ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
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Sep. 30, 2024 | |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION As used in these condensed consolidated financial statements: “Oaktree” refers to the Oaktree Operating Group members and, where applicable, their respective subsidiaries and affiliates; and the “Company” refers to Brookfield Oaktree Holdings, LLC and, where applicable, its subsidiaries and affiliates. The Company holds Credit, Real Estate and Private Equity investments managed by leading alternative asset management firms Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. The Company both directly invests in funds and has indirect exposure through its 72% economic interest in Oaktree Capital I, L.P. (“Oaktree Capital I”), which acts as or controls the general partner of certain Oaktree funds and which holds a majority of Oaktree’s investments in its funds. The Company is a Delaware limited liability company that was formed on April 13, 2007 under the name of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC. The Company’s issued and outstanding member interests are divided into certain classes and series of units. The Company’s outstanding units are held by (i) an affiliate of Brookfield Corporation (formerly known as Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.) (“Brookfield”) as the sole holder of the Company’s Class A common units, (ii) preferred unitholders as the holders of Series A and Series B preferred units listed on the NYSE, which represent only the right to receive certain distributions from the Company and such other rights as are specified in the relevant preferred unit designations, and (iii) Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. (“OCGH”) as the sole holder of the Company’s Class B common units, which units do not represent an economic interest in the Company. OCGH is owned by Oaktree’s senior executives, current and former Oaktree employees, and their respective transferees (collectively, the “OCGH unitholders”). Subject to the operating agreement of the Company, to the extent the approval of any matter requires the vote of the Company’s unitholders, the Class A units are entitled to one vote per unit and the Class B units are entitled to ten votes per unit, voting together as a single class. The Company’s ownership and operational structure through September 30, 2024 were the result of (i) certain mergers with affiliates of Brookfield completed on September 30, 2019 (the “Mergers”) and the subsequent restructuring completed on October 1, 2019 in connection with the Mergers (the “2019 Restructuring”), (ii) the restructuring completed on November 30, 2022 in connection with an internal Oaktree reorganization to facilitate the separation of Brookfield’s capital business and asset management business (the “2022 Restructuring”) and (iii) the restructuring completed on July 1, 2024 in connection with an internal Oaktree reorganization which resulted in the change of the general partner of Oaktree Capital I, L.P. from Brookfield OCM Holdings II, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, to Oaktree Capital I GP, LLC, a newly formed subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Holdings, LLC (“OCH”) (the “2024 Restructuring”). See Part I, Item I included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 2, 2020 for more information regarding the Mergers and the 2019 Restructuring. See Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2022 for more information about the 2022 Restructuring. See Item 8.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 1, 2024 for more information about the 2024 Restructuring. Following the above restructurings, the Company’s holdings and operations primarily represent (i) limited partner investments in certain of Oaktree’s flagship opportunistic funds, (ii) an approximately 72% economic interest in Oaktree Capital I, which acts as or controls the general partner of certain Oaktree funds and which holds a majority of Oaktree’s investments in its funds, and (iii) an indirect ownership in Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (“Brookfield REIT”). Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments. Oaktree emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. Funds managed by Oaktree (the “Oaktree funds”) include commingled funds, separate accounts, collateralized loan obligation vehicles (“CLOs”) and business development companies (“BDCs”). Following the 2022 Restructuring and prior to the 2024 Restructuring, the Company’s operations were conducted through an indirect economic interest in Oaktree Capital I, and the Company’s revenue included the incentive income generated by certain funds that OCM manages for which the Company, via Oaktree Capital I, acted as general partner and the investment income earned from the investments the Company makes in Oaktree funds, third-party funds and other companies. Investment income during such period generally reflected the investment return on a mark-to-market basis and the Company’s equity participation on the amounts that it invested in Oaktree and third-party funds. As a result of the 2024 Restructuring, the Company no longer consolidates the operations of Oaktree Capital I, but rather accounts for an approximately 72% interest in Oaktree Capital I under the equity method of accounting. The Company’s revenue is primarily the investment income earned from (i) limited partner investments in certain of Oaktree’s flagship opportunistic funds, (ii) an equity method investment in Oaktree Capital I, and (iii) an indirect ownership in Brookfield REIT. Payments to the preferred unitholders must be satisfied prior to declaration of any distributions to Class A or Class B unitholders, subject to the terms of the Series A and Series B preferred units and certain limitations and exceptions set forth therein. OCM, an affiliate of the Company, has since the 2019 Restructuring provided certain administrative and other services relating to the operations of the Company’s business. These services are provided pursuant to a Services Agreement between the Company and OCM (as amended from time to time, the “Services Agreement”). Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. The condensed consolidated financial statements, including these notes, are unaudited and exclude some of the disclosures required in annual financial statements. Management believes it has made all necessary adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring items) such that the condensed consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and that estimates made in preparing its condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and prudent. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries and entities in which the Company is deemed to have a direct or indirect controlling financial interest based on either a variable interest model or voting interest model. Certain of the Oaktree funds consolidated by the Company are investment companies that follow a specialized basis of accounting established by GAAP. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 21, 2024. Use of Estimates The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of income and expenses during the period then ended. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
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