KKR & Co. L.P. (Form: 4, Received: 11/23/2011 17:32:31)
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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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 *

Janetschek William J
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

KKR & Co. L.P. [ KKR ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
__ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

C/O KKR & CO. L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 42ND FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

11/14/2011
(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)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ 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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
KKR Holdings L.P. Units   (2)   (2) 11/14/2011     G   (1) (3)       495000   (3)     (2)   (2) Common Units   (2) 495000   (3) $0   500000   (4) I   See footnote   (5)
KKR Holdings L.P. Units   (2)   (2)                    (2)   (2) Common Units   (2) 3750827     3750827   (4) D    

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  This Form 4 reflects a gift and certain transfers of KKR Holdings L.P. units for estate planning purposes involving a limited partnership (the "Partnership"), whose general partner (the "General Partner") is a limited liability company of which the Reporting Person is the sole member and investment manager and whose limited partner is a trust (the "Trust") of which the Reporting Person is not a trustee. The gift and transfers reflected in this Form 4 were exempt from reporting and/or matching pursuant to Rules 16a-13 and/or Rule 16b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
(2)  Pursuant to an exchange agreement as contemplated by KKR & Co. L.P.'s prospectus dated September 21, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2011, units of KKR Holdings L.P. are exchangeable for KKR Group Partnership Units (which term refers collectively to Class A partner interests in each of KKR Management Holdings L.P. and KKR Fund Holdings L.P.) on a one-for-one basis, and KKR Group Partnership Units are exchangeable for common units of KKR & Co. L.P. on a one-for-one basis. In this Form 4 filing and in future filings, the Title of Derivative Security will be listed as "KKR Holdings L.P. Units" in replacement of "KKR Group Partnership Units."
(3)  On November 14, 2011, for estate planning purposes, the Reporting Person made a gift of his limited partnership interests in the Partnership to the Trust. Following this gift, the Trust owns a 99% limited partnership interest in the Partnership. The General Partner holds a 1% general partnership interest in the Partnership. The number reported reflects the portion of units of KKR Holdings L.P. held by the Partnership that corresponds to the limited partnership interests held by the Trust.
(4)  On October 1, 2011, (i) the Reporting Person contributed 5,000 units of KKR Holdings L.P. from the Reporting Person's direct ownership to the General Partner, (ii) the General Partner contributed such 5,000 units of KKR Holdings L.P. to the Partnership in return for which the General Partner received a 1% general partnership interest and (iii) the Reporting Person contributed 495,000 units of KKR Holdings L.P. from the Reporting Person's direct ownership to the Partnership in return for which he received a 99% limited partnership interest. These contributions, which were exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 16a-13 under the Exchange Act, merely changed the form of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in such securities from direct to indirect and from one form of indirect to another form of indirect.
(5)  These units of KKR Holdings L.P. are held by the Partnership, and the number reported reflects the aggregate number of units of KKR Holdings L.P. held by the Partnership.

Remarks:
Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Exchange Act, the Reporting Person states that this filing shall not be an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any of the securities reported herein, and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Janetschek William J
C/O KKR & CO. L.P.
9 WEST 57TH STREET, 42ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10019


Chief Financial Officer

Signatures
/s/ David J. Sorkin, Attorney-in-Fact 11/23/2011
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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