SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- KKR Financial
Holdings LLC (NYSE: KFN) (the "Company") announced today that it
will be holding a special meeting of common shareholders on
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 in
connection with the Company's proposed merger with KKR & Co.
L.P. and its affiliates. The meeting will be held at
9:00 a.m. PDT at the Bently Reserve,
Gateway Room, located at 301 Battery Street in San Francisco, California.
Holders of record of the Company's common shares as of the close
of business on February 26, 2014 are
entitled to attend and vote at the meeting.
The Company has commenced distribution of the related proxy
statement/prospectus. It may also be found at
http://ir.kkr.com/kkr_ir/kkr_sec.cfm.
For questions or assistance regarding voting your KFN common
shares, please contact the Company's proxy solicitor, Innisfree
M&A Incorporated, toll-free at (888) 750-5834 or at +1 (212)
750-5833.
About KKR Financial Holdings LLC
KKR Financial Holdings LLC is a specialty finance company with
expertise in a range of asset classes. KFN's core business strategy
is to leverage the proprietary resources of its manager with the
objective of generating both current income and capital
appreciation. KFN executes its core business strategy through its
majority-owned subsidiaries. KFN is externally managed by KKR
Financial Advisors LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR Asset
Management LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. Additional information regarding KFN
is available at http://www.kkr.com.
Additional Information for KFN Common Shareholders
In connection with the proposed transaction, KKR has filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 that includes a proxy
statement of KFN and that also constitutes a prospectus of KKR. KKR
and KFN also plan to file other relevant materials with the SEC.
Shareholders of KFN are urged to read the proxy
statement/prospectus contained in the Registration Statement and
other relevant materials because these materials contain important
information about the proposed transaction. These materials will be
made available to the shareholders of KFN at no expense to them.
The Registration Statement and other relevant materials, including
any documents incorporated by reference therein, may be obtained
free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or for free from
KKR at http://ir.kkr.com/ or by emailing kfn.ir@kkr.com. You may
also read and copy any reports, statements and other information
filed by KKR with the SEC at the SEC public reference room at 100 F
Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington,
D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) 732-0330 or visit
the SEC's website for further information or its public reference
room.
KKR, KFN and their respective directors, executive officers and
employees may be deemed, under SEC rules, to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies from KFN's common shareholders in respect
of the proposed transaction. Information regarding KFN's
directors and executive officers is available in the Company's
proxy statement for its 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, filed
with the SEC on March 18, 2013. Information regarding KKR's
directors and executive officers is available in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed in connection with the proposed
transactions. These documents may be obtained free of charge
from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and the Company's website at
http://ir.kkr.com/kfn_ir/kfn_sec.cfm.
This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be
any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
No offering of securities shall be made, except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Investor Relations:
Pam
Testani Tholen
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Tel: +1 (855) 374-5411 (US) / +1 (415) 315-3633
kfn.ir@kkr.com
Media Relations:
Kristi Huller
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Tel: +1 (212) 750-8300
media@kkr.com
Innisfree M&A Incorporated (Proxy
Solicitation):
Arthur Crozier
or Scott Winter
Tel: +1 (212) 750-5833
SOURCE KKR Financial Holdings LLC