U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, DC 20549 NOTICE OF EXEMPT SOLICITATION 1. Name of the Registrant: STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Name of the person relying on exemption: CTW INVESTMENT GROUP ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Address of the person relying on exemption: 1900 L STREET, NW, SUITE 900 WASHINGTON, DC 20036 ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Written materials. Attach written materials required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 14a6(g)(1): (CtW Investment Group logo) CtWInvGrp 11:40am via Hoot Suite See our Vote No initiative at Starwood Properties $STWD regarding board oversight of CEO Sternlicht and #corpgov ow.lyvGPkK [The attachment mentioned in this tweet is available on EDGAR at http:// www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377739/000137773914000004/stwdltrfourteen.txt