EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION

Schedule of expense associated with equity based compensation

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
KKR Holdings Principal Awards	$	32,837	$	73,889
KKR Holdings Restricted Equity Units	1,463		4,129
Equity Incentive Plan Units	27,418		16,263
Discretionary Compensation	19,932		20,060
Total	$	81,650	$	114,341

Schedule of KKR Holdings awards granted to principals and certain non-employee consultant and service providers

	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2013	64,569,667		$	7.42
Granted	1,686,382		12.00
Vested	—		—
Forfeited	(747,151	)	7.08
Balance, March 31, 2013	65,508,898		$	7.54

Schedule of remaining vesting tranches for principals and certain non-employee consultant and service providers

Vesting Date	Units
April 1, 2013	1,302,727
October 1, 2013	28,874,554
April 1, 2014	1,305,406
October 1, 2014	28,874,613
April 1, 2015	1,305,462
October 1, 2015	2,306,581
April 1, 2016	67,429
October 1, 2016	1,345,833
April 1, 2017	15,000
October 1, 2017	111,293
	65,508,898

Schedule of KKR Holdings unvested restricted equity units granted to professionals, support staff and other personnel

	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2013	1,064,712		$	12.03
Granted	—		—
Vested	—		—
Forfeited	(17,073	)	14.20
Balance, March 31, 2013	1,047,639		$	11.99

Schedule of remaining vesting tranches of restricted equity awards granted to professionals, support staff, and other personnel

Vesting Date	Units
April 1, 2013	199,177
October 1, 2013	259,411
April 1, 2014	168,409
October 1, 2014	252,751
April 1, 2015	142,360
October 1, 2015	25,531
	1,047,639

Schedule of awards granted under Equity Incentive Plan

	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2013	17,920,926		$	9.11
Granted	10,073,460		11.57
Vested	—		—
Forfeited	(173,053	)	9.40
Balance, March 31, 2013	27,821,333		$	10.00

Schedule of remaining vesting tranches of awards granted under the Equity Incentive Plan

Vesting Date	Units
April 1, 2013	2,995,026
October 1, 2013	3,595,220
April 1, 2014	4,623,595
October 1, 2014	3,900,038
April 1, 2015	4,521,424
October 1, 2015	2,991,037
April 1, 2016	2,195,642
October 1, 2016	1,897,555
April 1, 2017	42,434
October 1, 2017	318,979
October 1, 2018	740,383
	27,821,333