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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oaktree
Capital Group, LLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90071 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(213) 830-6300 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oaktree
Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Full Title of the Plan) </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Todd E. Molz </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General
Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oaktree Capital Group, LLC </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90071 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(213) 830-6300 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Name and
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to:
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Thomas A. Wuchenich </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Daniel N. Webb </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Simpson
Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1999 Avenue of the Stars, 29th Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Los Angeles, California 90067 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(310) 407-7500 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount to be<BR>registered<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed maximum<BR>offering price per<BR>unit<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed maximum<BR>aggregate offering<BR>price<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount of <BR>registration fee<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10,000,000 units</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$47.17</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$471,700,000.00</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$47,500.19</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This Registration Statement registers 10,000,000 Class&nbsp;A Units representing limited liability company interests of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC issuable under the Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended (the &#147;2011 Plan&#148;). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional Class&nbsp;A Units
which may be offered and issued under the 2011 Plan to prevent dilution resulting from unit splits, unit dividends, anti-dilution provisions or similar transactions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the Class&nbsp;A Units of
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC reported by the New York Stock Exchange on March&nbsp;28, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Oaktree
Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;2011 Plan&#148;), covered by this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) as required by Rule 428(b)(1). </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) by Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;30, 2016; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The description of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Units contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on
April&nbsp;9, 2012 (File No.&nbsp;001-35500), pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment and report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished
pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An investment vehicle composed of certain
partners of Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP, members of their families, related parties and others own an interest representing less than 1% of the capital commitments of investment funds managed by the Company or one or more of its
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;107 of the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act empowers the Company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other persons from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. The indemnification rights that the Company provides to its directors and officers
are more expansive than those permitted to be provided to the directors and officers of a Delaware corporation under applicable Delaware laws. The Company currently maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s operating agreement provides that its directors and officers will be liable to the Company or its unitholders for an act or
omission only if such act or omission constitutes a breach of the duties owed to the Company or its unitholders, as applicable, by any such director or officer and such breach is the result of (a)&nbsp;willful malfeasance, gross negligence, the
commission of a felony or a material violation of law, in each case, that has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or (b)&nbsp;fraud and that the Company&#146;s manager will not be liable to the Company or
its unitholders for its actions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, the Company&#146;s operating agreement provides that the Company will indemnify its directors,
officers and manager, to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all expenses and liabilities (including judgments, fines, penalties, interest, amounts paid in settlement with the Company&#146;s approval and counsel fees and disbursements)
arising from the performance of any of their obligations or duties in connection with their service to the Company, including in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other action, suit or proceeding to which any such
person may hereafter be made a party by reason of being or having been one of the Company&#146;s directors or officers or its manager, except for any expenses or liabilities that have been finally judicially determined to have arisen primarily from
acts or omissions that violated the standard set forth in the preceding paragraph. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to the indemnity that exists in the
Company&#146;s operating agreement, the Company&#146;s subsidiary Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. has entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of the Company&#146;s directors and executive officers that indemnify them, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against all expenses and liabilities (including judgments, fines, penalties, interest and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by them in connection with any proceeding in which any of them are made a
party to or any claim, issue or matter, except to the extent that it shall have been determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such expenses and liabilities arose primarily from acts or omissions that
constituted a breach of their duties and such breach was the result of (a)&nbsp;willful malfeasance, gross negligence, the commission of a felony or a material violation of applicable law (including any federal or state securities law), in each
case, that resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a material adverse effect on the Company or its affiliates or (b)&nbsp;fraud. Such indemnification agreements will continue until and terminate upon the later of (a)&nbsp;10 years
after the indemnitee has ceased to occupy any positions or have any relationships with the Company or any of its affiliates, (b)&nbsp;the final termination of all proceedings pending or threatened during such period to which any indemnitee may be
subject and (c)&nbsp;the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">For a full list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this
Registration Statement, which is incorporated into this Item&nbsp;8 by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) (&#167;230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on March&nbsp;30, 2016.
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Todd E. Molz</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Todd E. Molz</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General&nbsp;Counsel&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Administrative&nbsp;Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jay S. Wintrob,
David M. Kirchheimer, Todd E. Molz, Susan Gentile, Richard Ting and Jeffrey Joseph acting singly, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (1)&nbsp;act on, sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any
subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (2)&nbsp;act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (3)&nbsp;act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this Registration Statement or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act and (4)&nbsp;take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March&nbsp;30, 2016. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Howard S. Marks</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Howard S. Marks</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director and Co-Chairman</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Bruce A. Karsh</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Bruce A. Karsh</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director, Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Jay S. Wintrob</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Jay S. Wintrob</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Director and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John B. Frank</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John B. Frank</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director and Vice Chairman</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ David M. Kirchheimer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">David M. Kirchheimer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Director, Chief Financial Officer and Principal</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Susan Gentile</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Susan Gentile</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Stephen A. Kaplan</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Sheldon M. Stone</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Robert E. Denham</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Larry W. Keele</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; text-indent:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">D. Richard Masson</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; text-indent:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Wayne G. Pierson</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; text-indent:2.40em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Marna C. Whittington</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:106.75pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Description of&nbsp;Document</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Registrant dated as of August 31, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 2,
2011).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Registrant dated as of March 29, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on
March 30, 2012).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Certificate evidencing the Registrant&#146;s Class A units (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 2, 2011).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.4&#134;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5.1&#134;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2016.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Oaktree
Capital Group, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
26-0174894
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 830-6300
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
Oaktree
Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Todd E. Molz
General
Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC
333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 830-6300
(Name and
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Thomas A. Wuchenich
Daniel N. Webb
Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 29th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 407-7500
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
(1)
Amount to be
registered
(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
unit
(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
(2)
Amount of
registration fee
(2)
Class A Units (representing limited liability company interests)
10,000,000 units
$47.17
$471,700,000.00
$47,500.19
(1)
This Registration Statement registers 10,000,000 Class A Units representing limited liability company interests of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC issuable under the Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended (the "2011 Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional Class A Units
which may be offered and issued under the 2011 Plan to prevent dilution resulting from unit splits, unit dividends, anti-dilution provisions or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the Class A Units of
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC reported by the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2016.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Oaktree
Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2011 Plan"), covered by this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (the "Company" or the "Registrant") pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015;
(b)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2016; and
(c)
The description of the Company's Class A Units contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on
April 9, 2012 (File No. 001-35500), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment and report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
An investment vehicle composed of certain
partners of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, members of their families, related parties and others own an interest representing less than 1% of the capital commitments of investment funds managed by the Company or one or more of its
subsidiaries.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 107 of the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act empowers the Company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other persons from and against all claims and demands whatsoever. The indemnification rights that the Company provides to its directors and officers
are more expansive than those permitted to be provided to the directors and officers of a Delaware corporation under applicable Delaware laws. The Company currently maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers.
The Company's operating agreement provides that its directors and officers will be liable to the Company or its unitholders for an act or
omission only if such act or omission constitutes a breach of the duties owed to the Company or its unitholders, as applicable, by any such director or officer and such breach is the result of (a) willful malfeasance, gross negligence, the
commission of a felony or a material violation of law, in each case, that has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or (b) fraud and that the Company's manager will not be liable to the Company or
its unitholders for its actions.
Moreover, the Company's operating agreement provides that the Company will indemnify its directors,
officers and manager, to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all expenses and liabilities (including judgments, fines, penalties, interest, amounts paid in settlement with the Company's approval and counsel fees and disbursements)
arising from the performance of any of their obligations or duties in connection with their service to the Company, including in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other action, suit or proceeding to which any such
person may hereafter be made a party by reason of being or having been one of the Company's directors or officers or its manager, except for any expenses or liabilities that have been finally judicially determined to have arisen primarily from
acts or omissions that violated the standard set forth in the preceding paragraph.
In addition to the indemnity that exists in the
Company's operating agreement, the Company's subsidiary Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. has entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of the Company's directors and executive officers that indemnify them, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against all expenses and liabilities (including judgments, fines, penalties, interest and amounts paid in settlement) incurred by them in connection with any proceeding in which any of them are made a
party to or any claim, issue or matter, except to the extent that it shall have been determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such expenses and liabilities arose primarily from acts or omissions that
constituted a breach of their duties and such breach was the result of (a) willful malfeasance, gross negligence, the commission of a felony or a material violation of applicable law (including any federal or state securities law), in each
case, that resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a material adverse effect on the Company or its affiliates or (b) fraud. Such indemnification agreements will continue until and terminate upon the later of (a) 10 years
after the indemnitee has ceased to occupy any positions or have any relationships with the Company or any of its affiliates, (b) the final termination of all proceedings pending or threatened during such period to which any indemnitee may be
subject and (c) the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
For a full list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this
Registration Statement, which is incorporated into this Item 8 by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) (§230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b)        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)        Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on March 30, 2016.
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC
By:
/s/ Todd E. Molz
Name:
Todd E. Molz
Title:
General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jay S. Wintrob,
David M. Kirchheimer, Todd E. Molz, Susan Gentile, Richard Ting and Jeffrey Joseph acting singly, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (1) act on, sign and file with the SEC any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any
subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (2) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (3) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this Registration Statement or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act and (4) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 30, 2016.
Signature
Title
/s/ Howard S. Marks
Howard S. Marks
Director and Co-Chairman
/s/ Bruce A. Karsh
Bruce A. Karsh
Director, Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
/s/ Jay S. Wintrob
Jay S. Wintrob
Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John B. Frank
John B. Frank
Director and Vice Chairman
/s/ David M. Kirchheimer
David M. Kirchheimer
Director, Chief Financial Officer and Principal
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Susan Gentile
Susan Gentile
Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Director
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Stephen A. Kaplan
Stephen A. Kaplan
Director and Principal
/s/ Sheldon M. Stone
Sheldon M. Stone
Director and Principal
/s/ Robert E. Denham
Robert E. Denham
Director
/s/ Larry W. Keele
Larry W. Keele
Director
/s/ D. Richard Masson
D. Richard Masson
Director
/s/ Wayne G. Pierson
Wayne G. Pierson
Director
/s/ Marna C. Whittington
Marna C. Whittington
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Registrant dated as of August 31, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 2,
2011).
4.2
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Registrant dated as of March 29, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on
March 30, 2012).
4.3
Specimen Certificate evidencing the Registrant's Class A units (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 2, 2011).
4.4†
Amended and Restated Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.1†
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
23.1†
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2†
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1†
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
†
Filed herewith.