CORRESP Filing
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Date: April 30, 2025 · CIK: 0001631596 · Accession: 0001140361-25-016657
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File numbers found in text: 333-226167
Letter
Re: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett llp
425 lexington avenue new york, ny 10017-3954
telephone: +1-212-455-2000 facsimile: +1-212-455-2502
Direct Dial Number +1-212-455-2948
E-mail Address jkaufman@stblaw.com
April 30, 2025
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Company”), we hereby submit a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) by direct electronic transmission for filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the sale by the Company of up to $750,000,000 of the following securities of the Company: (1) common stock; (2) preferred stock; (3) depositary shares, representing preferred stock; (4) debt securities; (5) warrants; (6) subscription rights; (7) purchase contracts; and (8) units.
Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the prospectus included in the Registration Statement is a combined prospectus which relates to (i) the Registration Statement and (ii) the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226167), which was declared effective on August 2, 2018, relating to among other things, an aggregate of 40,385,086 shares of common stock, of which 13,079,454 shares remain unsold, and may be resold from time to time by the selling stockholders named therein.
The filing fee in the amount of $114,825.00 for the securities covered by the Registration Statement has been deposited by wire transfer of same-day funds to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s account at U.S. Bank in St. Louis, Missouri on April 29, 2025, as required by Rule 111 of the Securities Act.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 455-2948 with any questions you may have regarding this filing.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Joseph H. Kaufman
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett llp 425 lexington avenue new york, ny 10017-3954 telephone: +1-212-455-2000 facsimile: +1-212-455-2502 Direct Dial Number +1-212-455-2948 E-mail Address jkaufman@stblaw.com April 30, 2025 Re: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 VIA EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Company”), we hereby submit a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) by direct electronic transmission for filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the sale by the Company of up to $750,000,000 of the following securities of the Company: (1) common stock; (2) preferred stock; (3) depositary shares, representing preferred stock; (4) debt securities; (5) warrants; (6) subscription rights; (7) purchase contracts; and (8) units. Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the prospectus included in the Registration Statement is a combined prospectus which relates to (i) the Registration Statement and (ii) the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226167), which was declared effective on August 2, 2018, relating to among other things, an aggregate of 40,385,086 shares of common stock, of which 13,079,454 shares remain unsold, and may be resold from time to time by the selling stockholders named therein. The filing fee in the amount of $114,825.00 for the securities covered by the Registration Statement has been deposited by wire transfer of same-day funds to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s account at U.S. Bank in St. Louis, Missouri on April 29, 2025, as required by Rule 111 of the Securities Act. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 455-2948 with any questions you may have regarding this filing. Very truly yours, /s/ Joseph H. Kaufman Joseph H. Kaufman BEIJING BRUSSELS HONG KONG HOUSTON LONDON LOS ANGELES PALO ALTO SÃO PAULO TOKYO WASHINGTON, D.C.