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KKR & Co.

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KKR & Co. (KKR) Economic Moat Analysis50

Competitive advantages, dated evidence and erosion risks.

Narrow economic moat

KKR has a narrow moat from long-duration fund relationships and contractual fee bases that, for certain private equity funds, are insulated from underlying valuation changes. Growing management fees and fundraising demonstrate demand, but do not establish premium pricing or superior investment returns. Actual redemptions, later-life fee reductions and customers' competing relationships limit the advantage. Reputation and sourcing capabilities remain plausible additional advantages rather than demonstrated moats.

Switching costs

Long-duration drawdown funds and continuing contractual management fees create friction in reallocating existing investor capital. Certain private equity fee bases depend on commitments or invested capital rather than market value, protecting fee continuity within those vehicles.

Durability
Private equity fund terms typically span 10–12 years and drawdown credit funds generally span 8–10 years, potentially longer. This supports multiyear continuity, without guaranteeing successor fundraising or equivalent protection across all products.
Competitors
Comparison not established
Erosion risks
Fees can shift to invested capital and lower rates after investment periods. Some vehicles permit redemptions or short-notice termination; actual redemptions occurred in every disclosed investment business. Customers can use competing firms simultaneously.
What would invalidate the thesis
The assessment would fail if long-duration contractual fee bases ceased to be material, termination or redemption rights materially shortened their effective duration, or persistent fundraising weakness and fee-base runoff overwhelmed continuing fees.
Evidence (6) · Counterevidence (4)

Changes since the previous analysis

  • Retained the narrow verdict, with current contractual fee-base disclosures supporting the existing-vehicle advantage.
  • Added demonstrated fundraising growth and actual redemptions; retention is no longer discussed as though redemption outcomes were absent.
  • Raised execution from 2 to 3 based on current management-fee growth, fundraising and realized performance income, without treating those outcomes as comparative investment returns.
  • Removed reliance on historical realization proceeds and the prior analysis's unsupported sourcing explanation.
  • Added the financial-services assessments using current corporate cash, equity, commitments, compensation and subsidiary-risk disclosures.
  • Incorporated the failed quorum for the supermajority amendment; future governance changes remain uncredited as completed reforms.

Evidence limitations

  • The supplied passages are issuer disclosures. Contractual terms and reported outcomes support bounded conclusions; competitive superiority and exceptional durability are unproven.
  • No named entity is established as a competitor in the supplied competition passages. Named shareholders, affiliates and transaction counterparties are not treated as competitors.
  • Fundraising includes aggregate new capital and does not identify repeat investors, renewal rates or organic growth separately from other effects.
  • Management-fee growth does not isolate fee rates from asset growth or mix. Premium pricing and unilateral repricing authority are not demonstrated.
  • Current corporate debt balances, maturity schedules, undrawn facility amounts and applicable broker-dealer net-capital measures are absent. The older February 2025 filing is outside the 550-day window for establishing current financial grades.
  • GAAP common equity and non-GAAP book value are not eligible regulatory capital. Insurance subsidiary cash, statutory capital and policyholder assets are not freely available parent funding.
  • No comparable return-on-capital series or sufficient acquisition outcome evidence is supplied. Governance changes after the latest disclosures cannot be assumed completed.

Financial indicators to test against the thesis

Calculated from annual filings. Missing data remains unavailable. Detailed financial charts remain in the other topics.

Financial indicators to test against the thesis
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Pricing power50

  • Pricing outcomes

    KKR earns contractual fees, with management fees increasing in the reported periods. However, disclosed terms include potential lower rates and a shift from committed to invested capital. These support mixed pricing economics; aggregate growth does not prove higher realized fee rates.

  • Customer demand

    Assessed indirectly from long fund terms, continuing fees and new fundraising. Six-month new capital raised increased to $62.075 billion, while disclosed redemptions totaled $4.838 billion across the three investment businesses. These figures do not establish repeat-investor retention rates.

  • Margin resilience

    Asset-management fee-related earnings grew faster than their disclosed revenue components, but performance revenues increased sharply and their classification changed. GAAP asset-management and strategic-holdings operating spreads improved, while insurance expenses exceeded revenues in both comparable quarters and six-month periods. Resilience is mixed and cannot be attributed solely to pricing.

  • Pricing freedom

    Consulting fees are separately negotiated and other fees follow governing agreements. This establishes some ability to negotiate terms, alongside contractual limitations and potential later-life rate reductions; unilateral repricing is not established.

Management56

  • Capital discipline

    Actual repurchases and award retirements used $352 million through July 24, 2026, alongside profitable operations and $5.314 billion of adjusted corporate cash and short-term investments. Offsetting considerations include $11.1 billion of unfunded investment commitments, rising adjusted shares and substantial conditional equity grants.

  • Incentive alignment

    Granted awards have stock-price, lengthy service and transfer restrictions, and directors and officers have disclosed beneficial ownership. Beneficial ownership can differ from economic interest, while the 80% carry-pool allocation for newer funds creates a significant compensation claim on investment economics. Grants are not assumed vested.

  • Execution

    Current operating evidence demonstrates strong execution: six-month management fees rose from $1.913 billion to $2.442 billion, new capital raised increased, and realized performance income rose from $766.770 million to $1.603 billion. These are indirect evidence of management capability, without establishing superior fund returns or successful acquisition integration.

  • Governance

    Independent audit and risk oversight, broad independent valuation engagement and approval requirements provide safeguards. Controlling preferred-stock voting power and the absence of a compensation committee constrain accountability. The supermajority amendment was not submitted to a vote for lack of quorum, and future governance arrangements are not credited as implemented.

Sources and methodology

Current publication · Updated 20/10/2026 · Version 10

AI interpretation based on checked source excerpts. Issuer assertions and evidence limitations remain explicit.

Policy quality-scores-3: six equally weighted categories. The overall score requires full coverage. Missing inputs are not zero. Qualitative grades are sourced interpretations, not probabilities. 5/6 · 31/10/2026

Moat50

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

structural advantage · 2/4 · Long fund terms and contractual commitment-based fee bases establish a bounded switching-friction advantage. Its competitive distinctiveness and share of total economics are not quantified.

durability · 2/4 · Multiyear terms and fees continuing beyond investment periods support persistence within vehicles. Later-life fee reductions and redemption rights prevent a stronger durability conclusion.

customer dependency · 2/4 · Investors face contractual continuity within long-lived funds, but customers maintain competing relationships and actual redemptions demonstrate that dependency is incomplete.

erosion resilience · 2/4 · Management fees and new capital raised increased despite disclosed redemptions. This demonstrates current resilience, while fee-base transitions and nonexclusive relationships leave the franchise exposed to erosion.

Pricing power50

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

realized pricing · 2/4 · KKR earns contractual fees, with management fees increasing in the reported periods. However, disclosed terms include potential lower rates and a shift from committed to invested capital. These support mixed pricing economics; aggregate growth does not prove higher realized fee rates.

retention · 2/4 · Assessed indirectly from long fund terms, continuing fees and new fundraising. Six-month new capital raised increased to $62.075 billion, while disclosed redemptions totaled $4.838 billion across the three investment businesses. These figures do not establish repeat-investor retention rates.

margin resilience · 2/4 · Asset-management fee-related earnings grew faster than their disclosed revenue components, but performance revenues increased sharply and their classification changed. GAAP asset-management and strategic-holdings operating spreads improved, while insurance expenses exceeded revenues in both comparable quarters and six-month periods. Resilience is mixed and cannot be attributed solely to pricing.

contractual freedom · 2/4 · Consulting fees are separately negotiated and other fees follow governing agreements. This establishes some ability to negotiate terms, alongside contractual limitations and potential later-life rate reductions; unilateral repricing is not established.

Predictability39

Financial-sector stability over 5 consecutive reported annual periods: equal weights for nondeclining revenue frequency, revenue-growth volatility (5–40pp), positive consolidated earnings frequency, and net-income/revenue margin volatility (3–20pp). Uses reported accounting scope; not industrial FCF or a growth forecast.

Nondeclining revenue years (%)
50.00
Revenue growth volatility (pp)
81.11
positiveEarningsShare
80.00
netMarginStdDev
15.36
observedAnnualPeriods
5.00

Financial strength50

Qualitative financial_services assessment: equal-weight average of four current evidence-backed grades (0–4), scaled to 100. Policy financial-services-1; not an industrial ratio score or credit rating.

capital adequacy · 2/4 · A bounded qualitative assessment is supported by $28.504 billion of GAAP common equity, $34.471 billion of adjusted book value and disclosed insurance-subsidiary compliance with intervention minimums. These are distinct accounting and regulatory scopes. Exact subsidiary RBC and BSCR ratios, current corporate borrowing totals and broker-dealer capital measures are absent; substantial commitments and Commonwealth's distribution restriction limit the conclusion.

liquidity funding · 2/4 · The corporate cash reconciliation identifies $5.314 billion of cash and short-term investments after consolidation adjustments, rather than using gross fund or insurance cash. Against this stand $11.1 billion of unfunded investment commitments, $0.6 billion of capital-markets commitments and some accrued carry unavailable for distribution. Funding dates and current undrawn facilities are missing, so these amounts do not establish an immediate shortfall or strong coverage.

asset liability risk · 2/4 · Insurance mortgage disclosures show substantial collateral coverage and 97% of residential mortgages current, alongside actual delinquencies. Modeled interest-rate sensitivity and obligations to fund vehicle losses or provide liquidity establish additional exposures. The sensitivity is a scenario estimate, not a realized loss; complete asset-liability matching and reinsurance recoverability evidence is absent.

earnings resilience · 2/4 · GAAP common-stockholder earnings and operating earnings increased, supported by management-fee growth. However, GAAP pretax income declined, investment income fell substantially and insurance expenses continued to exceed revenues. The supplied periods show mixed resilience rather than demonstrated stability through a full market cycle.

Capital allocation—

Insufficient current sector evidence for every criterion; no category score is inferred.

capital efficiency · — · Current earnings and ending equity are disclosed, but comparable average capital, scope-consistent returns and sufficient investment-cost information are absent. Earnings growth alone does not establish capital efficiency.

distributions and buffers · 2/4 · Actual repurchases and award retirements occurred alongside positive common earnings and an identifiable corporate cash buffer. Adjusted shares nevertheless increased, unfunded commitments remain substantial and Commonwealth distributions require approval. Available evidence supports a mixed assessment without establishing comprehensive payout coverage.

dilution and cost · 2/4 · Repurchases offset some issuance, but adjusted shares rose from 901.075 million to 923.732 million between year-end and June. The reconciliation reports material equity-compensation costs and higher net interest expense. Additional conditional awards and mandatory preferred conversion create further disclosed dilution exposure; their full issuance is not assumed.

investment discipline · 2/4 · Realized performance income and net realized investment income demonstrate monetization outcomes, while $11.1 billion of unfunded commitments and loss-funding obligations require continuing capital discipline. Some accrued carry remains unavailable in cash. These support a mixed assessment; acquisition returns and scope-consistent invested-capital returns are not established.

Management56

Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.

capital discipline · 2/4 · Actual repurchases and award retirements used $352 million through July 24, 2026, alongside profitable operations and $5.314 billion of adjusted corporate cash and short-term investments. Offsetting considerations include $11.1 billion of unfunded investment commitments, rising adjusted shares and substantial conditional equity grants.

incentive alignment · 2/4 · Granted awards have stock-price, lengthy service and transfer restrictions, and directors and officers have disclosed beneficial ownership. Beneficial ownership can differ from economic interest, while the 80% carry-pool allocation for newer funds creates a significant compensation claim on investment economics. Grants are not assumed vested.

execution · 3/4 · Current operating evidence demonstrates strong execution: six-month management fees rose from $1.913 billion to $2.442 billion, new capital raised increased, and realized performance income rose from $766.770 million to $1.603 billion. These are indirect evidence of management capability, without establishing superior fund returns or successful acquisition integration.

governance · 2/4 · Independent audit and risk oversight, broad independent valuation engagement and approval requirements provide safeguards. Controlling preferred-stock voting power and the absence of a compensation committee constrain accountability. The supermajority amendment was not submitted to a vote for lack of quorum, and future governance arrangements are not credited as implemented.

Evidence

•The terms of our drawdown private equity funds are typically 10 to 12 years from the date of the fund's first or last

2025 Form 10-K, business: drawdown private equity fund terms · Filed 27/02/2026

investment, subject to a limited number of extensions with the consent of the limited partners.

2025 Form 10-K, business: fund extensions require limited-partner consent · Filed 27/02/2026

•The term of our drawdown credit funds generally lasts for 8 to 10 years and may last up to 12 years.

2025 Form 10-K, business: drawdown credit fund terms · Filed 27/02/2026

While we generally target customers with whom we have existing relationships, those customers may have similar relationships with the firm's competitors, many of whom will have access to competing securities transactions, greater financial, technical or marketing resources, or more established reputations than us.

2025 Form 10-K, competition: competing customer relationships and resources · Filed 27/02/2026

Consulting fees are separately negotiated with each company for which services are provided.

2025 Form 10-K, business: separately negotiated consulting fees · Filed 27/02/2026

316 Table of Contents Compensation Committee Report Our Board of Directors does not have a compensation committee.

2025 Form 10-K, compensation committee report · Filed 27/02/2026

Regulatory action is triggered beginning at 200% RBC and below.

2025 Form 10-K, Note 25: U.S. insurance RBC intervention threshold · Filed 27/02/2026

at or above a BSCR ratio of at least 120%.

2025 Form 10-K, Note 25: Bermuda BSCR expectation · Filed 27/02/2026

Each of our Global Atlantic insurance companies exceeded the minimum requirements that would trigger regulatory

2025 Form 10-K, Note 25: insurance subsidiaries exceeded intervention minimums · Filed 27/02/2026

(“Commonwealth”). Commonwealth has negative unassigned surplus, and while it remains so, Commonwealth must obtain

2025 Form 10-K, Note 25: Commonwealth negative unassigned surplus · Filed 27/02/2026

written approval from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance prior to the payment of any dividend or distribution.

2025 Form 10-K, Note 25: prior approval for Commonwealth distributions · Filed 27/02/2026

December 31, 2025 December 31, 2024 Hypothetical Change(1) Hypothetical Change(1) ($ in thousands) +50 Basis Points -50 Basis Points +50 Basis Points -50 Basis Points Total Estimated Net income and Shareholders’ Equity Excluding AOCI Sensitivity (Point in Time) $306,814 $(320,746) $217,630 $(227,213) Total Estimated Net Income and Shareholders’ Equity Excluding

2025 Form 10-K, market risk: modeled insurance interest-rate sensitivities · Filed 27/02/2026

underlying collateral. As of both June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, approximately 89% of the commercial mortgage loans 164 Table of Contents have a loan-to-value ratio of 70% or less, and as of both June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, 2% have loan-to-value ratio over 90%, respectively.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, insurance commercial mortgage collateral · Filed 06/08/2026

As of June 30, 2026, the payment status of 97% of the residential mortgage loan portfolio is current, and approximately

June 2026 Form 10-Q, insurance residential mortgage current-payment share · Filed 06/08/2026

$217.3 million is 90 days or more past due or in process of foreclosure (representing 1% of the total residential mortgage

June 2026 Form 10-Q, insurance residential mortgage delinquencies · Filed 06/08/2026

The weighted average loan-to-value ratio for residential mortgage loans was 64% as of both June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, insurance residential mortgage loan-to-value · Filed 06/08/2026

Inc. Common Stockholders Three Months Ended Six Months Ended ($ in thousands) June 30, 2026 June 30, 2025 June 30, 2026 June 30, 2025 Net Income (Loss) - KKR Common Stockholders (GAAP) $660,053 $472,387 $1,024,852 $286,463 Preferred Stock Dividends 40,429 37,736 80,859 37,736 Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests 427,397 844,341 299,673 1,714,763 Income Tax Expense (Benefit) 246,105 174,304 431,490 260,873 Income (Loss) Before Tax (GAAP) $1,373,984 $1,528,768 $1,836,874 $2,299,835 Impact of Consolidation and Other 18,580 (879,614) 72,526 (1,896,965) Preferred Stock Dividends (40,429) (37,736) (80,859) (37,736) Income Taxes on Adjusted Earnings (314,375) (277,062) (562,340) (537,717) Asset Management Adjustments: Unrealized (Gains) Losses 128,610 257,754 305,741 637,091 Unrealized Carried Interest 12,360 (429,906) 2,696 (1,237,619) Unrealized Carried Interest Compensation (16,678) 343,769 (8,945) 989,939 Transaction-related and Non-operating Items(1) 82,684 10,765 116,693 21,316 Equity-based Compensation – Time Based 58,023 63,750 126,419 142,027 Equity-based Compensation – Performance based 125,340 86,512 207,659 171,111 Amortization of Acquired Intangibles 9,519 — 12,687 — Strategic Holdings Adjustments: Unrealized (Gains) Losses (55,479) (64,304) 65,134 (385,712) Insurance Adjustments: (Gains) Losses from Investments 458,061 290,084 967,004 1,649,024 Non-Operating Changes in Policy Liabilities and Derivatives 11,017 140,458 (15,041) 227,089 Transaction-Related and Non-Operating Items(1) 10,410 2,042 24,371 2,194 Equity-Based Compensation 19,655 23,371 46,015 44,063 Amortization of Acquired Intangibles 4,412 4,699 18,599 9,398 Adjusted Net Income $1,885,694 $1,063,350 $3,135,233 $2,097,338 Interest Expense, Net 92,455 53,020 175,466 127,529 Preferred Stock Dividends 40,429 37,736 80,859 51,213 Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests 2,660 2,851 7,523 6,335 Income Taxes on Adjusted Earnings 314,375 277,062 562,340 537,717 Total Segment Earnings $2,335,613 $1,434,019 $3,961,421 $2,820,132 Net Realized Performance Income (211,884) (109,314) (409,075) (197,303) Net Realized Investment Income (191,325) (130,898) (294,941) (316,161) Total Operating Earnings $1,932,404 $1,193,807 $3,257,405 $2,306,668 Total Investing Earnings 403,209 240,212 704,016 513,464 Depreciation and Amortization 20,355 14,211 40,902 27,444

June 2026 Form 10-Q, GAAP earnings reconciliation and compensation adjustments · Filed 06/08/2026

Inc. Stockholders' Equity - Common Stock (GAAP) $28,503,995 Impact of Consolidation and Other 312,737 Exchangeable Securities 903,835 Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss (AOCI) and Other (Insurance) 4,759,362 Accumulated Unrealized (Gains) Losses on Loans carried at Fair Value (Insurance) (8,829) KKR Book Value(1) $34,471,100 (1)Book Value is a non-GAAP performance measure, which provides additional insight into the net assets of KKR presented on a basis that (i) excludes the net

June 2026 Form 10-Q, common equity and non-GAAP book-value reconciliation · Filed 06/08/2026

Inc. common stock as of June 30, 2026, our Book Value would have increased by $2.5 billion and our common stock outstanding would have increased by 21.4 million shares.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, hypothetical mandatory preferred conversion · Filed 06/08/2026

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Asset Management and Strategic Holdings As of ($ in thousands) June 30, 2026 Cash and Cash Equivalents - Asset Management and Strategic Holdings (GAAP) $10,505,046 Impact of Consolidation and Other (5,449,618) Short-term Investments 258,836 Cash and Short-term Investments $5,314,264 Investments - Asset Management and Strategic Holdings As of ($ in thousands) June 30, 2026 Investments - Asset Management and Strategic Holdings (GAAP) $127,562,542 Impact of Consolidation and Other (118,691,741) Short-term Investments (258,836) Investments - Asset Management Segment $8,611,965 167 Table of Contents Liquidity We manage our liquidity and capital requirements by (a) focusing on our cash flows before the consolidation of our funds

June 2026 Form 10-Q, corporate cash and investment reconciliation · Filed 06/08/2026

As of June 30, 2026, certain of our investment funds had met the first and second criteria, as described above, but did not

June 2026 Form 10-Q, liquidity: funds not meeting cash-carry distribution criteria · Filed 06/08/2026

meet the third criteria. In these cases, carried interest accrues on the consolidated statement of operations, but will not be

June 2026 Form 10-Q, liquidity: accrued carry unavailable for cash distribution · Filed 06/08/2026

amounted to $0.6 billion. Whether these amounts are actually funded, in whole or in part, depends on the contractual terms

June 2026 Form 10-Q, capital markets commitments · Filed 06/08/2026

As of June 30, 2026, KKR had unfunded commitments consisting of $11.1 billion to its investment funds and other

June 2026 Form 10-Q, KKR unfunded investment commitments · Filed 06/08/2026

investment vehicles and structured transactions to fund or otherwise be liable for a portion of the vehicle's investment losses

June 2026 Form 10-Q, commitments involving investment-loss funding · Filed 06/08/2026

and/or to provide the vehicle with liquidity upon certain termination events.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, liquidity obligations on vehicle termination · Filed 06/08/2026

These fees are based on the contractual terms of the governing agreements and are recognized when earned, which coincides with the period during which the related services are performed and in the case of transaction fees, upon closing of the transaction.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, contractual fee recognition · Filed 06/08/2026

In April 2026, KKR granted equity awards under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan representing approximately 29 million shares of common stock, which awards are subject to market price and cliff service vesting conditions based on average prices of common stock ranging from $150 to $250 and the recipient’s continued service through May 1, 2031, subject to certain exceptions (including if the market price conditions are satisfied between May 1, 2031, and May 1, 2033, with continued service through such date).

June 2026 Form 10-Q, April 2026 equity grants and vesting conditions · Filed 06/08/2026

These grants also have transfer restrictions ranging from 1 to 5 years following vesting.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, post-vesting transfer restrictions · Filed 06/08/2026

For funds that closed after December 31, 2023, the carry pool percentage is fixed at 80%.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, carry-pool allocation for newer funds · Filed 06/08/2026

As of June 30, 2026, less than 5% of the total value of Level III investments in aggregate across all of our segments were not valued with the engagement of an independent valuation firm.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, independent valuation firm engagement · Filed 06/08/2026

This increase to the carry pool percentage was approved by a majority of KKR's independent directors, and the carry pool percentage may not be increased above 80% without the further approval of a majority of KKR's independent directors.

June 2026 Form 10-Q, independent approval of carry-pool changes · Filed 06/08/2026

The following table summarizes our key corporate governance practices, which we believe exemplify our commitment to sound governance: Existing Governance Best Practices ​Expected Post-Sunset Date Additions ✔ Majority Independent Board ✔ No classified Board ✔ 100% independent Audit Committee ✔ 100% independent Risk Committee ✔ Regular executive sessions of Independent Directors at Board meetings ✔ Annual Board self-evaluations ✔ Ability of stockholders to call a special meeting ✔ No poison pill ✔ Common stockholders entitled to one vote per share ✔ Annual meeting of stockholders with annual election of Directors by the common stockholders ✔ 100% independent Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ✔ 100% independent Compensation Committee ✔ Majority voting for election of directors with plurality carveout for contested elections ✔ No supermajority vote requirements, if approved.

February 2026 proxy, existing governance and expected future additions · Filed 27/02/2026

KKR’s Co-Founders, who also currently serve as Co-Executive Chairmen, currently hold and will continue to hold until the Sunset Date controlling voting power of KKR through non-economic preferred stock, which is also referred to as the Series I preferred stock.

February 2026 proxy, controlling preferred-stock voting power · Filed 27/02/2026

Sudol(9) 160,000 * Directors and executive officers as a group (18 persons)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) 206,873,438 23.20% 5% Stockholders The Vanguard Group Inc.(11) 56,245,699 6.31% BlackRock, Inc.(12) 44,890,451 5.04% * Less than 1.0%.

February 2026 proxy, directors' and officers' beneficial ownership · Filed 27/02/2026

Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed a beneficial owner of securities as to which he has no economic interest.

February 2026 proxy, beneficial ownership versus economic interest · Filed 27/02/2026

•investors in certain of our investment vehicles are entitled to redeem their investments in these vehicles on a periodic basis, and certain of our investment advisory agreements may be terminated with minimal notice; and

2024 Form 10-K, risks: redemption and advisory termination rights · Filed 28/02/2025

Stock Summary From December 31, 2025 through July 24, 2026, KKR used a total of $352 million under the share repurchase plan to retire equity awards and repurchase shares representing 3.9 million shares in aggregate.

July 2026 earnings release, actual 2026 repurchases and award retirements · Filed 30/07/2026

Common Stock Repurchase Activity (Amounts in millions, except per share amounts) Inception to Date(1) Open Market Share Repurchases 70.0 Reduction of Shares for Retired Equity Awards(2) 28.1 Total Repurchased Shares and Retired Equity Awards 98.1 Total Capital Used $3,118 Average Price Paid Per Share $31.79 Remaining Availability under Share Repurchase Plan $87 Adjusted Shares 4Q'25 2Q'26 Common Stock Outstanding 891,451,844 897,776,609 Exchangeable Securities(3) 9,623,541 25,954,902 Adjusted Shares(4) 901,075,385 923,731,511 Appendix

July 2026 earnings release, common and adjusted share counts · Filed 30/07/2026

32 GAAP Condensed Consolidated Income Statement (Unaudited) ($ in thousands) 2Q'25 2Q'26 2Q'25 YTD 2Q'26 YTD Revenues Asset Management and Strategic Holdings Fees and Other $ 924,434 $ 1,180,442 $ 1,811,244 $ 2,367,284 Capital Allocation-Based Income (Loss) 910,732 1,022,381 2,069,837 1,864,234 1,835,166 2,202,823 3,881,081 4,231,518 Insurance Net Premiums 730,242 697,036 1,053,606 1,259,006 Policy Fees 334,974 339,769 673,447 665,463 Net Investment Income 1,863,346 2,039,122 3,646,626 4,028,186 Net Investment-Related Gains (Losses) 239,151 378,590 (1,197,186) (274,107) Other Income 85,964 68,551 141,452 133,808 3,253,677 3,523,068 4,317,945 5,812,356 Total Revenues $ 5,088,843 $ 5,725,891 $ 8,199,026 $ 10,043,874 Expenses Asset Management and Strategic Holdings Compensation and Benefits $ 1,077,597 $ 1,189,556 $ 2,410,700 $ 2,241,237 Occupancy and Related Charges 34,640 39,464 69,105 77,301 General, Administrative and Other 323,997 450,242 624,329 831,971 1,436,234 1,679,262 3,104,134 3,150,509 Insurance Net Policy Benefits and Claims 2,791,705 3,308,522 4,499,999 5,188,550 Amortization of Policy Acquisition Costs 80,800 90,324 178,771 233,245 Interest Expense 70,830 74,633 140,401 148,514 Policy and Other Operating Expense 366,875 253,518 654,094 555,576 3,310,210 3,726,997 5,473,265 6,125,885 Total Expenses $ 4,746,444 $ 5,406,259 $ 8,577,399 $ 9,276,394 Investment Income (Loss) - Asset Management and Strategic Holdings Net Gains (Losses) from Investment Activities 747,734 404,254 1,834,325 87,875 Dividend Income 336,143 227,056 610,033 495,073 Interest Income 809,883 732,793 1,595,740 1,474,384 Interest Expense (707,391) (702,751) (1,361,890) (1,380,938) Total Investment Income (Loss) $ 1,186,369 $ 661,352 $ 2,678,208 $ 676,394 Income Tax Expense (Benefit) 174,304 246,105 260,873 431,490 Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests 68,175 54,252 76,669 53,269 Noncontrolling Interests 776,166 (19,855) 1,638,094 (146,596) Preferred Stock Dividends 37,736 40,429 37,736 80,859 Net Income (Loss) - KKR Common Stockholders $ 472,387 $ 660,053 $ 286,463 $ 1,024,852 Note: See Appendix for endnotes explaining certain prior period information that has been recast to conform to the current period presentation.

July 2026 earnings release, comparative GAAP income statement · Filed 30/07/2026

• For the six months ended June 30, 2026, Distributions and Other includes $337 million of redemptions by fund investors in Private Equity, $314 million of redemptions by fund investors in Real Assets, and $4,187 million of redemptions by fund investors in Credit and Liquid Strategies.

July 2026 earnings release, six-month actual investor redemptions · Filed 30/07/2026

• The end date represents the end of the fund's investment period as defined in the fund's governing documents and is generally not the date upon which management fees cease to accrue.

July 2026 earnings release, fees continuing beyond investment periods · Filed 30/07/2026

For funds that initially charge management fees on the basis of committed capital, the end date is generally the date on or after which the management fees begin to be calculated instead on the basis of invested capital and may, for certain funds, begin to be calculated using a lower rate.

July 2026 earnings release, fee-base changes and possible lower rates · Filed 30/07/2026

FPAUM is the sum of all of the individual fee bases that are used to calculate management fees and differs from AUM in the following respects: (i) assets and commitments from which KKR is not entitled to receive a management fee are excluded (e.g., assets and commitments with respect to which it is entitled to receive only performance income or is otherwise not currently entitled to receive a management fee) and (ii) certain assets, primarily in its private equity funds, are reflected based on capital commitments and invested capital as opposed to fair value because fees are not impacted by changes in the fair value of underlying investments.

July 2026 earnings release, fee-paying AUM contractual bases · Filed 30/07/2026

6 Asset Management Segment ($ in thousands, except per share data) 2Q'25 2Q'26 2Q'25 YTD 2Q'26 YTD Management Fees $ 995,763 $ 1,249,964 $ 1,913,097 $ 2,442,468 Transaction and Monitoring Fees, Net 234,249 221,269 495,758 473,978 Fee Related Performance Revenues 53,737 254,699 75,014 278,461 Fee Related Compensation (224,656) (302,038) (434,677) (559,233) Other Operating Expenses (172,339) (209,746) (339,835) (405,151) Fee Related Earnings $ 886,754 $ 1,214,148 $ 1,709,357 $ 2,230,523 Realized Performance Income 418,850 847,535 766,770 1,603,499 Realized Performance Income Compensation (309,536) (635,651) (569,467) (1,194,424) Net Realized Performance Income $ 109,314 $ 211,884 $ 197,303 $ 409,075 Realized Investment Income 153,998 189,718 371,955 311,619 Realized Investment Income Compensation (23,100) (28,458) (55,794) (46,743) Net Realized Investment Income $ 130,898 $ 161,260 $ 316,161 $ 264,876 Total Investing Earnings $ 240,212 $ 373,144 $ 513,464 $ 673,951 Asset Management Segment Earnings $ 1,126,966 $ 1,587,292 $ 2,222,821 $ 2,904,474 Additional Financial Measures and Capital Metrics: FRE per Adjusted Share $ 0.98 $ 1.32 $ 1.90 $ 2.45 Total Asset Management Segment Revenues $ 1,856,597 $ 2,763,185 $ 3,622,594 $ 5,110,025 Assets Under Management $ 685,806,000 $ 796,487,000 $ 685,806,000 $ 796,487,000 Fee Paying Assets Under Management $ 556,247,000 $ 638,403,000 $ 556,247,000 $ 638,403,000 New Capital Raised (AUM) $ 27,986,000 $ 34,325,000 $ 58,526,000 $ 62,075,000 Capital Invested $ 17,701,000 $ 24,159,000 $ 36,675,000 $ 45,931,000 Uncalled Commitments $ 115,145,000 $ 142,656,000 $ 115,145,000 $ 142,656,000 Note: Beginning in 2Q'26, KKR has reported realized performance fees from its K-Series Private Equity vehicles in Fee Related Performance Revenues.

July 2026 earnings release, asset-management results, fundraising and presentation change · Filed 30/07/2026

A quorum was not present at the Reconvened Special Meeting with respect to Proposal 1, so the Company concluded the Reconvened Special Meeting without conducting any business and Proposal 1 was not submitted to a vote.

May 2026 Form 8-K, supermajority amendment not submitted to vote · Filed 28/05/2026

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