UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6F

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ELECT TO BE SUBJECT TO SECTIONS 55 THROUGH 65

OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

The undersigned hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file a notification of election to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) and in connection with such notice submits the following information:

Name:	Oaktree Finance, LLC
Address of Principal Office:	c/o Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone Number:	(213) 830-6300

Name and address for agent for service of process:    Todd Molz Managing Director and General Counsel Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. 333 South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071

The undersigned hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file a notification of election to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of the Act within ninety days of the date of this filing. The company would be excluded from the definition of an investment company by section 3(c)(1) of the Act, except that it presently proposes to make a public offering of its securities as a business development company.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of section 6(f) of the Act, the undersigned company has caused this notice of intent to elect to be subject to sections 55 through 65 of the Act pursuant to section 54(a) of the Act to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Los Angeles and the State of California on the 6th day of April, 2011.

OAKTREE FINANCE, LLC
By:	Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
	Its:  Manager
By:	/s/ Todd Molz
Name:	Todd Molz
Title:	Managing Director and General Counsel
By:	/s/ Lisa Arakaki
Name:	Lisa Arakaki
Title:	Managing Director