Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/15/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. [EGLE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 15,706,828
I
See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
    X    
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
    X    
Oaktree Holdings, Inc.
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
    X    
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
    X    
OCM Opps EB Holdings Ltd.
333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
28TH FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
    X    

Signatures

See Signatures Included in Exhibit 99.1 10/24/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This Form 3 is being filed by OCM Opps EB Holdings, Ltd ("EB Holdings") with respect to the 15,706,828 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons (as defined below), all of which are directly owned by EB Holdings. This Form 3 is also being filed by each of (i) Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. ("Management") as the sole director of EB Holdings; (ii) Oaktree Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings, Inc.") as the general partner of Management; (iii) Oaktree Capital Group, LLC ("OCG") as the sole shareholder of Holdings, Inc.; and (iv) Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP, LLC ("OCGH GP", and, together with EB Holdings, Management, Holdings, Inc. and OCG, the "Reporting Persons" and each a "Reporting Person") as the duly elected manager of OCG.
(2) Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock reported herein except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein and the filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission that any such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any Common Stock covered by this Form 3.
(3) The members of OCGH GP are John Frank, Stephen Kaplan, Bruce Karsh, Larry Keele, David Kirchheimer, Howard Marks and Sheldon Stone, who, by virtue of their membership interests in OCGH GP, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock held by EB Holdings. Each of the general partners, managing members, directors and managers described above disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of common stock beneficially or of record owned by the Reporting Persons, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.

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