US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts disclosed that it made cash distributions of $1.3bn (€871.4m) for 2007 in the run up to its public offering in the US later this year.

The firm also said it made cash distributions of $106.3m for the first three months of this year. It also distributed $1.1bn for 2006, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.