Voting on Other Matters
If any other matters are properly presentedone-year term expiring at theour 2021 Annual Meeting for considerationof Shareholders, and you authorize a proxy to vote your shares, the persons named in the proxy will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you. As of the date this Proxy Statement was printed, the Company did not know of any other matter to be raised at the Annual Meeting.
Revocation of Proxies
A person submitting a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is exercised by (a) attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person, (b) duly executing and delivering a proxy bearing a later date prior to the Annual Meetingwith each elected director holding office until his or (c) sending written notice of revocation to the Company’s Secretary at Starwood Property Trust, Inc., 591 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, which must be received by the Company’s Secretary by 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on April 30, 2018 to have any effect.
Confidentiality of Voting
The Company keeps all proxies, ballots and voting tabulations confidential as a matter of practice. The Company only lets its proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated (“Innisfree”), and its Inspector of Election, Computershare Trust Company N.A. (“Computershare”), examine these documents. Occasionally, stockholders provide written comments on their proxy card, which then may be forwarded to the Company’s management by Computershare.
Tabulation of Voting Results
Computershare, the Company’s independent tabulating agent, will count the votes and act as the Inspector of Election at the Annual Meeting.
Solicitation of Proxies
The Company will pay the expenses of soliciting proxies in connection with this Proxy Statement. Proxies may be solicited in person or by mail, telephone, electronic transmission and facsimile transmission on the Company’s behalf by directors, officers or employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, without additional compensation. The Company asks brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of the stock held of record by such persons and to obtain authority to execute proxies, for which the Company will reimburse such persons. Innisfreeher successor has been engaged to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Company for a fee of $20,000 plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. When recording votes by telephoneelected and qualified or via the internet, the Company will use procedures designed to authenticate stockholders’ identities, which will allow stockholders to authorize the voting of their shares in accordance with their instructions and confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly.
Attendance at the Annual Meeting
All stockholders of record as of the close of business on the record date, March 12, 2018, may attend the Annual Meeting. Institutionaluntil his or entity stockholders are each permitted to bring one representative. Attendance at the Annual Meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis upon arrival at the meeting. Proof of stock ownership as of the record date, such as a bankher earlier resignation or brokerage statement, and a government-issued photo identification, such as a valid driver’s license or passport, will be required for admission to the Annual Meeting.
After the formal business of the Annual Meeting has been concluded and adjourned, the Chairman of the Board of Directors will answer questions from stockholders of record as of the close of business on the record date and their representatives during a designated period. In order to ensure that all stockholders and representatives thereof who wish to speak may have an opportunity, each stockholder or representative thereof will be permitted to ask two questions and will be limited to two minutes to present each question. Such questions must be confined to matters properly before the Annual Meeting and of general Company concern.
List of Stockholders
A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available at the Annual Meeting and for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, at the Company’s principal executive offices at Starwood Property Trust, Inc., 591 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830, and open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the Annual Meeting, by contacting the Secretary of the Company.
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