SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Townsend Holdings LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1660 WEST SECOND STREET SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/04/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. [ KREF ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	5,626,470	I	See Footnote(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Townsend Holdings LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1660 WEST SECOND STREET SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TTG KREF SA Holdco, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/- TOWNSEND HOLDINGS LLC 1660 WEST SECOND STREET, SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TREA II AIV ERISA, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/- TOWNSEND HOLDINGS LLC 1660 WEST SECOND STREET, SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TREA II AIV NON-ERISA, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/- TOWNSEND HOLDINGS LLC 1660 WEST SECOND STREET, SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Lake Tahoe III, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/- TOWNSEND HOLDINGS LLC 1660 WEST SECOND STREET, SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GPF Real Estate Co-Investment, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/- TOWNSEND HOLDINGS LLC 1660 WEST SECOND STREET, SUITE 450 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44113 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of common stock held by TTG KREF SA HoldCo, LLC (498,643), TREA II AIV ERISA, LP (643,226), TREA II AIV NON-ERISA, LP (1,361,369), Lake Tahoe III, L.P. (2,500,732) and GPF Real Estate Co-Investment L.P. (622,500), which may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by Townsend Holdings LLC as it exercises full investment discretion and voting control over all of the shares. Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to the shares directly beneficially owned by the other Reporting Persons, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any.

	Townsend Holdings LLC By: /s/ Anthony Frammartino Name: Anthony Frammartino Title: Vice President	07/16/2018
	TTG KREF SA HoldCo, LLC By: /s/ Anthony Frammartino Name: Anthony Frammartino Title: Vice President	07/16/2018
	TREA II AIV ERISA, L.P. By: Townsend Alpha Manager II, LLC Its: General Partner By: /s/ Anthony Frammartino Name: Anthony Frammartino Title: Vice President	07/16/2018
	TREA II AIV NON-ERISA, L.P. By: Townsend Alpha Manager II, LLC Its: General Partner By: /s/ Anthony Frammartino Name: Anthony Frammartino Title: Vice President	07/16/2018
	Lake Tahoe III, L.P. By: Lake Tahoe III GP, LLC Its: General Partner By: /s/ Anthony Frammartino Name: Anthony Frammartino Title: Vice President	07/16/2018
	GPF Real Estate Co-Investment L.P. By: Lake Erie Real Estate General Partner Limited Its: General Partner By: /s/ David Sauvarin Name: David Sauvarin Title: Director	07/16/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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