As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2010.

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

KKR & Co. L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

26-0426107

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 

 

Identification No.)

 

9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200, New York, New York

 

100019

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which

to be so registered

 

each class is to be registered

 

 

 

Common Units

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): 333-165414

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Common Units

(Title of Class)

 

 

 



 

Item 1.                    Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the common units representing limited partner interests (the “Common Units”) of KKR & Co. L.P. (the “Registrant”) is contained in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-165414) relating to the Common Units, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (such prospectus as filed pursuant to 424(b), the “Prospectus”). The description of the Common Units contained in the Prospectus under the headings “Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Responsibilities,” “Description of Our Common Units” and “Description of Our Limited Partnership Agreement” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Form 8-A.

 

Item 2.                    Exhibits.

 

None.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

KKR & Co. L.P.

 

By: KKR Management LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

Date: July 14, 2010

By:

/s/ David J. Sorkin

 

Name:

David J. Sorkin

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

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