KFN Kkr Financial Holdings Llc

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KKR Financial Corp. (NYSE:KFN) announced today that it has filed a Post-Effective Amendment to withdraw its shelf Registration Statement on Form S-11 ("Registration Statement") relating to the resale from time to time by certain of its stockholders of up to 43,509,002 shares of its common stock that was originally filed on September 6, 2005. Upon the withdrawal of the Registration Statement, no shares will be registered for sale on behalf of any selling stockholders and no shares may be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted pursuant to the Registration Statement, nor may the related prospectus or any prospectus supplement be used for any purpose. KKR Financial Corp. is a specialty finance company that invests in multiple asset classes and uses leverage to generate competitive leveraged risk-adjusted returns. KKR Financial Corp. currently makes investments in the following asset classes: (i) residential mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities; (ii) corporate loans and debt securities; (iii) commercial real estate loans and debt securities; (iv) asset-backed securities; and (v) marketable and non-marketable equity securities. KKR Financial Corp. also makes opportunistic investments in other asset classes from time to time. KKR Financial Corp. was organized as a Maryland corporation on July 7, 2004, and commenced operations on August 12, 2004. KKR Financial Corp. is structured as a real estate investment trust and KKR Financial Advisors LLC manages KKR Financial Corp. pursuant to a management agreement. KKR Financial Corp. and KKR Financial Advisors LLC are affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. For more information about KKR Financial Corp. or a copy of this press release visit its website at http://www.kkrfinancial.com/ . Investors: Laurie Poggi KKR Financial (415) 315-3718 Media: Roanne Kulakoff/Joseph Kuo/Molly Morse Kekst and Company (212) 521-4837/4863/4826 DATASOURCE: KKR Financial Corp. CONTACT: investors, Laurie Poggi of KKR Financial, +1-415-315-3718; or media, Roanne Kulakoff, +1-212-521-4837, or Joseph Kuo, +1-212-521-4863, or Molly Morse, +1-212-521-4826, all of Kekst and Company, for KKR Financial Web site: http://www.kkrfinancial.com/

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