KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc 8-K, filed Feb 3, 2022
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF)
8-K
2022-02-03
For: 2022-02-01
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About this 8-K
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc filed this 8-K on February 3, 2022, reporting on events of February 1, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 1, 2022
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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On February 1, 2022, the Board of Directors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Company”) elected Matthew Salem, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as a
director effective as of February 1, 2022. Mr. Salem will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Biographical information for Mr. Salem can be found in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2021 and is incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 7.01
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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On February 3, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the matters set forth in Item 5.02 above relating to Mr. Salem. A copy of the press release is furnished
as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
As provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 and the exhibit furnished hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.
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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Press Release dated February 3, 2022
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Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
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/s/ Vincent J. Napolitano
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Date: February 3, 2022
Exhibit 99.1
Matthew Salem Appointed to Board of Directors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
NEW YORK — KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Company” or “KREF”) (NYSE: KREF) announced that the Company’s Board of Directors elected Matthew Salem, the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as a director effective February 1, 2022. Mr. Salem will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Ralph Rosenberg, Global Head of KKR Real Estate and Chairman of KREF’s Board of Directors stated: “We are pleased to welcome Matt to the Board of Directors.
KREF has benefited significantly from Matt’s leadership since its inception, and we look forward to his added insight and perspective as he joins the Board.”
About Matt Salem
Matt Salem joined KKR in 2015 and is a Partner and Head of KKR Real Estate Credit, and Chief Executive Officer of KREF. He sits on KKR’s Real Estate Equity and
Credit Investment Committees.
Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Salem was a managing director at Rialto Capital Management. Before joining Rialto in 2012, he was a managing director and head of CMBS
trading at Goldman Sachs. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 2006, Mr. Salem held positions at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Alternative Investments where he invested in mezzanine debt and other high yield CRE credit on behalf of the Travelers
Insurance Companies. He began his career in 1996 at Midland Loan Services in Kansas City. Mr. Salem has a B.A. in Economics from Bates College. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council and as Chair of
the B-Piece Buyer Forum.
About KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. is a real estate finance company that focuses primarily on originating and acquiring senior loans secured by commercial real
estate properties. KREF is externally managed and advised by an affiliate of KKR & Co. Inc. For additional information about KREF, please visit its website at www.kkrreit.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters
that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of its future performance, taking into account all information currently available to it. These beliefs, assumptions and
expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to the Company or are within its control. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release or as of the date they are
made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law. Information about factors affecting the Company and the forward-looking statements is available in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at www.sec.gov.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Cara Major or Miles Radcliffe-Trenner
(212) 750-8300
Cara Major or Miles Radcliffe-Trenner
(212) 750-8300
media@kkr.com
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:
Jack Switala
Jack Switala
(212) 763-9048
kref-ir@kkr.com