UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )*

KKR Credit Opportunities Portfolio

(Name of Issuer)

Class I Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

48254B107

(CUSIP Number)

Noah Greenhill, Esq.

KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC

555 California Street, 50^th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 315-3620

with a copy to:

William J. Bielefeld, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-6797

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

March 3, 2020

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because §240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g) check the following box. ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	KKR Financial Holdings LLC

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	KKR Group Partnership L.P.

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PN

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	KKR Group Holdings Corp.

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	CO

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	KKR & Co. Inc.

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	CO

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	KKR Management LLP

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			0

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	PN

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Henry R. Kravis

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			0

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IN

CUSIP No. 48254B107

13D

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	George R. Roberts

2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP			(a)	☐
				(b)	☐

3	SEC USE ONLY


4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	OO

5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)				☐


6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER
			0

		8	SHARED VOTING POWER
			4,000,000

		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			0

		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			4,000,000

11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	4,000,000

12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)				☐


13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
	83.9%

14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
	IN

Item 1.

Security and Issuer.

This Statement on Schedule 13D (this “Schedule 13D”) relates to Class I shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of KKR Credit Opportunities Portfolio., closed-end management investment company (the “Issuer”). The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at 555 California Street, 50^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104.

Item 2.

Identity and Background.

(a), (f) This Schedule 13D is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), by:

(i)

KKR Financial Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

(ii)

KKR Group Partnership L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership;

(iii)

KKR Group Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation;

(iv)

KKR & Co. Inc., a Delaware corporation;

(v)

KKR Management LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership;

(vi)

Henry R. Kravis, a United States citizen; and

(vii)

George R. Roberts, a United States citizen (the persons and entities listed in items (i) through (vii) are collectively referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons”).

KKR Group Partnership L.P. is the sole member of KKR Financial Holdings LLC. KKR Group Holdings Corp. is the general partner of KKR Group Partnership L.P. KKR & Co. Inc. is the sole shareholder of KKR Group Holdings Corp. KKR Management LLP is the Series I preferred stockholder of KKR & Co. Inc. Messrs. Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts are the founding partners of KKR Management LLP.

Each of Messrs. Joseph Bae, Scott Nuttall, Robert Lewin and David Sorkin is a director of KKR Group Holdings Corp. The executive officers of KKR Group Holdings Corp. and KKR & Co. Inc. are Messrs. Kravis, Roberts, Bae, Nuttall, Lewin and Sorkin. The directors of KKR & Co. Inc. are listed on Annex A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Each of Messrs. Bae, Nuttall and Sorkin is a United States citizen and Mr. Lewin is a Canadian citizen.

The Reporting Persons have entered into a joint filing agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(b) The address of the business office of each of the Reporting Persons and the other individuals named in this Item 2, unless as otherwise noted below, is:

c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

30 Hudson Yards

New York, New York 10001

The address of the principal business office of Mr. Roberts is:

c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.

2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(c) Each of KKR Financial Holdings LLC, KKR Group Partnership L.P., KKR Group Holdings Corp., KKR & Co. Inc. and KKR Management LLP is principally engaged as a holding company.

The present principal occupation or employment of each of Messrs. Kravis, Roberts, Bae, Nuttall, Lewin and Sorkin is as an executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and/or one or more of its affiliates. The present principal occupation of each of the other individuals named in Item 2 is listed on Annex A.

(d) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons or, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any of the other individuals named in this Item 2, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons or, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any of the other individuals named in this Item 2, has been party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding were or are subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations.

On January 3, 2020, the Issuer issued 4,000 Shares to KKR Financial Holdings LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000, which was paid from KKR Financial Holdings LLC’s working capital. On January 31, 2020 the Issuer issued 36,000 Shares to KKR Financial Holdings LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $900,000 from KKR Financial Holdings LLC’s working capital. On February 28, 2020 the Issuer issued 2,000,000 Shares to KKR Financial Holdings LLC for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000,000 from KKR Financial Holdings LLC’s working capital. On March 3, 2020 the Issuer issued 1,960,000 Shares to KKR Financial Holdings LLC for a contribution of investments with a fair market value of $49,000,000.

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction.

The Reporting Persons are affiliates of the Issuer and the Issuer’s investment advisor, KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC, a subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc. The Reporting Persons acquired the Shares in exchange for providing $100,000,000 of capital to the Issuer in order to enable the Issuer to begin operations and build out its investment portfolio. This Schedule 13D filing is occasioned solely by KKR Financial Holdings LLC’s beneficial ownership of more than 5% of

the presently outstanding Shares of the Issuer as a result of the investment described in the preceding sentence. KKR Financial Holdings LLC’s ownership as a percentage of the outstanding Shares may be deemed to have the resulting effect of changing or influencing the control of the Issuer, notwithstanding that the Shares of the Issuer beneficially owned by KKR Financial Holdings LLC were acquired in the ordinary course of its business and were not acquired for the purpose of changing or influencing the control of the Issuer.

The Reporting Persons do not currently intend to make additional purchases of the Issuer’s securities. The Reporting Persons may dispose of some or all of their Shares, from time to time, by tendering such Shares for repurchase by the Issuer, depending on price, market liquidity, developments affecting the Issuer, the Issuer’s business and prospects, other investment and business opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, general stock market and economic conditions, tax considerations and other factors deemed relevant. In addition, KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC, an affiliate of the Reporting Persons serves as the adviser of the Issuer and, as a result, one or more of the Reporting Persons will influence the activities of the Issuer.

Except as set forth above, or as would occur upon completion of any of the matters discussed herein, the Reporting Persons and, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, each of the other individuals named in Item 2 above, have no present plans, proposals or intentions which would result in or relate to any of the transactions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Although the foregoing reflects activities presently contemplated by the Reporting Persons and each other individuals named in Item 2 with respect to the Issuer, the foregoing is subject to change at any time.

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

The information set forth in the cover pages of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.

(a) and (b). The Reporting Persons beneficially own an aggregate of 4,000,000 Shares, representing 83.9% of the outstanding Shares. The percentages of beneficial ownership in this Schedule 13D are based on an aggregate of 4,769,851 Shares outstanding as of January 29, 2021.

KKR Group Partnership L.P. (as the sole member of KKR Financial Holdings LLC), KKR Group Holdings Corp. (as the general partner of KKR Group Partnership L.P.), KKR & Co. Inc. (as the sole shareholder of KKR Group Holdings Corp.), KKR Management LLP (as the Series I preferred stockholder of KKR & Co. Inc.), and Messrs. Kravis and Roberts (as the founding partners of KKR Management LLP) may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein

The filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be construed as an admission that any of the above-listed entities or individuals is the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Schedule 13D.

To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, none of the individuals named in Item 2 beneficially owns any shares of Shares except as described herein.

(c) None of the Reporting Persons, or, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any other individual named in Item 2 has engaged in any transaction in any shares of Shares during the past 60 days.

(d) To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no one other than the Reporting Persons, or the partners, members, affiliates or shareholders of the Reporting Persons has the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities of the Issuer reported as beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons herein.

(e) Not applicable.

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

The information set forth in Items 3, 4 and 5 hereof is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 6.

Except for the matters described herein, the Reporting Persons have no contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship (legal or otherwise) among the Reporting Persons or between the Reporting Persons and any other person with respect to the securities of the Issuer.

Item 7.

Materials to be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
Exhibit A		Joint Filing Agreement by and among the Reporting Persons.
Exhibit B		Powers of Attorney.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 19, 2021
	KKR FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LLC

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

	KKR GROUP PARTNERSHIP L.P.

	By:	KKR Group Holdings Corp., its general partner

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for
		Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer

	KKR GROUP HOLDINGS CORP.

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for
		Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer

	KKR & CO. INC.

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for
		Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer

	KKR MANAGEMENT LLP

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact for
		Robert H. Lewin, Chief Financial Officer

	HENRY R. KRAVIS

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact

	GEORGE R. ROBERTS

	By:	/s/ Terence P. Gallagher
		Name: Terence P. Gallagher
		Title: Attorney-in-fact

Annex A

Directors of KKR & Co. Inc.

The following sets forth the name and principal occupation of each of the directors of KKR & Co. Inc. Each of such persons is a citizen of the United States other than Xavier Niel, who is a citizen of France.

Name		Principal Occupation
Henry R. Kravis		Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman of KKR & Co. Inc.
George R. Roberts		Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman of KKR & Co. Inc.
Joseph Y. Bae		Co-President, Co-Chief Operating Officer of KKR & Co. Inc.
Scott C. Nuttall		Co-President, Co-Chief Operating Officer of KKR & Co. Inc.
Mary N. Dillon		Chief Executive Officer of Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Joseph A. Grundfest		William A. Franke Professor of Law and Business of Stanford Law School
John B. Hess		Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation
Xavier Niel		Founder, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer of Iliad SA
Patricia F. Russo		Retired, Former Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent
Thomas M. Schoewe		Retired, Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Robert W. Scully		Retired, Former Member, Office of the Chairman of Morgan Stanley

KKR Credit Opportunities Portfolio SC 13D