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):  November 20, 2017

JMP Group LLC

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Item 1.01.          Entry in to a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 20, 2017, JMP Group Inc. (the “Issuer”), JMP Group LLC (the “Company”), JMP Investment Holdings LLC (together with the Company, the “Guarantors”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement with UBS Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), providing for, among other things, the sale by the Issuer and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of $50.0 million, in the aggregate, of the Issuer’s 7.25% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”).  The Underwriters may also purchase up to an additional $7.5 million of Notes from the Issuer at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount, within 30 days from the date of the prospectus supplement.

The Notes were registered for offer and sold pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217396) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”), and a related prospectus and prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The public offering price of the Notes was 100.0% of the principal amount (i.e., $50.0 million). The Issuer will receive net proceeds after discounts and commissions, but before expenses, of approximately $48.4 million and intends to use a portion of the net proceeds to redeem some or all of its outstanding 7.25% Senior Notes due 2021 or 8.00% Senior Notes due 2023 or both. The remaining proceeds, if any, will be used for general corporate purposes. If the Underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Notes in full, the total proceeds, before expenses, will be approximately $55.7 million.

The offering of the Notes is expected to close on November 28, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference and into the Registration Statement.

Item 8.01          Other Events

In connection with the offering of the Notes, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 hereto an opinion of counsel addressing the validity of the Notes and the related guarantees. Such opinion is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits

Signature(s)

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.