EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

EQUITY BASED COMPENSATION

Schedule of expense associated with equity based compensation

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
KKR Holdings Principal Awards	$	33,740	$	68,309	$	85,309	$	202,977
KKR Holdings Restricted Equity Units	765		4,346		3,173		8,650
Equity Incentive Plan Units	31,227		17,366		84,581		47,678
Discretionary Compensation	19,483		32,136		74,120		70,732
Total	$	85,215	$	122,157	$	247,183	$	330,037

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	1,761,382		12.07
Vested	(1,302,727	)	11.50
Forfeited	(2,809,918	)	7.18
Balance, September 30, 2013	62,218,404		$	7.48

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

Vesting Date	Units
October 1, 2013	27,928,684
April 1, 2014	1,244,528
October 1, 2014	27,959,323
April 1, 2015	1,244,581
October 1, 2015	2,281,657
April 1, 2016	82,429
October 1, 2016	1,320,909
April 1, 2017	30,000
October 1, 2017	111,293
April 1, 2018	15,000
	62,218,404

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	(200,341	)	13.72
Forfeited	(23,578	)	14.20
Balance, September 30, 2013	840,793		$	11.57

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

Vesting Date	Units
October 1, 2013	259,411
April 1, 2014	164,579
October 1, 2014	252,751
April 1, 2015	138,521
October 1, 2015	25,531
	840,793

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	11,646,952		12.08
Vested	(2,953,853	)	11.32
Forfeited	(671,715	)	9.61
Balance, September 30, 2013	25,942,310		$	10.18

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

Vesting Date	Units
October 1, 2013	3,759,732
April 1, 2014	4,550,214
October 1, 2014	4,324,538
April 1, 2015	4,381,402
October 1, 2015	3,347,091
April 1, 2016	2,160,645
October 1, 2016	2,121,415
April 1, 2017	84,189
October 1, 2017	480,987
April 1, 2018	6,917
October 1, 2018	725,180
	25,942,310