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Colony Financial to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences

^{Published on 2010-06-01 18:01:00 - Market Wire}
 

LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Colony Financial, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) (the aCompanya) today announced management will present at two upcoming investor conferences.

Richard Saltzman, the Companya™s Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2010 Diversified Financials Conference at 10:20 a.m. PT / 1:20 p.m. ET on June 3, 2010, at The St. Regis Hotel, New York. The presentation will be webcast live on the Internet in the Investor Relations section of the Companya™s Web site at [ www.colonyfinancial.com ]. The webcast will also be archived and available on the Web site for 30 days. The presentation was previously scheduled to begin at 3:35 p.m. ET on the same day.

Mr. Saltzman and Darren Tangen, the Companya™s Chief Financial Officer, will present at REITWeek 2010: NAREITa™s Investor Forum^® at 3:45 p.m. CT on June 9, 2010, at the Hilton Chicago. The presentation will be webcast live on the Internet in the Investor Relations section of the Companya™s Web site at [ www.colonyfinancial.com ]. The webcast will also be archived and available on the Web site for 90 days.

About Colony Financial, Inc.

Colony Financial is a real estate finance company that is focused primarily on acquiring, originating and managing commercial mortgage loans, which may be performing, sub-performing or non-performing loans (including loan-to-own strategies), other commercial real estate-related debt investments, CMBS, REO properties and other real estate-related assets. Colony Financial intends to elect and qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For more information, visit [ www.colonyfinancial.com ].

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