Oaktree Capital Group, LLC Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results

  • Adjusted net income per Class A unit grew to $1.36 and $4.06 for the fourth quarter and full-year 2012, respectively, from $0.33 and $2.15 in 2011, driven by gains in incentive and investment income.
  • Distributable earnings per Class A unit grew to $1.37 and $3.82 for the fourth quarter and full-year 2012, respectively, from $0.39 and $2.62 in 2011, on continued strong fee-related earnings and higher incentive income and investment income proceeds.
  • Economic net income per Class A unit grew to $1.47 and $5.75 for the fourth quarter and full-year 2012, respectively, from $1.05 and $1.26 in 2011, driven by a substantial increase in incentives created for the full-year period.
  • Gross capital raised grew to $11.0 billion in 2012 from $9.8 billion in 2011, representing the sixth consecutive year of $9.8 billion or more. Over the last six years, Oaktree has raised a total of $76.3 billion.
  • GAAP net income attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC was $39.3 million and $107.8 million for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, respectively.
  • Oaktree declares a quarterly distribution of $1.05 per Class A unit, for an aggregate distribution of $2.94 for fiscal year 2012.

LOS ANGELES--()--Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (NYSE: OAK) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.

Adjusted net income (“ANI”) rose 187%, to $220.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, from $76.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, on a 71% increase in total segment revenues. The growth in revenues, to $447.0 million from $261.4 million, reflected substantially higher incentive income. Strong fee-related earnings (“FRE”) and incentive income, together with investment income proceeds from Oaktree funds and DoubleLine Capital LP and its affiliate (together, “DoubleLine”), drove distributable earnings up 382%, to $238.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 from $49.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

ANI rose 67%, to $717.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 from $428.4 million in the prior year, on a 34% increase in total segment revenues. The growth in revenues, to $1.4 billion in 2012 from $1.1 billion in 2011, resulted from record annual incentive income and higher investment income. The incentive income, coupled with higher investment income proceeds from Oaktree funds and DoubleLine, drove distributable earnings to an annual record of $672.2 million in 2012, up 38% from $488.5 million in 2011.

Oaktree’s closed-end funds distributed a quarterly record $5.7 billion to investors in the fourth quarter of 2012 and an annual record $12.7 billion for full-year 2012.

Howard Marks, Chairman, said, “The fourth quarter of 2012 was a record quarter within a record year for Oaktree. Across the firm, our investment teams delivered the type of performance that is the hallmark of Oaktree’s risk-controlled, value-driven investment approach. Compelling returns across our many asset classes drove revenues, distributable earnings and distributions to our clients and unitholders to their highest levels ever.”

In addition to ANI, Oaktree calculates economic net income (“ENI”) to facilitate comparability with other alternative asset managers that use ENI as their profit measure. Unlike ANI, ENI measures incentive income based on market values. ENI fell 7%, to $221.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 from $237.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, and rose 236% for the annual period, to $971.7 million in 2012 from $289.5 million in 2011.

GAAP-basis results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012 included net income attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC of $39.3 million and $107.8 million, respectively.

Assets under management were $77.1 billion as of December 31, 2012, down $3.9 billion from September 30, 2012 and up $2.2 billion since December 31, 2011. The decline during the fourth quarter reflected closed-end fund distributions, while the year-over-year gain resulted from market-value appreciation in Oaktree’s funds. Management fee-generating assets under management were $66.8 billion as of December 31, 2012, little changed from $66.2 billion at September 30, 2012 and $67.0 billion as of December 31, 2011. Oaktree’s new distressed debt fund, Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX, L.P. (“Opps IX”), with $5.0 billion of capital commitments, has not yet commenced its investment period and thus was not included in management fee-generating assets under management as of December 31, 2012.

Gross capital raised of $2.3 billion in the fourth quarter brought the full-year 2012 total to $11.0 billion. During the fourth quarter, Oaktree held an interim closing for Oaktree Enhanced Income Fund, L.P. (“EIF”), which invests in senior loan assets on a leveraged basis. EIF had its final close in February 2013 and is expected to reach a total fund size, including leverage, of over $2.0 billion, exceeding our initial target of $1.5 billion. Following its second and most recent close in January 2013, Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund VI, L.P. (“ROF VI”) has committed capital of $436 million, towards a targeted size of $1.5 billion.

In January 2013, Oaktree launched the marketing of Oaktree Principal Fund VI, L.P. (“PF VI”), a control investing closed-end fund, with a target of $3.0 billion in capital commitments. Oaktree’s control investing funds primarily invest to gain control of, or significant influence over, middle-market companies that are experiencing distress or dislocation.

On February 7, 2013, OCM Opportunities Fund VIIb, L.P. (“Opps VIIb”) made its first distribution of the year, in the aggregate cash amount of $700 million. From that distribution, Oaktree currently expects to recognize gross incentive income of approximately $195 million, before associated incentive income compensation expense, in the first quarter of 2013. Using balances as of December 31, 2012, the recognition of $195 million as gross incentive income would leave approximately $937 million as Opps VIIb’s remaining gross accrued incentive (fund level). Opps VIIb is now through both the “catch-up” layer of its distribution waterfall and any impact from prior tax-related incentive distributions to Oaktree; thus, Oaktree’s incentive share of Opps VIIb’s future distributions attributable to its limited partners will equal 20%, before associated incentive income compensation expense.

Oaktree declares a distribution of $1.05 per Class A unit with respect to the fourth quarter of 2012, payable on March 1, 2013 to unitholders of record on February 25, 2013. This payout will bring to $2.94 the total distributions applicable to fiscal year 2012.

The table below presents: (a) fee-related earnings, distributable earnings, adjusted net income and economic net income, in each case for both the Operating Group and per Class A unit; and (b) assets under management and accrued incentives (fund level) data. Please refer to the Glossary for definitions.

      As of or for the Three Months Ended December 31,       As of or for the Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data or as otherwise indicated)
Segment Results:
Fee-related earnings $ 71,760 $ 79,532 $ 307,299 $ 314,968
Fee-related earnings-OCG per Class A unit 0.40 0.39 1.62 1.47
Distributable earnings 238,134 49,423 672,181 488,535
Distributable earnings-OCG per Class A unit 1.37 0.39 3.82 2.62
Adjusted net income 220,376 76,707 717,250 428,384
Adjusted net income-OCG per Class A unit 1.36 0.33 4.06 2.15
Economic net income 221,705 237,214 971,733 289,512
Economic net income-OCG per Class A unit 1.47 1.05 5.75 1.26
Operating Metrics:
Assets under management (in millions):
Assets under management $ 77,051 $ 74,857 $ 77,051 $ 74,857
Management fee-generating assets under management 66,784 66,964 66,784 66,964
Incentive-creating assets under management 33,989 36,155 33,989 36,155
Uncalled capital commitments 11,201 11,201 11,201 11,201
Accrued incentives (fund level):
Incentives created (fund level) 209,500 201,747 911,947 (75,916 )
Incentives created (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense 116,994 120,548 522,800 (30,600 )
Accrued incentives (fund level) 2,137,798 1,686,967 2,137,798 1,686,967
Accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense 1,282,194 1,027,711 1,282,194 1,027,711
 

Note: Oaktree discloses in this earnings release certain financial measures, including fee-related earnings, fee-related earnings-OCG per Class A unit, distributable earnings, distributable earnings-OCG per Class A unit, adjusted net income, adjusted net income-OCG per Class A unit, economic net income and economic net income-OCG per Class A unit, that are calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“non-GAAP”). Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are presented in Exhibit A. All non-GAAP measures, except adjusted net income, and all interim results presented in this earnings release are unaudited. GAAP-basis results for the year ended December 31, 2012 are subject to the completion of Oaktree’s annual audit. All information in this earnings release gives effect to the conversion of previously outstanding 13,000 Class C units into Class A units on a one-for-one basis before the initial public offering of Class A units.

Operating Metrics

Assets under management

Assets under management (“AUM”) were $77.1 billion as of December 31, 2012, as compared with $81.0 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $74.9 billion as of December 31, 2011. The $3.9 billion decrease since September 30, 2012 primarily reflected $5.7 billion in distributions to investors in our closed-end funds and $1.6 billion in uncalled capital commitments associated with the end of closed-end fund investment periods, partially offset by $2.1 billion of market-value gains. The $5.7 billion of closed-end fund distributions primarily included $2.5 billion by Opps VIIb, $1.2 billion by other distressed debt funds and $1.1 billion by control investing funds. Oaktree PPIP Fund, L.P. (“PPIP”) represented $1.2 billion of the $1.6 billion in uncalled capital commitments to funds whose investment periods ended in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The $2.2 billion increase in AUM during 2012 was attributable primarily to market-value gains of $9.6 billion and new capital commitments of $6.5 billion to closed-end funds, partially offset by $12.7 billion of distributions to investors in closed-end funds. Of the new capital commitments, Opps IX represented $5.0 billion. Net inflows to open-end funds were $0.5 billion, driven by $1.0 billion in net inflows to U.S. high yield bonds.

Management fee-generating assets under management

Management fee-generating assets under management (“management fee-generating AUM”) were $66.8 billion as of December 31, 2012, as compared to $66.2 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $67.0 billion as of December 31, 2011. The increase of $0.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012 represented increases of $0.9 billion from market-value gains in funds for which management fees are based on NAV and $0.6 billion in net inflows across open-end funds, partially offset by a decrease of $1.1 billion attributable to closed-end funds in liquidation. Of the latter, Opps VIIb accounted for $0.7 billion.

As compared to December 31, 2011, management fee-generating AUM decreased $0.2 billion, reflecting the net effect of a $5.5 billion decline from asset sales by closed-end funds in liquidation, $3.9 billion in market-value gains in funds for which management fees are based on NAV, and an increase of $1.0 billion upon closings for Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund V, L.P. (“ROF V”) and ROF VI, and drawdowns by PPIP and EIF, including leverage.

Incentive-creating assets under management

Incentive-creating assets under management (“incentive-creating AUM”) were $34.0 billion as of December 31, 2012, as compared with $37.1 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $36.2 billion as of December 31, 2011. The decrease of $3.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012 reflected closed-end fund distributions of $5.3 billion, partially offset by drawdowns and market-value gains of $1.0 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively.

As compared to December 31, 2011, incentive-creating AUM decreased $2.2 billion, primarily reflecting the net effect of $12.1 billion in closed-end fund distributions, $4.5 billion in drawdowns and $5.4 billion in market-value gains. Of the $34.0 billion in incentive-creating AUM as of December 31, 2012, $25.6 billion, or 75.3%, was generating incentives at the fund level.

Accrued incentives (fund level) and incentives created (fund level)

Accrued incentives (fund level) amounted to $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2012, as compared with $2.1 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $1.7 billion as of December 31, 2011. The $0.4 billion increase in 2012 resulted from $911.9 million of incentives created, less $461.1 million of segment incentive income recognized.

Net of incentive income compensation expense, accrued incentives (fund level) amounted to $1.3 billion, $1.3 billion and $1.0 billion as of December 31, 2012, September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Uncalled capital commitments

Uncalled capital commitments amounted to $11.2 billion as of December 31, 2012, as compared with $13.3 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $11.2 billion as of December 31, 2011.

Segment Results

Revenues

Total segment revenues increased $185.6 million, or 71.0%, to $447.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $261.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, as a result of growth of $178.2 million in incentive income and $8.7 million in investment income, slightly offset by a decline of $1.4 million in management fees.

Total segment revenues increased $358.9 million, or 34.1%, to $1.41 billion for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $1.05 billion for 2011, as a result of growth of $23.1 million in management fees, $157.1 million in incentive income and $178.6 million in investment income.

Management fees

Management fees decreased $1.4 million, or 0.8%, to $184.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $186.1 million in the prior year’s fourth quarter. The decline reflected a decrease of $17.6 million in fees attributable to closed-end funds in liquidation and increases of $8.0 million from new commitments to closed-end funds and $5.4 million from open-end funds resulting from market-value gains and net inflows. Among closed-end funds in liquidation, Opps VIIb accounted for $9.5 million of the decline. During the fourth quarter of 2012, closed-end funds accounted for $140.8 million, or 76.2%, of total management fees.

Management fees increased $23.1 million, or 3.2%, to $747.4 million for full-year 2012 from $724.3 million in 2011. The increase reflected $94.6 million from new commitments to closed-end funds and a decline of $67.8 million attributable to closed-end funds in liquidation. Funds that accounted for the majority of the new capital commitments were Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb, L.P. (“Opps VIIIb”), Oaktree European Principal Fund III, L.P. (“EPF III”), ROF V and ROF VI. Of the funds in liquidation, Opps VIIb accounted for $40.7 million of the decline. During 2012, closed-end funds accounted for $580.6 million, or 77.7%, of total management fees.

Incentive income

Incentive income increased $178.2 million, or 555.1%, to $210.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, from $32.1 million for the prior year’s fourth quarter. Tax-related incentive distributions from Opps VIIb accounted for $103.8 million of the total $210.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and none of the prior year’s $32.1 million. In the fourth quarter of 2012, $40.4 million of incentive income was attributable to the annual incentive fee from our evergreen fund Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund, L.P., with the remaining $66.1 million arising primarily from distributions by four different control investing and real estate funds.

Incentive income increased $157.1 million, or 51.7%, to $461.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, from $304.0 million in 2011. Of the $461.1 million, $203.5 million was attributable to realizations and related distributions by five of our real estate and control investing funds. Tax-related incentive distributions accounted for $200.7 million and $202.2 million of incentive income in 2012 and 2011, respectively, in both cases largely attributable to Opps VIIb.

Investment income

Investment income increased $8.7 million, or 20.1%, to $52.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $43.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, primarily as a result of Oaktree’s investment in DoubleLine and secondarily as a result of higher income from Oaktree funds. Oaktree’s income from its one-fifth ownership of DoubleLine grew from $1.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 to $6.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, of which the latter included $2.8 million attributable to performance fees.

Investment income increased $178.6 million, or 750.4%, to $202.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $23.8 million for 2011. Oaktree’s investments in funds contributed $157.7 million of the increase, largely reflecting the considerably stronger financial markets in 2012 versus 2011. The remainder was primarily attributable to DoubleLine’s income, of which Oaktree’s share increased from $1.8 million in 2011 to $22.9 million in 2012, with the latter including $8.0 million related to performance fees.

Expenses

Compensation and benefits

Compensation and benefits for the fourth quarter of 2012 amounted to $82.1 million, an increase of $2.1 million, or 2.6%, from the fourth quarter of 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2012, compensation and benefits rose $22.0 million, or 7.1%, to $330.1 million from $308.1 million in 2011. Headcount, primarily in non-investment areas, grew 11.2% during 2012.

Incentive income compensation expense

Incentive income compensation expense rose $36.4 million, or 53.6%, to $104.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $67.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2012, incentive income compensation expense rose $43.4 million, or 24.2%, to $222.6 million from $179.2 million for 2011. Benefiting comparisons for both 2012 periods was a charge of $55.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 upon the acquisition of a small portion of certain investment professionals’ carried interest in Opps VIIb. Serving to increase compensation expense in the 2012 periods were increases in incentive income revenue of $178.2 million and $157.1 million in the fourth quarter and full-year 2012, respectively.

General, administrative and other expenses

General, administrative and other expenses increased $4.3 million, or 16.2%, to $30.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $26.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2012, general, administrative and other expenses rose $8.9 million, or 8.8%, to $110.1 million from $101.2 million for 2011. Excluding the impact of foreign currency-related items, general, administrative and other expenses increased $2.8 million, or 10.7%, to $29.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, and $5.6 million, or 5.5%, to $107.0 million for full-year 2012. In each case, the increase reflected costs associated with corporate growth, enhancements to our operational infrastructure, heightened industry regulatory demands and being a public company.

Adjusted net income

Adjusted net income rose $143.7 million, or 187.4%, to $220.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $76.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, reflecting $141.8 million higher incentive income, net of incentive income compensation expense, an increase of $8.7 million in investment income, and a decrease of $7.7 million in fee-related earnings. The portion of adjusted net income attributable to our Class A units (“adjusted net income-OCG”) was $41.0 million and $7.4 million for the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively. On a per Class A unit basis, adjusted net income-OCG amounted to $1.36 and $0.33 for the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Adjusted net income rose $288.9 million, or 67.4%, to $717.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $428.4 million for 2011, reflecting increases of $178.6 million in investment income and $113.7 million in incentive income, net of incentive income compensation expense, and a decrease of $7.7 million in fee-related earnings. Adjusted net income-OCG was $114.4 million and $48.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. On a per Class A unit basis, adjusted net income-OCG amounted to $4.06 and $2.15 for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The effective income tax rates applied to ANI for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, were 14% and 24%, resulting in effective income tax rates of 7% and 35% for the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively. The full-year 2012 effective income tax rate of 14% for adjusted net income-OCG excluded a one-time adjustment to deferred tax assets. Including this adjustment, the effective income tax rate for 2012 was 18%. The effective income tax rate is a function of the mix of income and other factors, each of which often varies significantly within or between years and can have a material impact on the particular year’s income tax expense.

Fee-related earnings

Fee-related earnings decreased $7.7 million, or 9.7%, to $71.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $79.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, reflecting the $1.4 million decline in management fees and $4.3 million increase in general, administrative and other expenses. The portion of FRE attributable to our Class A units (“fee-related earnings-OCG”) was $0.40 and $0.39 per Class A unit for the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Fee-related earnings decreased $7.7 million, or 2.4%, to $307.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $315.0 million for 2011. Fee-related earnings-OCG were $1.62 and $1.47 per Class A unit for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The effective income tax rates applied to FRE for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, were 18% and 29%, resulting in effective income tax rates of 16% and 25% for the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively. The full-year 2012 effective income tax rate of 18% for fee-related earnings-OCG excluded a one-time adjustment to deferred tax assets. Including this adjustment, the effective income tax rate for 2012 was 28%.

Distributable earnings

Distributable earnings increased $188.7 million, or 382.0%, to $238.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 from $49.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, reflecting increases of $141.8 million in incentive income, net of incentive income compensation expense, and $52.7 million in receipts of investment income, slightly offset by a decline of $7.7 million in fee-related earnings. For the fourth quarter of 2012, receipts of investment income totaled $70.2 million and reflected $50.0 million from fund liquidations and $20.8 million from Oaktree’s one-fifth equity ownership in DoubleLine, of which the latter included $4.8 million attributable to performance fees. The portion of distributable earnings attributable to our Class A units (“distributable earnings-OCG”) was $1.37 and $0.39 per unit for the fourth quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively, reflecting distributable earnings per Operating Group unit of $1.58 and $0.33, respectively, less costs borne by Class A unitholders for professional fees and other expenses, cash taxes attributable to the Intermediate Holding Companies and amounts payable pursuant to the tax receivable agreement.

Distributable earnings increased $183.7 million, or 37.6%, to $672.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $488.5 million for 2011, reflecting increases of $113.7 million in incentive income, net of incentive income compensation expense, and $73.3 million in receipts of investment income, slightly offset by a decline of $7.7 million in fee-related earnings. For full-year 2012, receipts of investment income totaled $163.5 million and reflected $129.6 million from fund liquidations and $33.8 million from Oaktree’s one-fifth equity ownership in DoubleLine, of which the latter included $8.7 million attributable to performance fees. Distributable earnings-OCG were $3.82 and $2.62 per unit for 2012 and 2011, respectively, reflecting distributable earnings per Operating Group unit of $4.47 and $3.29, respectively, less the aforementioned costs borne by Class A unitholders.

GAAP-Basis Results

Net income attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC was $39.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2012. The comparable amount in the fourth quarter of 2011 was a net loss of $28.9 million, which included significant non-cash compensation expense stemming from the vesting of units held by Oaktree’s employees at the time of our private equity offering in May 2007. The vesting period for that equity ended on January 2, 2012.

Net income attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC was $107.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The comparable amount in 2011 was a net loss of $96.0 million, which included a full year’s worth of the previously mentioned non-cash compensation expense.

Capital and Liquidity

As of December 31, 2012, Oaktree had an available cash balance of $458.2 million, or $828.8 million when including investments in U.S. Treasury and government agency securities, and $615.2 million in outstanding debt. Oaktree had then and currently has no borrowings outstanding against its $500 million revolving bank credit facility. Oaktree’s investments in funds and companies had a carrying value of $1.1 billion as of December 31, 2012. While all of these investments in funds and companies follow the equity method of accounting, whereby original cost is adjusted for Oaktree’s share of income/loss and distributions, investments in funds reflect each fund’s holdings at fair value, whereas investments in DoubleLine and other companies are not adjusted to reflect the fair value of the underlying companies.

Distribution

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC has declared a distribution attributable to the fourth quarter of 2012 of $1.05 per Class A unit, bringing to $2.94 the aggregate distributions for the four quarters applicable to fiscal year 2012. This distribution will be paid on March 1, 2013 to Class A unitholders of record at the close of business on February 25, 2013.

Conference Call

Oaktree will host a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results today at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time / 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (888) 769-9724 (U.S. callers) or +1 (415) 228-4639 (non-U.S. callers), participant password OAKTREE. Alternatively, a live webcast of the conference call can be accessed through the Unitholders – Investor Relations section of the Oaktree website, http://ir.oaktreecapital.com/.

For those individuals unable to listen to the live broadcast of the conference call, a replay will be available for 30 days on Oaktree’s website, or by dialing (800) 294-4350 (U.S. callers) or +1 (402) 220-9777 (non-U.S. callers), beginning approximately one hour after the broadcast.

About Oaktree

Oaktree is a leading global investment management firm focused on alternative markets, with $77.1 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2012. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in distressed debt, corporate debt (including high yield debt and senior loans), control investing, convertible securities, real estate and listed equities. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the firm has over 700 employees and offices in 13 cities worldwide. For additional information, please visit Oaktree’s website at www.oaktreecapital.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, which reflect the current views of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (“OCG”), with respect to, among other things, its future results of operations and financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “anticipate,” “approximately,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will” and “would” or the negative version of these words or other comparable or similar words. These statements identify prospective information. Important factors could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated in these statements. Forward-looking statements are based on OCG’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of its future performance, taking into account all information currently available to OCG. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to OCG’s operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy and liquidity, including, but not limited to, changes in our anticipated revenue and income, which are inherently volatile; changes in the value of our investments; the pace of our raising of new funds; the timing and receipt of and impact of taxes on carried interest; distributions from and liquidation of our existing funds; changes in our operating or other expenses; the degree to which we encounter competition; and general economic and market conditions. The factors listed in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in OCG’s prospectus dated April 11, 2012, which was filed with the SEC on April 12, 2012 in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, and in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, each of which is accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause OCG’s actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in its forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made. Except as required by law, OCG does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

This release and its contents do not constitute and should not be construed as (a) a recommendation to buy, (b) an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to buy, (c) an offer to sell or (d) advice in relation to, any securities of OCG or securities of any Oaktree investment fund.

Consolidated Statements of Operations (GAAP basis)

           
 
Three Months Ended

December 31,

Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations:
Revenues:
Management fees $ 42,755 $ 35,945 $ 134,568 $ 140,715
Incentive income 4,047   —   10,415   15,055  
Total revenues 46,802   35,945   144,983   155,770  
Expenses:
Compensation and benefits (82,111 ) (80,103 ) (330,018 ) (308,194 )
Incentive income compensation expense (104,326 ) (67,862 ) (222,594 ) (179,234 )
Equity-based compensation (8,860 ) (238,183 ) (36,342 ) (948,746 )
Total compensation and benefits expense (195,297 ) (386,148 ) (588,954 ) (1,436,174 )
General, administrative and other expenses (30,847 ) (26,232 ) (108,814 ) (103,617 )
Consolidated fund expenses (21,864 ) (29,561 ) (92,835 ) (105,073 )
Total expenses (248,008 ) (441,941 ) (790,603 ) (1,644,864 )
Other income (loss):
Interest expense (12,134 ) (13,079 ) (45,773 ) (50,943 )
Interest and dividend income 510,353 571,648 1,966,317 2,565,630
Net realized gain on investments 1,655,818 435,369 4,560,782 1,744,135
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (599,436 ) 1,140,128 835,160 (3,064,676 )
Investment income (loss) 7,699 (46 ) 25,382 8,600
Other income (expense), net (1,507 ) (1,604 ) 7,027   (1,209 )
Total other income 1,560,793   2,132,416   7,348,895   1,201,537  
Income (loss) before income taxes 1,359,587 1,726,420 6,703,275 (287,557 )
Income taxes (3,365 ) (5,168 ) (30,858 ) (21,088 )
Net income (loss) 1,356,222 1,721,252 6,672,417 (308,645 )
Less:
Net income attributable to non-controlling redeemable interests in consolidated funds (1,148,042 ) (1,888,260 ) (6,016,342 ) (233,573 )
Net (income) loss attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest (168,909 ) 138,065   (548,265 ) 446,246  
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
Distributions declared per Class A unit $ 0.55   $ 0.29   $ 2.31   $ 2.34  
Net income (loss) per unit (basic and diluted):
Net income (loss) per Class A unit $ 1.30   $ (1.28 ) $ 3.83   $ (4.23 )
Weighted average number of Class A units outstanding 30,181   22,677   28,170   22,677  
 

Segment Financial Data

           
 
As of or for the Three

Months Ended December 31,

As of or for the Year

Ended December 31,

2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data or as otherwise indicated)
Segment Statements of Operations Data: (1)
Revenues:
Management fees $ 184,748 $ 186,065 $ 747,440 $ 724,321
Incentive income 210,255 32,057 461,116 303,963
Investment income 52,010   43,259   202,392   23,763  
Total revenues 447,013   261,381   1,410,948   1,052,047  
Expenses:
Compensation and benefits (82,144 ) (80,036 ) (330,059 ) (308,115 )
Incentive income compensation expense (104,326 ) (67,862 ) (222,594 ) (179,234 )
General, administrative and other expenses (30,844 ) (26,497 ) (110,082 ) (101,238 )
Total expenses (217,314 ) (174,395 ) (662,735 ) (588,587 )
Adjusted net income before interest and other income (expense) 229,699 86,986 748,213 463,460
Interest expense, net of interest income (2) (7,816 ) (8,675 ) (31,730 ) (33,867 )
Other income (expense), net (1,507 ) (1,604 ) 767   (1,209 )
Adjusted net income $ 220,376   $ 76,707   $ 717,250   $ 428,384  
Adjusted net income-OCG $ 41,011 $ 7,420 $ 114,395 $ 48,777
Adjusted net income-OCG per Class A unit 1.36 0.33 4.06 2.15
Fee-related earnings 71,760 79,532 307,299 314,968
Fee-related earnings-OCG 11,986 8,844 45,587 33,397
Fee-related earnings-OCG per Class A unit 0.40 0.39 1.62 1.47
Distributable earnings 238,134 49,423 672,181 488,535
Distributable earnings-OCG 41,252 8,817 107,678 59,446
Distributable earnings-OCG per Class A unit 1.37 0.39 3.82 2.62
Economic net income 221,705 237,214 971,733 289,512
Economic net income-OCG 44,385 23,790 161,980 28,500
Economic net income-OCG per Class A unit 1.47 1.05 5.75 1.26
Weighted average number of Operating Group units outstanding 150,463 148,531 150,539 148,633
Weighted average number of Class A units outstanding 30,181 22,677 28,170 22,677
Operating Metrics:
Assets under management (in millions):
Assets under management $ 77,051 $ 74,857 $ 77,051 $ 74,857
Management fee-generating assets under management 66,784 66,964 66,784 66,964
Incentive-creating assets under management 33,989 36,155 33,989 36,155
Uncalled capital commitments (3) 11,201 11,201 11,201 11,201
Accrued incentives (fund level): (4)
Incentives created (fund level) 209,500 201,747 911,947 (75,916 )
Incentives created (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense 116,994 120,548 522,800 (30,600 )
Accrued incentives (fund level) 2,137,798 1,686,967 2,137,798 1,686,967
Accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense 1,282,194 1,027,711 1,282,194 1,027,711
 
(1)  

Our business is comprised of one segment, our investment management segment, which consists of the investment management services that we provide to our clients. The components of revenues and expenses used in determining adjusted net income do not give effect to the consolidation of the funds that we manage. In addition, adjusted net income excludes the effect of: (a) non-cash equity compensation charges related to Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. (“OCGH”) units issued prior to our initial public offering, (b) income taxes, (c) expenses that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly and (d) the adjustment for the OCGH non-controlling interest. Adjusted net income is calculated at the Operating Group level. For additional information regarding the reconciling adjustments discussed above, please see Exhibit A.

(2) Interest income was $0.7 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $2.6 million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(3) Uncalled capital commitments represent undrawn capital commitments by partners (including Oaktree as general partner) of our closed-end funds in their investment periods. If a fund distributes capital during its investment period, that capital is typically subject to possible recall, in which case it is included in uncalled capital commitments.
(4) Our funds record as accrued incentives the incentive income that would be paid to us if the funds were liquidated at their reported values as of the date of the financial statements. Incentives created (fund level) refers to the amount generated by the funds during the period. We refer to the amount of incentive income recognized as revenue by us as segment incentive income. We recognize incentive income when it becomes fixed or determinable, all related contingencies have been removed and collection is reasonably assured. Amounts recognized by us as incentive income no longer are included in accrued incentives (fund level), the term we use for remaining fund-level accruals. Incentives created (fund level), incentive income and accrued incentives (fund level) are presented gross, without deduction for direct compensation expense that is owed to our investment professionals associated with the particular fund when we earn the incentive income. We call that charge “incentive income compensation expense.” Incentive income compensation expense varies by the investment strategy and vintage of the particular fund, among other factors, but generally equals between 40% and 55% of segment incentive income revenue.
 

Operating Metrics

We monitor certain operating metrics that are either common to the alternative asset management industry or that we believe provide important data regarding our business. As described below, these operating metrics include AUM, management fee-generating AUM, incentive-creating AUM, incentives created (fund level), accrued incentives (fund level) and uncalled capital commitments.

Assets Under Management

         
 
As of
December 31,

2012

      September 30,

2012

      December 31,

2011

(in millions)
Assets Under Management:
Closed-end funds $ 45,700 $ 50,966 $ 47,425
Open-end funds 29,092 27,589 25,042
Evergreen funds 2,259   2,412   2,390  
Total $ 77,051   $ 80,967   $ 74,857  
 
Three Months Ended

December 31,

Year Ended December 31,
2012 2011 2012 2011
(in millions)
Change in Assets Under Management:
Beginning balance $ 80,967 $ 73,010 $ 74,857 $ 82,672
Closed-end funds:
New capital commitments 599 1,602 6,456 5,734
Distributions for a realization event/other (5,716 ) (1,574 ) (12,663 ) (10,547 )
Uncalled capital commitments at end of investment period (1,634 ) (18 ) (1,634 ) (1,227 )
Foreign currency translation 142 (267 ) 99 (260 )
Change in market value (1) 1,216 1,688 5,810 394
Change in applicable leverage 127 (43 ) 207 (50 )
Open-end funds:
Contributions 1,607 535 4,394 3,702
Redemptions (967 ) (1,406 ) (3,869 ) (5,039 )
Foreign currency translation 81 (89 ) 65 (93 )
Change in market value (1) 782 1,390 3,460 350
Evergreen funds:
Contributions 71 196 140 345
Redemptions (282 ) (256 ) (548 ) (531 )
Distributions from restructured funds (23 ) (11 ) (57 ) (537 )
Foreign currency translation 1 (2 ) 1 20
Change in market value (1) 80   102   333   (76 )
Ending balance $ 77,051   $ 74,857   $ 77,051   $ 74,857  
(1)   Change in market value represents the change in NAV of our funds resulting from current income and realized and unrealized gains/losses on investments, less management fees and other fund expenses.
 

Management Fee-Generating AUM

         
 
As of
December 31,

2012

      September 30,

2012

      December 31,

2011

(in millions)
Management Fee-Generating Assets Under Management:
Closed-end funds $ 35,750 $ 36,509 $ 39,867
Open-end funds 29,056 27,553 25,025
Evergreen funds 1,978   2,109   2,072  
Total $ 66,784   $ 66,171   $ 66,964  
 
Three Months Ended

December 31,

Year Ended December 31,
2012 2011 2012 2011
(in millions)
Change in Management Fee-Generating Assets Under Management:
Beginning balance $ 66,171 $ 63,367 $ 66,964 $ 66,175
Closed-end funds:
New capital commitments to funds that pay fees based on committed capital — 4,431 486 7,997
Capital drawn by funds that pay fees based on drawn capital or NAV 222 277 968 1,034
Change for funds that pay fees based on the lesser of funded capital or cost basis during liquidation (1) (1,071 ) (1,466 ) (5,457 ) (4,285 )
Change in fee basis from committed capital to drawn capital — — — (978 )
Uncalled capital commitments at end of investment period for funds that pay fees based on committed capital (57 ) — (57 ) (1,066 )
Distributions by funds that pay fees based on NAV (141 ) (70 ) (512 ) (460 )
Foreign currency translation 143 (53 ) 148 (23 )
Change in market value (2) 19 53 125 (12 )
Change in applicable leverage 126 (43 ) 182 (50 )
Open-end funds:
Contributions 1,608 535 4,380 3,701
Redemptions (967 ) (1,405 ) (3,869 ) (5,039 )
Foreign currency translation 81 (89 ) 65 (93 )
Change in market value 781 1,390 3,455 351
Evergreen funds:
Contributions 71 196 140 345
Redemptions (282 ) (255 ) (548 ) (527 )
Change in market value 80   96   314   (106 )
Ending balance $ 66,784   $ 66,964   $ 66,784   $ 66,964  
 
(1)   For most closed-end funds, management fees are charged during the liquidation period on the lesser of (a) total funded capital and (b) the cost basis of assets remaining in the fund, with the cost basis of assets generally calculated by excluding cash balances. Thus, changes in fee basis during the liquidation period are not dependent on distributions made from the fund; rather, they are tied to the cost basis of the fund’s investments, which generally declines as the fund sells assets.
(2) The change in market value reflects certain funds that pay management fees based on NAV and leverage, as applicable.
 
      As of December 31,
2012         2011
(in millions)
Reconciliation of Assets Under Management to Management Fee-Generating Assets Under Management:
Assets under management $ 77,051 $ 74,857
Difference between assets under management and committed capital or cost basis for closed-end funds (1) (3,164 ) (4,031 )
Capital commitments to funds that have not yet begun to generate management fees (5,016 ) (85 )
Undrawn capital commitments to funds for which management fees are based on drawn capital or NAV (584 ) (1,981 )
Oaktree's general partner investments in management fee-generating funds (1,041 ) (1,052 )
Closed-end funds that are no longer paying management fees (231 ) (472 )
Funds for which management fees were permanently waived (231 ) (272 )
Management fee-generating assets under management $ 66,784   $ 66,964  
 
(1)   Not applicable to closed-end funds that pay management fees based on NAV or leverage, as applicable.
 

The period-end weighted average annual management fee rates applicable to the respective management fee-generating AUM balances are set forth below:

          As of December 31,
2012             2011
Weighted Average Annual Management Fee Rates:
Closed-end funds 1.51 % 1.48 %
Open-end funds 0.49 0.47
Evergreen funds 1.82 1.79
Overall 1.07 1.11
 

Incentive-Creating AUM

     
 
As of
December 31,

2012

      September 30,

2012

      December 31,

2011

(in millions)
Incentive-Creating Assets Under Management:
Closed-end funds $ 32,058 $ 34,980 $ 34,062
Evergreen funds 1,931   2,091   2,093
Total $ 33,989   $ 37,071   $ 36,155
 

Accrued Incentives and Incentives Created (Fund Level)

           
 

As of or for the Three
Months Ended December 31,

As of or for the Year
Ended December 31,

2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Accrued Incentives (Fund Level):
Beginning balance   $ 2,138,553   $ 1,517,277   $ 1,686,967   $ 2,066,846  
Incentives created (fund level):
Closed-end funds 196,273 201,355 869,557 (81,216 )
Evergreen funds 13,227   392   42,390   5,300  
Total incentives created (fund level) 209,500   201,747   911,947   (75,916 )
Less: segment incentive income recognized by us (210,255 ) (32,057 ) (461,116 ) (303,963 )
Ending balance $ 2,137,798   $ 1,686,967   $ 2,137,798   $ 1,686,967  
Accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense $ 1,282,194   $ 1,027,711   $ 1,282,194   $ 1,027,711  
 

Uncalled Capital Commitments

Uncalled capital commitments amounted to $11.2 billion as of December 31, 2012, as compared with $13.3 billion as of September 30, 2012 and $11.2 billion as of December 31, 2011.

Segment Results

Our business is comprised of one segment, our investment management segment, which consists of the investment management services that we provide to our clients.

Adjusted Net Income

Adjusted net income and adjusted net income-OCG, as well as per unit data, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, are set forth below:

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012     2011
(in thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues:
Management fees $ 184,748 $ 186,065 $ 747,440 $ 724,321
Incentive income 210,255 32,057 461,116 303,963
Investment income 52,010   43,259   202,392   23,763  
Total revenues 447,013   261,381   1,410,948   1,052,047  
Expenses:
Compensation and benefits (82,144 ) (80,036 ) (330,059 ) (308,115 )
Incentive income compensation expense (104,326 ) (67,862 ) (222,594 ) (179,234 )
General, administrative and other expenses (30,844 ) (26,497 ) (110,082 ) (101,238 )
Total expenses (217,314 ) (174,395 ) (662,735 ) (588,587 )
Adjusted net income before interest and other income (expense) 229,699 86,986 748,213 463,460
Interest expense, net of interest income (1) (7,816 ) (8,675 ) (31,730 ) (33,867 )
Other income (expense), net (1,507 ) (1,604 ) 767   (1,209 )
Adjusted net income 220,376 76,707 717,250 428,384
Adjusted net income attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest (176,171 ) (64,997 ) (582,746 ) (363,068 )
Non-Operating Group other income — — 6,260

(2)

 

 

 

—

Non-Operating Group expenses (160 ) (364 ) (553 ) (768 )
Adjusted net income-OCG before income taxes 44,045 11,346 140,211 64,548
Income taxes-OCG (3,034 ) (3,926 ) (25,816 )

(2)

 

 

 

(15,771 )
Adjusted net income-OCG $ 41,011   $ 7,420   $ 114,395   $ 48,777  
Adjusted net income-OCG per Class A unit $ 1.36   $ 0.33   $ 4.06   $ 2.15  
Weighted average number of Class A units outstanding 30,181   22,677   28,170   22,677  
 
(1)   Interest income was $0.7 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $2.6 million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(2) A one-time adjustment in the second quarter of 2012 had the effect of increasing income taxes-OCG by $(7,134) and increasing non-Operating Group other income by $6,260, for a net effect of additional after-tax OCG expense of $(874). This adjustment stemmed from reductions in deferred tax assets and the liability for amounts due to affiliates. The effective income tax rate applicable to adjusted net income-OCG before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2012 was 14% without the $(7,134) one-time expense and 18% with it.
 

Investment Income (Loss)

           
 
Three Months Ended

December 31,

Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Income (loss) from investments in funds:
Oaktree funds:
Distressed debt $ 21,157 $ 32,748 $ 106,810 $ 11,857
Control investing 7,271 5,216 28,322 2,226
Corporate debt 4,461 2,783 14,670 2,507
Real estate 6,726 3,173 19,927 3,417
Listed equities 6,178 (457 ) 8,307 (2,962 )
Convertible securities 27 10 141 (78 )
Non-Oaktree (186 ) (1,375 ) 1,526 5,006
Income from investments in companies:
DoubleLine and other 6,376   1,161   22,689   1,790  
Total investment income $ 52,010   $ 43,259   $ 202,392   $ 23,763  
 

Fee-Related Earnings

Fee-related earnings and fee-related earnings-OCG, as well as per unit data, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, are set forth below:

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

        Year Ended December 31,
2012         2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data)
Management fees:
Closed-end funds $ 140,800 $ 147,279 $ 580,636 $ 555,014
Open-end funds 34,485 29,123 128,821 126,014
Evergreen funds 9,463   9,663   37,983   43,293  
Total management fees 184,748   186,065   747,440   724,321  
Expenses:
Compensation and benefits (82,144 ) (80,036 ) (330,059 ) (308,115 )
General, administrative and other expenses (30,844 ) (26,497 ) (110,082 ) (101,238 )
Total expenses (112,988 ) (106,533 ) (440,141 ) (409,353 )
Fee-related earnings 71,760 79,532 307,299 314,968
Fee-related earnings attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest (57,365 ) (67,390 ) (250,014 ) (266,917 )
Non-Operating Group other income — — 6,260

(1)

 

—
Non-Operating Group expenses (160 ) (365 ) (551 ) (770 )
Fee-related earnings-OCG before income taxes 14,235 11,777 62,994 47,281
Fee-related earnings-OCG income taxes (2,249 ) (2,933 ) (17,407 )

(1)

 

(13,884 )
Fee-related earnings-OCG $ 11,986   $ 8,844   $ 45,587   $ 33,397  
Fee-related earnings-OCG per Class A unit $ 0.40   $ 0.39   $ 1.62   $ 1.47  
Weighted average number of Class A units outstanding 30,181   22,677   28,170   22,677  
 
(1)   A one-time adjustment in the second quarter of 2012 had the effect of increasing income taxes-OCG by $(7,134) and increasing non-Operating Group other income by $6,260, for a net effect of additional after-tax OCG expense of $(874). This adjustment stemmed from reductions in deferred tax assets and the liability for amounts due to affiliates. The effective income tax rate applicable to fee-related earnings-OCG before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2012 was 18% without the $(7,134) one-time expense and 28% with it.
 

Distributable Earnings and Distribution Calculation

Distributable earnings and the calculations of the distributions attributable to the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, are set forth below:

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data)
Distributable Earnings:
Fee-related earnings $ 71,760 $ 79,532 $ 307,299 $ 314,968
Incentive income, net of incentive income compensation expense 105,929 (35,805 ) 238,522 124,729
Receipts of investment income from funds (1) 50,013 17,259 129,621 88,693
Receipts of investment income from DoubleLine and other companies 20,170 183 33,838 1,496
Interest expense, net of interest income (7,816 ) (8,675 ) (31,730 ) (33,867 )
Operating Group income taxes (415 ) (1,467 ) (6,136 ) (6,275 )
Other income (expense), net (1,507 ) (1,604 ) 767   (1,209 )
Distributable earnings $ 238,134   $ 49,423   $ 672,181   $ 488,535  
Distribution Calculation:
Operating Group distribution with respect to the period $ 191,070 $ 92,298 $ 540,419 $ 370,033
Distribution per Operating Group unit $ 1.27 $ 0.62 $ 3.59 $ 2.49
Adjustments per Class A unit:
Distributable earnings-OCG income taxes (0.16 ) (0.15 ) (0.40 ) (0.74 )
Tax receivable agreement (0.05 ) (0.04 ) (0.21 ) (0.16 )
Non-Operating Group expenses (0.01 ) (0.01 ) (0.04 ) (0.04 )
Other adjustments, net (2) —   —   —   0.31  

Distribution per Class A unit (3)

$ 1.05   $ 0.42   $ 2.94   $ 1.86  
 
(1)   This adjustment characterizes a portion of the distributions received from Oaktree and non-Oaktree funds as receipts of investment income or loss. In general, the income or loss component of a distribution from a fund is calculated by multiplying the amount of the distribution by the ratio of our investment’s undistributed income or loss to our remaining investment balance. In addition, if the distribution is made during the investment period, it is generally not reflected in distributable earnings until after the investment period ends.
(2) This adjustment reflects inter-quarter timing differences.
(3) With respect to the three months ended December 31, 2012, the distribution was announced on February 14, 2013 and is payable on March 1, 2013.
 

 

Units Outstanding

           
 
Three Months Ended

December 31,

  Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Weighted Average Units:
OCGH 120,282 125,854 122,369 125,956
Class A 30,181   22,677   28,170   22,677
Total 150,463   148,531   150,539   148,633
Units Eligible for Fiscal Period Distribution:
OCGH 120,268 126,191
Class A 30,181   22,677  
Total 150,449   148,868  
 

Subsequent to Oaktree’s initial public offering in April 2012, Oaktree issued 567,000 restricted OCGH units and 7,804 Class A units to its employees and directors, of which 522,000 OCGH units and 6,381 Class A units were granted in January 2013 and are not eligible for the distribution applicable to the fourth quarter of 2012. All units granted to employees and directors are subject to annual vesting, typically over periods of five to ten years.

Segment Statements of Financial Condition

      As of December 31,
2012         2011
(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash-equivalents $ 458,191 $ 297,230
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities 370,614 381,697
Management fees receivable 27,351 23,207
Incentive income receivable 82,182 28,892
Corporate investments, at equity 1,115,952 1,159,287
Deferred tax assets 159,171 72,986
Other assets 146,087   120,609
Total assets $ 2,359,548   $ 2,083,908
Liabilities and Capital:
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 214,311 $ 250,191
Due to affiliates 136,165 57,574
Debt obligations 615,179   652,143
Total liabilities 965,655   959,908
Capital:
OCGH non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries 1,087,491 935,858
Unitholders’ capital attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 306,402   188,142
Total capital 1,393,893   1,124,000
Total liabilities and capital $ 2,359,548   $ 2,083,908
 

Corporate Investments, at Equity

      As of December 31,
2012         2011
(in thousands)
Investments in funds:
Oaktree funds:
Distressed debt $ 475,476 $ 542,539
Control investing 264,186 239,706
Corporate debt 115,250 141,972
Real estate 107,408 81,502
Listed equities 69,222 39,262
Convertible securities 1,392 1,251
Non-Oaktree 53,591 91,520
Investments in companies:
DoubleLine and other 29,427   21,535
Total corporate investments, at equity $ 1,115,952   $ 1,159,287
 

Fund Data

Certain information regarding our closed-end, open-end and evergreen funds is set forth below.

Closed-End Funds

        As of December 31, 2012
Investment Period Total Committed Capital   Drawn Capital (1)   Fund Net Income Since Inception   Distri-butions Since Inception Net Asset Value Management Fee-Generating AUM Oaktree Segment Incentive Income Recog-nized Accrued Incentives (Fund Level) (2) Unreturned Drawn Capital Plus Accrued Preferred Return (3)   IRR Since Inception (4)     Multiple of Drawn Capital (5)
Start Date End Date Gross   Net
(in millions)
Distressed Debt
TCW Special Credits Fund I, L.P. (6) Oct. 1988 Oct. 1991 $ 97 $ 97 $ 121 $ 218

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

29.0 % 24.7 % 2.3x
TCW Special Credits Fund II, L.P. (6) Jul. 1990 Jul. 1993 261 261 505 766 — — — — — 41.6 35.7 3.1
TCW Special Credits Fund IIb, L.P. (6) Dec. 1990 Dec. 1993 153 153 323 476 — — — — — 44.0 37.9 3.1
TCW Special Credits Fund III, L.P. (6) Nov. 1991 Nov. 1994 329 329 470 799 — — — — — 26.2 22.1 2.5
TCW Special Credits Fund IIIb, L.P. (6) Apr. 1992 Apr. 1995 447 447 459 906 — — — — — 21.2 17.9 2.1
TCW Special Credits Fund IV, L.P. (6) Jun. 1993 Jun. 1996 394 394 462 856 — — — — — 21.1 17.3 2.2
OCM Opportunities Fund, L.P. Oct. 1995 Oct. 1998 771 771 568 1,339 — — 74 — — 12.4 10.2 1.8
OCM Opportunities Fund II, L.P. Oct. 1997 Oct. 2000 1,550 1,550 989 2,539 — — 197 — — 11.0 8.5 1.7
OCM Opportunities Fund III, L.P. Sep. 1999 Sep. 2002 2,077 2,077 1,287 3,335 28 — 248 6 — 15.4 11.9 1.7
OCM Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. Sep. 2001 Sep. 2004 2,125 2,125 1,727 3,845 7 — 340 1 — 35.0 28.1 1.9
OCM Opportunities Fund IVb, L.P. May 2002 May 2005 1,339 1,339 1,260 2,596 3 — 248 1 — 57.8 47.3 2.0
OCM Opportunities Fund V, L.P. Jun. 2004 Jun. 2007 1,179 1,179 917 1,905 191 254 142 38 — 18.6 14.2 1.9
OCM Opportunities Fund VI, L.P. Jul. 2005 Jul. 2008 1,773 1,773 1,155 2,073 855 920 76 149 638 11.8 8.5 1.7
OCM Opportunities Fund VII, L.P. Mar. 2007 Mar. 2010 3,598 3,598 1,379 3,442 1,535 1,588 9 61 1,461 10.8 8.1 1.5
OCM Opportunities Fund VIIb, L.P. May 2008 May 2011 10,940 9,844 8,555 12,804 5,595 4,963 530 1,132 — 23.7 18.0 1.9
Special Account A Nov. 2008 Oct. 2012 253 253 271 260 264 203 5 48 55 31.9 25.7 2.1
Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII, L.P. Oct. 2009 Oct. 2012 4,507 4,507 1,179 489 5,198 4,403 — 230 4,799 14.7 9.7 1.3
Special Account B Nov. 2009 Nov. 2012 1,031 1,060 294 155 1,199 1,163 — 13 1,112 15.9 14.9 1.3
Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb, L.P. Aug. 2011 Aug. 2014 2,692 2,019 143 1 2,161 2,625 — 27 2,121 16.9 9.0 1.1
Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX, L.P. TBD — 4,964 — — — — — — — — —   —   —
22.9 % 17.5 %
Global Principal Investments
TCW Special Credits Fund V, L.P. (6) Apr. 1994 Apr. 1997 $ 401 $ 401 $ 349 $ 750

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

$

—

17.2 % 14.6 % 1.9x
OCM Principal Opportunities Fund, L.P. Jul. 1996 Jul. 1999 625 625 282 907 — — — — — 6.4 5.4 1.5
OCM Principal Opportunities Fund II, L.P. Dec. 2000 Dec. 2005 1,275 1,275 1,208 2,455 27 — 231 5 — 23.3 17.8 2.0
OCM Principal Opportunities Fund III, L.P. Nov. 2003 Nov. 2008 1,400 1,400 952 1,762 590 574 42 144 200 15.0 10.5 1.8
OCM Principal Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. Oct. 2006 Oct. 2011 3,328 3,328 1,041 1,642 2,728 2,339 — — 3,068 8.8 6.3 1.4
Oaktree Principal Fund V, L.P. Feb. 2009 Feb. 2014 2,827 2,021 318 84 2,257 2,756 — 16 2,235 15.2 8.1 1.3
Special Account C Dec. 2008 Feb. 2014 505 414 202 65 550 355 9 31 432 21.7   15.9   1.5
13.3 % 9.8 %
Asia Principal Investments
OCM Asia Principal Opportunities Fund, L.P. May 2006 May 2011 $ 578 $ 503 $ 13 $ 60 $ 456 $ 361

$

—

$

—

$ 622 5.1 % 0.6 % 1.2x
 
European Principal Investments (7)
OCM European Principal Opportunities Fund, L.P. Mar. 2006 Mar. 2009 $ 495 $ 460 $ 330 $ 159 $ 632 $ 370 $ 1 $ 45 $ 573 10.8 % 8.3 % 1.8x
OCM European Principal Opportunities Fund II, L.P. Dec. 2007 Dec. 2012 € 1,759 € 1,685 € 318 € 245 € 1,759 € 1,545 € 12 € — € 1,868 10.5 6.3 1.3
Oaktree European Principal Fund III, L.P. Nov. 2011 Nov. 2016 € 3,164 € 1,186 € 25 € 3 € 1,208 € 3,083 € — € — € 1,255 12.1   2.7   1.1
10.8 % 6.6 %
Power Opportunities
OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund, L.P. Nov. 1999 Nov. 2004 $ 449 $ 383 $ 251 $ 634

$

—

$

—

$ 23

$

—

$

 

—

20.1 % 13.1 % 1.8x
OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund II, L.P. Nov. 2004 Nov. 2009 1,021 541 1,460 1,888 113 39 93 7 — 76.4 59.2 3.9
Oaktree Power Opportunities Fund III, L.P. Apr. 2010 Apr. 2015 1,062 303 49 5 347 1,036 — 9 325 31.1   11.7   1.3
35.3 % 27.4 %
 
        As of December 31, 2012
Investment Period Total Committed Capital   Drawn Capital (1)   Fund Net Income Since Inception   Distri-butions Since Inception   Net Asset Value   Management Fee-Generating AUM     Oaktree Segment Incentive Income Recog-nized     Accrued Incentives (Fund Level) (2)   Unreturned Drawn Capital Plus Accrued Preferred Return (3)   IRR Since Inception (4)   Multiple of Drawn Capital (5)
Start Date End Date Gross   Net
(in millions)
Real Estate
TCW Special Credits Fund VI, L.P. (6) Aug. 1994 Aug. 1997 $ 506 $ 506 $ 666 $ 1,172

 

$ — $ — $ — $ — $ —

21.1%

 

 

17.4%

 

 

2.4x
OCM Real Estate Opportunities Fund A, L.P. Feb. 1996 Feb. 1999 379 379 295 665

 

9 — 56 4 — 10.5 8.4 1.9
OCM Real Estate Opportunities Fund B, L.P. Mar. 1997 Mar. 2000 285 285 172 455

 

2 — — — 52 8.2 7.1 1.7
OCM Real Estate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. Dec. 1998 Dec. 2001 464 440 266 705

 

1 — 52 — — 15.2 11.1 1.7
OCM Real Estate Opportunities Fund III, L.P. Sep. 2002 Sep. 2005 707 707 651 1,223

 

135 — 102 27 — 15.9 11.9 2.0
Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. Dec. 2007 Dec. 2011 450 450 232 183

 

499 353 6 37 402 17.4 11.2 1.6
Special Account D Nov. 2009 Nov. 2012 256 262 107 119

 

250 166 — 11 211 16.8 15.0 1.4
Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund V, L.P. Mar. 2011 Mar. 2015 1,283 1,283 167 23

 

1,427 1,251 — 32 1,379 15.2 9.5 1.2
Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund VI, L.P. (8) Aug. 2012 Aug. 2016 255 178

(2)

 

—

 

176 235 — — 182 nm nm 1.0
15.4% 11.9%
Asia Real Estate
Oaktree Asia Special Situations Fund, L.P. May 2008 Apr. 2009 $ 50 $ 19 $ 10 $ — $ 29 $ — $ — $ 1 $ 27

16.1%

 

 

8.4%

 

 

1.8x
 
PPIP
Oaktree PPIP Fund, L.P. (9) Dec. 2009 Dec. 2012 $ 2,322 $ 1,113 $ 412 $ 672 $ 852 $ 565

(10)

 

 

$ — $ 48

(11)

 

 

$ 229

(11)

 

 

30.2%

 

 

N/A 1.4x
 
Mezzanine Finance
OCM Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (12) Oct. 2001 Oct. 2006 $ 808 $ 773 $ 280 $ 1,038 $ 15 $ — $ 32 $ 3 $ —

14.3%

 

10.7% / 10.1%

1.4x
OCM Mezzanine Fund II, L.P. Jun. 2005 Jun. 2010 1,251 1,107 411 1,125

 

393 541 — — 444 10.5 7.3 1.5
Oaktree Mezzanine Fund III, L.P. (13) Dec. 2009 Dec. 2014 1,592 1,097 46 234

 

910 1,552 — — 982 10.2  

9.4 / (12.7)

 

1.1

11.8%

 

7.9%

 

U.S. Senior Loans
Oaktree Loan Fund, L.P. Sep. 2007 Sep. 2012 $ 2,193 $ 2,193 $ 95 $ 2,288 $ — $ — N/A N/A N/A

2.5%

 

 

1.9%

 

 

1.1x
Oaktree Loan Fund, 2x, L.P. Sep. 2007 Sep. 2015 1,722 1,722 98 1,653

 

167 165 N/A N/A N/A 2.7 1.9 1.1
Oaktree Enhanced Income Fund, L.P. (8) Sep. 2012 Aug. 2015 362 205 6 —

 

211 549

(14)

 

 

N/A N/A N/A nm nm 1.0
35,428

(15)

 

 

  2,126

(15)

 

 

Other (16) 322   1  
Total closed-end funds $ 35,750   $ 2,127  
 
(1)   Reflects the capital contributions of investors in the fund, net of any distributions to such investors of uninvested capital.
(2) Excludes Oaktree segment incentive income recognized since inception.
(3) Reflects the amount the fund needs to distribute to its investors as a return of capital and a preferred return (as applicable) before Oaktree is entitled to receive incentive income (other than tax distributions) from the fund.
(4) The internal rate of return ("IRR") is the annualized implied discount rate calculated from a series of cash flows. It is the return that equates the present value of all capital invested in an investment to the present value of all returns of capital, or the discount rate that will provide a net present value of all cash flows equal to zero. Fund-level IRRs are calculated based upon the actual timing of cash distributions to investors and the residual value of such investor's capital accounts at the end of the applicable period being measured. Gross IRRs reflect returns before allocation of management fees, expenses and any incentive allocation to the fund's general partner. Net IRRs reflect returns to non-affiliated investors after allocation of management fees, expenses and any incentive allocation to the fund's general partner.
(5) Calculated as Drawn Capital plus gross income before fees and expenses divided by Drawn Capital.
(6) The fund was managed by certain Oaktree investment professionals while employed at the Trust Company of the West prior to Oaktree's founding in 1995. When these employees joined Oaktree upon, or shortly after, its founding, they continued to manage the fund through the end of its term pursuant to a sub-advisory relationship between the Trust Company of the West and Oaktree.
(7) Aggregate IRRs based on conversion of OCM European Principal Opportunities Fund II, L.P. and Oaktree European Principal Fund III, L.P. cash flows from Euros to USD at the December 31, 2012 spot rate of $1.3184.
(8) The IRR is not considered meaningful (“nm”) as the period from the initial contribution through December 31, 2012 is less than one year.
(9) Due to the differences in allocations of income and expenses to this fund's two primary limited partners, the United States Treasury and Oaktree PPIP Private Fund, L.P., a combined net IRR is not represented. Of the $2,322 million in capital commitments, $1,161 million relates to the Oaktree PPIP Private Fund, L.P. The gross and net IRR for the Oaktree PPIP Private Fund, L.P. were 27.1% and 19.8%, respectively, as of December 31, 2012.
(10) The United States Treasury incurs management fees for the Oaktree PPIP Fund, L.P., paid quarterly in arrears, based on their Interest Value as of December 31, 2012. Limited Partners of the Oaktree PPIP Private Fund, L.P. incur management fees based on Invested Capital as of December 31, 2012 totaling $210.4 million, paid quarterly in advance.
(11) Represents amounts related to the Oaktree PPIP Private Fund, L.P. only.
(12) The fund's partnership interests are divided into Class A and Class B interests, with the Class A interests having priority with respect to the distribution of current income and disposition proceeds. Net IRR for Class A interests is 10.7% and Class B interests is 10.1%. Combined net IRR for the Class A and Class B interests is 10.4%.
(13) The fund's partnership interests are divided into Class A and Class B interests, with the Class A interests having priority with respect to the distribution of current income and disposition proceeds. Net IRR for Class A interests is 9.4% and Class B interests is (12.7)%. Combined net IRR for Class A and Class B interests is 4.2%.
(14) Represents gross assets, including leverage of $353 million.
(15) Euro amounts were translated at 1.3184 U.S. dollars to 1 Euro in calculating totals.
(16) Includes separate accounts and a non-Oaktree fund.
 

Open-End Funds

        As of December 31, 2012   Year Ended December 31, 2012   Since Inception Through December 31, 2012
Composite Inception Strategy AUM   Management Fee-Generating AUM Annualized Rates of Return (1)         Sharpe Ratio
Oaktree Composite   Relevant Benchmark Oaktree Composite     Relevant Benchmark Oaktree Composite Gross   Relevant Benchmark
Gross   Net Gross   Net
(in millions)
U.S. High Yield Bonds Jan. 1986 $ 17,266 $ 17,263 14.0 % 13.4 % 14.7 % 10.1 % 9.5 % 8.9 % 0.81 0.54
European High Yield Bonds May 1999 1,425 1,424 21.8 21.2 22.9 8.3 7.7 6.2 0.60 0.33
U.S. Convertibles Apr. 1987 4,273 4,273 14.8 14.2 15.0 9.7 9.2 7.8 0.45 0.28
Non-U.S. Convertibles Oct. 1994 2,240 2,239 13.7 13.2 14.7 8.9 8.2 5.8 0.74 0.34
High Income Convertibles Aug. 1989 1,053 1,053 10.6 10.1 15.2 11.9 11.1 8.8 1.00 0.58
U.S. Senior Loans Sep. 2008 1,750 1,737 8.7 8.1 9.4 8.6 8.0 6.3 1.20 0.56
European Senior Loans May 2009 1,029 1,028 14.0 13.3 10.4 12.8 12.1 13.8 1.91 1.91
Emerging Markets Equity Jul. 2011 56 39   25.1 24.1 18.2 1.0 0.2 (3.0 ) 0.04 (0.12 )
Total open-end funds $ 29,056  
 
(1)   Represents Oaktree’s time-weighted rates of return, including reinvestment of income, net of commissions and transaction costs. Returns for Relevant Benchmarks are presented on a gross basis.
 

Evergreen Funds

        As of December 31, 2012   Annualized Rates of Return
Inception AUM   Management Fee-Generating AUM  

Accrued
Incentives
(Fund Level)

Year Ended December 31, 2012   Since Inception through December 31, 2012
Gross   Net Gross   Net
(in millions)
Value Opportunities Sep. 2007 $ 1,712 $ 1,657 $ —

 

(2)

 

20.2 % 15.0 % 13.3 % 8.5 %
Emerging Markets Absolute Return Apr. 1997 344 321   —

 

(2)

 

11.6 9.1 16.0 11.0
1,978 —
Restructured funds (1) —   11  
Total evergreen funds $ 1,978   $ 11  
 
(1)   Oaktree manages three restructured evergreen funds that are in liquidation: European Credit Opportunities Fund, L.P., Oaktree High Yield Plus Fund, L.P. and OCM Japan Opportunities Fund, L.P. (Yen class). As of December 31, 2012, these funds had gross and net IRRs since inception of (2.0)% and (4.5)%, 8.0% and 5.6%, and (8.8)% and (9.9)%, respectively, and in the aggregate had AUM of $202.7 million. Additionally, Oaktree High Yield Plus Fund, L.P. had accrued incentives (fund level) of $10.8 million as of December 31, 2012.
(2) For the year ended December 31, 2012, segment gross incentive income recognized by Oaktree totaled $40.5 million and $1.1 million for Value Opportunities and Emerging Markets Absolute Return, respectively.
 

GLOSSARY

Accrued Incentives (Fund Level) represents the incentive income that would be paid to us if the funds were liquidated at their reported values as of the date of the financial statements. Incentives created (fund level) refers to the amount generated by the funds during the period. We refer to the amount of incentive income recognized as revenue by us as segment incentive income. We recognize incentive income when it becomes fixed or determinable, all related contingencies have been removed and collection is reasonably assured. Amounts recognized by us as incentive income no longer are included in accrued incentives (fund level), the term we use for remaining fund-level accruals.

Adjusted net income (“ANI”) is a measure of profitability for our investment management segment. The components of revenues and expenses used in the determination of ANI do not give effect to the consolidation of the funds that we manage. In addition, ANI excludes the effect of: (a) non-cash equity compensation charges related to unit grants made before our initial public offering, (b) income taxes, (c) expenses that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly and (d) the adjustment for the OCGH non-controlling interest. ANI is calculated at the Operating Group level.

Adjusted net income–OCG, or adjusted net income per Class A unit, a non-GAAP measure, is calculated to provide Class A unitholders with a measure that shows the portion of ANI attributable to their ownership. Adjusted net income-OCG represents ANI including the effect of (a) the OCGH non-controlling interest, (b) expenses, such as income tax expense, that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly and (c) any Operating Group income taxes attributable to OCG. Two of our Intermediate Holding Companies incur federal and state income taxes for their shares of Operating Group income. Generally speaking, those two corporate entities hold an interest in the Operating Group’s management fee-generating assets and a small portion of its incentive- and investment income-generating assets. As a result, historically our fee-related earnings generally have been subject to corporate-level taxation, and our incentive income and investment income generally have not been subject to corporate-level taxation. Thus, the blended effective income tax rate has generally tended to be higher to the extent that fee-related earnings represented a larger proportion of our ANI. Myriad other factors affect income tax expense and the effective income tax rate, and there can be no assurance that this historical relationship will continue going forward.

Assets under management (“AUM”) generally refers to the assets we manage and equals the NAV of our funds plus the undrawn capital that we are entitled to call from investors in those funds pursuant to their capital commitments and fund-level leverage that generates management fees.

  • Management fee-generating assets under management (“management fee-generating AUM”) reflects the AUM on which we earn management fees for the following quarter. Our closed-end funds typically pay management fees based on committed capital during the investment period, without regard to changes in NAV or the pace of capital drawdowns, and during the liquidation period on the lesser of (a) total funded capital and (b) the cost basis of assets remaining in the fund. The annual management fee rate remains unchanged from the investment period through the liquidation period. Our open-end and evergreen funds pay management fees based on their NAV. As compared with AUM, management fee-generating AUM generally excludes the following:
    • Differences between AUM and either committed capital or cost basis for closed-end funds, other than for closed-end funds that pay management fees based on NAV and leverage, as applicable;
    • Undrawn capital commitments to funds for which management fees are based on NAV or drawn capital;
    • Capital commitments to closed-end funds that have not yet commenced their investment periods;
    • The investments we make as general partner;
    • Closed-end funds that are beyond the term during which they pay management fees; and
    • AUM in three restructured and liquidating evergreen funds for which management fees were waived commencing in 2009.
  • Incentive-creating assets under management (“incentive-creating AUM”) refers to the AUM that may eventually produce incentive income. It represents the NAV of our funds for which we are entitled to receive an incentive allocation, excluding investments made by us and our employees (which are not subject to an incentive allocation). All funds for which we are entitled to receive an incentive allocation are included in incentive-creating AUM, regardless of whether or not they are currently generating incentives. Incentive-creating AUM does not include undrawn capital commitments because they are not part of the NAV.

Consolidated funds refers to those funds that Oaktree consolidates through a majority voting interest or otherwise, including those funds in which Oaktree as the general partner is presumed to have control.

Distributable earnings is a non-GAAP performance measure derived from our segment results that we use to measure our earnings at the Operating Group level without the effects of the consolidated funds for the purpose of, among other things, assisting in the determination of equity distributions from the Operating Group. However, the declaration, payment and determination of the amount of equity distributions, if any, is at the sole discretion of our board of directors, which may change our distribution policy at any time.

Distributable earnings differs from ANI in that it is net of Operating Group income taxes, excludes segment investment income (loss), and includes the receipt of investment income or loss from distributions by our investments in funds and companies. In contrast to the GAAP measure of net income or loss attributable to OCG, distributable earnings also exclude the effect of: (a) non-cash equity compensation charges related to unit grants made before our initial public offering, (b) income taxes and expenses that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly, and (c) the adjustment for the OCGH non-controlling interest.

Distributable earnings–OCG, or distributable earnings per Class A unit, a non-GAAP measure, is calculated to provide Class A unitholders with a measure that shows the portion of distributable earnings attributable to their ownership. Distributable earnings-OCG represents distributable earnings including the effect of (a) the OCGH non-controlling interest, (b) expenses, such as current income tax expense, that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly and (c) amounts payable under a tax receivable agreement. The income tax expense included in distributable earnings-OCG represents the implied current provision for income taxes calculated using an approach similar to that which is used in calculating the income tax provision for adjusted net income-OCG.

Economic net income (“ENI”) is a non-GAAP measure that we use to evaluate the financial performance of our segment by applying the “method 2,” instead of the “method 1,” approach to accounting for incentive income. ANI follows method 1, for which incentive income is recognized by us when it becomes fixed or determinable, all related contingencies have been removed and collection is reasonably assured. The method 2 approach followed by ENI recognizes incentive income as if the funds were liquidated at their reported values as of the date of the financial statements. ENI is computed by adjusting ANI for the change in accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense, during the period.

Economic net income–OCG, or economic net income per Class A unit, a non-GAAP measure, is calculated to provide Class A unitholders with a measure that shows the portion of ENI attributable to their ownership. Economic net income-OCG represents ENI, including the effect of (a) the OCGH non-controlling interest, (b) expenses, such as income tax expense, that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly and (c) any Operating Group income taxes attributable to OCG. The income tax expense included in economic net income-OCG represents the implied provision for income taxes calculated using an approach similar to that which is used in calculating the income tax provision for adjusted net income-OCG.

Fee-related earnings (“FRE”) is a non-GAAP measure that we use to monitor the baseline earnings of our business. FRE is comprised of segment management fees less segment operating expenses other than incentive income compensation expense. This calculation is considered baseline because it applies all bonus and other general expenses to management fees, even though a significant portion of those expenses is attributable to incentive and investment income. FRE is presented before income taxes.

Fee-related earnings–OCG, or fee-related earnings per Class A unit, is a non-GAAP measure calculated to provide Class A unitholders with a measure that shows the portion of FRE attributable to their ownership. Fee-related earnings-OCG represents FRE, including the effect of (a) the OCGH non-controlling interest, (b) expenses, such as income tax expense, that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly and (c) any Operating Group income taxes attributable to OCG. Fee-related earnings – OCG income taxes is calculated excluding any segment incentive income or investment income (loss).

Intermediate Holding Companies collectively refers to the subsidiaries wholly owned by us.

Net asset value (“NAV”) refers to the value of all the assets of a fund (including cash and accrued interest and dividends) less all liabilities of the fund (including accrued expenses and any reserves established by us, in our discretion, for contingent liabilities), without reduction for accrued incentives (fund level) because they are reflected in the partners’ capital of the fund.

Oaktree, OCG, we, us, our and our company refers to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC and, where applicable, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Oaktree Operating Group (“Operating Group”) refers collectively to the entities that control the general partners and investment advisors of our funds in which we have a minority economic interest and indirect control.

Relevant Benchmark refers, with respect to:

  • our U.S. high yield bond strategy, to the Citigroup U.S. High Yield Cash-Pay Capped Index;
  • our European high yield bond strategy, to the BofA Merrill Lynch Global Non-Financial High Yield European Issuers excluding Russia 3% Constrained Index (USD Hedged);
  • our U.S. senior loan strategy (with the exception of the closed-end funds), to the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index;
  • our European senior loan strategy, to the Credit Suisse Western European Leveraged Loan Index (EUR Hedged);
  • our U.S. convertible securities strategy, to an Oaktree custom convertible index that represents the Credit Suisse Convertible Securities Index from inception through December 31, 1999, the Goldman Sachs/Bloomberg Convertible 100 Index from January 1, 2000 through June 30, 2004 and the BofA Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index thereafter;
  • our non-U.S. convertible securities strategy, to the JACI Global ex-U.S. (Local) Index; and
  • our high income convertible securities strategy, to the Citigroup U.S. High Yield Market Index.

Sharpe Ratio refers to a metric used to calculate risk-adjusted return. The Sharpe Ratio is the ratio of excess return to volatility, with excess return defined as the return above that of a riskless asset (based on the three-month U.S. Treasury bill, or for our European senior loan strategy, the Euro Overnight Index Average) divided by the standard deviation of such return. A higher Sharpe Ratio indicates a return that is higher than would be expected for the level of risk compared to the risk-free rate.

EXHIBIT A

Use of Non-GAAP financial information

Oaktree discloses certain financial measures that are calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“non-GAAP”) in this earnings release. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are presented below. Management makes operating decisions and assesses the performance of Oaktree’s business based on these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliation of Segment Results to GAAP Net Income (Loss)

The following table reconciles fee-related earnings and adjusted net income to net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Fee-related earnings (1) $ 71,760 $ 79,532 $ 307,299 $ 314,968
Incentive income 210,255 32,057 461,116 303,963
Incentive income compensation expense (104,326 ) (67,862 ) (222,594 ) (179,234 )
Investment income 52,010 43,259 202,392 23,763
Interest expense, net of interest income (2) (7,816 ) (8,675 ) (31,730 ) (33,867 )
Other income (expense), net (1,507 ) (1,604 ) 767   (1,209 )
Adjusted net income 220,376 76,707 717,250 428,384
Equity-based compensation (3) (8,671 ) (238,183 ) (36,024 ) (948,746 )
Income taxes (4) (3,365 ) (5,168 ) (30,858 ) (21,088 )
Non-Operating Group other income (5) — — 6,260 —
Non-Operating Group expenses (5) (160 ) (364 ) (553 ) (768 )
OCGH non-controlling interest (5) (168,909 ) 138,065   (548,265 ) 446,246  
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
 
(1)   Fee-related earnings is a component of adjusted net income and is comprised of segment management fees less segment operating expenses other than incentive income compensation expense.
(2) Interest income was $0.7 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $2.6 million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(3) This adjustment adds back the effect of equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to our initial public offering, which is excluded from adjusted net income and fee-related earnings because it is a non-cash charge that does not affect our financial position.
(4) Because adjusted net income and fee-related earnings are pre-tax measures, this adjustment adds back the effect of income tax expense which is not included in the calculation of adjusted net income and fee-related earnings.
(5) Because adjusted net income and fee-related earnings are calculated at the Operating Group level, this adjustment adds back the effect of items applicable to OCG, its Intermediate Holding Companies or the OCGH non-controlling interest.
 

The following table reconciles fee-related earnings-OCG and adjusted net income-OCG to net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Fee-related earnings-OCG (1) $ 11,986 $ 8,844 $ 45,587 $ 33,397
Incentive income attributable to OCG 42,174 4,894 88,809 46,353
Incentive income compensation expense attributable to OCG (20,927 ) (10,361 ) (43,001 ) (27,342 )
Investment income attributable to OCG 10,432 6,605 37,293 3,607
Interest expense, net of interest income attributable to OCG (1,567 ) (1,324 ) (5,924 ) (5,166 )
Other income (expense) attributable to OCG (302 ) (246 ) 40 (186 )
Non-fee-related earnings income taxes attributable to OCG (2) (785 ) (992 ) (8,409 ) (1,886 )
Adjusted net income-OCG (1) 41,011 7,420 114,395 48,777
Equity-based compensation (3) (1,740 ) (36,363 ) (6,585 ) (144,749 )
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
 
(1)   Fee-related earnings-OCG and adjusted net income-OCG are calculated to evaluate the portion of adjusted net income and fee-related earnings attributable to Class A unitholders. These measures are net of income taxes and expenses that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly.
(2) This adjustment adds back income taxes associated with segment incentive income, incentive income compensation expense or investment income (loss), which are not included in the calculation of fee-related earnings-OCG.
(3) This adjustment adds back the effect of equity-based compensation charges attributable to OCG for unit grants issued prior to our initial public offering, which is excluded from adjusted net income-OCG and fee-related earnings-OCG because it is a non-cash charge that does not affect our financial position.
 

The following table reconciles distributable earnings and adjusted net income to net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Distributable earnings $ 238,134 $ 49,423 $ 672,181 $ 488,535
Investment income (1) 52,010 43,259 202,392 23,763
Receipts of investment income from funds (2) (50,013 ) (17,259 ) (129,621 ) (88,693 )
Receipts of investment income from DoubleLine and other companies (20,170 ) (183 ) (33,838 ) (1,496 )
Operating Group income taxes 415   1,467   6,136   6,275  
Adjusted net income 220,376 76,707 717,250 428,384
Equity-based compensation (3) (8,671 ) (238,183 ) (36,024 ) (948,746 )
Income taxes (4) (3,365 ) (5,168 ) (30,858 ) (21,088 )
Non-Operating Group other income (5) — — 6,260 —
Non-Operating Group expenses (5) (160 ) (364 ) (553 ) (768 )
OCGH non-controlling interest (5) (168,909 ) 138,065   (548,265 ) 446,246  
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
 
(1)   This adjustment eliminates our segment investment income, which with respect to investment in funds is initially largely non-cash in nature and is thus not available to fund our operations or make equity distributions.
(2) This adjustment characterizes a portion of the distributions received from Oaktree and non-Oaktree funds as receipts of investment income or loss. In general, the income or loss component of a distribution from a fund is calculated by multiplying the amount of the distribution by the ratio of our investment’s undistributed income or loss to our remaining investment balance. In addition, if the distribution is made during the investment period, it is generally not reflected in distributable earnings until after the investment period ends.
(3) This adjustment adds back the effect of equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to the date of our initial public offering, which is excluded from adjusted net income and distributable earnings because it is a non-cash charge that does not affect our financial position.
(4) Because adjusted net income and distributable earnings are pre-tax measures, this adjustment adds back the effect of income tax expense which is not included in the calculation of adjusted net income and distributable earnings.
(5) Because adjusted net income and distributable earnings are calculated at the Operating Group level, this adjustment adds back the effect of items applicable to OCG, its Intermediate Holding Companies or the OCGH non-controlling interest.
 

The following table reconciles distributable earnings-OCG and adjusted net income-OCG to net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Distributable earnings-OCG (1) $ 41,252 $ 8,817 $ 107,678 $ 59,446
Investment income attributable to OCG 10,432 6,605 37,293 3,607
Receipts of investment income from funds attributable to OCG (10,032 ) (2,637 ) (25,215 ) (13,542 )
Receipts of investment income from DoubleLine and other companies attributable to OCG (4,046 ) (28 ) (5,891 ) (228 )
Distributable earnings-OCG income taxes 4,705 (2,499 ) 12,185 10,969
Tax receivable agreement 1,651 864 6,808 3,339
Non-Operating Group other income — — 6,260 —
Income taxes of Intermediate Holding Companies (2,951 ) (3,702 ) (24,723 ) (14,814 )
Adjusted net income-OCG (1) 41,011 7,420 114,395 48,777
Equity-based compensation (1,740 ) (36,363 ) (6,585 ) (144,749 )
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
 
(1)   Distributable earnings-OCG and adjusted net income-OCG are calculated to evaluate the portion of adjusted net income and distributable earnings attributable to Class A unitholders. These measures are net of income taxes and expenses that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly. A reconciliation of distributable earnings to distributable earnings-OCG follows below.
 
      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data)
Distributable earnings $ 238,134 $ 49,423 $ 672,181 $ 488,535
Distributable earnings attributable to OCGH non- controlling interest (190,366 ) (41,877 ) (544,957 ) (414,013 )
Non-Operating Group expenses (160 ) (364 ) (553 ) (768 )
Distributable earnings-OCG income taxes (4,705 ) 2,499 (12,185 ) (10,969 )
Tax receivable agreement (1,651 ) (864 ) (6,808 ) (3,339 )
Distributable earnings-OCG $ 41,252   $ 8,817   $ 107,678   $ 59,446  
Distributable earnings-OCG per Class A unit $ 1.37   $ 0.39   $ 3.82   $ 2.62  
 

The following table reconciles economic net income and adjusted net income to net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Economic net income (1) $ 221,705 $ 237,214 $ 971,733 $ 289,512
Change in accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense (2) (1,329 ) (160,507 ) (254,483 ) 138,872  
Adjusted net income 220,376 76,707 717,250 428,384
Equity-based compensation (3) (8,671 ) (238,183 ) (36,024 ) (948,746 )
Income taxes (4) (3,365 ) (5,168 ) (30,858 ) (21,088 )
Non-Operating Group other income (5) — — 6,260 —
Non-Operating Group expenses (5) (160 ) (364 ) (553 ) (768 )
OCGH non-controlling interest (5) (168,909 ) 138,065   (548,265 ) 446,246  
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
 
(1)   Please see Glossary for the definition of economic net income.
(2) The change in accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense, represents the difference between (a) our recognition of net incentive income when it becomes fixed or determinable, all related contingencies have been removed and collection is reasonably assured, and (b) the incentive income generated by the funds during the period that would be due to us if the funds were liquidated at their reported values as of that date, net of associated incentive income compensation expense.
(3) This adjustment adds back the effect of equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to our initial public offering, which is excluded from adjusted net income and economic net income because it is a non-cash charge that does not affect our financial position.
(4) Because adjusted net income and economic net income are pre-tax measures, this adjustment adds back the effect of income tax expense which is not included in the calculation of adjusted net income and economic net income.
(5) Because adjusted net income and economic net income are calculated at the Operating Group level, this adjustment adds back the effect of items applicable to OCG, its Intermediate Holding Companies or the OCGH non-controlling interest.
 

The following table reconciles economic net income-OCG and adjusted net income-OCG to net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC.

      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands)
Economic net income-OCG (1) $ 44,385 $ 23,790 $ 161,980 $ 28,500
Change in accrued incentives (fund level), net of associated incentive income compensation expense attributable to OCG (267 ) (24,506 ) (46,103 ) 21,278
Economic net income-OCG income taxes (73 ) 12,062 24,334 14,770
Income taxes-OCG (3,034 ) (3,926 ) (25,816 ) (15,771 )
Adjusted net income-OCG (1) 41,011 7,420 114,395 48,777
Equity-based compensation (1,740 ) (36,363 ) (6,585 ) (144,749 )
Net income (loss) attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 39,271   $ (28,943 ) $ 107,810   $ (95,972 )
 
(1)   Economic net income-OCG and adjusted net income-OCG are calculated to evaluate the portion of adjusted net income and economic net income attributable to Class A unitholders. These measures are net of income taxes and expenses that OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies bear directly. A reconciliation of economic net income to economic net income-OCG follows below.
 
      Three Months Ended

December 31,

      Year Ended December 31,
2012       2011 2012       2011
(in thousands, except per unit data)
Economic net income $ 221,705 $ 237,214 $ 971,733 $ 289,512

Economic net income attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest

(177,233 ) (200,998 ) (791,126 ) (245,474 )
Non-Operating Group expenses (160 ) (364 ) (553 ) (768 )
Non-Operating Group other income — — 6,260 —
Economic net income-OCG income taxes 73   (12,062 ) (24,334 ) (14,770 )
Economic net income-OCG $ 44,385   $ 23,790   $ 161,980   $ 28,500  
Economic net income-OCG per Class A unit $ 1.47   $ 1.05   $ 5.75   $ 1.26  
 

The following tables reconcile segment information to consolidated financial data:

      As of or for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2012
Segment       Adjustments       Consolidated
(in thousands)
Management fees (1) $ 184,748 $ (141,993 ) $ 42,755
Incentive income (1) 210,255 (206,208 ) 4,047
Investment income (1) 52,010 (44,311 ) 7,699
Total expenses (2) (217,314 ) (30,694 ) (248,008 )
Interest expense, net (3) (7,816 ) (4,318 ) (12,134 )
Other expense, net (1,507 ) — (1,507 )
Other income of consolidated funds (4) — 1,566,735 1,566,735
Income taxes — (3,365 ) (3,365 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling redeemable interests in consolidated funds — (1,148,042 ) (1,148,042 )
Net income attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries —   (168,909 ) (168,909 )
Adjusted net income/net income attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 220,376   $ (181,105 ) $ 39,271  
Corporate investments, at equity (5) $ 1,115,952   $ (1,017,002 ) $ 98,950  
Total assets (6) $ 2,359,548   $ 41,510,450   $ 43,869,998  
 
(1)   The adjustment represents the elimination of amounts attributable to the consolidated funds.
(2) The expense adjustments consist of: (i) equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to our initial public offering of $8,671, (ii) consolidated fund expenses of $21,863 and (iii) expenses incurred by the Intermediate Holding Companies of $160.
(3) The interest expense adjustment represents the inclusion of interest expense attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds and the exclusion of segment interest income.
(4) The adjustment to other income of consolidated funds primarily represents the inclusion of interest, dividend and other investment income attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds.
(5) The adjustment to corporate investments is to remove from segment assets the consolidated funds that are treated as equity method investments for segment reporting purposes.
(6) The total assets adjustment represents the inclusion of investments and other assets of the consolidated funds, net of segment assets eliminated in consolidation, which are primarily corporate investments in funds and incentive income receivable.
 
     

As of or for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2011

Segment       Adjustments       Consolidated
(in thousands)
Management fees (1) $ 186,065 $ (150,120 ) $ 35,945
Incentive income (1) 32,057 (32,057 ) —
Investment income (loss) (1) 43,259 (43,305 ) (46 )
Total expenses (2) (174,395 ) (267,546 ) (441,941 )
Interest expense, net (3) (8,675 ) (4,404 ) (13,079 )
Other expense, net (1,604 ) — (1,604 )
Other income of consolidated funds (4) — 2,147,145 2,147,145
Income taxes — (5,168 ) (5,168 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling redeemable interests in consolidated funds — (1,888,260 ) (1,888,260 )
Net loss attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries —   138,065   138,065  
Adjusted net income/net loss attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 76,707   $ (105,650 ) $ (28,943 )
Corporate investments, at equity (5) $ 1,159,287   $ (1,037,462 ) $ 121,825  
Total assets (6) $ 2,083,908   $ 42,210,248   $ 44,294,156  
 
(1)   The adjustment represents the elimination of amounts attributable to the consolidated funds.
(2) The expense adjustments consist of: (i) equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to our initial public offering of $238,183, (ii) consolidated fund expenses of $28,999 and (iii) expenses incurred by the Intermediate Holding Companies of $364.
(3) The interest expense adjustment represents the inclusion of interest expense attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds and the exclusion of segment interest income.
(4) The adjustment to other income of consolidated funds primarily represents the inclusion of interest, dividend and other investment income attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds.
(5) The adjustment to corporate investments is to remove from segment assets the consolidated funds that are treated as equity method investments for segment reporting purposes.
(6) The total assets adjustment represents the inclusion of investments and other assets of the consolidated funds, net of segment assets eliminated in consolidation, which are primarily corporate investments in funds and incentive income receivable.
 
      As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 2012
Segment       Adjustments       Consolidated
(in thousands)
Management fees (1) $ 747,440 $ (612,872 ) $ 134,568
Incentive income (1) 461,116 (450,701 ) 10,415
Investment income (1) 202,392 (177,010 ) 25,382
Total expenses (2) (662,735 ) (127,868 ) (790,603 )
Interest expense, net (3) (31,730 ) (14,043 ) (45,773 )
Other income, net (4) 767 6,260 7,027
Other income of consolidated funds (5) — 7,362,259 7,362,259
Income taxes — (30,858 ) (30,858 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling redeemable interests in consolidated funds — (6,016,342 ) (6,016,342 )
Net income attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries —   (548,265 ) (548,265 )
Adjusted net income/net income attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 717,250   $ (609,440 ) $ 107,810  
Corporate investments, at equity (6) $ 1,115,952   $ (1,017,002 ) $ 98,950  
Total assets (7) $ 2,359,548   $ 41,510,450   $ 43,869,998  
 
(1)   The adjustment represents the elimination of amounts attributable to the consolidated funds.
(2) The expense adjustments consist of: (i) equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to our initial public offering of $36,024, (ii) consolidated fund expenses of $91,291 and (iii) expenses incurred by the Intermediate Holding Companies of $553.
(3) The interest expense adjustment represents the inclusion of interest expense attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds and the exclusion of segment interest income.
(4) The other income, net adjustment represents other income or expenses of OCG or its Intermediate Holding Companies. This amount is attributable to a reduction in the amount of the deferred tax asset associated with our tax receivable agreement, which reduced the tax receivable agreement liability payable to OCGH Unitholders.
(5) The adjustment to other income of consolidated funds primarily represents the inclusion of interest, dividend and other investment income attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds.
(6) The adjustment to corporate investments is to remove from segment assets the consolidated funds that are treated as equity method investments for segment reporting purposes.
(7) The total assets adjustment represents the inclusion of investments and other assets of the consolidated funds, net of segment assets eliminated in consolidation, which are primarily corporate investments in funds and incentive income receivable.
 
      As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 2011
Segment       Adjustments       Consolidated
(in thousands)
Management fees (1) $ 724,321 $ (583,606 ) $ 140,715
Incentive income (1) 303,963 (288,908 ) 15,055
Investment income (1) 23,763 (15,163 ) 8,600
Total expenses (2) (588,587 ) (1,056,277 ) (1,644,864 )
Interest expense, net (3) (33,867 ) (17,076 ) (50,943 )
Other expense, net (1,209 ) — (1,209 )
Other income of consolidated funds (4) — 1,245,089 1,245,089
Income taxes — (21,088 ) (21,088 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling redeemable interests in consolidated funds — (233,573 ) (233,573 )
Net loss attributable to OCGH non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries —   446,246   446,246  
Adjusted net income/net loss attributable to Oaktree Capital Group, LLC $ 428,384   $ (524,356 ) $ (95,972 )
Corporate investments, at equity (5) $ 1,159,287   $ (1,037,462 ) $ 121,825  
Total assets (6) $ 2,083,908   $ 42,210,248   $ 44,294,156  
 
(1)   The adjustment represents the elimination of amounts attributable to the consolidated funds.
(2) The expense adjustments consist of: (i) equity-based compensation charges for OCGH units issued prior to our initial public offering of $948,746, (ii) consolidated fund expenses of $106,763 and (iii) expenses incurred by the Intermediate Holding Companies of $768.
(3) The interest expense adjustment represents the inclusion of interest expense attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds and the exclusion of segment interest income.
(4) The adjustment to other income of consolidated funds primarily represents the inclusion of interest, dividend and other investment income attributable to non-controlling interests of the consolidated funds.
(5) The adjustment to corporate investments is to remove from segment assets the consolidated funds that are treated as equity method investments for segment reporting purposes.
(6) The total assets adjustment represents the inclusion of investments and other assets of the consolidated funds, net of segment assets eliminated in consolidation, which are primarily corporate investments in funds and incentive income receivable.

Contacts

Investor Relations:
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC
Andrea D. Williams
213-830-6483
investorrelations@oaktreecapital.com
or
Press Relations:
Sard Verbinnen & Co
John Christiansen or Lucy Neugart
415-618-8750
jchristiansen@sardverb.com or lneugart@sardverb.com
or
Carissa Ramirez
312-895-4701
cramirez@sardverb.com

Release Summary

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Financial Results

Contacts

Investor Relations:
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC
Andrea D. Williams
213-830-6483
investorrelations@oaktreecapital.com
or
Press Relations:
Sard Verbinnen & Co
John Christiansen or Lucy Neugart
415-618-8750
jchristiansen@sardverb.com or lneugart@sardverb.com
or
Carissa Ramirez
312-895-4701
cramirez@sardverb.com