Washington, D.C. 20549
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 13G
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), each of the persons listed below under Item 2 (each a “Reporting Person,” and collectively the “Reporting Persons”), have agreed to file one statement with respect to their beneficial ownership of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Issuer”).
Item 1.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
| (b) | Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: |
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200, New York, NY 10019
Item 2.
| (a) | Name of Person Filing: |
KKR REFT Holdings L.P.
KKR REFT Holdings GP LLC (“KKR REFT Holdings GP”)
KKR REFT Asset Holdings LLC ("KKR REFT Asset Holdings")
KKR Financial Holdings LLC (“KKR Financial Holdings”)
Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P. (“Tactical Value SPN-KREF”)
Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP LLC (“Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP”)
KKR Tactical Value SPN L.P. (“KKR Tactical Value SPN”)
KKR Associates TV SPN L.P. (“KKR Associates TV SPN”)
KKR TV SPN GP Limited (“KKR TV SPN GP”)
KKR Management Holdings L.P. (“KKR Management Holdings”)
KKR Management Holdings Corp.
KKR Fund Holdings L.P. (“KKR Fund Holdings”)
KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited (“KKR Fund Holdings GP”)
KKR Group Holdings L.P. (“KKR Group Holdings”)
KKR Group Limited (“KKR Group”)
KKR & Co. L.P. (“KKR & Co.”)
KKR Management LLC (“KKR Management”)
Henry R. Kravis
| (b) | Address of Principal Business Office, or, if none, Residence: |
The principal business office for all persons filing (other than George R. Roberts) is:
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, NY 10019
The principal business office for George R. Roberts is:
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200
See Item 4 of each cover page.
| (d) | Title of Class of Securities: |
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Item 3.
Not applicable.
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: |
The ownership percentages set forth below are based on 53,685,440 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 4, 2017, as reported in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2017.
KKR REFT Holdings L.P. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, which represents 37.3% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Each of KKR REFT Holdings GP (as the general partner of KKR REFT Holdings L.P.); KKR REFT Asset Holdings (as the sole owner of KKR REFT Holdings GP); KKR Financial Holdings (as an owner of KKR REFT Asset Holdings); KKR Fund Holdings (as an owner of KKR REFT Asset Holdings and as the sole owner of the common shares of KKR Financial Holdings); and KKR Fund Holdings GP (as a general partner of KKR Fund Holdings) may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by KKR REFT Holdings L.P., but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
Tactical Value SPN-KREF may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 3,758,616 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, which represents 7.0% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Each of Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP (as the general partner of Tactical Value SPN-KREF); KKR Tactical Value SPN (as the sole member of Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP); KKR Associates TV SPN (as the general partner of KKR Tactical Value SPN); KKR TV SPN GP (as the general partner of KKR Associates TV SPN); KKR Management Holdings (as the sole shareholder of KKR TV SPN GP); and KKR Management Holdings Corp. (as the general partner of KKR Management Holdings) may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Tactical Value SPN-KREF, but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
Each of KKR Group Holdings (as a general partner of KKR Fund Holdings, the sole shareholder of KKR Fund Holdings GP and the sole shareholder of KKR Management Holdings Corp.); KKR Group (as the general partner of KKR Group Holdings); KKR & Co. (as the sole shareholder of KKR Group); KKR Management (as the general partner of KKR & Co.) and Messrs. Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts (as the designated members of KKR Management) may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by KKR REFT Holdings L.P. and Tactical Value SPN-KREF, for an aggregate of 23,758,616 shares, or 44.3%, but each disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.
See Item 4(a) above.
| (c) | Number of shares as to which the person has: |
| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote |
See Item 5 of each cover page.
| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote |
See Item 6 of each cover page.
| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
See Item 7 of each cover page.
| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
See Item 8 of each cover page.
Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. |
See Item 4 above. To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no one other than the Reporting Persons and the partners, members, affiliates and shareholders of the Reporting Persons has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, shares of Common Stock.
Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. |
Not applicable.
Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group. |
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: February 13, 2018
| KKR REFT HOLDINGS L.P. |
| By: KKR REFT Holdings GP LLC, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer |
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| KKR REFT HOLDINGS GP LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer |
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| KKR REFT ASSET HOLDINGS LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President |
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| KKR FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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| TACTICAL VALUE SPN-KREF HOLDINGS L.P. |
| By: Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP LLC, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Vice President |
| TACTICAL VALUE SPN-SPV GP LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Vice President |
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| KKR TACTICAL VALUE SPN L.P. |
| By: KKR Associates TV SPN L.P., its general partner |
| By: KKR TV SPN GP Limited, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
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| KKR ASSOCIATES TV SPN L.P. |
| By: KKR TV SPN GP Limited, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
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| KKR TV SPN GP LIMITED |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
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| KKR MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS L.P. |
| By: KKR Management Holdings Corp., its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer |
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| KKR MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS CORP. |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer |
| KKR FUND HOLDINGS L.P. |
| By: KKR Group Holdings L.P., a general partner |
| By: KKR Group Limited, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
| KKR FUND HOLDINGS GP LIMITED |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
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| KKR GROUP HOLDINGS L.P. |
| By: KKR Group Limited, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
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| KKR GROUP LIMITED |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director |
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| KKR & CO. L.P. |
| By: KKR Management LLC, its general partner |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer |
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| KKR MANAGEMENT LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Chief Financial Officer |
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| HENRY R. KRAVIS |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
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| GEORGE R. ROBERTS |
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| By: | /s/ Terence P. Gallagher |
| Name: | Terence P. Gallagher |
| Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
EXHIBITS
| | Title |
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| | Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2018, as required by Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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| | Power of Attorneys granted by Henry R. Kravis, George R. Roberts and William J. Janetschek |