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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The following table summarizes the aggregate fees for professional services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP (PCAOB ID

No. 34), the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, or their respective affiliates (collectively, the "Deloitte

Entities") for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2025
($ in thousands)
Audit Fees$78,323(1)
Audit-Related Fees$49,779(2)
Tax Compliance Fees$74,583(3)
Tax Planning and Advisory Fees$29,961(4)
All Other Fees$1,221
For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
($ in thousands)
Audit Fees$65,999(1)
Audit-Related Fees$52,505(2)
Tax Compliance Fees$63,215(3)
Tax Planning and Advisory Fees$26,754(4)
All Other Fees$230

(1)Audit Fees consisted of estimated fees for each audit year for (a) the audits of our consolidated financial statements in this report on Form 10-K and

services related to, or required by, statute or regulation, including other corporate entities; (b) reviews of the interim condensed consolidated financial

statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q; (c) comfort letters, consents and other services related to SEC and other regulatory filings;

and (d) audit services provided to KKR funds, the costs of which are generally borne by the KKR funds.

(2)Audit-Related Fees primarily included merger, acquisition, and investment due diligence services for strategic acquisitions or investments in target

companies, the costs of which are generally borne by the KKR funds.

(3)Tax Compliance Fees consisted of fees for services rendered for tax compliance.

(4)Tax Planning and Advisory Fees primarily included tax planning and advisory services, as well as tax fees for merger, acquisition, and investment

structuring services for strategic acquisitions or investments in target companies, the costs of which are generally borne by the KKR funds.

The Deloitte Entities provided audit, audit-related, tax, and other services to KKR portfolio companies, which are

approved directly by the portfolio company’s management and are not included in the amounts presented above.

Our Audit Committee charter, which is available on our website at www.kkr.com under "Investor Relations—

Sustainability & Corporate Governance—Corporate Governance—Audit Committee Charter," requires the Audit Committee to

approve in advance all audit and non-audit related services to be provided by our independent registered public accounting

firm in accordance with the audit and non-audit related services pre-approval policy. All services reported in the Audit, Audit-

Related, Tax, and All Other categories above were approved by the Audit Committee.

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