KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Tax Treatment of 2025 Dividends

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (the “Company” or “KREF”) (NYSE: KREF) today announced the tax treatment of its 2025 common stock and 6.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) dividends. The following table summarizes KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock dividend payments for the tax year ended December 31, 2025:

Tax Treatment of 2025 Common Stock Dividends
Record Date		Payment Date		Cash Distribution		Adjustment		Total Distribution		Ordinary Dividends		Qualified Dividends		Capital Gain Dividends		Return of Capital		Section 199A Dividends
December 31, 2024		January 15, 2025		$0.25000		$0.00000		$0.25000		$0.15807		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.09193		$0.15807
March 31, 2025		April 15, 2025		$0.25000		$0.00000		$0.25000		$0.15807		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.09193		$0.15807
June 30, 2025		July 15, 2025		$0.25000		$0.00000		$0.25000		$0.15807		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.09193		$0.15807
September 30, 2025		October 15, 2025		$0.25000		$0.00000		$0.25000		$0.15807		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.09193		$0.15807
				$1.00000		$0.00000		$1.00000		$0.63228		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.36772		$0.63228
Tax Treatment of 2025 Series A Preferred Stock Dividends
Record Date		Payment Date		Cash Distribution		Adjustment		Dividend		Ordinary Dividends		Qualified Dividends		Capital Gain Dividends		Return of Capital		Section 199A Dividends
February 28, 2025		March 14, 2025		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.40625		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.40625
May 30, 2025		June 13, 2025		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.40625		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.40625
August 29, 2025		September 15, 2025		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.40625		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.40625
November 28, 2025		December 15, 2025		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.40625		$0.40625		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.40625
				$1.62500		$0.00000		$1.62500		$1.62500		$0.00000		$0.00000		$0.00000		$1.62500

About KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

KREF 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.

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