UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 28, 2012

 

Fortress Investment Group LLC

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-33294

 

20-5837959

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor

New York, New York

 

10105

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   (212) 798-6100

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 2.02.              Results of Operation and Financial Condition.

 

On February 28, 2012, Fortress Investment Group LLC (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s results for its fourth fiscal quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2011. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 2.02 disclosure.

 

This Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless expressly set forth as being incorporated by reference into such filing.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release, dated February 28, 2012, issued by Fortress Investment Group LLC

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

/s/ David N. Brooks

 

David N. Brooks

 

General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Date: February 28, 2012

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release, dated February 28, 2012, issued by Fortress Investment Group LLC

 

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