UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 17, 2017

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35500	26-0174894
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor Los Angeles, California		90071
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(213) 830-6300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 17, 2017, Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (NYSE: OAK) (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) has closed the transactions contemplated by the previously disclosed asset purchase agreement pursuant to which Oaktree has become the new investment adviser to two business development companies (the “BDCs”): Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (NASDAQ: OCSL), formerly known as Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NASDAQ: FSC), and Oaktree Strategic Income Corporation (NASDAQ: OCSI), formerly known as Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ: FSFR). A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

The information in this Item 7.01 and the attached press release is “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated October 17, 2017.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, which reflect the current views of the Company with respect to, among other things, its future results of operations and financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “anticipate,” “approximately,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will” and “would” or the negative version of these words or other comparable or similar words. These statements identify prospective information. Because forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied and include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC (including the factors listed in the item captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2017, which is accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov).

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Current Report. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 17, 2017	OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
	By:	/s/ Daniel D. Levin
		Name: Daniel D. Levin
		Title:   Chief Financial Officer