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
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Payment Date
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Cash
Distribution
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Adjustment
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Total Distribution
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Ordinary
Dividends
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Qualified
Dividends
| |
Capital Gain
Dividends
| |
Return of
Capital
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Section 199A
Dividends
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December 31, 2024
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January 15, 2025
| | $0.25000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.25000 | | $0.15807 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.09193 | | $0.15807 |
March 31, 2025
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April 15, 2025
| | $0.25000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.25000 | | $0.15807 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.09193 | | $0.15807 |
June 30, 2025
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July 15, 2025
| | $0.25000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.25000 | | $0.15807 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.09193 | | $0.15807 |
September 30, 2025
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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 |
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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
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March 14, 2025
| | $0.40625 | | $0.00000 | | $0.40625 | | $0.40625 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.40625 |
May 30, 2025
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June 13, 2025
| | $0.40625 | | $0.00000 | | $0.40625 | | $0.40625 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.40625 |
August 29, 2025
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September 15, 2025
| | $0.40625 | | $0.00000 | | $0.40625 | | $0.40625 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.00000 | | $0.40625 |
November 28, 2025
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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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