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Colony Financial to Present at NAREITa?s REITWorld 2010

^{Published on 2010-11-12 18:21:03 - Market Wire}
 

LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Colony Financial, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) (the aCompanya) today announced Richard Saltzman, the Companya™s Chief Executive Officer, and Darren Tangen, the Companya™s Chief Financial Officer, will present at NAREITa™s REITWorld 2010 Conference at 6:20 a.m. PT / 9:20 a.m. ET on November 16, 2010, at the Waldorf Astoria inNew York, NY.

The presentation will be webcast live on the Internet in the Investor Relations section of the Companya™s Web site at [ www.colonyfinancial.com ]. Presentation materials will be made available on the Companya™s Web site at the time of the presentation. The webcast and presentation materials will also be archived and available on the Web site for 30 days.

About Colony Financial, Inc.

Colony Financial is a real estate finance and investment company that is focused primarily on acquiring and originating commercial real estate loans and real estate-related debt at attractive risk-adjusted returns. Secondary debt purchases may include performing, sub-performing or non-performing loans (including loan-to-own strategies). 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. Colony Financial is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For more information, visit[ www.colonyfinancial.com ].

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as amay,a awill,a ashould,a aexpects,a aintends,a aplans,a aanticipates,a abelieves,a aestimates,a apredicts,a or apotentiala or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Companya™s control, that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking: the ability to pay dividends in a timely manner or at all; the use of proceeds of the Companya™s initial public offering; and the Companya™s ability to maintain its qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

All forward-looking statements reflect the Companya™s good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance. Furthermore, the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Companya™s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled aRisk Factorsa in the Companya™s final prospectus relating to the Companya™s initial public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2009, and other risks described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.