Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd (SWEF)
SWEF: TR-1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares

17-Aug-2016 / 17:06 GMT/BST
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying        Starwood European Real
issuer                                             Estate Finance Limited
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               (
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting
rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect
to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s)     FIL Limited
subject to the
notification obligation: iii
4. Full name of               See Section 9
shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction    16 August 2016
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer       17 August 2016
notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are   5%
crossed or
reached: vi, vii






8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type    Situation previous     Resulting situation after the
of            to the triggering      triggering transaction
shares        transaction
              Number      Number     Number  Number of     % of  voting
if possible   of          of         of      voting        rights x
using         Shares      Voting     shares  rights
the ISIN                  Rights     Indir-  Dir-  Indir-  Direct   Indire-
CODE                                 ect     ect   ect              ct
                                             xi    xii
GG00B79WC100  14,657,457  14,657,45  18,980        18,980             5.06%
                                  7    ,183          ,183

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial    Expirat-  Exercise/        Number of        % of
instrument           ion       Conversion       voting           voting
                     date      Period xiv       rights that may  rights
                     xiii                       be
                                                acquired if the
                                                instrument is
                                                exercised/
                                                converted.


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of          Exerci-  Expir-  Exercise/  Number of        % of voting
financial        se       ation   Conversi-  voting rights    rights xix,
instrument       price    date    on period  instrument       xx
                          xvii    xviii      refers to
                                                              Nominal   De-
                                                                        lt-
                                                                        a


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights
                              18,980,183                              5.06%






9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
                                                    Controlled Undertaking
                                                        Percentage Holding

                                             FIL INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL
                                                                      5.06

                                                               Grand Total
                                                                      5.06

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire/ cease to hold voting
rights:

13. Additional information:          N/A
14. Contact name:                    Sally-Ann Hatton
15. Contact telephone number:        fil-regreporting@fil.com, 01737
                                     837148





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   Language:           English                      
   ISIN:               GG00B79WC100                 
   Category Code:      HOL                          
   TIDM:               SWEF                         
   Sequence Number:    3325                         
   Time of Receipt:    17-Aug-2016 / 17:06 GMT/BST  
 
 
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