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iStar Financial Declares Preferred Stock Dividends

* Thursday February 19, 2009, 7:00 am EST

* iStar Financial Inc.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE: SFI - News), a leading publicly traded finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has declared dividends on the Company's Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G, and Series I Preferred Stock. For all five series of Preferred Stock, dividends are payable on March 16, 2009 to holders of record on March 2, 2009.

A dividend of $0.50 per share will be paid on the 8.00% Series D Preferred Stock; a dividend of $0.492188 per share will be paid on the 7.875% Series E Preferred Stock; a dividend of $0.4875 per share will be paid on the 7.80% Series F Preferred Stock; a dividend of $0.478125 per share will be paid on the 7.65% Series G Preferred Stock; and a dividend of $0.46875 per share will be paid on the 7.50% Series I Preferred Stock.