Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 6.625% PFD UT A (OAK-PA) Form 4 Oaktree Capital / WAYNE G PIERSON ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PIERSON WAYNE G

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR

(Street)

LOS ANGELES CA 90071

(City) (State) (Zip)

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
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/30/2019

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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 Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Units	09/30/2019		D		11,170	D	(1)	0	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On September 30, 2019, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. ("Brookfield") and Oaktree Capital Group, LLC ("Oaktree") completed the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 13, 2019, among Oaktree, Brookfield, Berlin Merger Sub, LLC, Oslo Holdings LLC and Oslo Holdings Merger Sub LLC (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Brookfield acquired approximately 61.2% of the Oaktree business (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each vested Class A Unit of Oaktree was disposed of in exchange for either (A) $49.00 in cash or (B) 1.0770 Class A Limited Voting Shares of Brookfield, in each case, subject to the merger consideration election made by the reporting person and the proration adjustment set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Remarks:

This report excludes 7,251,607 limited partnership units of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. ("OCGH") held by Acorn Investors, LLC, which Mr. Pierson may be deemed to beneficially own. Mr. Pierson is the President of Acorn Investors, LLC and disclaims beneficial ownership of the OCGH units held by it. Mr. Pierson ceased to be a member of the board of directors of Oaktree upon consummation of the Merger.

	/s/ Richard Ting, Attorney-in-fact	10/02/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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