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Exhibit 1.1
KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST INC.
4,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: November 14, 2018
Table of Contents
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties
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SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing
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SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company
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SECTION 4. Covenants of the Manager
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SECTION 5. Covenants of the Selling Stockholders
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SECTION 6. Payment of Expenses
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SECTION 7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations
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SECTION 8. Indemnification
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SECTION 9. Contribution
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SECTION 10. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to
Survive Delivery
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SECTION 11. Termination of Agreement
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SECTION 12. Default by One or More of the Underwriters
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SECTION 13. Notices
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SECTION 14. Parties
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SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME
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SECTION 16. Effect of Headings
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SECTION 17. Definitions
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SECTION 18. Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses
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SECTION 19. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship
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SECTION 20. Research Analyst Independence
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SECTION 21. Trial By Jury
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1
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Underwriters
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Exhibit A-2
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Selling Stockholders
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Exhibit B
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Significant Subsidiaries of the Company
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Exhibit C
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List of Persons Subject to Lock-Up
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Exhibit D
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Form of Lock-Up Agreement
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Exhibit E-1
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Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
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Exhibit E-2 | – | Form of Negative Assurance Letter of Company Counsel |
Exhibit F
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Form of Tax Counsel Opinion
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Exhibit G
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Form of Maryland Counsel Opinion
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Exhibit H
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Form of Special 1940 Act Counsel Opinion
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Exhibit I-1
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Form of Selling Stockholder’s Counsel Opinion
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Exhibit I-2
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Form of Selling Stockholder’s Counsel Opinion
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Exhibit J
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Price-Related Information
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Exhibit K
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Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
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Schedule 40
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Taxable REIT Subsidiaries
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
4,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
November 14, 2018
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
Ladies and Gentlemen:
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), KKR Real Estate Finance Manager LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and each of the stockholders of the Company named in Exhibit A-2 hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) hereby confirm their respective agreements with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 12 hereof), with
respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the sale by the Selling Stockholders of a total of 4,500,000 shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of Securities set forth in Exhibit A-1
hereto. Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 17 hereof. To the extent that there is not more than one Underwriter named in Exhibit A-1, the term Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the
context requires. In addition, to the extent that there is not more than one Selling Stockholder named in Exhibit A-2, the term Selling Stockholders shall mean either the
singular or plural as the context requires.
Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Underwriters deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
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The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission the Initial
Registration Statement, including a related base prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale of the Securities (the “Base Prospectus”). The Company has filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements to the
Base Prospectus relating to the Securities which is used together with the Base Prospectus (each, a “preliminary prospectus”), each of which has previously been furnished to you. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, a preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the 1933 Act on or before the Applicable Time or the issue date of such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the
case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, a preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document
under the 1933 Act after the Applicable Time or the date of such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Promptly after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company will prepare and file with the Commission a prospectus supplement, dated November 14, 2018 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus Supplement”) and will file the Prospectus Supplement with the Commission, all in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 430B and Rule 424(b), and the Company has previously advised you of all information (financial and other) that will be set forth therein. The Prospectus Supplement and the Base Prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
after the Applicable Time, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are herein called, collectively, the “Prospectus.”
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each
Underwriter as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Date referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(1) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the Securities have been duly registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to
the Registration Statement. The Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have been declared effective under the 1933 Act, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act or will
become effective under the 1933 Act not later than 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the business day immediately after the date of this Agreement, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information has been complied with. The Initial Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission on July 13, 2018 and was amended on July 27, 2018.
(2) Registration Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure at Time of Sale. At the respective times that the Initial Registration Statement,
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments to any of the foregoing were declared or became effective, as the case may be, and at the Closing Date, the Initial Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and
any amendments to any of the foregoing complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
At the respective times the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) at the Closing Date, and at any time when a prospectus is required (or, but for the provisions of Rule 172, would be required) by applicable law to be
delivered in connection with sales of Securities (whether to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173(d) or otherwise), neither the Prospectus nor any
amendments or supplements thereto, considered together with the Prospectus, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
As of the Applicable Time (except in the case of clause (y) below) and as of each time prior to the Closing Date
that an investor agrees (orally or in writing) to purchase or, if applicable, reconfirms (orally or in writing) an agreement to purchase any Securities from the Underwriters, neither (w) any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses, if any,
issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus as of the Applicable Time and the information, if any, included on Exhibit J hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (x) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, nor (y) any Issuer General Use Free Writing
Prospectus issued subsequent to the Applicable Time, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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The Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing filed as
part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, or delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, complied when so filed or when so
delivered, as the case may be, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information
contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that has not been superseded or modified.
The representations and warranties in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 1(a)(2) do not apply to statements
in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any the foregoing made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by the Underwriters as aforesaid consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
At the respective times that the Initial
Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any amendment to any of the foregoing were filed, as of the earliest time after the filing of the Initial
Registration Statement that the Company or any other offering participant made a bona fide offer of the Securities within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2), and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined
in Rule 405, in each case without taking into account any determination made by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (2) of the definition of such term in Rule 405; and without limitation to the foregoing, the Company has at all relevant
times met, meets and will at all relevant times meet the requirements of Rule 164 for the use of a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby.
The copies of the Initial Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments to
any of the foregoing and the copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to any of the
foregoing, that have been or subsequently are delivered to the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities (whether to meet the request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173(d) or otherwise) were and will be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “delivery” or “furnishing” of any of the foregoing
documents to the Underwriters, and any similar terms, include, without limitation, electronic delivery.
(3) Emerging Growth Company. From the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any
person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the 1933 Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
(4) Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (i) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications and (ii) has not authorized anyone to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The
Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications. Any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication complied in all material respects with the 1933 Act and 1933 Act Regulations, and
when taken together with the General Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of the Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(5) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, at the respective times they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, as applicable, and did not and
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(6) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, the accountants who certified the financial statements and any supporting schedules
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the PCAOB.
(7) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules (if any) and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the results of
operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; and all such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved and comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, or the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, as applicable. The
supporting schedules, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the information required to be stated therein in all material respects. All “non-GAAP financial
measures” (as such term is defined in the rules and regulations of the Commission), if any, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply with Regulation G and
Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Commission, to the extent applicable.
(8) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as otherwise disclosed therein, since the date of the most recent financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (A) there has been no material adverse change or any development that could reasonably be expected to
result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B)
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation or entered into any transaction or agreement that, individually or in the aggregate, is material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business or operations from fire, explosion, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster or calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or disturbance or court or governmental action, order or decree which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
other), results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (in any such case, a “Material Adverse Effect”), and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of
its capital stock.
(9) Good Standing of the Company. The Company (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland; (ii) has power and
authority to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property
or the conduct of business, except in cases of clauses (ii) and (iii), where the failure to have such power and authority or to be so qualified or in good standing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(10) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission) (i) has been duly organized and
is validly existing as a corporation, limited or general partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization; (ii) has power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; and (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited or general partnership or limited
liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii), where the failure to have such power and authority or to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
each such subsidiary that is a corporation, all of the issued and outstanding partnership interests of each such subsidiary that is a limited or general partnership and all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests,
membership interests or other similar interests of each such subsidiary that is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and (except in the case of general partnership interests) nonassessable and
are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any Lien; and none of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of any such subsidiary that is a corporation, none of the issued and outstanding partnership
interests of any such subsidiary that is a limited or general partnership, and none of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests, membership interests or other similar interests of any such subsidiary that is a limited
liability company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary or any other person. The only “significant subsidiaries” of the Company are the
subsidiaries listed on Exhibit B hereto and Exhibit B accurately sets forth whether each such subsidiary is a corporation, limited or general partnership or limited liability company and the jurisdiction of organization of each such subsidiary
and, in the case of any subsidiary which is a partnership or limited liability company, its general partners and managing members, respectively.
(11) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company as of September 30, 2018 is as set forth in the column entitled “Actual” and in the corresponding line items under the caption “Capitalization” in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and, at the time of the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters on the Closing Date, the authorized,
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company will be as set forth in the column entitled “As Adjusted” and in the corresponding line items under such caption (in each case except for issuances, if any, subsequent to the date of this
Agreement pursuant to employee or director stock option, stock purchase or other equity incentive plans described in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus upon the exercise of options issued pursuant to any such stock option, stock
purchase or other equity incentive plans as so described, or upon the exercise of options or the conversion of convertible securities described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The shares of issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company, including the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters under this Agreement, have been duly authorized and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable foreign, state and federal securities and “blue-sky” laws; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person. The Company does not have any outstanding debt or preferred equity securities that are rated by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act).
(12) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
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(13) Authorization of Securities. The Securities to be sold by the Company under this Agreement have been duly authorized for issuance
and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and
the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company under this Agreement and, to the knowledge of the Company, the sale of the Securities to be sold by the
Selling Stockholders under this Agreement, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person.
(14) Description of Capital Stock. The capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(15) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its Organizational
Documents or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any Company Document, except in the case of clause (ii), for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and compliance by the Company with its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default, Termination Event or Repayment Event under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any Company Documents, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Liens that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) except as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or operations.
(16) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein), or which might reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(17) Accuracy of Descriptions and Exhibits. The information in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions
“Prospectus Summary—Operating and Regulatory Structure,” “Description of Capital Stock” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” the information in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017
under the captions “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our REIT Status and Certain Other Tax Considerations,” “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Company—Avoiding the need to register under the Investment Company Act imposes significant limits on our
operations. Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act,” “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” and “Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions, and
Director Independence”, in each case to the extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, summaries of provisions of the Company’s charter or bylaws or any other instruments or agreements, summaries of legal
proceedings, or legal conclusions, is correct in all material respects; all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of any other Company Documents are accurate in all material respects; and
there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures, evidences of indebtedness, leases or other instruments, agreements or documents required to be described or referred
to in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
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(18) Intellectual Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own and possess or have valid and enforceable licenses to use, all patents, patent rights, patent applications, licenses, copyrights, inventions, know‑how (including trade secrets
and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, software, internet addresses, domain names and other intellectual property
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”) that is described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or that is necessary for the
conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is
otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the Company’s or any subsidiary’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, or challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property, or asserting that the Company or any subsidiary infringes or
otherwise violates, or would, upon the commercialization of any product or service described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, infringe or violate, any Intellectual Property of others, and the
Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim; and (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries have complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which any Intellectual
Property has been licensed to the Company or any subsidiary, all such agreements are in full force and effect, and the Company is unaware of any event or condition that has occurred or exists that gives or, with notice or passage of time or
both, would give any person the right to terminate any such agreement.
(19) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the authorization, execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement, for the offering of the
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, for the issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, or for the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in
each case on the terms contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except such as have been obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and
except that no representation is made as to such as may be required under state or foreign securities laws.
(20) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents
and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the business now operated by them; and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses.
(21) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by any of
them (if any) and good title to all other properties owned by any of them, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except such as (a) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (b) would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all real property, buildings and other improvements, and all equipment and other property, held under lease or sublease by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases or subleases, as the case may be, with such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned
above, except for such claims which, if successfully asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to the portfolio of commercial real estate debt investments described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for those commercial real estate debt investments that have
conditionally been assigned to a lender/buyer counterparty pursuant to a master repurchase agreement, in respect of which the Company has a binding and enforceable right to repurchase such debt investments from such lender/buyer counterparty,
subject to and in accordance with the terms of that repurchase agreement.
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(22) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the receipt and application of the net
proceeds therefrom as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use Of Proceeds,” will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” (as such terms are defined in the
1940 Act), in each case, that is required to register under the 1940 Act.
(23) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal,
state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment,
relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations
relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials
(collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits,
authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws to conduct the business now operated by them and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and (D) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or
governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(24) Absence of Registration Rights. There are no persons with (A) registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities (debt or equity) (i) registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement, except as required by or pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2016, among KKR
Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., KKR Fund Holdings L.P. and the other investors party thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), or (ii) included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement or (B) co-sale rights, tag-along rights or other similar rights to have any securities (debt or
equity) included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement or sold in connection with the sale of Securities, except for such rights under the Registration Rights Agreement that have been waived and except for any such rights that may have
been exercised by any Selling Stockholder in connection with the sale of Securities by such Selling Stockholders under this Agreement.
(25) Parties to Lock-Up Agreements. Each of the persons listed on Exhibit C hereto has executed and delivered to the Underwriters a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
(26) NYSE. The outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Securities being sold hereunder by the Company and the Selling Stockholders
have been approved for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance with respect to the Securities being sold hereunder, on the NYSE.
(27) Tax Returns. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have obtained extensions thereof, except where the
failure so to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all taxes (including, without limitation, any estimated taxes) required to be paid and any other assessment, fine or penalty, to
the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate actions and except for such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties the
nonpayment of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(28) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; there are no material claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company
is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(29) Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset
accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is accurate. The Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting. The Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” as such term is defined in Rule 13a‑15 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act Regulations. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and
guidelines applicable thereto.
(30) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith with which any of them is required
to comply.
(31) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(32) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical, demographic, market-related and similar data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and accurately reflect the materials upon which such data is based or from which it was derived.
(33) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee or
agent of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is aware of or has taken, directly or indirectly, any action that has resulted or would result in a violation by any such
person of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), or any other applicable anti-corruption laws, including, without
limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA.
The Company has instituted and maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with the FCPA. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering of
Securities for the purpose of funding or facilitating offering, paying, promising to pay or authorizing the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.
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(34) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping
and reporting requirements, the applicable money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or
regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
(35) No Conflicts with Sanction Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
employees or agents of the Company or its subsidiaries, in each case acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or is owned or controlled by one or more persons that are, (a) currently the subject of any sanctions
administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, OFAC or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”) or any other
applicable sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (b) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of
Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or, to the
knowledge of the Company, indirectly use any of the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) for the purpose of funding or
facilitating any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of any Sanctions, (ii) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities of or any business in
any Sanctioned Country in violation of Sanctions or (iii) in any other manner that could result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering of
the Securities, whether as an underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of any Sanctions.
(36) ERISA Compliance. None of the following
events has occurred or exists or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of
ERISA with respect to a Plan (as defined below) determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or
investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) any breach of any contractual
obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that might reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of
such contributions made in the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year; (v) a material increase in the “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60) of the
Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year; (vi) any event or condition giving rise to a
liability under Title IV of ERISA; or (vii) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries related to his, her
or their employment, except in each case with respect to the events set forth in clauses (i) through (vii), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate with any other event set forth in clauses (i) through (vii), to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph and the definition of ERISA, the term “Plan” means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) with respect to which
the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization that is a member of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and all members of an
“affiliated service group” that together with the Company are (A) treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or (B) under common control within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA may have any liability.
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(37) Transfer Taxes. There are no stock or other transfer taxes, stamp duties, capital duties or other similar duties, taxes or charges payable in connection with the execution or delivery of this
Agreement by the Company or the issuance or sale by the Company of the Securities to be sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder.
(38) Offering Materials. Without limitation to the provisions of Section 18 hereof, the Company has not distributed and will not distribute, directly or indirectly (other than through the
Underwriters), any “written communication” (as defined Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or other offering materials in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, other than the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplements to any of the foregoing that are filed with the Commission and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined in Section 18).
(39) No Restrictions on Dividends. No subsidiary of the Company is a party to or otherwise bound by any instrument or agreement that limits or prohibits, directly or indirectly, any subsidiary of the
Company from paying any dividends or making any other distributions on its capital stock, limited or general partnership interests, limited liability company interests, or other equity interests, as the case may be, or from repaying any loans
or advances from, or (except for instruments or agreements that by their express terms prohibit the transfer or assignment thereof or of any rights thereunder) transferring any of its properties or assets to, the Company or any other
subsidiary, in each case except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(40) Brokers. There is not a broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except for underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the Underwriters in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.
(41) Real Estate Investment Trust. Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2014, the Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and
taxation as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code, and its form of organization and proposed method of
operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code, and the Company, after reasonable inquiry and diligence, does not know of any
event that would reasonably be expected to cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT at any time. Each of the Company’s corporate subsidiaries that has elected, together with the Company, to be a taxable REIT subsidiary is in compliance
with all requirements applicable to a “taxable REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code, and the Company, after reasonable inquiry and diligence, is not aware of any fact
that could negatively impact such qualification. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries that is not a “taxable REIT subsidiary” is a disregarded entity or a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries
listed on Schedule 40 hereto are subsidiaries of the Company that are “taxable REIT subsidiaries” within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code. The Company has no other “taxable REIT subsidiaries” as of the date hereof. All statements
regarding the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT and descriptions of the Company’s organization and proposed method of operation set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are true,
complete and correct in all material respects and no deviation from such proposed method of operation is currently contemplated.
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(42) Management Agreement. The Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2017, between the Company and the Manager (the “Management Agreement”), constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Manager enforceable against the Company and the Manager in accordance with its terms.
(43) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and
databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries as currently conducted and, to the Company’s knowledge, are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptant; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and
maintained controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal,
personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as
currently conducted, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no material breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the
duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments,
orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such
IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification; except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Manager. The Manager represents and warrants to each
Underwriter as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Date referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(1) Good Standing; Power and Authority. The Manager (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (ii)
has power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of its business, except in cases of clauses (ii) and (iii), where the failure to have such power and authority or to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the earnings, business, operations or condition (financial or other) of the Manager (a “Manager Material Adverse Effect”).
(2) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Manager.
(3) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Manager is not (A) in violation of its limited liability company agreement or (B)except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Manager Material Adverse Effect, in violation of or in default under any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any
of its properties, is bound. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Manager and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default or Manager Repayment Event (as defined below) under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Manager is a party or by which the Manager or any of its properties is bound, (ii) its limited
liability company agreement or (iii) any law, order, rule or regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to the Manager of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Manager or any of its properties, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), for such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Manager Material Adverse Effect. As
used herein, a “Manager Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any
person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Manager prior to its stated maturity.
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(4) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the
knowledge of the Manager, threatened, against the Manager that might reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Manager Material Adverse Effect or to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Manager of its obligations under this Agreement.
(5) Accuracy. The information regarding the Manager and its affiliates (other than the Company and its subsidiaries) in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus is
true and correct in all material respects. As of the date of this Agreement, the Manager has no plan or intention to materially alter its investment allocation policy with respect to the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(6) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the authorization, execution, delivery or performance by the Manager of this Agreement and the Management Agreement,
except that no representation is made as to such as may be required under state or foreign securities laws.
(7) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Manager possesses such Governmental Licenses issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct
the business now operated by it; and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Manager Material Adverse Effect, and the Manager has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such Governmental Licenses.
(8) Investment Advisers Act. The Manager is duly registered as an investment adviser with the Commission. The Manager is not prohibited by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or the
rules and regulations thereunder, from performing its obligations under the Management Agreement as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(9) Accounting Controls. The Manager intends to operate under the Company’s system of internal accounting controls in order to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions effectuated by it
on behalf of the Company pursuant to its duties set forth in the Management Agreement will be executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (B) access to the Company’s assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization.
(10) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Manager nor any of its directors or officers nor, to the knowledge of the Manager, any manager, employee or agent of the Manager, in each case acting on behalf
of the Manager, is aware of or has taken, directly or indirectly, any action that has resulted or would result in a violation by any such person of any provision of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means
or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value
to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA.
(11) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Manager are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and no action,
suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Manager with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Manager’s knowledge, threatened.
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(12) No Conflicts with Sanction Laws. Neither the Manager nor any of its directors or officers nor, to its knowledge, any manager, agent or employee of the Manager, in each case acting on behalf of
the Manager or any of its subsidiaries (if any) is (a) currently the subject of any Sanctions, nor (b) located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country; and the Manager will not directly or, to the knowledge of the Manager, indirectly
cause the Company to directly or indirectly use any of the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) for the purpose of funding
or facilitating any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of any Sanctions, (ii) for the purpose of funding or facilitating any activities of or any business in
any Sanctioned Country in violation of Sanctions or (iii) in any other manner that could result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering of
the Securities, whether as an underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of any Sanctions.
(13) Offering Materials. Without limitation to the provisions of Section 18 hereof, the Manager has not distributed and will not distribute, directly or indirectly (other than through the
Underwriters), any “written communication” (as defined Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or other offering materials in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, other than the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplements to any of the foregoing that are filed with the Commission and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined in Section 18).
(14) Authorization of Management Agreement. The Management Agreement has been duly authorized by the Manager and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Manager enforceable in accordance
with its terms.
(c) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders
severally represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Date referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and agrees with each
Underwriter, as follows:
(1) Good Standing; Power and Authority. Such Selling Stockholder (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its respective
organization; (ii) has power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in
the applicable jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business.
(2) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder.
(3) Lock-up Agreement. Such Selling Stockholder has duly authorized, executed and delivered a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
(4) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by such Selling
Stockholder with its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of
the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement or any other property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which such
Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder or any of its properties is bound, (ii) its articles, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or similar organizational documents or (iii) any law, order, rule or
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree applicable to such Selling Stockholder of any court or of any government, regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any
of its properties, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (iii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Selling Stockholder’s ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
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(5) Absence of Further Requirements. (A) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, (B) no authorization, approval, vote or consent of any stockholder (or other equity owner), if any, or creditor of such Selling Stockholder, and (C)
no authorization, approval, vote or other consent of any other person or entity, is necessary or required for the execution or delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, or the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under,
this Agreement, for the sale and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of the Securities to be sold by it under this Agreement, or for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
such as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations, and except that no representation is made as to such as may be required under state or foreign securities laws.
(6) Good and Marketable Title. Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement,
delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the
Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) to such Securities), (A) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Securities within the
meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section
8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting
occur, (x) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its Organizational Documents and applicable law, (y) DTC will be
registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(7) Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(8) Accurate Disclosure. All information furnished to the Company or the Underwriters by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders in writing expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus is, and on the Closing Date will be, true, correct and complete in all material respects, and did not, as of the time they were
declared or became effective, as the case may be, as of the Applicable Time, and on the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information not
misleading, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information with respect to the Selling Stockholder under the caption “Selling Stockholders” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus (such information, the “Selling Stockholder Information”)
(9) Offering Materials. Without limitation to the provisions of Section 18 hereof, such Selling Stockholder has not distributed and will not distribute, directly or indirectly (other than through
the Underwriters), any “written communication” (as defined Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or other offering materials in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, other than the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any amendment
or supplements to any of the foregoing that are filed with the Commission and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined in Section 18).
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(d) Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
the Manager (whether signed on behalf of such officer, the Company or such subsidiary or the Manager) and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, such
subsidiary or the Manager, as applicable, to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed on behalf of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Securities. The Underwriters propose to offer the Securities from time to time for sale in negotiated transactions or otherwise, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at
negotiated prices. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and
each of the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, the respective numbers of Securities set forth opposite the names of the Company and the Selling Stockholders in Exhibit
A-2 hereto, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the respective number of Securities set forth opposite its name in Exhibit A-1 hereto plus any
additional number of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 hereof, subject to such adjustments among the Underwriters in their sole discretion shall make to
eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional Securities, in each case at a price of $20.00 per share (the “Purchase Price”).
(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Securities shall be made at the
offices of Clifford Chance US LLP, 31 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019, or at such
other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on November 19, 2018 (unless postponed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 12), or such other time not later than five business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein
called “Closing Date”).
Payment shall be made to the Company and the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the respective
bank accounts designated by the Company and the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice, in each case against delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each
Underwriter is authorized, for its own account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. Each Underwriter, individually, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by the other Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Date but such
payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(c) Delivery of Securities. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Underwriters shall otherwise instruct.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company
covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. Prior to the end of the period during which the Prospectus is required (or, but for the
provisions of Rule 172, would be required) to be delivered by applicable law (whether to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173(d) or otherwise), the Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of
Rule 430B and Rule 433 and will notify the Underwriters immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when the Initial Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be declared or become effective, or when any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing
shall have been filed or distributed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission (and shall promptly furnish the Underwriters with a copy of any comment letters and any written responses thereto), (iii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information including, but not limited to, any
request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing or any notice from the Commission objecting to the use of the form of
the Registration Statement or any post effective amendment thereto, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the loss or suspension of any exemption from any such qualification,
or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding
under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and the occurrence of any such suspension or loss of any
qualification of the Securities for offering or sale and any such loss or suspension of any exemption from any such qualification, and if any such stop order is issued, or any such suspension or loss occurs, to obtain as soon as possible the
lifting thereof.
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(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the Underwriters notice of its intention to file or
prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment, supplement or revision to any preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such documents
within a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters have reasonably objected in a timely manner.
The Company will give the Underwriters notice of its intention to make any filing pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations from the Applicable Time through the Closing Date (or, if later, through the end of the period during which
the Prospectus is required (or, but for the provisions of Rule 172, would be required) to be delivered by applicable law (whether to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173(d) or otherwise)) and will furnish the Underwriters with
copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters have reasonably objected in a
timely manner.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the
Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Initial Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith and copies of all
consents and certificates of experts).
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many
copies of each preliminary prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will
furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required (or, but for the provisions of Rule 172, would be required) to be delivered by applicable law (whether to meet the request of purchasers pursuant
to Rule 173(d) or otherwise), such number of copies of the Pre‑Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing as such Underwriter may reasonably request.
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(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933
Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a
prospectus is required (or, but for the provisions of Rule 172, would be required) by the applicable law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities (whether to meet the request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173(d) or
otherwise), any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary (or if the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall notify the Company that, in their judgment, it is necessary) to amend the
Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus so that the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, not misleading or if it is necessary (or if the Underwriters
or counsel for the Underwriters shall notify the Company that, in their judgment, it is necessary) to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to comply with the
requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters of such event or condition and of its intention to file such amendment or supplement (or, if
the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall have notified the Company as aforesaid, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters of its intention to prepare such amendment or supplement) and will promptly prepare and file
with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, and, in the case of an amendment or post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement, the Company will use its best efforts to have such amendment declared or become effective as soon as practicable, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such
amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement or if an event shall occur or condition shall exist
as a result of which it is necessary (or, if the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall notify the Company that, in their judgment, it is necessary) to amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus so that it will not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, not misleading, or if it is
necessary (or, if the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall notify the Company that, in their judgment, it is necessary) to amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the
1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters of such event or condition and of its intention to file such amendment or supplement (or, if the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall have
notified the Company as aforesaid, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters of its intention to prepare such amendment or supplement) and will promptly prepare and, if required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, file with
the Commission, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the
Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky and Other Qualifications. The Company will use reasonable best efforts, in
cooperation with the Underwriters to qualify the Securities for offering and sale, or to obtain an exemption for the Securities to be offered and sold under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or
foreign) as the Underwriters may designate in writing; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to (x) file any general consent to service of process, (y) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or (z) subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified or
exempt, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification or exemption, as the case may be, in effect for so long as a period as the Underwriters may
reasonably request for distribution of the Securities.
(g) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security
holders and to the Underwriters (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s EDGAR system) an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act
and Rule 158 under the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Securities in the manner specified in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(i) Listing. The Company will use reasonable best efforts to effect the listing of the Securities on the NYSE.
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During the Lock-Up Period, the Company will not, without
the prior written consent of the Underwriters, directly or indirectly:
(i) issue, offer, sell, contract to
sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (“Related Securities”);
(ii) [Reserved]; or
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(iii) enter into any swap, hedge, short
sale, derivative, put or call or other agreement, arrangement, hedge or transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Common Stock or Related Securities,
whether any transaction described in clause (i) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or Related Securities,
in cash or otherwise, or publicly announce any intention to do any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company may, without the
prior written consent of the Underwriters:
(1) issue Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to
this Agreement,
(2) issue shares, and options to purchase shares, of
Common Stock and restricted stock units pursuant to stock option plans, stock purchase or other equity incentive plans described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as those plans are in effect on the date of this Agreement,
(3) issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
stock options or the vesting of restricted stock units, in each case, issued under stock option or other equity incentive plans referred to in clause (2) above, as those plans are in effect on the date of this Agreement, or upon the exercise of
convertible securities outstanding on the date of this Agreement, as those convertible securities are in effect on the date of this Agreement, and
(4) issue shares of Common Stock or Related
Securities in connection with mergers or acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial relationships or strategic transactions, provided that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable does not exceed 5% of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the offering of the Securities.
provided, however, that in the case of any
issuance described in clause (3) or (4) above, it shall be a condition to the issuance that each recipient executes and delivers to the Underwriters, acting on behalf of
the Underwriters, not later than one business day prior to the date of such issuance, a written agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement and otherwise satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters.
(k) Preparation of Prospectus. Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company
will, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, prepare the Prospectus, which shall contain the selling terms of the Securities, the plan of distribution thereof and such other information as may be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations
or as the Underwriters and the Company may deem appropriate, and, if requested by the Underwriters, will prepare an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus containing the information set forth in Exhibit J hereto and such other information as may be
required by Rule 433 or as the Underwriters and the Company may deem appropriate, and will file or transmit for filing with the Commission the Prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B and in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433.
(l) Emerging Growth Company. The Company will promptly notify the Underwriters if the Company ceases
to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of Securities within the meaning of the 1933 Act and (ii) completion of the 60-day restricted period referred to in Section 3(j) hereof.
(m) Real Estate Investment Trust. The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2018 and its subsequent taxable years, unless the Company’s Board of Directors determines in good faith that it is no longer in the
best interest of the Company and its stockholders to so qualify.
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(n) Absence of Manipulation. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(o) 1940 Act. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company
from its sale of the Securities in such a manner as would require the Company to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
SECTION 4. Covenants of the Manager. The Manager
covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Absence of Manipulation. The Manager will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
SECTION 5. Covenants of the Selling Stockholders.
Each of the Selling Stockholders severally covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(b) Tax
Forms. Prior to the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W 9 or W 8 (or other
applicable form) from each of the Selling Stockholders.
SECTION 6. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations and the
obligations of the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement (except for expenses payable by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof), including expenses related to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing and
filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto (in each case including exhibits) and any
costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing, (ii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other taxes or duties payable
in connection with the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other advisors to the
Company and the counsel for the Selling Stockholders (except for expenses payable by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof), (v) the qualification or exemption of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection
with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements thereto (provided that with respect to fees of counsel to the Underwriters, the amount reimbursed shall in no event exceed $5,000), (vi) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication and the Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements
thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing to the Underwriters,
(viii) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and registrar for the Securities, (ix) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by FINRA of
the terms of the sale of the Securities (provided that with respect to fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters, the amount reimbursed shall in no event exceed $35,000), (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the NYSE and (xi) the costs and expenses of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders (except for expenses payable by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof) any of their respective officers, directors, counsel or other
representatives (other than the Underwriters) in connection with presentations to or meetings with prospective purchasers of the Securities, including, without
limitation, expenses in connection with any Testing-the-Waters Communication, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics and the production and hosting of any electronic road shows, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, and travel, lodging, transportation, and other expenses of the officers, directors, counsel and
other representatives (other than the Underwriters) of the Company incurred in connection with any such presentations or meetings. Except as provided in this Section 6(a), the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel and travel and lodging expenses.
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(b) Expenses of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder, severally, will pay the
following expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement: (i) any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other taxes or duties payable in connection with the sale or delivery of its Securities to the
Underwriters (and such Selling Stockholder hereby authorizes the payment of any such amounts by deduction from either the proceeds of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement), and (ii) underwriting discounts
and commissions with respect to the Securities sold by it to the Underwriters.
(c) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriters in accordance with
the provisions of Section 7, 11(a)(i) or 11(a)(iii)(A) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters severally on demand for all of their reasonable and documented out‑of‑pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of Clifford Chance US LLP, that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
SECTION 7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.
The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Manager and the Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement, or in certificates signed by any
officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or the Manager (whether signed on behalf of such officer, the Company or such subsidiary or the Manager) or by or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder delivered to the Underwriters or
counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, to the performance by the Company, the Manager and the Selling Stockholders of their other respective obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Initial Registration Statement and any
post‑effective amendments thereto have been declared effective, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been
complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters and the Commission shall not have notified the Company of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement. The Prospectus shall have been filed with the
Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance upon Rule 424(b)(8)) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed with the Commission shall have been filed in the manner and within
the time period required by Rule 433.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received the
opinion and negative assurance letter, each dated as of Closing Date, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company (“Company Counsel”), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such opinion and letter for each of the other Underwriters, to the
effect set forth in Exhibit E-1 and E-2 hereto, and the opinions, dated as of the Closing Date, of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, special tax counsel to the Company, of Venable
LLP, special Maryland counsel to the Company, and of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, special 1940 Act counsel to the Company, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies
of such opinion for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibits F, G and H hereto, respectively.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholders. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received the opinion, each dated as of Closing Date, of (1)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P., in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, together with
signed or reproduced copies of such opinion and letter for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit I-1 hereto and (2) Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel for Makena U.S. Real Estate Master Fund B, L.P., in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such opinion for each of the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit I-2 hereto.
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(d) Opinion
of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received the letter, dated as of Closing Date, of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters (“Underwriters’ Counsel”), together with signed or reproduced copies of such
letter for each of the other Underwriters, with respect to the Securities to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and such other matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(e) Company Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Date, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto
subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition (financial or
other), results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and, at the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a
certificate, signed on behalf of the Company by the President or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Date, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material
adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date, (iii) the
Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date under or pursuant to this Agreement, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened by the Commission and the Commission has not notified the Company of any objection to the use
of the form of the Registration Statement.
(f) Manager Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Date,
there shall not have been, since the date hereof or of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse
change in the earnings, business, operations or condition (financial or other) of the Manager, and, at the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate, signed on behalf of the Manager by the President or the Chief
Executive Officer of the Manager and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Manager (or persons having equivalent functions), dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse
change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Manager in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date and (iii) the Manager
has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date under or pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) Selling Stockholders’ Certificates. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a
certificate of each Selling Stockholder, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date with the same
force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date and (ii) such Selling Stockholder has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date
under or pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters
shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the date of this Agreement and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the
other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of the Company contained or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (other than any electronic road show) and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.
(i) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from
Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of
this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Date.
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(j) Approval of Listing. At the Closing Date the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters at
such time shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance, and the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Stockholders at such time shall be listed on the NYSE.
(k) Lock-up Agreements. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by
each of the Selling Stockholders and each of the persons listed in Exhibit C hereto.
(l) No Objection. Prior to the date of this Agreement, FINRA shall have confirmed in writing that it
has no objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) Additional Documents. At the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions,
contained in this Agreement, or as the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters may otherwise reasonably request.
(o) Termination
of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled,
this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to Closing Date and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 6(c) hereof
and except that, in the case of any such termination of this Agreement, Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall survive such termination of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its officers, directors, employees, partners, members, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim or damage arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto),
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or in any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) that does not constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss,
liability, claim or damage to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 8(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating or defending against any such loss, liability, claim, damage or
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission,
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provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or in any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters as aforesaid consists of the information described as such
in Section 8(b) hereof.
(b) Indemnification by Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 8, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing),
or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433), or any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) that does not constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon
and in conformity with the Selling Stockholder Information. The Company and the Underwriters hereby
acknowledge and agree that the information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Selling
Stockholders expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written
Testing-the-Waters Communications, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), consists exclusively of the Selling Stockholder Information. The aggregate liability of each
Selling Stockholder under the indemnity pursuant to this Section 8(b), together with any amount it is required to contribute under Section 9, shall be limited to an amount
equal to the aggregate gross proceeds, less underwriting discounts and commissions (but before payment of expenses payable by the Selling Stockholders), received by such Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities by such Selling
Stockholder under this Agreement.
(c) Indemnification
by the Underwriters. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Selling Stockholders, their respective directors, each of the Company’s officers who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or a Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the
indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 8, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any
preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter expressly for use therein. The
Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledge and agree that the information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters through the Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any preliminary
prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), consists exclusively of the following
information appearing in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Underwriting”: (i) the names of the Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (ii) the information regarding the
concession and reallowance appearing in the 3rd paragraph thereunder, (iii) the information regarding online distribution of the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus appearing in the 5th paragraph thereunder and (iv) the information
regarding short sales, stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids appearing in the 9th, 10th and 11th paragraphs thereunder.
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(d) Actions Against Parties; Notification. Each
indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying
party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder. Counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected as follows: counsel to the Underwriters and the
other indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(a) and (b) above shall be selected by the Underwriters, counsel to the Selling Stockholders and the other indemnified parties referenced in Section 8(c) above shall be selected by the Selling
Stockholders and counsel to the Company and the other indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(c) above shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action;
provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for the Underwriters and the other indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(a)
and (b) above, the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for the Selling Stockholders and the other
indemnified parties referenced in Section 8(c) above and the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for the Company and the other indemnified parties referred to
in Section 8(c) above, in each case in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 8 or Section 9 hereof (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation,
proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall
have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated
by Section 8(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more
than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(f) Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification and Contribution. The provisions of this Section 8 and in Section 9 hereof shall not affect any agreements
among the Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to indemnification of each other or contribution between themselves.
SECTION 9. Contribution. If the indemnification
provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as other equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities.
The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or by the
Underwriters on the other hand and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in
this Section 9. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 9 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in investigating, preparing for or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 9, each affiliate, officer, director,
and employee of any Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and the Manager, each director or manager of the Company and the Manager, as applicable, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each
person, if any, who controls the Company or the Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Exhibit A-1 hereto and not joint.
SECTION 10. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to
Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (whether signed on behalf of such officer, the Company or such subsidiary) or signed by or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any
officer, director, employee, partner, member or agent of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, any officer, director or employee of the Company or any person controlling the Company, or by or on behalf of any
Selling Stockholder or any person controlling a Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 11. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and
the Selling Stockholders at any time on or prior to Closing Date (i) if there has been, at any time on or after the date of this Agreement or since the date of the most
recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change that could reasonably be
expected to result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, any outbreak
of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions (including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities), in each case the
effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriters, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if (A) trading in any
securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE, or (B) trading generally on the NYSE, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market, has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum
prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by the NYSE exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (C) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking
or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
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(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 11, such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 6 hereof and except that Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall survive such
termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 12. Default by One or More of the Underwriters.
If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Date to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted
Securities”), the Underwriters shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non‑defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the
Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Underwriters shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24‑hour period, then:
(1) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the
non‑defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount of such Defaulted Securities in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations
of all non‑defaulting Underwriters; or
(2) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement shall
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 12 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement the Underwriters shall have the right to
postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding five business days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used
herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 12.
SECTION 13. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be effective only upon receipt and shall be mailed, delivered by hand or overnight courier, or transmitted by fax (with the
receipt of such fax to be confirmed by telephone). Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel, Fax: (646) 291-1469, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Prospectus Group, Tel: (800)
503-4611, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Fax: (212) 902-9316 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate, Fax: (212) 214-5918; notices to the Company,
Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P. or the Manager shall be directed to it at KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc., 9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200, New York, New York, 10019 Attention: Legal Department, fax no. 212‑750-0003, with a copy to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Attention: Joseph H. Kaufman, fax no. 212-455-2502 (with such fax to be confirmed by telephone to 212-455-2948); notices to Makena U.S. Real Estate Master Fund B, L.P. shall be directed to it at 2755 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Attention: General Counsel, and bmcgrath@makenacap.com, with a copy to Ropes & Gray
LLP, Attention: Tom Holden, fax no. 415-315-4823 (with such fax to be confirmed by telephone to 415-315-2355).
SECTION 14. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company, the Manager, the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person,
firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company, the Manager, the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors and the controlling persons and other indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9 and their successors,
heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, the Manager, the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and other indemnified parties and their successors, heirs and legal representatives, and for
the benefit of no other person or entity. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
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SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 16. Effect of Headings. The Section and
Exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 17. Definitions. As used in this Agreement,
the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:
“Applicable Time” means 4:52 P.M. (New York City time)
on November 14, 2018 or such other time as agreed by the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Company Documents” means (i) all Subject Instruments and (ii) all other contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures, evidences of indebtedness, swap agreements, hedging agreements, leases or other instruments or agreements to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“EDGAR” means the Commission’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder.
“Existing Financing Agreements” means (i) the
Uncommitted Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2015, between KREF Lending II LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, (ii) the Amended and Restated Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of April 7,
2017, among KREF Lending I LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated September 20, 2017, and the Maximum Amount Upsize Option Confirmation Letter, dated September 26, 2018, (iii) the Amended &
Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017, among KREF Lending III LLC, KREF Lending III TRS LLC and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated July 31, 2018, and Amendment No. 2, dated October 31,
2018, (iv) the Master Repurchase and Securities Contract Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2016, between Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and KREF Lending IV LLC, as amended by Omnibus Amendment, dated as of November 10, 2017, (v) the Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2017, among KREF Holdings X LLC, KKR Real Estate Finance Holdings L.P. and Barclays Bank PLC and (vi) the Indenture, dated as of May 18, 2018, by and between the Company and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, each as amended, supplemented or restated, as of the date hereof, if applicable, and in each case including any promissory notes, pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages, guarantees and other instruments or agreements entered
into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection therewith or pursuant thereto, in each case as amended, supplemented or restated as of the date hereof, if applicable.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or both, as the context shall require.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles.
“Initial Registration Statement” means the Company’s
registration statement on Form S–3 (Registration No. 333-226167), as amended (if applicable), including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S–3 under the 1933 Act and the Rule
430B Information; provided that any Rule 430B Information shall be deemed to be part of the Initial Registration Statement only from and after the time specified pursuant to Rule 430B.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free
writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the offering of the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show” that is a “written communication” within the meaning of Rule
433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in
each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Exhibit K hereto.
“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
“Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.
“Lock-Up Period” means the period beginning on and
including the date of this Agreement through and including the date that is the 60th day after the date of this Agreement.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the U.S. Treasury Department.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) in the case of a
corporation, its charter and bylaws; (b) in the case of a limited or general partnership, its partnership certificate, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and its partnership agreement; (c) in the case of a limited
liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, membership agreement or other similar agreement; (d) in the case of
a trust, its certificate of trust, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and its trust agreement or other similar agreement; and (e) in the case of any other entity, the organizational and governing documents of such
entity.
“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States).
“Pre-Pricing Prospectus” means the preliminary
prospectus supplement dated November 14, 2018 relating to the Securities, together with the Base Prospectus, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities.
“Registration Statement” means the Initial Registration
Statement; provided that, if a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed with the Commission, then the term “Registration Statement” shall include such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement from and after the time of such filing, mutatis
mutandis.
“Regulation S-T” means Regulation S-T of the Commission.
“Repayment Event” means any event or condition which,
either immediately or with notice or passage of time or both, (i) gives the holder of any bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) gives any counterparty (or any person acting on such counterparty’s
behalf) under any swap agreement, hedging agreement or similar agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is a party the right to liquidate or accelerate the payment obligations or designate an early
termination date under such agreement or instrument, as the case may be.
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“Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 173,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 424(b),” “Rule 430B,” “Rule
433” and “Rule 462(b)” refer to such rules under the 1933 Act.
“Rule 430B Information” means the information included
in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing that was omitted from the Initial Registration Statement at the time it first became effective but is deemed to be part of and included in
the Initial Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” means a
registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) for the purpose of registering any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, including the documents and other information incorporated by reference therein and the Rule 430A
Information.
“Subject Instruments” means the Existing Financing
Agreements and all other instruments, agreements and documents filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the Commission; provided that if any instrument, agreement or other document filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement as aforesaid has been redacted or if any portion thereof has been deleted or is otherwise not included as part of such exhibit (whether pursuant to a request for confidential treatment or otherwise),
the term “Subject Instruments” shall nonetheless mean such instrument, agreement or other document, as the case may be, in its entirety, including any portions thereof which shall have been so redacted, deleted or otherwise not filed.
“Termination Event” means any event or condition which
gives any person the right, either immediately or with notice or passage of time or both, to terminate or limit (in whole or in part) any Company Documents or any rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries thereunder, including, without
limitation, upon the occurrence of a change of control of the Company or other similar events.
“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or
written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the 1933 Act.
“Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any
Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“1933 Act Regulations” means the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the 1933 Act.
“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
“1934 Act Regulations” means the rules and regulations
of the Commission under the 1934 Act.
“1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement,
the Initial Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include (i) the version thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR and all versions thereof delivered (physically or electronically) to the Underwriters and (ii) the
documents incorporated by reference therein, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the foregoing, as the case may be.
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SECTION 18. Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The
Company represents, warrants and agrees that it has not made and, unless it obtains the prior written consent
of the Underwriters, it will not make, any offer relating to the Securities that constitutes or would
constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433) or that otherwise constitutes or would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) or portion thereof required to be filed with the Commission or required to be retained by the Company pursuant to Rule
433; provided that the prior written consent of the Underwriters shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, listed on
Exhibit K hereto, and to any electronic road show in the form previously provided by the Company to and approved by the Underwriters. Any such free writing prospectus consented to or deemed to have been consented to as aforesaid is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents, warrants and agrees that it has treated and will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an
“issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that all free writing prospectuses, if any, listed in Exhibit K hereto are Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses.
SECTION 19. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. Each
of the Company, the Manager and the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, acknowledge and agree that:
(a) each of the Underwriters is acting solely as an
underwriter in connection with the sale of the Securities and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, the Manager or any of the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and any of the Underwriters, on the other hand,
has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not any of the Underwriters has advised or is advising the Company, the Manager or any Selling Stockholder on other matters;
(b) the price to be paid by the Underwriters for the
Securities set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company and the Selling Stockholders following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters;
(c) it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) it is aware that the Underwriters and their
respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company, the Manager or the Selling Stockholders and that none of the Underwriters has any obligation to disclose such
interests and transactions to the Company, the Manager or the Selling Stockholders by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship or otherwise; and
(e) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any claims it may have against any of the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty relating to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and agrees that none of the Underwriters shall have any
liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim.
SECTION 20. Research Analyst Independence. The Company, the Manager and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge that the Underwriters’ respective research analysts and research departments are required to be independent
from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ respective research analysts and research departments may hold views and make statements or
investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. Each of the Company, the Manager and the Selling
Stockholders hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims that the Company, the Manager or such Selling Stockholder may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may
arise from the fact that the views expressed by their respective research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company, the Manager or such Selling Stockholder by
such Underwriters’ respective investment banking divisions. The Company, the Manager and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to
applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the Company and other entities that may be the subject of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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SECTION 21. Trial By Jury. The Company, the Manager,
each of the Selling Stockholders and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company, the Manager and
the Selling Stockholders a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the Manager in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
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KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE TRUST INC.
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By
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/s/
Christen E.J. Lee |
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Name:
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Christen E.J. Lee
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Title:
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Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co- President
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KKR REAL ESTATE FINANCE MANAGER LLC
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By
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/s/
Christen E.J. Lee |
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Name:
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Christen E.J. Lee
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Title:
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Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co- President
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MAKENA U.S. REAL ESTATE MASTER FUND B, L.P.
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By
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/s/ William
McGrath |
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Name:
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William McGrath
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Title:
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Authorized Signatory
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TACTICAL VALUE SPN-KREF HOLDINGS L.P.
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By:
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Tactical Value SPN-SPV GP LLC, its general partner
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By:
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KKR Tactical Value SPN L.P., as its sole member
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By:
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KKR Associates TV SPN L.P., its general partner
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By:
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KKR TV SPN GP Limited, its general partner
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By
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/s/ William J. Janetschek
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Name: | William J. Janetschek | |
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Title: | Director |
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
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By:
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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
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By
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/s/ Michael Occi |
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Name: | Michael Occi |
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Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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By
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/s/ Aaron Weiss |
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Name:
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Aaron Weiss | |
Title:
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Authorized Signatory |
By:
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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By
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/s/ Benjamin Darsney |
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Name: | Benjamin Darsney | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | ||
By
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/s/ Manoj Mahtani |
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Name: | Manoj Mahtani | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By:
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
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By
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/s/ Richard Cohn
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Name: | Richard Cohn |
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Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By:
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
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By
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/s/ David Herman
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Name: | David Herman |
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Title: | Authorized Signatory |
EXHIBIT A-1
UNDERWRITERS
Name of Underwriter
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Number of
Securities
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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
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900,000
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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900,000
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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900,000
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
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900,000
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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900,000
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Total
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4,500,000
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EXHIBIT A-2
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
Number of
Securities
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Company
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500,000
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Makena U.S. Real Estate
Master Fund B, L.P.
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2,250,000
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Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P.
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1,750,000
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Total
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4,500,000
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EXHIBIT B
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
Name
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Jurisdiction of Organization
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Type of Entity
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Names of General
Partners/Managing Members
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KKR Real Estate Finance Holdings L.P.
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Delaware
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Limited Partnership
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KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
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KREF Lending I LLC
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Delaware
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Limited Liability Company
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KREF Holdings I LLC
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KREF Lending III LLC
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Delaware
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Limited Liability Company
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KREF Holdings III LLC
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KREF Lending IV LLC
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Delaware
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Limited Liability Company
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KREF Holdings IV LLC
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KREF Capital LLC
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Delaware
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Limited Liability Company
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KKR Real Estate Finance Holdings L.P.
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KREF Securities Holdings, LLC
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Delaware
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Limited Liability Company
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KKR Real Estate Finance Holdings L.P.
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KREF Lending VII LLC
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Delaware
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Limited Liability Company
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KREF Holdings VII LLC
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EXHIBIT C
LIST OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO LOCK-UP
KKR Real Estate Finance Manager LLC
Tactical Value SPN-KREF Holdings L.P.
Townsend Holdings, LLC
KKR REFT Holdings L.P.
Makena U.S. Real Estate Master Fund B, L.P.
Ralph F. Rosenberg
Terrance R. Ahern
R. Craig Blanchard
Todd A. Fisher
Jonathan A. Langer
Deborah H. McAneny
Paula Madoff
Irene M. Esteves
Christen E.J. Lee
Mathew A. Salem
W. Patrick Mattson
Mostafa Nagaty
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.
Public Offering of Common Stock
Dated as of ____________________, 2018
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the
proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among KKR Real Estate Finance
Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), KKR Real Estate Finance Manager LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, the Selling Stockholders party thereto and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to a proposed offering (the “Offering”) of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”).
In order to induce the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting
Agreement, and in light of the benefits that the Offering will confer upon the undersigned in its capacity as a stockholder and/or an officer or director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with the Underwriters that, during the period beginning on and including the date of the Underwriting Agreement through and including the date that is the 60th day after the date of the Underwriting Agreement
(such period, the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters,
directly or indirectly:
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(i) offer, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, assign or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock
(including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such person in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be
issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (“Related Securities”), or
(ii) enter into any swap, hedge, short sale, derivative, put or call, or other agreement, arrangement or
transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Common Stock or Related Securities,
whether any transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash
or otherwise, or publicly announce any intention to do any of the foregoing.
The provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply:
(1) to the transfer of Common Stock or Related Securities as a bona fide gift or gifts, or by will or intestate
succession or to a trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or to any member of the immediate family (as defined below) of the undersigned;
(2) if the undersigned is a corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business
entity, to (i) the transfer of Common Stock or Related Securities to another corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity that is a
direct or indirect affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) of the undersigned or (ii) distributions of Common Stock or Related Securities to a stockholder, partner, member or holder of similar equity interests in the undersigned, as the case may be, of such corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity;
(3) if the undersigned is a trust, to transfers to the beneficiary of such trust;
(4) to transfers to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned;
(5) to transfers to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be
permissible under clauses (1) through (4);
(6) to transfers pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, that
such transfer is pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency;
(7) to transfers from an executive officer to the Company upon death, disability or termination of employment,
in each case, of such executive officer;
(8) to transfers of Common Stock or Related Securities acquired in open-market transactions after the
completion of the Offering;
(9) to transfers in response to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar
transaction made to or with all holders of Common Stock involving a “change of control” (as defined below) of the Company occurring after the consummation of the Offering, that has been approved by the board of directors of the Company;
provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigned’s Common Stock and Related Securities shall remain subject to the terms of this agreement. For purposes of this
clause (9), “change of control” means the consummation of any bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act), or
group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the 1934 Act) of more than 50% of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company; and
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(10) to the entry into a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the 1934 Act for the
transfer of Common Stock that does not in any case provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period;
provided, however, that:
(A) in the case of any transfer described in clause (1) through (5) above, it shall be a condition to the
transfer that the transferee executes and delivers to the Underwriters, not later than one business day prior to such transfer, a written agreement, in substantially the
form of this agreement; and
(B) in the case of a transfer described in clause (1) through (5), (7), (8) or (10) above, no filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or other public report, filing or announcement reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Common Stock shall be made in respect of such transfer during this Lock-Up Period.
For purposes of this agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, current or former marriage or adoption not
more remote than the first cousin.
The undersigned further agrees that (i) it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with
respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), of any shares of Common Stock or Related Securities, and (ii) the Company
may, with respect to any Common Stock or Related Securities, cause the transfer agent or other registrar to enter stop transfer instructions and implement stop transfer procedures with respect to such securities during the Lock-Up Period.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this agreement and
that this agreement has been duly authorized (if applicable), executed and delivered by the undersigned and is a valid and binding agreement of the undersigned. This agreement and all authority herein conferred are irrevocable and shall
survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned (if a natural person) and shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if for any reason (i) the Underwriting Agreement is not executed by the parties thereto prior to December 31, 2018, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions
thereof that survive termination) is terminated prior to payment for the delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder or (iii) the Company notifies the Underwriters in
writing prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement that the Company does not intend to proceed with the Offering, this agreement shall automatically terminate and
become null and void.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions.
THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[Signature Page Immediately Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this agreement as of the date first set forth above.
Yours very truly,
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Print Name:
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EXHIBIT E-1
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY COUNSEL
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EXHIBIT E-2
FORM OF NEGATIVE ASSURANCE LETTER OF COMPANY COUNSEL
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF TAX COUNSEL OPINION
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF MARYLAND COUNSEL OPINION
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF SPECIAL 1940 ACT COUNSEL OPINION
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EXHIBIT I-1
FORM OF SELLING STOCKHOLDER’S COUNSEL OPINION
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EXHIBIT I-2
FORM OF SELLING STOCKHOLDER’S COUNSEL OPINION
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EXHIBIT J
PRICE-RELATED INFORMATION
Public offering price: Variable
Number of Securities: 4,500,000 shares
Settlement date: November 19, 2018
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EXHIBIT K
ISSUER GENERAL USE FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES
None
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Schedule 40
TAXABLE REIT SUBSIDIARIES
KREF Management Unit Holdings LLC
KREF Lending III TRS LLC
KREF Capital TRS LLC
KREF Finance TRS LLC
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