KKR: Leadership change

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On May 29, 2026, Henry R. Kravis, George R. Roberts, Joseph Y. Bae, Scott C. Nuttall, Craig Arnold, Timothy R. Barakett, Matthew R. Cohler, Mary N. Dillon, Xavier B. Niel, Kimberly A. Ross, and Patricia F. Russo were elected to the Board of Directors of KKR & Co. Inc. (the “Company”) by KKR Management LLP (pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws) to serve as provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. Each director was serving as a director of the Company at the time of election. Each non-employee director will continue to receive director compensation under the current director compensation program of the Company, described in Item 11 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Annual Report”), which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. Each director has previously entered into the Company’s indemnification agreement for non-executive directors, a form of which has previously been filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Annual Report. Certain transactions between the Company and such directors required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K are described in Item 13 of the Annual Report, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The information set forth in Item 5.02 is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.07. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereu