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 *
MARKS HOWARD S
  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)
Co-Chairman
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, 333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/12/2018
(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 B Units 02/12/2018   D(1)   5,000,000 D $ 0 86,682,408 I See footnote (1)

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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 (2) (3) (4) 02/12/2018   D(2)     126,342   (3)(4)   (3)(4) Class A Units 126,342 $ 43.95 (2) 1,747,470 I By trust (5)
OCGH Units (3) (4)               (3)(4)   (3)(4) Class A Units 1,873,812   1,873,812 I By trust (6)
OCGH Units (2) (3) (4) 02/12/2018   D(2)     1,015,402   (3)(4)   (3)(4) Class A Units 1,015,402 $ 43.95 (2) 12,170,574 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
MARKS HOWARD S
C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
  X     Co-Chairman  

Signatures

 /s/ Richard Ting, Attorney-in-fact   02/14/2018
**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) Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. ("OCGH") holds 86,682,408 of the Issuer's Class B units (the "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, Mr. Marks and Bruce Karsh, the Issuer's Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held by OCGH. Upon the exchange of 5,000,000 limited partnership units ("OCGH units") in OCGH by certain holders of such OCGH units in connection with the Offering (as defined below), 5,000,000 of the Class B units were cancelled by the Issuer.
(2) In connection with the February 2018 public offering (the "Offering") of the Issuer's Class A units (the "Class A units"), Mr. Marks and a trust controlled by Mr. Marks in his capacity as trustee exchanged an aggregate of 1,141,744 OCGH units for cash at a purchase price per OCGH unit of $43.95, which is equal to the price per Class A unit in the Offering paid to the Issuer by the underwriter, with adjustments to account for (i) financial advisory fees paid by the Issuer and (ii) the Reporting Person's disproportionate interest in the historical incentive income of certain of the Issuer's closed-end funds, as further described in footnotes 2 and 3 below.
(3) 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 has the right to exchange his or her vested OCGH units into, 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 3)
(4) 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.
(5) Held by a trust controlled by Mr. Marks in his capacity as trustee.
(6) Held by a second trust controlled by Mr. Marks in his capacity as trustee.
 
Remarks:
Mr. Marks disclaims beneficial ownership of the OCGH units reported on this Form 4, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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