Exhibit 3.2
Execution Version
EIGHTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
BROOKFIELD OAKTREE HOLDINGS, LLC
Dated as of July 31, 2026
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ...................................................................................................
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Section 1.1 ........
Definitions .............................................................................................
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Section 1.2 ........
Construction ..........................................................................................
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION ............................................................................................
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Section 2.1 ........
Formation ..............................................................................................
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Section 2.2 ........
Name .....................................................................................................
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Section 2.3 ........
Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices .
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Section 2.4 ........
Purposes ................................................................................................
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Section 2.5 ........
Powers ...................................................................................................
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Section 2.6 ........
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 2.7 ........
Term ......................................................................................................
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Section 2.8 ........
Title to Company Assets .......................................................................
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ARTICLE III MEMBERS; CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFERS OF
UNITS ....................................................................................................................................
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Section 3.1 ........
Members ................................................................................................
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Section 3.2 ........
Rights of a Member ...............................................................................
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Section 3.3 ........
Certificates ............................................................................................
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Section 3.4 ........
Record Holders ......................................................................................
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Section 3.5 ........
Registration and Transfer; Restrictions on Transfer .............................
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Section 3.6 ........
Additional Restrictions on Transfer ......................................................
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Section 3.7 ........
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 3.8 ........
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 3.9 ........
Citizenship Requirements .....................................................................
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Section 3.10 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 3.11 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 3.12 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 3.13 ......
Redemption of Preferred Units .............................................................
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Section 3.14 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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ARTICLE IV DESIGNATION OF UNITS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS ......................
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Section 4.1 ........
Designation of Class A Units and Class B Units ..................................
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Section 4.2 ........
Treatment under the Uniform Commercial Code .................................
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Section 4.3 ........
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 4.4 ........
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 4.5 ........
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 4.6 ........
Issuances of Additional Units ...............................................................
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Section 4.7 ........
Preemptive Rights .................................................................................
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Section 4.8 ........
Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Units ...................................
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ARTICLE V ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS .....................................................
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Section 5.1 ........
Capital Accounts ...................................................................................
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Section 5.2 ........
Allocations ............................................................................................
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Section 5.3 ........
Distributions to Record Holders ............................................................
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ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS ................................
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Section 6.1 ........
Power and Authority of Board of Directors ..........................................
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Section 6.2 ........
Number, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors ......................
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Section 6.3 ........
Election of Directors .............................................................................
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Section 6.4 ........
Removal ................................................................................................
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Section 6.5 ........
Resignations ..........................................................................................
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Section 6.6 ........
Vacancies ..............................................................................................
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Section 6.7 ........
Chairman of Meetings ...........................................................................
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Section 6.8 ........
Place of Meetings ..................................................................................
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Section 6.9 ........
Meetings; Notice ...................................................................................
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Section 6.10 ......
Action Without Meeting .......................................................................
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Section 6.11 ......
Conference Telephone Meetings ...........................................................
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Section 6.12 ......
Quorum .................................................................................................
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Section 6.13 ......
Committees ...........................................................................................
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Section 6.14 ......
Alternate Members of Committees .......................................................
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Section 6.15 ......
Remuneration ........................................................................................
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Section 6.16 ......
Exculpation, Indemnification, Advances and Insurance .......................
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Section 6.17 ......
Certificate of Formation ........................................................................
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Section 6.18 ......
Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and
Modification of Duties ..........................................................................
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Section 6.19 ......
Officers ..................................................................................................
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Section 6.20 ......
Duties of Officers and Directors ...........................................................
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Section 6.21 ......
Reliance by Third Parties ......................................................................
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Section 6.22 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 6.23 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 6.24 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 6.25 ......
Preferred Units ......................................................................................
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Section 6.26 ......
[Reserved ...............................................................................................
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Section 6.27 ......
[Reserved ...............................................................................................
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ARTICLE VII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS .............................
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Section 7.1 ........
Records and Accounting .......................................................................
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Section 7.2 ........
Fiscal Year ............................................................................................
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Section 7.3 ........
Reports ..................................................................................................
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ARTICLE VIII TAX MATTERS ..........................................................................................
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Section 8.1 ........
Tax Returns and Information ................................................................
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Section 8.2 ........
Tax Elections .........................................................................................
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Section 8.3 ........
Tax Controversies .................................................................................
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Section 8.4 ........
Withholding ...........................................................................................
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Section 8.5 ........
Election to be Treated as a Corporation ................................................
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ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION .........................................................
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Section 9.1 ........
Dissolution ............................................................................................
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Section 9.2 ........
Liquidator ..............................................................................................
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Section 9.3 ........
Liquidation ............................................................................................
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Section 9.4 ........
Cancellation of Certificate of Formation ..............................................
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Section 9.5 ........
Return of Contributions .........................................................................
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Section 9.6 ........
Waiver of Partition ................................................................................
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Section 9.7 ........
Capital Account Restoration .................................................................
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ARTICLE X AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT ................................................................
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Section 10.1 ......
General ..................................................................................................
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Section 10.2 ......
[Reserved] .............................................................................................
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Section 10.3 ......
Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the Board of Directors .............
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Section 10.4 ......
Amendments to the Terms of Preferred Units ......................................
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ARTICLE XI MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR CONVERSION ....................................
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Section 11.1 ......
Authority ...............................................................................................
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Section 11.2 ......
Procedure for Merger, Consolidation, Conversion or Other Business
Combination ..........................................................................................
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Section 11.3 ......
Approval by Members of Merger, Consolidation, Conversion or
Other Business Combination .................................................................
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Section 11.4 ......
Certificate of Merger, Conversion or Consolidation .............................
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Section 11.5 ......
Amendment of Operating Agreement ...................................................
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Section 11.6 ......
Preferred Units ......................................................................................
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ARTICLE XII MEMBER MEETINGS .................................................................................
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Section 12.1 ......
Member Meetings .................................................................................
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Section 12.2 ......
Notice of Meetings of Members ...........................................................
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Section 12.3 ......
Record Date ...........................................................................................
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Section 12.4 ......
Adjournment .........................................................................................
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Section 12.5 ......
Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting ...............................................
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Section 12.6 ......
Quorum; Required Vote for Member Action ........................................
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Section 12.7 ......
Conduct of a Meeting ............................................................................
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Section 12.8 ......
Action Without a Meeting .....................................................................
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Section 12.9 ......
Voting and Other Rights .......................................................................
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Section 12.10 ....
Proxies and Voting ................................................................................
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ARTICLE XIII RIGHT TO ACQUIRE UNITS ....................................................................
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Section 13.1 ......
Right to Acquire Units ..........................................................................
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Section 13.2 ......
Notice of Election to Purchase ..............................................................
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ARTICLE XIV GENERAL PROVISIONS ...........................................................................
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Section 14.1 ......
Addresses and Notices ..........................................................................
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Section 14.2 ......
Further Action .......................................................................................
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Section 14.3 ......
Binding Effect .......................................................................................
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Section 14.4 ......
Expenses ................................................................................................
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Section 14.5 ......
Integration .............................................................................................
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Section 14.6 ......
Creditors ................................................................................................
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Section 14.7 ......
Waiver ...................................................................................................
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Section 14.8 ......
Counterparts ..........................................................................................
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Section 14.9 ......
Applicable Law .....................................................................................
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Section 14.10 ....
Invalidity of Provisions .........................................................................
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Section 14.11 ....
Consent of Members .............................................................................
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Section 14.12 ....
Facsimile Signatures .............................................................................
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Section 14.13 ....
Arbitration of Disputes ..........................................................................
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Section 14.14 ....
Cumulative Remedies ...........................................................................
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Section 14.15 ....
No Third Party Beneficiaries ................................................................
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Section 14.16 ....
Headings ................................................................................................
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Section 14.17 ....
Construction ..........................................................................................
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Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit 1
Unit Designation With Respect To The Series A Preferred Units
Exhibit 2
Unit Designation With Respect To The Series B Preferred Units
Exhibit A
Form Of Class A Unit Certificate
Exhibit B
Form Of Class B Unit Certificate
Exhibit C
Form Of Series A Preferred Unit Certificate
Exhibit D
Form Of Series B Preferred Unit Certificate
EIGHTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
BROOKFIELD OAKTREE HOLDINGS, LLC
This EIGHTH AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF BROOKFIELD
OAKTREE HOLDINGS, LLC (formerly known as Oaktree Capital Group, LLC), is dated as of July 31,
2026. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto
in Section 1.1.
WHEREAS, the Company was formed under the Delaware Act pursuant to a Certificate of
Formation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 13, 2007, and a Limited
Liability Company Agreement dated as of April 13, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by an Amended
and Restated Operating Agreement (the “First Amended Agreement”) dated as of May 25, 2007;
WHEREAS, the First Amended Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by a Second
Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the “Second Amended Agreement”) dated as of March
28, 2008;
WHEREAS, the Second Amended Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by a Third
Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the “Third Amended Agreement”) dated as of August 31,
2011;
WHEREAS, the Third Amended Agreement was amended by an Amendment to Third Amended
and Restated Operating Agreement (the “Amendment”) dated as of March 29, 2012 and supplemented
by the Unit Designation, dated as of November 16, 2015, with respect to Units issued in the 2015
Mandatory Exchange (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “2015 Unit
Designation”);
WHEREAS, the Third Amended Agreement, as amended by the Amendment and supplemented
by the 2015 Unit Designation, was amended and restated in its entirety by a Fourth Amended and
Restated Operating Agreement (the “Fourth Amended Agreement”) dated as of May 17, 2018, amended
as of September 30, 2019, and supplemented by the Series A Preferred Unit Designation, dated as of May
17, 2018, with respect to Series A Preferred Units issued by the Company attached hereto as Exhibit 2 (as
it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Series A Preferred Unit
Designation”) and further supplemented by the Series B Preferred Unit Designation, dated as of August
9, 2018 with respect to Series B Preferred Units issued by the Company attached hereto as Exhibit 3 (as it
may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Series B Preferred Unit
Designation”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”),
dated as of March 13, 2019, by and among the Company, Oslo Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“SellerCo”), Oslo Holdings Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Seller MergerCo”), Brookfield (as defined herein), and Berlin Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with
and into the Company (the “Merger”) following which the Company became a subsidiary of Brookfield
US Holdings, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“BUSHI”) and,
immediately following the Merger, Brookfield, SellerCo and Seller MergerCo effected a merger of
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SellerCo into Seller MergerCo (the “Second Merger” and, together with the Merger, the “Mergers”),
following which, SellerCo no longer existed;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Mergers, the Fourth Amended Agreement, as amended as of
September 30, 2019, and supplemented by the Series A Preferred Unit Designation and the Series B
Preferred Unit Designation, was amended and restated in its entirety by a Fifth Amended and Restated
Operating Agreement (the “Fifth Amended Agreement”) dated as of September 30, 2019;
WHEREAS, on November 30, 2022, the Company and certain of its Affiliates underwent a
restructuring, and in connection therewith, on December 2, 2022, BUSHI transferred all of its Class A
Units in the Company to Brookfield Corporate Treasury Ltd., a corporation existing under the laws of the
Province of Ontario (“BCTL”), BCTL was admitted to the Company as the Brookfield Member and
BUSHI ceased to be a Member;
WHEREAS, the Fifth Amended Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by a Sixth
Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the “Sixth Amended Agreement”) dated as of March 20,
2023;
WHEREAS, the Company changed its name from “Oaktree Capital Group, LLC” to “Brookfield
Oaktree Holdings, LLC”, by filing an Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation in the Office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 13, 2024;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Company changing its name, the Sixth Amended Agreement
was amended and restated in its entirety by a Seventh Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the
Seventh Amended Agreement”) dated as of March 15, 2024;
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2024, BCTL transferred all of its Class A Units in the Company to
Brookfield Oaktree Holdings Canada Inc., an Ontario corporation (“BOHCI”), BOHCI was admitted to
the Company as the Brookfield Member and BCTL ceased to be a Member;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Transaction Agreement (as amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”), dated as of April 14, 2026, by and among,
inter alia, the Company, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.P. and Exchange LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (“ExchangeCo”), and the transactions contemplated thereby, Oaktree Capital Group
Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“OCGH”), has transferred all of the issued and
outstanding Class B Units of the Company to ExchangeCo, ExchangeCo has been admitted to the
Company as a Member and OCGH has ceased to be a Member;
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company and Members holding all the Outstanding
Voting Units have authorized and approved an amendment and restatement of the Seventh Amended
Agreement in accordance with its terms on the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, the Seventh Amended Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in
its entirety as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1Definitions.
The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the
contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.
2015 Mandatory Exchange” has the meaning assigned to such term in the 2015 Unit
Designation.
2015 Unit Designation” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Additional Member” means a Person admitted as a member of the Company in accordance
with Article IV as a result of an issuance of Units to such Person by the Company to the extent such
issuance is authorized by this Agreement.
Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person in
question; provided, that no Investment Fund or Portfolio Company shall be an “Affiliate” of the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof or Brookfield or any Subsidiary thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, the Parent Fiduciary Entities shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Brookfield
Member, the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Oaktree Operating Group Member.
Agreement” means this Eighth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company
and, where the context so requires, any Unit Designation, as each may be amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Atlas Top” means Atlas Top LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as successor-in-
interest to Atlas Holdings, LLC.
BCTL” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Board of Directors” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(a).
BOHCI” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Brookfield” means Brookfield Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the
Province of Ontario.
Brookfield Member” means BOHCI, and any successors thereto.
BUSHI” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Business Day” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday
recognized as such by the government of the United States of America, the State of California or the
Province of Ontario, shall not be regarded as a Business Day.
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Capital Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1.
Capital Contribution” means any cash or cash equivalents or the fair market value (as
determined by the Company) of any property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the
Delaware Act, that a Member contributes to the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
Carrying Value” means, with respect to any Company asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, except that the initial carrying value of assets contributed to the Company
shall be their respective gross fair market values on the date of contribution as determined by the
Company, and the Carrying Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair
market values, in accordance with the rules set forth in United States Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), except as otherwise provided herein, as of: (a) the date of the acquisition of any
additional Unit by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital
Contribution; (b) the date of the distribution of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets to a
Member; (c) the date a Unit is relinquished to the Company; or (d) any other date specified in the United
States Treasury Regulations; provided, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above
shall be made only if such adjustments are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company to reflect the
relative economic interests of the Members. In the case of any asset that has a Carrying Value that differs
from its adjusted tax basis, Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the amount of depreciation calculated for
purposes of the definition of “Net Income (Loss)” rather than the amount of depreciation determined for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, and depreciation shall be calculated by reference to Carrying Value
rather than tax basis once Carrying Value differs from tax basis.
Certificate” means a certificate (a) substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit B or Exhibit
C to this Agreement, (b) in global form in accordance with the rules and regulations of any depositary or
(c) in such other form as may be adopted by the Board of Directors, issued by the Company evidencing
ownership of one or more Units.
Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as referenced in Section 6.17, as such Certificate of Formation
may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
Chairman” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.7.
Chief Executive Officer” means the chief executive officer of the Company, if any, appointed
by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 6.19.
Citizenship Certification” means a properly completed certificate in such form as may be
specified by the Company by which a Member certifies that it (and if it is a nominee holding for the
account of another Person, that to the best of its knowledge such other Person) is an Eligible Citizen.
Class A Unit” means a Unit in the Company that is a common unit designated as a “Class A
Unit.” As of the date of this Agreement, the Brookfield Member is the sole holder of Class A Units.
Class B Holder” means any Person that is or becomes the Record Holder of one or more Class
B Units as permitted by this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, ExchangeCo is the sole Class
B Holder.
Class B Unit” means a Unit in the Company that is a common unit designated as a “Class B
Unit.”
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Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to
time. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a
reference to any corresponding provision of any successor law.
Common Units” means the Class A Units and the Class B Units.
Company” means Brookfield Oaktree Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and any successors thereto.
Company Group” means the Company, each Subsidiary of the Company and each Oaktree
Operating Group Member (whether or not such Oaktree Operating Group Member is a Subsidiary of the
Company).
Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
Current Market Price” means, with respect to any Unit of any class or series as of any date of
determination, the average of the daily closing price per Unit of such series or class for the 20 consecutive
Trading Days immediately prior to such date.
Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section 18-101,
et seq., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, 8 Del. C. Section 101, et
seq., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.
Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
electronic transmission” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.10(a).
Eligible Citizen” means a Person qualified to own interests in real property in jurisdictions in
which any Group Member does business or proposes to do business from time to time and whose status as
a Member the Company determines in its sole discretion does not or would not subject such Group
Member to a significant risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any of its properties or any interest therein.
Entity” means any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any
company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other
enterprise, association, Governmental Entity, organization or entity.
ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
ExchangeCo” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
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Fifth Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
First Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Fiscal Year” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.2.
Fourth Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Governmental Entity” means any legislature, court, administrative agency, regulatory body,
commission or other governmental authority, board, bureau or instrumentality, domestic or foreign and
any subdivision thereof.
Group Member” means a member of the Company Group, including the Company and each
Oaktree Operating Group Member.
Indemnified Person” means (a) any Person who is or was a Director, Officer, Tax Matters
Partner, or Partnership Representative of the Company, (b) any Person who is or was an officer, director,
member, manager, partner, Tax Matters Partner, Partnership Representative, agent, authorized signatory,
fiduciary or trustee of any Group Member or any Affiliate thereof, (c) any Person who is or was serving at
the request of the Company or an Affiliate as an officer, director, member, manager, partner, Tax Matters
Partner, Partnership Representative, agent, authorized signatory, fiduciary or trustee of another Person
(including any Subsidiary); provided, that a Person shall not be an Indemnified Person by reason of
providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, (d) the Manager (as defined
in the Fourth Amended Agreement), for activities or actions taken or occurring prior to September 30,
2019, and (e) any Person the Board of Directors in its sole discretion designates as an “Indemnified
Person” for purposes of this Agreement.
Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute, and the rules or regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Investment Fund” means any Person or managed account controlled or advised by an Oaktree
Operating Group Member that was or is organized or formed primarily for the purpose of investing funds
contributed to such Person or account by one or more third parties that are not Affiliates of the Company.
JAMS” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.13.
Law” means any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other law (including common law), statute,
code, ordinance, rule or regulation or other requirement enacted, promulgated, issued, entered or put into
effect by a Governmental Entity.
Liquidator” means one or more Persons selected by the Board of Directors to perform the
functions described in Section 9.2 as liquidating trustee of the Company within the meaning of the
Delaware Act.
Member” means each Record Holder of a Unit, including, unless the context otherwise requires,
the Brookfield Member, ExchangeCo, each Substitute Member and each Additional Member, in each case
in such Person’s capacity as a member of the Company.
Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
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Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Merger Sub” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Mergers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Net Income (Loss)” means for any fiscal period the taxable income or loss of the Company for
such period as determined in accordance with the accounting method used by the Company for U.S.
federal income tax purposes with the following adjustments: (a) any income of the Company that is
exempt from U.S. federal income taxation and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income
(Loss) shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (b) if the Carrying Value of any asset differs from its
adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any depreciation, amortization or gain resulting
from a disposition of such asset shall be calculated with reference to such Carrying Value; (c) upon an
adjustment to the Carrying Value of any asset, pursuant to the definition of Carrying Value, the amount of
the adjustment shall be included as gain or loss in computing such taxable income or loss; and (d) any
expenditures of the Company not deductible in computing taxable income or loss, not properly
capitalizable and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (Loss) pursuant to this
definition shall be treated as deductible items.
Notice of Election to Purchase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.2.
Oaktree Operating Group” means each of the following entities as of the date hereof
(including each series thereof): Oaktree Capital I, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P., Oaktree Capital
Management, L.P., Oaktree Investment Holdings, L.P., Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P., each a Delaware
limited partnership, Oaktree Capital Management (Cayman), L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited
partnership, and any other Subsidiary of the Company, Atlas Top or the SubCo (whether now existing or
hereafter formed) that is designated part of the Oaktree Operating Group by the Board of Directors. For
the further avoidance of doubt, unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, none of Oaktree
Capital II New Fund Splitter LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Atlas Capital II LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, Oaktree New Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Brookfield
OCM Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as Oaktree Holdings, LLC),
the Company, the SubCo, Brookfield OCM Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(formerly known as OCM Holdings I, LLC ), Oaktree AIF Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, Atlas Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Atlas SubCo Holdings LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, or Oaktree Holdings, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted limited
liability company, shall be included in the Oaktree Operating Group.
Oaktree Operating Group Member” means any partnership or other entity that is a part of the
Oaktree Operating Group.
Oaktree Operating Group Member Agreement” means the limited partnership agreement or
similar document that governs the terms of an Oaktree Operating Group Member, as amended, modified
or restated from time to time.
Oaktree Operating Group Unit” means the one common unit in any of the Oaktree Operating
Group Members, representing a common equity interest in such entity.
Officers” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.19(a).
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Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who may be regular counsel to the
Company or any of its Affiliates) acceptable to the Company.
Original Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Outstanding” means, with respect to any Unit, a Unit that is issued by the Company and
reflected as outstanding on the Company’s books and records as of the date of determination.
Parent Clients” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Parent Fiduciary Entities.
Parent Entities” means, collectively, Brookfield and its Subsidiaries.
Parent Fiduciary Entities” means (i) any investment fund, permanent capital vehicle, or other
collective investment vehicle that is a distinct Entity, any separately managed account and any sub-
advisory relationship: (a) sponsored or controlled by a Parent Entity or (b) for which a Parent Entity acts
as the investment adviser, investment manager, collateral manager, general partner, managing member,
manager or in a similar capacity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Brookfield Property Partners L.P.,
a Bermuda limited partnership, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P., a Bermuda limited partnership,
Brookfield Business Partners L.P., a Bermuda limited partnership, and Brookfield Renewable Partners
L.P., a Bermuda limited partnership) (the items described in this clause (i) being referred to as “Parent
Clients”), (ii) any Entity formed for the purpose of facilitating an investment by a Parent Client, such as a
feeder fund, blocker, or alternative investment vehicle, (iii) any direct or indirect investments made by
any Parent Clients or the Entities described in clause (ii), any direct and indirect issuers of such
investments, and the subsidiaries of such issuers, and (iv) and investments or co-investments made by a
Parent Entity in or alongside any of the Entities or accounts described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
Partnership Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6223(a) of the
Code.
Percentage Interest” means, as of any date of determination, (a) as to any Class A Units, the
product obtained by multiplying (i) 100% less the percentage applicable to the Units referred to in clause
(c) by (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the number of such Class A Units by (y) the total number
of all Outstanding Class A Units, (b) as to any Class B Units, 0%, (c) as to any Preferred Units, the
percentage established for such Preferred Units by the Board of Directors as a part of the authorization of
such Preferred Units.
Person” means any individual or Entity.
Plan of Conversion” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1.
Portfolio Company” means any Person in which an Oaktree Operating Group Member owns or
otherwise controls, directly or indirectly, shares of stock, or a general partner, limited partner, limited
liability company or similar ownership interest, or notes or other instruments, for investment purposes,
including any intermediate holding company formed for the purpose of holding any such investment.
Preferred Units” means the Series A Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units.
Principal” means any individual who may from time to time be designated by the Board of
Directors, as a Principal of the Oaktree Operating Group, in each case until his or her death, disability,
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resignation or removal by the Board of Directors. The Principals as of the date of this Agreement are
Howard S. Marks, Bruce A. Karsh, John B. Frank and Sheldon M. Stone.
Purchase Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.2.
Quarter” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a fiscal quarter.
Record Date” means the date established by the Company for determining (a) the identity of the
Record Holders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Members or entitled to vote by ballot or
give approval of Company action in writing without a meeting or entitled to exercise rights in respect of
any lawful action of Members or (b) the identity of Record Holders entitled to receive any report or
distribution or to participate in any offer.
Record Holder” means (a) with respect to any Preferred Unit, the Person in whose name such
Unit is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of the close of business on a particular Business
Day, and (b) with respect to any Unit of any other class or series, the Person in whose name such Unit is
registered on the books that the Company has caused to be kept as of the close of business on such
Business Day.
Redeemable Preferred Units” means any Preferred Units for which a redemption notice has
been given, and has not been withdrawn, pursuant to Section 3.13.
SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Second Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Second Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Secretary” means the secretary of the Company appointed by the Board of Directors in
accordance with Section 6.19.
Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or restated
from time to time, and any successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Securities Exchange” means an exchange registered with the SEC under Section 6(a) of the
Exchange Act or any successor thereto and any other securities exchange (whether or not registered with
the SEC under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act) that the Board of Directors in its sole discretion
designates as a Securities Exchange for purposes of this Agreement.
Seller MergerCo” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
SellerCo” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Series A Preferred Unit” means a Unit in the Company that is a Preferred Unit designated as a
“Series A Preferred Unit.”
Series A Preferred Unit Designation” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
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Series B Preferred Unit” means a Unit in the Company that is a Preferred Unit designated as a
“Series B Preferred Unit.”
Series B Preferred Unit Designation” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Seventh Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
Similar Law” means any state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that would cause the
underlying assets of the Company to be treated as assets of an investing entity by virtue of its investment
(or any beneficial interest) in the Company and thereby subject the Company or the Directors (or other
Persons responsible for the investment and operation of the Company’s assets) to laws or regulations that
are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions contained in Title I of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Sixth Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
SubCo” means Oaktree Capital Holdings, LLC (formerly known as Atlas OCM Holdings,
LLC), a Delaware limited liability company.
SubCo Operating Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement
of SubCo, dated as of March 15, 2024, as amended, modified or restated from time to time.
Subsequent Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1.
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other
Person as to which such Person owns or otherwise controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the
voting shares or other similar interests of such Person or holds a sole general partner interest or managing
member or similar interest in such Person; provided, that no Investment Fund or Portfolio Company shall
be a “Subsidiary” of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof or Brookfield or any Subsidiary thereof, and
no portfolio company or portfolio investment of Brookfield or any Subsidiary thereof shall be a
“Subsidiary” of the Company.
Substitute Member” means a Person who is admitted as a Member of the Company pursuant to
Section 3.5(e) as a result of a transfer of Units to such Person.
Surviving Business Entity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.2(b).
Tax Matters Partner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6223(a)(7) of the Code
prior to amendment by the U.S. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
Tax Receivables Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Tax Receivables
Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2026, by and among Brookfield, Oaktree New Holdings LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as successor to Oaktree Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Oaktree AIF Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as successor to Oaktree AIF
Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Oaktree Media Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation, Oaktree Capital II, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Oaktree Investment Holdings, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership, and Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P. (f/
k/a Oaktree Media Investments, L.P.), a Delaware limited partnership.
Third Amended Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.
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Trading Day” means, with respect to the Preferred Units, a day on which the principal
Securities Exchange on which such Preferred Units are listed for or admitted to trading is open for the
transaction of business or, if Preferred Units are not listed for or admitted to trading on any Securities
Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in the City of Los Angeles are generally open.
transfer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5(a).
Transfer Agent” means, with respect to any class or series of Units, the bank, trust company or
other Person (including the Company or one of its Affiliates) appointed from time to time by the
Company to act as registrar and transfer agent for such class or series; provided, that if no Transfer Agent
is specifically designated for a class or series of Units, the Company shall act in such capacity for such
class or series.
U.S. GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
Unit” means a unit issued by the Company representing a limited liability company interest in
the Company, including the right of the Record Holder of such Unit to any and all benefits to which a
Record Holder may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligation of such Record
Holder to comply with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Units may be Common Units or
Preferred Units, and may be issued in different classes or series.
Unit Designation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.6(b).
Voting Units” means the Class A Units and the Class B Units.
Section 1.2Construction. Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any pronoun used in this
Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of
nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (b) references to “Articles” and
“Sections” refer to articles and sections of this Agreement; (c) the term “include” or “includes” means
includes, without limitation, and “including” means including, without limitation; (d) the term “or”
means, inclusively, and/or; and (e) the terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” (and terms of similar
import) are references to this Agreement in its entirety, and not to any particular provision.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
Section 2.1Formation. The Company has been previously formed as a limited liability
company pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in
this Agreement, the rights, duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations of the Members
and the administration, dissolution and termination of the Company shall be governed by the Delaware
Act. All Units shall constitute personal property of the owner thereof for all purposes, and a Member has
no interest in specific Company property.
Section 2.2Name. The name of the Company shall be “Brookfield Oaktree Holdings, LLC”.
The Company’s business may be conducted under any other name or names, as determined by the Board
of Directors. The words “Limited Liability Company,” “LLC” or similar words or letters shall be
included in the Company’s name where necessary for the purpose of complying with the laws of any
jurisdiction that so requires. The Board of Directors may change the name of the Company at any time
and from time to time by filing an amendment to the Certificate of Formation (and upon such filing, this
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Agreement shall be deemed automatically amended to change the name of the Company) and shall notify
the Members of such change in the next regular communication to the Members.
Section 2.3Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices. Unless and
until changed by the Board of Directors by filing an amendment to the Certificate of Formation (and upon
such filing, this Agreement shall be deemed automatically amended to change the registered office and
registered agent of the Company), the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be
located at Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, and the
registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such registered office
shall be Corporation Service Company. The principal office of the Company shall be located at (x) if
prior to February 1, 2027, 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, and (y) if
following February 1, 2027, 555 South Flower Street, Suite 3700, Los Angeles, CA 90071 or such other
place as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The Company may maintain offices at
such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors determines to
be necessary or appropriate.
Section 2.4Purposes. The purposes of the Company shall be to (a) promote, conduct or
engage in, directly or indirectly, any business, purpose or activity that lawfully may be conducted by a
limited liability company organized pursuant to the Delaware Act, (b) acquire, hold and dispose of
interests in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity and, in
connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Company with respect to
its interests therein, and (c) conduct any and all activities related or incidental to the foregoing purposes.
Section 2.5Powers. The Company shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things
necessary and appropriate for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes described in Section
2.4 and for the protection and benefit of the Company.
Section 2.6[Reserved].
Section 2.7Term. The Company’s term commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of
Formation in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue, unless and until it is dissolved in
accordance with the provisions of Article IX. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity
shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as provided in the Delaware Act.
Section 2.8Title to Company Assets. Title to Company assets, whether real, personal or
mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and
no Member, Director or Officer, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such
Company assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Company assets may be held in the name
of the Company, one or more of its Affiliates, or one or more nominees, as the Board of Directors may
determine. All Company assets shall be recorded as the property of the Company in its books and records,
irrespective of the name in which record title to such Company assets is held.
ARTICLE III
MEMBERS; CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFERS OF UNITS
Section 3.1Members.
(a)Upon the execution of this Agreement, (i) ExchangeCo, as the sole holder of the
Class B Units, shall be admitted as a Member of the Company, (ii) the Persons holding Series A Preferred
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Units shall continue to be Members of the Company, (iii) the Persons holding Series B Preferred Units
shall continue to be Members of the Company, and (iv) the Brookfield Member, as the sole holder of the
Class A Units, shall continue to be a Member of the Company. In the case of Preferred Units, from and
after the date of this Agreement, a Person shall be admitted as a Member and shall become bound by the
terms of this Agreement when such Person purchases or otherwise lawfully acquires a Preferred Unit and
becomes the Record Holder of such Preferred Unit, with or without execution of this Agreement. A
Person may become a Record Holder of a Preferred Unit without the consent or approval of any of the
Members. A Person may not become a Member without acquiring a Unit.
(b)The name and mailing address of each Member shall be listed on the books and
records of the Company maintained for such purpose by the Company or the Transfer Agent. The
Company shall update the books and records from time to time as necessary to reflect accurately the
information contained therein (or shall cause the Transfer Agent to do so, as applicable).
(c)Except as otherwise provided in the Delaware Act, the debts, obligations and
liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts,
obligations and liabilities of the Company, and the Members shall not be obligated personally for any
such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member of the Company.
(d)Subject to Articles XI and XIII, and except as provided in Sections 3.6, 3.9 and
3.13, Members may not be expelled from or removed as members of the Company. Members shall not
have any right to resign from the Company; provided, that when a transferee of a Member’s Unit becomes
a Record Holder of such Unit in a permitted transfer, such transferring Member shall cease to be a
member of the Company solely with respect to the Unit so transferred (and, upon ceasing to hold any
Units, shall cease to be a member of the Company).
(e)Except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement (including any Unit
Designation): (i) no Member shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution,
except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the
Company may be considered as such by Law and then only to the extent provided for in this Agreement;
(ii) no Member shall have priority over any other Member either as to the return of Capital Contributions
or as to profits, losses or distributions; (iii) no interest shall be paid by the Company on Capital
Contributions; and (iv) no Member, in its capacity as such, shall participate in the operation or
management of the Company’s business, transact any business in the Company’s name or have the power
to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Company.
(f)Any Member shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in
business activities in addition to those relating to the Company, including business interests and activities
in direct competition with the Company Group, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this
Agreement or any duty (including fiduciary duties) otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise to
any Group Member or Member; provided, that this Section 3.1(f) shall not excuse a breach of any
provision of this Agreement binding upon a Person, or limit or otherwise modify any duties (including
fiduciary duties) owed by a Person at law, in equity or otherwise (including by contract) to the Company
or its Affiliates, in each case arising other than from such Person’s capacity as a Member. Neither the
Company nor any of the other Members shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any such
business interests or activities of any Member.
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Section 3.2Rights of a Member.
(a)In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by applicable Law, and
except as limited by Section 3.2(b), each Member shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to
such Member’s interest as a Member, upon reasonable written demand stating the purpose of such
demand and at such Member’s own expense:
(i)promptly after their becoming available, to obtain a copy of the
Company’s U.S. federal, state and local income tax returns for any of the six years preceding such
Member’s written demand; provided, that such Member was a partner for income tax purposes during any
part of any such year; and
(ii)to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate of Formation and
all amendments thereto, together with a copy of the executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to
which this Agreement, the Certificate of Formation and all amendments thereto have been executed.
(b)The Company may keep confidential from the Members, for such period of time
as the Company determines in its sole discretion, (i) any information that the Company reasonably
believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the Company
believes (A) is not in the best interests of the Company Group, (B) could damage the Company Group or
its business or (C) that any Group Member is required by Law or by agreement with any third party to
keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates of the Company the primary purpose of which is
to circumvent the obligations set forth in this Section 3.2).
Section 3.3Certificates.
(a)Upon the Company’s issuance of Units of any class or series to any Person in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Company may, in its discretion, issue or cause to be
issued one or more Certificates in the name of such Person evidencing the Units being so issued. Any
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any two Officers. In the event that a Unit is to
be evidenced by a Certificate, no such Certificate shall be valid for any purpose until it has been
countersigned by and registered on the books of the Transfer Agent; provided, that if the Board of
Directors elects to issue any Preferred Units in global form, the Certificates evidencing such Units shall
be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that such Units have been duly
registered in accordance with the directions of the Company. If any Officer or Transfer Agent who shall
have signed or whose facsimile signature shall have been placed upon any such Certificate shall have
ceased to be such Officer or Transfer Agent before such Certificate is issued by the Company, such
Certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such Person were such
Officer or Transfer Agent at the date of issue. Certificates for any class or series of Units shall be
uniquely numbered and shall be entered on the books and records of the Company as they are issued and
shall exhibit the Record Holder’s name and number and type of Units.
(b)If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Transfer Agent, the appropriate
Officers on behalf of the Company shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in
exchange therefor, a new Certificate evidencing the same number and class or series of Units as the
Certificate so surrendered. The appropriate Officers on behalf of the Company shall execute, and the
Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, a new Certificate in place of any Certificate previously
issued if the Record Holder of the Units evidenced by the Certificate: (i) makes proof by affidavit, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Company, that a previously issued Certificate has been lost, destroyed or
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stolen; (ii) requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the Company has notice that the Certificate
has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim; (iii) if
requested by the Company, delivers to the Company a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Company, with surety or sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the Company may direct, to
indemnify the Company and the Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the
alleged loss, destruction or theft of the Certificate; and (iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements
imposed by the Company. If a transfer of Units evidenced by a lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate is
registered before the Transfer Agent receives notification in writing from the Record Holder regarding
such loss, destruction or theft, the Record Holder shall be precluded from making any claim against the
Company or the Transfer Agent for such transfer or for a new Certificate. As a condition to the issuance
of any new Certificate under this Section 3.3(b), the Company may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) reasonably connected therewith.
Section 3.4Record Holders. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder
as the owner with respect to any Unit and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or
other claim to or interest in such Unit on the part of any other Person, regardless of whether the Company
shall have actual or other notice thereof, including in connection with any distribution pursuant to Section
5.3 or 9.3 or the exercise of any voting or other rights pursuant to Section 12.9, except as otherwise
provided by Law or, in the case of the Preferred Units, any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or
requirement of any Securities Exchange on which such Preferred Units are listed for trading. Without
limiting the foregoing, in the case of the Preferred Units, when a Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank,
trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or
in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring or holding Preferred Units, as
between the Company, on the one hand, and such other Person, on the other, such representative Person
shall be deemed the Record Holder of such Preferred Unit.
Section 3.5Registration and Transfer; Restrictions on Transfer.
(a)The term “transfer,” when used in this Agreement with respect to a Unit, shall be
deemed to refer to a transaction by which the Record Holder of a Unit directly or indirectly assigns such
Unit to another Person, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other disposition by Law or
otherwise, including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or
mortgage.
(b)No Unit shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with this
Article III. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, any transfer or purported transfer of a Unit not made in
accordance with this Article III, including any transfer in violation of Section 3.6, shall be null and void.
(c)The Company shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Company a register
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Board of Directors may prescribe and subject to
Section 3.5(d), will provide for the registration and transfer of Units. A Transfer Agent may be appointed
registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of registration of and transfers of Units as herein provided. In
the absence of manifest error, the register kept by or on behalf of the Company shall be conclusive as to
the identity of the holders of Units. With respect to certificated Units issued by the Company, if any, upon
surrender of a Certificate for registration of transfer of any Units evidenced by such Certificate, the
Company shall deliver, and in the case of certificated Units of a class or series of Units for which a
Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the
Record Holder or the designated transferee or transferees, to the extent and as required pursuant to the
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Record Holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and
type of Units as were evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered. In the case of any transfer of Units
permitted by this Agreement, a transferor shall provide the address and other contact information for each
such transferee as contemplated by Section 14.1.
(d)The Company shall not recognize any purported transfer of Units until the
transfer is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent; provided, that in the event that any Units are
represented by Certificates, notwithstanding Section 5.3 or the registration of the transfer of such
certificated Units pursuant to this Section 3.5(d), no distributions shall be paid in respect of any such
transferred certificated Units until the Certificates evidencing such Units are surrendered to the Transfer
Agent. No charge shall be imposed by the Company for such transfer; provided, that as a condition to the
issuance of any new Certificate or the registration of any transfer, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect
thereto.
(e)By acceptance of the transfer of any Unit in accordance with this Article III or
the issuance of any Unit in accordance with this Agreement (including in a merger, consolidation or other
business combination pursuant to Article XI), each transferee of a Unit, including any nominee holder or
agent or representative acquiring such Unit for the account of another Person, (i) shall become the Record
Holder of the Unit so transferred or issued, (ii) shall be admitted to the Company as a Substitute Member
or Additional Member with respect to the Unit so transferred or issued to such transferee or other
recipient when any such transfer or admission is reflected in the books and records of the Company, with
or without execution of this Agreement, (iii) shall become bound by the terms of, and shall be deemed to
have agreed to be bound by, this Agreement, with or without execution of this Agreement, (iv) represents
that the transferee or other recipient has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement,
(v) grants the powers of attorney as specified herein, and (vi) makes the consents, acknowledgements and
waivers contained in this Agreement. Neither the transfer of any Unit nor the admission of any new
Member shall constitute an amendment to this Agreement.
(f)No transfer of a Unit shall entitle the transferee to share in the profits and losses,
to receive distributions, to receive allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit or any similar
item or to any other rights to which the transferor was entitled until the transferee becomes a Member
pursuant to Section 3.5(e).
(g)Subject to (i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5, (ii) Section 3.4, (iii)
Sections 3.6 and 3.9, (iv) with respect to any series or class of Units, the provisions of any Unit
Designation or amendment to this Agreement, (v) any contractual provisions binding on any Member and
(vi) provisions of applicable Law, including the Securities Act, Preferred Units shall be freely
transferable.
Section 3.6Additional Restrictions on Transfer.
(a)Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article III, no transfer of any Units
in whole or in part shall be made if such purported transfer would:
(i)violate applicable Law, including the then-applicable U.S. federal or
state securities Laws or rules and regulations of the SEC, any state securities commission or any other
Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over such transfer;
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(ii)terminate the existence or qualification of the Company under the Laws
of any jurisdiction;
(iii)cause the Company to be treated as an association taxable as a
corporation or otherwise to be taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (to the extent
not already so treated or taxed); or
(iv)require the Company to be subject to the registration requirements of the
Investment Company Act.
(b)[Reserved].
(c)The Board of Directors may impose additional restrictions on the transfer of
Units if it receives advice of counsel acceptable to the Board of Directors (who may be regular counsel to
the Company or its Affiliates) that such restrictions are necessary or advisable to avoid a significant risk
of (i) the Company becoming taxable as a corporation or otherwise becoming taxable as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes or (ii) the Company being subject to the registration requirements of the
Investment Company Act. The Board of Directors may impose such restrictions by amending this
Agreement without the approval of the Members.
(d)To the fullest extent permitted by Law, any transfer in violation of this
Agreement shall be null and void. In the event that any Person would otherwise become the Record
Holder of a Unit through a purported transfer in violation of this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole
discretion, require that the purported transferor take any steps deemed appropriate by the Company or the
Transfer Agent to unwind, cancel or reverse such purported transaction. With respect to the purported
transferee, such Person shall have no rights or economic interest in such Units or otherwise, including any
consent rights, any rights to receive notice of, or attend, a meeting of the Members and any rights to
receive distributions with respect to the Unit. In addition, in the case of Preferred Units, the Company
may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Preferred Unit in the manner provided in Section 3.13 or cause the
transfer of such Preferred Unit to a third party in a transfer permitted by this Agreement and, if such
Preferred Unit is sold or redeemed, the Company shall distribute the proceeds of such sale (net of any
costs or expenses incurred by the Company) to the purported transferor.
(e)In the case of the Preferred Units, without prejudice to any remedies available to
the Company as a result of such transactions nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude the
settlement of any transactions involving Preferred Units entered into through the facilities of any
Securities Exchange on which such Preferred Units are listed for trading.
Section 3.7[Reserved].
Section 3.8[Reserved]
Section 3.9Citizenship Requirements. If any Group Member is or becomes subject to any
Law that, in the determination of the Company in its sole discretion creates a substantial risk of
cancellation or forfeiture of any property in which the Group Member has an interest based on the
nationality, citizenship or other related status of a Member holding Preferred Units, the Company may
request that any such Member furnish to the Company an executed Citizenship Certification or such other
information concerning its nationality, citizenship or other related status (or if the Member is a nominee
holding for the account of another Person, the nationality, citizenship or other related status of such other
Person) as the Company may in its sole discretion request. If a Member holding Preferred Units fails to
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furnish to the Company such Citizenship Certification or other requested information within 30 days after
receipt of such a request or if, upon receipt of such Citizenship Certification or other requested
information, the Company determines, with the advice of counsel, that a Member holding Preferred Units
is not an Eligible Citizen, the Company may, in its sole discretion (i) require that such Member
immediately transfer its Preferred Units to an Eligible Citizen or (ii) redeem such Preferred Units in the
manner set forth in Section 3.13. Any compulsory transfer of Preferred Units pursuant to clause (i) of the
preceding sentence shall occur through a Securities Exchange on which Preferred Units are traded and
shall comply with the other provisions of this Agreement regarding transfers of Preferred Units. Pending
such transfer or redemption, with respect to such Record Holder of such Preferred Units, the Company
may, in its sole discretion, suspend the exercise of any voting or consent rights, any rights to receive
notice of or attend meetings of the Members and any rights to receive distributions in respect of such
Preferred Units. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.9 shall not apply to the Brookfield Member or
its permitted transferees.
Section 3.10[Reserved].
Section 3.11[Reserved].
Section 3.12[Reserved].
Section 3.13Redemption of Preferred Units. Any redemption of Preferred Units by the
Company permitted under Article III shall be conducted in accordance with this Section 3.13.
(a)The Company shall, not later than 30 days before the date fixed for redemption,
give notice of redemption to the Member at its last address designated on the records of the Company or
the Transfer Agent, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or overnight courier of national
reputation. The notice shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed. The notice shall specify the
Redeemable Preferred Units, the date fixed for redemption, the place of payment, that payment of the
redemption price will be made upon the redemption of the Redeemable Preferred Units (or, if later in the
case of Redeemable Preferred Units evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of the Certificates
evidencing such Redeemable Preferred Units) and that on and after the date fixed for redemption no
further allocations or distributions to which the Member would otherwise be entitled in respect of the
Redeemable Preferred Units will accrue or be made.
(b)Except as may be provided by the Unit Designation applicable to any
Redeemable Preferred Units, the aggregate redemption price for Redeemable Preferred Units shall be an
amount equal to the Current Market Price (the date of determination of which shall be the date fixed for
redemption) of Preferred Units of the class to be so redeemed multiplied by the number of Preferred Units
of each such class included among the Redeemable Preferred Units, net of any costs or expenses incurred
by the Company in connection with such redemption. Subject to the Delaware Act, the redemption price
shall be paid, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, (i) in cash, (ii) by delivery of a
promissory note of the Company in the principal amount of the redemption price, bearing interest at the
rate of 8% annually and payable in three equal annual installments of principal together with accrued
interest, the first such installment commencing one year after the redemption date (or, if later in the case
of Redeemable Preferred Units evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of the Certificates evidencing
such Redeemable Preferred Units) or (iii) a combination of cash and a promissory note having the terms
described in clause (ii).
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(c)The Member or its duly authorized representative shall be entitled to receive the
payment for Redeemable Preferred Units at the place of payment specified in the notice of redemption (i)
in the case of uncertificated Redeemable Preferred Units, on the redemption date or (ii) in the case of
Redeemable Preferred Units evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender, on the redemption date or
thereafter, by or on behalf of the Member, of the Certificates evidencing the Redeemable Preferred Units,
duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by an assignment duly executed in blank.
(d)After the redemption date, Redeemable Preferred Units shall no longer constitute
Outstanding Units.
Section 3.14[Reserved].
ARTICLE IV
DESIGNATION OF UNITS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1Designation of Class A Units and Class B Units. The Company shall only be
authorized to issue Common Units designated as Class A Units and Class B Units. Each Class A Unit
shall entitle the Record Holder thereof to one vote on any and all matters submitted for the consent or
approval of Members generally. Each Class B Unit shall entitle the Record Holder thereof to one vote on
any and all matters submitted for the consent or approval of Members generally. For the avoidance of
doubt, except as specifically provided for in this Agreement, Class A Units and Class B Units shall
constitute a single class of Units and shall vote as a single class on any and all matters submitted for the
consent or approval of Members.
Section 4.2Treatment under the Uniform Commercial Code. The Company hereby
irrevocably elects that all Units in the Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware from time to time.
Section 4.3[Reserved].
Section 4.4[Reserved].
Section 4.5[Reserved].
Section 4.6Issuances of Additional Units.  The Company shall not issue Units to any Person
without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.7Preemptive Rights. No Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other
similar right with respect to the issuance of any Units, whether unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter
created.
Section 4.8Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Units. All Units issued pursuant to, and
in accordance with the requirements of, this Article IV shall represent fully paid and non-assessable
limited liability company interests in the Company, except as such non-assessability may be affected by
Sections 18-502, 18-607 or 18-804 of the Delaware Act or this Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1Capital Accounts. There shall be established for each Member on the books of
the Company as of the date such Member becomes a Member a capital account (each being a “Capital
Account”). Each Capital Contribution by any Member, if any, shall be credited to the Capital Account of
such Member on the date such Capital Contribution is made to the Company. In addition, each Member’s
Capital Account shall be (a) increased in respect of any Common Units held by such Member, by (i) such
Member’s allocable share of any Net Income of the Company, and (ii) the amount of any Company
liabilities that are assumed by the Member or secured by any Company property distributed to the
Member, (b) decreased by (i) the amount of distributions (and deemed distributions) to such Member of
cash or the fair market value of other property so distributed and (ii) in respect of any Common Units held
by such Member, (x) such Member’s allocable share of Net Loss of the Company and expenditures of the
Company described or treated under Section 704(b) of the Code as described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of
the Code, and (y) the amount of any liabilities of the Member assumed by the Company or which are
secured by any property contributed by the Member to the Company and (c) otherwise maintained in
accordance with the provisions of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder. Any other item which is required to be reflected in a Member’s Capital Account under
Section 704(b) of the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or
otherwise under this Agreement shall be so reflected. The Company shall make such adjustments to
Capital Accounts as it determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate to ensure allocations are made in
accordance with a Member’s interest in the Company. Interest shall not be payable on Capital Account
balances. The Company shall maintain the Capital Accounts of the Members in accordance with the
principles and requirements set forth in Section 704(b) of the Code and the United States Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Capital Account of each Class B Holder shall at all times be
zero, except to the extent such Class B Holder also holds Units other than Class B Units.
Section 5.2Allocations.
(a)Subject to Section 2.6 of the Series A Preferred Unit Designation, and subject to
the express terms of any Unit Designation made after May 17, 2018 with respect to the Units whose terms
are established by such Unit Designation, Net Income (Loss) of the Company for each fiscal period shall
be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members that held Common Units in a manner that as
closely as possible gives economic effect to the manner in which distributions are or would be made to
the Members pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5.3 and 9.3.
(b)All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Company shall be
allocated among the Members for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes consistent with the
manner that the corresponding constituent items of Net Income (Loss) shall be allocated among the
Members pursuant to this Agreement, except as may otherwise be provided herein or by the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company in its sole discretion shall make such allocations for tax
purposes as may be needed to ensure that allocations are in accordance with the interests of the Members
in the Company, within the meaning of the Code and United States Treasury Regulations. The Company
shall determine all matters concerning allocations for tax purposes not expressly provided for herein in its
sole discretion. For the proper administration of the Company and for the preservation of uniformity of
Units (or any portion or class or classes thereof), the Company may (i) amend the provisions of this
Agreement as appropriate (x) to reflect the proposal or promulgation of United States Treasury
Regulations under Sections 704(b) or 704(c) of the Code or (y) otherwise to preserve or achieve
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uniformity of Units (or any portion or class or classes thereof), and (ii) adopt and employ or modify such
conventions and methods as the Company determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate for (A) the
determination for tax purposes of items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit and the allocation of
such items among Members and between transferors and transferees under this Agreement and pursuant
to the Code and the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, (B) the determination of
the identities and tax classification of Members, (C) the valuation of Company assets and the
determination of tax basis, (D) the allocation of asset values and tax basis, (E) the adoption and
maintenance of accounting methods and (F) taking into account differences between the Carrying Values
of Company assets and such asset adjusted tax basis pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Code and the
United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c)Allocations that would otherwise be made to a Member under the provisions of
this Article V, Section 2.6 of the Series A Preferred Unit Designation or a Unit Designation made after
May 17, 2018 shall instead be made to the beneficial owner of Units held by a nominee in any case in
which the nominee has furnished the identity of such owner to the Company in accordance with Section
6031(c) of the Code or any other method determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
Section 5.3Distributions to Record Holders.
(a)The Company may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
declare, make and pay distributions of cash or other assets to the Members. Subject to the terms of any
Unit Designation and to Section 3.5(d), distributions shall be paid to Members in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests as of the Record Date selected by the Company. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make or pay any distributions of cash
or other assets (i) with respect to the Class B Units except for distributions consisting only of additional
Class B Units made proportionally with respect to each outstanding Class B Unit and (ii) with respect to
any class or series of Preferred Units, except for distributions in accordance with the Unit Designation
relating to such class or series of Preferred Units.
(b)Notwithstanding Section 5.3(a), in the event of the dissolution and liquidation of
the Company, all distributions shall be made in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions
of, Section 9.3.
(c)All amounts withheld with respect to any payment or other distribution by the
Company to the Members and paid over to any U.S. federal, state or local government or any non-U.S.
taxing authority shall be treated as amounts paid to the Members with respect to which such amounts
were withheld pursuant to this Section 5.3(c) or Section 9.3 for all purposes under this Agreement.
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each distribution in
respect of any Unit shall be made by the Company, directly or through the Transfer Agent or through any
other Person, only to the Record Holder of such Unit as of the Record Date set for such distribution. Any
distribution in accordance with the foregoing shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the
Company’s liability in respect of such distribution, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have
an interest in such distribution by reason of an assignment or otherwise.
(e)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Company shall not be required to make a distribution to a Member if such distribution would violate the
Delaware Act or other applicable Law.
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ARTICLE VI
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS
Section 6.1Power and Authority of Board of Directors.
(a)Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the business and
affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a board of directors (the “Board of
Directors”), including any committee thereof appointed pursuant to Section 6.13. As provided in Section
6.19, the Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to appoint Officers of the Company. The
Board of Directors shall constitute the “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Delaware
Act. No Member, in its capacity as such, shall have any management power over the business and affairs
of the Company or actual or apparent authority to enter into, execute or deliver contracts on behalf of, or
to otherwise bind, the Company. In addition to the powers that now or hereafter can be granted to
managers under the Delaware Act and to all other powers granted under any other provision of this
Agreement, the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to do, and to direct the Officers to
do, all things and on such terms as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of
the Company, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 2.5 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in
Section 2.4, including the following:
(i)the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the
assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of
evidences of indebtedness, and the incurring of any other obligations on the part of the Company;
(ii)the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic
or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the
Company;
(iii)the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of the Company, or the merger, conversion,
consolidation or other combination of the Company with or into another Person (subject, however, to any
prior approval of Members that may be required by this Agreement);
(iv)the use of the assets of the Company (including cash on hand) for any
purpose consistent with the terms of the Company’s constituent documents, including the financing of the
conduct of the operations of the Company; the lending of funds to other Persons; the repayment of
obligations of the Company; and the making of capital contributions to any of its Subsidiaries;
(v)the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts,
conveyances or other instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of the Company under
contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of the Company);
(vi)the declaration and payment of distributions of cash or other assets of the
Company to an equity owner of the Company;
(vii)the selection and dismissal of Officers, employees, agents, authorized
signatories, outside attorneys, accountants, advisors, consultants and contractors of the Company and the
determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring, and the creation and
operation of employee benefit plans, employee programs and employee practices;
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(viii)the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the Company and the
Indemnified Persons;
(ix)the formation of, or acquisition or disposition of an interest in, and the
contribution of property and the making of loans to, any limited or general partnership, joint venture,
corporation, limited liability company or other entity or arrangement on behalf of the Company;
(x)the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the
Company, including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in
the conduct of litigation, arbitration or remediation, and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement
of claims and litigation;
(xi)the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to
the extent permitted by this Agreement and by Law;
(xii)the entering into of listing agreements with any Securities Exchange with
respect to any series of Preferred Units, and the delisting of any series of Preferred Units from, or
requesting that trading be suspended in, any such Securities Exchange;
(xiii)the issuance, sale or other disposition, and the purchase or other
acquisition, of securities of the Company or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to
such securities;
(xiv)the undertaking of any action in connection with the Company’s interest
or participation in any Group Member;
(xv)the filing of a bankruptcy petition with respect to the Company; and
(xvi)the execution and delivery of agreements with Affiliates of the Company,
Portfolio Companies or any Member to render services to a Group Member.
(b)In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the Board of Directors may, but
shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Member of any action taken
(or not taken) by it. The Directors and the Company shall not have any liability to a Member for monetary
damages or otherwise for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by such Member in
connection with such decisions except to the extent set forth in Section 6.16(a)(ii).
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Delaware Act or any
other applicable Law, the Members and each other Person who may acquire an interest in Units hereby (i)
approve, ratify and confirm the execution, delivery and performance by the parties thereto (whether such
execution, delivery and performance has already occurred or may occur in the future) of the Tax
Receivables Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Transaction
Agreement); (ii) agree that the Company is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the agreements
referred to in clause (i) of this sentence and the other agreements, acts, transactions and matters described
in or contemplated by the Transaction Documents without any further act, approval or vote of the
Members, the other Persons who may acquire an interest in Units or any other Person; and (iii) agree that
the execution, delivery or performance by the Company, any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of
them, of this Agreement, the Tax Receivables Agreement or any agreement contemplated by this
Agreement (including the Transaction Documents), shall not constitute a breach by the Board of Directors
of any duty that the Board of Directors may owe the Company or the Members or any other Persons
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under this Agreement (or any other agreements) or of any duty (fiduciary or otherwise) existing at law, in
equity or otherwise..
Section 6.2Number, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors. As of the date of this
Agreement, the number of Directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be five, but
may be varied after the date hereof as provided in this Section 6.2. The number of Directors which shall
constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by a
majority of the Directors then in office (but in no event shall be less than four). Each Director shall hold
office as provided in Sections 6.3 to 6.5.
Section 6.3Election of Directors.
(a)Directors must be individuals.
(b)Directors shall be appointed by the Brookfield Member. As of the date hereof,
the Directors are Matt Herrington, Karly Lancaric, Kunal Dusad, Brett Fox and Aleks Novakovic.
(c)Each Director (including any additional Director elected to fill a vacancy
resulting from an increase in the total number of Directors or from the death, resignation or removal from
office of a Director) shall serve until his or her successor is duly appointed and qualified, or until such
Director’s death, or until such Director resigns in accordance with Section 6.5 or is removed in
accordance with Section 6.4.
Section 6.4Removal. Each Director (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Director that
was designated prior to the date hereof as an “Oaktree Director,” a “Brookfield Director” or a “Joint
Director”) may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Brookfield Member.
Section 6.5Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving notice of such
Director’s resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Company. Any such resignation shall
take effect at the time specified therein, or if the time when it shall become effective shall not be specified
therein, then it shall take effect immediately upon its receipt by the Company. Unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. The vacancy in the
Board of Directors caused by any such resignation shall be filled as provided in Section 6.6.
Section 6.6Vacancies. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors (including any vacancy that
results from a newly-created directorship resulting from an increase in the authorized number of
Directors) shall be filled solely by the Brookfield Member.
Section 6.7Chairman of Meetings. The Board of Directors may elect one or more of its
members as Chairman or Co-Chairman, as applicable, of the Board of Directors (each, a “Chairman”).
At each meeting of the Board of Directors, a Chairman or, in the absence of each Chairman, a Director
chosen by a majority of the Directors present, shall act as chairman of the meeting. As of the date hereof,
the Chairman is Matt Herrington.
Section 6.8Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and
special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 6.9Meetings; Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by a
Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or upon the written request of two Directors, on three business
days’ notice (or, in the case of exigent circumstances, on 24 hours’ notice) to each Director, either
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personally, by telephone or by email. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any Director,
however, if waived by such Director in writing or by email or other form of electronic communication, or
if such Director shall be present at such meeting.
Section 6.10Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, may be taken without a
meeting if a consent thereto is signed or transmitted electronically, as the case may be, by a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be.
Section 6.11Conference Telephone Meetings. Members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of
conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all Persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting.
Section 6.12Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the then total
number of Directors in office, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At all meetings of
any committee of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the total number of members of
such committee (assuming no vacancies), shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the Directors
or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of
Directors or such committee, as the case may be. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or any committee, a majority of the Directors or members, as the case may be, present
thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the
meeting.
Section 6.13Committees. The Board of Directors may by resolution from time to time
designate one or more committees consisting of one or more Directors which, to the extent provided in
such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the powers and authority of the Board of Directors granted hereunder. Such committee or committees
shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the members of any such
committee at any time to fill vacancies, and to discharge any such committee, either with or without
cause, at any time.
Section 6.14Alternate Members of Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or
more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee, or if none be so appointed the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members or they
constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Section 6.15Remuneration. Unless otherwise expressly provided by resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors, none of the Directors shall, as such, receive any stated remuneration for their service
as a Director. The Board of Directors may provide that the Company shall reimburse each Director for
any expenses paid by such Director on account of such Director’s attendance at any meeting. Nothing in
this Section 6.15 shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Company or any of its
Affiliates in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.
Section 6.16Exculpation, Indemnification, Advances and Insurance.
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(a)To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, as the same now exists or may
hereafter be amended, supplemented or restated (but, in the case of any such amendment, supplement or
restatement, only to the extent that such amendment, supplement or restatement permits the Company to
provide broader rights than those set forth herein immediately prior thereto):
(i)none of the Brookfield Member, ExchangeCo or their respective
Affiliates shall have any liability to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any Director, any
other Member or any holder of an equity interest in any Subsidiary of the Company, for any act or
omission, including any mistake of fact or error in judgment, taken, suffered or made; and
(ii)no Indemnified Person shall have any liability to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company, any Director, any Member or any holder of an equity interest in any
Subsidiary of the Company, for any act or omission, including any mistake of fact or error in judgment,
taken, suffered or made by such Indemnified Person, unless (A) if such Indemnified Person is a Director
or Officer, such act or omission constitutes a breach of the duties of such Director or Officer imposed
pursuant to Section 6.20(a) and (B) such act or omission is the result of willful malfeasance, gross
negligence, the commission of a felony or a material violation of applicable Law (including any federal or
state securities Law), in each case, that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a
material adverse effect on the business or properties of the Company, or fraud.
The provisions of this Section 6.16(a) are intended and shall be interpreted as only limiting the liability of
a Person and not as in any way expanding such Person’s liability.
(b)The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended,
supplemented or restated (but, in the case of any such amendment, supplement or restatement, only to the
extent that such amendment, supplement or restatement permits the Company to provide broader
indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior thereto), against all expenses,
liabilities and losses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes or
penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnified Person by reason of the fact that such
Person is or was an Indemnified Person or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an officer,
director, member, manager, partner, fiduciary, authorized signatory or trustee of another Person
(including any Group Member), except to the extent it shall have been determined in a final non-
appealable judgment by a court or arbitral panel of competent jurisdiction that such expenses, liabilities or
losses arose primarily from acts or omissions that (A) if such Indemnified Person is a Director or Officer,
constitute a breach of the duties of such Director or Officer imposed pursuant to Section 6.20(a) and (B)
are the result of willful malfeasance, gross negligence, the commission of a felony or a material violation
of applicable Law (including any federal or state securities Law), in each case, that has resulted in, or
could reasonably be expected to result in, a material adverse effect on the business or properties of the
Company, or fraud.
(c)The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent they limit or eliminate the duties
and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, including Section 6.20, are
agreed by each Member to modify such duties and liabilities of the Indemnified Person to the extent
permitted by Law.
(d)To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in
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advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company
as authorized in this Section 6.16.
(e)The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted
pursuant to this Section 6.16 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under this Agreement or any other
agreement, vote of Members or disinterested Directors or otherwise, and shall continue as to an
Indemnified Person who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnified Person unless otherwise provided in a written
agreement with such Indemnified Person or in the writing pursuant to which such Indemnified Person is
indemnified. The provisions of this Section 6.16 shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of
any Person who is not specified in Section 6.16(b) but whom the Company has the power or obligation to
indemnify under the provisions of the Delaware Act. Without limiting any of the foregoing, (i) nothing in
this Agreement may limit or restrict the rights that any Indemnified Person is entitled to under any
indemnification agreements entered into with the Company or its Affiliates; and (ii) to the extent that the
Seventh Amended Agreement permits or requires the Company to provide broader indemnification rights
in favor of any Indemnified Person than the Company is providing pursuant to this Agreement, Section
6.16 of the Seventh Amended Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, mutatis mutandis.
(f)The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against such Indemnified
Person and incurred by such Indemnified Person in any capacity in which such Indemnified Person is
entitled to indemnification hereunder, or arising out of such Indemnified Person’s status as such, whether
or not the Company would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such Indemnified Person
against such liability under the provisions of this Section 6.16.
(g)The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this Section 6.16 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any Person entitled to indemnification under this
Section 6.16.
(h)If this Section 6.16 or any portion of this Section 6.16 shall be invalidated on any
ground by a court or arbitral panel of competent jurisdiction, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify
each Indemnified Person as to expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or
administrative, including a grand jury proceeding or action or suit brought by or in the right of the
Company, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 6.16 that shall not have
been invalidated.
(i)Each Indemnified Person may, in the performance of such Indemnified Person’s
duties, consult with legal counsel and accountants, and any act or omission by such Indemnified Person
on behalf of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any investment held by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company in furtherance of the interests of the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company or any investment held by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in good faith in
reliance upon, and in accordance with, the advice of such legal counsel or accountants will be full
justification for any such act or omission, and such Indemnified Person will be fully protected for such
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acts and omissions, provided that such legal counsel or accountants were selected with reasonable care by
or on behalf of the Company or such Subsidiary.
(j)An Indemnified Person shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part
under this Section 6.16 because the Indemnified Person had an interest in the transaction with respect to
which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this
Agreement.
(k)Any liabilities which an Indemnified Person incurs as a result of authorized acts
taken on behalf of the Company (whether as a fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation,
administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any related trust or funding mechanism
(whether such liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding
mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or otherwise)
shall be treated as liabilities indemnifiable under this Section 6.16, to the maximum extent permitted by
Law
(l)A Director shall, in the performance of such Director’s duties, be fully protected
in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and on such information, opinions, reports or
statements presented to the Company by any of the Officers or employees of the Company or any other
Group Member, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other Person as to matters the
Director reasonably believes are within such Person’s professional or expert competence.
(m)Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.16 or any provision
hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of any
Indemnified Person under this Section 6.16 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment,
modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in
part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be
asserted and provided such Person became an Indemnified Person hereunder prior to such amendment,
modification or repeal.
(n)The provisions of this Section 6.16 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement with respect to the acts and omissions of an Indemnified Person occurring prior to such
termination.
Section 6.17Certificate of Formation. The Certificate of Formation and amendments thereto
have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by the Delaware Act, such
filings being hereby confirmed, ratified and approved in all respects. The Board of Directors shall use all
reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents that it determines to be
necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited liability
company in the State of Delaware or any other state in which the Company may elect to do business or
own property. To the extent that the Board of Directors determines such action to be necessary or
appropriate, the Company shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate of Formation and
do all things to maintain the Company as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
Delaware or of any other state in which the Company may elect to do business or own property, and any
such Officer so directed shall be an “authorized person” of the Company within the meaning of the
Delaware Act for purposes of filing any such certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware. The Company shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the
Certificate of Formation, any qualification document or any amendment thereto to any Member.
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Section 6.18Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of
Duties.
(a)Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whenever an actual or
potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the Brookfield Member, one or more Directors or
their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company, any Group Member or any Member other
than the Brookfield Member, on the other, any resolution or course of action by the Board of Directors or
its Affiliates in respect of such conflict of interest shall not constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of
the Board of Directors if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i)
approved or ratified by the vote of holders of Outstanding Voting Units representing a majority of the
total votes that may be cast by all Outstanding Voting Units that are held by disinterested parties, (ii) on
terms no less favorable to the Company, Group Member or Member other than the Brookfield Member,
as applicable, than those generally being, provided to or available from unrelated third parties, or (iii) fair
and reasonable to the Company taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties
involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the
Company, Group Member or Member other than the Brookfield Member, as applicable). If the Board of
Directors determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest
satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, then it shall be presumed that, in
making its determination, the Board of Directors acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by
any Member or by or on behalf of such Member or any other Member challenging such determination, the
Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming such presumption.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any applicable
provision of Law or equity, whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or
otherwise the Board of Directors, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is permitted or required to
make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion” or that it deems “necessary or appropriate” or
“necessary or advisable” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, then, to the fullest extent
permitted by Law, the Board of Directors, the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be, may make
such decision in its sole discretion (regardless of whether there is a reference to “sole discretion” or
“discretion”), and shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its
own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to
any interest of or factors affecting the Company or the Members, and shall not be subject to any other or
different standards imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby, under the
Delaware Act, the DGCL or under any other Law or in equity, but in all circumstances shall exercise such
discretion in good faith. Whenever in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or
otherwise, the Board of Directors or the Company is permitted to or required to make a decision in its
“good faith,” then for purposes of this Agreement or otherwise, the Board of Directors or the Company,
as the case may be, shall be conclusively presumed to be acting in good faith if such Person or Persons
subjectively believe(s) that the decision made or not made is in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company.
(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Board of
Directors and the Company shall have no duty or obligation, express or implied, to (i) sell or otherwise
dispose of any asset of the Oaktree Operating Group other than in the ordinary course of business or (ii)
permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the Directors, except as may be provided in
contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use. Any determination by an
Affiliate of the Company to enter into such contracts shall be in such Person’s sole discretion.
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(d)The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or otherwise
modify or eliminate the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the Company or any other
Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such
other duties and liabilities of the Company or such other Indemnified Person.
(e)The Members expressly acknowledge that the Board of Directors is under no
obligation to consider the separate interests of the Members (including the tax consequences to Members)
in deciding whether to cause the Company to take (or decline to take) any actions, and that the Board of
Directors or any Director shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred
or benefits not derived by Members in connection with such decisions.
Section 6.19Officers.
(a)The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to appoint such
officers with such titles, authority and duties as determined by the Board of Directors. Such Persons so
designated by the Board of Directors shall be referred to as “Officers.” The Officers shall have the titles,
power, authority and duties as determined by the Board of Directors.
(b)Each Officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or
until his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the
same Person.
(c)Any Officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company. Any
Officer, agent or employee of the Company may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without
cause at any time. The Board of Directors may delegate the power of removal as to Officers, agents and
employees who have not been appointed by the Board of Directors. Such removal shall be without
prejudice to a Person’s contract rights, if any, but the appointment of any Person as an Officer, agent or
employee of the Company shall not of itself create contract rights.
(d)The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of
any Officer to any other Officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
(e)Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer
or any other Officer of the Company shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the
Company, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of members of or with respect to any action of equity
holders of any other entity in which the Company may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and
all rights and powers which the Company may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such
other entities.
Section 6.20Duties of Officers and Directors.
(a)Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or required by the
Delaware Act, (i) the duties and obligations owed to the Company by the Officers and Directors shall be
the duty of care and duty of loyalty owed to a corporation organized under DGCL by its officers and
directors, respectively, and (ii) the duty of care and duty of loyalty owed to the Members by the Officers
and Directors shall be the same as the duty of care and duty of loyalty owed to the stockholders of a
corporation under the DGCL by its officers and directors, respectively.
(b)The Board of Directors shall have the right to exercise any of the powers granted
to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or
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through the duly authorized Officers of the Company, and the Board of Directors shall not be responsible
for the misconduct or negligence on the part of any such Officer duly appointed or duly authorized by the
Board of Directors in good faith.
Section 6.21Reliance by Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, any Person dealing with the Company shall be entitled to assume that the Board of Directors
and any Officer authorized by the Board of Directors to act on behalf of and in the name of the Company
has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the
Company and to enter into any authorized contracts on behalf of the Company, and such Person shall be
entitled to deal with the Board of Directors or any Officer as if it were the Company’s sole party in
interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Member hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
Law, any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate
or disaffirm any action of the Board of Directors or any Officer in connection with any such dealing. In
no event shall any Person dealing with the Board of Directors or any Officer or their respective
representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to
inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the Board of Directors or any Officer or
their respective representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on
behalf of the Company by the Board of Directors or any Officer or their respective representatives shall
be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (a) at
the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in
full force and effect, (b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was
duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Company and (c) such certificate,
document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement and is binding upon the Company.
Section 6.22[Reserved].
Section 6.23[Reserved].
Section 6.24[Reserved].
Section 6.25Preferred Units. Nothing in this Article VI shall be deemed to limit the rights of
the holders of the Series A Preferred Units under Section 2.7 of the Series A Preferred Unit Designation
or of the holders of the Series B Preferred Units under Section 2.7 of the Series B Preferred Unit
Designation.
Section 6.26[Reserved].
Section 6.27[Reserved].
ARTICLE VII
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
Section 7.1Records and Accounting. The Board of Directors shall keep or cause to be kept at
the principal office of the Company appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s
business, including all books and records necessary to provide to the Members any information required
to be provided pursuant to this Agreement. Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the
Company in the regular course of its business, including the record of the Members, books of account and
records of Company proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks, hard drives,
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punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device;
provided, that the books and records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within
a reasonable period of time. The Company shall maintain books and records for tax and financial
reporting purposes on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Section 7.2Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company (each, a “Fiscal Year”) shall be a
year ending December 31. The Board of Directors in its sole discretion may change the Fiscal Year at any
time and from time to time, in each case as may be required or permitted under the Code or applicable
United States Treasury Regulations, and shall notify the Members of such change in the next regular
communication by the Company to the Members.
Section 7.3Reports.
(a)The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to mail or make
available to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected by the Board of Directors, within 120 days
after the close of each fiscal year, an annual report containing financial statements of the Company for
such Fiscal Year, presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including a balance sheet and statements of
operations, equity and cash flows, such statements to be audited by a registered public accounting firm
selected by the Board of Directors, and such other financial information as the Company deems
appropriate.
(b)The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to mail or make
available to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected by the Board of Directors, within 90 days
after the close of each Quarter except the last Quarter of each Fiscal Year, a report containing unaudited
financial statements of the Company and such other information as may be required by applicable Law or
rule of any Securities Exchange on which any Units are listed for trading, or as the Board of Directors
determines to be necessary or appropriate.
(c)The Company shall be deemed to have made a report available to each Record
Holder of a Unit as required by this Section 7.3 if it has (i) made such report available on any publicly
available website maintained by or on behalf of the Company or (ii) filed such report with the SEC via its
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) and such report is
publicly available on such system.
(d)The requirements set forth in this Section 7.3 shall cease to apply at such time as
the Preferred Units are no longer outstanding.
ARTICLE VIII
TAX MATTERS
Section 8.1Tax Returns and Information. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to timely file all returns of the Company that are required for U.S. federal, state and
local income tax purposes on the basis of the accrual method and its Fiscal Year. The Company may, in
its sole discretion, furnish to Members estimates of all necessary tax information prior to the availability
of definitive tax information; provided, that each Member hereby agrees that there can be no assurance
that such definitive information will be the same as such estimates, and that the Company shall not be
liable to any Member or to any other Person for any information contained in any such estimates or for
any differences between such estimates and such definitive information. The classification, realization
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and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items shall be on the accrual method of
accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Section 8.2Tax Elections. The Board of Directors shall make or refrain from making the
election provided for in Section 754 of the Code and any and all other elections permitted by the tax laws
of the United States, the several states and other relevant jurisdictions as determined in its reasonable
discretion.
Section 8.3Tax Controversies. For taxable periods ending on or before December 31, 2017,
the Board of Directors shall designate one Member as the Tax Matters Partner. The initial Tax Matters
Partner shall be the Brookfield Member. For taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the
Board of Directors shall appoint the Partnership Representative. The initial Partnership Representative
shall be the Brookfield Member. The Tax Matters Partner, or Partnership Representative, as applicable, is
authorized to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of
the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and
to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. Each Member agrees
to cooperate with the Tax Matters Partner, or Partnership Representative, as applicable, and to do or
refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the Tax Matters Partner, or Partnership
Representative, as applicable, to conduct such proceedings.
Section 8.4Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company is authorized to take any action that may be necessary or appropriate to, or cause the Company
and other Group Members to, comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or
any other U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. Law including pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445
and 1446 of the Code. To the extent that the Company is required or elects to withhold and pay over to
any taxing authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any Member
(including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), the Board of Directors may treat the amount withheld
as a distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.3, Section 2.2 of the Series A Preferred Unit Designation,
the provisions of any other Unit Designation relating to distributions with respect to the Units established
by such Unit Designation or Section 9.3 in the amount of such withholding from such Member.
Section 8.5Election to be Treated as a Corporation. If the Board of Directors determines in
its sole discretion that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to continue as a partnership for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Board of Directors may elect to treat the Company as an association
or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal (and applicable state) income
tax purposes. In the event that the Board of Directors determines that the Company should seek relief
pursuant to Section 7704(e) of the Code to preserve the status of the Company as a partnership for U.S.
federal (and applicable state) income tax purposes, the Company and each Member shall agree to
adjustments required by the tax authorities, and the Company shall pay such amounts as required by the
tax authorities, to preserve the status of the Company as a partnership.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 9.1Dissolution. The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substitute
Members or Additional Members (who shall be admitted only in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement on any such admission). The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up:
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(a)upon an election to dissolve the Company by the Board of Directors that is
approved by the Brookfield Member;
(b)upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company pursuant to the
provisions of the Delaware Act; or
(c)at any time when there are no Members of the Company, unless the business of
the Company is continued in accordance with the Delaware Act.
Section 9.2Liquidator. Upon dissolution of the Company, the Board of Directors shall select
one or more Persons (which may be the Board of Directors or a Member) to act as Liquidator. The
Liquidator (if other than the Board of Directors) shall be entitled to receive such compensation for its
services as may be approved by holders of Units representing a majority of the voting power of all
Outstanding Voting Units. The Liquidator (if other than the Board of Directors) shall agree not to resign
at any time without 15 days’ prior notice and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by
notice of removal approved by holders of Units representing a majority of the voting power of all
Outstanding Voting Units. Upon dissolution, death, incapacity, removal or resignation of the Liquidator, a
successor and substitute Liquidator (who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the
original Liquidator) shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by holders of Units representing a
majority of the voting power of all Outstanding Voting Units. The right to approve a successor or
substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be deemed to refer also to any such successor or
substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided. Except as expressly provided in this Article
IX, the Liquidator approved in the manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without further
authorization or consent of any of the parties hereto, all of the powers conferred upon the Board of
Directors under the terms of this Agreement (but subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual
and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers) necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties and
functions of the Liquidator hereunder for and during the period of time required to complete the winding
up and liquidation of the Company as provided for herein.
Section 9.3Liquidation. The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the
Company, discharge its liabilities and otherwise wind up its affairs in such manner and over such period
as determined by the Liquidator, subject to Section 18-804 of the Delaware Act and the following:
(a)Subject to Section 9.3(c), the assets may be disposed of by public or private sale
or by distribution in kind to one or more Members on such terms as the Liquidator may determine. The
Liquidator may distribute the Company’s assets, in whole or in part, in kind if it determines that a sale
would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Members. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, the Members understand and acknowledge that a Member may be
compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in kind from the Company despite the fact that the
percentage of the asset distributed to such Member exceeds the percentage of that asset which is equal to
the percentage in which such Member shares in distributions from the Company. If any property is
distributed in kind, the Member receiving the property shall be deemed for purposes of Section 9.3(c) to
have received cash equal to its fair market value as determined by the Board of Directors or the
Liquidator in its sole discretion, and contemporaneously therewith appropriate cash distributions must be
made to the other Members. The Liquidator may defer liquidation or distribution of the Company’s assets
for a reasonable period of time if it determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all or some of the
Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Members.
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(b)Liabilities of the Company include amounts owed to the Liquidator as
compensation for serving in such capacity (subject to the terms of Section 9.2) and amounts owed to
Members otherwise than in respect of their distribution rights under Article V. With respect to any
liability that is contingent, conditional or unmatured or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the
Liquidator shall either settle such claim for such amount as it deems appropriate or establish a reserve of
cash or other assets to provide for its payment.
(c)Subject to the terms of any Unit Designation, all property and all cash in excess
of that required to discharge liabilities as provided in Section 9.3(b) shall be distributed to the Members
who hold Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as of a Record Date
selected by the Liquidator.
Section 9.4Cancellation of Certificate of Formation. Upon the completion of the distribution
of Company cash and property as provided in Section 9.3 in connection with the liquidation of the
Company, the Certificate of Formation and all qualifications of the Company as a foreign limited liability
company in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be cancelled and such other actions as
may be necessary to terminate the Company shall be taken.
Section 9.5Return of Contributions. No Director or Officer shall be personally liable for, or
have any obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Company to enable it to
effectuate, the return of the Capital Contributions of the Members, or any portion thereof, it being
expressly understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets.
Section 9.6Waiver of Partition. To the maximum extent permitted by Law, each Member
hereby waives any right to partition of the Company property.
Section 9.7Capital Account Restoration. No Member shall have any obligation to restore any
negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of the Company.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT
Section 10.1General. Except as provided in Section 10.3, the Board of Directors may amend
any of the terms of this Agreement, but only in compliance with the terms, conditions and procedures set
forth in this Section 10.1. Amendments to this Agreement (including any Unit Designation) may be
proposed only by or with the consent of the Board of Directors. If an amendment to any provision of this
Agreement other than pursuant to Section 10.3 has been proposed by or with the consent of the Board of
Directors, then the Board of Directors shall first adopt a resolution setting forth the amendment proposed,
declaring its advisability, and then (a) call a meeting of the Members entitled to vote in respect thereof for
the consideration of such amendment or (b) seek the written consent of such Members. Such meeting
shall be called and held upon notice in accordance with Article XII of this Agreement. The notice shall set
forth such amendment in full or a brief summary of the changes to be effected thereby, as the Board of
Directors shall deem advisable. At the meeting, a vote of Members entitled to vote thereon shall be taken
for and against the proposed amendment. A proposed amendment shall be effective upon its approval by
holders of Units representing a majority of the voting power of all Outstanding Voting Units, unless a
greater percentage is required under this Agreement or by the Delaware Act, but in all cases must include
the approval of the Brookfield Member.
Section 10.2[Reserved].
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Section 10.3Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding
Section 10.1, each Member agrees that the Board of Directors, without the approval of any Member or
any other Person, may amend any provision of this Agreement, and execute, swear to, acknowledge,
deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect:
(a)a change in the name of the Company, the location of the principal place of
business of the Company, the registered agent of the Company or the registered office of the Company;
(b)the admission, substitution, resignation or removal of Members in respect of their
Preferred Units in accordance with this Agreement;
(c)a change that the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion to be
necessary or appropriate to qualify or continue the qualification of the Company as a limited liability
company under the laws of any state or to ensure that the Oaktree Operating Group Members will not be
treated as associations taxable as corporations or otherwise taxed as corporations for U.S. federal income
tax purposes;
(d)a change that the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion to be
necessary or appropriate to address changes in U.S. federal income tax regulations, legislation or
interpretation;
(e)a change that the Board of Directors in its sole discretion determines to be
necessary, desirable or appropriate to facilitate the trading of Preferred Units (including the division of
any class or classes or series of Outstanding Preferred Units into different classes or series to facilitate
uniformity of tax consequences within such classes or series of Units) or comply with any rule,
regulation, guideline or requirement of any Securities Exchange on which Preferred Units are listed for
trading;
(f)a change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company and any other
changes that the Board of Directors determines to be necessary, desirable or appropriate as a result of a
change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company; or
(g)an amendment that the Board of Directors determines, based on advice of
counsel, to be necessary or appropriate to prevent the Company or its Directors, Officers, trustees or
agents from having a material risk of being in any manner subjected to the provisions of the Investment
Company Act or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or Title I of ERISA, Section 4975 of
the Code or any applicable Similar Law currently applied or proposed.
Section 10.4Amendments to the Terms of Preferred Units. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, the holders of a class or series of Preferred Units shall have no voting, approval or consent rights
under this Article X, except as may be specified in the Unit Designation related to such class or series of
Preferred Units. Except as may be provided in the Unit Designation related to a class or series of
Preferred Units, the issuance by the Company of securities having rights superior to those of a class or
series of Outstanding Preferred Units or Units having a dilutive effect on a class or series of Outstanding
Preferred Units shall not be deemed to have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of such
class or series of Preferred Units.
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ARTICLE XI
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR CONVERSION
Section 11.1Authority. The Company may merge or consolidate or otherwise combine with or
into one or more corporations, limited liability companies, statutory trusts, business trusts or associations,
real estate investment trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a partnership
(whether general or limited (including a limited liability partnership or a limited liability limited
partnership)), or convert into any such entity, formed under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other
state of the United States of America, pursuant to a written agreement of merger, consolidation or other
business combination (a “Subsequent Merger Agreement”), or a written plan of conversion (a “Plan of
Conversion”), as the case may be, solely in accordance with this Article XI.
Section 11.2Procedure for Merger, Consolidation, Conversion or Other Business
Combination. Merger, consolidation, conversion or other business combination of the Company pursuant
to this Article XI requires the prior consent of a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, that to the
fullest extent permitted by Law, the Board of Directors shall have no duty or obligation to consent to any
merger, consolidation, conversion or other business combination of the Company and, to the fullest extent
permitted by Law, may decline to do so free of any duty (including any fiduciary duty) or obligation
whatsoever to the Company, any Member or any other Person bound by this Agreement and, in declining
to consent to a merger, consolidation, conversion or other business combination, shall not be required to
act pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby
or under the Delaware Act or any other Law or at equity. If the Board of Directors shall determine, in the
exercise of its sole discretion, to consent to the merger, consolidation or other business combination, the
Board of Directors shall approve the Subsequent Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion, which shall
set forth:
(a)the names and jurisdictions of formation or organization of each of the business
entities proposing to merge, consolidate, convert or combine;
(b)the name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of the business entity that
is to survive the proposed merger, consolidation, conversion or other business combination (the
Surviving Business Entity”);
(c)the terms and conditions of the proposed merger, consolidation, conversion or
other business combination;
(d)the manner and basis of converting or exchanging the equity securities of each
constituent business entity for, or into, cash, property or interests, rights, securities or obligations of the
Surviving Business Entity; and (i) if any interests in or securities or rights of any constituent business
entity are not to be converted or exchanged solely for, or into, cash, property or interests in or rights,
securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or interests in or rights,
securities or obligations of any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability
company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity) which the
holders of such interests, securities or rights are to receive upon conversion of, or in exchange for, their
interests, securities or rights, and (ii) in the case of securities represented by certificates, upon the
surrender of such certificates, which cash, property or interests in or rights, securities or obligations of the
Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, limited liability
company, unincorporated business or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity), or evidences
thereof, are to be delivered;
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(e)a statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new
constituent documents (the articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust,
certificate or agreement of limited partnership, operating agreement or other similar charter or governing
document) of the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such merger, consolidation, conversion or
other business combination;
(f)the effective time of the merger, consolidation, conversion or other business
combination, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate of merger or consolidation or similar
certificate pursuant to Section 11.4 or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with the
Subsequent Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion; provided, that if the effective time of such
transaction is to be later than the date of the filing of such certificate, the effective time shall be fixed at a
date or time certain at or prior to the time of the filing of such certificate and stated therein; and
(g)such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger, consolidation,
conversion or other business combination that the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion to
be necessary or appropriate.
Section 11.3Approval by Members of Merger, Consolidation, Conversion or Other Business
Combination.
(a)Except as provided in Section 11.3(d), the Board of Directors, upon its approval
of the Subsequent Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion, shall direct that the Subsequent Merger
Agreement or Plan of Conversion, as applicable, and the merger, consolidation, conversion or other
business combination contemplated thereby be submitted to a vote of the Members, whether at an annual
meeting or special meeting, in either case in accordance with the requirements of Article XII. A copy or a
summary of the Subsequent Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion shall be included in or enclosed
with the notice of meeting.
(b)Except as provided in Section 11.3(d), the Subsequent Merger Agreement or Plan
of Conversion and the merger, consolidation, conversion or other business combination contemplated
thereby shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting
power of Outstanding Voting Units.
(c)Except as provided in Section 11.3(d), after such approval by vote of the
Members, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger, consolidation, conversion or
similar certificate pursuant to Section 11.4, the merger, consolidation, conversion or other business
combination may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the Subsequent Merger
Agreement, or the Plan of Conversion, as the case may be.
(d)Members are not entitled to dissenters’ rights of appraisal in the event of a
merger, consolidation or conversion pursuant to this Article XI, a sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries or any other similar transaction or event.
Section 11.4Certificate of Merger, Conversion or Consolidation. Upon the required approval
by the Board of Directors and the Members of a Subsequent Merger Agreement or Plan of Conversion
and the merger, consolidation, conversion or business combination contemplated thereby, a certificate of
merger, conversion or consolidation or similar certificate shall be executed and filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and any other applicable Governmental Entity in conformity with the
requirements of the Delaware Act and other applicable Law.
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Section 11.5Amendment of Operating Agreement. Pursuant to Section 18-209(f) of the
Delaware Act, an agreement of merger, consolidation or other business combination approved in
accordance with this Article XI may (a) effect any amendment to this Agreement or (b) effect the
adoption of a new operating agreement for a limited liability company if it is the Surviving Business
Entity.
Section 11.6Preferred Units. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, holders of a class or
series of Preferred Units shall have no voting, approval or consent rights under this Article XI, except as
may be specified in the Unit Designation related to such class or series of Preferred Units.
ARTICLE XII
MEMBER MEETINGS
Section 12.1Member Meetings.
(a)All acts of Members to be taken hereunder shall be taken in the manner provided
in this Article XII. Meetings of the Members holding any class or series of Units may be called only by a
majority of the Board of Directors, or with respect to holders of Voting Preferred Units (as defined in the
applicable Unit Designation), as provided in the Unit Designation relating to such Voting Preferred Units.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Class A Units and Class B Units shall constitute the same class for this
purpose. A meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion on a date not less than 10 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days after the mailing of
notice of the meeting.
(b)Except as otherwise provided by Article VI, all elections of Directors shall be by
written ballots. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, such requirement of a
written ballot may be satisfied by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission; provided, that any such
electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be
reasonably determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the Member or proxyholder.
(c)The Company shall not be required to have an annual meeting unless otherwise
required by applicable Law.
Section 12.2Notice of Meetings of Members. Notice, stating the place, day and hour of any
annual or special meeting of the Members, as determined by the Board of Directors, and (a) in the case of
a special meeting of the Members, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called or (b) in the
case of an annual meeting, those matters that the Board of Directors, at the time of giving the notice,
intends to present for action by the Members, shall be delivered by the Company not less than 10 calendar
days nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting, in a manner and otherwise in
accordance with Section 14.1, to each Record Holder who is entitled to vote at such meeting. Such further
notice shall be given as may be required by the Delaware Act. Only such business shall be conducted at a
meeting of Members as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Company’s notice of
meeting. Any previously scheduled meeting of the Members may be postponed, and any meeting of the
Members may be cancelled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the
date previously scheduled for such meeting of the Members.
Section 12.3Record Date. For purposes of determining the Members entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of the Members or to give approvals without a meeting as provided in Section 12.8, the
Board of Directors may set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 10 calendar days nor more than 60
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calendar days before (a) the date of the meeting (unless such requirement conflicts with any rule,
regulation, guideline or requirement of any Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed for trading
or which otherwise apply to the Company, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of
such Securities Exchange shall govern) or (b) in the event that approvals are sought without a meeting,
the date by which Members are requested in writing by the Board of Directors to give such approvals. If
no Record Date is fixed by the Board of Directors, then (i) the Record Date for determining Members
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members shall be at the close of business on the day
immediately preceding the day on which notice is given and (ii) the Record Date for determining the
Members entitled to give approvals without a meeting shall be the date the first written approval is
deposited with the Company in accordance with Section 12.8. A determination of Members of record
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members shall apply to any adjournment or postponement
of the meeting; provided, that the Board of Directors may fix a new Record Date for the adjourned or
postponed meeting.
Section 12.4Adjournment. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of Members may be
adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of Members holding at least a majority of the voting
power of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote at such meeting represented either in person or by proxy,
but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in this Section 12.4. When a meeting is
adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new Record
Date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for more than 45 days. At the adjourned meeting,
the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the
adjournment is for more than 45 days or if a new Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice
of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with this Article XII.
Section 12.5Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting. The transactions of any meeting of
Members, however called and noticed, and whenever held, shall be as valid as if they had occurred at a
meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy.
Attendance of a Member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except (a) when
the Member attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to
the transaction of any business at such meeting because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened,
and (b) that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to disapprove the consideration of matters
required to be included in the notice of the meeting, but not so included, if the disapproval is expressly
made at the meeting.
Section 12.6Quorum; Required Vote for Member Action.
(a)The Members holding a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Units of
the class or classes or series for which a meeting has been called represented in person or by proxy shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of the Members of such class or classes or series unless any such action
by the Members requires approval by Members holding a greater percentage of the voting power of such
Units or approval by a specific Member, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage or the
representation of such specific Member, as applicable; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, no
meeting of the Members shall be held without the Brookfield Member. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Class A Units and Class B Units shall not constitute separate classes for this purpose.
(b)At any meeting of the Members duly called and held in accordance with this
Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Members holding Outstanding Units that in the
aggregate represent a majority of the voting power of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote at such
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meeting and which are present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act
of all Members, unless a greater or different percentage (or approval by a specific Member) is required
with respect to a matter under the Delaware Act, under the rules of any Securities Exchange on which the
Units are listed for trading, or under the provisions of this Agreement (except with respect to the election
of Directors, which is governed by Article VI), in which case the act of the Members holding Outstanding
Units that in the aggregate represent at least such greater or different percentage of the voting power or
the approval of such specific Member, as applicable, shall be required (except with respect to the election
of Directors, which is governed by Article VI). The Members present at a duly called or held meeting at
which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the
withdrawal of enough Members to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment)
is approved by the required percentage of the voting power of Outstanding Units specified in this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any matter which does not
otherwise require the vote of the Members, but which requires the approval of the Brookfield Member,
may be accomplished without a meeting of Members (but subject to obtaining the written consent of the
Brookfield Member, as required).
Section 12.7Conduct of a Meeting. The Board of Directors in its reasonable discretion shall
have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Members or
solicitation of approvals in writing, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence
of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of this Article XII, the conduct of voting, the validity
and effect of any proxies and the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in
connection with or during the meeting or voting. The Board of Directors shall designate a Person to serve
as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the minutes of any meeting. All
minutes shall be kept with the records of the Company maintained by the Board of Directors. The Board
of Directors may make such other regulations consistent with applicable Law and this Agreement as it
may deem advisable concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Members or solicitation of approvals
in writing, including regulations in regard to the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes and approvals, the submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the
right to vote and the revocation of approvals, proxies and votes in writing.
Section 12.8Action Without a Meeting. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of
Members may be taken without a meeting, without a vote and without prior notice, if an approval in
writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by Members holding not less than the minimum
percentage of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units that would be necessary to authorize or
take such action at a meeting at which all the Members entitled to vote at such meeting were present and
voted (unless such provision conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of any Securities
Exchange on which the Units or a class or series thereof are listed for trading or which otherwise apply to
the Company, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of such Securities Exchange
shall govern); provided, that in the case of any action that requires the approval of a specific Member,
such approval in writing shall include the approval of such specific Member. Reasonable notice of the
taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Members who would have been entitled to vote
on or approve such action and who have not approved in writing. The Board of Directors may specify that
a written ballot, if any, submitted to Members for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall
be returned to the Company within the time period, which shall be not less than 20 days, specified by the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion. If a ballot returned to the Company does not vote all of the Units
held by a Member, the Units held by such Member and not voted on such ballot shall be deemed to have
been voted in the same manner and in the same proportions as the voted Units. If approval of the taking of
any action by the Members is solicited by any Person other than by or on behalf of the Board of Directors,
the written approvals shall have no force and effect unless and until (a) they are deposited with the
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Company in the care of the Secretary or another Officer designated by the Board of Directors, (b)
approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are dated as of a date not more than 90 days prior to the
date sufficient approvals are deposited with the Company, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to
the Company to the effect that the exercise of such right and the action proposed to be taken with respect
to any particular matter is permissible under the state statutes then governing the rights, duties and
liabilities of the Company and the Members. Nothing contained in this Section 12.8 shall be deemed to
require the Board of Directors to solicit all Members in connection with a matter approved by Members
holding the requisite percentage of the voting power of the Outstanding Voting Units and, if applicable,
by specific Members whose approval is required for such matter to be authorized or taken, acting by
written consent without a meeting.
Section 12.9Voting and Other Rights.
(a)Only those Record Holders of Units on the Record Date set pursuant to Section
12.3 shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Members or to act with respect to matters as
to which the holders of the Outstanding Voting Units have the right to vote or to act (including the giving
of approval in writing). All references in this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by,
the holders of Outstanding Voting Units shall be deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the
Record Holders of such Outstanding Voting Units on such Record Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the
provisions of this Section 12.9 (as well as the other provisions of this Agreement) are subject to the
provisions of Section 3.4.
(b)With respect to Outstanding Voting Units that are held for a Person’s account by
another Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation, or an agent of any
of the foregoing), in whose name such Outstanding Voting Units are registered, such other Person shall,
in exercising the voting rights in respect of such Outstanding Voting Units on any matter, and unless the
arrangement between such Persons provides otherwise, vote such Outstanding Voting Units in favor of,
and at the direction of, the Person who is the beneficial owner, and the Company shall be entitled to
assume it is so acting without further inquiry.
Section 12.10Proxies and Voting.
(a)On any matter that is to be voted on by Members, the Members may vote in
person or by proxy, and such proxy may be granted in writing, by means of electronic transmission or as
otherwise permitted by applicable Law. Any such proxy shall be filed in accordance with the procedure
established for the meeting. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “electronic transmission” means
any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper that creates a record
that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in
paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable
reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used
in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or
transmission could be used; provided, that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete
reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
(b)The Company may, and to the extent required by applicable Law, shall, in
advance of any meeting of Members, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a
written report thereof. The Company may designate one or more alternate inspectors to replace any
inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of Members, the Person
presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by applicable Law, shall, appoint one or more
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inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties,
shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his or her ability. Every vote taken by ballot shall be counted by a duly appointed
inspector or inspectors.
(c)With respect to the use of proxies at any meeting of Members, the Company shall
be governed by paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 212 of the DGCL and other applicable
provisions of the DGCL, as though the Company were a Delaware corporation and as though the
Members were stockholders of a Delaware corporation.
ARTICLE XIII
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE UNITS
Section 13.1Right to Acquire Units. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
if at any time less than 10% of the total Preferred Units of any series then Outstanding are held by Persons
other than the Principals and Persons Controlled by the Principals, the Company shall then have the right,
which right it may assign and transfer in whole or in part to any Affiliate, exercisable in its sole
discretion, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such Preferred Units of such series then Outstanding
held by Persons other than the Principals and Persons Controlled by the Principals, at the greater of (a) the
Current Market Price as of the date three days prior to the date that the notice described in Section 13.2 is
mailed and (b) the highest price paid by the Company or any of its Affiliates for any Unit of such series or
class purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the notice described in Section 13.2 is
mailed. The Company shall cause the Oaktree Operating Group Members to satisfy, or to distribute cash
to the Company in amounts sufficient to enable the Company to satisfy, any obligations of the Company
in connection with purchases contemplated by this Section 13.1.
Section 13.2Notice of Election to Purchase. If the Company or any Affiliate elects to exercise
the right to purchase Preferred Units of any series granted pursuant to Section 13.1, the Company shall
deliver to the Transfer Agent notice of such election to purchase (the “Notice of Election to Purchase”)
and shall cause the Transfer Agent to send by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or overnight
courier of national reputation, a copy of such Notice of Election to Purchase to the Record Holders of
Units of such series or class (as of a Record Date selected by the Company) at least 10, but not more than
60, days prior to the date selected by the Company to purchase the Units (the “Purchase Date”). Such
Notice of Election to Purchase shall also be published for a period of at least three consecutive days in at
least two daily newspapers of general circulation printed in the English language and circulated in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York. The Notice of Election to Purchase shall specify the Purchase Date
and the price (determined in accordance with Section 13.1) at which Units will be purchased and state that
the Company or its Affiliate, as the case may be, elects to purchase such Units (in the case of Units
evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of Certificates representing such Units) in exchange for
payment at such office or offices of the Transfer Agent as the Transfer Agent may specify or as may be
required by any Securities Exchange on which such Preferred Units are listed for trading. Any such
Notice of Election to Purchase mailed to a Record Holder of Units at its address as reflected on the
records of the Transfer Agent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given regardless of whether
the Record Holder receives such notice. On or prior to the Purchase Date, the Company or its Affiliate, as
the case may be, shall deposit with the Transfer Agent cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate
purchase price of all of such Units to be purchased in accordance with this Section 13.2. If the Notice of
Election to Purchase shall have been duly given as aforesaid at least 10 days prior to the Purchase Date,
and if on or prior to the Purchase Date the deposit described in the preceding sentence has been made for
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the benefit of the holders of Units subject to purchase as provided herein, then from and after the
Purchase Date, notwithstanding that any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for purchase, all
rights of the holders of such Units (including any rights pursuant to Articles IV, V, VII, and XII) shall
thereupon cease, except the right to receive the purchase price (determined in accordance with Section
13.1) for Units therefor, without interest (in the case of Units evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender to
the Transfer Agent of the Certificates representing such Units) and such Units shall thereupon be deemed
to be transferred to the Company or its Affiliate, as the case may be, on the record books of the Transfer
Agent, and the Company or its Affiliate, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the owner of all such
Units from and after the Purchase Date and shall have all rights as the owner of such Units (including all
rights as owner of such Units pursuant to Articles IV, V, VII and XII).
ARTICLE XIV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 14.1Addresses and Notices.
(a)Unless otherwise specified herein, any notice, demand, request, report or proxy
materials required or permitted to be given or made to a Member under this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States
mail or other means of written communication to the Member at the address described below. Any notice,
payment in the form of a check, demand, request, report or proxy materials to be given or made to a
Member in respect of any Units hereunder shall be deemed conclusively to have been given or made, and
the obligation to give such notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials or to make such payment
shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, upon the sending of such notice, payment,
demand, request, report or proxy materials to the Record Holder of such Units at its address as shown on
the records of the Transfer Agent or as otherwise shown on the records of the Company, regardless of any
claim of any Person who may have an interest in such Units by reason of any assignment or otherwise.
(b)An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, demand, request, report or
proxy materials in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1 executed by the Company, the
Transfer Agent or the mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such
notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials. If any notice, demand, request, report or proxy
materials given or made in accordance with this Section 14.1 is returned marked to indicate that such
notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials was unable to be delivered, then such notice, demand,
request, report or proxy materials, and in the case of notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials
returned by the United States Postal Service or overnight courier of national reputation (or other physical
mail delivery service outside of the United States of America), any subsequent notice, demand, request,
report or proxy materials, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made without further mailing (until
a reasonable period after such time as such Member or another Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the
Company in writing of a change in such Member’s address) or other delivery if it is available for the
Member at the principal office of the Company for a period of one year from the date of the giving or
making of such notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials to the other Members. Any notice to
the Company shall be deemed given if received by the Secretary at the principal office of the Company
designated pursuant to Section 2.3. The Board of Directors and any Officer may rely and shall be
protected in relying on any notice or other document from a Member or other Person if believed by the
Board of Directors or such Officer to be genuine.
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Section 14.2Further Action. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all
information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the
purposes of this Agreement. Each Member shall perform all other acts and execute and deliver all other
documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
Section 14.3Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and
permitted assigns. The Indemnified Persons and their heirs, executors, administrators and successors shall
be entitled to receive the benefits of this Agreement.
Section 14.4Expenses. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, the Company shall be
responsible for all costs and expenses, including fees and disbursement of counsel, financial advisors and
accountants, incurred in connection with its operation.
Section 14.5Integration. This Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties
hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
pertaining thereto.
Section 14.6Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or
shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Company.
Section 14.7Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any
covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent
upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach of any other covenant, duty, agreement
or condition.
Section 14.8Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which
together shall constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such
parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this
Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto or, in the case of a Person acquiring a Unit
pursuant to Section 3.1(a), without execution hereof.
Section 14.9Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed
entirely therein.
Section 14.10Invalidity of Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
Section 14.11Consent of Members. Each Member hereby expressly consents and agrees that,
whenever in this Agreement it is specified that an action may be taken upon the affirmative vote or
consent of less than all of the Members, such action may be so taken upon the concurrence of less than all
of the Members (but, in all events, only after satisfying the requisite vote or consent) and each Member
shall be bound by the results of such action.
Section 14.12Facsimile Signatures. The use of facsimile signatures affixed in the name and on
behalf of an Officer or Transfer Agent on Certificates is expressly permitted by this Agreement.
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Section 14.13Arbitration of Disputes. Any and all disputes, claims or controversies between
the Company and the Brookfield Member arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including any and
all disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to (i) the Company, (ii) any Member’s,
Director’s or Officer’s rights and obligations hereunder, (iii) the validity or scope of any provision of this
Agreement, (iv) whether a particular dispute, claim or controversy is subject to arbitration under this
Section 14.13 and (v) the power and authority of any arbitrator selected hereunder, that are not resolved
by mutual agreement shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration before Judicial Arbitration and
Mediation Services, Inc. (“JAMS”) pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. The
Company or the Brookfield Member, as applicable, may commence the arbitration process by filing a
written demand for arbitration with JAMS and delivering a copy of such demand to the other party or
parties to the arbitration in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in Section 14.1. The arbitration
shall take place in Wilmington, Delaware, and shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of
JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures in effect at the time of filing of the demand for
arbitration. The parties to the arbitration shall cooperate with JAMS and with each other in selecting an
arbitrator from JAMS’ panel of neutrals and in scheduling the arbitration proceedings. The arbitrator
selected shall be neutral and a former Delaware chancery court judge or, if such judge is not available, a
former U.S. federal judge with experience in adjudicating matters under the law of the State of Delaware;
provided, that if no such person is both willing and able to undertake such a role, the parties to the
arbitration shall cooperate with each other and JAMS in good faith to select such other person as may be
available from a JAMS’ panel of neutrals with experience in adjudicating matters under the law of the
State of Delaware. The parties to the arbitration shall participate in the arbitration in good faith. Each
party to the arbitration shall pay those costs, if any, of arbitration that it must pay to cause this Section
14.13 to be enforceable, and all other costs of arbitration shall be shared equally between the parties to the
arbitration.
The arbitrator shall have no power to modify any of the provisions of this Agreement, to make an
award or impose a remedy that, in each case, is not available to the Delaware chancery court or to make
an award or impose a remedy that was not requested by a party to the dispute, and the jurisdiction of the
arbitrator is limited accordingly. To the extent permitted by law, the arbitrator shall have the power to
order injunctive relief, and shall expeditiously act on any petition for such relief.
The provisions of this Section 14.13 may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction, and,
to the extent permitted by law, the party seeking enforcement shall be entitled to an award of all costs,
fees and expenses incurred in enforcing this Section 14.13, including attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the
party against whom enforcement is ordered. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, any party to an arbitration pursuant to this Section 14.13 shall be entitled to seek a restraining
order or injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent any violation of the provisions of this
Agreement pending a final determination on the merits by the arbitrator, and each party hereby consents
that such a restraining order or injunction may be granted without the necessity of posting any bond.
The details of any arbitration pursuant to this Section 14.13, including the existence or outcome
of such arbitration and any information obtained in connection with any such arbitration, shall be kept
strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed or discussed with any person not a party to the arbitration;
provided, that such party may make such disclosures as are required by applicable law or legal process;
provided, further, that such party may make such disclosures to its, his or her attorneys, accountants or
other agents and representatives who reasonably need to know the disclosed information in connection
with any arbitration pursuant to this Section 14.13 and who are obligated to keep such information
confidential to the same extent as such party. If a party to an arbitration receives a subpoena or other
request for information from a third party that seeks disclosure of any information that is required to be
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kept confidential pursuant to the prior sentence, or otherwise believes that it, he or she may be required to
disclose any such information, such party shall (i) promptly notify the other party to the arbitration and
(ii) reasonably cooperate with such other party in taking any legal or otherwise appropriate actions,
including the seeking of a protective order, to prevent the disclosure, or otherwise protect the
confidentiality, of such information.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) any arbitration pursuant to this Section 14.13 shall not include any
disputes, claims or controversies that do not arise out of or relate to this Agreement, and (ii) any
arbitration pursuant to this Section 14.13 of disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to
this Agreement is intended to be a separate and distinct proceeding from any arbitration or other
adjudication of disputes, claims or controversies between parties to this Agreement that do not arise out of
or relate to this Agreement.
Section 14.14Cumulative Remedies. The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are
cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive its right to use
any or all other remedies. Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties
may have by Law.
Section 14.15No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their permitted assigns and successors and nothing herein,
express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity, any legal or equitable
right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement (other than
pursuant to Section 6.16 or Section 14.3 hereof).
Section 14.16Headings. The headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for
convenience and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the
scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 14.17Construction. The Company and the Brookfield Member each acknowledges and
agrees it has had the opportunity to draft, review and edit the language of this Agreement and that it is
their intent that no presumption for or against any party arising out of drafting all or any part of this
Agreement will be applied in any dispute involving them relating to, in connection with or involving this
Agreement. Accordingly, the Company and the Brookfield Member hereby waive to the fullest extent
permitted by law the benefit of any rule of Law or any legal decision that would require that in cases of
uncertainty, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who drafted
such language.
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[Signature Page to Eighth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of
Brookfield Oaktree Holdings, LLC]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.
Members:
BROOKFIELD OAKTREE HOLDINGS
CANADA INC.
By:   /s/ Swati Mandava                                    
Name:Swati Mandava
Title:Vice President and Secretary
EXCHANGE LP
By: Oaktree Capital Holdings LLC, its general
partner
By:   /s/ Martin Boskovich                                
Name:Martin Boskovich
Title:Managing Director and General Counsel
By:    /s/ Peter Boos                                            
Name: Peter Boos
Title:Senior Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
UNIT DESIGNATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS
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EXECUTION VERSION
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
UNIT DESIGNATION WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS
This Unit Designation (as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, this “Unit Designation”),
dated as of May 17, 2018, is made by Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Unit Designation shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Fourth Amended and Restated
Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 17, 2018 (as it may be amended, supplemented or restated
from time to time, the “Operating Agreement”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.6(a) of the Operating Agreement, the Company has the authority to issue any
number of Units, and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to such Units, for any Company
purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration (which may be cash, property,
services or any other lawful consideration) or for no consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Board of
Directors shall determine, all without the approval of any Member or any other Person;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.6(b) of the Operating Agreement, such additional Units may be issued with such
designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and reflected in a
written action or actions approved by the Board of Directors in compliance with Section 6.1 of the Operating
Agreement, including, among other things, the terms and conditions upon which such Units will be issued or
transferred;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.6(c) of the Operating Agreement, the Board of Directors is authorized to take all
actions that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with, and shall determine in its sole discretion
the rights relating to, the issuance of additional Units and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to
Units; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors determined it advisable and in the best interest of the Company and its Members
to establish a committee of the Board of Directors to designate the Series A Preferred Units as a new class of
Preferred Units, and the terms of the Series A Preferred Units, as set forth in this Unit Designation, have been duly
approved in accordance with the Operating Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby approves and authorizes this Unit Designation on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the
terms used in this Unit Designation. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Operating Agreement.
2011 Incentive Plan” means the 2011 Oaktree Capital Group, LLC Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor or similar plan.
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Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means (x) the rating on any series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no
Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding or no Oaktree Senior Notes are then rated by the applicable Rating Agency,
the Company’s long-term issuer rating by such Rating Agency) is lowered by either of the Rating Agencies in
respect of a Change of Control and (y) any series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are
outstanding or no Oaktree Senior Notes are then rated by the applicable Rating Agency, the Company’s long-term
issuer rating by such Rating Agency) is rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any date from the
date of the public notice by the Company of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of
the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended
until the ratings are announced if during such 60-day period the rating of any series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or,
if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding or no Oaktree Senior Notes are then rated by the applicable Rating
Agency, the Company’s long-term issuer rating by such Rating Agency) is under publicly announced consideration
for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event
otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a
particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of
the definition of Change of Control Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which
this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Company that the reduction
was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect
of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the
time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event). The Company shall request the Rating Agencies to make such
confirmation in connection with any Change of Control.
Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day in which banking institutions in New
York City are authorized or required by law to close.
Change of Control” means the occurrence of the following:
(a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets (other
than any CLO Subsidiaries) of the Oaktree Issuer Group to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than to a Continuing Oaktree Person; or
(b) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the
result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision), other than a Continuing Oaktree Person, becomes (i) the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of a majority of the controlling interests in (A) the
Company or (B) one or more entities that, as of the relevant time, is a guarantor to any series of Oaktree Senior
Notes comprising all or substantially all of the assets of the Oaktree Issuer Group and (ii) entitled to receive a
Majority Economic Interest in connection with such transaction. 
For the avoidance of doubt, the failure of the Permitted Oaktree Holders to collectively hold at least 10% of
the issued and outstanding Oaktree Capital Group Units shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to be a “Change of
Control.”
Change of Control Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade
Rating Event.
CLO” means a collateralized loan obligation vehicle or similar debt securitization vehicle or entity.
CLO Subsidiary” means, at any time, (i) any Subsidiary that (x) manages or has been established to manage one or
more CLOs or (y) is an affiliate of a Subsidiary described in clause (x) that purchases or otherwise acquires and/or
retains securities, obligations or other interests in such CLO for the purpose of, among other things, satisfying
(including on a prospective basis) any applicable risk retention laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, technical
standards or guidance of any Governmental Entity and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Subsidiary described in the preceding
clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, the assets and obligations of any CLO Subsidiary will not be deemed to
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include the assets and obligations of any CLO such CLO Subsidiary may manage, except to the extent of any
ownership of securities or obligations issued by, or other interests in, such CLO held by the CLO Subsidiary.
Continuing Oaktree Person” means, immediately prior to and immediately following any relevant date of
determination, (a) an individual who is a Senior Executive, (b) an individual who is an executive or other employee
of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries who, as of any date of determination, has devoted substantially all of his or
her business and professional time to the activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the 12 month
period immediately preceding such date (each such person, an “Executive”), (c) Oaktree Capital Group Holdings
GP, LLC, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings or any other Person in which any one or more of such individuals
directly or indirectly, singly or as a group, holds a majority of the Voting Units, (d) any Person that is a family
member of such individual or individuals, (e) any trust, foundation or other estate planning vehicle for which such
individual acts as a trustee or beneficiary (any Person referred to in clause (c), (d) or (e) is referred to as a “Related
Party”), or (f) or any Trust or any other entity that acquires all of the Company’s outstanding Class A units in
exchange for common equity interests in such entity immediately following which acquisition the former holders of
Class A units and other Continuing Oaktree Persons collectively are the Beneficial Owners, directly or indirectly, of
a majority of the controlling interests in the Company (any such trust or entity, an “Eligible Holding Entity”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, any
Eligible Holding Entity, each of the Senior Executives and any Related Party of such Senior Executive and each of
the Executives and any Related Party of such Executive shall be deemed to be a Continuing Oaktree Person.
Dissolution Event” means an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Company in accordance with Section 9.1 of
the Operating Agreement.
Distribution Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing
with respect to the Series A Preferred Units, on September 15, 2018.
Distribution Period” means the period from and including a Distribution Payment Date to, but excluding, the next
Distribution Payment Date, except that the initial Distribution Period with respect to the Series A Preferred Units
shall commence on and includes May 17, 2018.
Executive” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Unit Designation in the definition of “Continuing
Oaktree Person.”
Eligible Holding Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Unit Designation in the definition of
“Continuing Oaktree Person.”
Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc. or any successor thereto.
 
Gross Ordinary Income” means the Company’s gross income excluding any gross income attributable to the sale or
exchange of “capital assets” as defined in Section 1221 of the Code. Allocations to Series A Holders of Gross
Ordinary Income shall consist of a proportionate share of each Company item of Gross Ordinary Income for such
Fiscal Year in accordance with each such holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to such holder’s Series A
Preferred Units.
Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating
categories of Fitch) and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or,
in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate a series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior
Notes are outstanding, ceases to assign a long-term issuer rating to the Company) for reasons outside of the
Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company
as a replacement Rating Agency).
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Junior Units” means Class A Units, Class B Units and any other equity securities that the Company may issue after
May 17, 2018 ranking, as to the payment of distributions, junior to the Series A Preferred Units.
Majority Economic Interest” means any right or entitlement to receive more than 50% of the equity distributions or
partnership allocations (whether such right or entitlement results from the ownership of partner or other equity
interests, securities, instruments or agreements of any kind) made to all holders of equity interests in the Oaktree
Issuer Group (other than to entities within the Oaktree Issuer Group).
Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a) of this Unit Designation.
Oaktree Group” means (i) the Manager and its Affiliates, including their respective general partners, members and
limited partners, (ii) the Oaktree Operating Group and its Affiliates, including their respective general partners,
members and limited partners, (iii) with respect to each Principal, such Principal and such Principal’s Group, and
(iv) any former or current director, executive officer, officer, investment professional, or other employee of the
Oaktree Operating Group (or such other entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by a member of the Oaktree
Operating Group) and any member of such Person’s Group.
Oaktree Issuer Group” means the Company, the members of the Oaktree Operating Group and any other entity that,
as of the relevant time, is a guarantor to any series of Oaktree Senior Notes, and their direct and indirect Subsidiaries
(to the extent of their economic ownership interest in such Subsidiaries), taken as a whole.
Oaktree Operating Group” means, for the purpose of this Unit Designation, collectively, (a) as of May 17, 2018,
Oaktree Capital I, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P., Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Oaktree Investment Holdings,
L.P. and Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P., each a Delaware limited partnership, and Oaktree Capital Management
(Cayman), L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and (b) any other subsidiary of the Company
(whether now existing or hereafter formed) that is designated from time to time as part of the Oaktree Operating
Group by the Board of Directors and that either (i) acts as or Controls the general partners and investment advisers
of the Investment Funds or (ii) holds interests in other entities or investments generating income for the Company.
Oaktree Senior Notes” means (i) the 3.91% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2024 issued by Oaktree Capital
Management, L.P., (ii) the 4.01% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2026 issued by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.,
(iii) the 4.21% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2029 issued by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., (iv) the 3.69% Senior
Notes due 2031 issued by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., (v) the 3.78% Senior Notes due 2032 issued by
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and any similar series of senior unsecured debt securities, in each case,
guaranteed by Oaktree Capital I, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P. and Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P., each of which is a
member of the Oaktree Operating Group.
Operating Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Parity Units” means any Company Units, including Preferred Units, that the Company has authorized or issued or
may authorize or issue, the terms of which provide that such securities shall rank equally with the Series A Preferred
Units with respect to payment of distributions and distribution of assets upon a Dissolution Event.
Permitted Distribution” means each of the following: (A) Tax Distributions (as defined in the operating agreements
of the members of the Oaktree Operating Group) received, directly or indirectly, from the Oaktree Operating Group
in accordance with the terms of the operating agreements of the members of the Oaktree Operating Group as in
effect on May 17, 2018, (B) the net unit settlement of equity-based awards granted under the 2011 Equity Incentive
Plan in order to satisfy associated tax obligations (C) exchanges of Common Units of the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries in connection with the exchange of units of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings for Common Units or
equity interests of the Company’s Subsidiaries under the Exchange Agreement, (D) purchases pursuant to put or call
arrangements with current or former Senior Executives, employees or service partners entered into in good faith in
connection with the provision of personal services, (E) distributions of incentive compensation to current or former
Senior Executives, employees or service partners in respect of their “points” interests in the Company’s
Subsidiaries, (F) distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Company, its Subsidiaries or Oaktree Capital Group
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Holdings to enable the Company, its Subsidiaries or Oaktree Capital Group Holdings to pay expenses or satisfy
other obligations (other than obligations in respect of distributions or purchases of Junior Units that would not
otherwise be Permitted Distributions), (G) redemptions of Common Units pursuant to provisions of the Operating
Agreement as in effect on May 17, 2018, (H) purchases in connection with the settlement of a bona fide forward
purchase or accelerated Unit repurchase arrangement with a third party financial institution that is entered into
before the start of the applicable Distribution Period, (I) payments made on redemption or conversion of convertible
notes or convertible preferred equity or the entry into or settlement of call options, bond hedges and/or warrants to
hedge the Company’s exposure in connection with the issuance of the convertible notes or convertible preferred
equity, (J) distributions paid in, or exchanges of Junior Units or Oaktree Capital Group Holdings units for, Junior
Units or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Junior Units or distributions or purchases paid,
directly or indirectly, with proceeds from the substantially concurrent sale of Junior Units and (K) distributions,
directly or indirectly, to Oaktree Capital Group Holdings or its successor to enable it to (1) make distributions in
respect of any outstanding Oaktree Capital Group Holdings equity value units, and (2) purchase any Oaktree Capital
Group Holdings units into which the equity value units have been recapitalized pursuant to any put right exercised
by the holder of such equity value units.
Rating Agency” means:
(a) each of Fitch and S&P; and
(b) if either of Fitch or S&P ceases to rate any series of Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior
Notes are outstanding, ceases to assign a long-term issuer rating to the Company) or fails to make a rating of any
series of Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding, the Company’s long-term issuer
rating) publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a
replacement agency for Fitch or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
Rating Agency Event” means a change to the methodology or criteria that were employed by an applicable
nationally recognized statistical rating organization for purposes of assigning equity credit to securities with features
similar to the Series A Preferred Units on May 17, 2018 (the “current methodology”), which change either
(a) shortens the period of time during which equity credit pertaining to the Series A Preferred Units would have been
in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (b) reduces the amount of equity credit assigned to the
Series A Preferred Units as compared with the amount of equity credit that such rating agency had assigned to the
Series A Preferred Units as of May 17, 2018.
Related Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 in the definition of “Continuing Oaktree Person.”
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
Senior Executive” means, as May 17, 2018, Howard S. Marks, Bruce A. Karsh, Jay S. Wintrob, John B. Frank and
Sheldon M. Stone, and any other person who may from time to time, prior to such time as the Permitted Oaktree
Holders collectively hold less than 10% of the issued and outstanding Oaktree Capital Group Units, be designated by
the Board of Directors as a “Principal” of the Company, in each case until his or her death, disability, resignation or
removal by the Board of Directors.
Series A Distribution Rate” means 6.625%.
Series A Holder” means a Record Holder of Series A Preferred Units.
Series A Liquidation Preference” means $25.00 per Series A Preferred Unit.
Series A Liquidation Value” means the sum of the Series A Liquidation Preference and declared and unpaid
distributions, if any, to, but excluding, the date of the Dissolution Event on the Series A Preferred Units.
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Series A Preferred Unit” means a 6.625% Series A Preferred Unit having the designations, rights, powers and
preferences set forth in Article II of this Unit Designation.
Series A Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Payment Date, the March 1, June 1, September 1 or
December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant March 15, June 15, September 15 or
December 15 Distribution Payment Date, respectively. These Series A Record Dates shall apply regardless of
whether a particular Series A Record Date is a Business Day. The Series A Record Dates shall constitute Record
Dates with respect to the Series A Preferred Units for the purpose of distributions on the Series A Preferred Units.
 
Series A Tax Event” means, after May 17, 2018, (a) due to an amendment to, or a change in official interpretation
of, the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, or administrative guidance or (b) due to an
administrative or judicial determination, (i) the Company is advised by nationally recognized counsel or a “Big
Four” accounting firm that the Company will be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes or otherwise subject to U.S. federal income tax (other than any tax imposed pursuant to
Section 6625 of the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) or (ii) the Company files an IRS Form
8832 (or successor form) electing that the Company be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, the Company converts or merges into a corporation, or the Company is otherwise
treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Unit Designation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Voting Preferred Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a) of this Unit Designation.
ARTICLE II
TERMS, RIGHTS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND DUTIES OF SERIES A
PREFERRED UNITS
Section 2.1 Designation. The Series A Preferred Units are hereby designated and created as a series of Preferred
Units. Each Series A Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series A Preferred Unit. There is
authorized for issuance an unlimited number of Series A Preferred Units. The Series A Preferred Units are not
“Voting Units” for purposes of the Operating Agreement. As of any date of determination, the Percentage Interest as
to any Series A Holder in its capacity as such with respect to Series A Preferred Units shall be 0% as such term
applies to all Members; provided, however, that when such term is used to only apply to Series A Holders,
“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to any holder of Series A Preferred Units in its capacity as such as of
any date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the number of Series A Preferred Units held by such holder on such
date relative to the aggregate number of Series A Preferred Units Outstanding as of such date. The Capital Account
balance of a Member with respect to each Series A Preferred Unit held by such Member shall equal the Liquidation
Preference per Series A Preferred Unit as of the date such Series A Preferred Unit is initially issued and shall be
increased as set forth in Section 2.6 of this Unit Designation. 
Section 2.2 Distributions.
(a) The Series A Holders shall be entitled to receive with respect to each Series A Preferred Unit owned by
such holder, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, in its sole
discretion out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative quarterly cash distributions, on the applicable
Distribution Payment Date that corresponds to the Record Date for which the Board of Directors has declared a
distribution, if any, in an amount equal to the product of (i) 25% and (ii) the rate per annum equal to the Series A
Distribution Rate (subject to Section 2.5(b) of this Unit Designation) and (iii) the Series A Liquidation Preference.
Such distributions shall be non-cumulative. If a Distribution Payment Date is not a Business Day, the related
distribution (if declared) shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as though
paid on such Distribution Payment Date, without any increase to account for the period from such Distribution
Payment Date through the date of actual payment. Distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Units for any
period less than a full Distribution Period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-
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day months. Declared distributions will be payable on the relevant Distribution Payment Date to Series A Holders as
they appear on the Company’s register at the close of business, New York City time, on a Series A Record Date,
provided that if the Series A Record Date is not a Business Day, the declared distributions will be payable on the
relevant Distribution Payment Date to Series A Holders as they appear on the Company’s register at the close of
business, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding such Series A Record Date.
(b) So long as any Series A Preferred Units are Outstanding, unless, in each case, distributions have been
declared and paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Series A Preferred Units for a quarterly Distribution
Period, (i) no distribution, whether in cash or property, may be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the
Junior Units for the remainder of that quarterly Distribution Period and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall
not directly or indirectly repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for consideration any Junior Units other than, in
each case, any Permitted Distributions.
(c) The Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, may, in its sole discretion, choose to
pay distributions on the Series A Preferred Units without the payment of any distributions on any Junior Units.
(d) When distributions are not declared and paid (or duly provided for) on any Distribution Payment Date
(or, in the case of Parity Units having distribution payment dates different from the Distribution Payment Dates
pertaining to the Series A Preferred Units, on a distribution payment date falling within the related Distribution
Period) in full upon the Series A Preferred Units or any Parity Units, all distributions declared upon the Series A
Preferred Units and all such Parity Units payable on such Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Units
having distribution payment dates different from the Distribution Payment Dates, on a distribution payment date
falling within the related Distribution Period) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such
distributions shall bear the same ratio to each other as all declared and unpaid distributions per Unit on the Series A
Preferred Units and all unpaid distributions, including any accumulations, on all Parity Units payable on such
Distribution Payment Date (or in the case of Parity Units having distribution payment dates different from the
Distribution Payment Dates pertaining to the Series A Preferred Units, on a distribution payment date falling within
the related Distribution Period) bear to each other.
(e) No distributions may be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Series A Preferred Units if at
the same time any arrears exist or default exists in the payment of distributions on any Outstanding Units ranking, as
to the payment of distributions and distribution of assets upon a Dissolution Event, senior to the Series A Preferred
Units, subject to any applicable terms of such Outstanding Units.
(f) Series A Holders shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash or property, other
than as provided in this Unit Designation and shall not be entitled to interest, or any sum in lieu of interest, in respect
of any distribution payment, including any such payment which is delayed or foregone.
(g) The Members intend that no portion of the distributions paid to the Series A Holders pursuant to this
Section 2.2 shall be treated as a “guaranteed payment” within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, and no
Member shall take any position inconsistent with such intention, except if there is a change in applicable law or final
determination by the Internal Revenue Service that is inconsistent with such intention.
Section 2.3 Rank. The Series A Preferred Units shall rank, with respect to payment of distributions and distribution
of assets upon a Dissolution Event:
(a) junior to all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness and any equity securities, including
Preferred Units, that the Company may authorize or issue, the terms of which provide that such securities shall rank
senior to the Series A Preferred Units with respect to payment of distributions and distribution of assets upon a
Dissolution Event;
(b) equally to any Parity Units; and
(c) senior to any Junior Units.
Section 2.4 Optional Redemption.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of this Unit Designation, the Series A Preferred Units shall not be
redeemable prior to June 15, 2023. At any time or from time to time on or after June 15, 2023, subject to any
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limitations that may be imposed by law, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series A Preferred
Units, out of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the Liquidation
Preference per Series A Preferred Unit plus an amount equal to declared and unpaid distributions, if any, from the
Distribution Payment Date immediately preceding the redemption date to, but excluding, the redemption date. If less
than all of the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the Company shall select the Series A
Preferred Units to be redeemed from the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units not previously called for redemption
by lot or pro rata (as nearly as possible) or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of The
Depository Trust Company (or its successor or replacement) and in compliance with the requirements of the
Securities Exchange on which the Series A Preferred Units are then listed, if then listed on a Securities Exchange.
(b) In the event the Company shall redeem any or all of the Series A Preferred Units in accordance with
Section 2.4(a) of this Unit Designation, the Company shall give notice of any such redemption to the Series A
Holders (which such notice may be delivered prior to June 15, 2023) not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to
the date fixed for such redemption. Failure to give notice to any Series A Holder shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any Series A Preferred Units being redeemed.
(c) Notice having been given as herein provided and so long as funds legally available and sufficient to pay
the redemption price for all of the Series A Preferred Units called for redemption have been set aside for payment,
from and after the redemption date, such Series A Preferred Units called for redemption shall no longer be deemed
Outstanding, and all rights of the Series A Holders thereof under this Unit Designation, the Operating Agreement or
otherwise shall cease, except for the right to receive the redemption price, without interest.
(d) The Series A Holders shall have no right to require redemption of any Series A Preferred Units.
(e) Without limiting clause (c) of this Section 2.4, if the Company shall deposit, on or prior to any date
fixed for redemption of Series A Preferred Units (pursuant to notice delivered in accordance with Section 2.4(b)),
with any bank or trust company as a trust fund, funds sufficient to redeem the Series A Preferred Units called for
redemption, with irrevocable instructions and authority to such bank or trust company to pay on and after the date
fixed for redemption or such earlier date as the Company may determine, to the respective Series A Holders, the
redemption price thereof, then from and after the date of such deposit (although prior to the date fixed for
redemption) such Series A Preferred Units so called shall be deemed to be redeemed and such deposit shall be
deemed to constitute full payment of said Series A Preferred Units to the holders thereof and from and after the date
of such deposit said Series A Preferred Units shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, and the holders thereof
shall cease to be holders of Units with respect to such Series A Preferred Units, and shall have no rights with respect
thereto under this Unit Designation, the Operating Agreement or otherwise, except only the right to receive from
said bank or trust company, on the redemption date or such earlier date as the Company may determine, payment of
the redemption price of such Series A Preferred Units without interest.
Section 2.5 Change of Control Event Redemption; Series A Tax Event Redemption; Rating Agency Event
Redemption.
(a) If a Change of Control Event occurs prior to June 15, 2023, within 60 days of the occurrence of such
Change of Control Event, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series A Preferred Units, in whole
but not in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25.25 per Series A Preferred
Unit plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the redemption date, without
payment of any undeclared distribution.
 
(b) If (i) a Change of Control Event occurs (whether before, on or after June 15, 2023) and (ii) the
Company does not give notice to the Series A Holders prior to the 31st day following the Change of Control Event
to redeem all the Outstanding Series A Preferred Units, the Series A Distribution Rate shall increase by 5.00%,
beginning on the 31st day following the consummation of such Change of Control Event.
(c) In connection with any Change of Control and any particular reduction in the rating on a series of the
Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding, a reduction in the Company’s long-term issuer
rating), the Company shall request from the Rating Agencies each such Rating Agency’s written confirmation
whether such reduction in the rating on each such series of Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are
outstanding, the Company’s long-term issuer rating) was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance
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comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the
applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of any Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
(d) If a Series A Tax Event occurs prior to June 15, 2023, within 60 days of the occurrence of such Series A
Tax Event, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series A Preferred Units, in whole but not in part,
out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25.50 per Series A Preferred Unit, plus an
amount equal to any declared and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the redemption date, without payment of
any undeclared distribution.
(e) If a Rating Agency Event occurs prior to June 15, 2023, within 60 days of the occurrence of such Rating
Agency Event, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series A Preferred Units, in whole but not in
part, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25.50 per Series A Preferred Unit, plus
an amount equal to any declared and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the redemption date, without payment of
any undeclared distribution.
(f) In the event the Company elects to redeem all of the Series A Preferred Units in accordance with
Section 2.5(a), Section 2.5(d) or Section 2.5(e) of this Unit Designation, the Company shall give notice of any such
redemption to the Series A Holders at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption. Notice of any
redemption, whether in connection with events described in Section 2.5(a), Section 2.5(d) or Section 2.5(e) of this
Unit Designation, may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the
Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or
occurrence of the related events described in Section 2.5(a), Section 2.5(d) or Section 2.5(e) of this Unit
Designation; provided, however, that any notice subject to one or more conditions precedent shall specify a
redemption date no later than June 14, 2023. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more
conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed
until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice
may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or
by the redemption date so delayed; provided, however, that the redemption date, if such redemption is conditional,
shall not be delayed beyond June 14, 2023. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the
redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed
by another Person.
(g) The Series A Holders shall have no right to require redemption of any Series A Preferred Units pursuant
to this Section 2.5.
Section 2.6 Allocations. Before giving effect to the allocations set forth in Section 5.2 of the Operating Agreement,
Gross Ordinary Income for the Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated pro rata to the holders of Series A Preferred
Units in accordance with each holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to their Series A Preferred Units in an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of cash distributed with respect to the Series A Preferred Units pursuant
to Section 2.2 of this Unit Designation during such Fiscal Year and (ii) the excess, if any, of the amount of cash
distributed with respect to the Series A Preferred Units pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Unit Designation in all prior
Fiscal Years over the amount of Gross Ordinary Income allocated to the Series A Holders pursuant to this
Section 2.6 in all prior Fiscal Years. To the extent that there is insufficient Gross Ordinary Income for a Fiscal Year
to allocate to the Series A Holders pursuant to the prior sentence and to the holders of any other Parity Units, Gross
Ordinary Income shall be allocated to the Series A Holders and holders of Parity Units for such Fiscal Year on a pro
rata basis based on the amount of distributions paid in respect of the Series A Preferred Units and such Parity Units,
respectively, in such Fiscal Year.
Section 2.7 Voting.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision in the Operating Agreement to the contrary, and except as set forth in
this Section 2.7, the Series A Preferred Units shall not have any relative, participating, optional or other voting,
consent or approval rights or powers, and the vote, consent or approval of the Series A Holders shall not be required
for the taking of any Company action or inaction. Notwithstanding any provision in the Operating Agreement to the
contrary, if and whenever six quarterly distributions (whether or not consecutive) payable on the Series A Preferred
Units have not been declared and paid (a “Nonpayment”), the number of Directors then constituting the Board of
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Directors automatically shall be increased by two and the Series A Holders, voting together as a single class with the
holders of any other class or series of Parity Units then Outstanding upon which like voting rights have been
conferred and are exercisable (any such other class or series, “Voting Preferred Units”), shall have the right to elect
these two additional Directors at a meeting of the Series A Holders and the holders of such Voting Preferred Units
called as hereafter provided. When quarterly distributions have been declared and paid on the Series A Preferred
Units for four consecutive Distribution Periods following the Nonpayment, then the right of the Series A Holders
and the holders of such Voting Preferred Units to elect such two additional Directors shall cease and the terms of
office of all directors elected by the Series A Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units shall forthwith
terminate immediately and the number of Directors constituting the whole Board of Directors automatically shall be
reduced by two and, for purposes of determining whether a Nonpayment has occurred, the number of quarterly
distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Units that have not been declared and paid shall be reset to zero.
However, the right of the Series A Holders and the holders of the Voting Preferred Units to elect two additional
directors on the Board of Directors shall again vest if and whenever another Nonpayment occurs.
(b) If a Nonpayment or a subsequent Nonpayment shall have occurred, the Company may, and upon the
written request of any holder of Series A Preferred Units (addressed to the Company) shall, call a special meeting of
the Series A Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units for the election of the two Directors to be elected by
them. The Directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting or special
meeting held in lieu thereof if such office shall not have previously terminated as above provided. The Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine a date for a special meeting applying procedures consistent with Article XII of
the Operating Agreement in connection with the expiration of the term of the two Directors elected pursuant to this
Section 2.7. The Series A Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units, voting together as a class, may remove
any director elected by the Series A Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 2.7.
If any vacancy shall occur among the Directors elected by the Series A Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred
Units, a successor shall be elected by the Board of Directors, upon the nomination of the then-remaining Director
elected by the Series A Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units or the successor of such remaining
Director, to serve until the next special meeting (convened as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence) held
in place thereof if such office shall not have previously terminated as above provided. Except to the extent expressly
provided otherwise in this Section 2.7, any such annual or special meeting shall be called and held applying
procedures consistent with Article XII of the Operating Agreement as if references to Members were references to
Series A Holders and holders of Voting Preferred Units.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article XI or Article XII of the Operating Agreement, but
subject to Section 2.7(d) of this Unit Designation, so long as any Series A Preferred Units are Outstanding, the
affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the Series A Holders and holders of the Voting
Preferred Units, at the time Outstanding, voting as a single class regardless of series, given in person or by proxy,
either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary:
(i) to amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of the Operating Agreement relating to the Series
A Preferred Units or any series of Voting Preferred Units, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise,
to affect materially and adversely the rights, powers and preferences of the Series A Holders or holders of
the Voting Preferred Units; and
(ii) to authorize, create or increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of Preferred Units
having rights senior to the Series A Preferred Units with respect to the payment of distributions or amounts
upon any Dissolution Event; provided, however, that,
 
(A) in the case of subparagraph (i) above, no such vote of the Series A Preferred Units or
the Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, shall be required if in connection with any such
amendment, alteration or repeal, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, each Series A Preferred
Unit and Voting Preferred Units remains Outstanding without the terms thereof being materially
changed in any respect adverse to the holders thereof or is converted into or exchanged for
preferred equity securities of the surviving entity having preferences, other rights, voting powers,
restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption
thereof substantially similar to those of such Series A Preferred Units or the Voting Preferred
Units, as the case may be;
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(B) in the case of subparagraph (i) above, if such amendment affects materially and
adversely the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of one or more but not all of the classes or
series of Voting Preferred Units and the Series A Preferred Units at the time Outstanding, the
affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all such
classes or series of Voting Preferred Units and the Series A Preferred Units so affected, voting as a
single class regardless of class or series, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a
meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be required in lieu of (or, if such
consent is required by law, in addition to) the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the votes
entitled to be cast by the Voting Preferred Units and the Series A Preferred Units otherwise
entitled to vote as a single class in accordance herewith; and
(C) in the case of subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, no such vote of the Series A Holders or
holders of the Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, shall be required if, at or prior to the
time when such action is to take effect, provision is made for the redemption of all Series A
Preferred Units or Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, at the time Outstanding or proper
notice of redemption of the Series A Preferred Units or Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be,
at the time Outstanding has been given and funds sufficient to pay the redemption price for all of
the Series A Preferred Units or Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, have been set aside for
payment pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement.
(d) For the purposes of this Section 2.7, neither:
(i) the amendment of provisions of the Operating Agreement so as to authorize or create or issue,
or to increase the authorized amount of, any Junior Units or any Parity Units; nor
(ii) any merger, consolidation or otherwise, in which (1) the Company is the surviving entity and
the Series A Preferred Units remain Outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged in any respect
adverse to the holders thereof; or (2) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is organized under the laws
of any state and substitutes or exchanges the Series A Preferred Units for other preferred equity securities
having rights, powers and preferences (including with respect to redemption thereof) substantially similar
to that of the Series A Preferred Units under this Unit Designation (except for changes that do not
materially and adversely affect the Series A Preferred Units considered as a whole)
shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the rights, powers and preferences of the Series A Preferred Units
or holders of Voting Preferred Units.
(e) For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, each Series A Holder shall have one vote
per Series A Preferred Unit, except that when any other series of Preferred Units shall have the right to vote with the
Series A Preferred Units as a single class on any matter, then the Series A Holders and the holders of such other
series of Preferred Units shall have with respect to such matters one vote per $25.00 of stated liquidation preference.
(f) The Board of Directors may cause the Company to, from time to time, without notice to or consent of
the Series A Holders or holders of other Parity Units, issue additional Series A Preferred Units or other Parity Units.
(g) The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7 will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with
respect to which a vote pursuant to this Section 2.7 would otherwise be required shall be effected, the Series A
Preferred Units shall have been redeemed or proper notice of redemption of the Series A Preferred Units has been
given and funds sufficient to pay the redemption price for all of the Series A Preferred Units have been set aside for
payment pursuant to the terms of this Unit Designation.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 2.7, if at any time any Person or Group (other than
any member of the Oaktree Group) is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Outstanding Series A Preferred
Units, all Series A Preferred Units owned by such Person or Group shall not be entitled to be voted on any matter
and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Members to vote on any matter
(unless otherwise required by Applicable Law), calculating required votes, determining the presence of a quorum or
for other similar purposes under this Unit Designation and the Operating Agreement; provided, that the foregoing
limitation shall not apply: (i) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Series A Preferred Units then
Outstanding directly from any member of the Oaktree Group; (ii) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or
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more of the Series A Preferred Units then Outstanding directly or indirectly from a Person or Group described in
clause (i) provided that the Board of Directors shall have notified such Person or Group in writing that such
limitation shall not apply; or (iii) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Series A Preferred Units
with the prior written approval of the Board of Directors, which approval may be withheld in the Board of Directors’
sole discretion.
(i) So long as any Series A Preferred Units are Outstanding and only in the event of a Nonpayment, the
Manager hereby irrevocably (i) agrees that from time to time, automatically and without further action by the
Manager, the size of the Board of Directors shall be increased by two and that the corresponding vacancies be filled,
as provided by this Section 2.7, and that from time to time directors be removed and the size of the Board of
Directors correspondingly decreased, as provided by this Section 2.7, and (ii) delegates to such Members as
expressly provided in this Section 2.7 the filling of such vacancies and election of such directors from time to time.
Section 2.8 Liquidation Rights.
(a) Upon any Dissolution Event, after payment or provision for the liabilities of the Company (including
the expenses of such Dissolution Event) and the satisfaction of all claims ranking senior to the Series A Preferred
Units in accordance with Section 9.3 of the Operating Agreement, the Series A Holders shall be entitled to receive
out of the assets of the Company or proceeds thereof available for distribution to Members, before any payment or
distribution of assets is made in respect of Junior Units, distributions equal to the lesser of (x) the Series A
Liquidation Value and (y) the positive balance in their Capital Accounts (to the extent such positive balance is
attributable to ownership of the Series A Preferred Units and after taking into account allocations of Gross Ordinary
Income to the Series A Holders pursuant to Section 2.6 of this Unit Designation for the taxable year in which the
Dissolution Event occurs) pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Operating Agreement, pro rata based on the full respective
distributable amounts to which each Series A Holder is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.8(a).
(b) Upon a Dissolution Event, after each Series A Holder receives a payment equal to the positive balance
in its Capital Account (to the extent such positive balance is attributable to ownership of the Series A Preferred
Units and after taking into account allocations of Gross Ordinary Income to the Series A Holders pursuant to
Section 2.6 for the taxable year in which the Dissolution Event occurs), such Series A Holder shall not be entitled to
any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.
 
(c) If the assets of the Company available for distribution upon a Dissolution Event are insufficient to pay
in full the aggregate amount payable to the Series A Holders and the holders of all other Outstanding Parity Units, if
any, such assets shall be distributed to the Series A Holders and the holders of such Parity Units pro rata, based on
the full respective distributable amounts to which each such Member is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.8.
(d) Nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be understood to entitle the Series A Holders to be paid any amount
upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event until holders of any classes or series of Units ranking, as to the
distribution of assets upon a Dissolution Event, senior to the Series A Preferred Units have been paid all amounts to
which such classes or series of Units are entitled.
(e) For the purposes of this Unit Designation, neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer, for cash,
Units, securities or other consideration, of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or assets nor the
consolidation, merger or amalgamation of the Company with or into any other entity or the consolidation, merger or
amalgamation of any other entity with or into the Company shall be deemed to be a Dissolution Event,
notwithstanding that for other purposes, such as for tax purposes, such an event may constitute a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.8, no payment will
be made to the Series A Holders pursuant to this Section 2.8 (i) upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or upon any reorganization of the Company
pursuant to Article XI of the Operating Agreement, with or without approval of the Members (including a
transaction pursuant to Section 11.3 of the Operating Agreement) or (ii) if the Company engages in a reorganization
or other transaction in which a successor to the Company issues equity securities to the Series A Holders that have
rights, powers and preferences that are substantially similar to the rights, powers and preferences of the Series A
Preferred Units pursuant to provisions of this Unit Designation that allow the Company to do so without the
approval of the Members. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Article II (including Section 2.7),
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the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Series A Holder, amend this Article
II to allow for the transactions in this Section 2.8(e).
Section 2.9 No Duties to Series A Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Operating Agreement, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Board of Directors nor any other Indemnified Person shall have any
duties or liabilities to the Series A Holders.
Section 2.10 Forum Selection. Each Person that holds or has held a Series A Preferred Unit and each Person that
holds or has held any beneficial interest in a Series A Preferred Unit (whether through a broker, dealer, bank, trust
company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing or otherwise), to the fullest extent permitted by
law, (i) irrevocably agrees that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings against the Company, or any Director,
officer, employee, control person, underwriter or agent of the Company, asserted under United States federal
securities laws, otherwise arising under such laws, or that could have been asserted as a claim arising under such
laws, shall be exclusively brought in the federal district courts of the United States of America (except, and only to
the extent, that any such claims, actions or proceedings are of a type for which a Member may not waive its right to
maintain a legal action or proceeding in the courts of the State of Delaware with respect to matters relating to the
organization or internal affairs of the Company as set forth under Section 18-109(d) of the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act); (ii) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in connection with any
such claim, suit, action or proceeding; and (iii) irrevocably agrees not to, and waives any right to, assert in any such
claim, suit, action or proceeding that (A) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts or any other
court to which proceedings in such courts may be appealed, (B) such claim, suit, action or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum, or (C) the venue of such claim, suit, action or proceeding is improper.
ARTICLE III
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE UNITS
Section 3.1. Right to Acquire Units.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Unit Designation, Article XIII
“Right to Acquire Units” of the Operating Agreement shall apply to the Series A Preferred Units.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.1. Effectiveness. Pursuant to Section 4.6(b) of the Operating Agreement, this Unit Designation (or any
action of the Board of Directors amending this Unit Designation) shall be effective when a duly executed original of
the same is delivered to the Secretary for inclusion in the permanent records of the Company, and shall be annexed
to, and constitute a part of, the Operating Agreement.
Section 4.2 Conflicts. To the extent that any provision of this Unit Designation conflicts or is inconsistent with the
Operating Agreement, the terms of this Unit Designation shall control.
Section 4.3 Governing Law. This Unit Designation shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely therein.
Section 4.4 Severability. If any provision of this Unit Designation is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be
affected thereby. 
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[Signature Page to Unit Designation – Series A Preferred Units]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Unit Designation to be duly executed and delivered, all as
of the date first set forth above.
 
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
By:
/s/ Todd Molz
Name:
Todd Molz
Title:
General Counsel &
Chief Administrative Officer
By:  
 
/s/ Richard Ting
Name:
Richard Ting
Title:
Managing Director &
Associate General Counsel
 
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP HOLDINGS
GP, LLC, solely in its capacity as a Manager
and for the purpose of the Manager’s
agreement in Section 2.7(i)
By:
/s/ Todd Molz
Name:
Todd Molz
Title:
General Counsel &
Chief Administrative Officer
By:  
 
/s/ Richard Ting
Name:
Richard Ting
Title:
Managing Director &
Associate General Counsel
EXHIBIT 2
UNIT DESIGNATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES B PREFERRED UNITS
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EXECUTION VERSION
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
UNIT DESIGNATION WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERIES B PREFERRED UNITS
This Unit Designation (as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, this “Unit Designation”),
dated as of August 9, 2018, is made by Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but
not defined in this Unit Designation shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Fourth Amended and
Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 17, 2018, as amended by the Unit Designation with
respect to the Series A Preferred Units, dated as of May 17, 2018 (and as it may be further amended, supplemented
or restated from time to time, the “Operating Agreement”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.6(a) of the Operating Agreement, the Company has the authority to issue any
number of Units, and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to such Units, for any Company
purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration (which may be cash, property,
services or any other lawful consideration) or for no consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Board of
Directors shall determine, all without the approval of any Member or any other Person;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.6(b) of the Operating Agreement, such additional Units may be issued with
such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and reflected
in a written action or actions approved by the Board of Directors in compliance with Section 6.1 of the Operating
Agreement, including, among other things, the terms and conditions upon which such Units will be issued or
transferred;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.6(c) of the Operating Agreement, the Board of Directors is authorized to take all
actions that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with, and shall determine in its sole discretion
the rights relating to, the issuance of additional Units and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to
Units; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors determined it advisable and in the best interest of the Company and its Members
to establish a committee of the Board of Directors to designate the Series B Preferred Units as a new class of
Preferred Units, and the terms of the Series B Preferred Units, as set forth in this Unit Designation, have been duly
approved in accordance with the Operating Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby approves and authorizes this Unit Designation on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the
terms used in this Unit Designation. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given
to them in the Operating Agreement.
2011 Incentive Plan” means the 2011 Oaktree Capital Group, LLC Equity Incentive Plan, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor or similar plan.
Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means (x) the rating on any series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no
Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding or no Oaktree Senior Notes are then rated by the applicable Rating Agency,
the Company’s long-term issuer rating by such Rating Agency) is lowered by either of the Rating Agencies in
respect of a Change of Control and (y) any series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are
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outstanding or no Oaktree Senior Notes are then rated by the applicable Rating Agency, the Company’s long-term
issuer rating by such Rating Agency) is rated below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any date from the
date of the public notice by the Company of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of
the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended
until the ratings are announced if during such 60-day period the rating of any series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or,
if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding or no Oaktree Senior Notes are then rated by the applicable Rating
Agency, the Company’s long-term issuer rating by such Rating Agency) is under publicly announced consideration
for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event
otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a
particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of
the definition of Change of Control Event hereunder) if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which
this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Company that the reduction
was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of,
the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of
the Below Investment Grade Rating Event). The Company shall request the Rating Agencies to make such
confirmation in connection with any Change of Control.
Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day in which banking institutions in New
York City are authorized or required by law to close.
Change of Control” means the occurrence of the following:
(a)the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets (other
than any CLO Subsidiaries) of the Oaktree Issuer Group to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than to a Continuing Oaktree Person; or
(b)the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the
result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision), other than a Continuing Oaktree Person, becomes (i) the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of a majority of the controlling interests in (A) the
Company or (B) one or more entities that, as of the relevant time, is a guarantor to any series of Oaktree Senior
Notes comprising all or substantially all of the assets of the Oaktree Issuer Group and (ii) entitled to receive a
Majority Economic Interest in connection with such transaction.
For the avoidance of doubt, the failure of the Permitted Oaktree Holders to collectively hold at least 10% of
the issued and outstanding Oaktree Capital Group Units shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to be a “Change of
Control.”
Change of Control Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade
Rating Event.
CLO” means a collateralized loan obligation vehicle or similar debt securitization vehicle or entity.
CLO Subsidiary” means, at any time, (i) any Subsidiary that (x) manages or has been established to manage one or
more CLOs or (y) is an affiliate of a Subsidiary described in clause (x) that purchases or otherwise acquires and/or
retains securities, obligations or other interests in such CLO for the purpose of, among other things, satisfying
(including on a prospective basis) any applicable risk retention laws, rules, regulations, guidelines, technical standards
or guidance of any Governmental Entity and (ii) any Subsidiary of a Subsidiary described in the preceding clause (i).
For the avoidance of doubt, the assets and obligations of any CLO Subsidiary will not be deemed to include the assets
and obligations of any CLO such CLO Subsidiary may manage, except to the extent of any ownership of securities or
obligations issued by, or other interests in, such CLO held by the CLO Subsidiary.
Continuing Oaktree Person” means, immediately prior to and immediately following any relevant date of
determination, (a) an individual who is a Senior Executive, (b) an individual who is an executive or other employee
of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries who, as of any date of determination, has devoted substantially all of his or
her business and professional time to the activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the 12 month
period immediately preceding such date (each such person, an “Executive”), (c) Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP,
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LLC, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings or any other Person in which any one or more of such individuals directly or
indirectly, singly or as a group, holds a majority of the Voting Units, (d) any Person that is a family member of such
individual or individuals, (e) any trust, foundation or other estate planning vehicle for which such individual acts as a
trustee or beneficiary (any Person referred to in clause (c), (d) or (e) is referred to as a “Related Party”), or (f) any
Trust or any other entity that acquires all of the Company’s outstanding Class A units in exchange for common
equity interests in such entity immediately following which acquisition the former holders of Class A units and other
Continuing Oaktree Persons collectively are the Beneficial Owners, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the
controlling interests in the Company (any such trust or entity, an “Eligible Holding Entity”). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC, Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, any Eligible Holding Entity,
each of the Senior Executives and any Related Party of such Senior Executive and each of the Executives and any
Related Party of such Executive shall be deemed to be a Continuing Oaktree Person.
Dissolution Event” means an event giving rise to the dissolution of the Company in accordance with Section 9.1 of
the Operating Agreement.
Distribution Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing
with respect to the Series B Preferred Units, on December 15, 2018.
Distribution Period” means the period from and including a Distribution Payment Date to, but excluding, the next
Distribution Payment Date, except that the initial Distribution Period with respect to the Series B Preferred Units
shall commence on and includes August 9, 2018.
Executive” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Unit Designation in the definition of “Continuing
Oaktree Person.”
Eligible Holding Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Unit Designation in the definition of
“Continuing Oaktree Person.”
Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc. or any successor thereto.
Gross Ordinary Income” means the Company’s gross income excluding any gross income attributable to the sale or
exchange of “capital assets” as defined in Section 1221 of the Code. Allocations to Series B Holders of Gross
Ordinary Income shall consist of a proportionate share of each Company item of Gross Ordinary Income for such
Fiscal Year in accordance with each such holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to such holder’s Series B
Preferred Units.
Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating
categories of Fitch) and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or,
in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate a series of the Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior
Notes are outstanding, ceases to assign a long-term issuer rating to the Company) for reasons outside of the
Company’s control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company
as a replacement Rating Agency).
Junior Units” means Class A Units, Class B Units and any other equity securities that the Company may issue after
August 9, 2018 ranking, as to the payment of distributions, junior to the Series B Preferred Units.
Majority Economic Interest” means any right or entitlement to receive more than 50% of the equity distributions or
partnership allocations (whether such right or entitlement results from the ownership of partner or other equity
interests, securities, instruments or agreements of any kind) made to all holders of equity interests in the Oaktree
Issuer Group (other than to entities within the Oaktree Issuer Group).
Nonpayment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a) of this Unit Designation.
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Oaktree Group” means (i) the Manager and its Affiliates, including their respective general partners, members and
limited partners, (ii) the Oaktree Operating Group and its Affiliates, including their respective general partners,
members and limited partners, (iii) with respect to each Principal, such Principal and such Principal’s Group, and
(iv) any former or current director, executive officer, officer, investment professional, or other employee of the
Oaktree Operating Group (or such other entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by a member of the Oaktree
Operating Group) and any member of such Person’s Group.
Oaktree Issuer Group” means the Company, the members of the Oaktree Operating Group and any other entity that,
as of the relevant time, is a guarantor to any series of Oaktree Senior Notes, and their direct and indirect Subsidiaries
(to the extent of their economic ownership interest in such Subsidiaries), taken as a whole.
Oaktree Operating Group” means, for the purpose of this Unit Designation, collectively, (a) as of August 9, 2018,
Oaktree Capital I, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P., Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Oaktree Investment Holdings,
L.P. and Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P., each a Delaware limited partnership, and Oaktree Capital Management
(Cayman), L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and (b) any other subsidiary of the Company
(whether now existing or hereafter formed) that is designated from time to time as part of the Oaktree Operating
Group by the Board of Directors and that either (i) acts as or Controls the general partners and investment advisers
of the Investment Funds or (ii) holds interests in other entities or investments generating income for the Company.
Oaktree Senior Notes” means (i) the 3.91% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2024 issued by Oaktree Capital
Management, L.P., (ii) the 4.01% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2026 issued by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.,
(iii) the 4.21% Senior Notes, Series C, due 2029 issued by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., (iv) the 3.69% Senior
Notes due 2031 issued by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., (v) the 3.78% Senior Notes due 2032 issued by
Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and any similar series of senior unsecured debt securities, in each case,
guaranteed by Oaktree Capital I, L.P., Oaktree Capital II, L.P. and Oaktree AIF Investments, L.P., each of which is a
member of the Oaktree Operating Group.
Operating Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Parity Units” means any Company Units, including Preferred Units, that the Company has authorized or issued or
may authorize or issue, the terms of which provide that such securities shall rank equally with the Series B Preferred
Units with respect to payment of distributions and distribution of assets upon a Dissolution Event. As of August 9,
2018, there were 7,200,000 Series A Preferred Units Outstanding and the Series A Preferred Units were the only
Outstanding Company Units that were Parity Units as of such date.
Permitted Distribution” means each of the following: (A) Tax Distributions (as defined in the operating agreements
of the members of the Oaktree Operating Group) received, directly or indirectly, from the Oaktree Operating Group in
accordance with the terms of the operating agreements of the members of the Oaktree Operating Group as in effect on
August 9, 2018, (B) the net unit settlement of equity-based awards granted under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan in
order to satisfy associated tax obligations (C) exchanges of Common Units of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries in
connection with the exchange of units of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings for Common Units or equity interests of the
Company’s Subsidiaries under the Exchange Agreement, (D) purchases pursuant to put or call arrangements with
current or former Senior Executives, employees or service partners entered into in good faith in connection with the
provision of personal services, (E) distributions of incentive compensation to current or former Senior Executives,
employees or service partners in respect of their “points” interests in the Company’s
Subsidiaries, (F) distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Company, its Subsidiaries or Oaktree Capital Group
Holdings to enable the Company, its Subsidiaries or Oaktree Capital Group Holdings to pay expenses or satisfy other
obligations (other than obligations in respect of distributions or purchases of Junior Units that would not otherwise be
Permitted Distributions), (G) redemptions of Common Units pursuant to provisions of the Operating Agreement as in
effect on August 9, 2018, (H) purchases in connection with the settlement of a bona fide forward purchase or
accelerated Unit repurchase arrangement with a third party financial institution that is entered into before the start of
the applicable Distribution Period, (I) payments made on redemption or conversion of convertible notes or convertible
preferred equity or the entry into or settlement of call options, bond hedges and/or warrants to hedge the Company’s
exposure in connection with the issuance of the convertible notes or convertible preferred equity, (J) distributions
paid in, or exchanges of Junior Units or Oaktree Capital Group Holdings units for, Junior Units or options, warrants
or rights to subscribe for or purchase Junior Units or distributions or purchases paid, directly or indirectly, with
proceeds from the substantially concurrent sale of Junior Units and (K) distributions, directly or indirectly, to
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Oaktree Capital Group Holdings or its successor to enable it to (1) make distributions in respect of any outstanding
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings equity value units, and (2) purchase any Oaktree Capital Group Holdings units into
which the equity value units have been recapitalized pursuant to any put right exercised by the holder of such units.
Rating Agency” means:
(a)each of Fitch and S&P; and
(b)if either of Fitch or S&P ceases to rate any series of Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior
Notes are outstanding, ceases to assign a long-term issuer rating to the Company) or fails to make a rating of any
series of Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding, the Company’s long-term issuer
rating) publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a
replacement agency for Fitch or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
Rating Agency Event” means a change to the methodology or criteria that were employed by an applicable
nationally recognized statistical rating organization for purposes of assigning equity credit to securities with features
similar to the Series B Preferred Units on August 9, 2018 (the “current methodology”), which change either
(a) shortens the period of time during which equity credit pertaining to the Series B Preferred Units would have been
in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (b) reduces the amount of equity credit assigned to the
Series B Preferred Units as compared with the amount of equity credit that such rating agency had assigned to the
Series B Preferred Units as of August 9, 2018.
Related Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Unit Designation in the definition of “Continuing
Oaktree Person.”
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
Senior Executive” means, as of August 9, 2018, Howard S. Marks, Bruce A. Karsh, Jay S. Wintrob, John B. Frank
and Sheldon M. Stone, and any other person who may from time to time, prior to such time as the Permitted Oaktree
Holders collectively hold less than 10% of the issued and outstanding Oaktree Capital Group Units, be designated by
the Board of Directors as a “Principal” of the Company, in each case until his or her death, disability, resignation or
removal by the Board of Directors.
Series B Distribution Rate” means 6.550%.
Series B Holder” means a Record Holder of Series B Preferred Units.
Series B Liquidation Preference” means $25.00 per Series B Preferred Unit.
Series B Liquidation Value” means the sum of the Series B Liquidation Preference and declared and unpaid
distributions, if any, to, but excluding, the date of the Dissolution Event on the Series B Preferred Units.
Series B Preferred Unit” means a 6.550% Series B Preferred Unit having the designations, rights, powers and
preferences set forth in Article II of this Unit Designation.
Series B Record Date” means, with respect to any Distribution Payment Date, the March 1, June 1, September 1 or
December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant March 15, June 15, September 15 or December
15 Distribution Payment Date, respectively. These Series B Record Dates shall apply regardless of whether a
particular Series B Record Date is a Business Day. The Series B Record Dates shall constitute Record Dates with
respect to the Series B Preferred Units for the purpose of distributions on the Series B Preferred Units.
Series B Tax Event” means, after August 9, 2018, (a) due to an amendment to, or a change in official interpretation
of, the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, or administrative guidance or (b) due to an
administrative or judicial determination, (i) the Company is advised by nationally recognized counsel or a “Big
Four” accounting firm that the Company will be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes or otherwise subject to U.S. federal income tax (other than any tax imposed pursuant to Section
6625 of the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) or (ii) the Company files an IRS Form 8832
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(or successor form) electing that the Company be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, the Company converts or merges into a corporation, or the Company is otherwise treated as an
association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Unit Designation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Voting Preferred Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a) of this Unit Designation.
ARTICLE II
TERMS, RIGHTS, POWERS, PREFERENCES AND DUTIES OF SERIES B
PREFERRED UNITS
Section 2.1 Designation. The Series B Preferred Units are hereby designated and created as a series of Preferred
Units. Each Series B Preferred Unit shall be identical in all respects to every other Series B Preferred Unit. There is
authorized for issuance an unlimited number of Series B Preferred Units. The Series B Preferred Units are not
“Voting Units” for purposes of the Operating Agreement. As of any date of determination, the Percentage Interest as
to any Series B Holder in its capacity as such with respect to Series B Preferred Units shall be 0% as such term
applies to all Members; provided, however, that when such term is used to only apply to Series B Holders,
“Percentage Interest” shall mean, with respect to any holder of Series B Preferred Units in its capacity as such as of
any date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the number of Series B Preferred Units held by such holder on such
date relative to the aggregate number of Series B Preferred Units Outstanding as of such date. The Capital Account
balance of a Member with respect to each Series B Preferred Unit held by such Member shall equal the Liquidation
Preference per Series B Preferred Unit as of the date such Series B Preferred Unit is initially issued and shall be
increased as set forth in Section 2.6 of this Unit Designation.
Section 2.2 Distributions.
(a)The Series B Holders shall be entitled to receive with respect to each Series B Preferred Unit owned by
such holder, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, in its sole
discretion out of funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative quarterly cash distributions, on the applicable
Distribution Payment Date that corresponds to the Record Date for which the Board of Directors has declared a
distribution, if any, in an amount equal to the product of (i) 25% and (ii) the rate per annum equal to the Series B
Distribution Rate (subject to Section 2.5(b) of this Unit Designation) and (iii) the Series B Liquidation Preference.
Such distributions shall be non-cumulative. If a Distribution Payment Date is not a Business Day, the related
distribution (if declared) shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as though
paid on such Distribution Payment Date, without any increase to account for the period from such Distribution
Payment Date through the date of actual payment. Distributions payable on the Series B Preferred Units for the
Distribution Period commencing on August 9, 2018 and for any period less than a full Distribution Period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Declared distributions will be payable
on the relevant Distribution Payment Date to Series B Holders as they appear on the Company’s register at the close
of business, New York City time, on a Series B Record Date, provided that if the Series B Record Date is not a
Business Day, the declared distributions will be payable on the relevant Distribution Payment Date to Series B
Holders as they appear on the Company’s register at the close of business, New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding such Series B Record Date.
(b)So long as any Series B Preferred Units are Outstanding, unless, in each case, distributions have been
declared and paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Series B Preferred Units for a quarterly Distribution
Period, (i) no distribution, whether in cash or property, may be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Junior
Units for the remainder of that quarterly Distribution Period and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not
directly or indirectly repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for consideration any Junior Units other than, in each
case, any Permitted Distributions.
(c)The Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, may, in its sole discretion, choose to
pay distributions on the Series B Preferred Units without the payment of any distributions on any Junior Units.
(d)When distributions are not declared and paid (or duly provided for) on any Distribution Payment Date
(or, in the case of Parity Units having distribution payment dates different from the Distribution Payment Dates
pertaining to the Series B Preferred Units, on a distribution payment date falling within the related Distribution
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Period) in full upon the Series B Preferred Units or any Parity Units, all distributions declared upon the Series B
Preferred Units and all such Parity Units payable on such Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Units
having distribution payment dates different from the Distribution Payment Dates, on a distribution payment date
falling within the related Distribution Period) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such
distributions shall bear the same ratio to each other as all declared and unpaid distributions per Unit on the Series B
Preferred Units and all unpaid distributions, including any accumulations, on all Parity Units payable on such
Distribution Payment Date (or in the case of Parity Units having distribution payment dates different from the
Distribution Payment Dates pertaining to the Series B Preferred Units, on a distribution payment date falling within
the related Distribution Period) bear to each other.
(e)No distributions may be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Series B Preferred Units if at
the same time any arrears exist or default exists in the payment of distributions on any Outstanding Units ranking, as
to the payment of distributions and distribution of assets upon a Dissolution Event, senior to the Series B Preferred
Units, subject to any applicable terms of such Outstanding Units.
(f)Series B Holders shall not be entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash or property,
other than as provided in this Unit Designation and shall not be entitled to interest, or any sum in lieu of interest, in
respect of any distribution payment, including any such payment which is delayed or foregone.
(g)The Members intend that no portion of the distributions paid to the Series B Holders pursuant to this
Section 2.2 shall be treated as a “guaranteed payment” within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, and no
Member shall take any position inconsistent with such intention, except if there is a change in applicable law or final
determination by the Internal Revenue Service that is inconsistent with such intention.
Section 2.3 Rank. The Series B Preferred Units shall rank, with respect to payment of distributions and distribution
of assets upon a Dissolution Event:
(a)junior to all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness and any equity securities, including
Preferred Units, that the Company may authorize or issue, the terms of which provide that such securities shall rank
senior to the Series B Preferred Units with respect to payment of distributions and distribution of assets upon a
Dissolution Event;
(b)equally to any Parity Units; and
(c)senior to any Junior Units.
Section 2.4 Optional Redemption.
(a)Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of this Unit Designation, the Series B Preferred Units shall not be
redeemable prior to September 15, 2023. At any time or from time to time on or after September 15, 2023, subject to any
limitations that may be imposed by law, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series B Preferred Units,
out of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the Liquidation Preference per
Series B Preferred Unit plus an amount equal to declared and unpaid distributions, if any, from the Distribution Payment
Date immediately preceding the redemption date to, but excluding, the redemption date. If less than all of the
Outstanding Series B Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the Company shall select the Series B Preferred Units to be
redeemed from the Outstanding Series B Preferred Units not previously called for redemption by lot or pro rata (as nearly
as possible) or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures of The
Depository Trust Company (or its successor or replacement) and in compliance with the requirements of the
Securities Exchange on which the Series B Preferred Units are then listed, if then listed on a Securities Exchange.
(b)In the event the Company shall redeem any or all of the Series B Preferred Units in accordance with
Section 2.4(a) of this Unit Designation, the Company shall give notice of any such redemption to the Series B
Holders (which such notice may be delivered prior to September 15, 2023) not more than 60 nor less than 30 days
prior to the date fixed for such redemption. Failure to give notice to any Series B Holder shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any Series B Preferred Units being redeemed.
(c)Notice having been given as herein provided and so long as funds legally available and sufficient to
pay the redemption price for all of the Series B Preferred Units called for redemption have been set aside for payment,
from and after the redemption date, such Series B Preferred Units called for redemption shall no longer be deemed
Outstanding, and all rights of the Series B Holders thereof under this Unit Designation, the Operating Agreement or
otherwise shall cease, except for the right to receive the redemption price, without interest.
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(d)The Series B Holders shall have no right to require redemption of any Series B Preferred Units.
(e)Without limiting clause (c) of this Section 2.4, if the Company shall deposit, on or prior to any date
fixed for redemption of Series B Preferred Units (pursuant to notice delivered in accordance with Section 2.4(b)), with
any bank or trust company as a trust fund, funds sufficient to redeem the Series B Preferred Units called for
redemption, with irrevocable instructions and authority to such bank or trust company to pay on and after the date
fixed for redemption or such earlier date as the Company may determine, to the respective Series B Holders, the
redemption price thereof, then from and after the date of such deposit (although prior to the date fixed for redemption)
such Series B Preferred Units so called shall be deemed to be redeemed and such deposit shall be deemed to constitute
full payment of said Series B Preferred Units to the holders thereof and from and after the date of such deposit said
Series B Preferred Units shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding, and the holders thereof shall cease to be holders
of Units with respect to such Series B Preferred Units, and shall have no rights with respect thereto under this Unit
Designation, the Operating Agreement or otherwise, except only the right to receive from said bank or trust company,
on the redemption date or such earlier date as the Company may determine, payment of the redemption price of such
Series B Preferred Units without interest.
Section 2.5 Change of Control Event Redemption; Series B Tax Event Redemption; Rating Agency Event 
Redemption.
(a)If a Change of Control Event occurs prior to September 15, 2023, within 60 days of the occurrence of
such Change of Control Event, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole
but not in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25.25 per Series B Preferred
Unit plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the redemption date, without
payment of any undeclared distribution.
(b)If (i) a Change of Control Event occurs (whether before, on or after September 15, 2023) and (ii) the
Company does not give notice to the Series B Holders prior to the 31st day following the Change of Control Event
to redeem all the Outstanding Series B Preferred Units, the Series B Distribution Rate shall increase by 5.00%,
beginning on the 31st day following the consummation of such Change of Control Event.
(c)In connection with any Change of Control and any particular reduction in the rating on a series of the
Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding, a reduction in the Company’s long-term issuer
rating), the Company shall request from the Rating Agencies each such Rating Agency’s written confirmation whether
such reduction in the rating on each such series of Oaktree Senior Notes (or, if no Oaktree Senior Notes are outstanding,
the Company’s long-term issuer rating) was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or
arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control
shall have occurred at the time of any Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
(d)If a Series B Tax Event occurs prior to September 15, 2023, within 60 days of the occurrence of such
Series B Tax Event, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole but not
in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25.50 per Series B Preferred Unit,
plus an amount equal to any declared and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the redemption date, without
payment of any undeclared distribution.
(e)If a Rating Agency Event occurs prior to September 15, 2023, within 60 days of the occurrence of such
Rating Agency Event, the Company may, in its sole discretion, redeem the Series B Preferred Units, in whole but not
in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to $25.50 per Series B Preferred Unit, plus
an amount equal to any declared and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the redemption date, without payment of
any undeclared distribution. In the event the Company elects to redeem all of the Series B Preferred Units in
accordance with Section 2.5(a), Section 2.5(d) or Section 2.5(e) of this Unit Designation, the Company shall give
notice of any such redemption to the Series B Holders at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption.
Notice of any redemption, whether in connection with events described in Section 2.5(a), Section 2.5(d) or Section
2.5(e) of this Unit Designation, may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may,
at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion
or occurrence of the related events described in Section 2.5(a), Section 2.5(d) or Section 2.5(e) of this Unit
Designation; provided, however, that any notice subject to one or more conditions precedent shall specify a
redemption date no later than September 15, 2023. In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or
more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be
delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such
notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption
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date, or by the redemption date so delayed; provided, however, that the redemption date, if such redemption is
conditional, shall not be delayed beyond September 15, 2023. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice
that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption
may be performed by another Person.
(f)The Series B Holders shall have no right to require redemption of any Series B Preferred Units pursuant
to this Section 2.5.
Section 2.6 Allocations. Before giving effect to the allocations set forth in Section 5.2 of the Operating Agreement,
Gross Ordinary Income for the Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated pro rata to the holders of Series B Preferred
Units in accordance with each holder’s Percentage Interest with respect to their Series B Preferred Units in an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of cash distributed with respect to the Series B Preferred Units pursuant to
Section 2.2 of this Unit Designation during such Fiscal Year and (ii) the excess, if any, of the amount of cash
distributed with respect to the Series B Preferred Units pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Unit Designation in all prior
Fiscal Years over the amount of Gross Ordinary Income allocated to the Series B Holders pursuant to this
Section 2.6 in all prior Fiscal Years. To the extent that there is insufficient Gross Ordinary Income for a Fiscal Year
to allocate to the Series B Holders pursuant to the prior sentence and to the holders of any other Parity Units, Gross
Ordinary Income shall be allocated to the Series B Holders and holders of Parity Units for such Fiscal Year on a pro
rata basis based on the amount of distributions paid in respect of the Series B Preferred Units and such Parity Units,
respectively, in such Fiscal Year.
Section 2.7 Voting.
(a)Notwithstanding any provision in the Operating Agreement to the contrary, and except as set forth in this
Section 2.7, the Series B Preferred Units shall not have any relative, participating, optional or other voting, consent or
approval rights or powers, and the vote, consent or approval of the Series B Holders shall not be required for the taking
of any Company action or inaction. Notwithstanding any provision in the Operating Agreement to the contrary, if and
whenever six quarterly distributions (whether or not consecutive) payable on the Series B Preferred Units have not been
declared and paid (a “Nonpayment”), the number of Directors then constituting the Board of Directors automatically
shall be increased by two and the Series B Holders, voting together as a single class with the holders of any other class
or series of Parity Units then Outstanding upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (any
such other class or series, “Voting Preferred Units”), shall have the right to elect these two additional Directors at a
meeting of the Series B Holders and the holders of such Voting Preferred Units called as hereafter provided. When
quarterly distributions have been declared and paid on the Series B Preferred Units for four consecutive Distribution
Periods following the Nonpayment, then the right of the Series B Holders and the holders of such Voting Preferred
Units to elect such two additional Directors shall cease and the terms of office of all directors elected by the Series B
Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units shall forthwith terminate immediately and the number of Directors
constituting the whole Board of Directors automatically shall be reduced by two and, for purposes of determining
whether a Nonpayment has occurred, the number of quarterly distributions payable on the Series B Preferred Units that
have not been declared and paid shall be reset to zero. However, the right of the Series B Holders and the holders of the
Voting Preferred Units to elect two additional directors on the Board of Directors shall again vest if and whenever
another Nonpayment occurs.
(b)If a Nonpayment or a subsequent Nonpayment shall have occurred, the Company may, and upon the
written request of any holder of Series B Preferred Units (addressed to the Company) shall, call a special meeting of the
Series B Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units for the election of the two Directors to be elected by them.
The Directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting or special meeting
held in lieu thereof if such office shall not have previously terminated as above provided. The Company shall, in its
sole discretion, determine a date for a special meeting applying procedures consistent with Article XII of the
Operating Agreement in connection with the expiration of the term of the two Directors elected pursuant to this
Section 2.7. The Series B Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units, voting together as a class, may remove
any director elected by the Series B Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 2.7. If
any vacancy shall occur among the Directors elected by the Series B Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred
Units, a successor shall be elected by the Board of Directors, upon the nomination of the then-remaining Director
elected by the Series B Holders and holders of the Voting Preferred Units or the successor of such remaining Director,
to serve until the next special meeting (convened as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence) held in place
thereof if such office shall not have previously terminated as above provided. Except to the extent expressly provided
otherwise in this Section 2.7, any such annual or special meeting shall be called and held applying procedures
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consistent with Article XII of the Operating Agreement as if references to Members were references to Series B
Holders and holders of Voting Preferred Units.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article XI or Article XII of the Operating Agreement, but
subject to Section 2.7(d) of this Unit Designation, so long as any Series B Preferred Units are Outstanding, the
affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the Series B Holders and holders of the Voting
Preferred Units, at the time Outstanding, voting as a single class regardless of series, given in person or by proxy,
either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary:
(i)to amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of the Operating Agreement relating to the
Series B Preferred Units or any series of Voting Preferred Units, whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise, to affect materially and adversely the rights, powers and preferences of the Series B Holders or
holders of the Voting Preferred Units; and
(ii)to authorize, create or increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of Preferred Units
having rights senior to the Series B Preferred Units with respect to the payment of distributions or amounts
upon any Dissolution Event; provided, however, that,
(A)in the case of subparagraph (i) above, no such vote of the Series B Preferred Units or
the Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, shall be required if in connection with any such
amendment, alteration or repeal, by merger, consolidation or otherwise, each Series B Preferred Unit
and Voting Preferred Units remains Outstanding without the terms thereof being materially changed
in any respect adverse to the holders thereof or is converted into or exchanged for preferred equity
securities of the surviving entity having preferences, other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption thereof
substantially similar to those of such Series B Preferred Units or the Voting Preferred Units, as the
case may be;
(B)in the case of subparagraph (i) above, if such amendment affects materially and
adversely the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of one or more but not all of the classes or
series of Voting Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units at the time Outstanding, the
affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all such classes
or series of Voting Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units so affected, voting as a single
class regardless of class or series, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or
by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be required in lieu of (or, if such consent is
required by law, in addition to) the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be
cast by the Voting Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units otherwise entitled to vote as a
single class in accordance herewith; and
(C)in the case of subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, no such vote of the Series B Holders or
holders of the Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, shall be required if, at or prior to the time
when such action is to take effect, provision is made for the redemption of all Series B Preferred Units
or Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, at the time Outstanding or proper notice of redemption
of the Series B Preferred Units or Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, at the time Outstanding
has been given and funds sufficient to pay the redemption price for all of the Series B Preferred Units
or Voting Preferred Units, as the case may be, have been set aside for payment pursuant to the terms
of the Operating Agreement.
(d) For the purposes of this Section 2.7, neither:
(i)the amendment of provisions of the Operating Agreement so as to authorize or create or issue,
or to increase the authorized amount of, any Junior Units or any Parity Units; nor
(ii)any merger, consolidation or otherwise, in which (1) the Company is the surviving entity and
the Series B Preferred Units remain Outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged in any respect
adverse to the holders thereof; or (2) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is organized under the laws
of any state and substitutes or exchanges the Series B Preferred Units for other preferred equity securities
having rights, powers and preferences (including with respect to redemption thereof) substantially similar to
that of the Series B Preferred Units under this Unit Designation (except for changes that do not materially
and adversely affect the Series B Preferred Units considered as a whole)
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shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the rights, powers and preferences of the Series B Preferred Units
or holders of Voting Preferred Units.
(e) For purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, each Series B Holder shall have one vote per
Series B Preferred Unit, except that when any other series of Preferred Units shall have the right to vote with the
Series B Preferred Units as a single class on any matter, then the Series B Holders and the holders of such other series
of Preferred Units shall have with respect to such matters one vote per $25.00 of stated liquidation preference.
(f) The Board of Directors may cause the Company to, from time to time, without notice to or consent of the
Series B Holders or holders of other Parity Units, issue additional Series B Preferred Units or other Parity Units.
(g) The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7 will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with
respect to which a vote pursuant to this Section 2.7 would otherwise be required shall be effected, the Series B
Preferred Units shall have been redeemed or proper notice of redemption of the Series B Preferred Units has been
given and funds sufficient to pay the redemption price for all of the Series B Preferred Units have been set aside for
payment pursuant to the terms of this Unit Designation.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 2.7, if at any time any Person or Group (other than
any member of the Oaktree Group) is the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Outstanding Series B Preferred
Units, all Series B Preferred Units owned by such Person or Group shall not be entitled to be voted on any matter
and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting of Members to vote on any matter
(unless otherwise required by Applicable Law), calculating required votes, determining the presence of a quorum
or for other similar purposes under this Unit Designation and the Operating Agreement; provided, that the
foregoing limitation shall not apply: (i) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Series B
Preferred Units then Outstanding directly from any member of the Oaktree Group; (ii) to any Person or Group who
acquired 20% or more of the Series B Preferred Units then Outstanding directly or indirectly from a Person or
Group described in clause (i) provided that the Board of Directors shall have notified such Person or Group in
writing that such limitation shall not apply; or (iii) to any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of the Series
B Preferred Units with the prior written approval of the Board of Directors, which approval may be withheld in the
Board of Directors’ sole discretion.
(i) So long as any Series B Preferred Units are Outstanding and only in the event of a Nonpayment, the
Manager hereby irrevocably (i) agrees that from time to time, automatically and without further action by the
Manager, the size of the Board of Directors shall be increased by two and that the corresponding vacancies be filled,
as provided by this Section 2.7, and that from time to time directors be removed and the size of the Board of
Directors correspondingly decreased, as provided by this Section 2.7, and (ii) delegates to such Members as
expressly provided in this Section 2.7 the filling of such vacancies and election of such directors from time to time.
Section 2.8 Liquidation Rights.
(a) Upon any Dissolution Event, after payment or provision for the liabilities of the Company (including
the expenses of such Dissolution Event) and the satisfaction of all claims ranking senior to the Series B Preferred
Units in accordance with Section 9.3 of the Operating Agreement, the Series B Holders shall be entitled to receive
out of the assets of the Company or proceeds thereof available for distribution to Members, before any payment or
distribution of assets is made in respect of Junior Units, distributions equal to the lesser of (x) the Series B
Liquidation Value and (y) the positive balance in their Capital Accounts (to the extent such positive balance is
attributable to ownership of the Series B Preferred Units and after taking into account allocations of Gross
Ordinary Income to the Series B Holders pursuant to Section 2.6 of this Unit Designation for the taxable year in
which the Dissolution Event occurs) pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Operating Agreement, pro rata based on the full
respective distributable amounts to which each Series B Holder is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.8(a).
(b)Upon a Dissolution Event, after each Series B Holder receives a payment equal to the positive balance
in its Capital Account (to the extent such positive balance is attributable to ownership of the Series B Preferred Units
and after taking into account allocations of Gross Ordinary Income to the Series B Holders pursuant to Section 2.6 for
the taxable year in which the Dissolution Event occurs), such Series B Holder shall not be entitled to any further
participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.
(c)If the assets of the Company available for distribution upon a Dissolution Event are insufficient to pay
in full the aggregate amount payable to the Series B Holders and the holders of all other Outstanding Parity Units, if
any, such assets shall be distributed to the Series B Holders and the holders of such Parity Units pro rata, based on the
full respective distributable amounts to which each such Member is entitled pursuant to this Section 2.8.
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(d)Nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be understood to entitle the Series B Holders to be paid any amount
upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event until holders of any classes or series of Units ranking, as to the distribution
of assets upon a Dissolution Event, senior to the Series B Preferred Units have been paid all amounts to which such
classes or series of Units are entitled.
(e)For the purposes of this Unit Designation, neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer, for cash,
Units, securities or other consideration, of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or assets nor the
consolidation, merger or amalgamation of the Company with or into any other entity or the consolidation, merger or
amalgamation of any other entity with or into the Company shall be deemed to be a Dissolution Event,
notwithstanding that for other purposes, such as for tax purposes, such an event may constitute a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.8, no payment will be
made to the Series B Holders pursuant to this Section 2.8 (i) upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or upon any reorganization of the Company pursuant to Article
XI of the Operating Agreement, with or without approval of the Members (including a transaction pursuant to Section
11.3 of the Operating Agreement) or (ii) if the Company engages in a reorganization or other transaction in which a
successor to the Company issues equity securities to the Series B Holders that have rights, powers and preferences that
are substantially similar to the rights, powers and preferences of the Series B Preferred Units pursuant to provisions of
this Unit Designation that allow the Company to do so without the approval of the Members. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary in this Article II (including Section 2.7), the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion
and without the consent of any Series B Holder, amend this Article II to allow for the transactions in this Section
2.8(e).
Section 2.9 No Duties to Series B Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Operating Agreement,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Board of Directors nor any other Indemnified Person shall have
any duties or liabilities to the Series B Holders.
Section 2.10 Forum Selection. Each Person that holds or has held a Series B Preferred Unit and each Person that
holds or has held any beneficial interest in a Series B Preferred Unit (whether through a broker, dealer, bank, trust
company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing or otherwise), to the fullest extent permitted by
law, (i) irrevocably agrees that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings against the Company, or any Director,
officer, employee, control person, underwriter or agent of the Company, asserted under United States federal
securities laws, otherwise arising under such laws, or that could have been asserted as a claim arising under such
laws, shall be exclusively brought in the federal district courts of the United States of America (except, and only to
the extent, that any such claims, actions or proceedings are of a type for which a Member may not waive its right to
maintain a legal action or proceeding in the courts of the State of Delaware with respect to matters relating to the
organization or internal affairs of the Company as set forth under Section 18-109(d) of the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act); (ii) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in connection with any
such claim, suit, action or proceeding; and (iii) irrevocably agrees not to, and waives any right to, assert in any such
claim, suit, action or proceeding that (A) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts or any other
court to which proceedings in such courts may be appealed, (B) such claim, suit, action or proceeding is brought in
an inconvenient forum, or (C) the venue of such claim, suit, action or proceeding is improper.
ARTICLE III
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE UNITS
Section 3.1. Right to Acquire Units. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Unit Designation, Article XIII
“Right to Acquire Units” of the Operating Agreement shall apply to the Series B Preferred Units.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.1. Effectiveness. Pursuant to Section 4.6(b) of the Operating Agreement, this Unit Designation (or any
action of the Board of Directors amending this Unit Designation) shall be effective when a duly executed original of
the same is delivered to the Secretary for inclusion in the permanent records of the Company, and shall be annexed
to, and constitute a part of, the Operating Agreement.
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Section 4.2 Conflicts. To the extent that any provision of this Unit Designation conflicts or is inconsistent with the
Operating Agreement, the terms of this Unit Designation shall control.
Section 4.3 Governing Law. This Unit Designation shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely therein.
Section 4.4 Severability. If any provision of this Unit Designation is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be
affected thereby.
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[Signature Page to Unit Designation – Series B Preferred Units]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Unit Designation to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the
date first set forth above.
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
By:
/s/ Todd Molz
Name:
Todd Molz
Title:
General Counsel &
Chief Administrative Officer
By:  
 
/s/ Richard Ting
Name:
Richard Ting
Title:
Managing Director &
Associate General Counsel
 
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP HOLDINGS
GP, LLC, solely in its capacity as a Manager
and for the purpose of the Manager’s
agreement in Section 2.7(i)
By:
/s/ Todd Molz
Name:
Todd Molz
Title:
General Counsel &
Chief Administrative Officer
By:  
 
/s/ Richard Ting
Name:
Richard Ting
Title:
Managing Director &
Associate General Counsel
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CLASS A UNIT CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CLASS B UNIT CERTIFICATE
Certificate Evidencing Class B Units
in
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC
No. B-[
]
[] Units
In accordance with the Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Operating
Agreement”) of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company”), the Company hereby certifies that []
(the “Holder”) is the registered owner of [] Class B Units in the Company (the “Units”) transferable on the books of the Company, in
person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. The rights, preferences and limitations of the Units are set
forth in, and this Certificate and the Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Operating
Agreement. The Operating Agreement is on file at, and a copy will be furnished without charge on delivery of written request to the Company at, the
principal office of the Company located at 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071, or such other address as may be
specified by notice under the Operating Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given them in the Operating
Agreement.
The holder of this Certificate, by acceptance of this Certificate, shall be deemed to have (i) requested admission as, and agreed to become, a Member of
the Company; (ii) agreed to comply with, and be bound by, the terms of the Operating Agreement; (iii) granted the powers of attorney provided for in the
Operating Agreement; and (iv) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals contained in the Operating Agreement. Any attempted transfer of
this Certificate or the Class B Units it represents in violation of the Operating Agreement shall be null and void.
This Certificate shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws
thereof.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
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Dated:
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLCOAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
By: By:
Name:Name:
Title:Title:
Countersigned and Registered by:
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as Transfer Agent and Registrar
THE CLASS B UNITS HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED OTHER THAN PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in commonUNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian
TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in
common
(Cust)(Minor)
under Uniform Transfers/Gifts to MinorsAct
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(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
Please insert Social Security or other identifying
number of Assignee
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(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of Assignee)
units represented by the Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney totransfer the said units on
the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated.
NOTE: The signature to any endorsement hereon must correspond with
the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular,
without alteration, enlargement or change.
SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A MEMBER FIRM OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS, INC.
OR BY A COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY
SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED
No transfer of the Class B Units evidenced hereby will be registered on the
books of the Company unless the Certificate evidencing the Class B Units
to be transferred is surrendered for registration of transfer.
(Signature)
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    (Signature)
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF SERIES A PREFERRED UNIT CERTIFICATE
Certificate Evidencing 6.625% Series A Preferred Units
(Liquidation Preference as specified below)
No. SA-[][] Units
In accordance with the Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time,
the “ Operating Agreement ”) of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), the
Company hereby certifies that [] (the “ Holder ”) is the registered owner of [] units of the Company’s 6.625%
Series A Preferred Units, with a Series A Liquidation Preference of $25.00 per unit (the Series A Preferred Units ”). The Series A
Preferred Units are transferable on the books of the Transfer Agent, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Certificate properly endorsed. The Series A Preferred Units are fully paid and the Holder of such Series A Preferred Units will have
no obligation to make payments or contributions to the Company solely by reason of its ownership of such Series A Preferred Units.
The designations, rights, privileges, preferences and limitations of the Series A Preferred Units are set forth in, and this Certificate
and the Series A Preferred Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the
Operating Agreement. The Operating Agreement is on file at, and a copy will be furnished without charge on delivery of written
request to the Company at, the principal office of the Company located at 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor, Los Angeles,
California 90071, or such other address as may be specified by notice under the Operating Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein
but not defined shall have the meanings given them in the Operating Agreement.
The holder of this Certificate, by acceptance of this Certificate, shall be deemed to have (i) requested admission as, and agreed to
become, a Member of the Company; (ii) agreed to comply with, and be bound by, the terms of the Operating Agreement; (iii) granted
the powers of attorney provided for in the Operating Agreement; and (iv) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals
contained in the Operating Agreement. Any attempted transfer of this Certificate or the Series A Preferred Units it represents in
violation of the Operating Agreement shall be null and void.
This Certificate shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws thereof.
In the case of any conflict between this Certificate and the Operating Agreement, the provisions of the Operating Agreement shall
control and govern.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
[SPECIMEN]
Dated:
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLCOAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
By: By:
Name:Name:
Title:Title:
Countersigned and Registered by:
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as Transfer Agent and Registrar
REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR SERIES A
PREFERRED UNITS
Non-cumulative distributions on each Series A Preferred Unit shall be payable at the applicable rate
provided in the Operating Agreement.
The Company shall furnish without charge to each Series A Holder who so requests a summary of the
authority of the Company to determine variations for future series within a class of Units and the designations,
limitations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of
capital issued by the Company and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF SERIES B PREFERRED UNIT CERTIFICATE
ARTICLE I CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING 6.550% SERIES B PREFERRED UNITS
(LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE AS SPECIFIED BELOW)
No. SB-[][] Units
In accordance with the Fifth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time,
the “ Operating Agreement ”) of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), the
Company hereby certifies that [] (the “ Holder ”) is the registered owner of [] units of the Company’s 6.550%
Series B Preferred Units, with a Series B Liquidation Preference of $25.00 per unit (the “ Series B Preferred Units ”). The Series B
Preferred Units are transferable on the books of the Transfer Agent, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Certificate properly endorsed. The Series B Preferred Units are fully paid and the Holder of such Series B Preferred Units will have
no obligation to make payments or contributions to the Company solely by reason of its ownership of such Series B Preferred Units.
The designations, rights, privileges, preferences and limitations of the Series B Preferred Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and
the Series B Preferred Units represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the
Operating Agreement. The Operating Agreement is on file at, and a copy will be furnished without charge on delivery of written
request to the Company at, the principal office of the Company located at 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor, Los Angeles,
California 90071, or such other address as may be specified by notice under the Operating Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein
but not defined shall have the meanings given them in the Operating Agreement.
The holder of this Certificate, by acceptance of this Certificate, shall be deemed to have (i) requested admission as, and agreed to
become, a Member of the Company; (ii) agreed to comply with, and be bound by, the terms of the Operating Agreement; (iii) granted
the powers of attorney provided for in the Operating Agreement; and (iv) made the waivers and given the consents and approvals
contained in the Operating Agreement. Any attempted transfer of this Certificate or the Series B Preferred Units it represents in
violation of the Operating Agreement shall be null and void.
This Certificate shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws thereof.
In the case of any conflict between this Certificate and the Operating Agreement, the provisions of the Operating Agreement shall
control and govern.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose unless it has been countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
[SPECIMEN]
Dated:
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLCOAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
By: By:
Name:Name:
Title:Title:
Countersigned and Registered by:
as Transfer Agent and Registrar
REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR SERIES B
PREFERRED UNITS
Non-cumulative distributions on each Series B Preferred Unit shall be payable at the applicable rate provided in
the Operating Agreement.
The Company shall furnish without charge to each Series B Holder who so requests a summary of the authority
of the Company to determine variations for future series within a class of Units and the designations, limitations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of capital issued by
the Company and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.