Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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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(Print or Type Responses)
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. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/16/2015
(Street)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
4. If Amendment, Date 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
(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 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 11/16/2015   M(1)   100,000 A (1) (4) (5) 101,826 D  
Class A Units               13,000 I See footnotes (2) (3)
Class B Units 11/16/2015   D(1)   12,998,725 D $ 0 92,292,013 I See footnotes (2) (3)

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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 Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: 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
OCGH Units (1) (4) (5) 11/16/2015   M(1)     42,753   (4)(5)   (4)(5) Class A Units 100,000 (4) (5) $ 0 17,765,767 D  

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   11/18/2015
**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) In connection with a mandatory exchange ("Mandatory Exchange") of limited partnership units ("OCGH units") of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. ("OCGH"), at the direction of the Issuer's board of directors, the Reporting Person exchanged 42,753 OCGH units for 100,000 Class A units ("Class A units") of the Issuer pursuant to an exchange agreement, as further described in footnotes 4 and 5 below. In connection with the Mandatory Exchange, 12,998,725 of the Issuer's Class B units ("Class B units") were cancelled by the Issuer.
(2) OCGH holds 13,000 Class A units and 92,292,013 Class B units. The general partner of OCGH is Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC ("OCGH GP"). In their capacities as members of the executive committee of OCGH GP holding more than 50% of the aggregate number of OCGH units held by all of the members of the executive committee as a group, the Reporting Person and Howard Marks, the Issuer's Co-Chairman, may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held by OCGH.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Person states that this filing shall not be deemed to be an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any of the Class A units or Class B units reported herein as indirectly held, and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein. Since March 11, 2015 and without giving effect to the Class B units cancelled in connection with the Mandatory Exchange, the number of Class B units held by OCGH has decreased by 19,683,which reflects the net effect of the issuance and cancellation of Class B units by the Issuer in connection with the issuance or the redemption and cancellation, respectively, of OCGH units.
(4) Each OCGH unit 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 may exchange, or may be required to exchange, if approved by the Issuer's board of directors, his or her 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 5)
(5) 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.
 
Remarks:
Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

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