What SEC filings does KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. submit to the SEC?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about KREF?

A Form 4 for KREF discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for KREF?

The 10-K is KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all KREF SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for KREF. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. file with the SEC?

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling KREF shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

KREF SEC Filing News — KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

Latest SEC filings for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-05.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust, focuses primarily on originating and acquiring transitional senior loans secured by commercial real estate (CRE) assets in the United States. It engages in the origination and purchase of credit investments related to CRE, including leveraged and unleveraged commercial real estate loans. The company has also elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust and would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes …

Sector: Real Estate Industry: REIT - Mortgage Market Cap: $339.8M CIK: 1631596

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for KREF currently lean bullish. Of the 20 displayed SEC filing records, 2 carry bullish classifications versus 0 bearish classifications. These labels summarize filing attributes; they are not recommendations, probabilities, or evidence of future price direction. There were 12 insider transactions (Form 4) in this period.

KREF Filing Activity Snapshot 2025-12-22 — 2026-10-05

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

2 buys vs 0 sells

Net insider buying in this period — more purchases than sales reported.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$362.5K

Salem Matthew A (Director, Chief Executive Officer) · 2026-04-27

60,000 shares · Form 4

8-K Item Codes Filed

Item 2.02: Results of Operations / Earnings Release; Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item codes identify the type of material event disclosed (e.g. 2.02 = earnings results, 5.02 = executive change, 1.01 = material agreement).

Insider Transactions 12 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 12 filings in this group are Form 4s for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 12 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 7 compensation award, 2 open-market purchase, 2 tax withholding and 1 other reported transaction. 2 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×7: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Open-market purchase ×2: The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.
Tax withholding ×2: Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.
Other reported transaction ×1: The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.

Form 4 Tax withholding Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-05

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Decious Kendra (CFO and Treasurer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	9,672	$6.21	$60.1K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Decious Kendra (CFO and Treasurer) Shares: 9,672

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Tax withholding Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-05

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Lee Christen E.J. (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were withheld by the company to settle tax due when equity vested. This is an automatic administrative step and not a decision to sell.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	3,358	$6.21	$20.9K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Lee Christen E.J. (Director) Shares: 3,358

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-04-27

KREF insider Salem Matthew A (Director, Chief Executive Officer) bought 60,000 shares (~$362.5K)

Salem Matthew A, listed as Director, Chief Executive Officer at KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 60,000 KREF shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`P`	Open-market purchase	60,000	$6.04	$362.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Salem Matthew A (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 60,000 Est. Value: $362.5K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-04-27

KREF insider Mattson W Patrick (President, COO and Secretary) bought 40,000 shares (~$241.1K)

Mattson W Patrick, listed as President, COO and Secretary at KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 40,000 KREF shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`P`	Open-market purchase	40,000	$6.03	$241.1K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Mattson W Patrick (President, COO and Secretary) Shares: 40,000 Est. Value: $241.1K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-16

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

ESTEVES IRENE M (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	16,691	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: ESTEVES IRENE M (Director) Shares: 16,691

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-16

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Langer Jonathan A (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	16,691	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Langer Jonathan A (Director) Shares: 16,691

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-16

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

MCANENY DEBORAH H (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	16,691	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: MCANENY DEBORAH H (Director) Shares: 16,691

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-16

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Madoff Paula (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	16,691	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Madoff Paula (Director) Shares: 16,691

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-04-16

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

AHERN TERRANCE R (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	16,691	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: AHERN TERRANCE R (Director) Shares: 16,691

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Other reported transaction Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-01-16

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Langer Jonathan A (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The filing reports a transaction type that does not map to a routine purchase, sale, award or withholding.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`J`	Other transaction	14,086	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Langer Jonathan A (Director) Shares: 14,086

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2025-12-22

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Decious Kendra (CFO and Treasurer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	24,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Decious Kendra (CFO and Treasurer) Shares: 24,000

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2025-12-22

KREF insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Salem Matthew A (Director, Chief Executive Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	81,250	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Salem Matthew A (Director, Chief Executive Officer) Shares: 81,250

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 5 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 5 in this period for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

The items reported in this period are: Item 2.02: Results of Operations / Earnings Release; Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Form 8-K Earnings Release 2026-07-21

KREF reported earnings via 8-K (Item 2.02)

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC. Item 2.02: Results of Operations / Earnings Release; Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits. Filing excerpt: 8-K 1 a202606-kref8xk.htm 8-K Document UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2026 KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Maryland 001-38082 47-2009094 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 30 Hudson Yards, Suite…

Filing: 8-K (Material Event) Item 2.02: Results of Operations / Earnings Release; Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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Form 8-K Earnings Release 2026-04-22

KREF reported earnings via 8-K (Item 2.02)

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC. Item 2.02: Results of Operations / Earnings Release; Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits. Filing excerpt: 8-K 1 a202603-kref8xk.htm 8-K Document UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2026 KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Maryland 001-38082 47-2009094 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 30 Hudson Yards, Suite…

Filing: 8-K (Material Event) Item 2.02: Results of Operations / Earnings Release; Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-04-16

KREF filed 8-K — material company event

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-02-03

KREF filed 8-K — material company event

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-01-09

KREF filed 8-K — material company event

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)

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Periodic Reports 3 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 annual report (10-K) and 2 quarterly reports (10-Q) for KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-07-21

KREF filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)

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Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-04-22

KREF filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 10-K Annual Report 2026-02-03

KREF filed Annual Report (10-K)

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. filed its annual report with the SEC. This report includes audited financial statements, business overview, risk factors, and management discussion.

Filing: 10-K (Annual Report)

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How we classify KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.'s filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on KREF. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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