- The Justice Department settlement is the largest penalty imposed under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and relates to alleged filing violations across at least 16 transactions in 2021 and 2022.
- KKR disputes the Justice Department’s characterization of its compliance process, while the reimbursement converts the penalty into a financial nonevent for the company, its funds, and investors.
- The remaining investor issue is regulatory friction: closer scrutiny, broader document requests, delayed closings, and reduced deal flexibility could affect the deployment of KKR’s $143 billion in dry powder.
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“the best response to pessimism is performance”