Sec Form 4 Filing - Sorkin David @ KKR & Co. L.P. - 2016-02-23

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Sorkin David 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KKR & Co. L.P. [ KKR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) General Counsel and Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O KKR & CO. L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 42ND FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 02/23/2016 (Street) NEW YORK, NY10055 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Restricted Equity Units ( 1 ) 02/23/2016 A 59,799 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Common Units 59,799 $ 0 322,070 ( 2 ) D KKR Holdings L.P. Units ( 3 ) 02/23/2016 J( 4 ) 550,000 ( 3 )( 4 ) ( 3 )( 4 ) Common Units 550,000 $ 0 3,273,593 ( 5 ) D KKR Holdings L.P. Units ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Common Units 400,000 400,000 ( 5 ) I See footnote ( 6 )

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Sorkin David C/O KKR & CO. L.P. 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 42ND FLOOR NEW YORK, NY10055 General Counsel and Secretary Signatures /s/ Christopher Lee, as Attorney-in-Fact 02/25/2016 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )These restricted equity units were approved for grant under the KKR & Co. L.P. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and will generally vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period with the initial vesting on April 1, 2017. Upon vesting, each restricted equity unit may be settled by delivery of one common unit of KKR & Co. L.P. ( 2 )262,271 of these restricted equity units were previously granted to the Reporting Person and consist of 16,622 restricted equity units of KKR & Co. L.P. that will generally vest on April 1, 2016 and 24,860 and 220,789 restricted equity units of KKR & Co L.P., which will generally vest in two or three equal installments, respectively, on April 1st of each year with the next vesting on April 1, 2016. ( 3 )Pursuant to an exchange agreement as contemplated by KKR & Co. L.P.'s prospectus dated September 21, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2011, units of KKR Holdings L.P. are exchangeable for KKR Group Partnership Units (which term refers collectively to Class A partner interests in each of KKR Management Holdings L.P., KKR Fund Holdings L.P. and KKR International Holdings L.P.) on a one-for-one basis, and KKR Group Partnership Units are exchangeable for common units of KKR & Co. L.P. on a one-for-one basis. ( 4 )The grant of these units by KKR Holdings L.P. to the Reporting Person was authorized, and they will generally vest in part over a three year period beginning on January 1, 2018, subject to the public market price of common units of KKR & Co. L.P. meeting certain pre-determined targets during such period. This grant does not change the number of common units of KKR & Co. L.P. on a fully-diluted basis. ( 5 )Reflects a transfer of 90,000 KKR Holdings L.P. units from the Reporting Person to the limited partnership described in footnote 6 below. This transfer, which was exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 16a-13 under the Exchange Act, merely changed the form of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in such securities from direct to indirect. ( 6 )These securities are held by a limited partnership, whose general partner is a limited liability company over which the Reporting Person has investment discretion.

Remarks: Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Person states that this filing shall not be an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any of the securities reported herein as indirectly owned, and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein.

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