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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-020738"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KREF"
cik: "0001631596"
company_name: "KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T09:02:43.407826+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Announces 2023 Annual Meeting Voting Results

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected, including Terrance R. Ahern, Irene M. Esteves, Jonathan A. Langer, Christen E.J. Lee, Paula Madoff, Deborah H. McAneny, Ralph F. Rosenberg, and Matthew A. Salem.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 approved with 57,742,329 votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 45,472,631 votes for, 1,561,265 against.
- Broker non-votes reported on director elections and executive compensation: 10,970,613.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-020738
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KREF
- cik: 0001631596
- company_name: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631596/000114036123020738/0001140361-23-020738-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631596/000114036123020738/brhc20052043_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The compensation of the named executive officers of the Company was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631596/000114036123020738/0001140361-23-020738-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors The following eight individuals were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631596/000114036123020738/0001140361-23-020738-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-21
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023 The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1631596/000114036123020738/0001140361-23-020738-index.htm

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