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   Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd (SWEF)
   SWEF: Portfolio Update

   24-Apr-2025 / 07:02 GMT/BST

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                 Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited

                                        

                           Quarterly Portfolio Update

                                        

   Starwood European Real Estate Finance  Limited (“SEREF”, the “Company”  or
   the  “Group”),  a  leading  investor  managing  and  realising  a  diverse
   portfolio of high quality senior, junior and mezzanine real estate debt in
   the UK and Europe, presents its performance for the quarter ended 31 March
   2025.

    

   Highlights

     • Orderly Realisation of  the portfolio  is progressing at  pace –  this
       quarter, following  the  repayment  in full  (£47.3  million)  of  the
       Hotels, UK  loan asset,  the  Company has  returned £46.0  million  to
       Shareholders in Compulsory Redemptions in accordance with its  orderly
       realisation strategy adopted on 27 January 2023. Following this latest
       redemption  the   Company  has   now   returned  £256.0   million   to
       Shareholders, equating to 61.9 per cent of the Company’s NAV as of  31
       January 2023.   In addition, during  the quarter, a partial  repayment
       of £1.4 million was received related to one other loan asset
     • All assets are constantly monitored for changes in their risk  profile
       – the current risk status of the investments is listed below:

          ◦ Three loan investments equivalent to 54 per cent of the funded
            portfolio as of 31 March 2025 are classified in the lowest risk
            profile, Stage 1.
          ◦ Two loan investments equivalent to 26 per cent of the funded
            portfolio as of 31 March 2025 are classified as Stage 2.
          ◦ One loan investment equivalent to 20 per cent of the funded
            portfolio (before impairment) as of 31 March 2025 is classified
            as Stage 3.  An impairment provision of €12.9 million was made
            against this loan investment in October 2024.

     • Impaired loan investment – since announcing a €12.9 million impairment
       provision against one loan in October 2024, no material changes to the
       value of this loan are considered to have occurred.
     • Cash balances – As of 31 March 2025 the Group held cash balances of
       circa £48.8 million.  These cash balances include a cash reserve of
       £19.0 million to cover the Group’s unfunded loan commitments as of the
       same date.
     • Dividend – on 24 April 2025, the Directors announced a dividend, to be
       paid in May 2025,  in respect of  the first quarter  of 2025 of  1.375
       pence per share in line with the 2025 dividend target of 5.5 pence per
       share.
     • Strong cash  generation –  the portfolio  is expected  to continue  to
       support the  annual dividend  payment- of  5.5 pence  per share,  paid
       quarterly.
     • The weighted average remaining loan term of the portfolio is 0.7 years
       - albeit the final loan is not due to repay until the end of 2026.
     • Inflation protection – 77.5 per cent of the portfolio is contracted at
       floating interest rates (with floors).
     • Significant equity cushion –  the weighted average  Loan to Value  for
       the portfolio is 68.1 per cent.

    

   John Whittle, Chairman of SEREF, said:

    

   “We are pleased  to be progressing  at pace with  our orderly  realisation
   strategy. This quarter the Company returned £46 million to Shareholders in
   February, following  the full  repayment  of one  loan, and  the  weighted
   average remaining loan term of the portfolio is now just 0.7 years.

    

   The remaining six investments continue to perform within our  expectations
   and the  portfolio is  also expected  to continue  to support  the  annual
   dividend of 5.5 pence per share.  Accordingly, we look forward to  issuing
   additional updates on our progress  for the Company’s orderly  realisation
   strategy during 2025.”

    

   The     factsheet     for     the     period     is     available      at:
    1 www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com

    

   Share Price / NAV as of 31 March 2025

    

   Share price (p)                   86.0p
   NAV (p)                         101.34p
   Discount                          15.1%
                                      6.4%
   Dividend yield (on share price)
                                          
   Market cap                        £127m

    

   Key Portfolio Statistics as of 31 March 2025

   Number of investments                                                    6
   Percentage of currently invested portfolio in floating rate          77.5%
   loans
   Invested Loan Portfolio unlevered annualised total return (1)         9.0%
   Weighted average portfolio LTV – to Group first £ (2)                29.8%
   Weighted average portfolio LTV – to Group last £ (2)                 68.1%
   Average remaining loan term*                                     0.7 years
   Net Asset Value                                                    £150.0m
   Loans advanced (including accrued interest and net of impairment   £101.5m
   provision)
   Cash                                                                £48.8m
   Other net liabilities (including hedges)                             £0.3m

    

   (1) The  unlevered  annualised  total  return  is  calculated  on  amounts
   outstanding at  the reporting  date,  excluding undrawn  commitments,  and
   assuming all drawn loans are  outstanding for the full contractual  term. 
   Five of the loans are  floating rate (partially or  in whole and all  with
   floors) and returns are based on  an assumed profile for future  interbank
   rates, but the actual  rate received may be  higher or lower.   Calculated
   only on  amounts funded  at  the reporting  date and  excluding  committed
   amounts (but including  commitment fees) and  excluding cash  uninvested. 
   The calculation also excludes the  origination fee paid to the  Investment
   Manager.

   (2) LTV (Loan to  Value) to Group  last £ means  the percentage which  the
   total loan drawn less any  deductible lender controlled cash reserves  and
   less any amortisation  received to  date (when aggregated  with any  other
   indebtedness ranking alongside  and/or senior  to it) bears  to its  value
   determined by  the  last  independent third  party  appraisals  for  loans
   classified as Stage 1  and Stage 2  and on the marked  down value per  the
   recently announced loan impairment for the  loan classified as Stage 3  in
   October 2024.  Loan to Value to first Group £ means the starting point  of
   the Loan to Value range of the loans drawn (when aggregated with any other
   indebtedness ranking senior to it).

    

   Remaining years  to  contractual Funded loan balance % of funded portfolio
   maturity*                                       (£m)
   0 to 1 years                                   £83.8                 75.5%
   1 to 2 years                                   £27.2                 24.5%

   *Remaining loan term  to current contractual  loan maturity excluding  any
   permitted extensions. Note that borrowers may elect to repay loans  before
   contractual maturity or  may elect  to exercise  legal extension  options,
   which are typically one year of additional term subject to satisfaction of
   credit related extension conditions. The Group, in limited  circumstances,
   may also elect to extend loans beyond current legal maturity dates if that
   is deemed to be required to affect an orderly realisation of the loan.

    

   Country             % of funded portfolio
   UK                                  73.2%
   Republic of Ireland                 20.1%
   Spain                                6.7%

    

   Sector           % of funded portfolio
   Office                           25.8%
   Light Industrial                 24.5%
   Healthcare                       22.5%
   Hospitality                      13.5%
   Life Sciences                    12.7%
   Residential                       1.0%

    

   Loan type          % of funded portfolio
   Whole loans                        50.7%
   Junior & Mezzanine                 49.3%

    

   Currency % of funded portfolio*
   Sterling                  73.2%
   Euro                      26.8%

   *The currency split refers to the underlying loan currency, however the
   capital on all non-sterling exposure is hedged back to sterling.

    

   Orderly Realisation and Return of Capital

    

   On 31 October  2022, the  Board announced the  Company’s Proposed  Orderly
   Realisation and Return of Capital to Shareholders. A Circular relating  to
   the Proposed Orderly Realisation, containing a Notice of an  Extraordinary
   General Meeting  (the  “EGM”)  was  published on  28  December  2022.  The
   proposals were approved by Shareholders at the EGM in January 2023 and the
   Company is now seeking to return cash to Shareholders in an orderly manner
   as soon as reasonably practicable following the repayment of loans,  while
   retaining sufficient  working  capital  for  ongoing  operations  and  the
   funding of committed but currently unfunded loan commitments.

   Since then the Company has  returned circa £256.0 million to  Shareholders
   (including £46.0 million in the first  quarter of 2025), equating to  61.9
   per cent of the Company’s  NAV as of 31 January  2023.  As of the date  of
   the issuance of this factsheet the Company had 148,039,803 shares in issue
   and the total number of voting rights was 148,039,803.

    

   Liquidity and credit facilities

   The Company continues to maintain a  cash reserve sufficient to cover  its
   unfunded commitments which amounted to £19.0 million as of 31 March 2025. 
   This cash reserve is included in the  £48.8 million of cash held as of  31
   March 2025. 

    

   The Company believes  it holds  sufficient cash to  meet its  commitments,
   including unfunded loan commitments.

    

   Dividend

    

   On 24 April 2025, the Directors announced  a dividend, to be paid in  May,
   in respect of the first quarter of 2025 of 1.375 pence per Ordinary  Share
   in line with the  2025 dividend target of  5.5 pence per Ordinary  Share. 
   The dividend will be paid on Ordinary Shares in issue as of 2 May 2025.

     

   The unaudited  31 March  2025  financial statements  of the  Company  show
   modest income reserves.  Given the current level of cash flow generated by
   the portfolio, the Company intends to maintain its annual dividend  target
   of 5.5 pence per share.  Dividend payments can continue to be made by  the
   Company (as a Guernsey  registered limited company) as  long as it  passes
   the solvency test (i.e. it is able to pay its debts as they come due).

     

   Portfolio Update

    

   The Group continues to  closely monitor and manage  the credit quality  of
   its loan exposures and repayments. 

    

   The Group’s  exposure is  spread  across six  investments. The  number  of
   investments has reduced  from seven  investments as of  31 December  2024,
   following the repayment of the Hotels, UK loan in the quarter to 31  March
   2025.  99 per cent of the total funded loan portfolio as of 31 March  2025
   is  spread  across  five  asset  classes;  Office  (26  per  cent),  Light
   Industrial (24 per cent),  Healthcare (23 per  cent), Hospitality (13  per
   cent), and Life Sciences (13 per  cent). The potential impact of  recently
   announced US trade tariffs is in the very early stages of being understood
   and quantified. To-date, no material adverse impacts have been reported by
   underlying loan borrowers and it is expected that any impact, positive  or
   negative will be secondary  in nature. The  Board, the Investment  Manager
   and the Investment Advisor are monitoring the situation closely. 

    

   The Group’s office exposure (26 per cent) comprises two loan  investments.
   The weighted average Loan to Value of loans with office exposure is 94 per
   cent. The elevated level of the office exposure Loan to Value is driven by
   Office Portfolio, Ireland  loan which is  a risk rated  Stage 3 loan.  The
   value used to calculate the Loan to Value for the Stage 1 office loan uses
   the latest independent lender instructed valuation. The value used for the
   Stage 3 office loan Loan to Value calculation (which was downgraded from a
   Stage 2 asset in October  2024) is the marked down  value as per the  loan
   impairment recognised in October  2024. The higher Loan  to Value of  this
   sector exposure reflects the wider decrease in market sentiment driven  by
   post pandemic trends,  higher interest  rates and high  costs attached  to
   upgrading older office stock.

    

   The largest office investment is a mezzanine loan which represents 74  per
   cent of this exposure and is classified  as a Stage 3 risk rated loan.  As
   outlined in previous factsheets, the underlying assets comprise seven well
   located European city centre CBD buildings and have historically been well
   tenanted,  albeit  certain   assets  are  expected   to  require   capital
   expenditure to upgrade to Grade-A quality to retain existing tenants  upon
   future lease expiry events. A 50  per cent impairment provision of the  30
   September 2024 loan  balance related  to this  asset was  announced on  21
   October 2024 as a result of new operational information received from  the
   borrower.  Following  an  analysis  of  potential  future  scenarios   and
   outcomes, the  Board decided  to  make this  provision.  As noted  in  the
   announcement, the potential  outcomes could  recover a  greater or  lesser
   amount of  the loan.  The Investment  Manager and  the Investment  Adviser
   continue to  actively advise  on this  position to  maximise recovery.  No
   material changes to the value of this loan are considered to have occurred
   since  October  2024  and  therefore  the  loan  risk  classification  and
   impairment provision remain unchanged. This remains under frequent  review
   and the Company will provide updates as appropriate.

    

   The remaining  73  per  cent  of the  total  funded  portfolio  (excluding
   Residential (1 per cent)) is split across Light Industrial (24 per  cent),
   Healthcare (23 per cent), Hospitality (13 per cent), and Life Sciences (13
   per cent).   These  sectors  provide good  diversification.  The  weighted
   average Loan to Value of these exposures is 59 per cent.

     

   Credit Risk Analysis

    

   All loans within the  portfolio are classified  and measured at  amortised
   cost less impairment. 

    

   The Group follows a three-stage model  for impairment based on changes  in
   credit quality since initial recognition as summarised below:

     • A  financial  instrument  that  is  not  credit-impaired  on   initial
       recognition  is  classified  as  Stage  1  and  has  its  credit  risk
       continuously monitored by the Group. The expected credit loss  (“ECL”)
       is measured over a 12-month period of time.
     • If a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition  is
       identified, the financial instrument  is moved to Stage  2 but is  not
       yet deemed to be  credit-impaired. The ECL is  measured on a  lifetime
       basis.
     • If the financial  instrument is  credit-impaired it is  then moved  to
       Stage 3. The ECL is measured on a lifetime basis.

    

   The  Group  closely  monitors   all  loans  in   the  portfolio  for   any
   deterioration in credit risk. As of  the date of this factsheet,  assigned
   classifications are:

    

     • Stage  1  loans  –  three  loan  investments  totalling  £60  million,
       equivalent to 54 per cent of the funded portfolio as of 31 March  2025
       are classified in the lowest risk profile, Stage 1.

    

     • Stage 2 loans – two loan investments totalling £29 million, equivalent
       to 26  per cent  of  the funded  portfolio as  of  31 March  2025  are
       classified as Stage 2.  The average  Loan to Value of these  exposures
       is 58 per  cent. The weighted  average age of  valuation report  dates
       used in the Loan  to Value calculation is  just under one year.  While
       these loans are higher risk than  at initial recognition, no loss  has
       been recognised on a twelve-month and lifetime expected credit  losses
       basis. Therefore, no impairment in the  value of these loans has  been
       recognised. The drivers  for classifying  these deals as  Stage 2  are
       typically either one or a combination of the below factors:

          ◦ lower underlying property values following receipt of updated
            formal appraisals by independent valuers or agreed and in
            exclusivity sale values;
          ◦ sponsor business plans progressing more slowly than originally
            underwritten meaning that trading performance has lagged
            expectations and operating financial covenants under the facility
            agreements have been breached; and
          ◦ additional equity support is required to cover interest or
            operating shortfalls as a result of slower lease up or operations
            taking longer to ramp up.

    

   The Stage  2  loans continue  to  benefit  from headroom  to  the  Group’s
   investment basis. The Group has a  strategy for each of these deals  which
   targets full loan repayment over a  defined period of time. Under each  of
   the existing  Stage  2  loans, the  underlying  sponsors  are  progressing
   strategies to repay  the loans  in full  by refinancing  with third  party
   lenders.

    

     • Stage 3 loans – during October  2024, one loan (with a funded  balance
       amounting to £22  million as  of 31  March 2025)  was reclassified  as
       Stage 3. As of 31 March 2025, the balance of this loan represented  20
       per cent of the  total funded portfolio. As  outlined above, a 50  per
       cent impairment  of  the  30  September 2024  loan  balance  has  been
       provided for as per the Company’s announcement dated 21 October  2024.
       The position is being monitored and managed closely, and updates  will
       be provided as appropriate and when practically available.

    

   This assessment has been  made based on information  in our possession  at
   the date of publishing this factsheet, our assessment of the risks of each
   loan and certain estimates and judgements around future performance of the
   assets. 

    

   Market commentary and outlook

   The United States’ (“US”) tariff policy moves have dominated markets since
   the beginning of April.   While Trump has been talking about tariffs for a
   long time, the market was taken by  surprise by the scope and size of  the
   “Liberation  Day”  announcements  and  immediately  sold  off  sharply  in
   reaction.  Markets had to try to price the implications of a new  approach
   to negotiating trade agreements and the impact that tariff scenarios  will
   have on individual stocks,  countries and growth  in general.  As  further
   news emerged stock  markets had a  roller coaster ride  and the VIX  which
   measures the volatility  of the  S&P 500 index  and is  the benchmark  for
   equity volatility hit over 60 on April  7th having been less than a  third
   of that level a week earlier.   The equity markets saw some of the biggest
   one day moves of all time comparable  only to the worst days of the  Great
   Financial Crisis, Black Monday in 1987 and the COVID pandemic.  

    

   Credit markets also reacted quickly with a sharp slowdown in new  issuance
   activity.   The  itraxx  Main  which is  the  corporate  investment  grade
   benchmark increased by 20 basis points (“bps”)  from 65 bps to 85 bps  and
   has subsequently settled in the middle of that range.  Commercial mortgage
   backed securities (“CMBS”) are  a part of  the larger European  structured
   finance market  which suffered  a sharp  slowdown of  issuance  activity. 
   Generally secondary spreads for the AAA tranches of European Asset  Backed
   Securities across the  board are  wider by  10 to  20 bps  month-on-month.
     The itraxx Crossover which is the benchmark for low investment grade and
   high non-investment grade credit saw a greater change increasing from  330
   bps to a peak of  over 430 bps before settling  back to 370 bps.   Primary
   issuance in the high yield market also slowed significantly with just  $13
   billion in high-yield bonds and loans in the US market issued in the first
   two weeks of  April which is  well below the  month-to-date average  since
   2021 of $52.5 billion.

    

   Usually a market selloff  leads to a flight  to quality and US  Treasuries
   are a beneficiary as a safe asset in the world’s reserve currency.    This
   did happen initially  with the yield  on the US  10 year Treasury  falling
   from 4.2 per cent  to 3.9 per  cent but subsequently we  have seen the  US
   dollar decline against  major currencies with  longer dated US  Treasuries
   selling off at the same  time.   After the initial  rally, the US 10  year
   Treasury sold off to  a yield as high  as 4.5 per cent  in the week  after
   Liberation Day before settling slightly  lower.  The bond market  reaction
   was almost certainly  one of  the major  contributors in  the decision  to
   pause many of the  tariffs for 90 days.    Equity markets rallied hard  in
   response to the news of the pause with the S&P 500 moving by 7 per cent in
   8 minutes and  the Nasdaq rallying  over 12  per cent on  the day.  Equity
   markets are now not significantly below pre-Liberation Day levels.

    

   Interest rate expectations  are being  pulled in  different directions  by
   contradictory forces.  Markets are concerned that the tariff policies  are
   likely to slow  US and global  growth which  would tend to  lead to  lower
   interest rates.   However tariffs are  also likely to be inflationary  for
   the US which  would usually mean  interest rates would  generally be  kept
   higher, or be driven higher.   The result so far for the US and the UK  is
   that we  are  seeing some  steepening  in the  curve  with the  short  end
   declining versus the longer end.  Five  year swaps are lower by around  20
   bps in each  of the  US and  UK markets  with longer  rates just  slightly
   higher since Liberation Day.  In Europe the German 10 year Bund has  fared
   better then the US  and the UK in  April with a rally  of 25 bps but  that
   move should be taken in the context of a sharp increase in the Bund  yield
   in March in response to the historic spending plan which unlocked hundreds
   of billions of euros for defence and infrastructure investment.

    

   Real estate investing is a  long term business and transactions  typically
   take months  to complete  to  allow for  appropriate time  for  marketing,
   underwriting, due diligence, documentation etc..  Transactions that are in
   the later  stages of  closing  are continuing  to  go through.   For  some
   transactions in the earlier  phases we have seen  both buyers and  sellers
   and borrowers and lenders  taking a pause while  markets have a chance  to
   settle and for the  implications for real estate  and/or the economy as  a
   whole to filter through.  One early observable example of changing  trends
   is  that  the  travel  data  for   March  showed  a  marked  slowdown   in
   international visitation  to  the  United States  with  12  per  cent less
   visitors globally and 17 per cent less from Europe compared with this time
   last year. This will affect  hospitality markets with large  international
   components like New York  and Florida and other  markets may benefit  from
   displaced demand.  Until the final  details of the Liberation Day  tariffs
   are set it will be hard to  analyse the full effect of tariffs by  country
   and industry.

    

   Notwithstanding the recent  tariff driven  news, real  estate markets  had
   been continuing to improve with increased volumes in 2025.  In the  office
   sector after a period with no larger transaction sizes we saw a number  of
   multi hundred million lot  sizes.  In the City  of London, in addition  to
   the 2  Finsbury  Avenue  transaction  that  we  mentioned  in  the  market
   commentary that accompanied our full year result announcement, we saw  the
   sale of 100 Bridge  Street for £333 million  from Helical to State  Street
   for owner  occupation  and  a  higher  bid  of  £322  million  offered  by
   Blackstone to Nuveen for the Can of Ham.  Elsewhere in Europe, Upper West,
   a mixed use  building in Berlin  developed by Signa  traded for over  €400
   million and in Paris  Norges bought an  80 per cent  stake in the  Trinity
   office tower from Unibail  at a valuation of  €450 million.   While  final
   data is still to be compiled, according to Savills research, European real
   estate investment volumes are currently forecast to surpass €50 billion in
   the first quarter 2025,  representing a healthy  28 per cent  year-on-year
   increase.   On the  credit side,  with a  good diversity  of lender  types
   looking to increase exposure the real  estate credit markets in the  first
   quarter were as liquid as they have been since the Great Financial Crisis.

    

   Looking forward, there is a way still to go in the tariff story and  there
   could be  many twists  that will  continue to  affect market  pricing  and
   volumes.  Geopolitical  uncertainty, potentially  lower growth  and  asset
   specific considerations will  be factors in  real estate underwriting  and
   investment decisions.  However, if the economic outlook deteriorates,  and
   this leads to lower interest rates that could be helpful to real estate as
   it reduces financing costs  for a capital intensive  asset class and  also
   makes  real  estate  income  more  favourable  compared  to  fixed  income
   alternative investments.  While these times of uncertainty continue it  is
   likely that transactions will continue at a slower pace until the  picture
   settles.

    

   Investment Portfolio as of 31 March 2025

   As of  31  March 2025,  the  Group had  six  investments with  total  cash
   commitments (funded and unfunded) of £130.0 million as shown below.

    

                          Sterling       Sterling equivalent   Sterling Total
                     equivalent balance  unfunded commitment     (Drawn and
                          (1), (2)               (3)             Unfunded)
   Hospitals, UK                £25.0 m                               £25.0 m
   Hotel, North                 £15.0 m                               £15.0 m
   Berwick
   Life Science, UK             £14.1 m                               £14.1 m
   Industrial                   £27.2 m                £19.0 m        £46.2 m
   Estate, UK
   Total Sterling               £81.3 m                £19.0 m       £100.3 m
   Loans
   Office Portfolio,             £7.4 m                                £7.4 m
   Spain
   Office Portfolio,            £22.3 m                               £22.3 m
   Ireland
   Total Euro Loans             £29.7 m                               £29.7 m
   Total Portfolio             £111.0 m                £19.0 m       £130.0 m

    

    1. Euro balances translated to sterling at period end exchange rate.
    2. These amounts are shown before any impairment provisions recognised.
    3. These amounts exclude interest which may be capitalised.

   Loan to Value

    

   All assets securing the loans  undergo third party valuations before  each
   investment  closes  and  periodically  thereafter  at  a  time  considered
   appropriate by the lenders.  The Loan to Values  shown below are based  on
   independent third party  appraisals for  loans classified as  Stage 1  and
   Stage 2 and on the marked down value as per the announced loan  impairment
   for the loan classified as Stage  3 in October 2024. The weighted  average
   age of the dates of these valuations for the whole portfolio is just under
   ten months.

    

   As of 31 March 2025, the Group has an average last £ Loan to Value of 68.1
   per cent (31 December 2024: 63.5 per cent).
    

   The Group’s last £ Loan to Value means the percentage which the total loan
   drawn less any  deductible lender  controlled cash reserves  and less  any
   amortisation received to date (when aggregated with any other indebtedness
   ranking  alongside  and/or  senior  to  it)  bears  to  the  market  value
   determined by  the  last formal  lender  valuation received,  reviewed  in
   detail and approved by the reporting date  or, in the case of the Stage  3
   asset classified as Stage 3 in October 2024, the marked down value per the
   recently announced loan impairment. Loan to  Value to first Group £  means
   the starting point of  the Loan to  Value range of  the loans drawn  (when
   aggregated  with  any  other  indebtedness  ranking  senior  to  it).  For
   development projects the calculation includes the total facility available
   and is calculated against  the assumed market value  on completion of  the
   relevant project. 

    

   The table below shows the sensitivity of the Loan to Value calculation for
   movements in the underlying property  valuation and demonstrates that  the
   Group has considerable headroom within the currently reported last £  Loan
   to Values.

    

   Change in Valuation Office Light Industrial Healthcare Other Total
   -15%                110.3%            75.9%      62.6% 70.1% 80.2%
   -10%                104.2%            71.7%      59.1% 66.2% 75.7%
   -5%                  98.7%            67.9%      56.0% 62.7% 71.7%
   0%                   93.7%            64.5%      53.2% 59.6% 68.1%
   5%                   89.3%            61.5%      50.7% 56.7% 64.9%
   10%                  85.2%            58.7%      48.4% 54.1% 61.9%
   15%                  81.5%            56.1%      46.3% 51.8% 59.2%

    

   Share Price performance

    

   The Company's shares closed on 31 March 2025 at 86.0 pence, resulting in a
   share price total return for the first  quarter of 2025 of -4.9 per  cent.
   As of 31 March 2025, the discount to  NAV stood at 15.1 per cent, with  an
   average discount to NAV of 13.0 per cent over the quarter.

    

   Note: the 31 March 2025 discount to NAV is based off the 31 March 2025 NAV
   as  reported  in  this  factsheet.   All  average  discounts  to  NAV  are
   calculated as the  latest cum-dividend NAV  available in the  market on  a
   given day, adjusted for  any dividend payments  from the ex-dividend  date
   onwards.

    

    For further information, please contact:

    

   Apex Fund and Corporate Services (Guernsey) Limited    
   as Company Secretary
                                                          
   Duke Le Prevost
                                                         +44 (0)20 3530 3630
    
   Starwood Capital                                       

   Duncan MacPherson                                     +44 (0) 20 7016 3655
    

   Jefferies International Limited                        

   Gaudi Le Roux                                          

   Harry Randall                                         +44 (0) 20 7029 8000

   Ollie Nott
    

   Burson Buchanan                                        

   Helen Tarbet                                          +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

   Henry Wilson                                          +44 (0) 7788 528 143

   Samuel Adams

     

   Notes:

    

   Starwood European Real  Estate Finance  Limited is  an investment  company
   listed on  the premium  segment of  the main  market of  the London  Stock
   Exchange with an investment objective to conduct an orderly realisation of
   the assets of the Company.   2 www.starwoodeuropeanfinance.com.

    

   The Group's assets are managed by Starwood European Finance Partners
   Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group.

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