KKR Financial sells $5.1 billion of its residential mortgage loans

By Lisa Kerner

Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 15 - KKR Financial Holdings LLC sold some $5.1 billion of residential mortgage loans as part of a plan to divest its residential real estate assets.

The company had invested in residential real estate as a real estate investment trust but has operated as a limited liability company since May.

KKR owns approximately $5.8 billion of mortgage loans primarily in the form of residential mortgage-backed securities.

Due to "unprecedented disruption" in the residential mortgage and global commercial paper markets, the company is negotiating with investors in its asset-backed secured liquidity note facilities regarding various alternatives to protect it from funding problems.

In addition, the San Francisco specialty finance company will pay a distribution of $0.56 per common share at the end of the month to shareholders of record as of Aug. 16.

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