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KNIGHTHEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
CRD 157483File 801-73337
APPROVED
Custody
Filing as of May 7, 2026
Feed vintage Oct 1, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$18.99B
Top 10% of cohort (national)
Discretionary AUM
$18.89B
Non-discretionary $94.9M
Clients
41
50 accounts
Employees
58
Top 10% of cohort in NY
Identity & registration
ADV Item 1- Organization form
- Limited Liability Company
- Firm type
- Registered
- SEC region
- NYRO
- Registration date
- Feb 27, 2012
- Principal office
- 320 PARK AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY, 10022
- Phone
- 212-356-2900
- Website
- HTTP://KNIGHTHEAD.COM/
Assets & accounts
ADV Item 5F- Total regulatory AUM
- $18.99B
- Discretionary AUM
- $18.89B
- Non-discretionary AUM
- $94.9M
- Discretionary accounts
- 36
- Non-discretionary accounts
- 14
- Total accounts
- 50
- AUM per client
- $463.1M
Clients by type
ADV Item 5D| Client type | Clients | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance companies | 11 | $4.86B |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 30 | $14.13B |
Compensation & activities
ADV Items 5E, 5GCompensation
- Other
- Other (described) — RETENTION OF CERTAIN PROCESSING, ORIGINATION & SIMILAR FEES
- Performance-based fees
- A percentage of assets under your management
Advisory activities
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
Custody
ADV Item 9- Firm Custody Cash
- Yes
- Firm Custody Assets
- Yes
- Firm Custody Clients
- Yes
- Firm Custody Securities
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Cash
- No
- Related Person Custody Assets
- No
- Related Person Custody Clients
- No
- Related Person Custody Securities
- Yes
Disclosure events
ADV Item 11This firm answered no to every Item 11 disclosure question in this filing.
Filed changes
| Date | Field | From | To | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | Clients | 50 | 41 | decreased by9 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Employees | 50 | 58 | increased by8 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Clients | 45 | 50 | increased by5 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | AUM | $15,881,260,834 | $18,985,887,392 | increased by$3,104,626,558 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Accounts | 46 | 50 | increased by4 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | Employees | 32 | 50 | increased by18 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | Clients | 35 | 45 | increased by10 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | AUM | $15,239,272,651 | $15,881,260,834 | increased by$641,988,183 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | Accounts | 37 | 46 | increased by9 |
| Jun 1, 2022 | AUM | $14,509,729,115 | $15,239,272,651 | increased by$729,543,536 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Employees | 29 | 32 | increased by3 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Clients | 28 | 35 | increased by7 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | AUM | $7,263,101,634 | $14,509,729,115 | increased by$7,246,627,481 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Accounts | 32 | 37 | increased by5 |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Registration | — | APPROVED |
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