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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In the normal course of business, Oaktree enters into contracts that contain certain representations, warranties and indemnifications. The Company’s exposure under these arrangements would involve future claims that have not yet been asserted. Inasmuch as no such claims currently exist or are expected to arise, the Company has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnifications.
Legal Actions
Oaktree, its affiliates, investment professionals, and portfolio companies are routinely involved in litigation and other legal actions in the ordinary course of their business and investing activities. In addition, Oaktree is subject to the authority of a number of U.S. and non-U.S. regulators, including the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and those authorities periodically conduct examinations of Oaktree and make other inquiries that may result in the commencement of regulatory proceedings against Oaktree and its personnel. Oaktree is currently not subject to any pending actions or regulatory proceedings that either individually or in the aggregate are expected to have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Incentive Income
In addition to the incentive income recognized by the Company, certain of its funds have amounts recorded as potentially allocable to the Company as its share of potential future incentive income, based on each fund’s net asset value. Inasmuch as this incentive income is contingent upon future investment activity and other factors, it is not recognized by the Company as revenue until it is probable that a significant reversal will not occur. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, the aggregate of such amounts recorded at the fund
level in excess of incentive income recognized by the Company was $828,929 and $864,900, for which related direct incentive income compensation expense was estimated to be $447,038 and $462,684, respectively.
Contingent Liabilities
The Company had a contingent consideration obligation of up to $60.0 million related to the Highstar acquisition that was payable in cash and fully-vested OCGH units. The amount of contingent consideration was based on the achievement of certain performance targets over a period of up to seven years from the acquisition date of August 2014. In May 2018, the contingent consideration arrangement was modified in respect of certain performance targets and payment terms. The new arrangement provides for contingent consideration of up to $36.1 million, payable in cash and Class A units. The modification resulted in a $7.1 million reduction in the contingent consideration liability. Subsequent to the Restructuring, the contingent consideration obligation was no longer an obligation of the Company. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there was no contingent liability on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of financial condition, while at September 30, 2019 the fair value of the contingent liability was $4.5 million. Changes in this liability resulted in an expense of $2.2 million and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.
For periods prior to the Restructuring, the contingent consideration liability is included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition and changes in the liability are recorded in general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Commitments to Funds
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company, generally in its capacity as general partner, had undrawn capital commitments of $344.3 million and $237.3 million, respectively, including commitments to both unconsolidated and consolidated funds. Additionally, as of September 30, 2020 the Company had undrawn capital commitments of $712.5 million in its capacity as a limited partner in Opps XI (as defined in note 18).
Investment Commitments of the Consolidated Funds
Certain of the consolidated funds are parties to credit arrangements that provide for the issuance of letters of credit and/or revolving loans, which may require the particular fund to extend loans to investee companies. The consolidated funds use the same investment criteria in making these commitments as they do for investments that are included in the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. The unfunded liability associated with these credit arrangements is equal to the amount by which the contractual loan commitment exceeds the sum of funded debt and cash held in escrow, if any. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the consolidated funds had potential aggregate commitments of $0.6 million and $2.3 million, respectively. These commitments are expected to be funded by the funds’ cash balances, proceeds from asset sales or drawdowns against existing capital commitments.
A consolidated fund may agree to guarantee the repayment obligations of certain investee companies. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no guaranteed amounts under such arrangements.
Certain consolidated funds are investment companies that are required to disclose financial support provided or contractually required to be provided to any of their portfolio companies. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the consolidated funds did not provide any financial support to portfolio companies.