COTY INC. (Form: 3, Received: 06/12/2020 16:51:10)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 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. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/2/2020

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

COTY INC. [COTY]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___X___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10019

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)*
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Series B Preferred Stock	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Class A Common Stock	160256400 ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	$6.24 ⁽²⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	The Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series B Preferred Stock") of Coty Inc. (the "Issuer") is convertible into shares of Class A common stock, par value of $0.01 per share, of the Issuer (the "Class A Common Stock") at any time at the option of the holders thereof and has no stated maturity. The Series B Preferred Stock will remain outstanding indefinitely unless converted, repurchased or redeemed by the Issuer. The Issuer may mandatorily convert any or all of the Series B Preferred Stock into Class A Common Stock at any time after the three-year anniversary of the issuance, if certain conditions are met.
(2)	Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into (i) a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the sum of the liquidation preference and any accrued dividends with respect to such share of Series B Preferred Stock as of the applicable conversion date divided by (B) the conversion price as of the applicable conversion date plus (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares, subject to any limitations imposed by the change of control provision under New York Stock Exchange Rule 312.03(d) unless the Issuer has obtained prior stockholder approval, and if such approval has not been obtained, the Issuer will deliver cash in lieu of any shares of Class A Common Stock not deliverable. The initial conversion price is a dollar amount equal to $1,000 divided by the initial conversion rate of 160.2564, or approximately $6.24 per share, and is subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.
(3)	The 1,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock reported herein have an initial liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per share. The Series B Preferred Stock has a dividend rate of 9.0% per annum, accruing daily and payable quarterly in arrears, which shall increase by 1.0% on the seven year anniversary of the issuance date and shall increase by an additional 1.0% on each subsequent anniversary up to a maximum of 12.0%, which dividends will be payable in cash, by increasing the amount of accrued dividends with respect to a share of Series B Preferred Stock, or any combination thereof, at the sole discretion of the Issuer.
(4)	The securities reported herein are held by KKR Rainbow Aggregator L.P. KKR Rainbow Aggregator GP LLC is the general partner of KKR Rainbow Aggregator L.P. KKR European Fund V (USD) SCSp is the sole member of KKR Rainbow Aggregator GP LLC. KKR Associates Europe V SCSp is the general partner of KKR European Fund V (USD) SCSp. KKR Europe V S.a r.l.is the general partner of KKR Associates Europe V SCSp. KKR Europe V Holdings Limited is the sole shareholder of KKR Europe V S.a r.l. KKR Group Partnership L.P. is the sole member of KKR Europe V Holdings Limited. KKR Group Holdings Corp. is the general partner of KKR Group Partnership L.P. 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. Messrs. Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts are the founding partners of KKR Management LLP.
(5)	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 3 through the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system, certain affiliates of the Reporting Persons have filed a separate Form 3.Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Powers of Attorney

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
KKR Group Holdings Corp. C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
KKR & Co. Inc. C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 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
KRAVIS HENRY R C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200 NEW YORK, NY 10019		X
ROBERTS GEORGE R C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200 MENLO PARK, CA 94025		X

Signatures
KKR GROUP PARTNERSHIP L.P. By: KKR Group Holdings Corp., its general partner By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer		6/12/2020
^**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		6/12/2020
^**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		6/12/2020
^**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		6/12/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
HENRY R. KRAVIS By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact		6/12/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
GEORGE R. ROBERTS By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact		6/12/2020
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents that Henry R. Kravis does hereby make, constitute and appoint William J. Janetschek, David J. Sorkin, Terence Gallagher, and Christopher B. Lee, or any one of them, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with full powers of substitution and revocation, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned (both in the undersigned’s individual capacity and as a manager or member of any limited liability company, as a partner of any partnership, as an officer of any corporate or other entity, or in the undersigned’s capacity in a position similar to the foregoing at any entity, in each case, for which the undersigned is otherwise authorized to sign), to execute and deliver such forms, schedules, statements and other documents as may be required to be filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to: (i) Sections 13(d), 13(g), 13(f), 13(h) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 13F, Form 13H, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 and (ii) in connection with any applications for EDGAR access codes, including without limitation the Form ID.

	/s/ Henry R. Kravis
	Name: Henry R. Kravis

Date: May 28, 2014

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents that George R. Roberts does hereby make, constitute and appoint William J. Janetschek, David J. Sorkin, Terence Gallagher, and Christopher B. Lee, or any one of them, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with full powers of substitution and revocation, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned (both in the undersigned’s individual capacity and as a manager or member of any limited liability company, as a partner of any partnership, as an officer of any corporate or other entity, or in the undersigned’s capacity in a position similar to the foregoing at any entity, in each case, for which the undersigned is otherwise authorized to sign), to execute and deliver such forms, schedules, statements and other documents as may be required to be filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to: (i) Sections 13(d), 13(g), 13(f), 13(h) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 13F, Form 13H, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 and (ii) in connection with any applications for EDGAR access codes, including without limitation the Form ID.

	/s/ George R. Roberts
	Name: George R. Roberts

Date: May 28, 2014

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all men by these presents that Robert H. Lewin does hereby make, constitute and appoint David J. Sorkin, Terence P. Gallagher, and Christopher Lee, or any one of them, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with full powers of substitution and revocation, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned (both in the undersigned’s individual capacity and as a manager or member of any limited liability company, as a partner of any partnership, as an officer of any corporate or other entity, or in the undersigned’s capacity in a position similar to the foregoing at any entity, in each case, for which the undersigned is otherwise authorized to sign), to execute and deliver such forms, schedules, statements and other documents as may be required to be filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to: (i) Sections 13(d), 13(g), 13(f), 13(h) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 13F, Form 13H, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 and (ii) in connection with any applications for EDGAR access codes, including without limitation the Form ID.

	/s/ Robert H. Lewin
	Name: Robert H. Lewin

Date: January 14, 2020

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