Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 6.625% PFD UT A (OAK-PA) 8-K Other Events

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): March 30, 2022

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, CA 90071 

(Address of principal executive offices, including 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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
6.625% Series A preferred units	OAK-PA	New York Stock Exchange
6.550% Series B preferred units	OAK-PB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2022, Oaktree Capital I, L.P. (the “Issuer”), and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P. and Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P. (the “Guarantors” and together with the Issuer, the “Obligors”) entered into a note and guaranty agreement (the “Note Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (collectively, the “Investors”) on March 30, 2022, pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to issue and sell to the Investors €50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.20% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”), €75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.40% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”), and €75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.58% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2037 (the “2037 Notes”, and together with the 2032 Notes and the 2034 Notes, the “Notes”). The issuance and funding of the Notes is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to occur on June 8, 2022. The Issuer and the Guarantors are owned directly or indirectly by Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”). Brookfield holds all of the Class A common units of the Company, which represent all of the common economic interests in the Company. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by the Guarantors on a joint and several basis. The offer and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees were and will be made solely in private placement transactions exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

The 2032 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 2.20% per annum, payable semi-annually, and will be due on June 8, 2032. The 2034 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 2.40% per annum, payable semi-annually, and will be due on June 8, 2034. The 2037 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 2.58% per annum, payable semi-annually, and will be due on June 8, 2037. The Investors may enter into forward starting cross-currency swaps on an arm’s length basis in order to fund the purchase of the Notes. The Note Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Obligors and provides for certain affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants relating to the Obligors’ combined leverage ratio and minimum assets under management. The Issuer may prepay all, or from time to time any part of, any series of the Notes at any time, subject in the case of optional prepayment prior to the date that is three months prior to maturity of the applicable series of the Notes, to the Issuer’s payment of the applicable make-whole amount and swap breakage loss, if any, determined with respect to such principal amount prepaid. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to prepay the Notes without any make-whole amount. The Note Agreement contains customary events of default, including, among other things, failure to pay interest, breach of certain covenants, failure to pay certain other indebtedness at maturity or upon earlier acceleration, and certain events of insolvency or bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default, the holders of at least a majority in outstanding principal amount of the Notes may declare the Notes immediately due and payable by providing notice to the Issuer. Such acceleration will occur automatically in the event of certain insolvency or bankruptcy related events of default. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default with respect to payment of principal, interest or make-whole amount on any Note, the holder thereof may declare all Notes held by it immediately due and payable by providing notice to the Issuer.

The Issuer intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes.

The above description of the terms and conditions of the Notes and the Note Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Note Agreement attached as Exhibit 4.1 and the form of the Notes attached as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
	4.1	Note and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2022, by and among Oaktree Capital I, L.P., Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P., Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P. and each of the purchasers party thereto.
	4.2	Form of 2.20% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2032.
	4.3	Form of 2.40% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2034.
	4.4	Form of 2.58% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2037.
	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

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

Date: April 5, 2022	OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
	By:	/s/ Daniel D. Levin
	Name:	Daniel D. Levin
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer