FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

EDENS WESLEY R 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Fortress Investment Group LLC [ FIG ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      __ X __ 10% Owner
__ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
Principal
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

12/27/2017
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10105
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Shares   12/27/2017     D (1)    286711   D   (1) 0   D    

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Share Units     (2) 12/27/2017     D   (3)       173421      (4)   (5) Class A Shares   173421   $8.08   0   D    
FOGUs   (6)   (6) 12/27/2017     D   (7)       43602043      (6)   (6) Class A Shares   43602043   $7.79   0   D    
FOGUs   (6)   (6) 12/27/2017     D   (7)       10806318      (6)   (6) Class A Shares   10806318   $7.79   0   I   By 2011 GRAT Family Trust  
FOGUs   (6)   (6) 12/27/2017     D   (7)       8685036      (6)   (6) Class A Shares   8685036   $7.79   0   I   By 2016 Annuity Trust  

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 14, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 7, 2017 ("Merger Agreement"), by and among the issuer, SB Foundation Holdings LP. ("Parent") and Foundation Acquisition LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, pursuant to which each of the issuer's outstanding Class A shares were converted into the right to receive $8.08 in cash, without interest, less any applicable taxes required to be withheld.
(2)  Each Restricted Share Unit represented a contingent right to one Class A Share.
(3)  Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which each restricted stock unit relating to the issuer's Class A shares, whether vested but not yet delivered or unvested, that was outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was cancelled and converted as of the effective time of the merger into the right of the holder thereof to receive a cash payment equal to the per-share merger consideration of $8.08, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes.
(4)  See Issuer Proxy statement for information on vesting dates.
(5)  The rights attaching to Restricted Share Units generally terminate upon termination of employment.
(6)  A "Fortress Operating Group Unit", or "FOGU", represented one limited partner interest in each of Fortress Operating Entity I LP, FOE II (NEW) LP and Principal Holdings I LP. The Reporting Person had the right, exercisable from time to time, to exchange each FOGU for one Class A share of the Company, provided, that one Class B share of the Company (which had no economic interest in the Company) was concurrently delivered to the Company for cancellation. The Reporting Person owned Class B shares in the same amount as the Reporting Person's FOGUs. Such shares did not represent an economic interest in the Company and are not separately reported herein. The FOGUs had no expiration date.
(7)  Disposed of pursuant to the Founders Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2017, as amended ("Founders Agreement"), by and among the issuer, Parent, FIG Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the issuer ("OP Buyer"), FIG Asset Co. LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the issuer ("PH Buyer", and together with OP Buyer, the "Buyers"), and each of Peter Briger, Principal and Co-Chairman of the issuer, the Reporting Person, and Randal Nardone, Chief Executive Officer, Principal and Director of the issuer, and their related parties (collectively, the "Sellers") that owned FOGUs, pursuant to which the Buyers purchased from the Sellers each outstanding FOGU not already owned by the issuer and its subsidiaries for $7.79 in cash (representing the agreed $8.08 purchase price per FOGU, as reduced pursuant to and in accordance with the Founders Agreement for excess distributions in the amount of $0.29 per FOGU made since the date of the Founders Agreement).

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
EDENS WESLEY R
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10105 		X X Principal

Signatures
/s/ Wesley R. Edens 12/27/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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