):


			(ii) Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Position		(iii) = (i) - (ii) Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Position		(iv) Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
	(i) Gross Amounts Recognized						Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral Received / Pledged		(v) = (iii) - (iv) Net Amount
As of September 30, 2023
Derivative assets	$	133,016	$	—	$	133,016	$	82,124	$	—	$	50,892
Derivative liabilities	$	85,657	$	—	$	85,657	$	82,124	$	3,533	$	—
Repurchase agreements	10,233,082		—		10,233,082		10,233,082		—		—
	$	10,318,739	$	—	$	10,318,739	$	10,315,206	$	3,533	$	—
As of December 31, 2022
Derivative assets	$	108,621	$	—	$	108,621	$	69,221	$	—	$	39,400
Derivative liabilities	$	91,404	$	—	$	91,404	$	69,221	$	22,183	$	—
Repurchase agreements	10,799,120		—		10,799,120		10,799,120		—		—
	$	10,890,524	$	—	$	10,890,524	$	10,868,341	$	22,183	$	—

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15. Variable Interest Entities

Investment Securities

As discussed in Note 2, we evaluate all of our investments and other interests in entities for consolidation, including our investments in CMBS, RMBS and our retained interests in securitization transactions we initiated, all of which are generally considered to be variable interests in VIEs.

Securitization VIEs consolidated in accordance with ASC 810 are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. The assets and other instruments held by these securitization entities are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the securitization entities do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the primary beneficiary. The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, a portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

VIEs in which we are the Primary Beneficiary

The inclusion of the assets and liabilities of securitization VIEs in which we are deemed the primary beneficiary has no economic effect on us. Our exposure to the obligations of securitization VIEs is generally limited to our investment in these entities. We are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any of these consolidated structures.

As discussed in Note 10, we have refinanced various pools of our commercial and infrastructure loans held-for-investment through five CLOs and one SASB, which are considered to be VIEs. We are the primary beneficiary of, and therefore consolidate, the CLOs and SASB in our financial statements as we have both (i) the power to direct the activities in our role as collateral manager, collateral advisor, or controlling class representative that most significantly impact the CLOs’ and SASB's economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the CLOs and SASB that could be potentially significant through the subordinate interests we own.

The following table details the assets and liabilities of our consolidated CLOs and SASB as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	34,825	$	31,611
Loans held-for-investment	4,223,445		4,365,791
Investment securities	10,487		36,466
Accrued interest receivable	25,894		20,088
Other assets	8,537		131
Total Assets	$	4,303,188	$	4,454,087
Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	20,382	$	17,737
Collateralized loan obligations and single asset securitization, net	3,518,274		3,676,224
Total Liabilities	$	3,538,656	$	3,693,961

Assets held by the CLOs and SASB are restricted and can be used only to settle obligations of the CLOs and SASB, including the subordinate interests owned by us. The liabilities of the CLOs and SASB are non-recourse to us and can only be satisfied from the assets of the CLOs and SASB.

We also hold controlling interests in other non-securitization entities that are considered VIEs. The Woodstar Fund, Woodstar Feeder Fund, L.P. and one of the Woodstar Fund’s indirect investees, SPT Dolphin Intermediate LLC (“SPT Dolphin”), the entity which holds the Woodstar II Portfolio, are each VIEs because the third party interest holders do not carry kick-out rights or substantive participating rights. We were deemed to be the primary beneficiary of those VIEs because we possess both the power to direct the activities of the VIEs that most significantly impact their economic performance and a significant economic interest in each entity. The Woodstar Fund had total assets of $2.0 billion, including its indirect

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investment in SPT Dolphin, and no significant liabilities as of September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2023, Woodstar Feeder Fund, L.P. and its consolidated subsidiary which is also considered a VIE, Woodstar Feeder REIT, LLC, had a $0.6 billion investment in the Woodstar Fund, had no significant liabilities and had temporary equity of $0.4 billion consisting of the contingently redeemable non-controlling interests of the third party investors (see Note 17).

We also hold a 51% controlling interest in a joint venture (the “CMBS JV”) within our Investing and Servicing Segment, which is considered a VIE because the third party interest holder does not carry kick-out rights or substantive participating rights. We are deemed the primary beneficiary of the CMBS JV. This VIE had total assets of $341.3 million and liabilities of $83.9 million as of September 30, 2023. Refer to Note 17 for further discussion.

In addition to the above non-securitization entities, we have smaller VIEs with total assets of $74.8 million and liabilities of $34.8 million as of September 30, 2023.

VIEs in which we are not the Primary Beneficiary

In certain instances, we hold a variable interest in a VIE in the form of CMBS, but either (i) we are not appointed, or do not serve as, special servicer or servicing administrator or (ii) an unrelated third party has the rights to unilaterally remove us as special servicer without cause. In these instances, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. In other cases, the variable interest we hold does not obligate us to absorb losses or provide us with the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could potentially be significant. For these structures, we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE, and we do not consolidate these VIEs.

As noted above, we are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any of our securitization VIEs, whether or not we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. As such, the risk associated with our involvement in these VIEs is limited to the carrying value of our investment in the entity. As of September 30, 2023, our maximum risk of loss related to securitization VIEs in which we were not the primary beneficiary was $18.7 million on a fair value basis.

As of September 30, 2023, the securitization VIEs which we do not consolidate had debt obligations to beneficial interest holders with unpaid principal balances, excluding the notional value of interest-only securities, of $4.5 billion. The corresponding assets are comprised primarily of commercial mortgage loans with unpaid principal balances corresponding to the amounts of the outstanding debt obligations.

We also hold passive non-controlling interests in certain unconsolidated entities that are considered VIEs. We are not the primary beneficiaries of these VIEs as we do not possess the power to direct the activities of the VIEs that most significantly impact their economic performance and therefore report our interests, which totaled $0.9 million as of September 30, 2023, within investments in unconsolidated entities on our consolidated balance sheet. Our maximum risk of loss is limited to our carrying value of the investments.

16. Related-Party Transactions

Management Agreement

We are party to a management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with our Manager. Under the Management Agreement, our Manager, subject to the oversight of our board of directors, is required to manage our day to day activities, for which our Manager receives a base management fee and is eligible for an incentive fee and stock awards. Our Manager’s personnel perform certain due diligence, legal, management and other services that outside professionals or consultants would otherwise perform. As such, in accordance with the terms of our Management Agreement, our Manager is paid or reimbursed for the documented costs of performing such tasks, provided that such costs and reimbursements are in amounts no greater than those which would be payable to outside professionals or consultants engaged to perform such services pursuant to agreements negotiated on an arm’s-length basis. Refer to Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of this agreement.

Base Management Fee. For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, approximately $21.8 million and $21.7 million, respectively, was incurred for base management fees. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, approximately $65.5 million and $64.9 million, respectively, was incurred for base management fees. As of both September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $21.8 million of unpaid base management fees included in related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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Incentive Fee. There were no incentive fees incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2023. For the three months ended September 30, 2022, $0.9 million was incurred for incentive fees. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, approximately $16.2 million and $35.1 million, respectively, was incurred for incentive fees. As of December 31, 2022, there were $14.5 million of unpaid incentive fees included in related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were no unpaid incentive fees as of September 30, 2023.

Expense Reimbursement. For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, approximately $2.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively, was incurred for executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses and recognized within general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, approximately $6.0 million and $6.4 million, respectively, was incurred for executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses and recognized within general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $2.5 million and $4.9 million, respectively, of unpaid reimbursable executive compensation and other expenses included in related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Equity Awards. In certain instances, we issue RSAs to certain employees of affiliates of our Manager who perform services for us. There were no RSAs granted during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. Expenses related to the vesting of awards to employees of affiliates of our Manager were $2.2 million and $1.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and are reflected in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we granted 226,955 and 200,972 RSAs, respectively, at grant date fair values of $4.3 million and $4.8 million, respectively. Expenses related to the vesting of awards to employees of affiliates of our Manager were $6.5 million and $6.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. These shares generally vest over a three-year period. Compensation expense related to the ESPP (refer to Note 17) for employees of affiliates of our Manager were not material during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and are reflected in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Manager Equity Plan

In April 2022, the Company’s shareholders approved the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 2022 Manager Equity Plan (the “2022 Manager Equity Plan”) which replaces the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 2017 Manager Equity Plan (the “2017 Manager Equity Plan”). In November 2022, we granted 1,500,000 RSUs to our Manager under the 2022 Manager Equity Plan. In November 2020, we granted 1,800,000 RSUs to our Manager under the 2017 Manager Equity Plan. In September 2019, we granted 1,200,000 RSUs to our Manager under the 2017 Manager Equity Plan. In connection with these grants and prior similar grants, we recognized share-based compensation expense of $5.1 million and $4.5 million within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we recognized $15.4 million and $13.5 million, respectively, related to these awards. Refer to Note 17 for further discussion.

Investments in Loans and Securities

In March 2022, we originated a new loan on the development and recapitalization of luxury rental cabins with a total commitment of $200.0 million, of which $148.6 million was outstanding as of September 30, 2023. The loan bears interest at SOFR + 6.50% plus fees and has a term of 24 months with three one-year extension options. Certain members of our executive team and board of directors own equity interests in the borrower. In July 2023, we agreed to a 10-month 300 bps interest payment deferral, which during the three months ended September 30, 2023 amounted to $1.1 million.

In August 2023, the Company received a $29.4 million final repayment on a $339.2 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan that was originated in August 2017 related to an office campus located in Irvine, California. An affiliate of our Manager has a non-controlling equity interest in the borrower.

In December 2012, the Company acquired 9,140,000 ordinary shares in SEREF, a debt fund that is externally managed by an affiliate of our Manager and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, for approximately $14.7 million, which equated to approximately 4% ownership of SEREF. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, 672,166 and 895,182 shares were redeemed by SEREF, for proceeds of $0.9 million and $1.2 million, respectively, leaving 8,244,818 held as of September 30, 2023. As of September 30, 2023, our shares represent an approximate 2% interest in SEREF. Refer to Note 5 for additional details.

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Lease Arrangements

In March 2020, we entered into an office lease agreement with an entity which is controlled by our Chairman and CEO through majority equity ownership of the entity. The leased premises serve as our new Miami Beach office following the expiration of our former lease in Miami Beach. The lease, as amended in September 2022, is for 64,424 square feet of office space, commenced July 1, 2022 and has an initial term of 15 years from the monthly lease payment commencement date of November 1, 2022. The lease payments are based on an annual base rate of $52.00 per square foot that increases by 3% each anniversary following commencement, plus our pro rata share of building operating expenses. Prior to the execution of this lease, we engaged an independent third party leasing firm and external counsel to advise the independent directors of our board of directors on market terms for the lease. The terms of the lease and subsequent amendment were approved by our independent directors. In April 2020, we provided a $1.9 million cash security deposit to the landlord. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we made payments to the landlord under the terms of the lease of $1.1 million and $4.0 million, respectively, for rent, parking and our pro rata share of building operating expenses. During three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we also paid $0.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively, for reimbursements relating to tenant improvements. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized $2.1 million and $5.4 million, respectively, of expenses with respect to this lease within general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we paid $1.0 million and $2.9 million, respectively, for reimbursements relating to tenant improvements. During both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized $1.0 million of expenses with respect to this lease within general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

Other Related-Party Arrangements

Highmark Residential (“Highmark”), an affiliate of our Manager, provides property management services for properties within our Woodstar I and Woodstar II Portfolios. Fees paid to Highmark are calculated as a percentage of gross receipts and are at market terms. During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, property management fees to Highmark of $1.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, were recognized within our Woodstar Portfolios. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, property management fees to Highmark were $4.4 million and $4.1 million, respectively.

Refer to Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of related-party agreements.

17. Stockholders’ Equity and Non-Controlling Interests

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, our board of directors declared the following dividends:

Declaration Date

Record Date

Ex-Dividend Date

Payment Date

Amount

Frequency

9/15/23

9/30/23

9/29/23

10/16/23

0.48

Quarterly

6/15/23

6/30/23

6/29/23

7/17/23

0.48

Quarterly

3/16/23

3/31/23

3/30/23

4/14/23

0.48

Quarterly

ATM Agreement

In May 2022, we entered into a Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Common Stock Sales Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with a syndicate of financial institutions to sell shares of the Company’s common stock of up to $500.0 million from time to time, through an “at the market” equity offering program. Sales of shares under the ATM Agreement are made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. The ATM Agreement replaces a similar agreement previously entered into in May 2014 with a financial institution. There were no shares issued under the ATM Agreement during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we issued 1,415,564 shares of common stock under the ATM Agreement for gross proceeds of $33.3 million at an average share price of $23.54 and paid related commission costs of $0.7 million.

Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, shares issued under the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (the “DRIP Plan”) were not material.

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In April 2022, the Company’s shareholders approved the ESPP which allows eligible employees to purchase common stock of the Company at a discounted purchase price. The discounted purchase price of a share of the Company's common stock is 85% of the fair market value (closing market price) at the lower of the beginning or the end of the quarterly offering period. Participants may purchase shares not exceeding an aggregate fair market value of $25,000 in any calendar year. The maximum aggregate number of shares subject to issuance in accordance with the ESPP is 2,000,000 shares.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023, 21,088 shares of common stock were purchased by participants at a weighted average discounted purchase price of $16.51. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, 110,112 shares of common stock were purchased by participants at a weighted average discounted purchase price of $15.17 per share. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, 34,625 shares of common stock were purchased by participants at a weighted average discounted purchase price of $18.04 per share. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recognized $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to its ESPP based on the estimated fair value of the discounted purchase options granted to the participants as of the beginning of the quarterly offering period determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized $0.1 million of compensation expense related to its ESPP.

As of September 30, 2023, there were 1.8 million shares of common stock available for future issuance through the ESPP.

Equity Incentive Plans

In April 2022, the Company’s shareholders approved the 2022 Manager Equity Plan and the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 2022 Equity Plan (the “2022 Equity Plan”), which allow for the issuance of up to 18,700,000 stock options, stock appreciation rights, RSAs, RSUs or other equity-based awards or any combination thereof to the Manager, directors, employees, consultants or any other party providing services to the Company. The 2022 Manager Equity Plan succeeds and replaces the 2017 Manager Equity Plan and the 2022 Equity Plan succeeds and replaces the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 2017 Equity Plan (the “2017 Equity Plan”).

The table below summarizes our share awards granted or vested under the 2017 and 2022 Manager Equity Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (dollar amounts in thousands):


Grant Date	Type	Amount Granted	Grant Date Fair Value		Vesting Period

November 2022	RSU	1,500,000	$	31,605	3 years
November 2020	RSU	1,800,000	$	30,078	3 years
September 2019	RSU	1,200,000	29,484		(1)

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(1)Of the amount granted, 218,898 vested immediately on the grant date and the remaining amount vests over a three-year period.

Schedule of Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents (1)


	Equity Plan	Manager Equity Plan	Total	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per share)
Balance as of January 1, 2023	2,513,847	1,825,000	4,338,847	$	20.65
Granted	914,694	—	914,694	18.93
Vested	(687,743)	(825,000)	(1,512,743)	18.35
Forfeited	(169,070)	—	(169,070)	22.76
Balance as of September 30, 2023	2,571,728	1,000,000	3,571,728	21.08

(1) Equity-based award activity for awards granted under the 2017 and 2022 Equity Plans is reflected within the Equity Plan column, and for awards granted under the 2017 and 2022 Manager Equity Plans, within the Manager Equity Plan column.

As of September 30, 2023, there were 16.5 million shares of common stock available for future grants under the 2022 Manager Equity Plan and the 2022 Equity Plan.

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Non-Controlling Interests in Consolidated Subsidiaries

As discussed in Note 2, on November 5, 2021 we sold a 20.6% non-controlling interest in the Woodstar Fund to third party investors for net cash proceeds of $214.2 million. Under the Woodstar Fund operating agreement, such interests are contingently redeemable by us, at the option of the interest holder, for cash at liquidation fair value if any assets remain upon termination of the Woodstar Fund. The Woodstar Fund operating agreement specifies an eight-year term with two one-year extension options, the first at our option and the second subject to consent of an advisory committee representing the non-controlling interest holders. Accordingly, these contingently redeemable non-controlling interests have been classified as “Temporary Equity” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and represent the fair value of the Woodstar Fund’s net assets allocable to those interests. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, net income attributable to these non-controlling interests was $3.1 million and $51.1 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, net income attributable to these non-controlling interests was $23.8 million and $134.3 million, respectively.

In connection with our Woodstar II Portfolio acquisitions, we issued 10.2 million Class A Units in our subsidiary, SPT Dolphin, and rights to receive an additional 1.9 million Class A Units if certain contingent events occur. As of September 30, 2023, all of the 1.9 million contingent Class A Units were issued. The Class A Units are redeemable for consideration equal to the current share price of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis, with the consideration paid in either cash or the Company’s common stock, at the determination of the Company. There were 9.8 million Class A Units outstanding as of September 30, 2023. The outstanding Class A Units are reflected as non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries on our consolidated balance sheets, the balance of which was $208.5 million as of both September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

To the extent SPT Dolphin has sufficient cash available, the Class A Units earn a preferred return indexed to the dividend rate of the Company’s common stock. Any distributions made pursuant to this waterfall are recognized within net income attributable to non-controlling interests in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recognized net income attributable to non-controlling interests of $4.7 million and $14.1 million, respectively, associated with these Class A Units, the same as recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

As discussed in Note 15, we hold a 51% controlling interest in the CMBS JV within our Investing and Servicing Segment. Because the CMBS JV is deemed a VIE for which we are the primary beneficiary, the 49% interest of our joint venture partner is reflected as a non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, and any net income attributable to this 49% joint venture interest is reflected within net income attributable to non-controlling interests in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. The non-controlling interests in the CMBS JV were $135.6 million and $144.3 million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, net (loss) attributable to these non-controlling interests was $(4.5) million and $(1.6) million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, net (loss) income attributable to these non-controlling interests was $(0.4) million and $4.5 million, respectively.

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18. Earnings per Share

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income and the number of shares of common stock used in the computation of basic EPS and diluted EPS (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Basic Earnings
Income attributable to STWD common stockholders	$	47,435	$	194,562	$	268,252	$	731,448
Less: Income attributable to participating shares not already deducted as non-controlling interests	(1,510)		(2,929)		(4,962)		(15,673)
Basic earnings	$	45,925	$	191,633	$	263,290	$	715,775

Diluted Earnings
Income attributable to STWD common stockholders	$	47,435	$	194,562	$	268,252	$	731,448
Less: Income attributable to participating shares not already deducted as non-controlling interests	(1,510)		(2,929)		(4,962)		(15,673)
Add: Interest expense on Convertible Notes	*		2,906		*		8,724
Add: Undistributed earnings to participating shares	—		1,818		—		11,629
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated to participating shares	—		(1,763)		—		(11,280)
Diluted earnings	$	45,925	$	194,594	$	263,290	$	724,848

Number of Shares:
Basic — Average shares outstanding	310,268		306,704		309,471		304,908
Effect of dilutive securities — Convertible Notes	*		9,649		*		9,649
Effect of dilutive securities — Contingently issuable shares	—		23		—		23
Effect of dilutive securities — Unvested non-participating shares	298		199		267		161
Diluted — Average shares outstanding	310,566		316,575		309,738		314,741

Earnings Per Share Attributable to STWD Common Stockholders:
Basic	$	0.15	$	0.62	$	0.85	$	2.35
Diluted	$	0.15	$	0.61	$	0.85	$	2.30

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* Our Convertible Notes were not dilutive for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, participating shares of 12.9 million and 12.4 million, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted shares as their effect was already considered under the more dilutive two-class method used above. Such participating shares at both September 30, 2023 and 2022 included 9.8 million potential shares of our common stock issuable upon redemption of the Class A Units in SPT Dolphin, as discussed in Note 17.

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19. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The changes in AOCI by component are as follows (amounts in thousands):


	Cumulative Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Available-for- Sale Securities
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
Balance at July 1, 2023	$	17,355
OCI before reclassifications	(3,286)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	45
Net period OCI	(3,241)
Balance at September 30, 2023	$	14,114
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
Balance at July 1, 2022	$	28,970
OCI before reclassifications	(6,194)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—
Net period OCI	(6,194)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	22,776
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Balance at January 1, 2023	$	20,955
OCI before reclassifications	(6,886)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	45
Net period OCI	(6,841)
Balance at September 30, 2023	$	14,114
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Balance at January 1, 2022	$	40,953
OCI before reclassifications	(18,177)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	—
Net period OCI	(18,177)
Balance at September 30, 2022	$	22,776

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20. Fair Value

GAAP establishes a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on the observability of inputs utilized in measuring financial assets and liabilities at fair value. GAAP establishes market-based or observable inputs as the preferred source of values, followed by valuation models using management assumptions in the absence of market inputs. The three levels of the hierarchy are described below:

Level I—Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level II—Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level I) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level III—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

Valuation Process

We have valuation control processes in place to validate the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value including those derived from pricing models. These control processes are designed to assure that the values used for financial reporting are based on observable inputs wherever possible. In the event that observable inputs are not available, the control processes are designed to assure that the valuation approach utilized is appropriate and consistently applied and the assumptions are reasonable.

Pricing Verification—We use recently executed transactions, other observable market data such as exchange data, broker/dealer quotes, third party pricing vendors and aggregation services for validating the fair values generated using valuation models. Pricing data provided by approved external sources is evaluated using a number of approaches; for example, by corroborating the external sources’ prices to executed trades, analyzing the methodology and assumptions used by the external source to generate a price and/or by evaluating how active the third party pricing source (or originating sources used by the third party pricing source) is in the market.

Unobservable Inputs—Where inputs are not observable, we review the appropriateness of the proposed valuation methodology to ensure it is consistent with how a market participant would arrive at the unobservable input. The valuation methodologies utilized in the absence of observable inputs may include extrapolation techniques and the use of comparable observable inputs.

Any changes to the valuation methodology will be reviewed by our management to ensure the changes are appropriate. The methods used may produce a fair value calculation that is not indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while we anticipate that our valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies, or assumptions, to determine the fair value could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.

Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

We determine the fair value of our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as follows:

Loans held-for-sale, commercial

We measure the fair value of our commercial mortgage loans held-for-sale using a discounted cash flow analysis unless observable market data (i.e., securitized pricing) is available. A discounted cash flow analysis requires management to make estimates regarding future interest rates and credit spreads. The most significant of these inputs relates to credit spreads and is unobservable. Thus, we have determined that the fair values of mortgage loans valued using a discounted cash flow analysis should be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy, while mortgage loans valued using securitized pricing should be classified in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. Mortgage loans classified in Level III are transferred to Level II if securitized pricing becomes available.

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Loans held-for-sale, residential

We measure the fair value of our residential loans held-for-sale based on the net present value of expected future cash flows using a combination of observable and unobservable inputs. Observable market participant assumptions include pricing related to trades of residential loans with similar characteristics. Unobservable inputs include the expectation of future cash flows, which involves judgments about the underlying collateral, the creditworthiness of the borrower, estimated prepayment speeds, estimated future credit losses, forward interest rates, investor yield requirements and certain other factors. At each measurement date, we consider both the observable and unobservable valuation inputs in the determination of fair value. However, given the significance of the unobservable inputs, these loans have been classified within Level III.

RMBS

RMBS are valued utilizing observable and unobservable market inputs. The observable market inputs include recent transactions, broker quotes and vendor prices (“market data”). However, given the implied price dispersion amongst the market data, the fair value determination for RMBS has also utilized significant unobservable inputs in discounted cash flow models including prepayments, default and severity estimates based on the recent performance of the collateral, the underlying collateral characteristics, industry trends, as well as expectations of macroeconomic events (e.g., housing price curves, interest rate curves, etc.). At each measurement date, we consider both the observable and unobservable valuation inputs in the determination of fair value. However, given the significance of the unobservable inputs these securities have been classified within Level III.

CMBS

CMBS are valued utilizing both observable and unobservable market inputs. These factors include projected future cash flows, ratings, subordination levels, vintage, remaining lives, credit issues, recent trades of similar securities and the spreads used in the prior valuation. We obtain current market spread information where available and use this information in evaluating and validating the market price of all CMBS. Depending upon the significance of the fair value inputs used in determining these fair values, these securities are classified in either Level II or Level III of the fair value hierarchy. CMBS may shift between Level II and Level III of the fair value hierarchy if the significant fair value inputs used to price the CMBS become or cease to be observable.

Equity security

The equity security is publicly registered and traded in the U.S. and its market price is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The security has been classified within Level I.

Woodstar Fund Investments

The fair value of investments held by the Woodstar Fund is determined based on observable and unobservable market inputs. The initial fair value of the Woodstar Fund’s investments at its November 5, 2021 establishment date was determined by reference to the purchase price paid by third party investors, which was consistent with both a recent external appraisal as well as our extensive marketing efforts to sell interests in the Woodstar Fund, plus working capital. The fair value of the Woodstar Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2022 was determined by reference to an external appraisal as of that date.

For the properties, the third party appraisals applied the income capitalization approach with corroborative support from the sales comparison approach. The cost approach was not employed, as it is typically not emphasized by potential investors in the multifamily affordable housing sector. The income capitalization approach estimates an income stream for a property over a 10-year period and discounts this income plus a reversion (presumed sale) into a present value at a risk adjusted discount rate. Terminal capitalization rates and discount rates utilized in this approach are derived from market transactions as well as other financial and industry data.

For secured financing, the third party appraisal discounted the contractual cash flows at the interest rate at which such arrangements would bear if executed in the current market. The fair value of investment level working capital is assumed to approximate carrying value due to its primarily short-term monetary nature. The fair value of interest rate derivatives is determined using the methodology described in the Derivatives discussion below.

Internal valuations at interim quarter ends, including September 30, 2023, are prepared by management. The valuation of properties is based on a direct income capitalization approach, whereby a direct capitalization market rate is applied to annualized in-place net operating income at the portfolio level. The direct capitalization rate is initially calibrated to the

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implied rate from the latest appraisal and adjusted for subsequent changes in current market capitalization rates for sales of comparable multifamily properties. The valuations of secured financing agreements, working capital and interest rate derivatives are consistent with the methodologies described in the paragraph above.

Given the significance of the unobservable inputs used in the respective valuations, the Woodstar Fund’s investments have been classified within Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

Domestic servicing rights

The fair value of this intangible is determined using discounted cash flow modeling techniques which require management to make estimates regarding future net servicing cash flows, including forecasted loan defeasance, control migration, delinquency and anticipated maturity defaults which are calculated assuming a debt yield at which default occurs. Since the most significant of these inputs are unobservable, we have determined that the fair values of this intangible in its entirety should be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

Derivatives

The valuation of derivative contracts are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market based inputs, including interest rate curves, spot and market forward points and implied volatilities. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves.

We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own non-performance risk and the respective counterparty’s non-performance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of our derivative contracts for the effect of non-performance risk, we have considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.

The valuation of over the counter derivatives are determined using discounted cash flows based on Overnight Index Swap (“OIS”) rates. Fully collateralized trades are discounted using OIS with no additional economic adjustments to arrive at fair value. Uncollateralized or partially collateralized trades are also discounted at OIS, but include appropriate economic adjustments for funding costs (i.e., a LIBOR or SOFR OIS basis adjustment to approximate uncollateralized cost of funds) and credit risk. For credit instruments, fair value is determined based on changes in the relevant indices from the date of initiation of the instrument to the reporting date, as these changes determine the amount of any future cash settlement between us and the counterparty. These indices are considered Level II inputs as they are directly observable.

Although we have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our derivatives fall within Level II of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivatives utilize Level III inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by us and our counterparties. However, as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we have assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our derivative positions and have determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of our derivatives. As a result, we have determined that our derivative valuations in their entirety are classified in Level II of the fair value hierarchy.

Liabilities of consolidated VIEs

Our consolidated VIE liabilities generally represent bonds that are not owned by us. The majority of these are either traded in the marketplace or can be analogized to similar securities that are traded in the marketplace. For these liabilities, pricing is considered to be Level II, where the valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar instruments traded in active markets. We generally utilize third party pricing service providers for valuing these liabilities. In order to determine whether to utilize the valuations provided by third parties, we conduct an ongoing evaluation of their valuation methodologies and processes, as well as a review of the individual valuations themselves. In evaluating third party pricing for reasonableness, we consider a variety of factors, including market transaction information for the particular bond, market transaction information for bonds within the same trust, market transaction information for similar bonds, the bond’s ratings and the bond’s subordination levels.

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For the minority portion of our consolidated VIE liabilities which consist of unrated or non-investment grade bonds that are not owned by us, pricing may be either Level II or Level III. If independent third party pricing similar to that noted above is available, we consider the valuation to be Level II. If such third party pricing is not available, the valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant unobservable assumptions, and we consider the valuation to be Level III. For VIE liabilities classified as Level III, valuation is determined based on discounted expected future cash flows which take into consideration expected duration and yields based on market transaction information, ratings, subordination levels, vintage and current market spread. VIE liabilities may shift between Level II and Level III of the fair value hierarchy if the significant fair value inputs used to price the VIE liabilities become or cease to be observable.

Assets of consolidated VIEs

The securitization VIEs in which we invest are “static”; that is, no reinvestment is permitted, and there is no active management of the underlying assets. In determining the fair value of the assets of the VIE, we maximize the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. The individual assets of a VIE are inherently incapable of precise measurement given their illiquid nature and the limitations on available information related to these assets. Because our methodology for valuing these assets does not value the individual assets of a VIE, but rather uses the value of the VIE liabilities as an indicator of the fair value of VIE assets as a whole, we have determined that our valuations of VIE assets in their entirety should be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

Fair Value Only Disclosed

We determine the fair value of our financial instruments and assets where fair value is disclosed as follows:

Loans held-for-investment

We estimate the fair values of our loans not carried at fair value on a recurring basis by discounting their expected cash flows at a rate we estimate would be demanded by the market participants that are most likely to buy our loans. The expected cash flows used are generally the same as those used to calculate our level yield income in the financial statements. Since these inputs are unobservable, we have determined that the fair value of these loans in their entirety would be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

HTM debt securities

We estimate the fair value of our mandatorily redeemable preferred equity interests in commercial real estate companies and infrastructure bonds using the same methodology described for our loans held-for-investment. We estimate the fair value of our HTM CMBS using the same methodology described for our CMBS carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

Secured financing agreements, CLOs and SASB

The fair value of the secured financing agreements, CLOs and SASB are determined by discounting the contractual cash flows at the interest rate we estimate such arrangements would bear if executed in the current market. We have determined that our valuation of these instruments should be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

Unsecured senior notes

The fair value of our unsecured senior notes is determined based on the last available bid price for the respective notes in the current market. As these prices represent observable market data, we have determined that the fair value of these instruments would be classified in Level II of the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair Value Disclosures

The following tables present our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated balance sheets by their level in the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	September 30, 2023
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans under fair value option	$	2,602,265	$	—	$	—	$	2,602,265
RMBS	102,076		—		—		102,076
CMBS	18,740		—		—		18,740
Equity security	8,829		8,829		—		—
Woodstar Fund investments	1,979,184		—		—		1,979,184
Domestic servicing rights	18,188		—		—		18,188
Derivative assets	133,016		—		133,016		—
VIE assets	44,668,904		—		—		44,668,904
Total	$	49,531,202	$	8,829	$	133,016	$	49,389,357
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	85,657	$	—	$	85,657	$	—
VIE liabilities	42,997,104		—		37,628,700		5,368,404
Total	$	43,082,761	$	—	$	37,714,357	$	5,368,404


	December 31, 2022
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans under fair value option	$	2,784,594	$	—	$	—	$	2,784,594
RMBS	113,386		—		—		113,386
CMBS	19,108		—		—		19,108
Equity security	9,840		9,840		—		—
Woodstar Fund investments	1,761,002		—		—		1,761,002
Domestic servicing rights	17,790		—		—		17,790
Derivative assets	108,621		—		108,621		—
VIE assets	52,453,041		—		—		52,453,041
Total	$	57,267,382	$	9,840	$	108,621	$	57,148,921
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	91,404	$	—	$	91,404	$	—
VIE liabilities	50,754,355		—		45,248,412		5,505,943
Total	$	50,845,759	$	—	$	45,339,816	$	5,505,943

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The changes in financial assets and liabilities classified as Level III are as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (amounts in thousands):


Three Months Ended September 30, 2023	Loans at Fair Value		RMBS		CMBS		Woodstar Fund Investments		Domestic Servicing Rights		VIE Assets		VIE Liabilities		Total
July 1, 2023 balance	$	2,673,220	$	107,216	$	18,603	$	1,976,985	$	18,256	$	46,864,870	$	(5,891,459)	$	45,767,691
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale	(66,806)		—		241		2,199		(68)		(2,195,966)		157,469		(2,102,931)
Net accretion	—		1,170		—		—		—		—		—		1,170
Included in OCI	—		(3,241)		—		—		—		—		—		(3,241)
Purchases / Originations	113,237		—		—		—		—		—		—		113,237
Sales	(63,857)		(601)		—		—		—		—		—		(64,458)

Cash repayments / receipts	(53,265)		(2,468)		(104)		—		—		—		(645)		(56,482)
Transfers into Level III	20		—		—		—		—		—		(488,071)		(488,051)
Transfers out of Level III	(284)		—		—		—		—		—		854,302		854,018



September 30, 2023 balance	$	2,602,265	$	102,076	$	18,740	$	1,979,184	$	18,188	$	44,668,904	$	(5,368,404)	$	44,020,953
Amount of unrealized gains (losses) attributable to assets still held at September 30, 2023:
Included in earnings	$	(73,230)	$	1,170	$	241	$	2,199	$	(68)	$	(2,195,966)	$	157,469	$	(2,108,185)
Included in OCI	$	—	$	(3,286)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(3,286)


Three Months Ended September 30, 2022	Loans at Fair Value		RMBS		CMBS		Woodstar Fund Investments		Domestic Servicing Rights		VIE Assets		VIE Liabilities		Total
July 1, 2022 balance	$	2,197,501	$	124,439	$	20,965	$	1,558,850	$	17,499	$	57,993,563	$	(5,980,634)	$	55,932,183
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale	(87,474)		—		(84)		110,415		515		(3,778,193)		824,214		(2,930,607)
Net accretion	—		1,744		—		—		—		—		—		1,744
Included in OCI	—		(6,194)		—		—		—		—		—		(6,194)
Purchases / Originations	186,397		—		—		—		—		—		—		186,397
Sales	(1,266)		—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,266)

Cash repayments / receipts	(37,998)		(3,412)		(229)		—		—		—		(4,887)		(46,526)
Transfers into Level III	1,700		—		—		—		—		—		(573,303)		(571,603)
Transfers out of Level III	(70,389)		—		—		—		—		—		241,613		171,224



September 30, 2022 balance	$	2,188,471	$	116,577	$	20,652	$	1,669,265	$	18,014	$	54,215,370	$	(5,492,997)	$	52,735,352
Amount of unrealized gains (losses) attributable to assets still held at September 30, 2022:
Included in earnings	$	(92,162)	$	1,744	$	(84)	$	110,415	$	515	$	(3,778,193)	$	824,214	$	(2,933,551)
Included in OCI	$	—	$	(6,194)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(6,194)

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023	Loans at Fair Value		RMBS		CMBS		Woodstar Fund Investments		Domestic Servicing Rights		VIE Assets		VIE Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2023 balance	$	2,784,594	$	113,386	$	19,108	$	1,761,002	$	17,790	$	52,453,041	$	(5,505,943)	$	51,642,978
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale	(111,247)		—		317		218,182		398		(7,784,137)		462,074		(7,214,413)
Net accretion	—		3,583		—		—		—		—		—		3,583
Included in OCI	—		(6,841)		—		—		—		—		—		(6,841)
Purchases / Originations	362,688		—		—		—		—		—		—		362,688
Sales	(235,174)		(601)		—		—		—		—		—		(235,775)

Cash repayments / receipts	(137,916)		(7,451)		(685)		—		—		—		(12,295)		(158,347)
Transfers into Level III	26		—		—		—		—		—		(1,687,002)		(1,686,976)
Transfers out of Level III	(60,706)		—		—		—		—		—		1,374,762		1,314,056



September 30, 2023 balance	$	2,602,265	$	102,076	$	18,740	$	1,979,184	$	18,188	$	44,668,904	$	(5,368,404)	$	44,020,953
Amount of unrealized gains (losses) attributable to assets still held at September 30, 2023:
Included in earnings	$	(133,679)	$	3,552	$	317	$	218,182	$	398	$	(7,784,137)	$	462,074	$	(7,233,293)
Included in OCI	$	—	$	(6,875)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(6,875)


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022	Loans at Fair Value		RMBS		CMBS		Woodstar Fund Investments		Domestic Servicing Rights		VIE Assets		VIE Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2022 balance	$	2,936,025	$	143,980	$	22,244	$	1,040,309	$	16,780	$	61,280,543	$	(4,780,221)	$	60,659,660
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale	(326,737)		—		(1,441)		628,956		1,234		(10,696,486)		1,746,436		(8,648,038)
Net accretion	—		6,974		—		—		—		—		—		6,974
Included in OCI	—		(18,177)		—		—		—		—		—		(18,177)
Purchases / Originations	3,793,467		—		—		—		—		—		—		3,793,467
Sales	(3,588,953)		—		—		—		—		—		—		(3,588,953)

Cash repayments / receipts	(152,847)		(16,200)		(681)		—		—		—		(5,712)		(175,440)
Transfers into Level III	1,847		—		—		—		—		—		(1,203,420)		(1,201,573)
Transfers out of Level III	(474,331)		—		—		—		—		—		559,062		84,731

Consolidation of VIEs	—		—		—		—		—		4,361,325		(1,810,101)		2,551,224
Deconsolidation of VIEs	—		—		530		—		—		(730,012)		959		(728,523)
September 30, 2022 balance	$	2,188,471	$	116,577	$	20,652	$	1,669,265	$	18,014	$	54,215,370	$	(5,492,997)	$	52,735,352
Amount of unrealized gains (losses) attributable to assets still held at September 30, 2022:
Included in earnings	$	(258,652)	$	6,641	$	(911)	$	628,956	$	1,234	$	(10,696,486)	$	1,746,436	$	(8,572,782)
Included in OCI	$	—	$	(17,771)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(17,771)

Amounts were transferred from Level II to Level III due to a decrease in the observable relevant market activity and amounts were transferred from Level III to Level II due to an increase in the observable relevant market activity.

The following table presents the fair values of our financial instruments not carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets (amounts in thousands):


	September 30, 2023				December 31, 2022
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Loans	$	17,234,205	$	17,185,073	$	18,401,439	$	18,215,072
HTM debt securities	591,948		562,523		673,470		637,275
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Secured financing agreements, CLOs and SASB	$	17,076,155	$	16,926,451	$	18,177,756	$	18,017,651
Unsecured senior notes	2,456,583		2,314,681		2,329,211		2,199,135

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The following is quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs in our Level III measurements for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):


	Carrying Value at September 30, 2023		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) as of (1)
					September 30, 2023	December 31, 2022
Loans under fair value option	$	2,602,265	Discounted cash flow, market pricing	Coupon (d)	2.8% - 9.9% (4.6%)	2.8% - 9.3% (4.5%)
				Remaining contractual term (d)	4.5 - 38.8 years (27.1 years)	5.3 - 39.5 years (28.6 years)
				FICO score (a)	585 - 900 (749)	585 - 900 (749)
				LTV (b)	0% - 138% (66%)	4% - 92% (67%)
				Purchase price (d)	80.0% - 114.1% (101.3%)	80.0% - 108.6% (101.4%)
RMBS	102,076		Discounted cash flow	Constant prepayment rate (a)	2.7% - 10.0% (5.0%)	2.8% - 12.0% (5.5%)
				Constant default rate (b)	1.0% - 4.2% (1.8%)	1.1% - 4.4% (2.0%)
				Loss severity (b)	0% - 91% (20%) (f)	0% - 109% (24%) (f)
				Delinquency rate (c)	8% - 24% (14%)	6% - 29% (16%)
				Servicer advances (a)	27% - 78% (51%)	31% - 77.7% (53%)
				Annual coupon deterioration (b)	0% - 3.2% (0.1%)	0% - 2.6% (0.1%)
				Putback amount per projected total collateral loss (e)	0% - 8% (0.5%)	0% - 8% (0.5%)
CMBS	18,740		Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 663.2% (10.7%)	0% - 117.5% (10.1%)
				Duration (c)	0 - 6.9 years (2.6 years)	0 - 7.7 years (3.0 years)
Woodstar Fund investments	1,979,184		Discounted cash flow	Discount rate - properties (b)	N/A	6.3% - 6.8% (6.5%)
				Discount rate - debt (a)	5.7% - 7.7% (6.3%)	5.6% - 6.7% (6.1%)
				Terminal capitalization rate (b)	N/A	5.0% - 5.5% (5.1%)
				Direct capitalization rate (b)	4.2% (4.2%)	4.2% (4.2%) (Implied)
Domestic servicing rights	18,188		Discounted cash flow	Debt yield (a)	8.50% (8.50%)	8.25% (8.25%)
				Discount rate (b)	15% (15%)	15% (15%)
VIE assets	44,668,904		Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 420.1% (16.8%)	0% - 453.6% (15.3%)
				Duration (c)	0 - 10.2 years (2.4 years)	0 - 11.0 years (2.4 years)
VIE liabilities	5,368,404		Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 420.1% (11.8%)	0% - 453.6% (10.4%)
				Duration (c)	0 - 10.2 years (2.1 years)	0 - 11.0 years (1.8 years)

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(1)Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative carrying value of the instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Information about Uncertainty of Fair Value Measurements

(a)Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.

(b)Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.

(c)Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in either a significantly lower or higher (higher or lower) fair value measurement depending on the structural features of the security in question.

(d)This unobservable input is not subject to variability as of the respective reporting dates.

(e)Any delay in the putback recovery date leads to a decrease in fair value for the majority of securities in our RMBS portfolio.

(f)7% and 10% of the portfolio falls within a range of 45% - 80% as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

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21. Income Taxes

Certain of our domestic subsidiaries have elected to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). TRSs permit us to participate in certain activities from which REITs are generally precluded, as long as these activities meet specific criteria, are conducted within the parameters of certain limitations established by the Code and are conducted in entities which elect to be treated as taxable subsidiaries under the Code. To the extent these criteria are met, we will continue to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Our TRSs engage in various real estate-related operations, including special servicing of commercial real estate, originating and securitizing mortgage loans, and investing in entities which engage in real estate-related operations. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, approximately $3.1 billion and $3.2 billion, respectively, of assets were owned by TRS entities. Our TRSs are not consolidated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but are instead taxed as corporations. For financial reporting purposes, a provision for current and deferred taxes is established for the portion of earnings recognized by us with respect to our interest in TRSs.

The following table is a reconciliation of our U.S. federal income tax provision determined using our statutory federal tax rate to our reported income tax (benefit) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	For the Three Months Ended September 30,								For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023				2022				2023				2022
Federal statutory tax rate	$	8,395	21.0	%	$	36,768	21.0	%	$	66,049	21.0	%	$	176,580	21.0	%
REIT and other non-taxable income	(17,486)		(43.7)	%	(75,642)		(43.1)	%	(81,262)		(25.8)	%	(213,073)		(25.3)	%
State income taxes	(2,987)		(7.5)	%	(12,772)		(7.3)	%	(4,999)		(1.6)	%	(11,990)		(1.4)	%
Federal benefit of state tax deduction	628		1.6	%	2,682		1.5	%	1,050		0.3	%	2,518		0.3	%

Intra-entity transfers	—		—	%	—		—	%	—		—	%	(3,868)		(0.5)	%
Other	51		0.1	%	209		0.1	%	165		0.1	%	834		0.1	%
Effective tax rate	$	(11,399)	(28.5)	%	$	(48,755)	(27.8)	%	$	(18,997)	(6.0)	%	$	(48,999)	(5.8)	%

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we have utilized the discrete effective tax rate method, as allowed by ASC 740-270-30-18, “Income Taxes—Interim Reporting,” to calculate our interim income tax benefit. The discrete method is applied when the application of the estimated annual effective tax rate is impractical because it is not possible to reliably estimate the annual effective tax rate. The discrete method treats the year to date period as if it was the annual period and determines the income tax expense or benefit on that basis. We believe that due to market dislocation and volatility, particularly with respect to the Company's residential assets that are housed in TRSs, the use of the discrete method is more appropriate at this time than the annual effective tax rate method due to the high degree of uncertainty in estimating annual pretax earnings.

22. Commitments and Contingencies

As of September 30, 2023, our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment had future commercial loan funding commitments totaling $1.8 billion, of which we expect to fund $1.4 billion. These future funding commitments primarily relate to construction projects, capital improvements, tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

As of September 30, 2023, our Infrastructure Lending Segment had future infrastructure loan funding commitments totaling $167.3 million, including $121.1 million under revolvers and letters of credit (“LCs”), and $46.2 million under delayed draw term loans. As of September 30, 2023, $8.5 million of revolvers and LCs were outstanding.

Generally, funding commitments are subject to certain conditions that must be met, such as customary construction draw certifications, minimum debt service coverage ratios or executions of new leases before advances are made to the borrower.

Management is not aware of any other contractual obligations, legal proceedings, or any other contingent obligations incurred in the normal course of business that would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements.

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23. Segment Data

In its operation of the business, management, including our chief operating decision maker, who is our Chief Executive Officer, reviews certain financial information, including segmented internal profit and loss statements prepared on a basis prior to the impact of consolidating securitization VIEs under ASC 810. The segment information within this Note is reported on that basis.

The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023 by business segment (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		Securitization VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	397,045	$	58,628	$	—	$	1,626	$	—	$	457,299	$	—	$	457,299
Interest income from investment securities	36,178		155		—		25,133		—		61,466		(41,333)		20,133
Servicing fees	147		—		—		11,228		—		11,375		(2,745)		8,630
Rental income	2,470		—		23,567		7,054		—		33,091		—		33,091
Other revenues	822		469		193		407		503		2,394		—		2,394
Total revenues	436,662		59,252		23,760		45,448		503		565,625		(44,078)		521,547
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	199		—		—		—		26,944		27,143		—		27,143
Interest expense	247,727		34,887		14,161		8,448		63,346		368,569		(212)		368,357
General and administrative	15,659		3,822		1,021		21,365		4,824		46,691		—		46,691
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	207		4		—		—		—		211		—		211
Costs of rental operations	2,475		—		6,039		3,263		—		11,777		—		11,777
Depreciation and amortization	1,912		27		7,930		2,402		—		12,271		—		12,271
Credit loss provision, net	51,487		1,147		—		—		—		52,634		—		52,634
Other expense	516		—		—		—		—		516		—		516
Total costs and expenses	320,182		39,887		29,151		35,478		95,114		519,812		(212)		519,600
Other income (loss):
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	—		—		—		—		—		—		43,763		43,763
Change in fair value of servicing rights	—		—		—		(983)		—		(983)		915		(68)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	21,456		—		—		(20,753)		—		703		(420)		283
Change in fair value of mortgage loans, net	(68,450)		—		—		1,644		—		(66,806)		—		(66,806)
Income from affordable housing fund investments	—		—		16,908		—		—		16,908		—		16,908
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities	1,142		(2,459)		—		400		—		(917)		(392)		(1,309)
(Loss) gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	(52)		—		—		10,668		—		10,616		—		10,616
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	99,735		98		557		4,116		(9,623)		94,883		—		94,883
Foreign currency (loss) gain, net	(56,309)		(382)		45		—		—		(56,646)		—		(56,646)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(757)		—		—		(315)		—		(1,072)		—		(1,072)
Other (loss) income, net	(2,527)		(6)		—		12		—		(2,521)		—		(2,521)
Total other income (loss)	(5,762)		(2,749)		17,510		(5,211)		(9,623)		(5,835)		43,866		38,031
Income (loss) before income taxes	110,718		16,616		12,119		4,759		(104,234)		39,978		—		39,978
Income tax benefit	9,823		243		—		1,333		—		11,399		—		11,399
Net income (loss)	120,541		16,859		12,119		6,092		(104,234)		51,377		—		51,377
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(3)		—		(7,812)		3,873		—		(3,942)		—		(3,942)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	120,538	$	16,859	$	4,307	$	9,965	$	(104,234)	$	47,435	$	—	$	47,435

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The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2022 by business segment (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		Securitization VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	284,197	$	43,018	$	—	$	1,139	$	—	$	328,354	$	—	$	328,354
Interest income from investment securities	28,560		1,204		—		27,585		—		57,349		(38,330)		19,019
Servicing fees	142		—		—		11,830		—		11,972		(3,545)		8,427
Rental income	1,944		—		22,886		8,102		—		32,932		—		32,932
Other revenues	138		129		54		1,491		—		1,812		(3)		1,809
Total revenues	314,981		44,351		22,940		50,147		—		432,419		(41,878)		390,541
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	227		—		—		—		27,129		27,356		—		27,356
Interest expense	145,107		22,500		9,266		6,601		39,166		222,640		(217)		222,423
General and administrative	16,458		3,588		933		20,046		4,384		45,409		86		45,495
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	1,164		2		—		47		—		1,213		—		1,213
Costs of rental operations	2,633		—		5,793		3,780		—		12,206		—		12,206
Depreciation and amortization	1,629		101		8,161		2,720		—		12,611		—		12,611
Credit loss provision, net	8,401		6,942		—		—		—		15,343		—		15,343

Total costs and expenses	175,619		33,133		24,153		33,194		70,679		336,778		(131)		336,647
Other income (loss):
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	—		—		—		—		—		—		37,146		37,146
Change in fair value of servicing rights	—		—		—		357		—		357		158		515
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	16,398		—		—		(21,412)		—		(5,014)		4,931		(83)
Change in fair value of mortgage loans, net	(90,159)		—		—		2,685		—		(87,474)		—		(87,474)
Income from affordable housing fund investments	—		—		117,527		—		—		117,527		—		117,527
(Loss) earnings from unconsolidated entities	(4,044)		1,892		—		602		—		(1,550)		(494)		(2,044)
(Loss) gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	(288)		—		—		13,741		—		13,453		—		13,453
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	220,296		331		10,262		6,849		(31,668)		206,070		—		206,070
Foreign currency (loss) gain, net	(107,087)		(253)		22		—		—		(107,318)		—		(107,318)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	—		—		—		(212)		—		(212)		—		(212)
Other loss, net	(56,391)		—		—		—		—		(56,391)		—		(56,391)
Total other income (loss)	(21,275)		1,970		127,811		2,610		(31,668)		79,448		41,741		121,189
Income (loss) before income taxes	118,087		13,188		126,598		19,563		(102,347)		175,089		(6)		175,083
Income tax benefit (provision)	53,099		2		—		(4,346)		—		48,755		—		48,755
Net income (loss)	171,186		13,190		126,598		15,217		(102,347)		223,844		(6)		223,838
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(3)		—		(28,486)		(793)		—		(29,282)		6		(29,276)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	171,183	$	13,190	$	98,112	$	14,424	$	(102,347)	$	194,562	$	—	$	194,562

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The table below presents our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 by business segment (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		Securitization VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	1,166,758	$	172,969	$	—	$	4,329	$	—	$	1,344,056	$	—	$	1,344,056
Interest income from investment securities	102,462		1,658		—		69,521		—		173,641		(115,952)		57,689
Servicing fees	441		—		—		30,472		—		30,913		(8,685)		22,228
Rental income	6,410		—		70,587		20,690		—		97,687		—		97,687
Other revenues	2,007		995		494		1,302		1,172		5,970		—		5,970
Total revenues	1,278,078		175,622		71,081		126,314		1,172		1,652,267		(124,637)		1,527,630
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	629		—		—		—		97,032		97,661		—		97,661
Interest expense	724,452		103,188		40,229		24,752		175,002		1,067,623		(633)		1,066,990
General and administrative	42,117		11,520		2,966		62,052		13,300		131,955		—		131,955
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	665		17		—		(57)		—		625		—		625
Costs of rental operations	7,505		—		17,034		10,371		—		34,910		—		34,910
Depreciation and amortization	5,262		84		24,061		7,603		—		37,010		—		37,010
Credit loss provision, net	200,439		17,314		—		—		—		217,753		—		217,753
Other expense	1,451		—		23		16		—		1,490		—		1,490
Total costs and expenses	982,520		132,123		84,313		104,737		285,334		1,589,027		(633)		1,588,394
Other income (loss):
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	—		—		—		—		—		—		139,024		139,024
Change in fair value of servicing rights	—		—		—		(2,684)		—		(2,684)		3,082		398
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	62,766		—		—		(46,213)		—		16,553		(16,200)		353
Change in fair value of mortgage loans, net	(125,390)		—		—		14,143		—		(111,247)		—		(111,247)
Income from affordable housing fund investments	—		—		253,696		—		—		253,696		—		253,696
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities	3,563		1,324		—		8,393		—		13,280		(1,902)		11,378
(Loss) gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	(140)		—		—		15,626		—		15,486		—		15,486
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	132,686		244		4,448		4,469		(23,416)		118,431		—		118,431
Foreign currency (loss) gain, net	(18,118)		(225)		50		—		—		(18,293)		—		(18,293)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(1,822)		—		—		(434)		—		(2,256)		—		(2,256)
Other (loss) income, net	(31,693)		—		(5)		12		—		(31,686)		—		(31,686)
Total other income (loss)	21,852		1,343		258,189		(6,688)		(23,416)		251,280		124,004		375,284
Income (loss) before income taxes	317,410		44,842		244,957		14,889		(307,578)		314,520		—		314,520
Income tax benefit	15,981		581		—		2,435		—		18,997		—		18,997
Net income (loss)	333,391		45,423		244,957		17,324		(307,578)		333,517		—		333,517
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(10)		—		(65,149)		(106)		—		(65,265)		—		(65,265)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	333,381	$	45,423	$	179,808	$	17,218	$	(307,578)	$	268,252	$	—	$	268,252

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The table below presents our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 by business segment (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		Securitization VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	714,222	$	100,097	$	—	$	8,804	$	—	$	823,123	$	—	$	823,123
Interest income from investment securities	71,987		3,124		—		75,964		—		151,075		(102,767)		48,308
Servicing fees	420		—		—		41,517		—		41,937		(10,965)		30,972
Rental income	4,674		—		67,879		23,483		—		96,036		—		96,036
Other revenues	251		287		152		10,999		3		11,692		(12)		11,680
Total revenues	791,554		103,508		68,031		160,767		3		1,123,863		(113,744)		1,010,119
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	758		—		—		—		113,517		114,275		—		114,275
Interest expense	301,935		49,431		22,421		19,202		109,150		502,139		(647)		501,492
General and administrative	39,905		10,730		2,964		66,603		14,354		134,556		265		134,821
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	2,401		3		7		(259)		—		2,152		—		2,152
Costs of rental operations	4,978		—		16,010		11,106		—		32,094		—		32,094
Depreciation and amortization	3,106		310		24,559		8,523		—		36,498		—		36,498
Credit loss provision, net	13,027		7,096		—		—		—		20,123		—		20,123
Other expense	1,251		—		55		7		—		1,313		—		1,313
Total costs and expenses	367,361		67,570		66,016		105,182		237,021		843,150		(382)		842,768
Other income (loss):
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	—		—		—		—		—		—		72,268		72,268
Change in fair value of servicing rights	—		—		—		683		—		683		551		1,234
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	(5,019)		—		—		(38,853)		—		(43,872)		42,189		(1,683)
Change in fair value of mortgage loans, net	(327,743)		—		—		1,006		—		(326,737)		—		(326,737)
Income from affordable housing fund investments	—		—		658,733		—		—		658,733		—		658,733
(Loss) earnings from unconsolidated entities	(2,598)		2,631		—		2,501		—		2,534		(1,623)		911
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	86,460		—		—		25,599		—		112,059		—		112,059
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	465,831		1,228		33,162		43,719		(82,019)		461,921		—		461,921
Foreign currency (loss) gain, net	(212,672)		(570)		41		—		—		(213,201)		—		(213,201)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(206)		(469)		—		(360)		—		(1,035)		—		(1,035)
Other (loss) income, net	(90,988)		—		—		—		—		(90,988)		25		(90,963)
Total other income (loss)	(86,935)		2,820		691,936		34,295		(82,019)		560,097		113,410		673,507
Income (loss) before income taxes	337,258		38,758		693,951		89,880		(319,037)		840,810		48		840,858
Income tax benefit (provision)	57,682		7		—		(8,690)		—		48,999		—		48,999
Net income (loss)	394,940		38,765		693,951		81,190		(319,037)		889,809		48		889,857
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(10)		—		(148,379)		(9,972)		—		(158,361)		(48)		(158,409)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	394,930	$	38,765	$	545,572	$	71,218	$	(319,037)	$	731,448	$	—	$	731,448

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The table below presents our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2023 by business segment (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		Securitization VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,078	$	35,247	$	37,281	$	9,840	$	105,873	$	195,319	$	—	$	195,319
Restricted cash	29,474		22,178		997		4,746		178,556		235,951		—		235,951
Loans held-for-investment, net	14,950,568		2,274,318		—		9,319		—		17,234,205		—		17,234,205
Loans held-for-sale	2,499,681		—		—		102,584		—		2,602,265		—		2,602,265
Investment securities	1,237,362		19,582		—		1,106,436		—		2,363,380		(1,641,787)		721,593
Properties, net	469,343		—		851,713		84,735		—		1,405,791		—		1,405,791
Investments of consolidated affordable housing fund	—		—		1,979,184		—		—		1,979,184		—		1,979,184
Investments in unconsolidated entities	25,207		48,224		—		33,050		—		106,481		(14,557)		91,924
Goodwill	—		119,409		—		140,437		—		259,846		—		259,846
Intangible assets	14,153		—		26,375		61,435		—		101,963		(35,974)		65,989
Derivative assets	123,662		134		2,640		6,580		—		133,016		—		133,016
Accrued interest receivable	160,815		9,574		1,298		1,770		88		173,545		(285)		173,260
Other assets	394,099		6,306		51,914		19,533		54,590		526,442		—		526,442
VIE assets, at fair value	—		—		—		—		—		—		44,668,904		44,668,904
Total Assets	$	19,911,442	$	2,534,972	$	2,951,402	$	1,580,465	$	339,107	$	27,317,388	$	42,976,301	$	70,293,689
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	266,031	$	21,885	$	12,724	$	35,998	$	71,077	$	407,715	$	—	$	407,715
Related-party payable	—		—		—		—		24,282		24,282		—		24,282
Dividends payable	—		—		—		—		152,737		152,737		—		152,737
Derivative liabilities	15,901		—		—		—		69,756		85,657		—		85,657
Secured financing agreements, net	9,974,212		935,043		791,461		539,820		1,338,203		13,578,739		(20,858)		13,557,881
Collateralized loan obligations and single asset securitization, net	2,702,506		815,768		—		—		—		3,518,274		—		3,518,274
Unsecured senior notes, net	—		—		—		—		2,456,583		2,456,583		—		2,456,583
VIE liabilities, at fair value	—		—		—		—		—		—		42,997,104		42,997,104
Total Liabilities	12,958,650		1,772,696		804,185		575,818		4,112,638		20,223,987		42,976,246		63,200,233
Temporary Equity: Redeemable non-controlling interests	—		—		409,659		—		—		409,659		—		409,659
Permanent Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock	—		—		—		—		3,205		3,205		—		3,205
Additional paid-in capital	1,522,081		616,063		(428,536)		(680,659)		4,827,013		5,855,962		—		5,855,962
Treasury stock	—		—		—		—		(138,022)		(138,022)		—		(138,022)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	5,416,479		146,213		1,957,453		1,531,338		(8,465,727)		585,756		—		585,756
Accumulated other comprehensive income	14,114		—		—		—		—		14,114		—		14,114
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity	6,952,674		762,276		1,528,917		850,679		(3,773,531)		6,321,015		—		6,321,015
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	118		—		208,641		153,968		—		362,727		55		362,782
Total Permanent Equity	6,952,792		762,276		1,737,558		1,004,647		(3,773,531)		6,683,742		55		6,683,797
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	19,911,442	$	2,534,972	$	2,951,402	$	1,580,465	$	339,107	$	27,317,388	$	42,976,301	$	70,293,689

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The table below presents our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 by business segment (amounts in thousands):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		Securitization VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	68,593	$	31,153	$	31,194	$	39,023	$	91,098	$	261,061	$	—	$	261,061
Restricted cash	18,556		31,133		981		5,259		65,143		121,072		—		121,072
Loans held-for-investment, net	16,038,930		2,352,932		—		9,577		—		18,401,439		—		18,401,439
Loans held-for-sale	2,763,458		—		—		21,136		—		2,784,594		—		2,784,594
Investment securities	1,250,893		66,204		—		1,165,628		—		2,482,725		(1,666,921)		815,804
Properties, net	463,492		—		864,778		121,716		—		1,449,986		—		1,449,986
Investments of consolidated affordable housing fund	—		—		1,761,002		—		—		1,761,002		—		1,761,002
Investments in unconsolidated entities	25,326		47,078		—		33,030		—		105,434		(13,542)		91,892
Goodwill	—		119,409		—		140,437		—		259,846		—		259,846
Intangible assets	11,908		—		29,613		66,310		—		107,831		(39,058)		68,773
Derivative assets	101,082		122		1,803		5,614		—		108,621		—		108,621
Accrued interest receivable	151,852		9,856		863		1,105		5,120		168,796		(275)		168,521
Other assets	170,177		3,614		54,313		12,929		56,444		297,477		—		297,477
VIE assets, at fair value	—		—		—		—		—		—		52,453,041		52,453,041
Total Assets	$	21,064,267	$	2,661,501	$	2,744,547	$	1,621,764	$	217,805	$	28,309,884	$	50,733,245	$	79,043,129
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	146,897	$	20,656	$	11,716	$	46,377	$	73,353	$	298,999	$	—	$	298,999
Related-party payable	—		—		—		—		41,186		41,186		—		41,186
Dividends payable	—		—		—		—		151,511		151,511		—		151,511
Derivative liabilities	21,523		105		—		—		69,776		91,404		—		91,404
Secured financing agreements, net	10,804,970		1,042,679		789,719		543,256		1,342,074		14,522,698		(21,166)		14,501,532
Collateralized loan obligations and single asset securitization, net	2,862,211		814,013		—		—		—		3,676,224		—		3,676,224
Unsecured senior notes, net	—		—		—		—		2,329,211		2,329,211		—		2,329,211
VIE liabilities, at fair value	—		—		—		—		—		—		50,754,355		50,754,355
Total Liabilities	13,835,601		1,877,453		801,435		589,633		4,007,111		21,111,233		50,733,189		71,844,422
Temporary Equity: Redeemable non-controlling interests	—		—		362,790		—		—		362,790		—		362,790
Permanent Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock	—		—		—		—		3,181		3,181		—		3,181
Additional paid-in capital	2,124,496		683,258		(405,955)		(646,662)		4,051,950		5,807,087		—		5,807,087
Treasury stock	—		—		—		—		(138,022)		(138,022)		—		(138,022)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	5,083,100		100,790		1,777,643		1,514,119		(7,706,415)		769,237		—		769,237
Accumulated other comprehensive income	20,955		—		—		—		—		20,955		—		20,955
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity	7,228,551		784,048		1,371,688		867,457		(3,789,306)		6,462,438		—		6,462,438
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	115		—		208,634		164,674		—		373,423		56		373,479
Total Permanent Equity	7,228,666		784,048		1,580,322		1,032,131		(3,789,306)		6,835,861		56		6,835,917
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	21,064,267	$	2,661,501	$	2,744,547	$	1,621,764	$	217,805	$	28,309,884	$	50,733,245	$	79,043,129

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24. Subsequent Events

Our significant events subsequent to September 30, 2023 were as follows:

New Jersey Retail and Entertainment Loan

During October 2023, we received distributions totaling $52.3 million from an unconsolidated investee that owns an equity interest in an entertainment and retail center. This equity interest was originally obtained in 2021 in order to facilitate repayment of a senior loan on a retail and entertainment project in New Jersey which had a balance of $220.1 million at September 30, 2023 prior to the receipt of these distributions. The loan has been on nonaccrual status since 2021. These distributions will reduce our carrying value of the loan and related equity interest.

2023 Senior Notes

On November 1, 2023, we repaid the entire $300.0 million of our 2023 Senior Notes upon maturity.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” should be read in conjunction with the information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (our “Form 10-K”). This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

We have four reportable business segments as of September 30, 2023 and we refer to the investments within these segments as our target assets:

•Infrastructure lending (the “Infrastructure Lending Segment”)—engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing infrastructure debt investments.

Our segments exclude the consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”).

Refer to Note 1 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein (the “Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements”) for further discussion of our business and organization.

Economic Environment

The nine months ended September 30, 2023 have been characterized by continued volatility in global markets, driven by investor concerns over inflation, rising interest rates, slowing economic growth, and geopolitical uncertainty. Events affecting financial institutions have also contributed to volatility in global markets and resulted in diminished liquidity and credit availability in the market broadly.

Continued inflation has prompted the Federal Reserve to take monetary policy tightening actions, including repeatedly raising interest rates, which has created further uncertainty for the economy and challenges for our borrowers. Although our business model is such that rising interest rates will, all else equal, correlate to increases in our net income, increases in interest rates may adversely affect our existing borrowers and lead to nonperformance. Additionally, rising rates and increasing costs

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may dampen consumer spending and slow income growth, which may negatively impact the collateral underlying certain of our loans. It remains difficult to predict the full impact of recent events and any future changes in interest rates or inflation.

In addition, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. office sector has been adversely affected by the increase in remote working arrangements and, over the past several years, the retail sector has been adversely affected by electronic commerce. These negative factors have been considered in the determination of our current expected credit loss (“CECL”) allowance as discussed in Note 4 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Developments During the Third Quarter of 2023

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

•Originated a $91.9 million first mortgage loan to refinance a portfolio of 6 assets primarily located in Dublin, Ireland, of which the Company funded $87.8 million.

•Funded $175.3 million of previously originated commercial loan commitments.

•Received gross proceeds of $719.3 million ($337.5 million, net of debt repayments) from maturities and principal repayments on our commercial loans and preferred interests.

•Sold a $42.5 million mezzanine loan on a residential asset in Hollywood, California at par.

•Sold three units in a residential conversion project in New York for $9.1 million.

•Entered into a commercial credit facility of $63.4 million.

•Entered into Residential Loans facilities of $1.8 billion and amended or terminated several Residential Loans facilities, resulting in an aggregate net downsize of $51.4 million.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

•Acquired $444.5 million of infrastructure loans and funded $8.2 million of pre-existing infrastructure loan commitments.

•Received proceeds of $265.4 million from principal repayments on our infrastructure loans and bonds.

Investing and Servicing

•Originated commercial conduit loans of $115.5 million.

•Received proceeds of $123.6 million from sales of previously originated commercial conduit loans.

•Obtained 4 new special servicing assignments for CMBS trusts with a total unpaid principal balance of $2.4 billion, while $3.0 billion matured and $0.2 billion transferred, bringing our total named special servicing portfolio to $101.1 billion.

•Sold two operating properties for gross proceeds of $34.6 million and recognized a gain of $10.6 million.

Corporate

•Issued $380.8 million of 6.750% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Convertible Notes”).

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Developments During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

•Originated $442.0 million of commercial loans during the period, including the following:

◦Originated a $291.6 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of a live events business located in the United Kingdom, of which the Company funded $272.1 million.

◦Originated a $91.9 million first mortgage loan to refinance a portfolio of 6 assets primarily located in Dublin, Ireland, of which the Company funded $87.8 million.

◦Originated a $58.5 million mezzanine loan for the acquisition and residential conversion of a property located in Hawaii, of which the Company funded $37.5 million.

•Funded $632.6 million of previously originated commercial loan commitments.

•Sold $95.5 million of mezzanine loans on a hospitality asset in Orlando, Florida and a residential asset in Hollywood, California at par.

•Sold four units in a residential conversion project in New York for $12.1 million.

•Received gross proceeds of $1.9 billion ($0.8 billion, net of debt repayments) from maturities and principal repayments on our commercial loans and preferred interests.

•Entered into a commercial credit facility of $63.4 million and amended several commercial credit facilities resulting in an aggregate net upsize of $200.0 million.

•Entered into Residential Loans facilities of $1.8 billion and amended or terminated several Residential Loans facilities, resulting in an aggregate net downsize of $337.9 million.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

•Acquired $684.8 million of infrastructure loans and funded $33.8 million of pre-existing infrastructure loan commitments.

•Received proceeds of $722.5 million from principal repayments on our infrastructure loans and bonds.

Investing and Servicing Segment

•Originated commercial conduit loans of $377.2 million.

•Received proceeds of $295.0 million from sales of previously originated commercial conduit loans.

•Obtained 8 new special servicing assignments for CMBS trusts with a total unpaid principal balance of $4.9 billion, while $9.5 billion matured and $3.1 billion transferred, bringing our total named special servicing portfolio to $101.1 billion.

•Sold three operating properties for gross proceeds of $50.9 million and recognized a total gain of $15.4 million.

•Received a distribution of $7.1 million from an unconsolidated investee upon its sale of a commercial retail center for gross proceeds of $33.0 million.

Corporate

•Issued $380.8 million of 6.750% 2027 Convertible Notes.

•Repaid the entire $250.0 million of 4.375% Convertible Senior Notes in cash on April 1, 2023.

Subsequent Events

Refer to Note 24 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure regarding significant transactions that occurred subsequent to September 30, 2023.

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Results of Operations

The discussion below is based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and therefore reflects the elimination of certain key financial statement line items related to the consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”), particularly within revenues and other income, as discussed in Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. For a discussion of our results of operations excluding the impact of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810 as it relates to the consolidation of securitization VIEs, refer to the section captioned “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

The following table compares our summarized results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 by business segment (amounts in thousands):



	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended				$ Change
Revenues:	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		$ Change		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment	$	436,662	$	430,810	$	5,852	$	1,278,078	$	791,554	$	486,524
Infrastructure Lending Segment	59,252		60,056		(804)		175,622		103,508		72,114
Property Segment	23,760		23,523		237		71,081		68,031		3,050
Investing and Servicing Segment	45,448		40,704		4,744		126,314		160,767		(34,453)
Corporate	503		391		112		1,172		3		1,169
Securitization VIE eliminations	(44,078)		(39,815)		(4,263)		(124,637)		(113,744)		(10,893)
	521,547		515,669		5,878		1,527,630		1,010,119		517,511
Costs and expenses:
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment	320,182		387,923		(67,741)		982,520		367,361		615,159
Infrastructure Lending Segment	39,887		43,012		(3,125)		132,123		67,570		64,553
Property Segment	29,151		27,954		1,197		84,313		66,016		18,297
Investing and Servicing Segment	35,478		35,400		78		104,737		105,182		(445)
Corporate	95,114		89,374		5,740		285,334		237,021		48,313
Securitization VIE eliminations	(212)		(211)		(1)		(633)		(382)		(251)
	519,600		583,452		(63,852)		1,588,394		842,768		745,626
Other income (loss):
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment	(5,762)		25,582		(31,344)		21,852		(86,935)		108,787
Infrastructure Lending Segment	(2,749)		2,328		(5,077)		1,343		2,820		(1,477)
Property Segment	17,510		228,917		(211,407)		258,189		691,936		(433,747)
Investing and Servicing Segment	(5,211)		14,991		(20,202)		(6,688)		34,295		(40,983)
Corporate	(9,623)		(20,063)		10,440		(23,416)		(82,019)		58,603
Securitization VIE eliminations	43,866		39,604		4,262		124,004		113,410		10,594
	38,031		291,359		(253,328)		375,284		673,507		(298,223)
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment	110,718		68,469		42,249		317,410		337,258		(19,848)
Infrastructure Lending Segment	16,616		19,372		(2,756)		44,842		38,758		6,084
Property Segment	12,119		224,486		(212,367)		244,957		693,951		(448,994)
Investing and Servicing Segment	4,759		20,295		(15,536)		14,889		89,880		(74,991)
Corporate	(104,234)		(109,046)		4,812		(307,578)		(319,037)		11,459
Securitization VIE eliminations	—		—		—		—		48		(48)
	39,978		223,576		(183,598)		314,520		840,858		(526,338)
Income tax benefit (provision)	11,399		(1,197)		12,596		18,997		48,999		(30,002)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(3,942)		(53,536)		49,594		(65,265)		(158,409)		93,144
Net income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	47,435	$	168,843	$	(121,408)	$	268,252	$	731,448	$	(463,196)

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

Revenues

For the three months September 30, 2023, revenues of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment increased $5.9 million to $436.7 million, compared to $430.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This increase was primarily due to an increase in interest income from loans of $2.9 million and investment securities of $2.4 million. The increase in interest income from loans reflects (i) a $3.7 million increase from commercial loans reflecting higher average index rates, partially offset by lower average loan balances, and (ii) a $0.8 million decrease from residential loans reflecting lower average balances. The increase in interest income from investment securities was primarily due to higher average index rates and prepayment related income on certain commercial investments.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment decreased $67.7 million to $320.2 million, compared to $387.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This decrease was primarily due to a $66.7 million decrease in the credit loss provision and a $2.6 million decrease in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund a portion of this segment’s investment portfolio. The decrease in the credit loss provision in the third quarter of 2023 was primarily due to a lesser deterioration in modeled macroeconomic forecasts. The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to lower average borrowings outstanding due to paydowns from excess cash balances, partially offset by higher average index rates.

Net Interest Income (amounts in thousands)


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Change
Interest income from loans	$	397,045	$	394,112	$	2,933
Interest income from investment securities	36,178		33,763		2,415
Interest expense	(247,727)		(250,332)		2,605
Net interest income	$	185,496	$	177,543	$	7,953

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, net interest income of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment increased $8.0 million to $185.5 million, compared to $177.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This increase reflects the increase in interest income and the decrease in interest expense on our secured financing facilities, both as discussed in the sections above.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, the weighted average unlevered yields on the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s loans and investment securities, excluding retained RMBS and loans for which interest income is not recognized, were as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023
Commercial	9.7	%	9.2	%
Residential	5.1	%	5.0	%
Overall	9.0	%	8.6	%

The weighted average unlevered yield on our commercial loans increased primarily due to higher average index rates while the weighted average unlevered yield on our residential loans was just slightly higher during the three months ended September 30, 2023.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s weighted average secured borrowing rates, inclusive of the amortization of deferred financing fees, were 7.5% and 7.2%, respectively. The increase in borrowing rates primarily reflects higher average index rates. Interest rate hedges had the effect of reducing these weighted average borrowing costs to 6.8% and 6.6% during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, respectively.

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Other Income (Loss)

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, other income of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment decreased $31.4 million to a loss of $5.8 million compared to income of $25.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This decrease was primarily due to (i) a $79.6 million unfavorable change in foreign currency gain (loss) and (ii) a $5.0 million lesser increase in fair vale of primarily RMBS investment securities, partially offset by (iii) a $32.4 million increased gain on derivatives and (iv) the nonrecurrence of a $23.8 million impairment loss recognized in the second quarter of 2023 on a vacant building which had been acquired through a loan foreclosure in December 2022. The increased gain on derivatives in the third quarter of 2023 reflects a $68.3 million favorable change in gain (loss) on foreign currency hedges, partially offset by a $35.9 million decreased gain on interest rate swaps principally related to residential loans. The interest rate swaps are used primarily to hedge our interest rate risk on residential loans held-for-sale and to fix our interest rate payments on certain variable rate borrowings which fund fixed rate investments. The foreign currency hedges are used to fix the U.S. dollar amounts of cash flows (both interest and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated loans and investments. The unfavorable change in foreign currency gain (loss) and the favorable change in gain (loss) on foreign currency hedges reflect the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the pound sterling (“GBP”), Euro (“EUR”) and Australian dollar (“AUD”), in the third quarter of 2023 compared to a weakening of the U.S. dollar against the GBP and EUR, partially offset by a lesser strengthening against the AUD in the second quarter of 2023.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

Revenues

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Infrastructure Lending Segment decreased $0.8 million to $59.3 million, compared to $60.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was primarily due to a decrease in interest income from loans of $1.0 million reflecting lower average loan balances, partially offset by higher average index rates.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Infrastructure Lending Segment decreased $3.1 million to $39.9 million, compared to $43.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to a $2.6 million decrease in credit loss provision and a $0.6 million decrease in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund this segment’s investment portfolio. The decrease in the credit loss provision was primarily due to the nonrecurrence of a specific loss provision for a credit-deteriorated loan. The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to lower average borrowings outstanding, partially offset by higher average index rates.

Net Interest Income (amounts in thousands)


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Change
Interest income from loans	$	58,628	$	59,581	$	(953)
Interest income from investment securities	155		165		(10)
Interest expense	(34,887)		(35,483)		596
Net interest income	$	23,896	$	24,263	$	(367)

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, net interest income of our Infrastructure Lending Segment decreased $0.4 million to $23.9 million, compared to $24.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease reflects the decrease in interest income, partially offset by the decrease in interest expense on the secured financing facilities, both as discussed in the sections above.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, the weighted average unlevered yields on the Infrastructure Lending Segment’s loans and investment securities, excluding those for which interest income is not recognized, were 10.3% and 10.0%, respectively.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, the Infrastructure Lending Segment’s weighted average secured borrowing rates, inclusive of the amortization of deferred financing fees, were 7.9% and 7.6%, respectively.

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Other Income (Loss)

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, other income of our Infrastructure Lending Segment decreased $5.0 million to a loss of $2.7 million, compared to income of $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease is primarily due to a $4.5 million unfavorable change in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities.

Property Segment

Change in Results by Portfolio (amounts in thousands)


	$ Change from prior period
	Revenues		Costs and expenses		Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		Other income (loss)		Income (loss) before income taxes
Master Lease Portfolio	$	—	$	22	$	—	$	—	$	(22)
Medical Office Portfolio	241		1,162		(4,550)		—		(5,471)


Woodstar Fund	(1)		(5)		—		(206,915)		(206,911)
Other/Corporate	(3)		18		—		58		37
Total	$	237	$	1,197	$	(4,550)	$	(206,857)	$	(212,367)

See Notes 6 and 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the above-referenced Property Segment portfolios and fund.

Revenues

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Property Segment increased $0.3 million to $23.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $23.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Property Segment increased $1.2 million to $29.2 million, compared to $28.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase is primarily due to an increase of $0.7 million in interest expense reflecting higher index rates on variable rate borrowings of the Medical Office Portfolio.

Other Income

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, other income of our Property Segment decreased $211.4 million to $17.5 million compared to $228.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease is primarily due to (i) a $206.9 million decrease in income attributable to investments of the Woodstar Fund, mainly reflecting lower unrealized increases in fair value during the third quarter of 2023, and (ii) a $4.6 million decreased gain on derivatives which primarily hedge our interest rate risk on borrowings secured by our Medical Office Portfolio.

Investing and Servicing Segment

Revenues

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Investing and Servicing Segment increased $4.7 million to $45.4 million, compared to $40.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in revenues is primarily due to a $3.5 million increase in interest recoveries from CMBS investments and a $1.8 million increase in servicing fees.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Investing and Servicing Segment increased $0.1 million to $35.5 million, compared to $35.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Other Income (Loss)

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, other income of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $20.2 million to a loss of $5.2 million, compared to income of $15.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in other income was primarily due to (i) a $10.2 million lesser increase in fair value of conduit loans, (ii) a $9.8

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million greater decrease in fair value of CMBS investments and (iii) a $6.9 million decrease in earnings from unconsolidated entities, partially offset by (iv) a $5.9 million increased gain on sales of operating properties.

Corporate and Other Items

Corporate Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, corporate expenses increased $5.7 million to $95.1 million, compared to $89.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This increase was primarily due to (i) a $7.9 million increase in interest expense, primarily attributable to our July issuance of the 2027 Convertible Notes, and (ii) a $1.6 million increase in general and administrative expenses, partially offset by (iii) a $3.8 million decrease in incentive management fees.

Corporate Other Loss

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, corporate other loss decreased $10.5 million to $9.6 million, compared to $20.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was due to a decreased loss on our fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps which hedge a portion of our unsecured senior notes.

Securitization VIE Eliminations

Securitization VIE eliminations primarily reclassify interest income and servicing fee revenues to other income (loss) for the CMBS and RMBS VIEs that we consolidate as primary beneficiary. Such eliminations have no overall effect on net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust. The reclassified revenues, along with applicable changes in fair value of investment securities and servicing rights, comprise the other income (loss) caption “Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs,” which represents our beneficial interest in those consolidated VIEs. The magnitude of the securitization VIE eliminations is merely a function of the number of CMBS and RMBS trusts consolidated in any given period, and as such, is not a meaningful indicator of operating results. The eliminations primarily relate to CMBS trusts for which the Investing and Servicing Segment is deemed the primary beneficiary and, to a much lesser extent, some CMBS and RMBS trusts for which the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment is deemed the primary beneficiary.

Income Tax Benefit (Provision)

Our consolidated income taxes principally relate to the taxable nature of our loan servicing and loan securitization businesses which are housed in taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). For the three months ended September 30, 2023, our income taxes decreased $12.6 million to a benefit of $11.4 million compared to a provision of $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 due to tax losses of our TRSs in the third quarter of 2023 compared to taxable income in the second quarter of 2023. The tax losses in the third quarter of 2023 were primarily attributable to net unrealized losses on our residential loans.

Net Income Attributable to Non-controlling Interests

During the three months ended September 30, 2023, net income attributable to non-controlling interests decreased $49.6 million to $3.9 million, compared to $53.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to non-controlling interests in decreased income, reflecting lower unrealized gains in fair value, of the Woodstar Fund in the third quarter of 2023.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

Revenues

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment increased $486.5 million to $1.3 billion, compared to $791.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase was primarily due to increases in interest income from loans of $452.5 million and investment securities of $30.5 million. The increase in interest income from loans reflects (i) a $435.9 million increase from commercial loans, reflecting higher average index rates and loan balances, and (ii) a $16.6 million increase from residential loans principally due to higher average balances, reflecting the timing of purchases and securitizations. The increase in interest income from investment securities was primarily due to the effect of higher index rates on certain commercial investments and higher RMBS yields and average investment balances.

Costs and Expenses

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment increased $615.1 million to $982.5 million, compared to $367.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase was primarily due to (i) a $422.5 million increase in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund a portion of this segment’s investment portfolio and (ii) a $187.4 million increase in credit loss provision. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to higher average index rates and borrowings outstanding. The credit loss provision in the nine months of 2023 was primarily due to a deterioration in modeled macroeconomic forecasts.

Net Interest Income (amounts in thousands)


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		Change
Interest income from loans	$	1,166,758	$	714,222	$	452,536
Interest income from investment securities	102,462		71,987		30,475
Interest expense	(724,452)		(301,935)		(422,517)
Net interest income	$	544,768	$	484,274	$	60,494

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net interest income of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment increased $60.5 million to $544.8 million, compared to $484.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase reflects the increase in interest income, partially offset by the increase in interest expense on our secured financing facilities, both as discussed in the sections above.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the weighted average unlevered yields on the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s loans and investment securities, excluding retained RMBS and loans for which interest income is not recognized, were as follows:


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022
Commercial	9.2	%	5.9	%
Residential	5.0	%	4.6	%
Overall	8.6	%	5.7	%

The weighted average unlevered yield on our commercial loans increased primarily due to higher average index rates. The unlevered yield on our residential loans increased primarily due to a decline in fair value of the residential loans.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s weighted average secured borrowing rates, inclusive of the amortization of deferred financing fees, were 7.1% and 3.3%, respectively. The increase in borrowing rates primarily reflects higher average index rates. Interest rate hedges had the effect of adjusting these weighted average borrowing costs to 6.5% and 3.3% during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Other Income (Loss)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, other income (loss) of our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment improved $108.8 million to income of $21.9 million, compared to a loss of $86.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This improvement primarily reflects (i) a $202.4 million lesser decrease in fair value of residential loans, (ii) a $194.6 million decrease in foreign currency loss, (iii) the nonrecurrence of an $88.4 million loss contingency provision related to residential loans sold and later repurchased in the prior year period and (iv) a $67.8 million favorable change in fair value of primarily RMBS investment securities, partially offset by (v) a $333.1 million decreased net gain on derivatives, (vi) the nonrecurrence of an $86.6 million gain on sale of a foreclosed property in the first quarter of 2022 and (vii) a $23.8 million impairment loss on a vacant building which had been acquired through a loan foreclosure in December 2022. The decreased net gain on derivatives during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 reflects (i) a $223.6 decreased gain on foreign currency hedges and (ii) a $109.5 million decreased gain on interest rate swaps principally related to residential loans, which partially offsets the lesser decrease in fair value of those loans. The interest rate swaps are used primarily to hedge our interest rate risk on residential loans held-for-sale and to fix our interest rate payments on certain variable rate borrowings which fund fixed rate investments. The foreign currency hedges are used to fix the U.S. dollar amounts of cash flows (both interest and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated loans and investments. The decrease in foreign currency loss and the decreased gain on foreign currency hedges reflect the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the EUR and AUD, partially offset by a weakening against the GBP, during the nine months of 2023 compared to a greater overall strengthening of the U.S. dollar against each of those currencies in the nine months of 2022.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

Revenues

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Infrastructure Lending Segment increased $72.1 million to $175.6 million, compared to $103.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase was primarily due to an increase in interest income from loans of $72.9 million, principally due to higher average index rates and loan balances.

Costs and Expenses

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Infrastructure Lending Segment increased $64.5 million to $132.1 million, compared to $67.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to (i) a $53.8 million increase in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund this segment’s investment portfolio and (ii) a $10.2 million increase in credit loss provision. The increase in interest expense was primarily due to higher average index rates and borrowings outstanding. The increase in the credit loss provision was primarily due to specific allowances for a credit-deteriorated loan and investment security provided during the nine months of 2023.

Net Interest Income (amounts in thousands)


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		Change
Interest income from loans	$	172,969	$	100,097	$	72,872
Interest income from investment securities	1,658		3,124		(1,466)
Interest expense	(103,188)		(49,431)		(53,757)
Net interest income	$	71,439	$	53,790	$	17,649

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net interest income of our Infrastructure Lending Segment increased $17.6 million to $71.4 million, compared to $53.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The increase reflects the net increase in interest income, partially offset by the increase in interest expense on the secured financing facilities, both as discussed in the sections above.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the weighted average unlevered yields on the Infrastructure Lending Segment’s loans and investment securities, excluding those for which interest income is not recognized, were 10.0% and 5.9%, respectively, primarily reflecting higher average index rates in the nine months of 2023.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Infrastructure Lending Segment’s weighted average secured borrowing rates, inclusive of the amortization of deferred financing fees, were 7.5% and 3.6%, respectively.

Other Income

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, other income of our Infrastructure Lending Segment decreased $1.5 million to $1.3 million, compared to $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease primarily reflects a $1.3 million decrease in earnings from unconsolidated entities.

Property Segment

Change in Results by Portfolio (amounts in thousands)


	$ Change from prior period
	Revenues		Costs and expenses		Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		Other income (loss)		Income (loss) before income taxes
Master Lease Portfolio	$	2,072	$	40	$	—	$	—	$	2,032
Medical Office Portfolio	653		18,263		(28,714)		—		(46,324)


Woodstar Fund	161		1		—		(405,037)		(404,877)
Other/Corporate	164		(7)		—		4		175
Total	$	3,050	$	18,297	$	(28,714)	$	(405,033)	$	(448,994)

Revenues

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Property Segment increased $3.1 million to $71.1 million, compared to $68.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, primarily due to rent increases in our Master Lease Portfolio.

Costs and Expenses

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Property Segment increased $18.3 million to $84.3 million, compared to $66.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The increase is primarily due to an increase of $17.8 million in interest expense reflecting higher index rates on variable rate borrowings of the Medical Office Portfolio.

Other Income

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, other income of our Property Segment decreased $433.7 million to $258.2 million, compared to $691.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease is primarily due to (i) a $405.0 million decrease in income attributable to investments of the Woodstar Fund, mainly reflecting lower unrealized increases in fair value during the nine months of 2023, and (ii) a $28.7 million decreased gain on derivatives which primarily hedge our interest rate risk on borrowings secured by our Medical Office Portfolio

Investing and Servicing Segment

Revenues

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, revenues of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $34.5 million to $126.3 million, compared to $160.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to (i) an $11.0 million decrease in servicing fees, (ii) a $10.3 million decrease in other fee income related to the origination of certain loans contributed into CMBS transactions and (iii) a $10.9 million decrease in interest income reflecting lower CMBS interest recoveries and conduit loan inventories.

Costs and Expenses

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, costs and expenses of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $0.5 million to $104.7 million, compared to $105.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease in costs and expenses primarily reflects decreased incentive compensation principally due to lower securitization volume, partially

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offset by an increase in interest expense reflecting higher average index rates on borrowings which finance our CMBS investments.

Other (Loss) Income

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, other income of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $41.0 million to a loss of $6.7 million, compared to income of $34.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease in other income was primarily due to (i) a $39.2 million decreased net gain on derivatives which primarily hedge our interest rate risk on conduit loans and CMBS investments, (ii) a $10.0 million decreased gain on sales of operating properties and (iii) a $7.4 million greater decrease in fair value of CMBS investments, all partially offset by (iv) a $13.1 million greater increase in fair value of conduit loans and (v) a $5.9 million increase in earnings from unconsolidated entities.

Corporate and Other Items

Corporate Costs and Expenses

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, corporate expenses increased $48.3 million to $285.3 million, compared to $237.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase was primarily due to (i) an increase of $65.9 million in interest expense reflecting higher average outstanding term loan balances, as well as higher index rates, partially offset by (ii) a $16.5 million decrease in management fees, primarily reflecting lower incentive fees attributable to nonrecurring transactions in the nine months of 2022.

Corporate Other Loss

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, corporate other loss decreased $58.6 million to $23.4 million, compared to $82.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This was due to a decreased loss on fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps which hedge a portion of our unsecured senior notes.

Securitization VIE Eliminations

Refer to the preceding comparison of the three months ended September 30, 2023 to the three months ended June 30, 2023 for a discussion of the effect of securitization VIE eliminations.

Income Tax Benefit

Our consolidated income taxes principally relate to the taxable nature of our loan servicing and loan securitization businesses which are housed in TRSs. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, our income tax benefit decreased $30.0 million to $19.0 million, compared to $49.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 due to lower tax losses of our TRSs in the nine months of 2023 compared to the nine months of 2022. The tax losses were primarily attributable to net unrealized losses on our residential loans.

Net Income Attributable to Non-controlling Interests

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net income attributable to non-controlling interests decreased $93.1 million to $65.3 million, compared to $158.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to non-controlling interests in lower income, reflecting lower unrealized gains in fair value, of the Woodstar Fund in the nine months of 2023.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Distributable Earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure. We calculate Distributable Earnings as GAAP net income (loss) excluding the following:

(i)non-cash equity compensation expense;

(ii)incentive fees due under our management agreement;

(iii)depreciation and amortization of real estate and associated intangibles;

(iv)acquisition costs associated with successful acquisitions;

(v)any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items recorded in net income (loss) for the period; and

(vi)any deductions for distributions payable with respect to equity securities of subsidiaries issued in exchange for properties or interests therein.

The CECL reserve has been excluded from Distributable Earnings consistent with other unrealized gains (losses) pursuant to our existing policy for reporting Distributable Earnings. We expect to only recognize such potential credit losses in Distributable Earnings if and when such amounts are deemed nonrecoverable upon a realization event. This is generally at the time a loan is repaid, or in the case of foreclosure, when the underlying asset is sold, but non-recoverability may also be determined if, in our determination, it is nearly certain that all amounts due will not be collected. The realized loss amount reflected in Distributable Earnings will equal the difference between the cash received, or expected to be received, and the book value of the asset, and is reflective of our economic experience as it relates to the ultimate realization of the loan.

We believe that Distributable Earnings provides meaningful information to consider in addition to our net income (loss) and cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe Distributable Earnings is a useful financial metric for existing and potential future holders of our common stock as historically, over time, Distributable Earnings has been a strong indicator of our dividends per share. As a REIT, we generally must distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, subject to certain adjustments, and therefore we believe our dividends are one of the principal reasons stockholders may invest in our common stock. Further, Distributable Earnings helps us to evaluate our performance excluding the effects of certain transactions and GAAP adjustments that we believe are not necessarily indicative of our current loan portfolio and operations, and is a performance metric we consider when declaring our dividends. We also use Distributable Earnings (previously defined as “Core Earnings”) to compute the incentive fee due under our management agreement.

Distributable Earnings does not represent net income (loss) or cash generated from operating activities and should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income (loss), or an indication of our GAAP cash flows from operations, a measure of our liquidity, taxable income, or an indication of funds available for our cash needs. In addition, our methodology for calculating Distributable Earnings may differ from the methodologies employed by other companies to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and accordingly, our reported Distributable Earnings may not be comparable to the Distributable Earnings reported by other companies.

As discussed in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”) results in the elimination of certain key financial statement line items, particularly within revenues and other income, including unrealized changes in fair value of loans and investment securities. These line items are essential to understanding the true financial performance of our business segments and the Company as a whole. For this reason, as referenced in Note 2 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we present business segment data in Note 23 without consolidation of these VIEs. This is how we manage our business and is the basis for all data reviewed with our board of directors, investors and analysts. This presentation also allows for a more transparent reconciliation of the unrealized gain (loss) adjustments below to the segment data presented in Note 23.

The weighted average diluted share count applied to Distributable Earnings for purposes of determining Distributable Earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed using the GAAP diluted share count, adjusted for the following:

(i)Unvested stock awards – Currently, unvested stock awards are excluded from the denominator of GAAP EPS. The related compensation expense is also excluded from Distributable Earnings. In order to effectuate dilution from these awards in the Distributable Earnings computation, we adjust the GAAP diluted share count to include these shares.

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(ii)Convertible Notes – Conversion of our Convertible Notes is an event that is contingent upon numerous factors, none of which are in our control, and is an event that may or may not occur. Consistent with the treatment of other unrealized adjustments to Distributable Earnings, we adjust the GAAP diluted share count to exclude the potential shares issuable upon conversion until a conversion occurs.

(iii)Subsidiary equity – The intent of a February 2018 amendment to our management agreement (the “Amendment”) is to treat subsidiary equity in the same manner as if parent equity had been issued. The Class A Units issued in connection with the acquisition of assets in our Woodstar II Portfolio are currently excluded from our GAAP diluted share count, with the subsidiary equity represented as non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries on our GAAP balance sheet. Consistent with the Amendment, we adjust GAAP diluted share count to include these subsidiary units.

The following table presents our diluted weighted average shares used in our GAAP EPS calculation reconciled to our diluted weighted average shares used in our Distributable EPS calculation (amounts in thousands):


	For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2023	June 30, 2023	September 30, 2023	September 30, 2022
Diluted weighted average shares - GAAP EPS	310,566	310,055	309,738	314,741
Add: Unvested stock awards	3,535	3,925	3,870	3,464
Add: Woodstar II Class A Units	9,773	9,773	9,773	9,773
Less: Convertible Notes dilution	—	—	—	(9,649)
Diluted weighted average shares - Distributable EPS	323,874	323,753	323,381	318,329

The definition of Distributable Earnings allows management to make adjustments, subject to the approval of a majority of our independent directors, in situations where such adjustments are considered appropriate in order for Distributable Earnings to be calculated in a manner consistent with its definition and objective. No adjustments to the definition of Distributable Earnings became effective during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

The following table summarizes our quarterly Distributable Earnings per weighted average diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:


	Distributable Earnings For the Three-Month Periods Ended
	March 31,		June 30,		September 30,
2023	$	0.49	$	0.49	$	0.49
2022	0.76		0.51		0.51

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The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Distributable Earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2023, by business segment (amounts in thousands, except per share data). Refer to the footnotes following the Distributable Earnings reconciliation table for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	436,662	$	59,252	$	23,760	$	45,448	$	503	$	565,625
Costs and expenses	(320,182)		(39,887)		(29,151)		(35,478)		(95,114)		(519,812)
Other income (loss)	(5,762)		(2,749)		17,510		(5,211)		(9,623)		(5,835)
Income (loss) before income taxes	110,718		16,616		12,119		4,759		(104,234)		39,978
Income tax benefit	9,823		243		—		1,333		—		11,399
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	(3)		—		(7,812)		3,873		—		(3,942)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	120,538		16,859		4,307		9,965		(104,234)		47,435
Add / (Deduct):
Non-controlling interests attributable to Woodstar II Class A Units	—		—		4,691		—		—		4,691
Non-controlling interests attributable to unrealized gains/losses	—		—		(109)		(7,312)		—		(7,421)
Non-cash equity compensation expense	2,209		387		79		1,601		6,345		10,621

Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	—		—		(82)		(66)		—		(148)
Depreciation and amortization	2,099		17		8,001		2,519		—		12,636
Interest income adjustment for securities	5,504		—		—		7,229		—		12,733

Consolidated income tax benefit associated with fair value adjustments	(9,823)		(243)		—		(1,333)		—		(11,399)
Other non-cash items	4		—		370		74		—		448
Reversal of GAAP unrealized and realized (gains) / losses on: (1)
Loans	68,450		—		—		(1,644)		—		66,806
Credit loss provision, net	51,487		1,147		—		—		—		52,634
Securities	(21,456)		—		—		20,753		—		(703)
Woodstar Fund investments	—		—		(16,908)		—		—		(16,908)
Derivatives	(99,735)		(98)		(557)		(4,116)		9,623		(94,883)
Foreign currency	56,309		382		(45)		—		—		56,646
(Earnings) loss from unconsolidated entities	(1,142)		2,459		—		(400)		—		917
Sales of properties	—		—		—		(10,668)		—		(10,668)

Recognition of Distributable realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans (2)	(1,190)		—		—		2,764		—		1,574
Realized credit loss (3)	—		(11,106)		—		—		—		(11,106)
Securities (4)	41		—		—		(11,571)		—		(11,530)
Woodstar Fund investments (5)	—		—		16,736		—		—		16,736

Derivatives (6)	35,488		105		6,558		1,615		(8,912)		34,854
Foreign currency (7)	(2,542)		(24)		44		—		—		(2,522)
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities (8)	1,142		(865)		—		315		—		592
Sales of properties (9)	—		—		—		6,321		—		6,321
Distributable Earnings (Loss)	$	207,383	$	9,020	$	23,085	$	16,046	$	(97,178)	$	158,356
Distributable Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share	$	0.64	$	0.03	$	0.07	$	0.05	$	(0.30)	$	0.49

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The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Distributable Earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2023, by business segment (amounts in thousands, except per share data). Refer to the footnotes following the Distributable Earnings reconciliation table for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	430,810	$	60,056	$	23,523	$	40,704	$	391	$	555,484
Costs and expenses	(387,923)		(43,012)		(27,954)		(35,400)		(89,374)		(583,663)
Other income (loss)	25,582		2,328		228,917		14,991		(20,063)		251,755
Income (loss) before income taxes	68,469		19,372		224,486		20,295		(109,046)		223,576
Income tax (provision) benefit	(399)		292		—		(1,090)		—		(1,197)
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	(4)		—		(50,359)		(3,173)		—		(53,536)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	68,066		19,664		174,127		16,032		(109,046)		168,843
Add / (Deduct):
Non-controlling interests attributable to Woodstar II Class A Units	—		—		4,691		—		—		4,691
Non-controlling interests attributable to unrealized gains/losses	—		—		43,063		(1,229)		—		41,834
Non-cash equity compensation expense	2,222		383		78		1,575		5,240		9,498
Management incentive fee	—		—		—		—		3,814		3,814
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	(59)		—		(82)		(228)		—		(369)
Depreciation and amortization	1,855		18		8,092		2,675		—		12,640
Interest income adjustment for securities	5,937		—		—		7,594		—		13,531

Consolidated income tax provision (benefit) associated with fair value adjustments	399		(292)		—		1,090		—		1,197
Other non-cash items	3		—		395		74		—		472
Reversal of GAAP unrealized and realized (gains) / losses on: (1)
Loans	65,202		—		—		(11,860)		—		53,342
Credit loss provision, net	118,162		3,763		—		—		—		121,925
Securities	(26,444)		—		—		11,001		—		(15,443)
Woodstar Fund investments	—		—		(223,823)		—		—		(223,823)
Derivatives	(67,314)		(197)		(5,108)		(3,820)		20,063		(56,376)
Foreign currency	(23,261)		(82)		9		—		—		(23,334)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities	(1,482)		(2,043)		—		(7,314)		—		(10,839)
Sales of properties	—		—		—		(4,768)		—		(4,768)
Unrealized impairment of properties	23,833		—		—		—		—		23,833
Recognition of Distributable realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans (2)	(621)		—		—		10,522		—		9,901
Realized credit loss (3)	(14,662)		—		—		—		—		(14,662)
Securities (4)	10		—		—		(5,396)		—		(5,386)
Woodstar Fund investments (5)	—		—		14,419		—		—		14,419

Derivatives (6)	30,363		99		5,462		300		(7,996)		28,228
Foreign currency (7)	(1,910)		14		(9)		—		—		(1,905)
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities (8)	1,482		(1,040)		—		5,781		—		6,223
Sales of properties (9)	—		—		—		44		—		44
Distributable Earnings (Loss)	$	181,781	$	20,287	$	21,314	$	22,073	$	(87,925)	$	157,530
Distributable Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share	$	0.56	$	0.06	$	0.07	$	0.07	$	(0.27)	$	0.49

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

The Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s Distributable Earnings increased by $25.6 million, from $181.8 million during the second quarter of 2023 to $207.4 million in the third quarter of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $442.4 million, costs and expenses were $264.6 million, other income was $29.6 million and there was no income tax provision or benefit.

Revenues, consisting principally of interest income on loans, increased by $5.5 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to an increase in interest income from loans of $2.9 million and investment securities of $2.0 million. The increase in interest income from loans reflects (i) a $3.7 million increase from commercial loans reflecting higher average index rates, partially offset by lower average loan balances, and (ii) a $0.8 million decrease from residential loans reflecting lower average balances. The increase in interest income from investment securities was primarily due to higher average index rates and prepayment related income on certain commercial investments.

Costs and expenses decreased by $15.9 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to (i) the nonrecurrence of a $14.7 million credit loss recognized on a commercial loan in the second quarter of 2023 and (ii) a $2.6 million decrease in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund a portion of this segment’s investment portfolio, primarily reflecting lower average borrowings outstanding due to paydowns from excess cash balances, partially offset by higher average index rates.

Other income increased by $4.2 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to an increase in net realized gains on derivatives which hedge our interest rate and foreign currency risks.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

The Infrastructure Lending Segment’s Distributable Earnings decreased by $11.3 million, from $20.3 million during the second quarter of 2023 to $9.0 million in the third quarter of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $59.3 million, costs and expenses were $49.5 million and other loss was $0.8 million.

Revenues, consisting principally of interest income on loans, decreased by $0.8 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to a decrease in interest income from loans of $1.0 million reflecting lower average loan balances, partially offset by higher average index rates.

Costs and expenses increased by $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to an $11.1 million credit loss recognized on an infrastructure loan in the third quarter of 2023.

Other loss decreased by $0.1 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Property Segment

Distributable Earnings by Portfolio (amounts in thousands)


	For the Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		June 30, 2023		Change
Master Lease Portfolio	$	4,971	$	4,993	$	(22)
Medical Office Portfolio	5,287		5,228		59


Woodstar Fund, net of non-controlling interests	13,548		11,864		1,684

Other/Corporate	(721)		(771)		50
Distributable Earnings	$	23,085	$	21,314	$	1,771

The Property Segment’s Distributable Earnings increased by $1.8 million, from $21.3 million during the second quarter of 2023 to $23.1 million in the third quarter of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $24.2 million, costs and expenses were $21.9 million, other income was $24.0 million and the deduction of income attributable to non-controlling interests in the Woodstar Fund was $3.2 million.

Revenues increased by $0.2 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Costs and expenses increased by $1.3 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to an increase in interest expense reflecting higher index rates on variable rate borrowings of the Medical Office Portfolio.

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Other income increased by $3.5 million in the third quarter of 2023 primarily due to (i) a $2.3 million increase in distributable earnings from the Woodstar Fund investments and (ii) a $1.1 million increase in realized gain on derivatives which primarily hedge our interest rate risk on borrowings secured by our Medical Office Portfolio.

Income attributable to non-controlling interests in the Woodstar Fund increased by $0.6 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Investing and Servicing Segment

The Investing and Servicing Segment’s Distributable Earnings decreased by $6.1 million, from $22.1 million during the second quarter of 2023 to $16.0 million in the third quarter of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $52.8 million, costs and expenses were $31.5 million, other loss was $1.9 million, there was no income tax provision and the deduction of income attributable to non-controlling interests was $3.4 million.

Revenues increased by $4.3 million in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to a $2.6 million net increase in interest income on CMBS investments and conduit loans and a $1.8 million increase in servicing fees. The treatment of CMBS interest income on a GAAP basis is complicated by our application of the ASC 810 consolidation rules. In an attempt to treat these securities similar to the trust’s other investment securities, we compute distributable interest income pursuant to an effective yield methodology. In doing so, we segregate the portfolio into various categories based on the components of the bonds’ cash flows and the volatility related to each of these components. We then accrete interest income on an effective yield basis using the components of cash flows that are reliably estimable. Other minor adjustments are made to reflect management’s expectations for other components of the projected cash flow stream.

Costs and expenses were relatively unchanged in the third quarter of 2023.

Other loss includes profit realized upon securitization of loans by our conduit business, gains on sales of CMBS and operating properties, gains and losses on derivatives that were either effectively terminated or novated, and earnings from unconsolidated entities. These items are typically offset by a decrease in the fair value of our domestic servicing rights intangible which reflects the expected amortization of this deteriorating asset, net of increases in fair value due to the attainment of new servicing contracts. Derivatives include instruments which hedge interest rate risk and credit risk on our conduit loans and CMBS investments. For GAAP purposes, the loans, CMBS and derivatives are accounted for at fair value, with all changes in fair value (realized or unrealized) recognized in earnings. The adjustments to Distributable Earnings outlined above are also applied to the GAAP earnings of our unconsolidated entities. Other income decreased by $11.4 million to a loss in the third quarter of 2023, primarily due to a $7.8 million decrease in realized gains on conduit loans, a $5.5 million decrease in distributable earnings from unconsolidated entities and a $6.2 million increase in recognized credit losses on CMBS, all partially offset by a $6.3 million increase in realized gains on sales of operating properties.

Income attributable to non-controlling interests decreased $1.0 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Corporate

Corporate loss increased by $9.3 million, from $87.9 million during the second quarter of 2023 to $97.2 million in the third quarter of 2023, reflecting a $7.9 million increase in interest expense primarily due to our July issuance of the 2027 Convertible Notes.

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The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Distributable Earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, by business segment (amounts in thousands, except per share data):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	1,278,078	$	175,622	$	71,081	$	126,314	$	1,172	$	1,652,267
Costs and expenses	(982,520)		(132,123)		(84,313)		(104,737)		(285,334)		(1,589,027)
Other income (loss)	21,852		1,343		258,189		(6,688)		(23,416)		251,280
Income (loss) before income taxes	317,410		44,842		244,957		14,889		(307,578)		314,520
Income tax benefit	15,981		581		—		2,435		—		18,997
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	(10)		—		(65,149)		(106)		—		(65,265)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	333,381		45,423		179,808		17,218		(307,578)		268,252
Add / (Deduct):
Non-controlling interests attributable to Woodstar II Class A Units	—		—		14,073		—		—		14,073
Non-controlling interests attributable to unrealized gains/losses	—		—		42,691		(11,339)		—		31,352
Non-cash equity compensation expense	6,518		1,082		231		4,771		18,453		31,055
Management incentive fee	—		—		—		—		16,179		16,179
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	(81)		—		(246)		(294)		—		(621)
Depreciation and amortization	5,696		55		24,278		7,965		—		37,994
Interest income adjustment for securities	16,661		—		—		20,243		—		36,904
Extinguishment of debt, net	—		—		—		—		(246)		(246)
Consolidated income tax benefit associated with fair value adjustments	(15,981)		(581)		—		(2,435)		—		(18,997)
Other non-cash items	10		—		1,117		222		—		1,349
Reversal of GAAP unrealized and realized (gains) / losses on: (1)
Loans	125,390		—		—		(14,143)		—		111,247
Credit loss provision, net	200,439		17,314		—		—		—		217,753
Securities	(62,766)		—		—		46,213		—		(16,553)
Woodstar Fund investments	—		—		(253,696)		—		—		(253,696)
Derivatives	(132,686)		(244)		(4,448)		(4,469)		23,416		(118,431)
Foreign currency	18,118		225		(50)		—		—		18,293
Earnings from unconsolidated entities	(3,563)		(1,324)		—		(8,393)		—		(13,280)
Sales of properties	—		—		—		(15,626)		—		(15,626)
Unrealized impairment of properties	23,833		—		—		—		—		23,833
Recognition of Distributable realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans (2)	(3,531)		—		—		15,049		—		11,518
Realized credit loss (3)	(14,662)		(11,106)		—		—		—		(25,768)
Securities (4)	51		—		—		(19,043)		—		(18,992)
Woodstar Fund investments (5)	—		—		45,398		—		—		45,398

Derivatives (6)	85,797		295		16,232		1,804		(23,437)		80,691
Foreign currency (7)	(5,166)		(40)		49		—		—		(5,157)
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities (8)	3,563		(2,001)		—		6,593		—		8,155
Sales of properties (9)	—		—		—		6,444		—		6,444
Distributable Earnings (Loss)	$	581,021	$	49,098	$	65,437	$	50,780	$	(273,213)	$	473,123
Distributable Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share	$	1.80	$	0.15	$	0.20	$	0.16	$	(0.84)	$	1.47

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The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Distributable Earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, by business segment (amounts in thousands, except per share data):


	Commercial and Residential Lending Segment		Infrastructure Lending Segment		Property Segment		Investing and Servicing Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	791,554	$	103,508	$	68,031	$	160,767	$	3	$	1,123,863
Costs and expenses	(367,361)		(67,570)		(66,016)		(105,182)		(237,021)		(843,150)
Other income (loss)	(86,935)		2,820		691,936		34,295		(82,019)		560,097
Income (loss) before income taxes	337,258		38,758		693,951		89,880		(319,037)		840,810
Income tax benefit (provision)	57,682		7		—		(8,690)		—		48,999
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	(10)		—		(148,379)		(9,972)		—		(158,361)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	394,930		38,765		545,572		71,218		(319,037)		731,448
Add / (Deduct):
Non-controlling interests attributable to Woodstar II Class A Units	—		—		14,073		—		—		14,073
Non-controlling interests attributable to unrealized gains/losses	—		—		126,056		(3,373)		—		122,683
Non-cash equity compensation expense	6,113		980		209		4,157		18,244		29,703
Management incentive fee	—		—		—		—		35,121		35,121
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	(359)		—		(242)		(169)		—		(770)
Depreciation and amortization	3,191		281		24,774		8,888		—		37,134
Interest income adjustment for securities	6,343		—		—		4,761		—		11,104
Extinguishment of debt, net	—		—		—		—		(739)		(739)
Consolidated income tax benefit associated with fair value adjustments	(53,099)		(2)		—		4,346		—		(48,755)
Other non-cash items	88,191		—		1,136		278		—		89,605
Reversal of GAAP unrealized and realized (gains) / losses on: (1)
Loans	327,743		—		—		(1,006)		—		326,737
Credit loss provision, net	13,027		7,096		—		—		—		20,123
Securities	5,019		—		—		38,853		—		43,872
Woodstar Fund investments	—		—		(658,733)		—		—		(658,733)
Derivatives	(465,831)		(1,228)		(33,162)		(43,719)		82,019		(461,921)
Foreign currency	212,672		570		(41)		—		—		213,201
Loss (earnings) from unconsolidated entities	2,598		(2,631)		—		(2,501)		—		(2,534)
Sales of properties	(86,610)		—		—		(25,599)		—		(112,209)
Recognition of Distributable realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans (2)	(73,021)		—		—		270		—		(72,751)

Securities (4)	(3,102)		—		—		(9,728)		—		(12,830)
Woodstar Fund investments(5)	—		—		45,689		—		—		45,689

Derivatives (6)	82,165		(59)		(1,102)		33,772		5,006		119,782
Foreign currency (7)	(4,874)		24		41		—		—		(4,809)
(Loss) earnings from unconsolidated entities (8)	(2,182)		2,632		—		3,758		—		4,208
Sales of properties (9)	84,738		—		—		12,601		—		97,339
Distributable Earnings (Loss)	$	537,652	$	46,428	$	64,270	$	96,807	$	(179,386)	$	565,771
Distributable Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share	$	1.69	$	0.15	$	0.20	$	0.30	$	(0.56)	$	1.78

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(1)The reconciling items in this section are exactly equivalent to the amounts recognized within GAAP net income (before the consolidation of VIEs), each of which can be agreed back to the respective lines within Note 23 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. They reflect both unrealized and realized (gains) and losses. For added transparency and consistency of presentation, the entire amount recognized in GAAP income is reversed in this section, and the realized components of these amounts are reflected in the next section entitled “Recognition of Distributable realized gains / (losses).”

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(2)Represents the realized portion of GAAP gains (losses) on residential and commercial conduit loans carried under the fair value option that were sold during the period. The amount is calculated as the difference between (i) the net proceeds received in connection with a securitization or sale of loans and (ii) such loans’ historical cost basis.

(3)Represents loan losses that are deemed nonrecoverable, which is generally upon a realization event, such as when a loan is repaid, or in the case of foreclosure, when the underlying asset is sold. Non-recoverability may also be determined if, in our determination, it is nearly certain that amounts due will not be collected. The amount is calculated as the difference between the cash received or expected to be received and the book value of the asset.

(4)Represents the realized portion of GAAP gains (losses) on CMBS and RMBS carried under the fair value option that are sold or impaired during the period. Upon sale, the difference between the cash proceeds received and the historical cost basis of the security is treated as a realized gain or loss for Distributable Earnings purposes. We consider a CMBS or an RMBS credit loss to be realized when such amounts are deemed nonrecoverable. Non-recoverability is generally at the time the underlying assets within the securitization are liquidated, but non-recoverability may also be determined if, in our determination, it is nearly certain that all amounts due will not be collected. The amount is calculated as the difference between the cash received and the historical cost basis of the security.

(5)Represents GAAP income from the Woodstar Fund investments excluding unrealized changes in the fair value of its underlying assets and liabilities. The amount is calculated as the difference between the Woodstar Fund’s GAAP net income and its unrealized gains (losses), which represents changes in working capital and actual cash distributions received.

(6)Represents the realized portion of GAAP gains or losses on the termination or settlement of derivatives that are accounted for at fair value. Derivatives are only treated as realized for Distributable Earnings when they are terminated or settled, and cash is exchanged. The amount of cash received or paid to terminate or settle the derivative is the amount treated as realized for Distributable Earnings purposes at the time of such termination or settlement.

(7)Represents the realized portion of foreign currency gains (losses) related to assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency. Realization occurs when the foreign currency is converted back to USD. The amount is calculated as the difference between the foreign exchange rate at the time the asset was placed on the balance sheet and the foreign exchange rate at the time cash is received and is offset by any gains or losses on the related foreign currency derivative at settlement.

(8)Represents GAAP earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities excluding non-cash items and unrealized changes in fair value recorded on the books and records of the unconsolidated entities. The difference between GAAP and Distributable Earnings for these entities principally relates to depreciation and unrealized changes in the fair value of mortgage loans and securities.

(9)Represents the realized gain (loss) on sales of properties held at depreciated cost. Because depreciation is a non-cash expense that is excluded from Distributable Earnings, GAAP gains upon sale of a property are higher, and GAAP losses are lower, than the respective realized amounts reflected in Distributable Earnings. The amount is calculated as net sales proceeds less undepreciated cost, adjusted for any noncontrolling interest.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

The Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s Distributable Earnings increased by $43.3 million, from $537.7 million during the nine months of 2022 to $581.0 million in the nine months of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $1.3 billion, costs and expenses were $785.2 million, other income was $70.9 million and there was no income tax provision or benefit.

Revenues, consisting principally of interest income on loans, increased by $497.1 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to increases in interest income from loans of $452.5 million and investment securities of $40.8 million. The increase in interest income from loans reflects (i) a $435.9 million increase from commercial loans, reflecting higher average index rates and loan balances, and (ii) a $16.6 million increase from residential loans principally due to higher average balances, reflecting the timing of purchases and securitizations. The increase in interest income from investment securities was primarily due to higher RMBS yields and average investment balances and the effect of higher index rates on certain commercial investments.

Costs and expenses increased by $439.5 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to (i) a $422.5 million increase in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund a portion of this segment’s investment portfolio, reflecting higher average index rates and borrowings outstanding, and (ii) a $14.7 million credit loss on a commercial loan recognized in the nine months of 2023.

Other income decreased by $9.7 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to (i) the nonrecurrence of an $84.7 million gain on sale of a foreclosed property in the first quarter of 2022, partially offset by (ii) a $69.5 million decrease in realized losses on residential loans and (iii) a $5.7 million favorable change in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities,

Income taxes principally relate to the taxable nature of this segment’s residential loan securitization activities which are housed in a TRS. The income tax benefit decreased from $4.6 million in the nine months of 2022 to none in the nine months of 2023. Consistent with our treatment of other adjustments to GAAP in arriving at Distributable Earnings, income tax benefits are generally not recognized in Distributable Earnings until they are realized.

Infrastructure Lending Segment

The Infrastructure Lending Segment’s Distributable Earnings increased by $2.7 million, from $46.4 million during the nine months of 2022 to $49.1 million in the nine months of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $175.6 million, costs and expenses were $124.8 million and other loss was $1.7 million.

Revenues, consisting principally of interest income on loans, increased by $72.1 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to an increase in interest income from loans of $72.9 million, reflecting higher average index rates and loan balances.

Costs and expenses increased by $65.6 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to a $53.8 million increase in interest expense, reflecting higher average index rates and borrowings outstanding, and an $11.1 million credit loss recognized in the nine months of 2023.

Other income decreased by $3.8 million to a loss in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to a $4.6 million unfavorable change in distributable (loss) earnings from unconsolidated entities, partially offset by a $0.5 million lower loss on extinguishment of debt.

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Property Segment

Distributable Earnings by Portfolio (amounts in thousands)


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		Change
Master Lease Portfolio	$	14,993	$	12,959	$	2,034
Medical Office Portfolio	15,548		16,342		(794)


Woodstar Fund, net of non-controlling interests	37,080		37,136		(56)

Other/Corporate	(2,184)		(2,167)		(17)
Distributable Earnings	$	65,437	$	64,270	$	1,167

The Property Segment’s Distributable Earnings increased by $1.1 million, from $64.3 million during the nine months of 2022 to $65.4 million in the nine months of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $72.3 million, costs and expenses were $62.1 million, other income was $63.6 million and the deduction of income attributable to non-controlling interests in the Woodstar Fund was $8.4 million.

Revenues increased by $3.1 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to rent increases in our Master Lease Portfolio.

Costs and expenses increased by $20.7 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to a $19.7 million increase in interest expense reflecting higher index rates on variable rate borrowings of the Medical Office Portfolio.

Other income increased by $18.9 million in the nine months of 2023 primarily due to a $19.2 million favorable change in realized gain (loss) on derivatives which primarily hedge our interest rate risk on borrowings secured by our Medical Office Portfolio.

Income attributable to non-controlling interests in the Woodstar Fund increased $0.2 million in the third quarter of 2023.

Investing and Servicing Segment

The Investing and Servicing Segment’s Distributable Earnings decreased by $46.0 million from $96.8 million during the nine months of 2022 to $50.8 million in the nine months of 2023. After making adjustments for the calculation of Distributable Earnings, revenues were $147.0 million, costs and expenses were $92.5 million, other income was $7.7 million, there was no income tax provision or benefit and the deduction of income attributable to non-controlling interests was $11.4 million.

Revenues decreased by $19.0 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to an $11.0 million decrease in servicing fees and a $10.3 million decrease in other fee income related to the origination of certain loans contributed into CMBS transactions.

Costs and expenses were relatively unchanged in the nine months of 2023, primarily reflecting an increase in interest expense reflecting higher average index rates on borrowings which finance our CMBS investments, mostly offset by a decrease in general and administrative expenses reflecting lower incentive compensation principally due to lower securitization volume.

Other income decreased by $33.3 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to (i) a $32.0 million decreased net gain on derivatives, principally related to conduit loans, (ii) an $8.1 million increase in recognized credit losses on CMBS and (iii) a $6.2 million decrease in realized gains on sales of operating properties, all partially offset by (ii) a $14.8 million increase in realized gains on conduit loans.

Income taxes, which principally relate to the taxable nature of this segment’s loan servicing and loan securitization businesses which are housed in a TRS, decreased $4.3 million. Effective January 1, 2023, the TRS which houses these businesses was combined with the TRS which houses our residential loan securitization business into a single TRS. The combined TRS was in a net loss position during the nine months of 2023, versus a net income position of the individual Investing and Servicing Segment TRS during the nine months of 2022. Consistent with our treatment of other adjustments to GAAP in arriving at Distributable Earnings, the income tax benefit of the combined TRS will not be recognized in Distributable Earnings until realized.

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Income attributable to non-controlling interests decreased $2.0 million.

Corporate

Corporate loss increased by $93.8 million, from $179.4 million during the nine months of 2022 to $273.2 million in the nine months of 2023, primarily due to (i) a $65.9 million increase in interest expense reflecting higher average outstanding term loan balances, as well as higher index rates, and (ii) a $28.4 million unfavorable change in realized (loss) gain on fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps which hedge a portion of our unsecured senior notes.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet our cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay borrowings, fund and maintain our assets and operations, make new investments where appropriate, pay dividends to our stockholders, and other general business needs. We closely monitor our liquidity position and believe that we have sufficient current liquidity and access to additional liquidity to meet our financial obligations for at least the next 12 months. Our strategy for managing liquidity and capital resources has not changed since December 31, 2022. Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of these strategies.

Sources of Liquidity

Our primary sources of liquidity are as follows:

Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 (amounts in thousands)


	GAAP		VIE Adjustments		Excluding Securitization VIEs
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	516,743	$	(10)	$	516,733
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Origination, purchase and funding of loans held-for-investment	(1,659,857)		—		(1,659,857)
Proceeds from principal collections and sale of loans	2,485,403		—		2,485,403
Purchase and funding of investment securities	(6,988)		—		(6,988)
Proceeds from collections, sales and redemptions of investment securities	89,401		54,071		143,472
Proceeds from sales of real estate	60,955		—		60,955
Purchases and additions to properties and other assets	(19,662)		—		(19,662)
Net cash flows from other investments and assets	(6,094)		—		(6,094)
Net cash provided by investing activities	943,158		54,071		997,229
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	4,934,444		—		4,934,444
Principal repayments on and repurchases of borrowings	(5,908,393)		(308)		(5,908,701)
Payment of deferred financing costs	(13,873)		—		(13,873)
Proceeds from common stock issuances, net of offering costs	2,522		—		2,522
Payment of dividends	(450,507)		—		(450,507)

Distributions to non-controlling interests	(29,093)		—		(29,093)

Repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs	(318)		318		—
Distributions of cash from consolidated VIEs	54,071		(54,071)		—
Net cash used in financing activities	(1,411,147)		(54,061)		(1,465,208)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	48,754		—		48,754
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	382,133		—		382,133
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	383		—		383
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	431,270	$	—	$	431,270

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The discussion below is on a non-GAAP basis, after removing adjustments principally resulting from the consolidation of the securitization VIEs under ASC 810. These adjustments principally relate to (i) the purchase of CMBS, RMBS, loans and real estate from consolidated VIEs, which are reflected as repayments of VIE debt on a GAAP basis and (ii) sales, principal collections and redemptions of CMBS and RMBS related to consolidated VIEs, which are reflected as VIE distributions on a GAAP basis. There is no net impact to overall cash resulting from these consolidations. Refer to Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Cash and cash equivalents increased by $48.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, reflecting net cash provided by investing activities of $997.2 million and net cash provided by operating activities of $516.7 million, partially offset by net cash used in financing activities of $1.5 billion.

Net cash provided by operating activities of $516.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related primarily to cash interest income of $1.2 billion from our loans and $153.4 million from our investment securities, net rental income of $60.2 million, receipts from our interest rate derivatives of $62.4 million, servicing fees of $32.4 million, distributions from our affordable housing fund investments of $35.5 million, sales and principal collections, net of originations and purchases of loans held-for-sale of $68.3 million, and a net change in operating assets and liabilities of $111.5 million. Offsetting these cash inflows was cash interest expense of $1.0 billion and general and administrative expenses of $191.3 million.

Net cash provided by investing activities of $997.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related primarily to proceeds received from principal collections and sale of loans of $2.5 billion and investment securities of $143.5 million, partially offset by the origination, purchase and funding of loans held-for-investment of $1.7 billion.

Net cash used in financing activities of $1.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related primarily to payments on our debt and deferred financing costs, net of borrowings, of $988.1 million and dividend distributions of $450.5 million.

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Our Investment Portfolio

The following is a review of our investment portfolio by segment.

Commercial and Residential Lending Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments we owned across various property types within our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Face Amount		Carrying Value			Asset Specific Financing		Net Investment		Unlevered Return on Asset (6)
September 30, 2023
First mortgages (1)	$	14,877,881	$	14,803,224		$	9,804,241	$	4,998,983	9.4	%
Subordinated mortgages (2)	75,617		75,097			—		75,097		16.0	%
Mezzanine loans (1)	248,518		246,968			—		246,968		14.0	%

Other loans	88,339		87,193			—		87,193		12.5	%
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option, residential	2,954,536		2,499,681			2,319,428		180,253		4.5	%	(5)

RMBS, available-for-sale	193,946		102,076			17,807		84,269		10.3	%
RMBS, fair value option	326,274		451,191		(3)	147,914		303,277		18.4	%
CMBS, fair value option	102,900		102,900		(3)	49,798		53,102		9.3	%
HTM debt securities (4)	577,753		575,278			133,143		442,135		10.2	%
Credit loss allowance	—		(264,826)			—		(264,826)
Equity security	10,056		8,829			—		8,829
Investments in unconsolidated entities	N/A		25,207			—		25,207
Properties, net	N/A		469,343			204,387		264,956
	$	19,455,820	$	19,182,161		$	12,676,718	$	6,505,443

December 31, 2022
First mortgages (1)	$	15,638,781	$	15,552,875		$	10,883,417	$	4,669,458	8.2	%
Subordinated mortgages (2)	72,118		71,100			—		71,100		14.6	%
Mezzanine loans (1)	442,339		445,363			—		445,363		14.1	%

Other loans	59,393		58,393			—		58,393		12.0	%
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option, residential	3,092,915		2,763,458			2,155,078		608,380		4.5	%	(5)

RMBS, available-for-sale	202,818		113,386			74,798		38,588		11.0	%
RMBS, fair value option	326,274		423,183		(3)	166,560		256,623		12.1	%
CMBS, fair value option	102,900		97,218		(3)	49,798		47,420		8.4	%
HTM debt securities (4)	603,497		607,438			133,143		474,295		9.4	%
Credit loss allowance	N/A		(88,973)			—		(88,973)
Equity security	11,057		9,840			—		9,840
Investments in unconsolidated entities	N/A		25,326			—		25,326
Properties, net	N/A		463,492			204,387		259,105
	$	20,552,092	$	20,542,099		$	13,667,181	$	6,874,918

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(1)First mortgages include first mortgage loans and any contiguous mezzanine loan components because as a whole, the expected credit quality of these loans is more similar to that of a first mortgage loan. The application of this methodology resulted in mezzanine loans with carrying values of $1.1 billion and $1.3 billion being classified as first mortgages as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

(2)Subordinated mortgages include B-Notes and junior participation in first mortgages where we do not own the senior A-Note or senior participation. If we own both the A-Note and B-Note, we categorize the loan as a first mortgage loan.

(3)Eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810.

(4)CMBS held-to-maturity (“HTM”) and mandatorily redeemable preferred equity interests in commercial real estate entities.

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(5)Represents the weighted average coupon of residential mortgage loans.

(6)Calculated using applicable index rates for variable rate investments as of the respective period end and excludes loans for which interest income is not recognized. In addition to cash coupon, unlevered return includes the amortization of deferred origination and extension fees, loan origination costs, and purchase discounts, as well as the accrual of exit fees.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, our Commercial and Residential Lending Segment’s investment portfolio, excluding residential loans, RMBS, properties and other investments, had the following characteristics based on carrying values:


Collateral Property Type	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Multifamily	35.1	%	33.3	%
Office	23.3	%	23.1	%
Hotel	15.5	%	16.5	%
Industrial	7.9	%	6.0	%
Mixed Use	7.3	%	9.7	%
Residential	1.7	%	1.8	%
Retail	1.6	%	1.6	%

Other	7.6	%	8.0	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%


Geographic Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
U.S. Regions:
South East	16.9	%	16.7	%
North East	16.2	%	16.0	%
South West	15.8	%	15.6	%
Mid Atlantic	9.6	%	9.3	%
West	9.3	%	10.3	%
Midwest	2.7	%	2.7	%
International:
United Kingdom	12.6	%	13.8	%
Other Europe	7.5	%	6.4	%
Australia	7.5	%	7.4	%
Bahamas/Bermuda	1.9	%	1.8	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%

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Infrastructure Lending Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments we owned within our Infrastructure Lending Segment as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Face Amount		Carrying Value		Asset Specific Financing		Net Investment		Unlevered Return on Asset (1)
September 30, 2023
First priority infrastructure loans and HTM securities	$	2,374,248	$	2,313,388	$	1,750,811	$	562,577	10.1	%

Credit loss allowance	N/A		(19,488)		—		(19,488)
Investments in unconsolidated entities	N/A		48,224		—		48,224
	$	2,374,248	$	2,342,124	$	1,750,811	$	591,313

December 31, 2022
First priority infrastructure loans and HTM securities	$	2,474,994	$	2,432,758	$	1,856,692	$	576,066	9.1	%

Credit loss allowance	N/A		(13,622)		—		(13,622)
Investments in unconsolidated entities	N/A		47,078		—		47,078
	$	2,474,994	$	2,466,214	$	1,856,692	$	609,522

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(1)Calculated using applicable index rates for variable rate investments as of the respective period end and excludes loans for which interest income is not recognized. In addition to cash coupon, unlevered return includes the amortization of deferred purchase discounts.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, our Infrastructure Lending Segment’s investment portfolio had the following characteristics based on carrying values:


Collateral Type	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Natural gas power	53.9	%	61.2	%
Oil & gas - midstream	35.3	%	30.8	%
Oil & gas - downstream	6.4	%	6.7	%
Renewables	2.1	%	1.3	%
Other thermal power	1.2	%	—	%
Oil & gas - upstream	1.1	%	—	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%


Geographic Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
U.S. Regions:
North East	35.4	%	39.0	%
South West	27.6	%	21.9	%
Midwest	18.1	%	21.9	%
South East	8.7	%	7.4	%
West	3.4	%	4.6	%
Mid-Atlantic	1.9	%	1.8	%
Other	2.2	%	2.1	%
International:
United Kingdom	2.3	%	0.8	%
Mexico	0.4	%	0.5	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%

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Property Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments held within our Property Segment as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Properties, net	$	851,713	$	864,778
Lease intangibles, net	25,446		28,470
Woodstar Fund	1,979,184		1,761,002
	$	2,856,343	$	2,654,250

The following table sets forth our net investment and other information regarding the Property Segment’s properties and lease intangibles as of September 30, 2023 (dollars in thousands):


	Carrying Value		Asset Specific Financing		Net Investment		Occupancy Rate		Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term
Office—Medical Office Portfolio	$	776,423	$	597,850	$	178,573	89.8	%	5.8 years
Retail—Master Lease Portfolio	343,790		193,611		150,179		100.0	%	18.6 years
Subtotal—undepreciated carrying value	1,120,213		791,461		328,752
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(243,054)		—		(243,054)
Net carrying value	$	877,159	$	791,461	$	85,698

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, our Property Segment’s investment portfolio had the following geographic characteristics based on carrying values:


Geographic Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
South East	82.5	%	81.2	%
South West	4.8	%	5.2	%
Midwest	4.8	%	5.0	%
North East	4.3	%	4.7	%
West	3.6	%	3.9	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%

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Investing and Servicing Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments we owned within our Investing and Servicing Segment as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):


	Face Amount		Carrying Value			Asset Specific Financing			Net Investment
September 30, 2023
CMBS, fair value option	$	2,697,767	$	1,106,436	(1)	$	394,924	(2)	$	711,512
Intangible assets - servicing rights	N/A		54,162		(3)	—			54,162
Lease intangibles, net	N/A		6,674			—			6,674
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option, commercial	107,997		102,584			51,783			50,801
Loans held-for-investment	9,319		9,319			—			9,319
Investments in unconsolidated entities	N/A		33,050		(4)	—			33,050
Properties, net	N/A		84,735			93,113			(8,378)
	$	2,815,083	$	1,396,960		$	539,820		$	857,140
December 31, 2022
CMBS, fair value option	$	2,753,810	$	1,165,628	(1)	$	405,665	(2)	$	759,963
Intangible assets - servicing rights	N/A		56,848		(3)	—			56,848
Lease intangibles, net	N/A		8,791			—			8,791
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option, commercial	23,900		21,136			7,519			13,617
Loans held-for-investment	9,577		9,577			—			9,577
Investments in unconsolidated entities	N/A		33,030		(4)	—			33,030
Properties, net	N/A		121,716			130,072			(8,356)
	$	2,787,287	$	1,416,726		$	543,256		$	873,470

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(1)Includes $1.09 billion and $1.15 billion of CMBS eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810 as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Also includes $187.3 million and $198.9 million of non-controlling interests in the consolidated entities which hold certain of these CMBS as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

(2)Includes $40.6 million and $42.8 million of non-controlling interests in the consolidated entities which hold certain debt balances as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

(3)Includes $36.0 million and $39.1 million of servicing rights intangibles eliminated in consolidation against VIE assets pursuant to ASC 810 as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

(4)Includes $14.6 million and $13.5 million of investments in unconsolidated entities eliminated in consolidation against VIE assets pursuant to ASC 810 as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

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Our REIS Equity Portfolio, as described in Note 6 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, had the following characteristics based on carrying values as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively:


Property Type	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Retail	48.1	%	49.3	%
Office	34.3	%	29.6	%
Mixed Use	14.5	%	11.7	%
Hotel	3.1	%	2.6	%
Multifamily	—	%	6.8	%

	100.0	%	100.0	%


Geographic Location	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Mid Atlantic	26.4	%	21.9	%
West	26.0	%	22.0	%
North East	22.8	%	28.8	%
Midwest	14.6	%	12.2	%
South West	10.2	%	6.8	%
South East	—	%	8.3	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%

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New Credit Facilities and Amendments

Refer to Note 10 of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of new credit facilities and amendments to existing credit facilities executed since December 31, 2022.

Secured Borrowings

The following table is a summary of our secured borrowings as of September 30, 2023 (dollars in thousands):


	Current Maturity		Extended Maturity (a)		Weighted Average Pricing		Pledged Asset Carrying Value			Maximum Facility Size			Outstanding Balance			Approved but Undrawn Capacity (b)		Unallocated Financing Amount (c)
Repurchase Agreements:
Commercial Loans	Oct 2023 to Jun 2028	(d)	Oct 2025 to Dec 2030	(d)	Index + 2.02%	(e)	$	10,197,141		$	12,039,568	(f)	$	6,768,758		$	829,501	$	4,441,309
Residential Loans	Dec 2023 to Sep 2025		Mar 2024 to Sep 2025		SOFR + 1.97%		2,509,325			3,200,000			2,321,057			72		878,871
Infrastructure Loans	Sep 2024		Sep 2026		SOFR + 2.07%		397,130			650,000			333,119			—		316,881
Conduit Loans	Dec 2023 to Jun 2026		Dec 2024 to Jun 2027		SOFR + 2.07%		68,058			388,937			53,059			—		335,878
CMBS/RMBS	Jun 2024 to Apr 2032	(g)	Sep 2024 to Oct 2032	(g)	(h)		1,481,324			1,061,603			757,089		(i)	51,125		253,389
Total Repurchase Agreements							14,652,978			17,340,108			10,233,082			880,698		6,226,328
Other Secured Financing:
Borrowing Base Facility	Nov 2024		Oct 2026		SOFR + 2.11%		47,724			750,000		(j)	3,920			39,500		706,580
Commercial Financing Facilities	Dec 2023 to Aug 2028		Jul 2025 to Dec 2030		Index + 2.16%		502,694			553,319		(k)	355,962			—		197,357

Infrastructure Financing Facilities	Jun 2025 to Oct 2025		Jun 2027 to Jul 2032		Index + 2.14%		857,350			1,550,000			608,847			70,786		870,367
Property Mortgages - Fixed rate	Oct 2025 to Oct 2027	(l)	N/A		4.40%		326,161			224,898			224,898			—		—
Property Mortgages - Variable rate	Nov 2024 to Dec 2027		N/A		(m)		965,870			849,328			846,946			—		2,382
Term Loans and Revolver	(n)		N/A		(n)		N/A		(n)	1,520,275			1,370,275			150,000		—
STWD 2022-FL3 CLO	Nov 2038		N/A		SOFR + 1.64%		1,009,424			842,500			842,500			—		—
STWD 2021-HTS SASB	Apr 2034		N/A		SOFR + 2.22%		231,293			210,091			210,091			—		—
STWD 2021-FL2 CLO	Apr 2038		N/A		SOFR + 1.50%		1,288,073			1,077,375			1,077,375			—		—
STWD 2019-FL1 CLO	Jul 2038		N/A		SOFR + 1.50%		747,484			578,016			578,016			—		—
STWD 2021-SIF2 CLO	Jan 2033		N/A		SOFR + 1.89%		513,296			410,000			410,000			—		—
STWD 2021-SIF1 CLO	Apr 2032		N/A		SOFR + 2.07%		513,618			410,000			410,000			—		—
Total Other Secured Financing							7,002,987			8,975,802			6,938,830			260,286		1,776,686
							$	21,655,965		$	26,315,910		$	17,171,912		$	1,140,984	$	8,003,014
Unamortized net discount													(24,254)
Unamortized deferred financing costs													(71,503)
													$	17,076,155

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(a)Subject to certain conditions as defined in the respective facility agreement.

(b)Approved but undrawn capacity represents the total draw amount that has been approved by the lenders related to those assets that have been pledged as collateral, less the drawn amount.

(c)Unallocated financing amount represents the maximum facility size less the total draw capacity that has been approved by the lenders.

(d)For certain facilities, borrowings collateralized by loans existing at maturity may remain outstanding until such loan collateral matures, subject to certain specified conditions.

(e)Certain facilities with an outstanding balance of $2.7 billion as of September 30, 2023 are indexed to EURIBOR, BBSY, SARON and SONIA. The remainder are indexed to SOFR.

(f)Certain facilities with an aggregate initial maximum facility size of $11.9 billion may be increased to $12.0 billion, subject to certain conditions. The $12.0 billion amount includes such upsizes.

(g)Certain facilities with an outstanding balance of $348.0 million as of September 30, 2023 carry a rolling 11-month or 12-month term which may reset monthly or quarterly with the lender's consent. These facilities carry no maximum facility size.

(h)A facility with an outstanding balance of $259.5 million as of September 30, 2023 has a weighted average fixed annual interest rate of 3.27%. All other facilities are variable rate with a weighted average rate of SOFR + 2.21%.

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(i)Includes: (i) $259.5 million outstanding on a repurchase facility that is not subject to margin calls; and (ii) $40.6 million outstanding on one of our repurchase facilities that represents the 49% pro rata share owed by a non-controlling partner in a consolidated joint venture (see Note 15 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

(j)The maximum facility size as of September 30, 2023 of $450.0 million may be increased to $750.0 million, subject to certain conditions.

(k)Certain facilities with an aggregate initial maximum facility size of $453.3 million may be increased to $553.3 million, subject to certain conditions. The $553.3 million amount includes such upsizes.

(l)The weighted average maturity is 3.8 years as of September 30, 2023.

(m)Includes a $600.0 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan secured by our Medical Office Portfolio. This debt has a weighted average interest rate of SOFR + 2.07% that we swapped to a fixed rate of 3.34%. The remainder have a weighted average rate of SOFR + 3.36%.

(n)Consists of: (i) a $774.8 million term loan facility that matures in July 2026, of which $384.0 million has an annual interest rate of SOFR + 2.60% and $390.8 million has an annual interest rate of SOFR + 3.35%, subject to a 0.75% SOFR floor, (ii) a $150.0 million revolving credit facility that matures in April 2026 with an annual interest rate of SOFR + 2.60%, and (iii) a $595.5 million term loan facility that matures in November 2027, with an annual interest rate of SOFR + 3.25%, subject to a 0.50% SOFR floor. These facilities are secured by the equity interests in certain of our subsidiaries which totaled $5.7 billion as of September 30, 2023.

The above table no longer reflects property mortgages of the Woodstar Portfolios which, as discussed in Notes 2 and 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, are now reflected within “Investments of consolidated affordable housing fund” on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Refer to Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further disclosure regarding the terms of our secured financing arrangements.

Variance between Average and Quarter-End Credit Facility Borrowings Outstanding

The following table compares the average amount outstanding under our secured financing agreements during each quarter and the amount outstanding as of the end of each quarter, together with an explanation of significant variances (amounts in thousands):


Quarter Ended	Quarter-End Balance	Weighted-Average Balance During Quarter	Variance
December 31, 2022	18,299,267	18,084,425	214,842
March 31, 2023	18,630,290	18,331,322	298,968
June 30, 2023	18,263,851	18,625,814	(361,963)
September 30, 2023	17,171,912	17,506,017	(334,105)

Borrowings under Unsecured Senior Notes

During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the weighted average effective borrowing rate on our unsecured senior notes was 5.1% and 4.7%, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the weighted average effective borrowing rate on our unsecured senior notes was 4.7% and 4.8%, respectively. The effective borrowing rate includes the effects of underwriter purchase discount.

Refer to Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further disclosure regarding the terms of our unsecured senior notes.

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Scheduled Principal Repayments on Investments and Overhang on Financing Facilities

The following scheduled and/or projected principal repayments on our investments were based on amounts outstanding and extended contractual maturities of those investments as of September 30, 2023. The projected and/or required repayments of financing were based on the earlier of (i) the extended contractual maturity of each credit facility or (ii) the extended contractual maturity of each of the investments that have been pledged as collateral under the respective credit facility (amounts in thousands):


	Scheduled Principal Repayments on Loans and HTM Securities		Scheduled/Projected Principal Repayments on RMBS and CMBS		Projected/Required Repayments of Financing		Scheduled Principal Inflows Net of Financing Outflows
Fourth Quarter 2023	$	679,868	$	3,316	$	(803,316)	$	(120,132)
First Quarter 2024	177,632		2,981		(572,837)		(392,224)
Second Quarter 2024	298,082		36,753		(426,191)		(91,356)
Third Quarter 2024	264,820		6,410		(854,335)		(583,105)		(1)
Total	$	1,420,402	$	49,460	$	(2,656,679)	$	(1,186,817)

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(1)Shortfall primarily relates to (i) $345.8 million of repayments under a securities repurchase facility which carries a rolling 12-month term that we have historically extended, and intend to continue to extend with lender’s consent and (ii) $309.7 million of repayments under a Residential Loans repurchase facility which carries a rolling 12-month term that we intend to extend with lender’s consent.

In the normal course of business, the Company is in discussions with its lenders to extend, amend or replace any financing facilities which contain near term expirations.

Issuances of Equity Securities

We may raise funds through capital market transactions by issuing capital stock. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to access the capital markets at any particular time or on any particular terms. We have authorized 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock and 500,000,000 shares of common stock. At September 30, 2023, we had 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock available for issuance and 186,784,583 shares of common stock available for issuance.

Other Potential Sources of Financing

In the future, we may also use other sources of financing to fund the acquisition of our target assets and maturities of our unsecured senior notes, including other secured as well as unsecured forms of borrowing and sale of senior loan interests and other assets.

Leverage Policies

Our strategies with regards to use of leverage have not changed significantly since December 31, 2022. Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of our strategies regarding use of leverage.

Cash Requirements

Dividends

U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its net taxable income. We generally intend to distribute substantially all of our taxable income (which does not necessarily equal our GAAP net income) to our stockholders each year, if and to the extent authorized by our board of directors. Before we pay any dividend, whether for U.S. federal income tax purposes or otherwise, we must first meet both our operating and debt service requirements. If our cash available for distribution is less than our net taxable income, we could be required to sell assets or borrow funds to make cash distributions or we may make a portion of the required distribution in the form of a taxable stock distribution or distribution of debt securities. Refer to our Form 10-K for a detailed dividend history.

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The Company’s board of directors declared the following dividends during the nine months ended September 30, 2023:

Declaration Date

Record Date

Payment Date

Amount

Frequency

9/15/23

9/30/23

10/16/23

0.48

Quarterly

6/15/23

6/30/23

7/17/23

0.48

Quarterly

3/16/23

3/31/23

4/14/23

0.48

Quarterly

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Our material contractual obligations and commitments as of September 30, 2023 are as follows (amounts in thousands):


	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		3 to 5 years		More than 5 years
Secured financings (a)	$	13,643,930	$	1,514,653	$	3,874,325	$	6,452,087	$	1,802,865
CLOs and SASB (b)	3,527,982		419,851		2,543,931		450,944		113,256
Unsecured senior notes	2,480,750		300,000		1,300,000		880,750		—
Future loan commitments:
Commercial Lending (c)	1,415,903		1,018,174		397,729		—		—

Infrastructure Lending (d)	167,338		150,351		14,876		2,111		—

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(a)Represents the contractual maturity of the respective credit facility, inclusive of available extension options. If investments that have been pledged as collateral repay earlier than the contractual maturity of the debt, the related portion of the debt would likewise require earlier repayment. Refer to Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the expected maturities by year.

(b)Represents the fully extended maturity of the underlying collateral.

(c)Excludes $382.8 million of loan funding commitments in which management projects the Company will not be obligated to fund in the future due to repayments made by the borrower earlier than, or in excess of, expectations.

(d)Represents contractual commitments of $121.1 million under revolvers and letters of credit and $46.2 million under delayed draw term loans.

The table above does not include interest payable, amounts due under our management agreement, amounts due under our derivative agreements or amounts due under guarantees as those contracts do not have fixed and determinable payments.

Our secured financings, CLOs and SASB consist primarily of matched-term funding for our loans and investment securities and long-term mortgages on our owned properties. Repayments of such facilities are generally made from proceeds from maturities, prepayments or sales of such investments and operating cash flows from owned properties. In the normal course of business, we are in discussions with our lenders to extend, amend or replace any financing facilities which contain near term expirations.

Our unsecured senior notes are expected to be repaid from a combination of available cash on hand, approved but undrawn capacity under our secured financing agreements, and/or equity issuances or other potential sources of financing, as discussed above, including issuances of new unsecured senior notes.

Our future loan commitments are expected to be primarily matched-term funded under secured financing agreements with any difference funded from available cash on hand or other potential sources of financing discussed above.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Refer to the section of our Form 10-K entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates” for a full discussion of our critical accounting estimates. Our critical accounting estimates have not materially changed since December 31, 2022.

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Recent Accounting Developments

Refer to Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting developments and the expected impact to the Company.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We seek to manage our risks related to the credit quality of our assets, interest rates, liquidity, prepayment speeds and market value while, at the same time, seeking to provide an opportunity to stockholders to realize attractive risk-adjusted returns through ownership of our capital stock. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we believe the risk can be quantified from historical experience and seek to actively manage that risk, to earn sufficient compensation to justify taking those risks and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risks we undertake. Our strategies for managing risk and our exposure to such risks, as described in Item 7A of our Form 10-K, have not changed materially since December 31, 2022 except as described below.

Credit Risk

Our loans and investments are subject to credit risk. The performance and value of our loans and investments depend upon the owners’ ability to operate the properties that serve as our collateral so that they produce cash flows adequate to pay interest and principal due to us. To monitor this risk, our asset management team reviews our investment portfolios and is in regular contact with our borrowers, monitoring performance of the collateral and enforcing our rights as necessary.

We seek to further manage credit risk associated with our Investing and Servicing Segment loans held-for-sale through the purchase of credit instruments. The following table presents our credit instruments as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Face Value of Loans Held-for-Sale		Aggregate Notional Value of Credit Instruments		Number of Credit Instruments
September 30, 2023	$	107,997	$	49,000	3
December 31, 2022	$	23,900	$	49,000	3

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Interest Rate Risk

Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including fiscal and monetary policies and domestic and international economic and political considerations, as well as other factors beyond our control. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with our investments and the related financing obligations. In general, we seek to match the interest rate characteristics of our investments with the interest rate characteristics of any related financing obligations such as repurchase agreements, bank credit facilities, term loans, revolving facilities and securitizations. In instances where the interest rate characteristics of an investment and the related financing obligation are not matched, we mitigate such interest rate risk through the utilization of interest rate derivatives of the same duration. The following table presents financial instruments where we have utilized interest rate derivatives to hedge interest rate risk and the related interest rate derivatives as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):


	Face Value of Hedged Instruments		Aggregate Notional Value of Credit Instruments		Number of Credit Instruments
Instrument hedged as of September 30, 2023
Loans held-for-sale	$	3,062,533	$	3,574,500	48
RMBS, available-for-sale	193,946		85,000		2
CMBS, fair value option	82,833		58,800		2
HTM debt securities	10,169		10,169		1
Secured financing agreements	738,909		1,356,115		8
Unsecured senior notes	1,000,000		970,000		2
	$	5,088,390	$	6,054,584	63
Instrument hedged as of December 31, 2022
Loans held-for-sale	$	3,116,815	$	2,718,900	36
RMBS, available-for-sale	202,818		85,000		2
CMBS, fair value option	42,793		58,800		2
HTM debt securities	12,005		12,005		1
Secured financing agreements	681,823		1,471,446		9
Unsecured senior notes	1,000,000		970,000		2
	$	5,056,254	$	5,316,151	52

The following table summarizes the estimated annual change in net investment income for our variable rate investments and our variable rate debt assuming increases or decreases in SOFR or other applicable index rates and adjusted for the effects of our interest rate hedging activities (amounts in thousands):


Income (Expense) Subject to Interest Rate Sensitivity	Variable rate investments and indebtedness (1)		1.00% Decrease		0.50% Decrease		0.50% Increase		1.00% Increase
Investment income from variable rate investments	$	17,586,291	$	(175,119)	$	(87,559)	$	87,559	$	175,119
Interest expense from variable rate debt, net of interest rate derivatives	(12,600,417)		128,429		63,042		(63,042)		(126,083)
Net investment income from variable rate instruments	$	4,985,874	$	(46,690)	$	(24,517)	$	24,517	$	49,036

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(1)Includes the notional value of interest rate derivatives.

Foreign Currency Risk

Our loans and investments that are denominated in a foreign currency are also subject to risks related to fluctuations in exchange rates. We generally mitigate this exposure by matching the currency of our foreign currency assets to the currency of the borrowings that finance those assets. As a result, we substantially reduce our exposure to changes in portfolio value related to changes in foreign exchange rates.

We intend to hedge our net currency exposures in a prudent manner. However, our currency hedging strategies may not eliminate all of our currency risk due to, among other things, uncertainties in the timing and/or amount of payments received on the related investments, and/or unequal, inaccurate, or unavailable hedges to perfectly offset changes in future exchange rates. Additionally, we may be required under certain circumstances to collateralize our currency hedges for the benefit of the hedge counterparty, which could adversely affect our liquidity.

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Consistent with our strategy of hedging foreign currency exposure on certain investments, we typically enter into a series of forwards to fix the U.S. dollar amount of foreign currency denominated cash flows (interest income and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated investments. Accordingly, the notional values and expiration dates of our foreign currency hedges approximate the amounts and timing of future payments we expect to receive on the related investments.

The following table represents our assets and liabilities that are denominated in Pounds Sterling (“GBP”), Euros (“EUR”), Australian dollars (“AUD”) and Swiss Francs (“CHF”), as well as our expected future net interest receipts (amounts in thousands):


	September 30, 2023
	GBP		EUR		AUD		CHF
Foreign currency assets	£	1,701,519	€	1,062,588	A$	1,873,226	Fr.	64,138
Foreign currency liabilities	(1,256,025)		(366,396)		(1,342,800)		(47,486)
Foreign currency contracts - notional, net	(526,407)		(779,060)		(691,010)		(20,891)
Subtotal (1)	£	(80,913)	€	(82,868)	A$	(160,584)	Fr.	(4,239)

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(1) Primarily relates to expected net interest cash flows on the respective assets and liabilities over their term.

Substantially all of our net asset exposure to the GBP, EUR, AUD and CHF has been hedged with foreign currency forward contracts as of September 30, 2023, as indicated in the table above. Refer to Note 13 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail regarding our foreign currency derivatives and their contractual maturities.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. No change in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Currently, no material legal proceedings are pending or, to our knowledge, threatened or contemplated against us, that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

There were no unregistered sales of securities or issuer purchases of equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2023.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

During the three months ended September 30, 2023, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, except as follows:

On September 28, 2023, Jeffrey F. DiModica, the President of the Company, adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c). Mr. DiModica’s trading plan provides for the sale of up to a maximum of 100,000 shares of Company common stock at price and volume thresholds set forth in the plan during specified trading periods between December 26, 2023 and June 28, 2024, the plan's termination date.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

(a)Index to Exhibits

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.						Description

4.1						Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 3, 2023, between Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 3, 2023)
4.2						Form of 6.750% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 3, 2023)
31.1						Certification pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2						Certification pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1						Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2						Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

Date: November 8, 2023	By:	/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT
		Barry S. Sternlicht Chief Executive Officer Principal Executive Officer

Date: November 8, 2023	By:	/s/ RINA PANIRY
		Rina Paniry Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer

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