KKR Financial 10-Q 2017 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 10.1

KKR FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

555 CALIFORNIA STREET, 50TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

May 5, 2017

KKR Financial Holdings LLC

555 California Street, 50th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Management Agreement (as amended through the date hereof, the “Management Agreement”) dated as of May 4, 2007 among KKR Financial Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), KKR Financial Corp., a Maryland corporation, and KKR Financial Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement, as applicable.

By this letter the Manager hereby releases, relinquishes and forever discharges in full the Company from the payment of any Incentive Compensation due to the Manager pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Agreement for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017. The Manager and Company agree that this letter agreement shall have effect as of March 31, 2017.

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