Ownership Submission
FORM 5
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
KARSH BRUCE A
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC [OAK]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
See Remarks
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)

C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR
3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2017
(Street)


LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(check applicable line)

_X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
OCGH Units   09/14/2017   G(3)   2,493,662   (1)(2)   (1)(2) Class A Units
2,493,662
$ 0 0 (3)
I
By grantor retained annuity trust (3)
OCGH Units   09/14/2017   G(3) 2,493,662     (1)(2)   (1)(2) Class A Units
2,493,662
$ 0 3,484,009
I
By Karsh Trusts (4)
OCGH Units               (1)(2)   (1)(2) Class A Units
10,856,756
  10,856,756 (3)
D (5)
 
OCGH Units               (1)(2)   (1)(2) Class A Units
2,925,002
  2,925,002
I
See footnote (6)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
KARSH BRUCE A
C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
  X     See Remarks  

Signatures

/s/ Richard Ting, Attorney-in-fact 02/13/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Each limited partnership unit ("OCGH unit") of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. ("OCGH") represents a limited partnership interest in OCGH. Pursuant to an exchange agreement and subject to certain restrictions, including the approval of the exchange by the Issuer's board of directors, each holder of OCGH units has the right to exchange his or her vested OCGH units for, at the option of the Issuer's board of directors, Class A units on a one-for-one basis, an equivalent amount of cash based on then-prevailing market prices, other consideration of equal value or any combination of the foregoing, with adjustments, as applicable, to account for the disproportionate sharing among certain OCGH unitholders of the historical incentive income of certain of the Issuer's closed-end funds that held their final closing before the Issuer's May 2007 restructuring. (Continued in footnote 2)
(2) The adjustments will be made pursuant to the OCGH limited partnership agreement to account for the fact that, as a result of the May 2007 restructuring, the interests of certain OCGH unitholders in historical incentive income are disproportionately larger or smaller than their pro rata interest in the Issuer's business, depending on when the unitholder's interest in the Issuer's business was acquired.
(3) Reflects a transfer of 2,493,662 OCGH units in the aggregate by a terminating grantor retained annuity trust to three trusts controlled by Mr. Karsh in his capacity as trustee and 7,565 OCGH units to Mr. Karsh in satisfaction of a final annuity payment in accordance with the terms of the grantor retained annuity trust. The OCGH units transferred by the grantor retained annuity trust had previously been reported as directly owned by Mr. Karsh.
(4) Held by three trusts controlled by Mr. Karsh in his capacity as trustee (the "Karsh Trusts").
(5) Held by Mr. Karsh. Includes OCGH units held by Mr. Karsh through a grantor retained annuity trust.
(6) Held by an entity controlled by Mr. Karsh.
 
Remarks:
Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

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