0001140361-19-011100.txt : 20190617 0001140361-19-011100.hdr.sgml : 20190617 20190617060302 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-19-011100 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190614 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20190617 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190617 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001631596 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 472009094 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38082 FILM NUMBER: 19900297 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 4200 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 750-8300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9 WEST 57TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 4200 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 8-K 1 form8k.htm 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 14, 2019


KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Maryland
001-38082
47-2009094
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200, New York, New York 10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 750-8300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
  
Trading symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
  
KREF
  
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company
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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On June 14, 2019, the Board of Directors of KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Company”) authorized a one-year extension of the Company’s share repurchase program that had previously been announced on May 9, 2018 and was scheduled to expire on June 30, 2019.  Under the extended program, the Company may repurchase up to $100.0 million of its common stock during the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Of this total authorized amount, up to $50.0 million may be repurchased under a pre-set trading plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and provide for repurchases of common stock when the market price per share is below book value per share (calculated in accordance with GAAP as of end of the most recent quarterly period for which financial statements are available), and the remaining $50.0 million may be used for repurchases in the open market, pursuant to pre-set trading plans meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.

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 authorized.

 
KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Christen E.J. Lee
   
Name:
Christen E.J. Lee
   
Title:
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President

Date: June 17, 2019