U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, DC 20549 NOTICE OF EXEMPT SOLICITATION 1. Name of the Registrant: KKR FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LLC ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Name of the person relying on exemption: CTW INVESTMENT GROUP ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Address of the person relying on exemption: 1900 L STREET, NW, SUITE 900 WASHINGTON, DC 20036 ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Written materials. Attach written materials required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 14a6(g)(1): (CtW Investment Group logo) CtWInvGrp@CtWInvGrp 2h CtW Investment Group challeng KKR deal - #corpgov K.K.R.'s Acquisition of an Affiliate Encounters Opposition nytoim.ms/1ltwwM9 [The attachment mentioned in this tweet is an article from The New York Times dated April 21, 2014, which is available at http://dealbook.nytimes. com/2014/04/21/k-k-r-s-acquisition-of-an-affiliate-encounters-opposition/ ?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1&]