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Magnetar Capital Hires Former

KKR Executive, Erik Falk
August 31, 2017, Evanston, IL - Magnetar Capital (Magnetar), a leading alternative asset
management firm, announced today that Erik Falk will join the firm on September 5 and will be
working on strategic initiatives with Magnetars executive committee, including founder & CEO
Alec Litowitz, co-founder & President Ross Laser, and Global Head of Fixed Income David
Snyderman. Mr. Falk, who will be based in Evanston, joins Magnetar from Kohlberg, Kravis,
Roberts & Co. (KKR), where he was most recently a Member of KKR and the Global Head of
Private Credit.

We are constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of investors, said Mr. Litowitz. Eriks
decades of experience and strong track record of success make him a valuable addition to the
team as we continue to pursue new and innovative market opportunities across a broad range
of sectors. We are fortunate to have him on board and welcome him to the firm.

At KKR, Mr. Falk oversaw the private funds within the firms $35bn credit business and served
on the Private Credit Investment Committee, the Leveraged Credit Investment Committee and
the Portfolio Management Committee. Before joining the firm in 2008, Mr. Falk spent eight years
at Deutsche Bank. He held several roles in the banks Global Markets Division including founding
the Special Situations Group and Co-Heading the Global Securitized Products Group.

Mr. Falk has served on the boards of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA),
Corporate Capital Trust and Corporate Capital Trust II business development companies sub-
advised by KKR and various companies on behalf of Deutsche Bank. He is currently a member
of the advisory committee of a private middle market lender and of the Investment Committee
for The Public Theater.

I am very excited to join a team with a history of excellence and continued innovation, said Mr.
Falk. I look forward to working to help continue to drive innovation, growth and client value."

Mr. Falk earned a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from
Stanford University.

About Magnetar
Founded in 2005, Magnetar is a $13.6bn* multi-strategy alternative investment manager that
seeks to achieve stable risk-adjusted returns by opportunistically employing a wide range of
fixed income, energy, quantitative and fundamental investment strategies. Magnetar invests
across public and private markets, geographies and company structures, leveraging deep
fundamental and quantitative rigor. The firm is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois and
operates satellite offices in New York, London, Minneapolis and Houston.

* Theassets under management figure includes assets managed by Magnetar and its affiliated investment
managers, including designated investments in side pockets and unfunded commitments (money committed
to any fund managed by Magnetar and its affiliated investment managers as of the report date, but not yet
transferred by the investors) as of July 1, 2017.