KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (Form: 4, Received: 09/10/2020 18:48:57)

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (Form: 4, Received: 09/10/2020 18:48:57)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^* KKR Group Partnership L.P.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. [ KREF ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/8/2020
(Street) NEW YORK, NY 10019 (City) (State) (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock								20000000	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock	9/8/2020		S		16090	D	$18.51 ⁽²⁾	1971869	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock	9/9/2020		S		16690	D	$18.51 ⁽³⁾	1955179	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾
Common Stock	9/10/2020		S		2623	D	$18.51 ⁽⁴⁾	1952556	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)*
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)			11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Represents 20,000,000 shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the "Issuer") held by KKR REFT Holdings L.P. continuously since the initial public offering of the Issuer. KKR REFT Holdings L.P. did not sell any shares reported in this Form 4. As described below, this Form 4 is being filed to report the sale of shares by a vehicle holding shares primarily for the benefit of a third party unaffiliated with KKR.
(2)	The price reported is a weighted average price per share of Common Stock of the Issuer sold by Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P., a vehicle holding shares primarily for the benefit of a third party unaffiliated with KKR. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $18.50 to $18.52, inclusive. The reporting persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
(3)	The price reported is a weighted average price per share of Common Stock of the Issuer sold by Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P., a vehicle holding shares primarily for the benefit of a third party unaffiliated with KKR. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $18.50 to $18.55, inclusive. The reporting persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
(4)	The price reported is a weighted average price per share of Common Stock of the Issuer sold by Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P., a vehicle holding shares primarily for the benefit of a third party unaffiliated with KKR. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $18.51 to $18.52, inclusive. The reporting persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
(5)	The general partner of KKR REFT Holdings L.P. is KKR REFT Holdings GP LLC, which is wholly owned by KKR REFT Asset Holdings LLC. KKR REFT Asset Holdings LLC is owned by KKR Group Partnership L.P. and KKR Financial Holdings LLC, whose common shares are wholly owned by KKR Group Partnership L.P. The general partner of KKR Group Partnership L.P. is KKR Group Holdings Corp.
(6)	Shares of Common Stock of the Issuer are held by Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P. The general partner of Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P. is Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP LLC, the sole member of which is KKR Tactical Value SPN L.P., the general partner of which is KKR Associates TV SPN L.P. The general partner of KKR Associates TV SPN L.P. is KKR TV SPN GP Limited, the sole shareholder of which is KKR Group Partnership L.P. The general partner of KKR Group Partnership L.P. is KKR Group Holdings Corp.
(7)	KKR & Co. Inc. is the sole shareholder of KKR Group Holdings Corp. KKR Management LLP is the Series I preferred stockholder of KKR & Co. Inc. Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts are the founding partners of KKR Management LLP.
(8)	Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed to be an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of any securities reported herein.

Remarks:
Because no more than 10 reporting persons can file any one Form 4 through the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system, certain affiliates of the Reporting Persons have filed a separate Form 4.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KKR Group Partnership L.P. C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
ROBERTS GEORGE R C/O KKR & CO. INC. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
KRAVIS HENRY R C/O KKR & CO. INC. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
KKR Management LLP C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
KKR & Co. Inc. C/O KKR & CO. INC. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
KKR Group Holdings Corp. C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X

Signatures
KKR GROUP PARTNERSHIP L.P. By: KKR Group Holdings Corp., general partner By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer		9/10/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
GEORGE R. ROBERTS By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact		9/10/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HENRY R. KRAVIS By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact		9/10/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
KKR MANAGEMENT LLP By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer		9/10/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
KKR & CO. INC. By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer		9/10/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
KKR GROUP HOLDINGS CORP. By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer		9/10/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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