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Registration No. 333-14087

File No. 811-07857

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933     [X]

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OPPENHEIMER COMMODITY STRATEGY TOTAL RETURN FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

303-768-3200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Arthur S. Gabinet, Esq.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street-11th Floor

New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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OPPENHEIMER
Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

NYSE Ticker Symbols

Class A

QRAAX

Class B

QRABX

Class C

QRACX

Class N

QRANX

Class Y

QRAYX

Prospectus dated March 30, 2011

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund's securities nor has it determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to represent otherwise.
Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund is a mutual fund that seeks to provide total return by investing in commodity-linked derivatives, U.S. Government securities and other fixed-income (debt) securities.
This prospectus contains important information about the Fund's objective, investment policies, strategies and risks. It also contains important information about how to buy and sell shares of the Fund and other account features. Please read this prospectus carefully before you invest and keep it for future reference about your account.

   

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund



Table of contents

THE FUND SUMMARY

Investment Objective

3

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

3

Principal Investment Strategies

3

Principal Risks

4

The Fund's Past Performance

7

Investment Adviser

7

Portfolio Managers

7

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

7

Taxes

7

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

7

MORE ABOUT THE FUND

About the Fund's Investments

8

How the Fund is Managed

12

MORE ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

About Your Account

14

Choosing a Share Class

14

The Price of Fund Shares

17

How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares

19

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

25

Financial Highlights

26


To Summary Prospectus

 

THE FUND SUMMARY



Investment Objective. The Fund seeks total return.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold or redeem shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you (or you and your spouse) invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in certain funds in the Oppenheimer family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section "About Your Account" beginning on page 14 of the prospectus and in the sections "How to Buy Shares" beginning on page 64 and "Appendix A" in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class N

Class Y

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on purchases (as % of offering price)

5.75%

None

None

None

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as % of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds)

None

5%

1%

1%

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class N

Class Y

Management Fees of the Fund and Subsidiary1

1.04%

1.04%

1.04%

1.04%

1.04%

Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

1.00%

1.00%

0.50%

None

Other Expenses

     Other Expenses of the Fund

0.50%

1.13%

0.63%

0.74%

0.26%

     Other Expenses of the Subsidiary

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

Total Other Expenses

0.50%

1.13%

0.63%

0.74%

0.26%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.05%

0.05%

0.05%

0.05%

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.84%

3.22%

2.72%

2.33%

1.35%

     Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2

(0.38%)

(0.95%)

(0.49%)

(0.61%)

(0.27%)

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement

1.46%

2.27%

2.23%

1.72%

1.08%

1. "Management Fees of the Fund and Subsidiary" reflects the gross management fees paid to the Manager by the Fund and the Subsidiary during the Fund's most recent fiscal year.
2. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This waiver will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless termination is approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees.  The Fund's investment adviser has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund.  The Fund's transfer agent has voluntarily agreed to limit its fees for all classes to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class.  These expense limitations may be amended or withdrawn no earlier than one year from the date of this prospectus.


Example. The following Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

If shares are redeemed

If shares are not redeemed

1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years   1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years  
Class A $ 716 $ 1,090 $ 1,488 $ 2,598 $ 716 $ 1,090 $ 1,488 $ 2,598
Class B $ 733 $ 1,217 $ 1,826 $ 2,877 $ 233 $ 917 $ 1,626 $ 2,877
Class C $ 329 $ 808 $ 1,414 $ 3,055 $ 229 $ 808 $ 1,414 $ 3,055
Class N $ 276 $ 676 $ 1,203 $ 2,649 $ 176 $ 676 $ 1,203 $ 2,649
Class Y $ 111 $ 404 $ 718 $ 1,611 $ 111 $ 404 $ 718 $ 1,611

Portfolio Turnover. The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 38% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund mainly invests in a combination of commodity-linked derivatives, corporate and governmental fixed-income securities and certain other types of derivative investments.

  • Commodity-Linked Derivatives. A derivative is an investment whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying security, asset, interest rate, index or currency. A commodity-linked derivative is a derivative instrument whose value is linked to the price movement of a commodity, commodity index, or commodity option or futures contract. Commodity-linked derivatives may include commodity-linked notes, swaps, futures and options. The value of some commodity-linked derivatives may be based on a multiple of those price movements.
    Physical commodities are assets that have tangible properties. The Fund's commodity-linked investments provide exposure to the investment returns of commodities markets without investing directly in physical commodities. The commodity-linked instruments that the Fund invests in may be linked to the price movements of: a physical commodity such as heating oil, livestock, or agricultural products; a commodity option or futures contract; a commodity index such as the S&P GSCI® ("S&P GSCI," formerly the "Goldman Sachs Commodity Index"); or some other readily measurable variable that reflects changes in the value of particular commodities or commodities markets. The Fund does not intend to invest more than 10% of its total assets, determined at the time of investment, in commodity-linked notes that mature in more than 19 months.
  • Fixed-Income Securities. The fixed-income securities the Fund may invest in may be of any maturity and include U.S. Government securities, repurchase agreements, money market securities and affiliated money market funds. The Fund may buy debt securities for liquidity purposes, for collateral management or to seek income.
  • Other Derivative Investments. The Fund may also invest in other derivative instruments such as forwards, options, futures and swaps relating to debt securities, interest rates or currencies. It may do so to seek to increase its investment returns or to hedge against declines in the value of the Fund's other investments.

The Fund can purchase investment-grade and below investment-grade securities (also referred to as "junk bonds"). The Fund can invest up to 10% of its assets in lower-grade securities. The Fund may invest in U.S. or foreign securities, including derivative instruments that trade on U.S. or foreign exchanges or in the "over-the-counter" ("OTC") market.

The Fund can also invest up to 25% of its total assets in its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary primarily invests in commodity-linked derivatives (including commodity futures, options and swap contracts) and fixed income securities and other investments that serve as collateral for its derivatives positions. Investments in the Subsidiary are intended to provide the Fund with exposure to commodities market returns within the limitations of the federal tax requirements that apply to the Fund. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures as the Fund.

In selecting investments for the Fund's portfolio, the portfolio managers generally allocate the Fund's commodity-linked investments among a variety of different commodity sectors, based on the weightings of the components of the Fund's benchmark index, the S&P GSCI. The Fund is not an "index" fund, however, and its investment allocations and performance will usually differ from the weightings and performance of the S&P GSCI. The portfolio managers currently focus on the following inter-related components, which may vary in particular cases and may change over time:

  • Commodities Selection. The portfolio managers use a model-driven approach and their own analysis and judgment to try to identify differences in quality between two commodities or contracts with the intent of exploiting temporary market inefficiencies. The Fund's proprietary models also incorporate fundamental and technical factors intended to identify extreme market pricing imbalances for individual commodities or sectors and catalysts that may potentially eliminate the particular imbalances.
  • Form of Investment. The portfolio managers also consider which instrument or form of investment is best suited to provide the desired commodities exposure. If the portfolio managers determine that a commodity-linked note is appropriate, the Fund would generally invest directly in the commodity-linked note. If the portfolio managers decide that a commodity futures contract, swap, or option on a futures contract is appropriate, the Fund might enter into the futures or swap contract or purchase the option directly or it might invest in that instrument indirectly through its Subsidiary.
  • Collateral Management. The portfolio managers use a team approach to construct a portfolio of fixed-income securities that includes U.S. Government securities, repurchase agreements, money market securities and affiliated money market funds to provide collateral, liquidity and income.
  • Performance and Portfolio Risk Monitoring. The portfolio managers monitor the performance and risks of the Fund's investments on an ongoing basis.

The Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will vary based on the portfolio managers' use of different types of commodity-linked derivatives. If the Fund increases its use of commodity linked notes, that would typically result in a lower level of investment in the Subsidiary. If the Fund increases its use of commodity futures, swaps, or options on futures, that would typically result in a higher level of investment in the Subsidiary.

Industry Concentration. The Fund will maintain exposure of 25% or more of its total assets in securities and derivatives linked to the energy and natural resources, agriculture, livestock, industrial metals, and precious metals sectors as a group. However, the Fund will not concentrate more than 25% of its total assets in issuers in any one industry. At times the Fund may emphasize investments in some industries more than others. The individual components of an index will be considered as separate industries for this purpose.

Principal Risks. The price of the Fund's shares can go up and down substantially. The value of the Fund's investments may change because of broad changes in the markets in which the Fund invests or from poor security selection, which could cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. When you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them. These risks mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund.

     Risks of Commodity-Linked Investments. Investments linked to the prices of commodities are considered speculative. The values of commodities and commodity-linked investments are affected by events that might have less impact on the values of stocks and bonds. Prices of commodities and related contracts may fluctuate significantly over short periods due to a variety of factors, including changes in supply and demand relationships, weather, agriculture, fiscal, and exchange control programs, disease, pestilence, and international economic, political, military and regulatory developments. These risks may make commodity-linked investments more volatile than other types of investments. The commodity-linked instruments in which the Fund invests have substantial risks, including risk of loss of a significant portion of their principal value.

The commodity markets are subject to temporary distortions and other disruptions due to, among other factors, lack of liquidity, the participation of speculators, and government regulation and other actions. U.S. futures exchanges and some foreign exchanges limit the amount of fluctuation in futures contract prices which may occur in a single business day (generally referred to as "daily price fluctuation limits"). The maximum or minimum price of a contract as a result of these limits is referred to as a "limit price." If the limit price has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made beyond the limit price. Limit prices have the effect of precluding trading in a particular contract or forcing the liquidation of contracts at disadvantageous times or prices. These circumstances could adversely affect the value of the commodity-linked investments.

Risks of Derivative Investments. Derivatives may be volatile and may involve significant risks. The underlying security or other instrument on which a derivative is based, or the derivative itself, may not perform as expected. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund's initial investment. The Fund may also lose money on a derivative investment if the issuer fails to pay the amount due. Certain derivative investments held by the Fund may be illiquid, making it difficult to close out an unfavorable position. Derivative transactions may require the payment of premiums and can increase portfolio turnover. As a result of these risks, the Fund could realize little or no income or lose money from its investment, or a hedge might be unsuccessful.

  • Special Risks of Options. If the Fund sells a put option, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to buy the underlying investment at a disadvantageous price. If the Fund sells a call option, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to sell the underlying investment at a disadvantageous price. If the Fund sells a call option on an investment that the Fund owns (a "covered call") and the investment has increased in value when the call option is exercised, the Fund will be required to sell the investment at the call price and will not be able to realize any of the investment's value above the call price. Options may involve economic leverage, which could result in greater price volatility than other investments.
  • Special Risks of Futures Contracts. The volatility of futures contracts prices has been historically greater than the volatility of stocks and bonds. The liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced. In addition, futures exchanges often impose a maximum permissible price movement on each futures contract for each trading session. The Fund may be disadvantaged if it is prohibited from executing a trade outside the daily permissible price movement.
  • Special Risks of Swap Transactions. There is no central exchange or market for swap transactions and therefore they are less liquid than exchange-traded instruments. If the Fund were to sell a swap it owned to a third party, the Fund would still remain primarily liable for the obligations under the swap contract.
  • Total Return Swaps. In a total return swap transaction, one party agrees to pay the other party an amount equal to the total return on a defined underlying asset or a non-asset reference during a specified period of time. The underlying asset might be a security, commodity contract or basket of securities or commodity contracts or a non-asset reference might be a securities or commodities index. In return, the other party would make periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or on the total return from a different underlying asset or non-asset reference.
         Total return swaps could result in losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Total return swaps can have the potential for unlimited losses. They are also subject to counterparty risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its obligations, the Fund may lose money.

Special Risks Of Commodity-Linked Notes. The Fund may invest in commodity-linked notes to gain exposure to commodities markets. Commodity-linked notes may be subject to special risks that do not affect traditional equity and debt securities:

  • Risk of loss of interest. If the interest rate on a commodity-linked note is based on the value of a particular commodity, commodity index or other economic variable, the Fund might receive lower interest payments (or not receive any interest) if the value of the underlying investment falls.
  • Risk of loss of principal. To the extent that the amount of the principal to be repaid upon maturity is linked to the value of a particular commodity, commodity index or other economic variable, the value of the commodity, commodity index or other economic variable may not increase sufficiently so that the Fund might not receive a portion (or any) of the principal when the investment matures or upon earlier exchange.
  • Credit Risk. Commodity-linked notes are subject to credit risks on the underlying investment and to counterparty credit risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its obligations, the Fund may lose money.
  • Valuation risk. The value of commodity-linked notes may be influenced by several factors, including: value of the commodity, commodity index or other economic variable, volatility, interest and yield rates in the market, the time remaining to maturity and the credit worthiness of the issuer of the commodity-linked note.
  • Liquidity risk. A liquid secondary market may not exist for certain commodity-linked notes the Fund buys, which may make it difficult for the Fund to sell them at an acceptable price or to accurately value them.
  • Volatility risk. The value of the commodity-linked derivatives the Fund buys may fluctuate significantly because the values of the underlying investments to which they are linked are extremely volatile. Additionally, the particular terms of a commodity-linked note may create economic leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price increase or decrease of the underlying commodity, commodity index, or other economic variable. Economic leverage increases the volatility of the value of commodity-linked notes and their value may increase or decrease more quickly than the underlying commodity, commodity index or other economic variable.

Risks of Investments in Leverage. Certain derivatives and other investments of the Fund may involve leverage. Leverage may be created when an investment exposes the Fund to a risk of loss that exceeds the amount invested. Certain derivatives and other investments provide the potential for investment gain or loss that may be several times greater than the change in the value of an underlying security, asset, interest rate, index or currency, resulting in the potential for a loss that may be substantially greater than the amount invested.

Some derivatives and other leveraged investments have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Because leverage can magnify the effects of changes in the value of the Fund and make the Fund's share price more volatile, a shareholder's investment in the Fund will tend to be more volatile, resulting in larger gains or losses in response to the fluctuating prices of the Fund's investments.

     The Fund has limits on the leverage ratio of each commodity-linked note it buys and on its overall portfolio. The Fund is also subject to legal requirements designed to reduce the effects of any leverage created by the use of certain investments. Under these requirements, the Fund must earmark or segregate liquid assets or engage in other asset coverage measures with regard to the Fund's potential obligations with respect to those investments. The Fund, including the Subsidiary, will comply with these requirements.

Risks Of Investments In The Fund's Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act and is not subject to its investor protections (except as otherwise noted in this prospectus). As an investor in the Subsidiary, the Fund does not have all of the protections offered to investors by the Investment Company Act, however the Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser. The Fund's ownership and control make it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take actions contrary to the interests of the Fund or its shareholders. The Fund's Board has oversight responsibility for the Fund's investment activities, including its investments in the Subsidiary and its role as the Subsidiary's sole shareholder. The Manager and Sub-Adviser also apply the same investment restrictions and operational guidelines in managing the Subsidiary's portfolio that are applied to managing the Fund.

Changes in the laws of the Cayman Islands, under which the Subsidiary is incorporated, could prevent the Subsidiary from operating as described in this prospectus and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. For example, the Cayman Islands currently does not impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on the Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law were changed and the Subsidiary was required to pay Cayman Islands taxes, the investment returns of the Fund would likely decrease.

Main Risks of Debt Securities. Debt securities may be subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, prepayment risk and extension risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security might not make interest and principal payments on the security as they become due. If an issuer fails to pay interest or repay principal, the Fund's income or share value might be reduced. Adverse news about an issuer or a downgrade in an issuer's credit rating, for any reason, can also reduce the market value of the issuer's securities. Interest rate risk is the risk that when prevailing interest rates fall, the values of already-issued debt securities generally rise; and when prevailing interest rates rise, the values of already-issued debt securities generally fall, and they may be worth less than the amount the Fund paid for them. When interest rates change, the values of longer-term debt securities usually change more than the values of shorter-term debt securities. When interest rates fall, debt securities may be repaid more quickly than expected and the Fund may be required to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate. This is referred to as "prepayment risk." When interest rates rise, debt securities may be repaid more slowly than expected and the value of the Fund's holdings may fall sharply. This is referred to as "extension risk." Interest rate changes normally have different effects on variable or floating rate securities than they do on securities with fixed interest rates.

     Because the Fund can invest up to 10% of its assets in lower-grade securities, the Fund's credit risks are greater than those of funds that buy only investment-grade securities.

Fixed-Income Market Risks . Economic and other market developments can adversely affect fixed-income securities markets in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. At times, participants in debt securities markets may develop concerns about the ability of certain issuers of debt securities to make timely principal and interest payments, or they may develop concerns about the ability of financial institutions that make markets in certain debt securities to facilitate an orderly market. Those concerns can cause increased volatility in those debt securities or debt securities markets. Under some circumstances, as was the case during the latter half of 2008 and early 2009, those concerns could cause reduced liquidity in certain debt securities markets. A lack of liquidity or other adverse credit market conditions may hamper the Fund's ability to sell the debt securities in which it invests or to find and purchase suitable debt instruments.

Main Risks of Foreign Investing. Foreign securities are subject to special risks. Foreign issuers are usually not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject to, which may make it difficult for the Fund to evaluate a foreign company's operations or financial condition. A change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, foreign taxes, higher transaction and other costs, delays in the settlement of transactions, changes in economic or monetary policy in the United States or abroad, expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, or other political and economic factors. These risks may be greater for investments in developing or emerging market countries.

     Time-Zone Arbitrage. The Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers that are traded in U.S. or foreign markets. If the Fund invests a significant amount of its assets in foreign markets, it may be exposed to "time-zone arbitrage" attempts by investors seeking to take advantage of differences in the values of foreign securities that might result from events that occur after the close of the foreign securities market on which a security is traded and before the Fund's net asset value is calculated.  If such time-zone arbitrage were successful, it might dilute the interests of other shareholders.  The Fund's use of "fair value pricing" to adjust certain market prices of foreign securities may help deter those activities.

Who Is the Fund Designed For? The Fund is designed for aggressive investors seeking total return over the long term, mainly from commodity-linked derivatives. Those investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant short-term share price fluctuations and losses because of the Fund's investments in commodity-linked instruments. The Fund is not designed for investors seeking current income or preservation of capital. Investors should consider buying shares of the Fund as part of an overall portfolio strategy that includes other asset classes, such as fixed-income and equity investments. The Fund is not a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. You should carefully consider your own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

The Fund's Past Performance. The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past investment performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information is available by calling the toll-free number on the back of this prospectus and on the Fund's website:
https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/investors/overview/CommodityStrategyTotalReturnFund

   


Sales charges and taxes are not included and the returns would be lower if they were. During the period shown, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 30.80% (2nd Qtr 08) and the lowest return was -52.35% (4th Qtr 08).


The following table shows the average annual total returns for each class of the Fund's shares. After-tax returns are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns, depending on your individual tax situation, may differ from those shown and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for only one class and after-tax returns for other classes will vary.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2010

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years (or life of class, if less)

Class A Shares (inception 03-31-1997)

 

 

 

Return Before Taxes

2.36%

 

(10.36%)

 

(0.63%)

 

Return After Taxes on Distributions

1.84%

 

(11.98%)

 

(2.85%)

 

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

1.54%

 

(9.16%)

 

(1.34%)

 

Class B Shares (inception 03-31-1997)

2.48%

 

(10.35%)

 

(0.54%)

 

Class C Shares (inception 03-31-1997)

6.74%

 

(10.03%)

 

(0.86%)

 

Class N Shares (inception 03-01-2001)

7.21%

 

(9.58%)

 

0.46%

 

Class Y Shares (inception 03-31-1997)

8.99%

 

(8.84%)

 

0.40%

 

S&P GSCI

9.03%

 

(5.70%)

 

1.77%

 

(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

 

 

2.51% 1

 

1.  From 02/28/01


Investment Adviser. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the Fund's investment adviser (the "Manager") and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (the "Sub-Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, is its sub-adviser.

Portfolio Managers. Kevin Baum, CFA, CAIA, has been a Vice President of the Fund since October 2000, and a portfolio manager of the Fund since May 1999. Robert Baker, CFA, has been a Vice President and portfolio manager of the Fund since May 2007. Carol Wolf has been a Vice President and portfolio manager of the Fund since December 2008.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares. In most cases, you can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional investments with as little as $50. For certain investment plans and retirement accounts, the minimum initial investment is $500 and, for some, the minimum additional investment is $25. For certain fee based programs the minimum initial investment is $250.

Shares may be purchased through a financial intermediary or the Distributor and redeemed through a financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Shareholders may purchase or redeem shares by mail, through the website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or by calling 1.800.225.5677. Share transactions may be paid by check, by Federal Funds wire or directly from or into your bank account.

Taxes. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred account, Fund distributions are subject to Federal income tax as ordinary income or as capital gains and they may also be subject to state or local taxes.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund, the Manager, or their related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

 

MORE ABOUT THE FUND



About the Fund's Investments

The allocation of the Fund's portfolio among different types of investments will vary over time and the Fund's portfolio might not always include all of the different types of investments described below. The Statement of Additional Information contains more detailed information about the Fund's investment policies and risks.

THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS. The following strategies and types of investments are the ones that the Manager and the Sub-Adviser considers to be the most important in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective and the following risks are those the Manager and the Sub-Adviser expects the Fund's portfolio to be subject to as a whole.

 

DEBT SECURITIES. The Fund may invest in debt securities, including debt securities of corporations, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, or its agencies and instrumentalities and commodity-linked notes, which are a form of derivative debt security. The Fund may select debt securities for their income possibilities or to help cushion fluctuations in the value of its portfolio.

Debt securities may be subject to the following risks:

  • Interest Rate Risk. The values of debt securities usually change when prevailing interest rates change. When interest rates rise, the values of outstanding debt securities generally fall, and those securities may sell at a discount from their face amount. When interest rates fall, the values of already-issued debt securities generally rise. However, when interest rates fall, the Fund's investments in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the Fund's income. The values of longer-term debt securities usually change more than the values of shorter-term debt securities when interest rates change.
  • Credit Risk. Debt securities are also subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security might not make interest and principal payments on the security as they become due. U.S. Government securities generally have lower credit risks than securities issued by private issuers or certain foreign governments. If an issuer fails to pay interest, the Fund's income might be reduced, and if an issuer fails to repay principal, the value of the security might fall and the Fund could lose the amount of its investment in the security. The extent of this risk varies based on the terms of the particular security and the financial condition of the issuer. A downgrade in an issuer's credit rating or other adverse news about an issuer can reduce the market value of that issuer's securities.
  • Prepayment Risk. Certain fixed-income securities (in particular mortgage-related securities) are subject to the risk of unanticipated prepayment. That is the risk that when interest rates fall, the issuer will repay the security prior to the security's expected maturity, or with respect to certain fixed-income securities, that borrowers will repay the loans that underlie these securities more quickly than expected, thereby causing the issuer of the security to repay the principal prior to expected maturity. The Fund may need to reinvest the proceeds at a lower interest rate, reducing its income. Securities subject to prepayment risk generally offer less potential for gains when prevailing interest rates fall. If the Fund buys those securities at a premium, accelerated prepayments on those securities could cause the Fund to lose a portion of its principal investment. The impact of prepayments on the price of a security may be difficult to predict and may increase the security's price volatility. Interest-only and principal-only securities are especially sensitive to interest rate changes, which can affect not only their prices but can also change the income flows and repayment assumptions about those investments.
  • Extension Risk. If interest rates rise rapidly, repayments of principal on certain debt securities may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected maturity of those securities could lengthen as a result. Securities that are subject to extension risk generally have a greater potential for loss when prevailing interest rates rise, which could cause their values to fall sharply.

The commodity-linked notes, swap contracts and OTC options the Fund enters into are also subject to credit risk. The Fund will attempt to limit credit risk for commodity-linked notes, to the extent possible, by engaging in transactions with counterparties that have an investment-grade credit rating, or a Letter of Credit from a major money center bank or some other form of credit enhancement. In addition, the Fund does not expect to invest more than 25% of its total assets in commodity-linked notes under whose terms the expected potential loss, either at redemption or maturity, exceeds 50% of the face value of the securities, calculated at the time of investment.

 

CREDIT QUALITY.  The Fund may invest in securities that are rated or unrated. "Investment-grade" securities are rated in one of the top four rating categories by nationally-recognized statistical rating organizations such as Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P"). "Lower-grade" securities are those that are rated below those categories. While securities rated "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by S&P are considered "investment-grade," they may also have some speculative characteristics. 

        Credit ratings evaluate the expectation that scheduled interest and principal payments will be made in a timely manner. They do not reflect any judgment of market risk. Rating agencies might not always change their credit rating of an issuer in a timely manner to reflect events that could affect the issuer's ability to make timely payments on its obligations. In selecting securities for its portfolio and evaluating their income potential and credit risk, the Manager and Sub-Adviser do not rely solely on ratings by rating organizations but evaluate business and economic factors affecting issuers as well. The ratings definitions of the principal ratings organizations are included in an Appendix B to the Statement of Additional Information.

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The Fund invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Some of those U.S. Government securities are issued directly by the U.S. Treasury and are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. "Full faith and credit" means that the taxing power of the U.S. Government is pledged to the payment of interest and repayment of principal on a security. Other U.S. Government securities are only backed by the right to borrow from the U.S. Government or by the credit of the entity itself.

     U.S. Treasury Securities. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States for payment of interest and repayment of principal and have little credit risk. Some of the securities that are issued directly by the U.S. Treasury are: Treasury bills (having maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (having maturities of from one to ten years when issued), Treasury bonds (having maturities of more than ten years when issued) and Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities ("TIPS"). While U.S. Treasury securities have little credit risk, prior to their maturity they are subject to price fluctuations from changes in interest rates.

 

MONEY MARKET INVESTMENTS. The Fund can invest in money market instruments, which are short-term, high-quality, dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by the U.S. Government, domestic and foreign corporations and financial institutions, and other entities. Money market instruments have a maturity of 13 months or less and include U.S. Government obligations, commercial paper, other short-term commercial obligations, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances, bank deposits and other financial institution obligations of a domestic or foreign bank. The Fund may also invest in affiliated money market funds including Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, described below. The Fund may keep a portion of its assets in cash.

Investments in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund can invest its free cash balances in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund invests in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, rather than purchasing individual short-term investments, to seek a higher yield than it could obtain on its own. Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and is part of the Oppenheimer family of funds. It invests in a variety of short-term, high-quality, dollar-denominated money market instruments issued by the U.S. Government, domestic and foreign corporations, other financial institutions, and other entities. Those investments may have a higher rate of return than the investments that would be available to the Fund directly. At the time of an investment, the Fund cannot always predict what the yield of the Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund will be because of the wide variety of instruments that fund holds in its portfolio. The return on those investments may, in some cases, be lower than the return that would have been derived from other types of investments that would provide liquidity. As a shareholder, the Fund will be subject to its proportional share of the expenses of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund's Class E shares, including its advisory fee. However, the Manager will waive a portion of the Fund's advisory fee to the extent of the Fund's share of the advisory fee paid to the Manager by Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund.

     The Fund may also invest in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund to seek investment income or for collateral management purposes.

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund may also enter into repurchase agreements. In a repurchase transaction, the Fund buys a security and simultaneously sells it back to the vendor for delivery at a future date. Repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized. However, if the seller fails to pay the repurchase price on the delivery date, the Fund may incur costs in disposing of the collateral and may experience losses if there is any delay in its ability to do so. If the default on the part of the seller is due to its bankruptcy, the Fund's ability to liquidate the collateral may be delayed or limited.

 

COMMODITY-LINKED NOTES. Commodity-linked notes have characteristics of both a debt security and a commodity-linked derivative. Typically, commodity-linked notes are issued by a bank or other financial institution or a commodity producer at a specified face value (for example $100 or $1,000). They usually pay interest at a fixed or floating rate until they mature, which is normally in 12 to 18 months. At maturity, the Fund receives a payment that is calculated based on the price increase or decrease of an underlying commodity-related variable and may be based on a multiple of the price movement of that variable. The underlying commodity-related variable may be: a physical commodity (such as heating oil, livestock, or agricultural products), a commodity futures or option contract, a commodity index (such as the S&P GSCI), or some other readily measurable variable that reflects changes in the value of particular commodities or the commodities markets.

The Fund typically has the right to "put" (or sell) a commodity-linked note to the issuer at any time, at a price that is calculated based on the price movement of the underlying variable. A typical commodity-linked note also provides that the issuer will automatically repurchase the note from the Fund if the value of the note decreases to a specified level based on the price of the underlying variable.

The Fund may negotiate with the issuer to modify specific terms and features to tailor the note to the Fund's investment needs. For example, the Fund can negotiate to extend or shorten the maturity of a commodity-linked note, or to receive interest payments at a variable interest rate instead of at a fixed interest rate.

Qualifying Hybrid Instruments. The Fund typically invests in commodity-linked notes that are excluded from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act and the rules thereunder to the extent necessary for the Fund not to be considered a "commodity pool." These are referred to as "qualifying hybrid instruments" and must meet the certain specific legal requirements.

Although the Fund may invest up to 100% of its total assets in commodity-linked notes that are considered to be "qualifying hybrid instruments," from time to time it may invest a portion of its assets in commodity-linked notes and other commodity-linked derivatives that do not qualify for exemption from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act. More information regarding qualifying hybrid instruments is included in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information, which is available on request.

 

OTHER DERIVATIVE INVESTMENTS. The Fund can use put and call options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swap agreements to seek to increase its investment return or to hedge its exposure to changing interest rates, securities prices, and other economic variables. The Fund may also buy and sell derivative instruments to adjust its exposure to the returns of the commodity markets from its commodity-linked notes.

     Put and Call Options. The Fund may buy and sell call and put options on futures contracts (including commodity futures contracts), commodity indices, financial indices, securities indices, currencies, financial futures, swaps and securities. A call option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase an underlying asset at a specified (strike) price. A put option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying asset at a specified price. Options may be traded on a securities exchange or over-the-counter. Options on commodity futures contracts are traded on the same exchange on which the underlying futures contract is listed. The Fund may purchase and sell options on commodity futures listed on U.S. and foreign futures exchanges.

The Fund may sell call options if they are "covered." That means that while the call option is outstanding, the Fund must either own the security subject to the call, or, for certain types of call options, identify liquid assets on its books that would enable it to fulfill its obligations if the option were exercised. The Fund has no limit on the amount of its total assets that may be subject to covered calls. The Fund may also sell put options. The Fund must identify liquid assets to cover any put options it sells.

     Futures Contracts. The Fund can buy and sell commodities futures contracts and financial futures contracts. Commodity futures contracts are agreements in which one party agrees to buy an asset from the other party at a later date at a price and quantity agreed-upon when the contract is made. Commodity futures contracts are traded on futures exchanges, which offer a central marketplace in which to originate futures contracts and clear trades in a secondary market. Futures exchanges also provide standardization of expiration dates and contract sizes. Buyers of futures contracts do not own the underlying commodity unless they decide to accept delivery at expiration of the contract. In practice, delivery of the underlying commodity to satisfy a futures contract rarely occurs and buyers typically close-out their positions before expiration. The Fund's investments in commodity futures contracts may involve substantial risks.

Financial futures contracts are standardized commitments to either purchase or sell designated financial instruments at a future date for a specified price, and may be settled in cash or through delivery of the underlying instrument. Generally, the Fund expects to satisfy or offset its delivery obligations under a futures contract by taking an equal but opposite position in the futures market in the same underlying instrument.

Credit Default Swaps. A credit default swap enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a credit event with respect to an issuer, such as an issuer's failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on its debt obligations, bankruptcy or restructuring. The terms of the instrument are generally negotiated by the Fund and the swap counterparty. A credit default swap may be embedded within a structured note or other derivative instrument.

Generally, if the Fund buys credit protection using a credit default swap, the Fund will make fixed payments to the counterparty and if a credit event occurs with respect to the applicable issuer, the Fund will deliver the issuer's defaulted bonds underlying the swap to the swap counterparty and the counterparty will pay the Fund par for the bonds. If the Fund sells credit protection using a credit default swap, generally the Fund will receive fixed payments from the counterparty and if a credit event occurs with respect to the applicable issuer, the Fund will pay the swap counterparty par for the issuer's defaulted bonds and the swap counterparty will deliver the bonds to the Fund. Alternatively, a credit default swap may be cash settled and the buyer of protection would receive the difference between the par value and the market value of the issuer's defaulted bonds from the seller of protection. If the credit default swap is on a basket of issuers, the notional value of the swap is reduced by the amount represented by that issuer, and the fixed payments are then made on the reduced notional value.

Risks of Credit Default Swaps. Credit default swaps are subject to credit risk of the underlying issuer and to counterparty credit risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its obligations, the Fund may lose money. Credit default swaps are also subject to the risk that the Fund will not properly assess the risk of the underlying issuer. If the Fund is selling credit protection, there is a risk that a credit event will occur and that the Fund will have to pay the counterparty. If the Fund is buying credit protection, there is a risk that no credit event will occur and the Fund will receive no benefit for the premium paid.

Interest Rate Swaps.   In an interest rate swap, the Fund and another party exchange their rights to receive interest payments on a security. For example, they might swap the right to receive floating rate payments for the right to receive fixed rate payments. An interest rate swap enables an investor to buy or sell protection against changes in an interest rate event. The terms of the instrument are generally negotiated by the Fund and the swap counterparty. An interest rate swap may be embedded within a structured note or other derivative instrument.

       Risks of Interest Rate Swaps. Interest rate swaps are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk. An interest rate swap transaction could result in losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Interest rate swaps are also subject to counterparty risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its obligations, the Fund may lose money.

Total Return Swaps. In a total return swap transaction, one party agrees to pay the other party an amount equal to the total return on a defined underlying asset or a non-asset reference during a specified period of time. The underlying asset might be a security or basket of securities or a non-asset reference such as a securities index. In return, the other party would make periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or on the total return from a different underlying asset or non-asset reference.

Risks of Total Return Swaps. Total return swaps could result in losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. Total return swaps can have the potential for unlimited losses. They are also subject to counterparty risk. If the counterparty fails to meet its obligations, the Fund may lose money.

Swap Transactions.  There is no central exchange or market for swap transactions and therefore they are less liquid than exchange-traded instruments.

"Structured" Notes. "Structured" notes are specially-designed derivative debt instruments. The terms of the instrument may be determined or "structured" by the purchaser and the issuer of the note. Payments of principal or interest on these notes may be linked to the value of an index (such as a currency or securities index), one or more securities, a commodity or the financial performance of one or more obligors. The value of these notes will normally rise or fall in response to the changes in the performance of the underlying security, index, commodity or obligor.

Risks of Structured Notes. Structured notes are subject to interest rate risk. They are also subject to credit risk with respect both to the issuer and, if applicable, to the underlying security or obligor. If the underlying investment or index does not perform as anticipated, the structured note might pay less interest than the stated coupon payment or repay less principal upon maturity. The price of structured notes may be very volatile and they may have a limited trading market, making it difficult to value them or sell them at an acceptable price. In some cases, the Fund may enter into agreements with an issuer of structured notes to purchase a minimum amount of those notes over time.

In some cases, the Fund may invest in structured notes that pay an amount based on a multiple of the relative change in value of the underlying investment or index. This type of note increases the potential for income but at a greater risk of loss than a typical debt security of the same maturity and credit quality.

Industry Focus. The Fund will not invest 25% or more of its total assets in commodity-linked notes and securities issued by companies in any one industry or group of industries. However, the Fund will invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities, commodity-linked notes and other derivative instruments linked to industries in the following five basic commodity sectors of the S&P GSCI: (1) energy, which includes crude oil, Brent Crude oil, gas oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes cattle, feeder cattle and hogs; (3) agriculture, which includes wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold and silver. In addition, the Fund can invest more than 25% of its total assets in commodity-linked notes and securities issued by companies in the financial services sector (which includes, for example, the banking, brokerage and insurance industries). Consequently, the Fund's share values will fluctuate in response to events affecting issuers in the commodities sectors of the S&P GSCI and the financial services sector.

Investments in the Fund's Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. It is expected that the Subsidiary will invest primarily in commodity and financial futures and option contracts, as well as fixed income securities and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives positions.

Investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Revenue Code"). Subchapter M requires, among other things, that at least 90% of the Fund's income be derived from securities or derived with respect to its business of investing in securities (typically referred to as "qualifying income"). Income from certain of the commodity-linked derivatives in which the Fund invests may not be treated as "qualifying income" for purposes of the 90% income requirement. The Fund has received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service confirming that income from the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will constitute "qualifying income" for purposes of Subchapter M.

Because the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which may hold some of the investments described in this prospectus, the Fund may be considered to be investing indirectly in some of those investments through its Subsidiary. For that reason, and for the sake of convenience, references to the Fund may also include the Subsidiary.


OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS. The Fund can also use the investment techniques and strategies described below. The Fund might not use all of these techniques or strategies or might only use them from time to time.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments that do not have an active trading market, or that have legal or contractual limitations on their resale, are generally referred to as "illiquid" securities. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value or to sell promptly at an acceptable price or may require registration under applicable securities laws before they can be sold publicly. Securities that have limitations on their resale are referred to as "restricted securities." Certain restricted securities that are eligible for resale to qualified institutional purchasers may not be regarded as illiquid.

The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net assets in illiquid or restricted securities.  The Board can increase that limit to 15%. The Manager monitors the Fund's holdings of illiquid securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any of those securities to maintain adequate liquidity.

Conflicts of Interest. The investment activities of the Manager, the Sub-Adviser and their affiliates in regard to other accounts they manage may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Fund and its shareholders. The Manager, the Sub-Adviser or their affiliates may provide investment advisory services to other funds and accounts that have investment objectives or strategies that differ from, or are contrary to, those of the Fund. That may result in another fund or account holding investment positions that are adverse to the Fund's investment strategies or activities. Other funds or accounts advised by the Manager, the Sub-Adviser or their affiliates may have conflicting interests arising from investment objectives that are similar to those of the Fund. Those funds and accounts may engage in, and compete for, the same types of securities or other investments as the Fund or invest in securities of the same issuers that have different, and possibly conflicting, characteristics. The trading and other investment activities of those other funds or accounts may be carried out without regard to the investment activities of the Fund and, as a result, the value of securities held by the Fund or the Fund's investment strategies may be adversely affected. The Fund's investment performance will usually differ from the performance of other accounts advised by the Manager, the Sub-Adviser or their affiliates and the Fund may experience losses during periods in which other accounts they advise achieve gains. The Manager and the Sub-Adviser have adopted policies and procedures designed to address potential identified conflicts of interest, however such policies and procedures may also limit the Fund's investment activities and affect its performance.

Investments by "Funds of Funds." Class Y shares of the Fund are offered as an investment to certain other Oppenheimer funds that act as "funds of funds," which may invest significant portions of their assets in shares of the Fund. From time to time, those investments may also represent a significant portion of the Fund's outstanding shares or of its outstanding Class Y shares. The Oppenheimer funds of funds typically use asset allocation strategies that may increase or reduce the amount of their investment in the Fund frequently, possibly on a daily basis during volatile market conditions. If the size of those purchases or redemptions were significant relative to the size of the Fund's assets, the Fund might be required to purchase or sell portfolio securities, which could increase its transaction costs and reduce the performance of all of its share classes. A decline in the Fund's assets due to large redemptions could also cause the Fund's operating expenses to increase. Further discussion of the possible effects of frequent trading in the Fund's shares is included in the section "Limitations on Frequent Exchanges" in this prospectus.

Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. For temporary defensive purposes in times of adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the Fund can invest up to 100% of its total assets in investments that may be inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies. Generally, the Fund would invest in shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund or in the types of money market instruments in which Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund invests or in other short-term U.S. Government securities. The Fund might also hold these types of securities as interim investments pending the investment of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or the sale of Fund portfolio securities or to meet anticipated redemptions of Fund shares. To the extent the Fund invests in these securities, it might not achieve its investment objective.

Portfolio Turnover.   A change in the securities held by the Fund is known as "portfolio turnover." The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to try to achieve its investment objective and may have a portfolio turnover rate of over 100% annually. Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage fees or other transaction costs, which can reduce performance. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells investments, it generally must pay those gains to shareholders, increasing its taxable distributions. The Financial Highlights table at the end of this prospectus shows the Fund's portfolio turnover rates during past fiscal years.

CHANGES TO THE FUND'S INVESTMENT POLICIES. The Fund's fundamental investment policies cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting shares; however, the Fund's Board can change non-fundamental policies without a shareholder vote. Significant policy changes will be described in supplements to this prospectus. The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other investment restrictions that are fundamental policies are listed in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information. An investment policy is not fundamental unless this prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information states that it is.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS.   The Fund's portfolio holdings are included in its semi-annual and annual reports that are distributed to its shareholders within 60 days after the close of the applicable reporting period. The Fund also discloses its portfolio holdings in its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q, which are public filings that are required to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 60 days after the end of the Fund's first and third fiscal quarters. Therefore, the Fund's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than 60 days after the end of each of its fiscal quarters. In addition, the Fund's portfolio holdings information, as of the end of each calendar month, may be posted and available on the Fund's website no sooner than 30 days after the end of each calendar month.    

A description of the Fund's policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of its portfolio holdings is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

How the Fund is Managed

 

THE MANAGER AND THE SUB-ADVISER. OppenheimerFunds, Inc., the Manager, is responsible for the Fund's day-to-day business. Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., the Sub-Adviser, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager. The Sub-Adviser is responsible for selecting the Fund's investments. The Manager carries out its duties, subject to the policies established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, under an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Fund that states the Manager's responsibilities. The agreement sets the fees the Fund pays to the Manager and describes the expenses that the Fund is responsible to pay to conduct its business. The Sub-Adviser has a Sub-Advisory Agreement with the Manager and is paid by the Manager.

The Manager has been an investment adviser since 1960. The Sub-Adviser has operated as an investment adviser since 1989. The Manager and the Sub-Adviser are located at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Advisory Fees.  Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager an advisory fee, calculated on the daily net assets of the Fund, at an annual rate that declines for additional assets as the Fund's assets grow: 1.00% of the first $200 million of average annual net assets, 0.90% of the next $200 million, 0.85% of the next $200 million, 0.80% of the next $200 million, and 0.75% of net assets in excess of $800 million. Under the sub-advisory agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser the following annual fees: 0.50% of the first $200 million of average annual net assets, 0.45% of the next $200 million, 0.425% of the next $200 million, 0.40% of the next $200 million, and 0.375% of the net assets in excess of $800 million. The Fund's advisory fee for its last fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 was 0.82% of average annual net assets for each class of shares before any waivers were applied.

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This waiver will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager obtains the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees for such termination. The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The transfer agent has voluntarily undertaken to limit its fees for all classes to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class. These expense limitations may be amended or withdrawn after one year from the date of this prospectus.  After all waivers and reimbursements, the actual "Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses" for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 were the same as those shown in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table earlier in the Prospectus.  The Fund's management fee and other annual operating expenses may vary in future years.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees' approval of the Fund's investment advisory contract with the Manager is available in the Fund's Annual Report to shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Portfolio Managers. The Fund's portfolio is managed by Kevin Baum, Robert Baker, and Carol Wolf, who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments. Mr. Baum, has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since 1999 and a Vice President of the Fund since 2000. Mr. Baker has been a portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since May 2007. Ms.Wolf has been a portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since December 2008.

       Mr. Baum, CFA, CAIA has been a Senior Vice President of the Manager since 2009 and was previously a Vice President of the Manager from 2000. He is a portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

     Mr. Baker, CFA, has been a Vice President of the Manager since May 2007. He was an Assistant Vice President and Senior Research Analyst of the Manager from January 2004 to May 2007 and an Analyst of the Manager from February 2001 to December 2003. Mr. Baker is a portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

     Ms. Wolf has been a Senior Vice President of the Manager since September 2000 and of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation since June 2003. She was Vice President of the Manager from June 1990 through June 2000. Ms. Wolf is an officer and portfolio manager of other funds for which the Manager or an affiliate serves as investment adviser.

     The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership of Fund shares.

 

ABOUT THE FUND'S WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY. The Subsidiary is a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and is overseen by its own board of directors. The Fund is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, and it is currently expected that shares of the Subsidiary will not be sold or offered to other investors. If at any time in the future the Subsidiary proposes to offer or sell its shares to any investor other than the Fund, shareholders will receive 60 days' prior notice of such offer or sale and this prospectus will be revised accordingly.

The Manager is responsible for the Subsidiary's day-to-day business pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Subsidiary and the Sub-Adviser selects the Subsidiary's investments pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement with the Manager. Under these agreements, the Manager and Sub-Adviser provide the Subsidiary with the same type of management and sub-advisory services, under the same terms, as are provided to the Fund. The Subsidiary's advisory and sub-advisory agreements provide for their automatic termination upon the termination of the Fund's Investment Advisory Agreement or Sub-Advisory Agreement, respectively. The Subsidiary has also entered into separate contracts for the provision of custody, transfer agency, and audit services with the same service providers that provide those services to the Fund.

The Subsidiary will be managed pursuant to compliance policies and procedures that are the same, in all material respects, as the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund. As a result, in managing the Subsidiary's portfolio, the Manager and Sub-Adviser are subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the management of the Fund, and, in particular, to the requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, brokerage, and the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiary. These policies and restrictions are described in detail in the Fund's SAI. The Fund's Chief Compliance Officer oversees implementation of the Subsidiary's policies and procedures, and makes periodic reports to the Fund's Board regarding the Subsidiary's compliance with its policies and procedures.

The Fund pays the Manager a fee for its services, and the Manager pays a sub-advisory fee to the Sub-Adviser. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager first obtains the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees for such termination. The rate of the management fee paid directly or indirectly by the Fund, calculated by aggregating the fees paid to the Manager by the Fund (after the waiver described above) and the Subsidiary, may not increase without the prior approval of the Board and a majority of the Fund's shareholders. The Subsidiary will also bear the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the custody, transfer agency, and audit services that it receives. The Fund expects that the expenses borne by the Subsidiary will not be material in relation to the value of the Fund's assets. It is also anticipated that the Fund's own expense will be reduced to some extent as a result of the payment of such expenses at the Subsidiary level. It is therefore expected that the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will not result in the Fund's paying duplicative fees for similar services provided to the Fund and Subsidiary.

The financial statements of the Subsidiary will be included in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports provided to shareholders (which will include the Subsidiary's full audited financial statements and unaudited financial statements, respectively). Copies of the reports are provided without charge upon request as indicated on the back cover of this prospectus. Please refer to the SAI for additional information about the organization and management of the Subsidiary.

 

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About Your Account

Where Can You Buy Fund Shares? Oppenheimer funds may be purchased either directly or through a variety of "financial intermediaries" that offer Fund shares to their clients. Financial intermediaries include securities dealers, financial advisors, brokers, banks, trust companies, insurance companies and the sponsors of fund "supermarkets," fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs or college and retirement savings programs.

WHAT CLASSES OF SHARES DOES THE FUND OFFER? The Fund offers investors five different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to different expenses and will usually have different share prices. When you buy shares, be sure to specify the class of shares you wish to purchase. If you do not choose a class, your investment will be made in Class A shares.
Class A Shares. If you buy Class A shares, you will pay an initial sales charge on investments up to $1 million for regular accounts or lesser amounts for certain retirement plans or if you qualify for certain fee waivers. The amount of the sales charge will vary depending on the amount you invest. The sales charge rates for different investment amounts are listed in "About Class A Shares" below.
Class B Shares. If you buy Class B shares, you will pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge (distribution fee) over a period of approximately six years. If you sell your shares within six years after buying them, you will normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. The amount of the contingent deferred sales charge varies depending on how long you own your shares, as described in "About Class B Shares" below.
Class C Shares. If you buy Class C shares, you will pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an ongoing asset-based sales charge. If you sell your shares within 12 months after buying them, you will normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described in "About Class C Shares" below.
Class N Shares. Class N shares are available only through certain retirement plans. If you buy Class N shares, you will pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an ongoing asset-based sales charge. If you sell your shares within 18 months after the retirement plan's first purchase of Class N shares, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described in "About Class N Shares" below.
Class Y Shares. Class Y shares are offered only to certain institutional investors that have a special agreement with the Distributor and to present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their eligible family members) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals. See "About Class Y Shares" below.

Certain sales charge waivers may apply to purchases or redemptions of Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N shares. More information about those waivers is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information, or by clicking on the hyperlink "Sales Charges & Breakpoints" under the heading "Fund Information" on the OppenheimerFunds website at "www.oppenheimerfunds.com."

 

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT? In most cases, you can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional investments with as little as $50. The minimum additional investment requirement does not apply to reinvested dividends from the Fund or from other Oppenheimer funds or to omnibus account purchases. A $25 minimum applies to additional investments through an Asset Builder Plan, an Automatic Exchange Plan or a government allotment plan established before November 1, 2002. Reduced initial minimums are available in certain circumstances, including under the following investment plans:

  • For most types of retirement accounts that OppenheimerFunds offers, the minimum initial investment is $500.
  • For certain retirement accounts that have automatic investments through salary deduction plans, there is no minimum initial investment.
  • For an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Exchange Plan or a government allotment plan, the minimum initial investment is $500.
  • For certain fee-based programs that have an agreement with the Distributor, a minimum initial investment of $250 applies.

Minimum Account Balance. A $12 annual "minimum balance fee" is assessed on Fund accounts with a value of less than $500. The fee is automatically deducted from each applicable Fund account annually in September. See the Statement of Additional Information for information about the circumstances under which this fee will not be assessed. Small accounts may be involuntarily redeemed by the Fund if their value has fallen below $200 for reasons other than a decline in the market value of the shares.

Choosing a Share Class

 

Once you decide that the Fund is an appropriate investment for you, deciding which class of shares is best suited to your needs depends on a number of factors that you should discuss with your financial advisor. The Fund's operating costs that apply to a share class and the effect of the different types of sales charges on your investment will affect your investment results over time. For example, the net asset value and the dividends of Class B, Class C, and Class N shares will be reduced by additional expenses borne by those classes, such as the asset-based sales charge.

     Two of the factors to consider are how much you plan to invest and, while future financial needs cannot be predicted with certainty, how long you plan to hold your investment. For example, with larger purchases that qualify for a reduced initial sales charge on Class A shares, the effect of paying an initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares may be less over time than the effect of the asset-based sales charges on Class B, Class C, or Class N shares. For retirement plans that qualify to purchase Class N shares, Class N will generally be the most advantageous share class. If your goals and objectives change over time and you plan to purchase additional shares, you should re-evaluate each of the factors to see if you should consider a different class of shares.

     The discussion below is not intended to be investment advice or a recommendation, because each investor's financial considerations are different. The discussion below assumes that you will purchase only one class of shares and not a combination of shares of different classes. These examples are based on approximations of the effects of current sales charges and expenses projected over time, and do not detail all of the considerations in selecting a class of shares. You should analyze your options carefully with your financial advisor before making that choice.

  • Investing for the Shorter Term. While the Fund is meant to be a long-term investment, if you have a relatively short-term investment horizon (that is, if you do not plan to hold your shares for six years or more), you should consider investing in Class C shares. That is because of the effect of the initial sales charge on Class A shares or the Class B contingent deferred sales charge if you redeem within six years.
  • Investing for the Longer Term. If you are investing less than $100,000 for the longer term and do not expect to need access to your money for six years or more, Class B shares may be appropriate.
  • Amount of Your Investment. Your choice will also depend on how much you plan to invest. For shorter-term investments of less than $100,000, Class C shares might be the appropriate choice because there is no initial sales charge on Class C shares, and the contingent deferred sales charge does not apply to shares you redeem after holding them for one year or more. However, if you plan to invest more than $100,000, and as your investment horizon increases toward six years, Class C shares might not be as advantageous as Class A shares. That is because over time the ongoing asset-based sales charge on Class C shares will have a greater impact on your account than the reduced front-end sales charge available for Class A share purchases of $100,000 or more. If you invest $1 million or more, in most cases Class A shares will be the most advantageous choice, no matter how long you intend to hold your shares.
     The Distributor normally will not accept purchase orders from a single investor for more than $100,000 of Class B shares or for $1 million or more of Class C shares. Dealers or other financial intermediaries are responsible for determining the suitability of a particular share class for an investor.

Are There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You? Some account features may not be available for all share classes. Other features may not be advisable because of the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. Therefore, you should carefully review how you plan to use your investment account before deciding which class of shares to buy.

How Do Share Classes Affect Payments to Your Financial Intermediary? The Class B, Class C, and Class N contingent deferred sales charges and asset-based sales charges have the same purpose as the front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge on Class A shares: to compensate the Distributor for concessions and expenses it pays to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for selling Fund shares. Those financial intermediaries may receive different compensation for selling different classes of shares. The Manager or Distributor may also pay dealers or other financial intermediaries additional amounts from their own resources based on the value of Fund shares held by the intermediary for its own account or held for its customers' accounts. For more information about those payments, see "Payments to Financial Intermediaries and Service Providers" below.

 

ABOUT CLASS A SHARES. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value of the shares (described below) plus, in most cases, an initial sales charge. The Fund receives the amount of your investment, minus the sales charge, to invest for your account. In some cases, Class A purchases may qualify for a reduced sales charge or a sales charge waiver, as described below and in the Statement of Additional Information.

The Class A sales charge rate varies depending on the amount of your purchase. A portion or all of the sales charge may be retained by the Distributor or paid to your broker, dealer or other financial intermediary as a concession. The current sales charge rates and concessions paid are shown in the table below. There is no initial sales charge on Class A purchases of $1 million or more, but a contingent deferred sales charge (described below) may apply.

Amount of Purchase

Front-End Sales Charge As a Percentage of Offering Price

Front-End Sales Charge As a Percentage of Net Amount Invested

Concession As a Percentage of Offering Price

Less than $25,000

5.75%

 

6.10%

 

4.75%

 

$25,000 or more but less than $50,000

5.50%

 

5.82%

 

4.75%

 

$50,000 or more but less than $100,000

4.75%

 

4.99%

 

4.00%

 

$100,000 or more but less than $250,000

3.75%

 

3.90%

 

3.00%

 

$250,000 or more but less than $500,000

2.50%

 

2.56%

 

2.00%

 

$500,000 or more but less than $1 million

2.00%

 

2.04%

 

1.60%

 

Due to rounding, the actual sales charge for a particular transaction may be higher or lower than the rates listed above.


Reduced Class A Sales Charges. Under a "Right of Accumulation" or a "Letter of Intent" you may be eligible to buy Class A shares of the Fund at the reduced sales charge rates that would apply to a larger purchase. The Fund reserves the right to modify or to cease offering these programs at any time.

  • Right of Accumulation. To qualify for the reduced Class A sales charge that would apply to a larger purchase than you are currently making, you can add the value of shares that you and your spouse currently own, and other purchases that you are currently making, to the value of your Class A share purchase of the Fund. You may count Class A, Class B and Class C shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds and Class A, Class B, Class C, Class G and Class H units in adviser sold Section 529 plans, for which the Manager or the Distributor serves as the "Program Manager" or "Program Distributor." The Distributor or the financial intermediary through which you are buying shares will determine the value of the shares you currently own based on the greater of their current offering price or the amount you paid for the shares. For purposes of calculating that value, the Distributor will only take into consideration the value of shares owned as of December 31, 2007 and any shares purchased subsequently. The value of any shares that you have redeemed and the value of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on which you have not paid a sales charge will not be counted for this purpose.  In totaling your holdings, you may count shares held in: 
    • your individual accounts (including IRAs, 403(b) plans and eligible 529 plans),
    • your joint accounts with your spouse,
    • accounts you or your spouse hold as trustees or custodians on behalf of your children who are minors.

A fiduciary can apply a right of accumulation to all shares purchased for a trust, estate or other fiduciary account that has multiple accounts (including employee benefit plans for the same employer and Single K plans for the benefit of a sole proprietor).

If you are buying shares directly from the Fund, you must inform the Distributor of your eligibility and holdings at the time of your purchase in order to qualify for the Right of Accumulation. If you are buying shares through a financial intermediary you must notify the intermediary of your eligibility for the Right of Accumulation at the time of your purchase.

To count shares held in accounts at other firms, you may be requested to provide the Distributor or your current financial intermediary with a copy of account statements showing your current holdings of the Fund, other eligible Oppenheimer funds or qualifying 529 plans. Shares purchased under a Letter of Intent may also qualify as eligible holdings under a Right of Accumulation.

  • Letter of Intent. You may also qualify for reduced Class A sales charges by submitting a Letter of Intent to the Distributor. A Letter of Intent is a written statement of your intention to purchase a specified value of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds or Class A, Class B, Class C, Class G or Class H unit purchases in adviser sold Section 529 plans, for which the Manager or Distributor serves as the Program Manager or Program Distributor, over a 13-month period. The total amount of your intended purchases will determine the reduced sales charge rate that will apply to your Class A share purchases during that period. You must notify the Distributor or your financial intermediary of any qualifying 529 plan purchases or purchases through other financial intermediaries.

Purchases of Class N or Class Y shares, purchases made by reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions from other Oppenheimer funds, purchases of Class A shares with redemption proceeds under the "reinvestment privilege" described below, and purchases of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on which a sales charge has not been paid do not count as "qualified shares" for satisfying the terms of a Letter.

Submitting a Letter of Intent does not obligate you to purchase the specified amount of shares. If you do not complete the anticipated purchases, you will be charged the difference between the sales charge that you paid and the sales charge that would apply to the actual value of shares you purchased. A certain portion of your shares will be held in escrow by the Fund's Transfer Agent for this purpose. Please refer to "How to Buy Shares – Letters of Intent" in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information for more complete information. You may also be able to apply the Right of Accumulation to purchases you make under a Letter of Intent.

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. Although there is no initial sales charge on Class A purchases of shares of one or more of the Oppenheimer funds totaling $1 million or more, those Class A shares may be subject to a 1.0% contingent deferred sales charge if they are redeemed within an 18-month "holding period" measured from the beginning of the calendar month in which they were purchased (except for shares purchased in certain retirement plans, as described below). That sales charge will be calculated on the lesser of the original net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of purchase or the aggregate net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption.

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge does not apply to shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions and will not exceed the aggregate amount of the concessions the Distributor pays on all of your purchases of Class A shares, of all Oppenheimer funds, that are subject to the contingent deferred sales charge.

The Distributor pays concessions from its own resources equal to 1.0% of Class A purchases of $1 million or more (other than purchases by certain retirement plans). The concession will not be paid on shares purchased by exchange or shares that were previously subject to a front-end sales charge and concession.

Class A Purchases by Certain Retirement Plans. There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of the Fund by retirement plans that have $1 million or more in plan assets or by certain retirement plans or platforms offered through financial intermediaries or other service providers.

In addition, there is no contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions of certain Class A retirement plan shares offered through financial intermediaries or other service providers. There is no contingent deferred sales charge on redemptions of Class A group retirement plan shares except for shares of certain group retirement plans that were established prior to March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement plans"). Shares purchased in grandfathered retirement plans are subject to the contingent deferred sales charge if they are redeemed within 18 months after purchase.

The Distributor does not pay a concession on Class A retirement plan purchases except on purchases by grandfathered retirement plans and plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets. The concession for grandfathered retirement plan purchases is 0.25%. For purchases of Class A shares by retirement plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets (within the first six months from the time the account was established), the Distributor may pay financial intermediaries concessions equal to 0.25% of the purchase price from its own resources at the time of sale. Those payments are subject to certain exceptions described in "Retirement Plans" in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

ABOUT CLASS B SHARES. Class B shares are sold at net asset value per share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class B shares are redeemed within six years from the beginning of the calendar month in which they were purchased, a contingent deferred sales charge will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Class B shares are also subject to an asset-based sales charge that is calculated daily based on an annual rate of 0.75%. The Class B contingent deferred sales charge and asset-based sales charge are paid to compensate the Distributor for providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B shares.

The amount of the Class B contingent deferred sales charge will depend on the number of years since you invested, according to the following schedule:

 

Years since Beginning of Month in Which Purchase Order was Accepted

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on Redemptions in That Year (As % of Amount Subject to Charge)

0-1

5.0%

1-2

4.0%

2-3

3.0%

3-4

3.0%

4-5

2.0%

5-6

1.0%

More than 6

None

In the table, a "year" is a 12-month period. In applying the contingent deferred sales charge, all purchases are considered to have been made on the first regular business day of the month in which the purchase was made.


Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares six years (72 months) after you purchase them. This conversion eliminates the Class B asset-based sales charge, however, the shares will be subject to the ongoing Class A fees and expenses. The conversion is based on the relative net asset value of the two classes, and no sales load or other charge is imposed. When any Class B shares that you hold convert to Class A shares, all other Class B shares that were acquired by reinvesting dividends and distributions on the converted shares will also convert. For further information on the conversion feature and its tax implications, see "Class B Conversion" in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

ABOUT CLASS C SHARES. Class C shares are sold at net asset value per share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class C shares are redeemed within a 12 month "holding period" from the beginning of the calendar month in which they were purchased, a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Class C shares are also subject to an asset-based sales charge that is calculated daily based on an annual rate of 0.75%. The Class C contingent deferred sales charge and asset-based sales charge are paid to compensate the Distributor for providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class C shares.

 

ABOUT CLASS N SHARES. Class N shares are offered to retirement plans (including IRAs and 403(b) plans) that purchase $500,000 or more of Oppenheimer funds Class N shares or to group retirement plans (which do not include IRAs and 403(b) plans) held in omnibus accounts that have assets of $500,000 or more or have 100 or more eligible participants. See "Availability of Class N shares" in the Statement of Additional Information for other circumstances in which Class N shares are available for purchase.

Class N shares are sold at net asset value without an initial sales charge. Class N shares are subject to an asset-based sales charge that is calculated daily based on an annual rate of 0.25%. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% will be imposed on the redemption of Class N shares, if:

  • The group retirement plan is terminated, or Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan, and the Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund; or
  • Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after an IRA or 403(b) plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund.

Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on plan participant accounts. For more information about buying and selling shares through a retirement plan, see the section "Investment Plans and Services - Retirement Plans" below.

 

ABOUT CLASS Y SHARES. Class Y shares are sold at net asset value per share without a sales charge directly to institutional investors that have special agreements with the Distributor for that purpose. They may include insurance companies, registered investment companies, employee benefit plans and Section 529 plans, among others.

An institutional investor that buys Class Y shares for its customers' accounts may impose charges on those accounts. The procedures for buying, selling, exchanging and transferring the Fund's other classes of shares (other than the time those orders must be received by the Distributor or Transfer Agent at their Colorado office) and some of the special account features available to investors buying other classes of shares do not apply to Class Y shares. Instructions for buying, selling, exchanging or transferring Class Y shares must be submitted by the institutional investor, not by its customers for whose benefit the shares are held.

Present and former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their eligible family members) of the Fund, the Manager, its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals, are also permitted to purchase Class Y shares of the Fund.

The Price of Fund Shares

Shares may be purchased at their offering price which is the net asset value per share plus any initial sales charge that applies. Shares are redeemed at their net asset value per share less any contingent deferred sales charge that applies. The net asset value that applies to a purchase or redemption order is the next one calculated after the Distributor receives the order, in proper form as described in this prospectus, or after any agent appointed by the Distributor receives the order in proper form as described in this prospectus. Your financial intermediary can provide you with more information regarding the time you must submit your purchase order and whether the intermediary is an authorized agent for the receipt of purchase and redemption orders.

Net Asset Value. The Fund calculates the net asset value of each class of shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on each day the NYSE is open for trading (referred to in this prospectus as a "regular business day"). The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, but may close earlier on some days.

The Fund determines the net assets of each class of shares by subtracting the class-specific expenses and the amount of the Fund's liabilities attributable to the share class from the value of the securities and other assets attributable to the share class. The Fund's "other assets" might include, for example, cash and interest or dividends from its portfolio securities that have been accrued but not yet collected. The Fund's securities are valued primarily on the basis of current market quotations.

The net asset value per share for each share class is determined by dividing the net assets of the class by the number of outstanding shares of that class.

       Fair Value Pricing . If market quotations are not readily available or (in the Manager's judgment) do not accurately reflect the fair value of a security, or if after the close of the principal market on which a security held by the Fund is traded and before the time as of which the Fund's net asset value is calculated that day, an event occurs that the Manager learns of and believes in the exercise of its judgment will cause a material change in the value of that security from the closing price of the security on the principal market on which it is traded, that security may be valued by another method that the Board believes would more accurately reflect the security's fair value.

In determining whether current market prices are readily available and reliable, the Manager monitors the information it receives in the ordinary course of its investment management responsibilities. It seeks to identify significant events that it believes, in good faith, will affect the market prices of the securities held by the Fund. Those may include events affecting specific issuers (for example, a halt in trading of the securities of an issuer on an exchange during the trading day) or events affecting securities markets (for example, a foreign securities market closes early because of a natural disaster).

The Board has adopted valuation procedures for the Fund and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for fair value determinations to the Manager's "Valuation Committee." Those determinations may include consideration of recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security, developments in the markets and their performance, and current valuations of foreign or U.S. indices. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next scheduled meeting after the fair valuations are determined.

The Fund's use of fair value pricing procedures involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security at approximately the same time at which the Fund determines its net asset value per share.

       Pricing Foreign Securities. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities primarily traded on foreign exchanges. Because many foreign markets close hours before the Fund values its foreign portfolio holdings, significant events, including broad market movements, may occur during that time that could potentially affect the values of foreign securities held by the Fund.

The Manager believes that foreign securities values may be affected by volatility that occurs in U.S. markets after the close of foreign securities markets. The Manager's fair valuation procedures therefore include a procedure whereby foreign securities prices may be "fair valued" to take those factors into account.

Because some foreign securities trade in markets and on exchanges that operate on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund's foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot buy or redeem Fund shares.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. If you redeem shares during their applicable contingent deferred sales charge holding period, the contingent deferred sales charge generally will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. In some circumstances you may be eligible for one of the waivers described in "Sales Charge Waivers" below and in the "Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers" Appendix to the Statement of Additional Information. You must advise the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary of your eligibility for a waiver when you place your redemption request.

A contingent deferred sales charge will be based on the net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption or the original net asset value, whichever is lower. A contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed on:

  • any increase in net asset value over the initial purchase price,
  • shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions, or
  • shares eligible for a sales charge waiver (see "Sales Charge Waivers" below).

The Fund redeems shares in the following order:

  • shares acquired by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions,
  • other shares that are not subject to the contingent deferred sales charge, and
  • shares held the longest during the holding period.
You are not charged a contingent deferred sales charge when you exchange shares of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds. However, if you exchange your shares within the applicable holding period, your original holding period will carry over to the shares you acquire, even if the new fund has a different holding period.

 

SALES CHARGE WAIVERS. The Fund and the Distributor offer the following opportunities to purchase shares without front-end or contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund reserves the right to amend or discontinue these programs at any time without prior notice.

  • Dividend Reinvestment. Dividends or capital gains distributions may be reinvested in shares of the Fund, or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund may be exchanged, without a sales charge.
  • Exchanges of Shares. There is no sales charge on exchanges of shares except for exchanges of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on which you have not paid a sales charge.
  • Reinvestment Privilege. There is no sales charge on reinvesting the proceeds from redemptions of Class A shares or Class B shares that occurred within the previous six months if you paid an initial or contingent deferred sales charge on the redeemed shares. This reinvestment privilege does not apply to reinvestment purchases made through automatic investment options. You must advise the Distributor, the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary that you qualify for the waiver at the time you submit your purchase order.
In addition, the "Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers" Appendix to the Statement of Additional Information provides detailed information about certain other initial sales charge and contingent deferred sales charge waivers and arrangements. A description of those sales charge waivers and arrangements is available for viewing on the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com (follow the hyperlink "Sales Charges & Breakpoints," under the heading "Fund Information") and may also be ordered by calling 1.800.225.5677. You must advise the Distributor, the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary that you qualify for one of those waivers at the time you submit your purchase order or redemption request.

How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares

 

BUYING SHARES. You can buy shares in several ways. The Distributor has appointed certain financial intermediaries, including brokers, dealers and others, as servicing agents to accept purchase and redemption orders. The Distributor or servicing agent must receive your order, in proper form, by the close of the NYSE for you to receive that day's offering price. If your order is received on a day when the NYSE is closed or after it has closed, the order will receive the next offering price that is determined. To be in proper form, your purchase order must comply with the procedures described below. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may reject any purchase order for the Fund's shares.

Buying Shares Through a Financial Intermediary. You can buy shares through any servicing agent (a broker, dealer, or other financial intermediary) that has a sales agreement with the Distributor. Your servicing agent will place your order with the Distributor on your behalf. A servicing agent may charge a processing fee for that service. Your account information will be shared with the financial intermediary designated as the dealer of record for the account.

Buying Shares Through the Distributor. We recommend that you discuss your investment with a financial advisor before you make a purchase to be sure that the Fund is appropriate for you. If you want to purchase shares directly from the Distributor, complete an OppenheimerFunds new account application and mail it with a check payable in U.S. dollars to "OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc." to the address on the back cover. If you do not list a dealer on your application, the Distributor is designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as your agent to purchase the shares and Class A shares are your only purchase option. Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer. However, if a current investor no longer has a broker-dealer of record for an existing Class B, Class C or Class N account, the Distributor is automatically designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as your agent to purchase the shares. If you submit a purchase request to the Distributor without designating the Fund you wish to invest in, your investments will be made in Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. This policy does not apply to purchases by or for certain retirement plans or accounts. For more information regarding undesignated investments, please call the Transfer Agent at the number on the back cover of this prospectus.

  • Involuntary Redemptions. In some circumstances, involuntary redemptions may be made to repay the Distributor for losses from the cancellation of share purchase orders.

Identification Requirements. Federal regulations may require the Fund to obtain your name, your date of birth (for a natural person), your residential street address or principal place of business, and your Social Security Number, Employer Identification Number or other government-issued identification when you open an account. Additional information may be required to open a corporate account or in certain other circumstances. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may use this information to verify your identity. The Fund may not be able to establish an account if the necessary information is not received. The Fund may also place limits on account transactions while it is in the process of verifying your identity. Additionally, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is established, the Fund may be required to redeem your shares and close your account.

Suspension of Share Offering. The offering of Fund shares may be suspended during any period in which the determination of net asset value is suspended, and may be suspended by the Board at any time the Board believes it is in the Fund's best interest to do so.

 

SELLING SHARES. You can generally redeem (sell) some or all of your shares on any regular business day. You may redeem your shares by writing a letter, by wire, by telephone or on the Internet. You can also set up an Automatic Withdrawal Plan to redeem shares on a regular basis. The redemption of Fund shares may be suspended under certain circumstances described in the Statement of Additional Information. If you have questions about any of these procedures, and especially if you are redeeming shares in a special situation, such as due to the death of the owner or from a retirement plan account, please call your financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent for assistance.

Redemption Price. Your shares will be redeemed at net asset value less any applicable sales charge or other fees. The net asset value used will be the next one calculated after your order is received, in proper form, by the Transfer Agent or your authorized financial intermediary. To be in proper form, your redemption order must comply with the procedures described below. The redemption price for shares will change from day-to-day because the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio and the Fund's expenses fluctuate. The redemption price will normally differ for each class of shares. The redemption price of your shares may be more or less than their original cost.

Redemptions "In-Kind." Shares may be "redeemed in-kind" under certain circumstances (such as a lack of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions). That means that the redemption proceeds will be paid in securities from the Fund's portfolio on a pro-rata basis, possibly including illiquid securities. If the Fund redeems your shares in-kind, you may bear transaction costs and will bear market risks until such securities are converted into cash.

Options for Receiving Redemption Proceeds:

  • By Check. The Fund will normally send redemption proceeds by check to the address on your account statement.
  • By AccountLink. If you have linked your Fund account to your bank account with AccountLink (described below), you may have redemption proceeds transferred directly into your account. Normally the transfer to your bank is initiated on the bank business day after the redemption. You will not receive dividends on the proceeds of redeemed shares while they are waiting to be transferred.
  • By Wire. You can arrange to have redemption proceeds sent by Federal Funds wire to an account at a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system. The redemption proceeds will normally be transmitted on the next bank business day after the shares are redeemed. You will not receive dividends on the proceeds of redeemed shares while they are waiting to be transmitted.

Payment Delays. Payment for redeemed shares is usually made within seven days after the Transfer Agent receives redemption instructions in proper form. For accounts registered in the name of a broker-dealer, payment will normally be forwarded to the broker-dealer within three business days. The Transfer Agent may delay processing redemption payments for recently purchased shares until the purchase payment has cleared. That delay may be as much as five business days from the date the shares were purchased. That delay may be avoided if you purchase shares by Federal Funds wire or certified check. Under unusual circumstances, the right to redeem shares or the payment of redemption proceeds may be delayed or suspended as permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

THE OPPENHEIMERFUNDS EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE. You can exchange all or part of your Fund shares for shares of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds that offer the exchange privilege. For example, you can exchange Class A shares of the Fund only for Class A shares of another fund. You can obtain a list of the Oppenheimer funds that are currently available for exchanges by calling a service representative at the telephone number on the back of this prospectus. The funds available for exchange can change from time to time. The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. You will receive 60 days' notice of any material change in the exchange privilege unless applicable law allows otherwise.

The OppenheimerFunds exchange privilege affords investors the ability to switch their investments among Oppenheimer funds if their investment needs change. However, there are limits on that privilege. Frequent purchases, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares may interfere with the Manager's ability to manage the Fund's investments efficiently, increase its transaction and administrative costs and/or affect its performance, depending on various factors, such as the size of the Fund, the nature of its investments, the amount of Fund assets a portfolio manager maintains in cash or cash equivalents, the aggregate dollar amount and the number and frequency of trades.

If large dollar amounts are involved in exchange or redemption transactions, the Fund might be required to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable times to meet those transaction requests, and the Fund's brokerage or administrative expenses might be increased. Therefore, the Manager and the Fund's Board have adopted the following policies and procedures to detect and prevent frequent and/or excessive exchanges or purchase and redemption activity, while addressing the needs of investors who seek liquidity in their investment and the ability to exchange shares as their investment needs change. There is no guarantee that those policies and procedures, described below, will be sufficient to identify and deter all excessive short-term trading.

Limitations on Frequent Exchanges

30-Day Hold.  If a direct shareholder exchanges shares of another Oppenheimer fund account for shares of the Fund, his or her Fund account will be "blocked" from exchanges into any other fund for a period of 30 calendar days from the date of the exchange, subject to certain exceptions described below. Likewise, if a Fund shareholder exchanges Fund shares for shares of another eligible Oppenheimer fund, that fund account will be "blocked" from further exchanges for 30 calendar days, subject to the exception described below. The block will apply to the full account balance and not just to the amount exchanged into the account. For example, if a shareholder exchanged $2,000 from one fund into another fund in which the shareholder already owned shares worth $10,000, then, following the exchange and assuming no exception applied, the full account balance ($12,000 in this example) would be blocked from exchanges into another fund for a period of 30 calendar days. A shareholder whose account is registered on the Fund's books showing the name, address and tax ID number of the beneficial owner is a "direct shareholder."

Exceptions to 30-Day Hold

  • Exchanges Into Money Market Funds. A direct shareholder will be permitted to exchange shares of a stock or bond fund for shares of an eligible money market fund any time, even if the shareholder has exchanged shares into the stock or bond fund during the prior 30 days. However, until June 1, 2011 all of the shares held in that money market fund would then be blocked from further exchanges into another fund for 30 calendar days. Beginning June 1, 2011, subsequent exchanges from that money market fund into another fund will not be subject to the 30 calendar day block, but will continue to be monitored for excessive activity and the Transfer Agent may limit or refuse any exchange order from a money market fund in its discretion pursuant to the exchange policy of that fund.
  • Dividend Reinvestments and Class B Share Conversions. The reinvestment of dividends or distributions from one fund to purchase shares of another fund and the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares will not be considered exchanges for purposes of imposing the 30-day limit.
  • Asset Allocation Programs. Investment programs by Oppenheimer "funds of funds" that entail rebalancing investments in underlying Oppenheimer funds will not be subject to these limits. However, third-party asset allocation and rebalancing programs will be subject to the 30-day limit described above. Asset allocation firms that want to exchange shares held in accounts on behalf of their customers must identify themselves to the Transfer Agent and execute an acknowledgement and agreement to abide by these policies with respect to their customers' accounts. "On-demand" exchanges outside the parameters of portfolio rebalancing programs will also be subject to the 30-day limit.
  • Automatic Exchange Plans. Accounts that receive exchange proceeds through automatic or systematic exchange plans that are established through the Transfer Agent will not be subject to the 30-day block as a result of those automatic or systematic exchanges but may be blocked from exchanges, under the 30-day limit, if they receive proceeds from other exchanges.
  • Redemptions of Shares. These exchange policy limits do not apply to redemptions of shares. Shareholders are permitted to redeem their shares on any regular business day, subject to the terms of this prospectus.

Limitations on Exchanges in Omnibus Accounts. If you hold your Fund shares through a financial advisor or other firm such as a broker-dealer, a bank, an insurance company separate account, an investment adviser, an administrator or a trustee of a retirement plan that holds your shares in an account under its name (these are sometimes referred to as "omnibus" or "street name" accounts), that financial intermediary may impose its own restrictions or limitations to discourage short-term or excessive trading. You should consult your financial intermediary to find out what trading restrictions, including limitations on exchanges, may apply. The Fund, the Distributor, the Manager and the Transfer Agent encourage those financial intermediaries to apply the Fund's policies to their customers who invest indirectly in the Fund. However, the Transfer Agent may not be able to detect excessive short-term trading activity in accounts maintained in "omnibus" or "street name" form where the underlying beneficial owners are not identified. The Transfer Agent will attempt to monitor overall purchase and redemption activity in those accounts to seek to identify patterns that may suggest excessive trading by the underlying owners. If evidence of possible excessive trading activity is observed by the Transfer Agent, the financial intermediary that is the registered owner will be asked to review the account activity, and to confirm to the Transfer Agent and the Fund that appropriate action has been taken to curtail any excessive trading activity.

Other Limitations on Exchanges. There are a number of other special conditions and limitations that apply to certain types of exchanges. Those conditions and circumstances are described in the section "How to Exchange Shares" in the Statement of Additional Information. For information about sales charges that may apply to exchanges of shares see the sections "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge" and "Sales Charge Waivers" in this prospectus.

Requirements for Exchanges of Shares. To exchange shares of the Fund, you must meet several conditions. The Fund may amend the following requirements at any time:

  • Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale in your state of residence.
  • The selected fund must offer the exchange privilege.
  • You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the selected fund.
  • Generally, exchanges may be made only between identically registered accounts, unless all account owners send written exchange instructions with a signature guarantee.
  • Before exchanging into a fund, you should obtain its prospectus and should read it carefully.

Timing of Exchange Transactions. Exchanged shares are normally redeemed from one fund and the proceeds are reinvested in the fund selected for exchange on the same regular business day on which the Transfer Agent or its agent (such as a financial intermediary holding the investor's shares in an "omnibus" or "street name" account) receives an exchange request that conforms to these policies. The request must be received by the close of the NYSE that day in order to receive that day's net asset value on the exchanged shares. For requests received after the close of the NYSE the shares being exchanged will be valued at the next net asset value calculated after the request is received. The Transfer Agent may delay transmitting the proceeds from an exchange for up to five business days, however, if it determines, in its discretion, that an earlier transmittal of the redemption proceeds would be detrimental to either the fund from which shares are being exchanged or the fund into which the exchange is being made. The exchange proceeds will be invested in the new fund at the next net asset value calculated after the proceeds are received. In the event that a delay in the reinvestment of proceeds occurs, the Transfer Agent will notify you or your financial intermediary.

Taxes on Exchanges. For tax purposes, an exchange of shares of the Fund is considered a sale of those shares and a purchase of the shares of the fund into which you are exchanging. Therefore, an exchange may result in a capital gain or loss for tax purposes.

OTHER LIMITS ON SHARE TRANSACTIONS. The Fund may impose other limits on transactions that it believes would be disruptive and may refuse any purchase or exchange order.

  • Right to Refuse Purchase and Exchange Orders. The Distributor and/or the Transfer Agent may refuse any purchase or exchange order in their discretion and are not obligated to provide notice before rejecting an order.
  • Right to Terminate or Suspend Account Privileges. The Transfer Agent may, in its discretion, limit or terminate trading activity by any person, group or account that it believes would be disruptive, even if the activity has not exceeded the policies outlined in this prospectus. As part of the Transfer Agent's procedures to detect and deter excessive trading activity, the Transfer Agent may review and consider the history of frequent trading activity in all accounts in the Oppenheimer funds known to be under common ownership or control. The Transfer Agent may send a written warning to a shareholder that the Transfer Agent believes may be engaging in disruptive or excessive trading activity; however, the Transfer Agent reserves the right to suspend or terminate the ability to purchase or exchange shares, with or without warning, for any account that the Transfer Agent determines, in the exercise of its discretion, has engaged in such trading activity.

SUBMITTING SHARE TRANSACTION REQUESTS. Share transactions may be requested by telephone or internet, in writing, through your financial intermediary, or by establishing one of the Investor Services plans described below. Certain transactions may also be submitted by fax. If an account has more than one owner, the Fund and the Transfer Agent may rely on instructions from any one owner or from the financial intermediary's representative of record for the account, unless that authority has been revoked.

Internet and Telephone Transaction Requests. Purchase, redemption and exchange requests may be submitted on the OppenheimerFunds website, www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Those requests may also be made by calling the telephone number on the back cover and either speaking to a service representative or accessing PhoneLink, the OppenheimerFunds automated telephone system that enables shareholders to perform certain account transactions automatically using a touch-tone phone.

You will need to obtain a user I.D. and password to execute transactions through PhoneLink or on the internet. Some internet and telephone transactions require the Oppenheimer AccountLink feature, described below, that links your Fund account with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial institution. The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data concerning transactions.

The following policies apply to internet and telephone transactions:

  • Purchases through AccountLink that are submitted through PhoneLink or on the internet are limited to $100,000.
  • Purchases through AccountLink that are submitted by calling a service representative are limited to $250,000.
  • Redemptions that are submitted by telephone or on the internet and request the proceeds to be paid by check, must be made payable to all owners of record of the shares and must be sent to the address on the account statement. Telephone or internet redemptions paid by check may not exceed $100,000 in any seven-day period. This service is not available within 15 days of changing the address on an account.
  • Redemptions by telephone or on the internet that are sent to your bank account through AccountLink are not subject to any dollar limits.
  • Exchanges submitted by telephone or on the internet may be made only between accounts that are registered with the same name(s) and address.
  • Shares for which share certificates have been issued may not be redeemed or exchanged by telephone or on the internet.
  • Shares held in an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored qualified retirement plan account may not be redeemed or exchanged by telephone or on the internet.

     The Transfer Agent has adopted procedures to confirm that telephone and internet instructions are genuine. Callers are required to provide service representatives with tax identification numbers and other account data and PhoneLink and internet users are required to use PIN numbers. The Transfer Agent will also send you written confirmations of share transactions. The Transfer Agent and the Fund will not be liable for losses or expenses that occur from telephone or internet instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

Telephone or internet transaction privileges may be modified, suspended or terminated by the Fund at any time. The Fund will provide you notice of such changes whenever it is required to do so by applicable law. 

Purchases and Redemptions by Federal Funds Wire.  Shares purchased through the Distributor may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. Redemption proceeds may also be transmitted by wire. The minimum wire purchase or redemption is $2,500. There is a $10 fee for each wire redemption request. Before sending a wire purchase, call the Distributor's Wire Department at 1.800.225.5677 to notify the Distributor of the wire and to receive further instructions. To set up wire redemptions on your account or to arrange for a wire redemption, call the Transfer Agent at the telephone number on the back of this prospectus for information.

Written Transaction Requests. You can send purchase, exchange or redemption requests to the Transfer Agent at the address on the back cover. Your request must include:

  • The Fund's name;
  • For existing accounts, the Fund account number (from your account statement);
  • For new accounts, a completed account application; 
  • For purchases, a check payable to the Fund or to OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.;
  • For redemptions, any special payment instructions;
  • For redemptions or exchanges, the dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed or exchanged;
  • For redemptions or exchanges, any share certificates that have been issued (exchanges or redemptions of shares for which certificates have been issued cannot be processed until the Transfer Agent receives the certificates);
  • For individuals, the names and signatures of all registered owners exactly as they appear in the account registration;
  • For corporations, partnerships or other businesses or as a fiduciary, the name of the entity as it appears in the account registration and the names and titles of any individuals signing on its behalf; and
  • Other documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure that the person purchasing, redeeming or exchanging shares is properly identified and has proper authorization to carry out the transaction.

Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund from fraud, certain redemption requests must be in writing and must include a signature guarantee. A notary public seal will not be accepted for these requests (other situations might also require a signature guarantee):

  • You wish to redeem more than $100,000 and receive a check;
  • The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the account statement;
  • The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your account statement;
  • Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different owner or name; or 
  • Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an Executor) other than the owners.

Where Can You Have Your Signature Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will accept a signature guarantee from a number of financial institutions, including:

  • a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,
  • a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,
  • a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities or government securities, or
  • a U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities association or a clearing agency.

Fax Requests. You may send requests for certain types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax. Please call the number on the back of this prospectus for information about which transactions may be handled this way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are subject to the same rules and restrictions as the written, telephone and internet requests described in this prospectus.  However, requests that require a signature guarantee may not be submitted by fax. 

Submitting Transaction Requests Through Your Financial Intermediary. You can submit purchase, redemption or exchange requests through any broker, dealer or other financial intermediary that has a special agreement with the Distributor. The broker, dealer or other intermediary will place the order with the Distributor on your behalf. A broker or dealer may charge a processing fee for that service. If your shares are held in the name of your financial intermediary, you must redeem them through that intermediary.

Intermediaries that perform account transactions for their clients by participating in "Networking" through the National Securities Clearing Corporation are responsible for obtaining their clients' permission to perform those transactions, and are responsible to their clients who are shareholders of the Fund if the intermediary performs any transaction erroneously or improperly.

Client Account Exchanges by Financial Intermediaries. The Fund and the Transfer Agent permit brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries to submit exchange requests on behalf of their customers, unless that authority has been revoked. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may limit or refuse exchange requests submitted by such financial intermediaries if, in the Transfer Agent's judgment, exercised in its discretion, the exchanges would be disruptive to any of the funds involved in the transaction.

 

INVESTMENT PLANS AND SERVICES

 

AccountLink. You can use our AccountLink feature to link your Fund account with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial institution that is an Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:

  • transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by internet, by telephone or automatically through an Asset Builder Plan. The purchase payment will be debited from your bank account. 
  • have the Transfer Agent send redemption proceeds or dividends and distributions directly to your bank account. 

     AccountLink privileges should be requested on your account application or on your broker-dealer's settlement instructions if you buy your shares through a broker-dealer. For an established account, you can request AccountLink privileges by sending signature-guaranteed instructions and proper documentation to the Transfer Agent. AccountLink privileges will apply to each shareholder listed in the registration on the account as well as to the financial intermediary's representative of record unless and until the Transfer Agent terminates or receives written instructions terminating or changing those privileges. After you establish AccountLink for your account, any change you make to your bank account information must be made by signature-guaranteed instructions to the Transfer Agent signed by all shareholders on the account. Please call the Transfer Agent for more information.

Asset Builder Plan. Under an Asset Builder Plan, you may purchase shares of the Fund automatically. An Asset Builder Plan is available only if you have established AccountLink with a bank or other financial institution. Payments to purchase Fund shares will be debited from your linked account.

To establish an Asset Builder Plan at the time you initially purchase Fund shares, complete the "Asset Builder Plan" information on the account application. To add an Asset Builder Plan to an existing account, use the Asset Builder Enrollment Form. You may change the amount of your Asset Builder payment or you can terminate your automatic investments at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent requires a reasonable period (approximately 10 days) after receipt of your instructions to implement the requested changes. For more details, see the account application, the Asset Builder Enrollment Form and the Statement of Additional Information. Those documents are available by contacting the Distributor or may be downloaded from our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering Asset Builder Plans at any time without prior notice.

Automatic Redemption and Exchange Plans. The Fund has several plans that enable you to redeem shares automatically or exchange them for shares of another Oppenheimer fund on a regular basis. Please call the Transfer Agent or consult the Statement of Additional Information for details.

Retirement Plans. The Distributor offers a number of different retirement plans that individuals and employers can use. The procedures for buying, selling, exchanging and transferring shares, and the account features applicable to other share classes, generally do not apply to Class N shares offered through a group retirement plan. However, the time that transaction requests must be received in order to purchase, redeem or exchange shares at the net asset value calculated on any business day is the same for all share classes. Purchase, redemption, exchange and transfer requests for a group retirement plan must be submitted by the plan administrator, not by plan participants. Retirement plans that hold shares of Oppenheimer funds in an omnibus account for the benefit of plan participants (other than OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single DB Plus plans) are not permitted to make initial purchases of Class A shares that would be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Class B shares are not offered to new omnibus group retirement plans. The types of retirement plans that the Distributor offers include:

  • Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). These include regular IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs and rollover IRAs.
  • SEP-IRAs. These are Simplified Employee Pension Plan IRAs for small business owners or self-employed individuals.
  • 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans. These are tax-deferred plans for employees of eligible tax-exempt organizations, such as schools, hospitals and charitable organizations.
  • 401(k) Plans. These are special retirement plans for employees of businesses.
  • Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. These plans are designed for businesses and self-employed individuals.

Retirement Plan Accounts. To open an OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account, please call the Distributor for retirement plan documents, which include applications and important plan information.

Less Paper, Less Waste. To avoid sending duplicate copies of Fund materials to households, the Fund will mail only one copy of each prospectus, annual and semi-annual report and annual notice of the Fund's privacy policy to shareholders having the same last name and address on the Fund's records. The consolidation of these mailings, called "householding," benefits the Fund through lower printing costs and reduced mailing expense.

If you prefer to receive multiple copies of these materials, you may call the Transfer Agent at the number on the back of this prospectus or you may notify the Transfer Agent in writing. Multiple copies of prospectuses, reports and privacy notices will be sent to you commencing within 30 days after the Transfer Agent receives your request to stop householding.

You may also choose to receive your account documents electronically via eDocs Direct. Visit our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com and click the hyperlink "Sign Up for Electronic Document Delivery" under the heading "I want to..." in the left hand column, or call 1.888.470.0862 for information and instructions.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) PLANS


Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A shares that reimburses the Distributor for a portion of the costs of maintaining accounts and providing services to Class A shareholders. The Fund makes these payments quarterly, calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the Class A shares daily net assets. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay brokers, dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries for providing personal service and maintaining the accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Because the service fee is paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time it will increase the cost of your investment.

Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N shares to pay the Distributor for distributing those share classes, maintaining accounts and providing shareholder services. Under the plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an asset-based sales charge for Class B and Class C shares calculated at an annual rate of 0.75% of the daily net assets of those classes and for Class N shares calculated at 0.25% of the daily net assets of that class. The Fund also pays a service fee under the plans at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Altogether, these fees increase the Class B and Class C shares annual expenses by 1.00% and increase the Class N shares annual expenses by 0.50%, calculated on the daily net assets of the applicable class. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an ongoing basis, over time they will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.

     Use of Plan Fees: The Distributor uses the service fees to compensate brokers, dealers, banks and other financial intermediaries for maintaining accounts and providing personal services to Class B, Class C or Class N shareholders in the applicable share class. The Distributor normally pays intermediaries the 0.25% service fee in advance for the first year after shares are purchased and then pays that fee periodically.

     Class B Shares: The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 3.75% of the purchase price of Class B shares to dealers from its own resources at the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of Class B shares is therefore 4.00% of the purchase price. The Distributor normally retains the Class B shares asset-based sales charge. However, for ongoing purchases of Class B shares by certain retirement plans, the Distributor may pay the intermediary the asset-based sales charge and service fee during the first year after purchase instead of paying a sales concession and the first year's service fees at the time of purchase. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

     Class C Shares: At the time of a Class C share purchase, the Distributor generally pays financial intermediaries a sales concession of 0.75% of the purchase price from its own resources. Therefore, the total amount, including the advance of the service fee, that the Distributor pays the intermediary at the time of a Class C share purchase is 1.00% of the purchase price. The Distributor normally retains the asset-based sales charge on Class C share purchases during the first year and then pays that fee to the intermediary as an ongoing concession. For Class C share purchases in certain omnibus group retirement plans or through the OppenheimerFunds Record(k)eeper Pro program, the Distributor pays the intermediary the asset-based sales charge during the first year instead of paying a sales concession at the time of purchase. The Distributor pays the service fees it receives on those shares to the intermediary or to FASCore, LLC for providing shareholder services to those accounts. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions to these arrangements.

     Class N Shares: At the time of a Class N share purchase, the Distributor generally pays financial intermediaries a sales concession of 0.75% of the purchase price from its own resources. Therefore, the total amount, including the advance of the service fee, that the Distributor pays the intermediary at the time of a Class N share purchase is 1.00% of the purchase price. The Distributor normally retains the asset-based sales charge on Class N shares. For Class N shares purchased in certain omnibus group retirement plans the Distributor may pay the intermediary the asset-based sales charge and service fee during the first year instead of paying a sales concession and the first year's service fees at the time of purchase. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions to these arrangements.

 

PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. The Manager and the Distributor, in their discretion, may also make payments to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries or to service providers for distribution and/or shareholder servicing activities. Those payments are made out of the Manager's and/or the Distributor's own resources and/or assets, including from the revenues or profits derived from the advisory fees the Manager receives from the Fund. Those cash payments, which may be substantial, are paid to many firms having business relationships with the Manager and Distributor and are in addition to any distribution fees, servicing fees, or transfer agency fees paid directly or indirectly by the Fund to these financial intermediaries and any commissions the Distributor pays to these firms out of the sales charges paid by investors. Payments by the Manager or Distributor from their own resources are not reflected in the tables in the "Fees and Expenses of the Fund" section of this prospectus because they are not paid by the Fund.

The financial intermediaries that may receive those payments include firms that offer and sell Fund shares to their clients, or provide shareholder services to the Fund, or both, and receive compensation for those activities. The financial intermediaries that may receive payments include your securities broker, dealer or financial advisor, sponsors of fund "supermarkets," sponsors of fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, sponsors of college and retirement savings programs, banks, trust companies and other intermediaries offering products that hold Fund shares, and insurance companies that offer variable annuity or variable life insurance products.

In general, these payments to financial intermediaries can be categorized as "distribution-related" or "servicing" payments. Payments for distribution-related expenses, such as marketing or promotional expenses, are often referred to as "revenue sharing." Revenue sharing payments may be made on the basis of the sales of shares attributable to that intermediary, the average net assets of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds attributable to the accounts of that intermediary and its clients, negotiated lump sum payments for distribution services provided, or similar fees. In some circumstances, revenue sharing payments may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its representatives to recommend or offer shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds to its customers. These payments also may give an intermediary an incentive to cooperate with the Distributor's marketing efforts. A revenue sharing payment may, for example, qualify the Fund for preferred status with the intermediary receiving the payment or provide representatives of the Distributor with access to representatives of the intermediary's sales force, in some cases on a preferential basis over funds of competitors. Additionally, as firm support, the Manager or Distributor may reimburse expenses related to educational seminars and "due diligence" or training meetings (to the extent permitted by applicable laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA")) designed to increase sales representatives' awareness about Oppenheimer funds, including travel and lodging expenditures. However, the Manager does not consider a financial intermediary's sale of shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds when selecting brokers or dealers to effect portfolio transactions for the funds.

Various factors are used to determine whether to make revenue sharing payments. Possible considerations include, without limitation, the types of services provided by the intermediary, sales of Fund shares, the redemption rates on accounts of clients of the intermediary or overall asset levels of Oppenheimer funds held for or by clients of the intermediary, the willingness of the intermediary to allow the Distributor to provide educational and training support for the intermediary's sales personnel relating to the Oppenheimer funds, the availability of the Oppenheimer funds on the intermediary's sales system, as well as the overall quality of the services provided by the intermediary and the Manager or Distributor's relationship with the intermediary. The Manager and Distributor have adopted guidelines for assessing and implementing each prospective revenue sharing arrangement. To the extent that financial intermediaries receiving distribution-related payments from the Manager or Distributor sell more shares of the Oppenheimer funds or retain more shares of the funds in their client accounts, the Manager and Distributor benefit from the incremental management and other fees they receive with respect to those assets.

Payments may also be made by the Manager, the Distributor or the Transfer Agent to financial intermediaries to compensate or reimburse them for administrative or other client services provided such as sub-transfer agency services for shareholders or retirement plan participants, omnibus accounting or sub-accounting, participation in networking arrangements, account set-up, recordkeeping and other shareholder services. Payments may also be made for administrative services related to the distribution of Fund shares through the intermediary. Firms that may receive servicing fees include retirement plan administrators, qualified tuition program sponsors, banks and trust companies, and others. These fees may be used by the service provider to offset or reduce fees that would otherwise be paid directly to them by certain account holders, such as retirement plans.

The Statement of Additional Information contains more information about revenue sharing and service payments made by the Manager or the Distributor. Your broker, dealer or other financial intermediary may charge you fees or commissions in addition to those disclosed in this prospectus. You should ask your financial intermediary for details about any such payments it receives from the Manager or the Distributor and their affiliates, or any other fees or expenses it charges.

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. The Fund intends to declare and pay dividends annually from its net investment income. The Fund may also realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio securities, in which case it may make distributions out of any net short-term or long-term capital gains annually. The Fund may also make supplemental distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end of its fiscal year. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot guarantee that it will pay any dividends or capital gains distributions in a particular year.

Dividends and distributions are paid separately for each share class. The dividends and capital gains distributions paid on Class A and Class Y shares will generally be higher than those on Class B, Class C and Class N shares, since those share classes normally have higher expenses than Class A and Class Y shares.

Options for Receiving Dividends and Distributions. When you open your Fund account, you can specify on your application how you want to receive distributions of dividends and capital gains. To change that option, you must notify the Transfer Agent. There are four payment options available:

  • Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest all dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the Fund.
  • Reinvest Only Dividends or Capital Gains. You can elect to reinvest some types of distributions in the Fund while receiving the other types of distributions by check or having them sent to your bank account through AccountLink. Different treatment is available for distributions of dividends, short-term capital gains and long-term capital gains.
  • Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive all dividends and capital gains distributions by check or have them sent to your bank through AccountLink.
  • Reinvest Your Distributions in Another Oppenheimer Fund. You can reinvest all of your dividends and capital gains distributions in another Oppenheimer fund that is available for exchanges. You must have an existing account in the same share class in the selected fund.

 

TAXES. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred retirement account, you should be aware of the following tax consequences of investing in the Fund. Fund distributions, whether taken in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund or another Oppenheimer fund, are subject to Federal income tax and may be subject to state or local taxes. Distributions paid from short-term capital gains and net investment income are taxable as ordinary income and distributions from net long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have held your shares. Long-term capital gains of individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers are taxed at a special reduced rate.

In the case of individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers, for taxable years beginning before 2013, certain dividends (including certain dividends from foreign corporations) may be taxable at the lower rate applicable to long-term capital gains. In the case of certain corporations, some dividends may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. To the extent the Fund's distributions are paid from these types of dividends, and provided certain other fund and shareholder level requirements are satisfied, the Fund's individual and non-corporate shareholders may be eligible to claim the reduced tax rate for the distributions and the Fund's corporate shareholders may be eligible to claim the dividends-received deduction.

The Fund may be subject to foreign income taxes on income or gains from foreign securities. If, at the end of the Fund's fiscal year more than 50% of the Fund's assets are invested in foreign securities, the Fund may make an election which would generally allow shareholders to take a credit or deduction for such foreign taxes on their Federal income tax returns, subject to applicable limitations. If the Fund makes this election, shareholders must include in their income their share of the foreign taxes paid by the Fund.

After the end of each calendar year the Fund will send you and the Internal Revenue Service statements showing the amount of any taxable distributions you received in the previous year and will separately identify any portion of these distributions that qualify for taxation as long-term capital gains or for any other special tax treatment.

The Fund has qualified and intends to qualify each year to be taxed as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code by satisfying certain income, asset diversification and income distribution requirements, but reserves the right not to so qualify. In each year that it qualifies as a regulated investment company, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on its income that it distributes to shareholders.

     If you are neither a lawful permanent resident nor a citizen of the United States, or if you are a foreign entity, the Fund's ordinary income dividends (which include distributions of net short-term capital gain) generally will be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower rate applies under an income tax treaty. For taxable years of the Fund beginning before 2012, certain distributions that may be reported by the Fund as arising from Qualified Interest Income and Qualified Short-term Capital Gains (if applicable) and paid to a foreign shareholder may be eligible for an exemption from U.S. withholding tax. To the extent the Fund's distributions are derived from dividends, they will not be eligible for this exemption.

Backup Withholding. Unless an exception applies, the Fund may be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax on distributions and redemption proceeds payable to you if you fail to provide the Fund with your correct social security number or taxpayer identification number or fail to make required certifications, or if you have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding. Any amounts withheld may be credited against U.S. federal income tax liability.

Avoid "Buying a Distribution." If you buy shares of the Fund before it makes a distribution, the distribution will generally be taxable to you even though it may actually be a return of a portion of your investment. You should consider whether you should purchase shares on or just before the ex-dividend date.

Remember, There May be Taxes on Transactions. Because the prices of the Fund's shares fluctuate, you may have a capital gain or capital loss when you sell the shares or exchange them for shares of a different fund. The amount of such gain or loss is generally an amount equal to the difference between the price you paid for the shares and the amount received. Your ability to utilize capital losses may be subject to applicable limitations.

Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases, distributions made by the Fund may be considered a non-taxable return of capital to shareholders. The Fund will notify you if this occurs, In such a case, you would need to reduce the cost of your shares for tax purposes which could result in a higher taxable capital gain (or lower capital loss) on a subsequent sale or exchange of the shares.

       This information is only a summary of certain Federal income tax information about your investment. You are encouraged to consult your tax adviser about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation and about any changes to the Internal Revenue Code that may occur from time to time. Additional information about the tax effects of investing in the Fund is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five fiscal years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). This information has been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. The financial highlights for the prior years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm. KPMG's report, along with the Fund's financial statements, are included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available upon request.

Financial Highlights Tables

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Year Ended December 31,

Year Ended August 31,

Class A

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

20061

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$3.42

 

$3.11

 

$7.51

 

$6.52

 

$7.82

 

$9.59

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)2

(.03)

 

(.02)

 

.17

 

.18

 

.07

 

.24

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

.32

 

.33

 

(4.29)

 

1.80

 

(1.14)

 

(1.17)

 

Total from investment operations

.29

 

.31

 

(4.12)

 

1.98

 

(1.07)

 

(.93)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income

(.05)

 

--

 

(.28)

 

(.99)

 

(.23)

 

(.08)

 

Distributions from net realized gain

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

(.76)

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

(.05)

 

--

 

(.28)

 

(.99)

 

(.23)

 

(.84)

 

Net asset value, end of period

$3.66

 

$3.42

 

$3.11

 

$7.51

 

$6.52

 

$7.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

8.61%

 

9.97%

 

(54.57)%

 

30.23%

 

(13.79)%

 

(9.98)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

$439,204

 

$457,757

 

$320,191

 

$805,066

 

$729,959

 

$1,017,895

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

$410,353

 

$385,924

 

$788,007

 

$729,503

 

$835,927

 

$1,140,904

 

Ratios to average net assets:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

(0.97)%

 

(0.65)%

 

2.24%

 

2.58%

 

3.10%

 

2.95%

 

Total expenses5

1.57%

 

1.68%

 

1.35%

 

1.37%

 

1.47%

 

1.30%

 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6

1.19%

 

1.23%

 

1.08%

 

1.13%

 

1.23%

 

1.29%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

38%

 

51%7

 

86%7

 

52%7

 

32%7

 

89%7 , 8

 

1. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

1.84%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

1.96%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

1.61%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

1.61%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

1.71%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

1.31%

6. Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

1.46%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

1.51%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

1.34%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

1.37%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

1.47%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

1.30%

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

Purchase Transactions

Sale Transactions

Year Ended December 31, 2009

$ 39,303,425

$ 39,062,313

Year Ended December 31, 2008

$1,144,572,727

$1,165,957,394

Year Ended December 31, 2007

$ 680,590,562

$ 787,318,530

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

$ 642,777,532

$ 686,348,366

Year Ended August 31, 2006

$4,236,251,723

$4,418,930,664

8. The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.

 

Year Ended December 31,

Year Ended August 31,

Class B

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

20061

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$3.40

 

$3.12

 

$7.39

 

$6.43

 

$7.67

 

$9.46

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)2

(.06)

 

(.04)

 

.11

 

.12

 

.05

 

.17

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

.31

 

.32

 

(4.17)

 

1.75

 

(1.12)

 

(1.15)

 

Total from investment operations

.25

 

.28

 

(4.06)

 

1.87

 

(1.07)

 

(.98)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income

(.02)

 

--

 

(.21)

 

(.91)

 

(.17)

 

(.05)

 

Distributions from net realized gain

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

(.76)

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

(.02)

 

--

 

(.21)

 

(.91)

 

(.17)

 

(.81)

 

Net asset value, end of period

$3.63

 

$3.40

 

$3.12

 

$7.39

 

$6.43

 

$7.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

7.48%

 

8.97%

 

(54.80)%

 

29.00%

 

(14.03)%

 

(10.72)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

$23,489

 

$28,683

 

$29,455

 

$77,686

 

$85,124

 

$115,174

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

$23,528

 

$27,137

 

$78,128

 

$76,819

 

$94,533

 

$130,837

 

Ratios to average net assets:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

(1.75)%

 

(1.40)%

 

1.40%

 

1.70%

 

2.28%

 

2.05%

 

Total expenses5

2.95%

 

3.01%

 

2.22%

 

2.34%

 

2.42%

 

2.19%

 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6

2.00%

 

2.01%

 

1.92%

 

2.03%

 

2.05%

 

2.18%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

38%

 

51%7

 

86%7

 

52%7

 

32%7

 

89%7 , 8

 

1. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

3.22%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

3.29%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

2.47%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

2.58%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

2.66%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

2.20%

6. Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

2.27%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

2.29%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

2.17%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

2.27%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

2.29%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

2.19%

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

Purchase Transactions

Sale Transactions

Year Ended December 31, 2009

$ 39,303,425

$ 39,062,313

Year Ended December 31, 2008

$1,144,572,727

$1,165,957,394

Year Ended December 31, 2007

$ 680,590,562

$ 787,318,530

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

$ 642,777,532

$ 686,348,366

Year Ended August 31, 2006

$4,236,251,723

$4,418,930,664

8. The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.

 

Year Ended December 31,

Year Ended August 31,

Class C

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

20061

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$3.35

 

$3.08

 

$7.34

 

$6.40

 

$7.64

 

$9.42

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)2

(.06)

 

(.04)

 

.11

 

.12

 

.05

 

.17

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

.32

 

.31

 

(4.15)

 

1.74

 

(1.12)

 

(1.13)

 

Total from investment operations

.26

 

.27

 

(4.04)

 

1.86

 

(1.07)

 

(.96)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income

(.03)

 

--

 

(.22)

 

(.92)

 

(.17)

 

(.06)

 

Distributions from net realized gain

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

(.76)

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

(.03)

 

--

 

(.22)

 

(.92)

 

(.17)

 

(.82)

 

Net asset value, end of period

$3.58

 

$3.35

 

$3.08

 

$7.34

 

$6.40

 

$7.64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

7.74%

 

8.77%

 

(54.84)%

 

29.03%

 

(14.03)%

 

(10.59)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

$86,502

 

$90,170

 

$ 72,405

 

$172,402

 

$170,180

 

$245,844

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

$80,967

 

$78,974

 

$177,461

 

$159,408

 

$197,628

 

$261,017

 

Ratios to average net assets:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

(1.73)%

 

(1.41)%

 

1.46%

 

1.76%

 

2.30%

 

2.17%

 

Total expenses5

2.45%

 

2.59%

 

2.15%

 

2.20%

 

2.28%

 

2.09%

 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6

1.96%

 

1.99%

 

1.87%

 

1.96%

 

2.03%

 

2.08%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

38%

 

51%7

 

86%7

 

52%7

 

32%7

 

89%7 , 8

 

1. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

2.72%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

2.87%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

2.39%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

2.44%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

2.52%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

2.10%

6. Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

2.23%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

2.27%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

2.11%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

2.20%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

2.27%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

2.09%

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

Purchase Transactions

Sale Transactions

Year Ended December 31, 2009

$ 39,303,425

$ 39,062,313

Year Ended December 31, 2008

$1,144,572,727

$1,165,957,394

Year Ended December 31, 2007

$ 680,590,562

$ 787,318,530

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

$ 642,777,532

$ 686,348,366

Year Ended August 31, 2006

$4,236,251,723

$4,418,930,664

8. The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.

 

Year Ended December 31,

Year Ended August 31,

Class N

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

20061

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$3.38

 

$3.08

 

$7.43

 

$6.46

 

$7.74

 

$9.51

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)2

(.04)

 

(.03)

 

.15

 

.15

 

.07

 

.21

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

.32

 

.33

 

(4.23)

 

1.78

 

(1.14)

 

(1.15)

 

Total from investment operations

.28

 

.30

 

(4.08)

 

1.93

 

(1.07)

 

(.94)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income

(.05)

 

--

 

(.27)

 

(.96)

 

(.21)

 

(.07)

 

Distributions from net realized gain

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

(.76)

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

(.05)

 

--

 

(.27)

 

(.96)

 

(.21)

 

(.83)

 

Net asset value, end of period

$3.61

 

$3.38

 

$3.08

 

$7.43

 

$6.46

 

$7.74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

8.21%

 

9.74%

 

(54.74)%

 

29.77%

 

(13.89)%

 

(10.22)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

$18,176

 

$16,412

 

$12,219

 

$22,913

 

$19,428

 

$24,106

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

$16,050

 

$13,661

 

$25,985

 

$20,068

 

$20,724

 

$24,867

 

Ratios to average net assets:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

(1.23)%

 

(0.89)%

 

1.94%

 

2.17%

 

2.83%

 

2.59%

 

Total expenses5

2.06%

 

2.25%

 

1.72%

 

1.91%

 

1.85%

 

1.71%

 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6

1.45%

 

1.47%

 

1.39%

 

1.53%

 

1.49%

 

1.66%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

38%

 

51%7

 

86%7

 

52%7

 

32%7

 

89%7 , 8

 

1. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

2.33%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

2.53%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

1.97%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

2.15%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

2.09%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

1.72%

6. Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

1.72%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

1.75%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

1.64%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

1.77%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

1.73%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

1.67%

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

Purchase Transactions

Sale Transactions

Year Ended December 31, 2009

$ 39,303,425

$ 39,062,313

Year Ended December 31, 2008

$1,144,572,727

$1,165,957,394

Year Ended December 31, 2007

$ 680,590,562

$ 787,318,530

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

$ 642,777,532

$ 686,348,366

Year Ended August 31, 2006

$4,236,251,723

$4,418,930,664

8. The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended August 31,

Class Y

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

20061

 

2006

 

Per Share Operating Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$3.43

 

$3.11

 

$7.55

 

$6.55

 

$7.88

 

$9.63

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)2

(.02)

 

(.01)

 

.20

 

.22

 

.09

 

.29

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

.33

 

.33

 

(4.32)

 

1.80

 

(1.15)

 

(1.18)

 

Total from investment operations

.31

 

.32

 

(4.12)

 

2.02

 

(1.06)

 

(.89)

 

Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from net investment income

(.07)

 

--

 

(.32)

 

(1.02)

 

(.27)

 

(.10)

 

Distributions from net realized gain

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

--

 

(.76)

 

Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders

(.07)

 

--

 

(.32)

 

(1.02)

 

(.27)

 

(.86)

 

Net asset value, end of period

$3.67

 

$3.43

 

$3.11

 

$7.55

 

$6.55

 

$7.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

8.99%

 

10.29%

 

(54.24)%

 

30.82%

 

(13.61)%

 

(9.54)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

$1,198,790

 

$838,122

 

$364,837

 

$441,305

 

$264,593

 

$327,949

 

Average net assets (in thousands)

$ 974,924

 

$549,032

 

$500,443

 

$346,011

 

$272,831

 

$255,428

 

Ratios to average net assets:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

(0.60)%

 

(0.21)%

 

2.75%

 

3.06%

 

3.67%

 

3.52%

 

Total expenses5

1.08%

 

1.01%

 

0.87%

 

0.86%

 

0.89%

 

0.84%

 

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6

0.81%

 

0.73%

 

0.62%

 

0.62%

 

0.65%

 

0.83%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

38%

 

51%7

 

86%7

 

52%7

 

32%7

 

89%7 , 8

 

1. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

1.35%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

1.29%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

1.13%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

1.10%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

1.13%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

0.85%

6. Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:

Year Ended December 31, 2010

1.08%

Year Ended December 31, 2009

1.01%

Year Ended December 31, 2008

0.88%

Year Ended December 31, 2007

0.86%

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

0.89%

Year Ended August 31, 2006

0.84%

7. The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:

Purchase Transactions

Sale Transactions

Year Ended December 31, 2009

$ 39,303,425

$ 39,062,313

Year Ended December 31, 2008

$1,144,572,727

$1,165,957,394

Year Ended December 31, 2007

$ 680,590,562

$ 787,318,530

Four Months Ended December 31, 2006

$ 642,777,532

$ 686,348,366

Year Ended August 31, 2006

$4,236,251,723

$4,418,930,664

8. The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.

 

INFORMATION AND SERVICES



STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. This document includes additional information about the Fund's investment policies, risks, and operations. It is incorporated by reference into this prospectus (it is legally part of this prospectus).
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS. The Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports provide additional information about the Fund's investments and performance. The Annual Report includes a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.

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You can request the above documents, the notice explaining the Fund's privacy policy, and other information about the Fund, without charge, by:

Telephone:

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Information about the Fund including the Statement of Additional Information can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1.202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after payment of a duplicating fee by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.

No one has been authorized to provide any information about the Fund or to make any representations about the Fund other than what is contained in this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell shares of the Fund, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund, to any person in any state or other jurisdiction where it is unlawful to make such an offer.


   


SP0735.001.0311

 


Oppenheimer

Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

NYSE Ticker Symbols

Class A

QRAAX

Class B

QRABX

Class C

QRACX

Class N

QRANX

Class Y

QRAYX

 
Statement of Additional Information
 
March 30, 2011

This document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements information in the Prospectus dated March 30, 2011.

This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is not a Prospectus.  It should be read together with the Prospectus, which may be obtained by writing to the Fund's transfer agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217, or by calling the transfer agent at the toll-free number shown below, or by downloading it from the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924
1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

   



Table of contents

About the Fund

Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks

3

The Fund's Main Investment Policies

3

Other Investments and Investment Strategies

14

Investment Restrictions

28

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

29

How the Fund is Managed

32

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees

33

Trustees and Officers of the Fund

34

The Manager

45

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

50

Distribution and Service Arrangements

52

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

55

Performance of the Fund

58

About Your Account

About Your Account

62

How to Buy Shares

64

How to Sell Shares

68

How to Exchange Shares

71

Distributions and Taxes

73

Additional Information About the Fund

79

Appendix A:

Appendix A: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

80

Appendix B:

Appendix B: Ratings Definitions

85

Appendix C:

Appendix C: Qualifying Hybrid Instruments

90

Appendix D:

Appendix D: Qualifying Swap Transactions

92

Financial Information About the Fund

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

93

Financial Statements

Financial Statements

94


To Summary Prospectus

 

Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks

The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the principal risks of the Fund are described in the Prospectus. This SAI contains supplemental information about those policies and risks and the types of securities that the Fund's investment adviser, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager"), can select for the Fund. Additional information is also provided about the strategies that the Fund may use to try to achieve its investment objective.

The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the techniques and strategies that the Fund uses in selecting portfolio securities may vary over time. The Fund is not required to use all of the investment techniques and strategies described below in seeking its investment objective. It may use some of the investment techniques and strategies only at some times or it may not use them at all.

The Fund's Main Investment Policies

The Fund's Investment Policies. The Fund intends to invest in a portfolio consisting primarily of (1) commodity-linked derivatives, including commodity-linked notes, futures, futures options, and options, forwards and swap contracts, and (2) debt securities such as corporate debt and U.S. Government securities for liquidity and income. Commodity-linked derivatives are derivative instruments the value of which is linked to the price movement of a commodity, commodity index, or commodity futures or option contract.

The prices of commodity-linked derivatives may move in different directions than investments in traditional equity and debt securities. For example, during periods of rising inflation, historically debt securities have tended to decline in value due to the general increase in prevailing interest rates. Conversely, during those same periods of rising inflation, historically the prices of certain commodities, such as oil and metals, have tended to increase. Of course, there cannot be any guarantee that these investments will perform in that manner in the future, and certain times the price movements of commodity-linked investments have been parallel to debt and equity securities.

From 1970 through 2009, the correlation between the quarterly investment returns of commodities and the quarterly investment returns of traditional financial assets such as stocks and bonds generally was negative. This inverse relationship occurred generally because commodities have historically tended to increase and decrease in value during different parts of the business cycle than financial assets. Nevertheless, at various times, commodities prices may move in tandem with the prices of financial assets and thus may not provide overall portfolio diversification benefits.

The reverse may be true during "bull markets," when the value of traditional securities such as stocks and bonds is increasing. The Fund's investments may be expected not to perform as well as an investment in traditional securities. Over the long term, the returns on the Fund's investments are expected to exhibit low or negative correlation with stocks and bonds.

The Fund intends to spread its investments among instruments linked to at least five broad commodity market sectors under normal market conditions. The five principal sectors of the S&P GSCI (formerly, Goldman Sachs Commodity Index) include:(1) energy, which includes crude oil, brent crude oil, gas oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes feeder cattle, live cattle and hogs; (3) agriculture, which includes wheat (Kansas wheat and Chicago wheat), corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold and silver.

In selecting investments for the Fund's portfolio, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (the "Sub-Adviser") evaluates the merits of the Fund's investments primarily through the exercise of its own investment analysis. In the case of commodity-linked derivatives, that process may include the evaluation of the underlying commodity, futures or options contract, index or other economic variable to which the note is linked, the issuer of the instrument, and whether the principal of the note is protected by any form of credit enhancement or guarantee.

The percentage of the Fund's assets linked to particular commodity markets will vary from time to time based on the Sub-Adviser's assessment of the appreciation possibilities of particular markets as well as rates of inflation, interest rates, current spot market prices and other non-economic and political factors that may affect specific markets. In addition, the Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, other debt securities, equities, real estate investment trusts, money market instruments, and government securities to maintain liquidity and provide income.

Investment in Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"). The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-linked derivatives (including commodity futures, financial futures, options and swap contracts) and exchange traded funds. The Subsidiary may also invest in certain fixed-income securities and other investments that may serve as margin or collateral for its derivatives positions.

Since the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which may hold certain of the investments described in the Fund's prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, the Fund may be considered to be investing indirectly in those investments through its Subsidiary. Therefore, references in the Fund's prospectus and in this Statement of Additional Information to investments by the Fund also may be deemed to include the Fund's indirect investments through the Subsidiary.

The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act") and is not subject to its investor protections, except as noted in the Fund's prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information. The Fund, as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, does not have all of the protections offered by the Investment Company Act. However, the Subsidiary is wholly-owned and controlled by the Fund and managed by the Manager. Therefore, the Fund's ownership and control of the Subsidiary make it unlikely that the Subsidiary would take action contrary to the interests of the Fund or its shareholders. The Fund's Board has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the Fund, including its expected investment in the Subsidiary, and the Fund's role as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. Also, in managing the Subsidiary's portfolio, the Manager is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the management of the Fund, and, in particular, to the requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, brokerage, and the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiary.

Changes in the laws of the United States (where the Fund is organized) and/or the Cayman Islands (where the Subsidiary is incorporated), could prevent the Fund and/or the Subsidiary from operating as described in the Fund's prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. For example, the Cayman Islands currently does not impose certain taxes on the Subsidiary, including income and capital gains tax, among others. If Cayman Islands laws were changed to require the Subsidiary to pay Cayman Islands taxes, the investment returns of the Fund would likely decrease.

Investments in Commodity-linked notes. An important vehicle for the Fund's gaining exposure to the commodities markets is through commodity-linked notes. A commodity-linked note is a derivative instrument that has characteristics of a debt security and of a commodity-linked derivative. A commodity-linked note typically provides for interest payments and a principal payment at maturity linked to the price movement of the underlying commodity, commodity index or commodity futures or option contract.

  • Qualifying Hybrid Instruments. The Fund may invest in commodity-linked notes that are considered to be "qualifying hybrid instruments" excluded from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations adopted thereunder. See Appendix D to this Statement of Additional Information.
  • Principal Protection. Commodity-linked notes may be principal protected, partially protected, or offer no principal protection. A principal protected commodity-linked note means that the issuer will pay, at a minimum, the par value of the note at maturity. Therefore, if the commodity value to which the commodity-linked note is linked declines over the life of the note, the Fund will receive at maturity the face or stated value of the note.

With a principal protected commodity-linked note, the Fund will receive at maturity the greater of the par value of the note or the value of the underlying commodity or index. This protection is, in effect, an option whose value is subject to the volatility and price level of the underlying commodity. This optionality can be added to the note's structure, but only for a cost higher than that of a partially protected (or no protection) commodity-linked note. The Sub-Adviser's decision on whether to use principal protection depends in part on the cost of the protection. In addition, the protection feature depends upon the ability of the issuer to meet its obligation to buy back the security, and therefore depends on the creditworthiness of the issuer.

With full principal protection, the Fund will receive at maturity of the commodity-linked note either the stated par value of the commodity-linked note, or potentially, an amount greater than the stated par value if the underlying commodity, index, futures or option contract or other underlying economic variable increases in value. Partially protected commodity-linked notes may suffer some loss of principal if the underlying commodity, index, futures or options contract or other economic variable declines in value during the term of the note. However, partially protected commodity-linked notes have a specified limit as to the amount of principal that they may lose.

  • Commodity-Linked Notes Without Principal Protection. The Fund may also invest in commodity-linked notes that offer no principal protection. At maturity, there is a risk that the underlying commodity price, futures or option contract, index or other economic variable may have declined sufficiently in value such that some or all of the face value of the commodity-linked note might not be returned. Some of the commodity-linked notes that the Fund may invest in may have no principal protection and the note could lose all of its value.

With a partially-protected or no-principal-protection commodity-linked note, the Fund may receive at maturity an amount less than the note's par value if the commodity, index or other economic variable value to which the note is linked declines over the term of the note. The Sub-Adviser, at its discretion, may invest in a partially protected principal commodity-linked note or a note without principal protection. In deciding to purchase a note without principal protection, the Sub-Adviser may consider, among other things, the expected performance of the underlying commodity futures or option contract, index or other economic variable over the term of the note, the cost of the note, and any other economic factors which the Sub-Adviser believes are relevant.

  • Limitations on Leverage. As discussed in the Prospectus, some of the commodity-linked notes in which the Fund invests may involve leverage. To avoid being subject to undue leverage risk, the Fund will seek to limit the amount of economic leverage it has under one commodity-linked note in which it invests and the leverage of the Fund's overall portfolio. The Fund will not invest in a commodity-linked note if, at the time of purchase:
  1. the note's "leverage ratio" exceeds 300% of the price increase in the underlying commodity, futures or option contract, index or other economic variable;
  2. the Fund's "portfolio leverage ratio" exceeds 150%, measured at the time of purchase.

"Leverage ratio" is the expected increase in the value of a commodity-linked note, assuming a one percent price increase in the underlying commodity, commodity index or other economic factor. In other words, for a commodity-linked note with a leverage factor of 150%, a 1% gain in the underlying economic variable would be expected to result in a 1.5% gain in value for the commodity-linked note. "Portfolio leverage ratio" is defined as the average (mean) leverage ratio of all instruments in the Fund's portfolio as measured by their notional values.

The Fund's use of commodity-linked notes and other commodity-linked derivatives is also subject to regulatory requirements that are intended to reduce the effects of the instruments' economic leverage. Please see "Regulatory Aspects of Use of Derivative Instruments," below.

  • Counterparty Risk. A significant risk of commodity-linked notes is counterparty risk. The Fund will take on the counterparty credit risk of the issuer. That is, at maturity of a commodity-linked note, there is a risk that the issuer may be unable to perform its obligations under the terms of the commodity-linked note. Issuers of commodity-linked notes are typically large money center banks, broker-dealers, other financial institutions and large corporations. To minimize this risk the Fund will transact, to the extent possible, with issuers who have an investment-grade credit rating from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization ("NRSRO").

Options and Futures. The Fund can buy and sell option and futures contracts for various purposes:

  • to try to manage the risk that the prices of its portfolio securities and instruments may decline;
  • to establish a position in the futures or options market as a temporary substitute for purchasing individual securities or instruments;
  • to attempt to enhance its income or return by purchasing and selling call and put options on commodity futures, commodity indices, financial indices or securities;
  • to gain exposure to price movements of various commodity sectors in accordance with the Fund's investment strategies.

The Fund can buy futures related to:

  • foreign currencies (these are called forward contracts),
  • financial indices, such as U.S. or foreign government securities indices, corporate debt securities indices or equity securities indices (these are referred to as financial futures),
  • interest rates (these are referred to as interest rate futures), and
  • commodities (these are referred to as commodities futures)

The Fund may enter into futures contracts or related options for purposes that may be considered speculative. In those cases, the aggregate initial margin for futures contracts and premiums for options (or, in the case of non-qualifying commodity-linked notes, the portion of the margin attributable to the options premium) will not exceed 5% of the Fund's net assets. That amount is calculated after taking into account realized profits and unrealized losses on such futures contracts.

Commodity Futures Contracts. The Fund can hold substantial positions in commodity futures contracts. The Fund's investments in commodity futures contracts and related instruments may involve substantial risks. Some of the special characteristics and risks of these investments are described below.

Commodity futures contracts are agreements between two parties. One party agrees to buy an asset from the other party at a later date at a price and quantity agreed-upon when the contract is made. Commodity futures contracts are traded on futures exchanges. These futures exchanges offer a central marketplace in which to transact futures contracts, a clearing corporation to process trades, a standardization of expiration dates and contract sizes, and the availability of a secondary market. Futures markets also specify the terms and conditions of delivery as well as the maximum permissible price movement during a trading session. Additionally, the commodity futures exchanges may have position limit rules that limit the amount of futures contracts that any one party may hold in a particular commodity at any point in time. These position limit rules are designed to prevent any one participant from controlling a significant portion of the market.

In the futures markets, the exchange clearing corporation takes the other side in all transactions, either buying or selling directly to the market participants. The clearinghouse acts as the counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts. That is, the Fund's obligation is to the clearinghouse, and the Fund will look to the clearinghouse to satisfy the Fund's rights under the futures contract.

When purchasing stocks or bonds, the buyer acquires ownership in the security, however buyers of futures contracts are not entitled to ownership of the underlying commodity until and unless they decide to accept delivery at expiration of the contract. In practice, delivery of the underlying commodity to satisfy a futures contract rarely occurs because most futures traders use the liquidity of the central marketplace to sell their futures contract before expiration.

  • Price Limits. Some (not all exchanges have price change limits) commodity futures exchanges impose on each commodity futures contract traded on that exchange a maximum permissible price movement for each trading session. If the maximum permissible price movement is achieved on any trading day, no more trades may be executed above (or below, if the price has moved downward) that limit. If the Fund wishes to execute a trade outside the daily permissible price movement, it would be prevented from doing so by exchange rules, and would have to wait for another trading session to execute its transaction.
  • Price Volatility. Despite the daily price limits on various futures exchanges, the price volatility of commodity futures contracts has been historically greater than that for traditional securities such as stocks and bonds. To the extent that the Fund invests in commodity futures contracts, the assets of the Fund, and therefore the prices of Fund shares, may be subject to greater volatility.
  • Marking-to-Market Futures Positions. The futures clearinghouse marks every futures contract to market at the end of each trading day, to ensure that the outstanding futures obligations are limited to the mark-to-market change in price from one day for any given futures contract. This process of marking-to-market is designed to prevent losses from accumulating in any futures account. Therefore, if the Fund's futures positions have declined in value, the Fund may be required to post additional margin to cover this decline. Alternatively, if the Fund's futures positions have increased in value, this increase will be credited to the Fund's account. Commodity futures contracts, when entered into directly by the Fund, are taxed on the "marked-to-market" basis applicable to section 1256 contracts, as discussed below under "Hedging - Tax Aspects of Certain Hedging Instruments." For information about the tax treatment of the Subsidiary and its investments, please refer to "Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes - U.S. Tax Considerations."

Special Risks of Commodity Futures Contracts.

  • Storage Costs. The price of the commodity futures contract will reflect the storage costs of purchasing the physical commodity. These storage costs include the time value of money invested in the physical commodity plus the actual costs of storing the commodity less any benefits from ownership of the physical commodity that are not obtained by the holder of a futures contract (this is sometimes referred to as the "convenience yield"). To the extent that these storage costs change for an underlying commodity while the Fund is long futures contracts on that commodity, the value of the futures contract may change proportionately.
  • Reinvestment Risk. In the commodity futures markets, if producers of the underlying commodity wish to hedge the price risk of selling the commodity, they will sell futures contracts today to lock in the price of the commodity at delivery tomorrow. In order to induce speculators to take the corresponding long side of the same futures contract, the commodity producer must be willing to sell the futures contract at a price that is below the expected future spot price. Conversely, if the predominate hedgers in the futures market are the purchasers of the underlying commodity who purchase futures contracts to hedge against a rise in prices, then speculators will only take the short side of the futures contract if the futures price is greater than the expected future spot price of the commodity.
    The changing nature of the hedgers and speculators in the commodity markets will influence whether futures prices are above or below the expected future spot price. This can have significant implications for the Fund when it is time to replace an expiring contract with a new contract. If the nature of hedgers and speculators in futures markets has shifted such that commodity purchasers are the predominate hedgers in the market, the Fund might open the new futures position at a higher price or choose other related commodity investments.
  • Additional Economic Factors. The values of commodities which underlie commodity futures contracts are subject to additional variables which may be less significant to the values of traditional securities such as stocks and bonds. Variables such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes and tariffs may have a larger impact on commodity prices and commodity-linked instruments, including futures contracts, commodity-linked notes, commodity options and commodity swaps, than on traditional securities. These additional variables may create additional investment risks which subject the Fund's investments to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.
  • Leverage. There is much greater leverage in futures trading than in stocks. As a registered investment company, the Fund must pay in full for all securities it purchases. In other words, the Fund is not allowed to purchase securities on margin. However, the Fund is allowed to purchase futures contracts on margin. The initial margin requirements are typically between 5% and 15% of the notional value of the contract. That means the Fund is only required to pay up front between 5% to 15% percent of the notional value of the futures contract. Therefore, the Fund has a higher degree of leverage in its futures contract purchases than in its stock purchases. As a result there may be differences in the volatility of rates of return between securities purchases and futures contract purchases, with the returns from futures contracts being more volatile.

Options. The Fund may purchase and sell call and put options on futures contracts, including commodity futures contracts, commodity indices, financial indices, securities indices, currencies, financial futures, swaps and securities. A call option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase an underlying asset at a specified (strike) price. A put option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell an underlying asset at a specified price. Options may be exchange traded or traded over-the-counter (off the exchange markets) directly with dealers. The Fund may use options as part of its trading strategy as well as for hedging purposes, as described in "Hedging," below.

  • Over-The-Counter Options. The Fund may buy and sell over-the-counter options. Over-the-counter options are not traded on an exchange. They are traded directly with dealers. To the extent an over-the-counter option is a tailored investment for the Fund, it may be less liquid than an exchange-traded option. Further, as with other derivative investments, over-the-counter options are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund will have the credit risk that the seller of an over-the-counter option will not perform its obligations under the option agreement if the Fund exercises the option. To reduce this risk, the Fund intends to transact these trades, to the extent practicable, with issuers that have an investment-grade credit rating. The Fund may buy and sell over-the-counter options on commodity indices, individual commodities, commodity futures contracts, securities, financial indices, interest rates, currencies and swaps.
  • Exchange-Traded Options. The Fund may buy and sell trade listed options on commodity futures contracts. Options on commodity futures contracts are traded on the same exchange on which the underlying futures contract is listed. The Fund may purchase and sell
    options on commodity futures listed on U.S. and foreign futures exchanges. Options purchased on futures contracts on foreign exchanges may be exposed to the risk of foreign currency fluctuations against the U.S. dollar. The Fund may also buy and sell exchange listed options on securities, commodity indices, financial indices, interest rates and currencies.
  • Options on Swaps. The Fund may trade options on swap contracts or "swap options." Swap call options provide the holder of the option with the right to enter a swap contract having a specified (strike) swap formula, while swap put options provide the holder with the right to sell or terminate a swap contract. Swap options are not exchange-traded and the Fund will bear the credit risk of the option seller. Additionally, if the Fund exercises a swap call option with the option seller, the credit risk of the counterparty is extended to include the term of the swap agreement.

Swaps. A swap contract is essentially like a portfolio of forward contracts, under which one party agrees to exchange an asset (for example, bushels of wheat) for another asset (cash) at specified dates in the future. A one-period swap contract operates in a manner similar to a forward or futures contract because there is an agreement to swap a commodity for cash at only one forward date. The Fund may engage in swap transactions that have more than one period and therefore more than one exchange of assets.

The Fund may invest in total return swaps to gain exposure to the overall commodity markets. In a total return commodity swap the Fund will receive the price appreciation of a commodity index, a portion of the index, or a single commodity in exchange for paying an agreed-upon fee. If the commodity swap is for one period, the Fund will pay a fixed fee, established at the outset of the swap. However, if the term of the commodity swap is more than one period, with interim swap payments, the Fund will pay an adjustable or floating fee. With a "floating" rate, the fee is pegged to a base rate such as the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), and is adjusted each period. Therefore, if interest rates increase over the term of the swap contract, the Fund may be required to pay a higher fee at each swap reset date.

  • Counterparty Risk. Swap contracts are private transactions that are customized to meet the specific investment requirements of the parties. The Fund will be exposed to the performance risk of its counterparty. If the counterparty is unable to perform its obligations under the swap contract at maturity of the swap or any interim payment date, the Fund may not receive the payments due it under the swap agreement. To reduce this risk, the Fund will enter in swaps, to the extent possible, with counterparties who have an investment-grade rating from an NRSRO.
  • Contractual Liability. Swaps are privately negotiated transactions between the Fund and a counterparty. All of the rights and obligations of the Fund are detailed in the swap contract, which binds the Fund and its counterparty. Because a swap transaction is a privately-negotiated contract, the Fund remains liable for all obligations under the contract until the swap contract matures or is purchased by the swap counterparty. Therefore, even if the Fund were to sell the swap contract to a third party, the Fund would remain primarily liable for the obligations under the swap transaction. The only way for the Fund to eliminate its primary obligations under the swap agreement is to sell the swap contract back to the original counterparty. Additionally, the Fund must identify liquid assets on its books to the extent of the Fund's obligations to pay the counterparty under the swap agreement.
  • Price Risk. Total return commodity swaps expose the Fund to the price risk of the underlying commodity, index, futures or option contract or other economic variable. If the price of the underlying commodity, index, futures or option contract or other economic variable increases in value during the term of the swap, the Fund will receive the resulting price appreciation. However, if the price declines in value during the term of the swap, the Fund will be required to pay to its counterparty the amount of the price depreciation. The amount of the price depreciation paid by the Fund to its counterparty would be in addition to the financing fee paid by the Fund to the same counterparty.
  • Lack of Liquidity. Although the swap market is well-developed for primary participants, there is only a limited secondary market. Swaps are not traded or listed on an exchange and over-the-counter trading of existing swap contracts is limited. Therefore, if the Fund wishes to sell its swap contract to a third party, it may not be able to do so at a favorable price.
  • Regulatory Risk. Qualifying swap transactions are excluded from regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act (the "CEA") and the regulations adopted thereunder. See Appendix E to this Statement of Additional Information. Additionally, swap contracts have not been determined to be securities under the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). While certain swap dealers or counterparties may be regulated by either the SEC or CFTC, swap contracts themselves are not directly regulated by either the Commodities Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") or the SEC, and swap participants may not be afforded the protections of the CEA or the federal securities laws.

To reduce this risk, the Sub-Adviser will only enter into swap agreements with counterparties who use standard International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") contract documentation. ISDA establishes industry standards for the documentation of swap agreements. Virtually all principal swap participants use ISDA documentation because it has an established set of definitions, contract terms, and counterparty obligations.

ISDA documentation also includes a "master netting agreement" which provides that all swaps transacted between the Fund and a counterparty under the master agreement shall be regarded as parts of an integral agreement. If, on any date, amounts are payable in the same currency in respect of one or more swap transactions, the net amount payable on that date in that currency shall be paid. In addition, the master netting agreement may provide that if one party defaults generally or on one swap, the counterparty may terminate the remaining swaps with that party. Under such agreements, if there is a default resulting in a loss to one party, the measure of that party's damages is calculated by reference to the average cost of a replacement swap with respect to each swap (i.e., the mark-to-market value at the time of the termination of each swap). The gains and losses on all swaps are then netted, and the result is the counterparty's gain or loss on termination. The termination of all swaps and the netting of gains and losses on termination is generally referred to as "aggregation."

 

Credit Derivatives. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, both directly ("unfunded swaps") and indirectly in the form of a swap embedded within a structured security ("funded swaps"), to protect against the risk that a security will default. Unfunded and funded credit default swaps may be on a single security, or on a basket of securities. The Fund pays a fee to enter into the swap and receives a fixed payment during the life of the swap. The Fund may take a short position in the credit default swap (also known as "buying credit protection"), or may take a long position in the credit default swap (also known as "selling credit protection").

The Fund would take a short position in a credit default swap (the "unfunded swap") against a long portfolio position to decrease exposure to specific high yield issuers. If the Fund takes a short position in the credit default swap and there is a credit event (including bankruptcy, failure to timely pay interest or principal, or a restructuring), the Fund will deliver the defaulted bonds and the swap counterparty will pay the par amount of the bonds. An associated risk is adverse pricing when purchasing bonds to satisfy the delivery obligation. If the swap is on a basket of securities, the notional amount of the swap is reduced by the par amount of the defaulted bond, and the fixed payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.

Taking a long position in the credit default swap (i.e., purchasing the "funded swap") would increase the Fund's exposure to specific high yield corporate issuers. The goal would be to increase liquidity in that market sector via the swap and its associated increase in the number of trading instruments, the number and type of market participants, and market capitalization.

If the Fund takes a long position in the credit default swap and there is a credit event the Fund will pay the par amount of the bonds and the swap counterparty will deliver the bonds. If the swap is on a basket of securities, the notional amount of the swap is reduced by the par amount of the defaulted bond, and the fixed payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.

Other risks of credit default swaps include the cost of paying for credit protection if there are no credit events, pricing transparency when assessing the cost of a credit default swap, counterparty risk, and the need to fund the delivery obligation (either cash or the defaulted bonds, depending on whether the Fund is long or short the swap, respectively).

Debt Securities. Additional information is provided below about the types of debt and fixed income securities the Fund may invest in, primarily for liquidity purposes.

  • U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury Bills (which have maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury Notes (which have maturities of one to ten years when issued) and Treasury Bonds (which have maturities generally greater than ten years when issued). U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States and are considered to be of the highest credit quality, although they are generally not rated by rating organizations.
  • Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities. The Fund can buy these U.S. Treasury securities, called "TIPS," that are designed to provide an investment vehicle that is not vulnerable to inflation. The interest rate paid by TIPS is fixed. The principal value rises or falls semi-annually based on changes in the published Consumer Price Index. If inflation occurs, the principal and interest payments on TIPS are adjusted to protect investors from inflationary loss. If deflation occurs, the principal and interest payments will be adjusted downward, although the principal will not fall below its face amount at maturity.
  • Zero-Coupon U.S. Government Securities. Some of the U.S. government securities the Fund can buy may be zero-coupon bonds that pay no interest and are issued at a substantial discount from their face value. They are subject to greater fluctuations in market value as interest rates change than interest-paying securities. For financial and tax purposes, interest accrues on zero-coupon bonds even though cash is not actually received by the Fund. The Fund may have to pay out the imputed income on zero-coupon securities without receiving the actual cash currently.

Zero-coupon securities do not make periodic interest payments and are sold at a deep discount from their face value at maturity. The buyer recognizes a rate of return determined by the gradual appreciation of the security, which is redeemed at face value on a specified maturity date. This discount depends on the time remaining until maturity, as well as prevailing interest rates, the liquidity of the security and the credit quality of the issuer. The discount typically decreases as the maturity date approaches.

Because zero-coupon securities pay no interest and compound semi-annually at the rate fixed at the time of their issuance, their value is generally more volatile than the value of other debt securities that pay interest. Their value may fall more dramatically than the value of interest-bearing securities when interest rates rise. When prevailing interest rates fall, zero-coupon securities tend to rise more rapidly in value because they have a fixed rate of return.
The Fund's investment in zero-coupon securities may cause the Fund to recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives any cash payments on the zero-coupon investment. To generate cash to satisfy those distribution requirements, the Fund may have to sell portfolio securities that it otherwise might have continued to hold or to use cash flows from other sources such as the sale of Fund shares.

  • Mortgage-Related Securities. Mortgage-related securities are a form of derivative investment collateralized by pools of commercial or residential mortgages. Pools of mortgage loans are assembled as securities for sale to investors by government agencies or entities or by private-issuers. These securities include collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs"), mortgage pass-through securities, stripped mortgage pass-through securities, interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") and other real-estate related securities.

Mortgage-related securities that are issued or guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government have relatively little credit risk (depending on the nature of the issuer) but are subject to interest rate risks and prepayment risks, as described in the Prospectus.

As with other debt securities, the prices of mortgage-related securities tend to move inversely to changes in interest rates. The Fund can buy mortgage-related securities that have interest rates that move inversely to changes in general interest rates, based on a multiple of a specific index. Although the value of a mortgage-related security may decline when interest rates rise, the converse is not always the case.

In periods of declining interest rates, mortgages are more likely to be prepaid. Therefore, a mortgage-related security's maturity can be shortened by unscheduled prepayments on the underlying mortgages. Therefore, it is not possible to predict accurately the security's yield. The principal that is returned earlier than expected may have to be reinvested in other investments having a lower yield than the prepaid security. Therefore, these securities may be less effective as a means of "locking in" attractive long-term interest rates, and they may have less potential for appreciation during periods of declining interest rates, than conventional bonds with comparable stated maturities.

Prepayment risks can lead to substantial fluctuations in the value of a mortgage-related security. In turn, this can affect the value of the Fund's shares. If a mortgage-related security has been purchased at a premium, all or part of the premium the Fund paid may be lost if there is a decline in the market value of the security, whether that results from interest rate changes or prepayments on the underlying mortgages. In the case of stripped mortgage-related securities, if they experience greater rates of prepayment than were anticipated, the Fund may fail to recoup its initial investment on the security.

During periods of rapidly rising interest rates, prepayments of mortgage-related securities may occur at slower than expected rates. Slower prepayments effectively may lengthen a mortgage-related security's expected duration. Generally, that would cause the value of the security to fluctuate more widely in responses to changes in interest rates. If the prepayments on the Fund's mortgage-related securities were to decrease broadly, the Fund's effective duration, and therefore its sensitivity to interest rate changes, would increase.

As with other debt securities, the values of mortgage-related securities may be affected by changes in the market's perception of the creditworthiness of the entity issuing the securities or guaranteeing them. Their values may also be affected by changes in government regulations and tax policies.

  • Collateralized Mortgage Obligations. CMOs are multi-class bonds that are backed by pools of mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through certificates. They may be collateralized by:
    (1) pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac,
    (2) unsecuritized mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs,
    (3) unsecuritized conventional mortgages,
    (4) other mortgage-related securities, or
    (5) any combination of these.

Each class of CMO, referred to as a "tranche," is issued at a specific coupon rate and has a stated maturity or final distribution date. Principal prepayments on the underlying mortgages may cause the CMO to be retired much earlier than the stated maturity or final distribution date. The principal and interest on the underlying mortgages may be allocated among the several classes of a series of a CMO in different ways. One or more tranches may have coupon rates that reset periodically at a specified increase over an index. These are floating rate CMOs, and typically have a cap on the coupon rate. Inverse floating rate CMOs have a coupon rate that moves in the reverse direction to an applicable index. The coupon rate on these CMOs will increase as general interest rates decrease. These are usually much more volatile than fixed rate CMOs or floating rate CMOs.

  • U.S. Government Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund can invest in a variety of mortgage-related securities that are issued by U.S. government entities or instrumentalities, some of which are described below.
  • GNMA Certificates. The Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA") is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. GNMA's principal programs involve its guarantees of privately-issued securities backed by pools of mortgages. Ginnie Maes are debt securities representing an interest in one or a pool of mortgages that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration.

The Ginnie Maes in which the Fund invests are of the "fully modified pass-through" type. They provide that the registered holders of the Ginnie Maes will receive timely monthly payments of the pro-rata share of the scheduled principal payments on the underlying mortgages, whether or not those amounts are collected by the issuers. Amounts paid include, on a pro rata basis, any prepayment of principal of such mortgages and interest (net of servicing and other charges) on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Ginnie Maes, whether or not the interest on the underlying mortgages has been collected by the issuers.

The Ginnie Maes purchased by the Fund are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by GNMA. In giving that guaranty, GNMA expects that payments received by the issuers of Ginnie Maes on account of the mortgages backing the Ginnie Maes will be sufficient to make the required payments of principal of and interest on those Ginnie Maes. However if those payments are insufficient, the guaranty agreements between the issuers of the Ginnie Maes and GNMA require the issuers to make advances sufficient for the payments. If the issuers fail to make those payments, GNMA will do so.

Under federal law, the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all amounts that may be required to be paid under any guaranty issued by GNMA as to such mortgage pools. An opinion of an Assistant Attorney General of the United States, dated December 9, 1969, states that such guaranties "constitute general obligations of the United States backed by its full faith and credit." GNMA is empowered to borrow from the United States Treasury to the extent necessary to make any payments of principal and interest required under those guaranties.

Ginnie Maes are backed by the aggregate indebtedness secured by the underlying FHA-insured, FMHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgages. Except to the extent of payments received by the issuers on account of such mortgages, Ginnie Maes do not constitute a liability of those issuer, nor do they evidence any recourse against those issuers. Recourse is solely against GNMA. Holders of Ginnie Maes (such as the Fund) have no security interest in or lien on the underlying mortgages.

Monthly payments of principal will be made, and additional prepayments of principal may be made, to the Fund with respect to the mortgages underlying the Ginnie Maes owned by the Fund. All of the mortgages in the pools relating to the Ginnie Maes in the Fund are subject to prepayment without any significant premium or penalty, at the option of the mortgagors. While the mortgages on 1-to-4-family dwellings underlying certain Ginnie Maes have a stated maturity of up to 30 years, it has been the experience of the mortgage industry that the average life of comparable mortgages, as a result of prepayments, refinancing and payments from foreclosures, is considerably less.

  • Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") Certificates. FHLMC, a corporate instrumentality of the United States, issues FHLMC certificates representing interests in mortgage loans. FHLMC guarantees to each registered holder of a FHLMC certificate timely payment of the amounts representing a holder's proportionate share in:
    (i) interest payments less servicing and guarantee fees,
    (ii) principal prepayments and

(iii) the ultimate collection of amounts representing the holder's proportionate interest in principal payments on the mortgage loans in the pool represented by the FHLMC certificate, in each case whether or not such amounts are actually received.

The obligations of FHLMC under its guarantees are obligations solely of FHLMC and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

  • Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Certificates. Fannie Mae, a federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation, issues Fannie Mae certificates which are backed by a pool of mortgage loans. Fannie Mae guarantees to each registered holder of a Fannie Mae certificate that the holder will receive amounts representing the holder's proportionate interest in scheduled principal and interest payments, and any principal prepayments, on the mortgage loans in the pool represented by such certificate, less servicing and guarantee fees, and the holder's proportionate interest in the full principal amount of any foreclosed or other liquidated mortgage loan. In each case the guarantee applies whether or not those amounts are actually received. The obligations of Fannie Mae under its guarantees are obligations solely of Fannie Mae and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities other than Fannie Mae.
  • Commercial (Privately-Issued) Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund may invest in commercial mortgage-related securities issued by private entities. Generally these are multi-class debt or pass through certificates secured by mortgage loans on commercial properties. They are subject to the credit risk of the issuer. These securities typically are structured to provide protection to investors in senior classes from possible losses on the underlying loans. They do so by having holders of subordinated classes take the first loss if there are defaults on the underlying loans. They may also be protected to some extent by guarantees, reserve funds or additional collateralization mechanisms.
  • "Stripped" Mortgage-related Securities. The Fund may invest in stripped mortgage-related securities that are created by segregating the cash flows from underlying mortgage loans or mortgage securities to create two or more new securities. Each has a specified percentage of the underlying security's principal or interest payments. These are a form of derivative investment.

Mortgage securities may be partially stripped so that each class receives some interest and some principal. However, they may be completely stripped. In that case all of the interest is distributed to holders of one type of security, known as an "interest-only" security, or "I/O," and all of the principal is distributed to holders of another type of security, known as a "principal-only" security or "P/O." Strips can be created for pass through certificates or CMOs.

The yields to maturity of I/Os and P/Os are very sensitive to principal repayments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgages. If the underlying mortgages experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund might not fully recoup its investment in an I/O based on those assets. If underlying mortgages experience less than anticipated prepayments of principal, the yield on the P/Os based on them could decline substantially.

  • Forward Rolls. The Fund can enter into "forward roll" transactions with respect to mortgage-related securities (also referred to as "mortgage dollar rolls"). In this type of transaction, the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (the same type of security, and having the same coupon and maturity) at a later date at a set price. The securities that are repurchased will have the same interest rate as the securities that are sold, but typically will be collateralized by different pools of mortgages (with different prepayment histories) than the securities that have been sold. Proceeds from the sale are invested in short-term instruments, such as repurchase agreements. The income from those investments, plus the fees from the forward roll transaction, are expected to generate income to the Fund in excess of the yield on the securities that have been sold.

The Fund will only enter into "covered" rolls. To assure its future payment of the purchase price, the Fund will identify on its books cash, liquid assets in an amount equal to the payment obligation under the roll.

These transactions have risks. During the period between the sale and the repurchase, the Fund will not be entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the securities that have been sold. It is possible that the market value of the securities the Fund sells may decline below the price at which the Fund is obligated to repurchase securities.

             Commercial Paper. The Fund may invest in commercial paper, including the following:

  • Variable Amount Master Demand Notes. Master demand notes are corporate obligations that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts by the Fund at varying rates of interest under direct arrangements between the Fund, as lender, and the borrower. They permit daily changes in the amounts borrowed. The Fund has the right to increase the amount under the note at any time up to the full amount provided by the note agreement, or to decrease the amount. The borrower may prepay up to the full amount of the note without penalty. These notes may or may not be backed by bank letters of credit.

Because these notes are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not expected that there will be a trading market for them. There is no secondary market for these notes, although they are redeemable (and thus are immediately repayable by the borrower) at principal amount, plus accrued interest, at any time. Accordingly, the Fund's right to redeem such notes is dependent upon the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand.

The Fund has no limitations on the type of issuer from whom these notes will be purchased. However, in connection with such purchases and on an ongoing basis, the Sub-Adviser will consider the earning power, cash flow and other liquidity ratios of the issuer, and its ability to pay principal and interest on demand, including a situation in which all holders of such notes made demand simultaneously. Investments in master demand notes that are deemed illiquid are subject to the limitation on investments by the Fund in illiquid securities, described in the Prospectus.

  • Floating Rate and Variable Rate Obligations. Variable rate obligations may have a demand feature that allows the Fund to tender the obligation to the issuer or a third party prior to its maturity. The tender may be at par value plus accrued interest, according to the terms of the obligations.

The interest rate on a floating rate demand note is based on a stated prevailing market rate, such as a bank's prime rate, the 91-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, or some other standard, and is adjusted automatically each time such rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate demand note is also based on a stated prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at specified intervals of not less than one year. Generally, the changes in the interest rate on such securities reduce the fluctuation in their market value. As interest rates decrease or increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less than that for fixed-rate obligations of the same maturity. The Sub-Adviser may determine that an unrated floating rate or variable rate demand obligation meets the Fund's quality standards by reason of being backed by a letter of credit or guarantee issued by a bank that meets those quality standards.

Floating rate and variable rate demand notes that have a stated maturity in excess of one year may have features that permit the holder to recover the principal amount of the underlying security at specified intervals not exceeding one year and upon no more than 30 days' notice. The issuer of that type of note normally has a corresponding right in its discretion, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the note plus accrued interest. Generally the issuer must provide a specified number of days' notice to the holder.

  • Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities are typically based on account receivables or consumer loans. The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the market's perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. The risks of investing in asset-backed securities are ultimately related to payment of consumer loans by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, the Fund would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to prepayments, which may shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed securities and may lower their return, in the same manner as in the case of mortgage-backed securities and CMOs, described above, for prepayments of a pool of mortgage loans underlying mortgage-backed securities.
  • Zero-Coupon Securities of Private-Issuers. The Fund may also invest in zero-coupon securities issued by private-issuers such as domestic or foreign corporations. These securities have the same interest rate risks as described above for zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities. An additional risk of private-issuer zero-coupon securities is the credit risk that the issuer will be unable to make payment at maturity of the obligation.
  • Bank Obligations and Instruments Secured By Them. The bank obligations the Fund may invest in include time deposits, certificates of deposit, and bankers' acceptances. They must be (i) obligations of a domestic bank with total assets of at least $1 billion or (ii) obligations of a foreign bank with total assets of at least U.S. $1 billion. The Fund may also invest in instruments secured by such obligations (for example, debt that is guaranteed by the bank). For purposes of this policy, the term "bank" includes commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations which may or may not be members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").

Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits in a bank for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. They may or may not be subject to early withdrawal penalties. However, time deposits that are subject to withdrawal penalties, other than those maturing in seven days or less, are subject to the limitation on investments by the Fund in illiquid investments.

Bankers' acceptances are marketable short-term credit instruments used to finance the import, export, transfer or storage of goods. They are deemed "accepted" when a bank guarantees their payment at maturity.

  • Other Board-Approved Instruments. The Fund may invest in other debt instruments (including new instruments that may be developed in the future) that the Fund's Board of Trustees determines are consistent with the Fund's investment objective and investment policies.

High-Yield Securities. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in high-risk, high-yield, lower-grade debt securities (commonly called "junk bonds"), whether they are rated or unrated. While the Fund may invest in lower-grade debt securities, it is not currently contemplated that the Fund will do so to a significant extent. The Sub-Adviser will not rely solely on the ratings assigned by rating services, and the Fund may invest in unrated securities which offer, in the opinion of the Sub-Adviser, comparable yields and risks as those rated securities in which the Fund may invest.

High-yield securities are rated "BB" or below by Standard & Poor's Corporation or "Ba" or below by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or have a similar credit risk rating by another rating organization. If they are unrated, the Sub-Adviser will assign a rating to them that the Sub-Adviser believes is of comparable quality to rated securities. High-yield securities are considered more risky than investment-grade bonds because there is greater uncertainty regarding the economic viability of the issuer. The Fund may invest in securities rated as low as "C" by Moody's or "D" by S&P.

  • Special Risks of High-Yield Securities. Risks of high-yield securities may include:
    (1) limited liquidity and secondary market support,
    (2) substantial market price volatility resulting from changes in prevailing interest rates,
    (3) subordination to the prior claims of banks and other senior lenders,
    (4) the operation of mandatory sinking fund or call/redemption provisions during periods of declining interest rates that could cause the Fund to reinvest premature redemption proceeds only in lower yielding portfolio securities,
    (5) the possibility that earnings of the issuer may be insufficient to meet its debt service, and
    (6) the issuer's low creditworthiness and potential for insolvency during periods of rising interest rates and economic downturn.

As a result of the limited liquidity of high-yield securities, their prices have at times experienced significant and rapid decline when a substantial number of holders decided to sell. A decline is also likely in the high-yield bond market during an economic downturn. An economic downturn or an increase in interest rates could severely disrupt the market for high-yield bonds and adversely affect the value of outstanding bonds and the ability of the issuers to repay principal and interest.



Other Investments and Investment Strategies

Foreign Investments. The Fund may invest in securities (which may be denominated in U.S. dollars or non-U.S. currencies) issued or guaranteed by foreign corporations, certain supranational entities and foreign governments or their agencies or instrumentalities, and in securities issued by U.S. corporations denominated in non-U.S. currencies. The types of foreign debt obligations and other securities in which the Fund may invest are the same types of debt securities identified above. Foreign securities are subject, however, to additional risks not associated with domestic securities, as discussed below. These additional risks may be more pronounced as to investments in securities issued by emerging market countries or by companies located in emerging market countries.

Risks of Foreign Investing. Investments in foreign securities may offer special opportunities for investing but also present special additional risks and considerations not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Some of these additional risks are:

  • reduction of income by foreign taxes;
  • fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in currency rates or currency control regulations (for example, currency blockage);
  • transaction charges for currency exchange;
  • lack of public information about foreign issuers;
  • lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards in foreign countries comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers;
  • less volume on foreign exchanges than on U.S. exchanges;
  • greater volatility and less liquidity on foreign markets than in the U.S.;
  • less governmental regulation of foreign issuers, stock exchanges and brokers than in the U.S.;
  • foreign exchange contracts;
  • greater difficulties in commencing lawsuits;
  • higher brokerage commission rates than in the U.S.;
  • increased risks of delays in settlement of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for portfolio securities;
  • foreign withholding taxes on interest and dividends;
  • possibilities in some countries of expropriation, nationalization, confiscatory taxation, political, financial or social instability or adverse diplomatic developments; and
  • unfavorable differences between the U.S. economy and foreign economies.

In the past, U.S. government policies have discouraged certain investments abroad by U.S. investors, through taxation or other restrictions, and it is possible that such restrictions could be re-imposed.

  • Special Risks of Emerging Markets. Emerging and developing markets abroad may also offer special opportunities for investing but have greater risks than more developed foreign markets, such as those in Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There may be even less liquidity in their securities markets, and settlements of purchases and sales of securities may be subject to additional delays. They are subject to greater risks of limitations on the repatriation of income and profits because of currency restrictions imposed by local governments. Those countries may also be subject to the risk of greater political and economic instability, which can greatly affect the volatility of prices of securities in those countries. The Sub-Adviser will consider these factors when evaluating securities in these markets, because the selection of those securities must be consistent with the Fund's investment objective. The Fund currently does not anticipate that a significant percentage of its assets will be invested in securities of issuers in emerging market countries.

Passive Foreign Investment Companies. Under U.S. tax laws, passive foreign investment companies ("PFICs") are those foreign corporations which generate primarily "passive" income. Passive income is defined as any income that is considered foreign personal holding company income under the Internal Revenue Code. For federal tax purposes, a foreign corporation is deemed to be a PFIC if 75% or more of its gross income during a fiscal year is passive income or if 50% or more of its assets are assets that produce, or are held to produce, passive income.

Foreign mutual funds are generally deemed to be PFICs, since nearly all of the income of a mutual fund is passive income. Foreign mutual funds investments may be used to gain exposure to the securities of companies in countries that limit or prohibit direct foreign investment.

Other types of foreign corporations may also be considered PFICs if their percentage of passive income or passive assets exceeds the limits described above. Federal tax laws impose severe tax penalties for failure to properly report investment income from PFICs. Although every effort is made to ensure compliance with federal tax reporting requirements for these investments, foreign corporations that are PFICs for federal tax purposes may not always be recognized as such.

Investment-Grade Bonds. The Fund may invest in investment-grade debt obligations rated in the four highest investment categories by Standard & Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or by another NRSRO. If they are unrated, they will be assigned a rating by the Sub-Adviser to be considered of similar quality to obligations that are rated investment grade. These investments may include:

  • Corporate Bonds. The Fund may invest in debt securities issued by domestic corporations.
  • Foreign Bonds. The Fund may invest in bonds and other debt securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Generally, these securities are issued by foreign corporations and foreign governments and are traded on foreign markets. Investment in foreign debt securities that are denominated in foreign currencies involve certain additional risks, which are described above, in "Foreign Securities."

Convertible Securities. The Fund may invest in convertible securities, however the Fund currently does not anticipate that a significant percentage of its assets will be invested in such securities. While some convertible securities are a form of debt security, in many cases their conversion feature (allowing conversion into equity securities) causes them to be regarded by the Sub-Adviser more as "equity equivalents." As a result, the rating assigned to the security has less impact on the Sub-Adviser's investment decision with respect to convertible securities than in the case of non-convertible debt fixed-income securities. Convertible securities are subject to the credit risks and interest rate risks described above.

The value of a convertible security is a function of its "investment value" and its "conversion value." If the investment value exceeds the conversion value, the security will behave more like a debt security and the security's price will likely increase when interest rates fall and decrease when interest rates rise. If the conversion value exceeds the investment value, the security will behave more like an equity security. In that case, it will likely sell at a premium over its conversion value and its price will tend to fluctuate directly with the price of the underlying security.

To determine whether convertible securities should be regarded as "equity equivalents," the Sub-Adviser examines the following factors:

  1. whether, at the option of the investor, the convertible security can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of common stock of the issuer,
  2. whether the issuer of the convertible securities has restated its earnings per share of common stock on a fully diluted basis (considering the effect of conversion of the convertible securities), and
  3. the extent to which the convertible security may be a defensive "equity substitute," providing the ability to participate in any appreciation in the price of the issuer's common stock.

Participation Interests. Participation interests are interests in loans made to U.S. or foreign companies or to foreign governments. These interests are typically acquired from banks or brokers that have made the loan or are members of the lending syndicate.

The value of loan participation interests depends primarily upon the creditworthiness of the borrower, and its ability to pay interest and principal. Borrowers may have difficulty making payments. If a borrower fails to make scheduled interest or principal payments, the Fund could experience a decline in the net asset value of its shares. Certain participation interests may be illiquid and are subject to the Fund's limitations on investments in illiquid securities. The Manager has set, and the Sub-Adviser follows, certain creditworthiness standards for issuers of loan participations, and monitors their creditworthiness. Some borrowers may have senior securities rated as low as "C" by Moody's or "D" by S&P, but may be deemed acceptable credit risks.

Participation interests provide the Fund an undivided interest in a loan made by the issuing financial institution in the proportion that the Fund's participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the loan. The issuing financial institution may have no obligation to the Fund other than to pay the Fund the proportionate amount of the principal and interest payments it receives. In the event of a failure by the financial institution to perform its obligation in connection with the participation agreement, the Fund might incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions. The Fund can purchase securities on a "when-issued" basis, and may purchase or sell such securities on a "delayed-delivery" basis. "When-issued" or "delayed-delivery" refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery.

When such transactions are negotiated, the price (which is generally expressed in yield terms) is fixed at the time the commitment is made. Delivery and payment for the securities take place at a later date. The securities are subject to change in value from market fluctuations during the period until settlement. The value at delivery may be less than the purchase price. For example, changes in interest rates in a direction other than that expected by the Sub-Adviser before settlement will affect the value of such securities and may cause a loss to the Fund.

During the period between purchase and settlement, the Fund makes no payment to the issuer and no interest accrues to the Fund from the investment until it receives the security at settlement. There is a risk of loss to the Fund if the value of the security changes prior to the settlement date, and there is the risk that the other party may not perform.

The Fund may engage in when-issued transactions to secure what the Sub-Adviser considers to be an advantageous price and yield at the time the obligation is entered into. When the Fund enters into a when-issued or delayed-delivery transaction, it relies on the other party to complete the transaction. Its failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain the security at a price and yield the Sub-Adviser considers to be advantageous.

When the Fund engages in when-issued and delayed-delivery transactions, it does so for the purpose of acquiring or selling securities consistent with its investment objective and policies for its portfolio or for delivery pursuant to options contracts it has entered into, and not for the purposes of investment leverage. Although the Fund will enter into when-issued or delayed-delivery purchase transactions to acquire securities, the Fund may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement. If the Fund chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a when-issued security prior to its acquisition or to dispose of its right to deliver or receive against a forward commitment, it may incur a gain or loss.

At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase or sell a security on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis, it records the transaction on its books and reflects the value of the security purchased in determining the Fund's net asset value. In a sale transaction, it records the proceeds to be received. The Fund will identify on its books liquid assets at least equal in value to the value of the Fund's purchase commitments until the Fund pays for the investment.

When-issued and delayed-delivery transactions can be used by the Fund as a defensive technique to hedge against anticipated changes in interest rates and prices. For instance, in periods of rising interest rates and falling prices, the Fund might sell securities in its portfolio on a forward commitment basis to attempt to limit its exposure to anticipated falling prices. In periods of falling interest rates and rising prices, the Fund might sell portfolio securities and purchase the same or similar securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis to obtain the benefit of currently higher cash yields.

Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can acquire securities subject to repurchase agreements. It might do so:

  • for liquidity purposes to meet anticipated repurchases of Fund shares, or
  • pending the investment of the proceeds from sales of Fund shares, or
  • pending the settlement of portfolio securities transactions, or for temporary defensive purposes, as described below.

In a repurchase transaction, the Fund buys a security from, and simultaneously resells it to, an approved vendor for delivery on an agreed-upon future date. Approved vendors include U.S. commercial banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks, or broker-dealers that have been designated as primary dealers in government securities. They must meet credit requirements set by the Manager from time to time. The resale price exceeds the purchase price by an amount that reflects an agreed-upon interest rate effective for the period during which the repurchase agreement is in effect.

 

The majority of these transactions run from day to day, and delivery pursuant to the resale typically occurs within one to five days of the purchase. Repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days are subject to the Fund's limits on holding illiquid investments. The Fund will not enter into a repurchase agreement that causes more than 10% of its net assets to be subject to repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days. There is no limit on the amount of the Fund's net assets that may be subject to repurchase agreements having maturities of seven days or less.

 

Repurchase agreements, considered "loans" under the Investment Company Act, are collateralized by the underlying security. The Fund's repurchase agreements require that at all times while the repurchase agreement is in effect, the value of the collateral must equal or exceed the repurchase price to fully collateralize the repayment obligation. However, if the vendor fails to pay the resale price on the delivery date, the Fund may incur costs in disposing of the collateral and may experience losses if there is any delay in its ability to do so. The Sub-Adviser will monitor the vendor's creditworthiness to confirm that the vendor is financially sound and will continuously monitor the collateral's value.

 

Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other affiliated entities managed by the Manager or Sub-Adviser, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint repurchase accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. government securities. Securities that are pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each joint repurchase arrangement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default by the other party to the agreement, retention or sale of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

  • Reverse Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can use reverse repurchase agreements on debt obligations it owns. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells an underlying debt obligation and simultaneously agrees to repurchase the same security at an agreed-upon price at an agreed-upon date. The Fund will identify on its books liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements, including interest, until payment is made to the seller.

These transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by the Fund under a reverse repurchase agreement could decline below the price at which the Fund is obligated to repurchase them. These agreements are considered borrowings by the Fund and will be subject to the asset coverage requirement under the Fund's policy on borrowing discussed below.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Under the policies and procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Sub-Adviser determines the liquidity of certain of the Fund's investments. To enable the Fund to sell restricted securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the Fund may have to cause those securities to be registered. The expenses of registration of restricted securities may be negotiated by the Fund with the issuer at the time such securities are purchased by the Fund, if such registration is required before such securities may be sold publicly. When registration must be arranged because the Fund wishes to sell the security, a considerable period may elapse between the time the decision is made to sell the securities and the time the Fund would be permitted to sell them. The Fund would bear the risks of any downward price fluctuation during that period. The Fund expects to acquire commodity-linked notes having regulatory or contractual restrictions on their resale, which might limit the Fund's ability to dispose of such notes and might lower the amount realizable upon the sale of such securities.

The Fund has percentage limitations that apply to purchases of restricted and illiquid securities, as stated in the Prospectus. Those percentage restrictions do not limit purchases of restricted securities that are eligible for sale to qualified institutional purchasers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, provided that those securities have been determined to be liquid by the Board of Trustees of the Fund or by the Manager under Board-approved guidelines. Those guidelines take into account the trading activity for such securities and the availability of reliable pricing information, among other factors. If there is a lack of trading interest in a particular Rule 144A security, the Fund's holding of that security may be deemed to be illiquid.

Borrowing and Leverage. The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption from the Act that applies to the Fund, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time. Currently, under the Investment Company Act, a mutual fund may borrow only from banks (for other than emergency purposes) and only to the extent that the value of the Fund's assets, less its liabilities other than borrowings, is equal to at least 300% of all borrowings including the proposed borrowing, except that it may also borrow up to 5% of its total assets for temporary or emergency purposes from any lender. Under the Investment Company Act, there is a rebuttable presumption that a loan is temporary if it is repaid within 60 days and not extended or renewed.

When the Fund borrows, it segregates or identifies securities on its books equal to 300% of the amount borrowed to cover its obligation to repay the loan. If the value of the Fund's assets fail to meet this 300% asset coverage requirement, it will reduce its borrowings within three days to meet the requirement. To do so, the Fund might have to sell a portion of its investments at a disadvantageous time.

When the Fund invests borrowed money in portfolio securities, it is using a speculative investment technique known as "leverage." If the Fund does borrow, its expenses may be greater than comparable funds that do not borrow. The Fund will pay interest on loans, and that interest expense may raise the overall expenses of the Fund and reduce its returns. In the case of borrowing for leverage, the interest paid on a loan might be more (or less) than the yield on the securities purchased with the loan proceeds. Additionally, the use of leverage may make the Fund's share prices more sensitive to interest rate changes and thus might cause the Fund's net asset value per share to fluctuate more than that of funds that do not borrow.

Loans of Portfolio Securities. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities pursuant to a Securities Lending Agency Agreement (the "Securities Lending Agreement") with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending ("Goldman Sachs"), subject to the restrictions stated in the Prospectus. The Fund will lend portfolio securities to attempt to increase its income. Goldman Sachs has agreed, in general, to guarantee the obligations of borrowers to return loaned securities and to be responsible for certain expenses relating to securities lending. Under the Securities Lending Agreement, the Fund's securities lending procedures and applicable regulatory requirements (which are subject to change), the Fund must receive collateral from the borrower consisting of cash, bank letters of credit or securities of the U.S. Government (or its agencies or instrumentalities). On each business day, the amount of collateral that the Fund has received must at least equal the value of the loaned securities. If the Fund receives cash collateral from the borrower, the Fund may invest that cash in certain high quality, short-term investments, including money market funds advised by the Manager, specified in its securities lending procedures. The Fund will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral, including the risk that the Fund may lose money on the investment or may fail to earn sufficient income to meet its obligations to the borrower.

The terms of the Fund's portfolio loans must comply with all applicable regulations and with the Fund's Securities Lending Procedures adopted by the Board. The terms of the loans must permit the Fund to recall loaned securities on five business days' notice and the Fund will seek to recall loaned securities in time to vote on any matters that the Manager determines would have a material effect on the Fund's investment. The Securities Lending Agreement may be terminated by either Goldman Sachs or the Fund on 30 days' written notice.

The Fund limits loans of portfolio securities to not more than 25% of its net assets.

Derivatives and Hedging Transactions. As described in the Prospectus, the Fund can use derivative instruments for hedging. To attempt to protect against declines in the market value of the Fund's portfolio, to permit the Fund to retain unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities which have appreciated, to facilitate selling securities for investment reasons, the Fund could:

  • sell futures contracts,
  • buy puts on such futures or on securities, or
  • write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls may also be used to increase the Fund's income, but the Sub-Adviser does not expect to engage extensively in that practice.

The Fund may use hedging to establish a position in an investment as a temporary substitute for purchasing the investment. In that case the Fund will normally seek to purchase the investment and then terminate that hedging position. The Fund might also use this type of hedge to attempt to protect against the possibility that its portfolio investments would not be fully included in a rise in value of the market. To do so the Fund could:

  • buy futures, or
  • buy calls on such futures or on securities.

When hedging to protect against declines in the dollar value of a foreign currency-denominated investment, the Fund may:

  • buy puts on that foreign currency and on foreign currency futures,
  • write calls on that currency or on such futures contracts, or
  • enter into forward contracts at a higher or lower rate than the spot ("cash") rate.

The particular hedging instruments the Fund can use are described below. The Fund may employ new hedging instruments and strategies when they are developed, if those investment methods are consistent with the Fund's investment objective and are permissible under applicable regulations governing the Fund.

Futures. The Fund may buy and sell interest rate futures contracts, commodity futures, financial futures, and forward contracts.

No payment is paid or received by the Fund on the purchase or sale of a future. Upon entering into a futures transaction, the Fund will be required to deposit an initial margin payment with the futures commission merchant (the "futures broker"). Initial margin payments will be deposited with the Fund's custodian bank in an account registered in the futures broker's name. However, the futures broker can gain access to that account only under specified conditions. As the future is marked to market (that is, its value on the Fund's books is changed) to reflect changes in its market value, subsequent margin payments, called variation margin, will be paid to or by the futures broker daily.

The Fund can hold a portion of its investments in commodity futures contracts. Commodity futures may be based upon commodities within five main commodity groups:

  1. energy, which includes, among others, crude oil, brent crude oil, gas oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil;
  2. livestock, which includes, among others, feeder cattle, live cattle and hogs;
  3. agriculture, which includes, among others, wheat (Kansas wheat and Chicago wheat), corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and cocoa;
  4. industrial metals, which includes, among others, aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc; and
  5. precious metals, which includes, among others, gold and silver.

The Fund may purchase and sell commodity futures contracts, options on futures contracts and options and futures on commodity indices with respect to these five main commodity groups and the individual commodities within each group, as well as other types of commodities.

The Fund does not pay or receive money on the purchase or sale of a future. Upon entering into a futures transaction, the Fund will be required to deposit an initial margin payment with the futures commission merchant (the "futures broker"). Initial margin payments will be deposited with the Fund's custodian bank in an account registered in the futures broker's name. However, the futures broker can gain access to that account only under specified conditions. As the future is marked to market (that is, its value on the Fund's books is changed) to reflect changes in its market value, subsequent margin payments, called variation margin, will be paid to or by the futures broker daily. Alternatively, the Fund may maintain accounts with futures brokers, provided that the Fund and the futures brokers comply with the requirements of the rules under the Investment Company Act.

At any time prior to expiration of the future, the Fund may elect to close out its position by taking an opposite position, at which time a final determination of variation margin is made and any additional cash must be paid by or released to the Fund. Any loss or gain on the future is then realized by the Fund for tax purposes. All futures transactions are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange on which the contracts are traded. While the terms of interest rate futures contracts call for settlement by delivery or acquisition of debt securities, in most cases the obligation is fulfilled by entering into an offsetting position. Financial futures contracts are similar to interest rate futures, but settlement is made in cash.

Forward Contracts. Forward contracts are foreign currency exchange contracts. They are used to buy or sell foreign currency for future delivery at a fixed price. The Fund uses them to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of a security denominated in a foreign currency that the Fund has bought or sold, or to protect against possible losses from changes in the relative values of the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency. The Fund may also use "cross-hedging" where the Fund hedges against changes in currencies other than the currency in which a security it holds is denominated.

Under a forward contract, one party agrees to purchase, and another party agrees to sell, a specific currency at a future date. That date may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed-upon by the parties. The transaction price is set at the time the contract is entered into. These contracts are traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly among currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.

The Fund may use forward contracts to protect against uncertainty in the level of future exchange rates. The use of forward contracts does not eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire, but it does fix a rate of exchange in advance. Although forward contracts may reduce the risk of loss from a decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they limit any potential gain if the value of the hedged currency increases.

When the Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency, or when it anticipates receiving dividend payments in a foreign currency, the Fund may desire to "lock-in" the U.S. dollar price of the security or the U.S. dollar equivalent of the dividend payments. To do so, the Fund may enter into a forward contract for the purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in the underlying transaction, in a fixed amount of U.S. dollars per unit of the foreign currency. This is called a "transaction hedge." The transaction hedge will protect the Fund against a loss from an adverse change in the currency exchange rates during the period between the date on which the security is purchased or sold or on which the payment is declared, and the date on which the payments are made or received.

The Fund may also use forward contracts to lock in the U.S. dollar value of portfolio positions. This is called a "position hedge." When the Fund believes that foreign currency may suffer a substantial decline against the U.S. dollar, it may enter into a forward contract to sell an amount of that foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of the Fund's portfolio securities denominated in that foreign currency. When the Fund believes that the U.S. dollar may suffer a substantial decline against a foreign currency, it may enter into a forward contract to buy that foreign currency for a fixed dollar amount. Alternatively, the Fund may enter into a forward contract to sell a different foreign currency for a fixed U.S. dollar amount if the Fund believes that the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency to be sold pursuant to its forward contract will fall whenever there is a decline in the U.S. dollar value of the currency in which portfolio securities of the Fund are denominated. That is referred to as a "cross hedge."

The Fund will identify on its books liquid assets in an amount sufficient to cover its obligations equal to the aggregate amount of the Fund's commitment under forward contracts. The Fund will not enter into forward contracts or maintain a net exposure to such contracts if the consummation of the contracts would obligate the Fund to deliver an amount of foreign currency in excess of the value of the Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in that currency or another currency that is the subject of the hedge.

However, to avoid excess transactions and transaction costs, the Fund may maintain a net exposure to forward contracts in excess of the value of the Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in foreign currencies if the excess amount is "covered" by liquid securities denominated in any currency. The cover must be at least equal at all times to the amount of that excess. As one alternative, the Fund may purchase a call option permitting the Fund to purchase the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract at a price no higher than the forward contract price. As another alternative, the Fund may purchase a put option permitting the Fund to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward purchase contract at a price as high or higher than the forward contact price.

The precise matching of the amounts under forward contracts and the value of the securities involved generally will not be possible because the future value of securities denominated in foreign currencies will change as a consequence of market movements between the date the forward contract is entered into and the date it is sold. In some cases the Sub-Adviser may decide to sell the security and deliver foreign currency to settle the original purchase obligation. If the market value of the security is less than the amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver, the Fund may have to purchase additional foreign currency on the "spot" (that is, cash) market to settle the security trade. If the market value of the security instead exceeds the amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver to settle the trade, the Fund may have to sell on the spot market some of the foreign currency received upon the sale of the security. There will be additional transaction costs on the spot market in those cases.

The projection of short-term currency market movements is extremely difficult, and the successful execution of a short-term hedging strategy is highly uncertain. Forward contracts involve the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted, causing the Fund to sustain losses on these contracts and to pay additional transactions costs. The use of forward contracts in this manner may reduce the Fund's performance if there are unanticipated changes in currency prices to a greater degree than if the Fund had not entered into such contracts.

At or before the maturity of a forward contract requiring the Fund to sell a currency, the Fund might sell a portfolio security and use the sale proceeds to make delivery of the currency. In the alternative the Fund might retain the security and offset its contractual obligation to deliver the currency by purchasing a second contract. Under that contract the Fund will obtain, on the same maturity date, the same amount of the currency that it is obligated to deliver. Similarly, the Fund might close out a forward contract requiring it to purchase a specified currency by entering into a second contract entitling it to sell the same amount of the same currency on the maturity date of the first contract. The Fund would realize a gain or loss as a result of entering into such an offsetting forward contract under either circumstance. The gain or loss will depend on the extent to which the exchange rate or rates between the currencies involved moved between the execution dates of the first contract and offsetting contract.

The costs to the Fund of engaging in forward contracts varies with factors such as the currencies involved, the length of the contract period and the market conditions then prevailing. Because forward contracts are usually entered into on a principal basis, no brokerage fees or commissions are involved. Because these contracts are not traded on an exchange, the Fund must evaluate the credit and performance risk of the counterparty under each forward contract.

Although the Fund values its assets daily in terms of U.S. dollars, it does not intend to convert its holdings of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars on a daily basis. The Fund may convert foreign currency from time to time, and will incur costs in doing so. Foreign exchange dealers do not charge a fee for conversion, but they do seek to realize a profit based on the difference between the prices at which they buy and sell various currencies. Thus, a dealer might offer to sell a foreign currency to the Fund at one rate, while offering a lesser rate of exchange if the Fund desires to resell that currency to the dealer.

  • Comparison of Commodity Futures and Forward Contracts. Futures contracts and forward contracts achieve the same economic effect: both are an agreement to purchase a specified amount of a specified commodity at a specified future date for a price agreed-upon today. However, there are significant differences in the operation of the two contracts. Forward contracts are individually negotiated transactions and are not exchange traded. Therefore, with a forward contract, the Fund would make a commitment to carry out the purchase or sale of the underlying commodity at expiration.

For example, if the Fund were to buy a forward contract to purchase a certain amount of gold at a set price per ounce for delivery in three months' time and then, two months later, the Fund wished to liquidate that position, it would contract for the sale of the gold at a new price per ounce for delivery in one months' time. At expiration of both forward contracts, the Fund would be required to buy the gold at the set price under the first forward contract and sell it at the agreed-upon price under the second forward contract. Even though the Fund has effectively offset its gold position with the purchase and sale of the two forward contracts, it must still honor the original commitment at maturity of the two contracts. By contrast, futures exchanges have central clearinghouses which keep track of all positions. To offset a long position in a futures contract, the Fund simply needs to sell a similar contract on the exchange. The exchange clearinghouse will record both the original futures contract purchase and the offsetting sale, and there is no further commitment on the part of the Fund.

Only a very small percentage of commodity futures contracts result in actual delivery of the underlying commodity. Additionally, any gain or loss on the purchase and sale of the futures contracts is recognized immediately upon the offset, while with a forward contract, profit or loss is recognized upon maturity of the forward contracts.

Put and Call Options. The Fund may buy and sell certain kinds of put options ("puts") and call options ("calls"). The Fund may buy and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter put and call options, including index options, securities options, currency options, commodities options, and options on swaps and the other types of futures described above.

  • Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund may write (that is, sell) covered calls. If the Fund sells a call option, it must be covered. That means the Fund must own the security subject to the call while the call is outstanding, or the call may be covered by segregating or identifying liquid assets on the Fund's books to enable the Fund to satisfy its obligations if the call is exercised. There is no limit on the amount of assets that may be subject to calls the Fund writes.

When the Fund writes a call on a security, it receives cash (a premium). The Fund agrees to sell the underlying security to a purchaser of a corresponding call on the same security during the call period at a fixed exercise price regardless of market price changes during the call period. The call period is usually not more than nine months. The exercise price may differ from the market price of the underlying security. The Fund has the risk of loss that the price of the underlying security may decline during the call period. That risk may be offset to some extent by the premium the Fund receives. If the value of the investment does not rise above the call price, it is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case the Fund would keep the cash premium and the investment.

The Fund's custodian, or a securities depository acting for the custodian, will act as the Fund's escrow agent, through the facilities of the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), as to the investments on which the Fund has written calls traded on exchanges or as to other acceptable escrow securities. In that way, no margin will be required for such transactions. OCC will release the securities on the expiration of the option or when the Fund enters into a closing transaction.

When the Fund writes a call on an index, it receives cash (a premium). If the buyer of the call exercises it, the Fund will pay an amount of cash equal to the difference between the closing price of the call and the exercise price, multiplied by the specified multiple that determines the total value of the call for each point of difference. If the value of the underlying investment does not rise above the call price, it is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case the Fund would keep the cash premium.

When the Fund writes an over-the-counter ("OTC") option, it will enter into an arrangement with a primary U.S. government securities dealer which will establish a formula price at which the Fund will have the absolute right to repurchase that OTC option. The formula price will generally be based on a multiple of the premium received for the option, plus the amount by which the option is exercisable below the market price of the underlying security (that is, the option is "in the money"). When the Fund writes an OTC option, it will treat as illiquid (for purposes of its restriction on holding illiquid securities) the mark-to-market value of any OTC option it holds, unless the option is subject to a buy-back agreement by the executing broker.

To terminate its obligation on a call it has written, the Fund may purchase a corresponding call in a "closing purchase transaction." The Fund will then realize a profit or loss, depending upon whether the net of the amount of the option transaction costs and the premium received on the call the Fund wrote is more or less than the price of the call the Fund purchases to close out the transaction. The Fund may realize a profit if the call expires unexercised, because the Fund will retain the underlying security and the premium it received when it wrote the call. Any such profits are considered short-term capital gains for federal income tax purposes, as are the premiums on lapsed calls. When distributed by the Fund they are taxable as ordinary income. If the Fund cannot effect a closing purchase transaction due to the lack of a market, it will have to hold the callable securities until the call expires or is exercised.

The Fund may realize a profit if a call it has written expires unexercised, because the Fund will retain the underlying security and the premium it received when it wrote the call. Any such profits are considered short-term capital gains for federal income tax purposes, as are the premiums on lapsed calls. When distributed by the Fund they are taxable as ordinary income. If the Fund cannot effect a closing purchase transaction due to the lack of market, it will have to hold the callable securities until the call expires or is exercised.

The Fund may write call options on financial and commodity indices. When writing a call on an index, the Fund receives a premium and agrees to pay to the call buyer a cash amount equal to the appreciation of the index in excess of the option strike price over the call period. If the index declines in value the Fund has no payment obligation and retains the option premium. When writing a call option on an index, the Fund will segregate liquid assets equal to the settlement value of the option.

The Fund may also write calls on a futures contract without owning the futures contract or securities deliverable under the contract. To do so, at the time the call is written, the Fund must cover the call by segregating or identifying on its books an equivalent dollar amount of liquid assets. The Fund will segregate or identify additional liquid assets if the value of the segregated or identified assets drops below 100% of the current value of the future. Because of this requirement, in no circumstances would the Fund's receipt of an exercise notice as to that future require the Fund to deliver a futures contract. It would simply put the Fund in a short futures position, which is permitted by the Fund's hedging policies.

  • Writing Put Options. The Fund may sell put options. A put option on securities gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the obligation to buy, the underlying investment at the exercise price during the option period.

If the Fund writes a put, the put must be covered by segregating or identifying liquid assets on the Fund's books. The premium the Fund receives from writing a put represents a profit, as long as the price of the underlying investment remains equal to or above the exercise price of the put. However, the Fund also assumes the obligation during the option period to buy the underlying investment from the buyer of the put at the exercise price, even if the value of the investment falls below the exercise price.

If a put the Fund has written expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a gain in the amount of the premium less the transaction costs incurred. If the put is exercised, the Fund must fulfill its obligation to purchase the underlying investment at the exercise price. That price will usually exceed the market value of the investment at that time. In that case, the Fund may incur a loss if it sells the underlying investment. That loss will be equal to the sum of the sale price of the underlying investment and the premium received minus the sum of the exercise price and any transaction costs the Fund incurred.

When writing a put option on a security, to secure its obligation to pay for the underlying security the Fund will deposit in escrow liquid assets with a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the underlying securities. The Fund therefore foregoes the opportunity of investing the segregated or identified assets or writing calls against those assets.

As long as the Fund's obligation as the put writer continues, it may be assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through which the put was sold. That notice will require the Fund to take delivery of the underlying security and pay the exercise price. The Fund has no control over when it may be required to purchase the underlying security, since it may be assigned an exercise notice at any time prior to the termination of its obligation as the writer of the put. That obligation terminates upon expiration of the put. It may also terminate if, before it receives an exercise notice, the Fund effects a closing purchase transaction by purchasing a put of the same series as it sold. Once the Fund has been assigned an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction.

The Fund may decide to effect a closing purchase transaction to realize a profit on an outstanding put option it has written or to prevent the underlying security from being put. Effecting a closing purchase transaction will also permit the Fund to write another put option on the security, or to sell the security and use the proceeds from the sale for other investments. The Fund will realize a profit or loss from a closing purchase transaction depending on whether the cost of the transaction is less or more than the premium received from writing the put option. Any profits from writing puts are considered short-term capital gains for federal tax purposes, and when distributed by the Fund, are taxable as ordinary income.

  • Purchasing Calls and Puts. The Fund may purchase calls to protect against the possibility that the Fund's portfolio will not participate in an anticipated rise in the securities market. When the Fund buys a call (other than in a closing purchase transaction), it pays a premium. The Fund then has the right to buy the underlying investment from a seller of a corresponding call on the same investment during the call period at a fixed exercise price.

The Fund benefits only if it sells the call at a profit or if, during the call period, the market price of the underlying investment is above the sum of the call price plus the transaction costs and the premium paid for the call and the Fund exercises the call. If the Fund does not exercise the call or sell it (whether or not at a profit), the call will become worthless at its expiration date. In that case the Fund will have paid the premium but lost the right to purchase the underlying investment.

The Fund may buy puts whether or not it holds the underlying investment in its portfolio. When the Fund purchases a put, it pays a premium and, except as to puts on indices, has the right to sell the underlying investment to a seller of a put on a corresponding investment during the put period at a fixed exercise price.

Buying a put on securities or futures the Fund owns enables the Fund to attempt to protect itself during the put period against a decline in the value of the underlying investment below the exercise price by selling the underlying investment at the exercise price to a seller of a corresponding put. If the market price of the underlying investment is equal to or above the exercise price and, as a result, the put is not exercised or resold, the put will become worthless at its expiration date. In that case the Fund will have paid the premium but lost the right to sell the underlying investment. However, the Fund may sell the put prior to its expiration. That sale may or may not be at a profit.

Buying a put on an investment the Fund does not own (such as an index or future) permits the Fund to resell the put or to buy the underlying investment and sell it at the exercise price. The resale price will vary inversely to the price of the underlying investment. If the market price of the underlying investment is above the exercise price and, as a result, the put is not exercised, the put will become worthless on its expiration date.

When the Fund purchases a call or put on an index or future, it pays a premium, but settlement is in cash rather than by delivery of the underlying investment to the Fund. Gain or loss depends on changes in the index in question (and thus on price movements in the securities market generally) rather than on price movements in individual securities or futures contracts.

  • Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund can buy and sell calls and puts on foreign currencies. They include puts and calls that trade on a securities or commodities exchange or in the over-the-counter markets or are quoted by major recognized dealers in such options. The Fund would use these calls and puts to try to protect against declines in the dollar value of foreign securities and increases in the dollar cost of foreign securities the Fund wants to acquire.

If the Sub-Adviser anticipates a rise in the dollar value of a foreign currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated, the increased cost of those securities may be partially offset by purchasing calls or writing puts on that foreign currency. If the Sub-Adviser anticipates a decline in the dollar value of a foreign currency, the decline in the dollar value of portfolio securities denominated in that currency may be partially offset by writing calls or purchasing puts on that foreign currency. However, the currency rates could fluctuate in a direction adverse to the Fund's position. The Fund will then have incurred option premium payments and transaction costs without a corresponding benefit.

A call the Fund writes on a foreign currency is "covered" if the Fund owns the underlying foreign currency covered by the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash consideration (or it can do so for additional cash consideration segregated or identified on the Fund's books) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currency held in its portfolio.

The Fund may write a call on a foreign currency to provide a hedge against a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a security which the Fund owns or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the option. That decline may be one that occurs due to an expected adverse change in the exchange rate. This is known as a "cross-hedging" strategy. In those circumstances, the Fund covers the option by segregating or identifying liquid assets on the Fund's books.

  • Interest Rate Swap Transactions. The Fund can enter into interest rate swap agreements. In an interest rate swap, the Fund and another party exchange their right to receive or their obligation to pay interest on a security. For example, they might swap the right to receive floating rate payments for fixed rate payments. Also, the Fund will identify on its books liquid assets (such as cash or U.S. government securities) to cover any amounts it could owe under swaps that exceed the amounts it is entitled to receive, and it will adjust that amount daily, as needed.

Swap agreements entail both interest rate risk and credit risk. There is a risk that, based on movements of interest rates in the future, the payments made by the Fund under a swap agreement will be greater than the payments it received. Credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty will default. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund's loss will consist of the net amount of contractual interest payments that the Fund has not yet received. The Manager will monitor the creditworthiness of counterparties to the Fund's interest rate swap transactions on an ongoing basis.

The Fund can enter into swap transactions with certain counterparties pursuant to master netting agreements. A master netting agreement provides that all swaps done between the Fund and that counterparty shall be regarded as parts of an integral agreement. If amounts are payable on a particular date in the same currency in respect of one or more swap transactions, the amount payable on that date in that currency shall be the net amount. In addition, the master netting agreement may provide that if one party defaults generally or on one swap, the counterparty can terminate all of the swaps with that party. Under these agreements, if a default results in a loss to one party, the measure of that party's damages is calculated by reference to the average cost of a replacement swap for each swap. It is measured by the mark-to-market value at the time of the termination of each swap. The gains and losses on all swaps are then netted, and the result is the counterparty's gain or loss on termination. The termination of all swaps and the netting of gains and losses on termination is generally referred to as "aggregation."

  • Swaption Transactions. The Fund may enter into a swaption transaction, which is a contract that grants the holder, in return for payment of the purchase price (the "premium") of the option, the right, but not the obligation, to enter into an interest rate swap at a preset rate within a specified period of time, with the writer of the contract. The writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the preset rate on the underlying interest rate swap. Unrealized gains/losses on swaptions are reflected in investment assets and investment liabilities in the Fund's statement of financial condition.
  • Risks of Derivative Instruments. The use of derivative instruments requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management. If the Sub-Adviser uses a derivative instrument at the wrong time or judges market conditions incorrectly, hedging strategies may reduce the Fund's return. The Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its futures and options positions were not correlated with its other investments.

The Fund's option activities may affect its portfolio turnover rate and brokerage commissions. The exercise of calls written by the Fund may cause the Fund to sell related portfolio securities, thus increasing its turnover rate. The exercise by the Fund of puts on securities will cause the sale of underlying investments, increasing portfolio turnover. Although the decision whether to exercise a put it holds is within the Fund's control, holding a put might
cause the Fund to sell the related investments for reasons that would not exist in the absence of the put.

The Fund could pay a brokerage commission each time it buys a call or put, sells a call or put, or buys or sells an underlying investment in connection with the exercise of a call or put. Those commissions may be higher on a relative basis than the commissions for direct purchases or sales of the underlying investments. Premiums paid for options are small in relation to the market value of the underlying investments. Consequently, put and call options offer large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered by trading in options could result in the Fund's net asset value being more sensitive to changes in the value of the underlying investment.

If a covered call written by the Fund is exercised on an investment that has increased in value, the Fund will be required to sell the investment at the call price. It will not be able to realize any profit if the investment has increased in value above the call price.

An option position may be closed out only on a market that provides secondary trading for options of the same series, and there is no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular option. The Fund could experience losses if it could not close out a position because of an illiquid market for the future or option.

There is a risk in using short hedging by selling futures or purchasing puts on broadly-based indices or futures to attempt to protect against declines in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities. The risk is that the prices of the futures or the applicable index will correlate imperfectly with the behavior of the cash prices of the Fund's securities. For example, it is possible that while the Fund has used hedging instruments in a short hedge, the market may advance and the value of the securities held in the Fund's portfolio may decline. If that occurred, the Fund would lose money on the hedging instruments and also experience a decline in the value of its portfolio securities. However, while this could occur for a very brief period or to a very small degree, over time the value of a diversified portfolio of securities will tend to move in the same direction as the indices upon which the hedging instruments are based.

The risk of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the Fund's portfolio diverges from the securities included in the applicable index. To compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price of the portfolio securities being hedged and movements in the price of the hedging instruments, the Fund may use hedging instruments in a greater dollar amount than the dollar amount of portfolio securities being hedged. It might do so if the historical volatility of the prices of the portfolio securities being hedged is more than the historical volatility of the applicable index.

The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets are subject to distortions, due to differences in the nature of those markets. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting transactions which could distort the normal relationship between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing distortion. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities markets. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions.

The Fund can use hedging instruments to establish a position in the securities markets as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual securities (long hedging) by buying futures and/or calls on such futures, broadly-based indices or on securities. It is possible that when the Fund does so the market may decline. If the Fund then concludes not to invest in securities because of concerns that the market may decline further or for other reasons, the Fund will realize a loss on the hedging instruments that is not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.

Asset Coverage for Certain Investments and Trading Practices. Typically, the Fund's investments in equity and fixed-income securities do not involve any future financial obligations. However, the Fund may make investments or employ trading practices that obligate the Fund, on a fixed or contingent basis, to deliver an asset or make a cash payment to another party in the future. The Fund will comply with guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other applicable regulatory bodies with respect to coverage of certain investments and trading practices. This guidance may require earmarking or segregation by the Fund of cash or liquid securities with its custodian or a designated sub-custodian to the extent the Fund's obligations with respect to these strategies are not otherwise "covered" through ownership of the underlying security or financial instrument or by other portfolio positions, or by other means consistent with applicable regulatory policies. In some cases, SEC guidance permits the Fund to cover its obligation by entering into an offsetting transaction.

For example, if the Fund enters into a currency forward contract to sell foreign currency on a future date, the Fund may cover its obligation to deliver the foreign currency by earmarking or otherwise segregating cash or liquid securities having a value at least equal to the value of the deliverable currency. Alternatively, the Fund could cover its obligation by earmarking or otherwise segregating an amount of the foreign currency at least equal to the deliverable amount or by entering into an offsetting transaction to acquire an amount of foreign currency at least equal to the deliverable amount at a price at or below the sale price received by the Fund under the currency forward contract.

The Fund's approach to asset coverage may vary among different types of swaps. With respect to most swap agreements (but excluding, for example, credit default swaps), the Fund calculates the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a "net basis" (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). Consequently the Fund 's current obligations (or rights) under these swap agreements will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the "net amount"). The Fund's current obligation, if any, under a swap agreement will generally be covered by earmarking or otherwise segregating cash or liquid securities having an aggregate net asset value at least equal to the accrued unpaid net amounts owed. To the extent that the obligations of the parties under these swaps are not calculated on a net basis, the amount earmarked or otherwise segregated will be the full amount of the Fund's obligations, if any. Alternatively, the Fund could cover its obligation by other means consistent with applicable regulatory policies.

With respect to credit default swaps, typically, if the Fund enters into a credit default swap as the buyer of credit protection, then it will earmark or otherwise segregate an amount of cash or liquid securities at least equal to any accrued payment or delivery obligations under the swap. Alternatively, if the Fund enters into a credit default swap as the seller of credit protection, then the Fund will earmark or otherwise segregate an amount of cash or liquid securities at least equal to the full notional amount of the swap. Alternatively, the Fund could cover its obligation by other means consistent with applicable regulatory policies.

Inasmuch as the Fund covers its obligations under these transactions as described above, the Manager and the Fund believe such obligations do not constitute senior securities and, accordingly, will not treat them as being subject to its borrowing restrictions. Earmarking or otherwise segregating a large percentage of the Fund's assets could impede the Manager's ability to manage the Fund's portfolio.

  • Regulatory Aspects of Use of Derivatives. The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") recently eliminated limitations on futures trading by certain regulated entities including registered investment companies, and consequently registered investment companies may engage in unlimited futures transactions and options thereon provided that the Fund claims an exclusion from regulation as a commodity pool operator. The Fund has claimed such an exclusion from registration as a commodity pool operator under the CEA. The Fund may use futures and options for hedging and non-hedging purposes to the extent consistent with its investment objective, internal risk management guidelines adopted by the Fund's investment adviser (as they may be amended from time to time), and as otherwise set forth in the Fund's prospectus or this statement of additional information.

Transactions in options by the Fund are subject to limitations established by the option exchanges. The exchanges limit the maximum number of options that may be written or held by a single investor or group of investors acting in concert. Those limits apply regardless of whether the options were written or purchased on the same or different exchanges or are held in one or more accounts or through one or more different exchanges or through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of options that the Fund may write or hold may be affected by options written or held by other entities, including other investment companies having the same adviser as the Fund (or an adviser that is an affiliate of the Fund's adviser). The exchanges also impose position limits on futures transactions. An exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in violation of those limits and may impose certain other sanctions.

As an open-end investment company registered with the SEC, the Fund is subject to the federal securities laws, including the Investment Company Act, related rules, and various SEC and SEC staff positions. In accordance with these positions, with respect to certain kinds of derivatives, the Fund must set aside (referred to sometimes as "asset segregation") liquid assets, or engage in other SEC- or staff-approved measures, while the derivatives contracts are open. For example, with respect to forwards and futures contracts that are not contractually required to "cash-settle," the Fund must cover its open positions by setting aside liquid assets equal to the contracts' full, notional value. With respect to forwards and futures that are contractually required to "cash-settle," however, the Fund is permitted to set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the Fund's daily marked-to-market (net) obligations, if any (i.e., the Fund's daily net liability, if any), rather than the notional value. By setting aside assets equal to only its net obligations under cash-settled forward and futures contracts, the Fund will have the ability to employ leverage to a greater extent than if the Fund were required to segregate assets equal to the full notional value of such contracts. The use of leverage involves certain risks. See "Risks of Derivatives Instruments." The Fund reserves the right to modify its asset segregation policies in the future to comply with any changes in the positions articulated from time to time by the SEC and its staff. The Subsidiary will comply with these asset segregation requirements to the same extent as the Fund itself.

  • Tax Aspects of Certain Hedging Instruments. Certain exchange contracts in which the Fund may invest directly (such as regulated futures contracts, certain foreign currency contracts and options on stock indexes and futures contracts) are treated as "section 1256 contracts" under the Internal Revenue Code. In general, gains or losses relating to section 1256 contracts are characterized as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses under the Internal Revenue Code. However, foreign currency gains or losses arising from section 1256 contracts that are forward contracts generally are treated as ordinary income or loss. In addition, section 1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of each taxable year are "marked-to-market," and unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they were realized. These contracts also may be marked-to-market for purposes of determining the excise tax applicable to investment company distributions and for other purposes under rules prescribed pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. An election can be made by the Fund to exempt certain contracts from this marked to market treatment.

Certain forward contracts the Fund enters into may result in "straddles" for federal income tax purposes. The straddle rules may affect the character and timing of gains (or losses) recognized by the Fund on straddle positions. Generally, a loss sustained on the disposition of a position making up a straddle is allowed only to the extent that the loss exceeds any unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the straddle. Disallowed loss is generally allowed at the point where there is no unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the straddle, or the offsetting position is disposed of.

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the following gains or losses are treated as ordinary income or loss:
(1) gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates that occur between the time the Fund accrues interest or other receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities, and
(2) gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of a foreign currency between the date of acquisition of a debt security denominated in a foreign currency or foreign currency forward contracts and the date of disposition.

Currency gains and losses are offset against market gains and losses on each trade before determining a net "Section 988" gain or loss under the Internal Revenue Code for that trade, which may increase or decrease the amount of the Fund's investment income available for distribution to its shareholders.

For information about the tax treatment of the Subsidiary and its investments, please refer to "Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes - U.S. Tax Considerations."

Portfolio Turnover. "Portfolio turnover" describes the rate at which the Fund traded its portfolio investments during its last fiscal year. For example, if the Fund sold all of its investments during the fiscal year, its portfolio turnover rate would be 100%. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate will fluctuate from year to year. Increased portfolio turnover creates higher brokerage and transaction costs for the Fund, which may reduce its overall performance. However, the Fund purchases many of its investments directly from dealers without using brokers. Additionally, the realization of capital gains from selling portfolio investments may result in distributions of taxable long-term capital gains to shareholders, since the Fund will normally distribute all of its capital gains realized each year, to avoid excise taxes under the Internal Revenue Code.

Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. When market, economic or political conditions are unstable, the Fund can invest in a variety of debt securities for defensive purposes. The Fund can also purchase these securities for liquidity purposes to meet cash needs due to the redemption of Fund shares, or to hold while waiting to reinvest cash received from the sale of other portfolio securities. The Fund can buy:

  • high-quality (rated in the top two rating categories of nationally-recognized rating organizations or deemed by the Manager to be of comparable quality), short-term money market instruments, including those issued by the U. S. Treasury or other government agencies,
  • commercial paper (short-term, unsecured, promissory notes of domestic or foreign companies) rated in the top two rating categories of a nationally-recognized rating organization,
  • debt obligations of corporate issuers, rated investment grade (rated at least Baa by Moody's or at least BBB by Standard & Poor's, or a comparable rating by another rating organization), or unrated securities judged by the Manager to be of a quality comparable to rated securities in those categories,
  • certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances of domestic and foreign banks and savings and loan associations, and
  • repurchase agreements.

Short-term debt securities would normally be selected for defensive or cash management purposes because they can normally be disposed of quickly, are not generally subject to significant fluctuations in principal value and their value will be less subject to interest rate risk than longer-term debt securities.

Investment in Other Investment Companies. The Fund can also invest in the securities of other investment companies, which can include open-end funds, closed-end funds and unit investment trusts, subject to the limits set forth in the Investment Company Act that apply to those types of investments, and the following additional limitation: the Fund cannot invest in the securities of other registered investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in reliance on sub-paragraph (F) or (G) of section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act. For example, the Fund can invest in Exchange-Traded Funds, which are typically open-end funds or unit investment trusts, listed on a stock exchange. The Fund might do so as a way of gaining exposure to the segments of the equity or fixed-income markets represented by the Exchange-Traded Funds' portfolio, at times when the Fund may not be able to buy those portfolio securities directly.

Investing in another investment company is subject to limitations under the Investment Company Act and, for investments in a closed-end investment company, may involve the payment of substantial premiums above the value of such investment company's portfolio securities. The Fund does not intend to invest in other investment companies unless the Sub-Adviser believes that the potential benefits of the investment justify the payment of any premiums or sales charges. As a shareholder of an investment company, the Fund would be subject to its ratable share of that investment company's expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses. The Fund does not anticipate investing a substantial amount of its net assets in shares of other investment companies.

Investment Restrictions

Fundamental Policies. The Fund has adopted policies and restrictions to govern its investments. Under the Investment Company Act, fundamental policies are those policies that can be changed only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, which is defined as the vote of the holders of the lesser of:

  • 67% or more of the shares present or represented by proxy at a shareholder meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy; or
  • more than 50% of the outstanding shares.

The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other policies described in the Prospectus or this SAI are "fundamental" only if they are identified as such. The Fund's Board of Trustees can change non-fundamental policies without shareholder approval. However, significant changes to investment policies will be described in supplements or updates to the Prospectus or this SAI, as appropriate.  The Fund's most significant investment policies are described in the Prospectus.

Other Fundamental Investment Restrictions. The following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund.

  • The Fund will not purchase the securities, commodity-linked notes and other instruments of any issuer if, as a result, 25% or more of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of companies whose principal business activities are in the same industry or group of industries. This restriction does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or repurchase agreements secured by them.
  • The Fund will invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities, commodity-linked notes and other instruments, including futures and forward contracts, related options and swaps, linked to one or more of the energy and natural resources, agriculture, livestock, industrial metals, and precious metals sectors. The individual components of an index will be considered as separate industries for this purpose. The Fund may also invest more than 25% of total assets in a group of industries.
  • The Fund will not issue any senior security. However, the Fund may enter into commitments to purchase securities in accordance with the Fund's investment program, including reverse repurchase agreements, delayed-delivery and when-issued securities, which may be considered the issuance of senior securities. Additionally, the Fund may engage in transactions that may result in the issuance of a senior security to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act and applicable regulations, interpretations of the Investment Company Act or an exemptive order. The Fund may also engage in short sales of securities to the extent permitted in its investment program and other restrictions. The purchase or sale of commodity-linked notes, futures or swap contracts and related options shall not be considered to involve the issuance of senior securities. Moreover, the Fund may borrow money as authorized by the Investment Company Act.
  • The Fund will not purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments. This restriction shall not prevent the Fund from purchasing or selling commodity-linked notes, or options and futures contracts with respect to individual commodities or indices, or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities or indices.
  • The Fund will not purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of direct ownership of securities or other instruments. This restriction shall not prevent the Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies engaged in the real estate business, including real estate investment trusts. This restriction does not preclude the Fund from buying securities backed by mortgages on real estate or securities of companies engaged in such activities. The Fund can also invest in real estate operating companies and shares of companies engaged in other real estate related businesses.
  • The Fund cannot underwrite securities issued by other persons. A permitted exception is in case it is deemed to be an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 when reselling securities held in its own portfolio.
  • The Fund cannot make loans except (a) through lending of securities, (b) through the purchase of debt instruments or similar evidences of indebtedness, (c) through an interfund lending program with other affiliated funds, provided that no such loan may be made if, as a result, the aggregate of such loans would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets (taken at market value at the time of such loans), and (d) through repurchase agreements. Currently, the Investment Company Act permits (a) lending of securities, (b) purchasing debt securities or similar evidences of indebtedness, (c) repurchase agreements and (d) interfund lending consistent with the Fund's exemptive order; or
  • The Fund cannot borrow money in excess of 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets. The Fund may borrow only from banks and/or affiliated investment companies. With respect to this fundamental policy, the Fund can borrow only if it maintains a 300% ratio of assets to borrowings at all times in the manner set forth in the Investment Company Act. Currently, the Investment Company Act permits a mutual fund to borrow from banks and/or affiliated investment companies up to one-third of its total assets (including the amount borrowed). The Fund may borrow up to 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes from any person. Interfund borrowing must be consistent with the Fund's exemptive order.

The percentage restrictions described above and in the Fund's Prospectus (other than the percentage limitations that apply on an on-going basis and except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities) apply only at the time of investment and require no action by the Fund as a result of subsequent changes in relative values.

Non-Fundamental Restrictions. The Fund has the following additional operating policies that are not "fundamental" and can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval.

  • The Fund cannot invest in the securities of other registered investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in reliance on sub-paragraph (F) or (G) of Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act.

For purposes of the Fund's policy not to concentrate its investments as described above, the Fund has adopted classifications of industries and groups of related industries. These classifications are not fundamental policies.

The Subsidiary will also follow the Fund's fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions, described above, with respect to its investments.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

While recognizing the importance of providing Fund shareholders with information about their Fund's investments and providing portfolio information to a variety of third parties to assist with the management, distribution and administrative processes, the need for transparency must be balanced against the risk that third parties who gain access to the Fund's portfolio holdings information could attempt to use that information to trade ahead of or against the Fund, which could negatively affect the prices the Fund is able to obtain in portfolio transactions or the availability of the securities that a portfolio manager is trading on the Fund's behalf.

The Fund, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent have therefore adopted policies and procedures regarding the dissemination of information about the Fund's portfolio holdings by employees, officers and directors or trustees of the Fund, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent. These policies are designed to assure that non-public information about the Fund's portfolio securities holdings is distributed only for a legitimate business purpose, and is done in a manner that (a) conforms to applicable laws and regulations and (b) is designed to prevent that information from being used in a way that could negatively affect the Fund's investment program or enable third parties to use that information in a manner that is harmful to the Fund. It is a violation of the Code of Ethics for any covered person to release holdings in contravention of the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures adopted by the Fund.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policies. The Fund, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent and their affiliates and subsidiaries, employees, officers, and directors or trustees, shall neither solicit nor accept any compensation or other consideration (including any agreement to maintain assets in the Fund or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Manager or any affiliated person of the Manager) in connection with the disclosure of the Fund's non-public portfolio holdings. The receipt of investment advisory fees or other fees and compensation paid to the Manager and its subsidiaries pursuant to agreements approved by the Fund's Board shall not be deemed to be "compensation" or "consideration" for these purposes. Until publicly disclosed, the Fund's portfolio holdings are proprietary, confidential business information. After they are publicly disclosed, the Fund's portfolio holdings may be released in any appropriate manner.

  • Public Disclosure. The Fund's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than 60 days after the close of each of the Fund's fiscal quarters in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders and in its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q. Those documents are publicly available at the SEC. In addition, the Fund's portfolio holdings information, as of the end of each calendar month, may be posted and available on the Fund's website (at www.oppenheimerfunds.com) no sooner than 30 days after the end of each calendar month. The top 20 month-end securities holdings, listed by security or by issuer, may be posted on the OppenheimerFunds website with a 15-day delay. The Fund may delay posting its holdings, post a smaller list of holdings (e.g., the top 10 or top 15 portfolio holdings), or may not post any holdings, if the Manager believes that would be in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Other general information about the Fund's portfolio investments, such as portfolio composition by asset class, industry, country, currency, credit rating or maturity, may also be publicly disclosed with a 15-day delay.

The Fund's portfolio holdings information (which may include information on the Fund's entire portfolio of individual securities therein) positions may be released to the following categories of individuals or entities on an ongoing basis, provided that such individual or entity either (1) has signed an agreement to keep such information confidential and not trade on the basis of such information, or (2) as a member of the Fund's Board, or as an employee, officer or director of the Manager, the Distributor, or the Transfer Agent, or of their legal counsel, is subject to fiduciary obligations (a) not to disclose such information except in compliance with the Fund's policies and procedures and (b) not to trade for his or her personal account on the basis of such information.

  • Employees of the Fund's Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent who need to have access to such information (as determined by senior officers of such entities);
  • The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm; 
  • Members of the Fund's Board and the Board's legal counsel; 
  • The Fund's custodian bank; 
  • A proxy voting service designated by the Fund and its Board; 
  • Rating/ranking organizations (such as Lipper, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc.); 
  • Portfolio pricing services retained by the Manager to provide portfolio security prices; 
  • Insurance companies that have separate accounts invested in Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds or Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (to prepare their financial statements and analysis); 
  • Brokers and dealers for purposes of providing portfolio analytic services; 
  • Brokers and dealers in connection with portfolio transactions (purchases and sales); 
  • Brokers and dealers to obtain bids or bid and asked prices (if securities held by the Fund are not priced by the Fund's regular pricing services); and
  • Brokers and dealers to obtain price quotations where the Fund is not identified as the owner of the securities. 

Month-end lists of the Fund's complete portfolio holdings may be disclosed for legitimate business reasons, no sooner than 5 days after the relevant month end, pursuant to special requests and under limited circumstances discussed below, provided that:

  • The third-party recipient must first submit a request for release of Fund portfolio holdings, explaining the business reason for the request; 
  • Senior officers (a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel or above) in the Manager's Investment Operations and Legal departments must approve the completed request for release of Fund portfolio holdings; and 
  • Before receiving the data, the third-party recipient must sign the Manager's portfolio holdings non-disclosure agreement, agreeing to keep confidential the information that is not publicly available regarding the Fund's holdings and agreeing not to trade directly or indirectly based on the information.

Portfolio holdings information (which may include information on the Fund's entire portfolio or individual securities therein) may be provided by senior officers of the Manager or attorneys on the legal staff of the Manager, Distributor, or Transfer Agent, in the following circumstances:

  • Response to legal process in litigation matters, such as responses to subpoenas or in class action matters where the Fund may be part of the plaintiff class (and seeks recovery for losses on a security) or a defendant; 
  • Response to regulatory requests for information (from the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), state securities regulators, and/or foreign securities authorities, including without limitation requests for information in inspections or for position reporting purposes); 
  • To potential sub-advisers of portfolios (pursuant to confidentiality agreements); 
  • To consultants for retirement plans for plan sponsors/discussions at due diligence meetings (pursuant to confidentiality agreements); 
  • Investment bankers in connection with merger discussions (pursuant to confidentiality agreements).

Portfolio managers and analysts may, subject to the Manager's policies on communications with the press and other media, discuss portfolio information in interviews with members of the media, or in due diligence or similar meetings with clients or prospective purchasers of Fund shares or their financial representatives.

The Fund's shareholders may, under unusual circumstances (such as a lack of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions), receive redemption proceeds of their Fund shares paid as pro rata shares of securities held in the Fund's portfolio. In such circumstances, disclosure of the Fund's portfolio holdings may be made to such shareholders.

Any permitted release of otherwise non-public portfolio holdings information must be in accordance with the then-current policy on approved methods for communicating confidential information.

The Chief Compliance Officer (the "CCO") of the Fund and the Manager, Distributor, and Transfer Agent shall oversee the compliance by the Manager, Distributor, Transfer Agent, and their personnel with these policies and procedures. At least annually the CCO reports to the Fund's Board any material violation of these policies and procedures during the previous period and makes recommendations to the Board as to any amendments that the CCO believes are necessary and desirable to carry out or improve these policies and procedures.

The Manager and the Fund have entered into ongoing arrangements to make available information about the Fund's portfolio holdings. One or more of the Oppenheimer funds may currently disclose portfolio holdings information based on ongoing arrangements to the following parties:

13D Research

Exane, Inc.

Multi-Bank Securities

1st Discount Brokerage

Fahnestock

Murphy & Durieu

ABG Sundal Collier

Fidelity Capital Markets

Natexis Bleichroeder

ABN Amro

FMS Bonds, Inc.

National Bank Financial

Advisor Asset Management

Fox-Pitt Kelton Inc.

Ned Davis Research Group

Alfa Capital Markets

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.

Needham & Company

Altrushare

FTN Financial

Nomura Securities International

Auerbach Grayson

Gabelli & Co.

Oddo Securities Corporation

Banco de Brasil Securities LLC

George K. Baum & Co.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Bank of America Securities LLC

GMP Securities L.P.

OTA-Off the Record Research

Barclays Capital

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Pacific Crest Securities

Barnard Jacobs Mellet

Handelsbanken Markets Securities

Petercam

Belle Haven Investments

Hapoalim Securities Bank USA

Piper Jaffray

Beltone Financial

Helvea

Prager McCarthy & Sealy

Bergen Capital

HSBC Securities Inc.

R. Seelaus & Co. Inc.

Bernstein

Hyundai Securities America, Inc.

Ramirez & Co. Inc.

BMO Capital Markets

Intermonte

Raymond James & Associates

BNP Paribas

ISI Group, Inc.

RBC Capital Markets

Bradesco Securities, Inc.

Janco Partners

Red Capital Markets

Branch Bank & Trust Capital Markets

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Redburn Partners

Cabrera Capital

Jefferies & Company

Rice Financial Products Co.

Canaccord Adams, Inc.

Jennings Capital Inc.

Robert W. Baird & Co.

Canaccord Capital Corp.

JNK Securities Corp.

Roosevelt & Cross

Caris & Co.

JP Morgan Securities

Royal Bank of Scotland

Carnegie

JPP Eurosecurities

Samsung Securities Inc.

Cazenove

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Sandford C. Bernstein & Co.

Cheuvreux NA

Keijser Securities N.V.

Scotia Capital Markets

Citigroup

Kempen & Co. USA

Seattle Northwest Securities

Citigroup Global Markets

Kepler Capital Markets

Securevest Financial

Cleveland Research

KeyBanc Capital Markets

SG Cowen

CLSA

Kotak Mahindra Inc.

Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.

Cormark Securities

Lazard Capital Markets

Sterne Agee

Cowen and Company, LLC

Lebenthal & Co. LLC

Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group

Leerink Swann

Stone & Youngberg

Credit Suisse First Boston

Loop Capital Markets

SWS Group, Inc.

Credit Suisse Securities LLC

M&T Securities

TD Securities

Crews & Associates

Macquarie Securities

Think Equity Partners

D.A. Davidson & Company

Madison Williams and Company LLC

Troika Dialog

Dahlman Rose & Co.

MainFirst Bank AG

UBS

Daiwa Securities

Mediobanca Securities USA LLC

UOB Kay Hian Inc.

Davy

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

US Bancorp

Desjardins Securities, Inc.

Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd.

Vining & Sparks

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Mesirow Financial

Vontobel Securities Ltd.

Dougherty & Co.

MF Global Securities, Ltd.

Wachovia

Duncan Williams, Inc.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Inc.

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Dundee Securities Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities

DZ Financial Markets

Morgan Keegan

WH Mell & Associates

Emmet & Co., Inc.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

William Blair & Co.

Empirical Research Partners

Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd.

Ziegler Capital Markets Group

Enam Securities PVT Ltd.

MR Beal & Co.

How the Fund is Managed

Organization and History. The Fund is an open-end, diversified management investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest. The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust in July 1996. On January 1, 2007, the Fund changed its name from "Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund®" to "Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund."

Classes of Shares. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Board") is authorized, without shareholder approval, to:

  • create new series and classes of shares;
  • reclassify unissued shares into additional series and classes; and
  • divide or combine the shares of a class into a greater or lesser number of shares without changing the proportionate beneficial interest of a shareholder in the Fund.

The Fund currently has five classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class N and Class Y. All classes invest in the same investment portfolio. Only certain retirement plans may purchase Class N shares. Each class of shares:

  • has its own dividends and distributions;
  • pays certain expenses which may be different for the different classes;
  • will generally have a different net asset value;
  • will generally have separate voting rights on matters in which interests of one class are different from interests of another class; and
  • votes as a class on matters that affect that class alone.

Each share of each class:

  • represents an interest in the Fund proportionately equal to the interest of each other share of the same class;
  • is freely transferable;
  • has one vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally;
  • may be voted in person or by proxy at shareholder meetings; and
  • does not have cumulative voting rights, preemptive rights or subscription rights.

Class Y Share Availability.

  • Class Y shares are offered to fee-based clients of dealers that have a special agreement with the Distributor to offer these shares, and to certain institutional investors who have a special agreement with the Distributor. Class Y shares are also offered to present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their eligible family members) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals.
  • Class Y Voluntary Conversion. For shareholders who currently hold Class A, Class B, Class C and/or Class N shares but are authorized to purchase Class Y shares, those shareholders can convert eligible existing Class A, Class B, Class C and/or Class N shares to Class Y shares of the same fund either through their dealer who has a special agreement with the Distributor or by submitting written instructions to the Transfer Agent. Class A, Class B Class C and/or Class N shares subject to a CDSC are not eligible to convert to Class Y shares until the applicable CDSC period has expired. Under current interpretations of applicable federal income tax law by the Internal Revenue Service, this voluntary conversion to Class Y shares is not treated as a taxable event. If those laws or the IRS interpretation of those laws should change, this voluntary conversion feature may be suspended.

Shareholder Meetings.  As a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund is not required to hold regular annual meetings of shareholders and does not plan to do so. The Fund may hold shareholder meetings from time to time, however, on important matters or when required to do so by the Investment Company Act, or other applicable law.

Shareholders have the right, upon a vote or declaration in writing of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund, to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the Fund's Declaration of Trust. The Trustees will call a meeting of shareholders to vote on the removal of a Trustee upon the written request of the record holders of 10% of its outstanding shares.

If the Trustees receive a request from at least 10 shareholders stating that they wish to communicate with other shareholders to request a meeting to remove a Trustee, the Trustees will then either make the Fund's shareholder list available to the applicants or mail their communication to all other shareholders at the applicants' expense. The shareholders making the request must have been shareholders for at least six months and must hold shares of the Fund valued at $25,000 or more or constituting at least 1% of the Fund's outstanding shares. The Trustees may also take other action as permitted by the Investment Company Act.

Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Fund's Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder and Trustee liability for the Fund's obligations. It also provides for indemnification and reimbursement of expenses out of the Fund's property for any shareholder held personally liable for its obligations. The Declaration of Trust also states that, upon request, the Fund shall assume the defense of any claim made against a shareholder for any act or obligation of the Fund and shall satisfy any judgment on that claim. The Fund's contractual arrangements state that any person doing business with the Fund (and each shareholder of the Fund) agrees under its Declaration of Trust to look solely to the assets of the Fund for satisfaction of any claim or demand that may arise out of any dealings with the Fund. Additionally, the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any such person, to the extent permitted by law. Although Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a business trust (such as the Fund) to be held personally liable as a "partner" under certain circumstances, the risk that a Fund shareholder will incur financial loss from being held liable as a "partner" of the Fund is limited to the relatively remote circumstances in which the Fund would be unable to meet its obligations.

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees

The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for overseeing the Fund. The Board is led by William L. Armstrong, an independent trustee, who is not an "interested person" of the Fund, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Board meets periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund's activities, including to review its performance, oversee potential conflicts that could affect the Fund, and review the actions of the Manager. With respect to its oversight of risk, the Board relies on reports and information received from various parties, including the Manager, internal auditors, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, the Fund's outside auditors and Fund counsel. It is important to note that, despite the efforts of the Board and of the various parties that play a role in the oversight of risk, it is likely that not all risks will be identified or mitigated.

The Board has an Audit Committee, a Review Committee and a Governance Committee. Each of the Committees is comprised solely of Trustees who are not "interested persons" under the Investment Company Act (the "Independent Trustees").

During the Fund's fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Audit Committee held 4 meetings, the Review Committee held 4 meetings and the Governance Committee held 4 meetings.

The members of the Audit Committee are George C. Bowen (Chairman), Edward L. Cameron, Robert J. Malone and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Audit Committee selects the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm (also referred to as the "independent Auditors"). Other main functions of the Audit Committee, outlined in the Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to: (i) reviewing the scope and results of financial statement audits and the audit fees charged; (ii) reviewing reports from the Fund independent Auditors regarding the Fund internal accounting procedures and controls; (iii) reviewing reports from the Manager's Internal Audit Department; (iv) reviewing certain reports from and meet periodically with the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer; (v) maintaining a separate line of communication between the Fund independent Auditors and the Independent Directors/Trustees; (vi) reviewing the independence of the Fund independent Auditors; and (vii) approving in advance the provision of any audit or non-audit services by the Fund independent Auditors, including tax services, that are not prohibited by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to the Fund, the Manager and certain affiliates of the Manager. The Audit Committee also reviews reports concerning the valuation on certain investments.

The members of the Review Committee are Sam Freedman (Chairman), Jon S. Fossel and Beverly L. Hamilton. Among other duties, as set forth in the Review Committee's Charter, the Review Committee reviews Fund performance and expenses as well as oversees several of the Fund's principal service providers and certain policies and procedures of the Fund.

The members of the Governance Committee are Robert J. Malone (Chairman), William Armstrong, Edward L. Cameron, Beverly L. Hamilton and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Governance Committee has adopted a charter setting forth its duties and responsibilities. Among other duties, the Governance Committee reviews and oversees Fund governance and the nomination of Directors/Trustees, including Independent Directors/Trustees. The Governance Committee has adopted a process for shareholder submission of nominees for board positions. Shareholders may submit names of individuals, accompanied by complete and properly supported resumes, for the Governance Committee's consideration by mailing such information to the Governance Committee in care of the Fund. The Governance Committee has not established specific qualifications that it believes must be met by a nominee. In evaluating nominees, the Governance Committee considers, among other things, an individual's background, skills, and experience; whether the individual is an "interested person" as defined in the Investment Company Act; and whether the individual would be deemed an "audit committee financial expert" within the meaning of applicable SEC rules. The Governance Committee also considers whether the individual's background, skills, and experience will complement the background, skills, and experience of other Trustees and will contribute to the Board's diversity. The Governance Committee may consider such persons at such time as it meets to consider possible nominees. The Governance Committee, however, reserves sole discretion to determine which candidates for Director/Trustee it will recommend to the Board and the shareholders and it may identify candidates other than those submitted by shareholders. The Governance Committee may, but need not, consider the advice and recommendation of the Manager or its affiliates in selecting nominees. The full Board elects new Directors/Trustees except for those instances when a shareholder vote is required.

Shareholders who desire to communicate with the Board should address correspondence to the Board or an individual Board member and may submit correspondence electronically at www.oppenheimerfunds.com under the caption "contact us" or by mail to the Fund at the address on the front cover of this SAI.

Below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills of each Board member that led the Board to conclude that he or she should serve as a Director/Trustee of the Fund.

Each Independent Director/Trustee has served on the Board for the number of years listed below, during the course of which he or she has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board's deliberations. Each Director's/Trustee's outside professional experience is outlined in the table of Biographical Information, below.

Trustees and Officers of the Fund

Except for Mr. Glavin, each of the Trustees is an Independent Trustee and is also a director or trustee of the following Oppenheimer funds (referred to as "Denver Board Funds"):

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Corporate Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protceted Securities Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Currency Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III

Oppenheimer Integrity Funds

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Panorama Series Fund, Inc.

Messrs. Baker, Baum, Edwards, Gabinet, Glavin, Keffer, Legg, Petersen, Vandehey, Wixted, and Zack and Mss. Bullington, Bloomberg, Ives, Ruffle and Wolf who are officers of the Fund, hold the same offices with one or more of the other Denver Board Funds.

Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their immediate family members) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their employees are permitted to purchase Class A shares of the Fund and the other Oppenheimer funds at net asset value without sales charge. The sales charge on Class A shares is waived for that group because of the reduced sales efforts realized by the Distributor. Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their eligible family members) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals, are also permitted to purchase Class Y shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds that offer Class Y shares.

As of March 11, 2011 the Trustees/Directors and officers of the Fund, as a group, owned less than 1% of any class of shares of the Fund beneficially or of record.

The foregoing statement does not reflect ownership of shares held of record by an employee benefit plan for employees of the Manager, other than the shares beneficially owned under that plan by the officers of the Fund. In addition, none of the Independent Trustees/Directors (nor any of their immediate family members) owns securities of either the Manager or the Distributor or of any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Distributor.

Biographical Information. The Trustees and officers, their positions with the Fund, length of service in such position(s) and principal occupations and business affiliations during at least the past five years are listed in the charts below. The address of each Independent Trustee in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

 

Each Independent Trustee has served the Fund in the following capacities from the following dates:

Position(s)

Length of Service

William L. Armstrong

Board Chairman and Trustee

Since 2003; 1999

George C. Bowen

Trustee

Since 1998

Edward L. Cameron

Trustee

Since 1999

Jon S. Fossel

Trustee

Since 1997

Sam Freedman

Trustee

Since 1997

Beverly L. Hamilton

Trustee

Since 2002

Robert J. Malone

Trustee

Since 2002

F. William Marshall, Jr.

Trustee

Since 2000

 

Independent Trustees

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupations(s) During the Past
5 Years; Other Trusteeship/Directorships Held

Portfolios Overseen
in Fund Complex

William L. Armstrong (74), Chairman of the Board of Trustees

President, Colorado Christian University (since 2006); Chairman, Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (since 1991), Chairman, Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994), Chairman, The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993); Chairman, Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984); Chairman, Broadway Ventures (since 1984); Director of Helmerich Payne, Inc. (oil and gas drilling/production company) (since 1992), former Director of Campus Crusade for Christ (non-profit) (1991-2008); former Director, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2002-2006); former Chairman of: Transland Financial Services, Inc. (private mortgage banking company) (1997-2003), Great Frontier Insurance (1995-2000), Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate brokerage) (1994-2000) and Frontier Title (title insurance agency) (1995-2000); former Director of the following: UNUMProvident (insurance company) (1991-2004), Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment company) (1991-2003) and International Family Entertainment (television channel) (1992-1997); U.S. Senator (January 1979-January 1991). Mr. Armstrong has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1999, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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George C. Bowen (74), Trustee

Assistant Secretary and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (December 1991-April 1999); President, Treasurer and Director of Centennial Capital Corporation (June 1989-April 1999); Chief Executive Officer and Director of MultiSource Services, Inc. (March 1996-April 1999); Mr. Bowen held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (September 1987-April 1999). Mr. Bowen has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1998, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Edward L. Cameron (72), Trustee

Member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon (George Washington historical site) (June 2000 – June 2006); Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (accounting firm) (July 1974-June 1999); Chairman of Price Waterhouse LLP Global Investment Management Industry Services Group (accounting firm) (July 1994-June 1998). Mr. Cameron has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1999, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Jon S. Fossel (68), Trustee

Chairman of the Board (since 2006) and Director (since June 2002) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (since November 2004); Director of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (October 1999-October 2003); Director of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (non-profit organization) (February 1998-February 2003 and February 2005-February 2007); Chairman and Director (until October 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the Manager; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (parent holding company of the Manager), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Mr. Fossel has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1990, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Sam Freedman (70), Trustee

Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (until October 1994). Mr. Freeman has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1996, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Beverly L. Hamilton (64), Trustee

Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (since December 2005); Chairman (since 2010) of American Funds' Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005); Vice Chairman (2006-2009) of American Funds' Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston's Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Ms. Hamilton has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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Robert J. Malone (66), Trustee

Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2008); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (since 2006); Director of Jones International University (educational organization) (since August 2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (since August 2003); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010);Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996-April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2001-July 2004); and Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004). Mr. Malone has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

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F. William Marshall, Jr. (68), Trustee

Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996) and MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (January 1999-November 2010); Former Trustee of WPI (1985-2008); Former Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Former Chairman of the Investment Committee of WPI (1994-2008); Chairman of SIS Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SIS Bancorp. (1993-1999). Mr. Marshall has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer Funds since 2000, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards' deliberations.

38*

* Includes two open-end investment companies: MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund. In accordance with the instructions for SEC Form N-1A, for purposes of this section only, MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund are included in the "Fund Complex." The Manager does not consider MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund to be part of the OppenheimerFunds' "Fund Complex" as that term may be otherwise interpreted.


Mr. Glavin has served as an Interested Trustee of the Fund since December 2009. Mr. Glavin is an "Interested Trustee" because he is affiliated with the Manager by virtue of his positions as an officer and director of the Manager, and as a shareholder of its parent company. Both as a Trustee and as an officer, he serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Glavin's address is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

 

Interested Trustee and Officer

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5
Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held

Portfolios Overseen
in Fund Complex

William F. Glavin Jr. (52) Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer

Chairman of the Manager (since December 2009); Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Manager (since January 2009); President of the Manager (since May 2009); Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (the Manager's parent holding company) (since June 2009); Executive Vice President (March 2006 - February 2009) and Chief Operating Officer (July 2007 - February 2009) of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OAC's parent company); Director (May 2004 - March 2006) and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (May 2004 - January 2005), President (January 2005 - March 2006) and Chief Executive Officer (June 2005 - March 2006) of Babson Capital Management LLC; Director (March 2005 - March 2006), President (May 2003 - March 2006) and Chief Compliance Officer (July 2005 - March 2006) of Babson Capital Securities, Inc. (a broker-dealer); President (May 2003 - March 2006) of Babson Investment Company, Inc.; Director (May 2004 - August 2006) of Babson Capital Europe Limited; Director (May 2004 - October 2006) of Babson Capital Guernsey Limited; Director (May 2004 - March 2006) of Babson Capital Management LLC; Non-Executive Director (March 2005 - March 2007) of Baring Asset Management Limited; Director (February 2005 - June 2006) Baring Pension Trustees Limited; Director and Treasurer (December 2003 - November 2006) of Charter Oak Capital Management, Inc.; Director (May 2006 - September 2006) of C.M. Benefit Insurance Company; Director (May 2008 - June 2009) and Executive Vice President (June 2007 - July 2009) of C.M. Life Insurance Company; President (March 2006 - May 2007) of MassMutual Assignment Company; Director (January 2005 - December 2006), Deputy Chairman (March 2005 - December 2006) and President (February 2005 - March 2005) of MassMutual Holdings (Bermuda) Limited; Director (May 2008 - June 2009) and Executive Vice President (June 2007 - July 2009) of MML Bay State Life Insurance Company; Chief Executive Officer and President (April 2007 - January 2009) of MML Distributors, LLC.; and Chairman (March 2006 -December 2008) and Chief Executive Officer (May 2007 - December 2008) of MML Investors Services, Inc. Mr. Glavin has served on the Board since December 2009, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund's (and other Oppenheimer funds') financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Board's deliberations.

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The addresses of the officers in the charts below are as follows: for Messrs. Baker, Edwards, Gabinet, Glavin, Keffer and Zack and Mss. Bloomberg and Ruffle, Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281, for Messrs. Baum, Legg, Petersen, Vandehey and Wixted and Mss. Bullington, Ives and Wolf, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Each officer serves for an indefinite term or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

 

Each of the Officers has served the Fund in the following capacities from the following dates:

Position(s)

Length of Service

Kevin Baum

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2000; 1999

Robert Baker

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2007

Carol E. Wolf

Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Since 2008

William F. Glavin, Jr.

President and Principal Executive Officer

Since 2009

Thomas W. Keffer

Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Since 2009

Mark S. Vandehey

Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer

Since 2004

Robert G. Zack

Vice President

Since 2011

Brian W. Wixted

Treasurer and Principal Financial
& Accounting Officer

Since 1999

Brian S. Petersen

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2004

Stephanie J. Bullington

Assistant Treasurer

Since 2008

Arthur S. Gabinet

Secretary

Since 2011

Kathleen T. Ives

Assistant Secretary

Since 2001

Lisa I. Bloomberg

Assistant Secretary

Since 2004

Taylor V. Edwards

Assistant Secretary

Since 2008

Randy G. Legg

Assistant Secretary

Since 2008

Adrienne M. Ruffle

Assistant Secretary

Since 2008

 

Other Information About the Officers of the Fund

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupation(s) During the Last 5 Years

Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex

Kevin Baum (40)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Manager since May 2009; Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Manager from October 2000 - April 2009; Vice President of the Fund since October 2000; has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. A portfolio manager and officer of one portfolio in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

1

Robert Baker (37)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Manager since May 2007; Vice President of the Fund since May 2007; has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Assistant Vice President and Senior Research Analyst of the Manager (January 2004- May 2007); Analyst of the Manger (February 2001-December 2003). A portfolio manager and officer of one portfolio in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

1

Carol E. Wolf (59)
Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Senior Vice President of the Manager since June 2000 and of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation since June 2003; Vice President of the Fund since December 2008; Vice President of the Manager (June 1990-June 2000). A portfolio manager and officer of five portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

5

 

Name, Age, Position(s)

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years

Portfolios Overseen
in Fund Complex

Thomas W. Keffer (55)
Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1997); Director of Investment Brand Management of the Manager (since November 1997); Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since December 1997).

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Mark S. Vandehey (60)
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2004); Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2004); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since June 1983).

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Brian W. Wixted (51)
Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1999); Treasurer of the Manager and the following: HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (March 1999-June 2008), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (March 2000-June 2008), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2000), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since June 2003); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (trust company subsidiary of the Manager) (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of the following: OAC (March 1999-June 2008).

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Robert G. Zack (62)
Vice President

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (from March 2002 to December 2010) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (from December 2001 to December 2010); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Assistant Secretary (from September 1997 to December 2010) and Director (from November 2001 to December 2010) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (from December 2002 to December 2010); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (from June 2003 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010).

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Arthur S. Gabinet (52)
Secretary

Executive Vice President (since May 2010) and General Counsel (since January 2011) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (since January 2011); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Assistant Secretary (since January 2011) and Director (since January 2011) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since January 2011); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since January 2011); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); General Counsel, Asset Management of the Manager (May 2010-December 2010); Principal, The Vanguard Group (November 2005-April 2010); District Administrator, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (January 2003-October 2005).

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Brian Petersen (40)
Assistant Treasurer

Vice President of the Manager (since February 2007); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (August 2002-February 2007); Manager/Financial Product Accounting of the Manager (November 1998-July 2002).

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Stephanie Bullington (34)
Assistant Treasurer

Vice President of the Manager (since January 2010); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (October 2005-January 2010); Assistant Vice President of ButterField Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, part of The Bank of N.T. Butterfield Son Limited (Butterfield) (February 2004-June 2005).

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Kathleen T. Ives (45)
Assistant Secretary

Senior Vice President (since May 2009), Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Manager; Vice President (since 1999) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Distributor; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since October 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since 1999); Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Vice President of the Manager (June 1998-May 2009); Senior Counsel of the Manager (October 2003-May 2008).

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Lisa I. Bloomberg (43)
Assistant Secretary

Senior Vice President (since February 2010) and Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) of the Manager; Vice President (May 2004-January 2010) and Associate Counsel of the Manager (May 2004-May 2008); First Vice President (April 2001-April 2004), Associate General Counsel (December 2000-April 2004) of UBS Financial Services, Inc.

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Taylor V. Edwards (43)
Assistant Secretary

Vice President (since February 2007) and Associate Counsel (since May 2009) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (January 2006-January 2007) and Assistant Counsel (January 2006-April 2009) of the Manager; Associate at Dechert LLP (September 2000-December 2005).

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Randy G. Legg (45)
Assistant Secretary

Vice President (since June 2005) and Senior Counsel (since March 2011) of the Manager; Associate Counsel (January 2007-March 2011) of the Manager.

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Adrienne M. Ruffle (33)
Assistant Secretary

Vice President (since February 2007) and Associate Counsel (since May 2009) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (February 2005-January 2007) and Assistant Counsel (February 2005-April 2009) of the Manager; Associate (September 2002-February 2005) at Sidley Austin LLP.

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Trustees Share Ownership. The chart below shows information about each Trustee's beneficial share ownership in the Fund and in all of the registered investment companies that the Trustee oversees in the Oppenheimer family of funds ("Supervised Funds").

 

As of December 31, 2010

Dollar Range of Shares
Beneficially Owned in the Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range Of Shares
Beneficially Owned in Supervised Funds

Independent Trustees

William M. Armstrong

None

Over $100,000

George C. Bowen

None

Over $100,000

Edward L. Cameron

None

Over $100,000

Jon S. Fossel

None

Over $100,000

Sam Freedman

None

Over $100,000

Beverly L. Hamilton

Over $100,000

Over $100,000

Robert J. Malone

None

Over $100,000

F. William Marshall, Jr.

None

Over $100,000

Interested Trustee

William F. Glavin, Jr.

None

Over $100,000

Remuneration of the Officers and Trustees.  The officers and the Interested Trustee of the Fund, who are affiliated with the Manager, receive no salary or fee from the Fund. The Independent Trustees' total compensation from the Fund and fund complex represents compensation, including accrued retirement benefits, for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if applicable) of the Boards of the Fund and other funds in the OppenheimerFunds complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2010.

 

Name and Other Fund Position(s) (as applicable)

Aggregate Compensation From the Fund1

Total Compensation From the Fund and Fund Complex2

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010

Year Ended December 31, 2010

William L. Armstrong

$7,346

$285,000

Chairman of the Board and Governance Committee Member

George C. Bowen

$5,777

$232,050

Audit Committee Chairman

Edward L. Cameron

$4,909

$199,000

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

Jon S. Fossel

$1,335

$187,125

Review Committee Member

Sam Freedman

$5,313

$211,600

Review Committee Chairman

Beverly Hamilton

$4,6713

$187,000

Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

Robert J. Malone

$5,602

$226,600

Governance Committee Chairman and Audit Committee Member

F. William Marshall, Jr.

$4,909

$288,4004

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

1. "Aggregate Compensation from the Fund" includes fees and deferred compensation, if any.
2. In accordance with SEC regulations, for purposes of this section only, "Fund Complex" includes the Oppenheimer funds, the MassMutual Institutional Funds, the MassMutual Select Funds and the MML Series Investment Fund, the investment adviser for which is the indirect parent company of the Fund's Manager. The Manager also serves as the Sub-Adviser to the following: MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund, MassMutual Premier Main Street Fund, MassMutual Premier Strategic Income Fund, MassMutual Premier Capital Appreciation Fund, and MassMutual Premier Global Fund. The Manager does not consider MassMutual Institutional Funds, MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund to be part of the OppenheimerFunds' "Fund Complex" as that term may be otherwise interpreted.
3. Includes $4,671 deferred by Ms. Hamilton under the "Compensation Deferral Plan" described below.
4. Includes $89,400 compensation paid to Mr. Marshall for serving as a Trustee for MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund.


Compensation Deferral Plan. The Board of Trustees has adopted a Compensation Deferral Plan for Independent Trustees that enables them to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees they are entitled to receive from certain Funds. Under the plan, the compensation deferred by a Trustee is periodically adjusted as though an equivalent amount had been invested in shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The amount paid to the Trustee under the plan will be determined based on the amount of compensation deferred and the performance of the selected funds.

Deferral of the Trustees' fees under the plan will not materially affect a Fund's assets, liabilities or net income per share. The plan will not obligate a fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any particular level of compensation to any Trustee. Pursuant to an Order issued by the SEC, a fund may invest in the funds selected by the Trustee under the plan without shareholder approval for the limited purpose of determining the value of the Trustee's deferred compensation account.

Major Shareholders. As of March 11, 2011, the only persons or entities who owned of record, or who were known by the Fund to own beneficially, 5% or more of any class of the Fund's outstanding shares were:

 

Name

Address

% Owned

Share Class

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0001

6.09%

A

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0001

8.37%

B

MLPF&S For The Sole Benefit
of its Customers
Attn: Fund Admn/#97N04

4800 Deer Lake DR E., FL. 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

6.10%

B

MLFP&S For the Sole Benefit
of its Customers
Attn: Fund Admin/#97N05

4800 Deer Lake DR E., FL. 3
Jacksonville, FL 32264-6484

12.36%

C

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0001

8.47%

C

MLPF&S For The Sole Benefit
of its Customers
Attn: Fund Admn

4800 Deer Lake DR E., FL. 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

12.06%

N

Orchard Trust Co. LLC
FBO OPEN RECORDKEEPERPRO

8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

10.06%

N

Edward D. Jones & Co.
Attn: Mutual Fund
Shareholder Accounting

201 Progress Pkwy.
Maryland Hts., MO 63043-3009

60.56%

Y

State Street Corp. TR
FBO Goldman Sachs & Co.
Profit Sharing Master Trust

105 Rosemont Rd.
Westwood, MA 02090-2318

5.99%

Y

The Manager

The Manager and the Sub-Adviser. The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a holding company controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a global, diversified insurance and financial services organization. The Sub-Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager. The Sub-Adviser is located at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York, 10281-1008.

Code of Ethics. The Fund, the Manager and the Distributor have a Code of Ethics. It is designed to detect and prevent improper personal trading by portfolio managers and certain other employees ("covered persons") that could compete with or take advantage of the Fund's portfolio transactions. Covered persons include persons with knowledge of the investments and investment intentions of the Fund and/or other funds advised by the Manager. The Code of Ethics does permit personnel subject to the Code to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund, subject to a number of restrictions and controls. Compliance with the Code of Ethics is carefully monitored and enforced by the Manager and the Distributor.

The Code of Ethics is an exhibit to the Fund's registration statement filed with the SEC. It can be viewed as part of the Fund's registration statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.

Portfolio Proxy Voting. The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures, which include Proxy Voting Guidelines, under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities held by the Fund ("portfolio proxies"). The Manager generally undertakes to vote portfolio proxies with a view to enhancing the value of the company's stock held by the Funds. The Fund has retained an independent, third party proxy voting agent to vote portfolio proxies in accordance with the Fund's Proxy Voting Guidelines and to maintain records of such portfolio proxy voting. The Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures include provisions to address conflicts of interest that may arise between the Fund and the Manager or the Manager's affiliates or business relationships. Such a conflict of interest may arise, for example, where the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager manages or administers the assets of a pension plan or other investment account of the portfolio company soliciting the proxy or seeks to serve in that capacity. The Manager and its affiliates generally seek to avoid such material conflicts of interest by maintaining separate investment decision making processes to prevent the sharing of business objectives with respect to proposed or actual actions regarding portfolio proxy voting decisions. Additionally, the Manager employs the following procedures, as long as OFI determines that the course of action is consistent with the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders: (1) if the proposal that gives rise to the conflict is specifically addressed in the Proxy Voting Guidelines, the Manager will vote the portfolio proxy in accordance with the Proxy Voting Guidelines, unless (i) the Proxy Voting Guidelines provide discretion to the Manager on how to vote on the matter; or (ii) to the extent a portfolio manager has requested that OFI vote in a manner inconsistent with the Proxy Voting Guidelines, it is determined that such a request is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and does not pose an actual material conflict of interest; (2) if such proposal is not specifically addressed in the Proxy Voting Guidelines or the Proxy Voting Guidelines provide discretion to the Manager on how to vote, the Manager will vote in accordance with the third-party proxy voting agent's general recommended guidelines on the proposal provided that the Manager has reasonably determined that there is no conflict of interest on the part of the proxy voting agent or item (1) (ii), above, is not applicable; and (3) if neither of the previous two procedures provides an appropriate voting recommendation, the Manager may retain an independent fiduciary to advise the Manager on how to vote the proposal or may abstain from voting. The Proxy Voting Guidelines' provisions with respect to certain routine and non-routine proxy proposals are summarized below:

  • The Fund evaluates director nominees on a case-by-case basis, examining the following factors, among others: composition of the board and key board committees, experience and qualifications, attendance at board meetings, corporate governance provisions and takeover activity, long-term company performance and the nominee's investment in the company.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals requiring the position of chairman to be filled by an independent director unless there are compelling reasons to recommend against the proposal such as a counterbalancing governance structure.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals asking that a majority of directors be independent. The Fund generally supports proposals asking that a board audit, compensation, and/or nominating committee be composed exclusively of independent directors.
  • The Fund generally supports shareholder proposals to reduce a super-majority vote requirement, and opposes management proposals to add a super-majority vote requirement.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to allow shareholders the ability to call special meetings.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to allow or make easier shareholder action by written consent.
  • The Fund generally votes against proposals to create a new class of stock with superior voting rights.
  • The Fund generally votes against proposals to classify a board.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to eliminate cumulative voting.
  • The Fund generally votes against proposals to establish a new board committee.
  • The Fund generally opposes re-pricing of stock options without shareholder approval.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals to require majority voting for the election of directors.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals seeking additional disclosure of executive and director pay information.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals seeking disclosure regarding the company's, board's or committee's use of compensation consultants.
  • The Fund generally supports "pay-for-performance" and "pay-for-superior-performance standard" proposals that align a significant portion of total compensation of senior executives to company performance, and generally supports an annual frequency for advisory votes on executive compensation.
  • The Fund generally supports having shareholder votes on poison pills.
  • The Fund generally supports proposals calling for companies to adopt a policy of not providing tax gross-up payments.
  • In the case of social, political and environmental responsibility issues, the Fund will generally abstain where there could be a detrimental impact on share value or where the perceived value if the proposal was adopted is unclear or unsubstantiated. The Fund generally supports proposals that would clearly have a discernible positive impact on short- or long-term share value, or that would have a presently indiscernible impact on short- or long-term share value but promotes general long-term interests of the company and its shareholders.

The Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Fund's Form N-PX filing is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.525.7048 and (ii) on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

The Investment Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Advisory Agreement") between the Manager and the Fund requires the Manager, at its expense, to provide the Fund with adequate office space, facilities and equipment, and to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and clerical personnel required to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund, including the compilation and maintenance of records with respect to its operations, the preparation and filing of specified reports, and composition of proxy materials and registration statements for continuous public sale of shares of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser shall regularly provide investment advise with respect to the Fund and invest and reinvest cash, securities and the property comprising the assets of the Fund.

Expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the Advisory Agreement or the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement are paid by the Fund. The Advisory Agreement lists examples of expenses paid by the Fund. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage concessions, fees to certain Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent and custodian expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The fees are allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of the Fund's net assets represented by that class. In addition, as described below under "Organization and Management of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary," the Subsidiary has entered into a separate contract with the Manager for the management of the Subsidiary's portfolio. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager first obtains the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees for such termination.

The management fees paid by the Fund to the Manager during its last three fiscal years were:

Fiscal Year ended 12/31

Management Fee Paid to OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

2008

$12,888,099

2009

$8,994,345

2010

$12,386,748

The advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or reckless disregard for their obligations and duties under the advisory agreement, the Manager and the Sub-Adviser are not liable for any loss resulting from a good faith error or omission on their part with respect to any of their duties thereunder. The respective advisory and sub-advisory agreements permit the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to act as investment adviser for any other person, firm or corporation, and the advisory agreement permits the Fund to use the name "Oppenheimer" in connection with other investment companies for which the Manager acts as investment adviser or general distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as an investment adviser to the Fund, the right of the Fund to use the name "Oppenheimer" as part of its name may be withdrawn.

Pending Litigation. Since 2009, a number of lawsuits have been pending in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not including the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name as defendants certain officers and current and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.

In 2009, what are claimed to be derivative lawsuits were filed in state court against the Manager and a subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. These lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. 

Other lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits were filed by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, and relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm ("Madoff"). Those suits allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors as defendants. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff. On February 28, 2011, a Stipulation of Partial Settlement of certain of those lawsuits was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. That proposed settlement is subject to the preliminary and final approval of the Court and the determination by the settling defendants that class members representing a sufficient proportion of the losses allegedly suffered by class members had elected to participate in the settlement. The proposed settlement does not settle any of the other outstanding lawsuits pending in other courts relating to these matters.

The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and is defending against them vigorously. The Defendant Funds' Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits brought against those Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.

Portfolio Managers. The Fund is managed by Robert Baker, Kevin Baum and Carol E. Wolf (the "Portfolio Managers") who are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments.

  • Other Accounts Managed. In addition to managing the Fund's investment portfolio, Messrs. Baker and Baum and Ms. Wolf also manage other investment portfolios and accounts on behalf of the Manager or its affiliates. The following table provides information regarding those other portfolios and accounts as of December 31, 2010. For each category, the number of accounts and total assets in accounts with fees based on performance is indicated by footnote:

 

Portfolio Manager

Registered Investment Companies Managed

Total Assets in Registered Investment Companies Managed 1

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed

Total Assets in Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed2

Other Accounts Managed

Total Assets in Other Accounts Managed2,3

Robert Baker

0

$0

3

$543

0

$0

0 4

$0 4

14

$1634

14

$3464

Kevin Baum

0

$0

3

$543

0

$0

0 4

$0 4

14

$1634

14

$3464

Carol E. Wolf

4

$10.2

1

$2.7

0

$0

0 4

$0 4

04

$04

04

$04

1. In billions.
2. In millions.
3. Does not include personal accounts of portfolio managers and their families, which are subject to the Code of Ethics.
4. Number and total assets for accounts with performance-based fees.


As indicated above, the Portfolio Managers may also manage other funds and accounts. At different times, the Fund's Portfolio Managers may manage other funds or accounts with investment objectives and strategies similar to those of the Fund, or they may manage funds or accounts with different investment objectives and strategies. At times, those responsibilities could potentially conflict with the interests of the Fund. That may occur whether the investment objectives and strategies of the other funds and accounts are the same as, or different from, the Fund's investment objectives and strategies. For example, the Portfolio Managers may need to allocate investment opportunities between the Fund and another fund or account having similar objectives or strategies, or they may need to execute transactions for another fund or account that could have a negative impact on the value of securities held by the Fund. Not all funds and accounts advised by the Manager have the same management fee. If the management fee structure of another fund or account is more advantageous to the Manager than the fee structure of the Fund, the Manager could have an incentive to favor the other fund or account. However, the Manager's compliance procedures and Code of Ethics recognize the Manager's obligation to treat all of its clients, including the Fund, fairly and equitably, and are designed to preclude the Portfolio Managers from favoring one client over another. It is possible, of course, that those compliance procedures and the Code of Ethics may not always be adequate to do so.

Compensation of the Portfolio Managers. The Fund's Portfolio Managers are employed and compensated by the Manager, not the Fund. Under the Manager's compensation program for its portfolio managers and portfolio analysts, Fund performance is the most important element of compensation with at least half of annual cash compensation based on relative investment performance results of the funds or accounts they manage, rather than on the financial success of the Manager. This is intended to align the portfolio managers and analysts' interests with the success of the funds and accounts and their shareholders. The Manager's compensation structure is designed to attract and retain highly qualified investment management professionals and to reward individual and team contributions toward creating shareholder value. As of the Fund's most recently completed year-end, the Portfolio Managers' compensation consisted of three elements: a base salary, an annual discretionary bonus and eligibility to participate in long-term awards of options and stock appreciation rights in regard to the common stock of the Manager's holding company parent, as well as restricted shares of such common stock. Senior portfolio managers may be eligible to participate in the Manager's deferred compensation plan.

The base pay component of each portfolio manager is reviewed regularly to ensure that it reflects the performance of the individual, is commensurate with the requirements of the particular portfolio, reflects any specific competence or specialty of the individual manager, and is competitive with other comparable positions. The annual discretionary bonus is determined by senior management of the Manager and is based on a number of factors, including a fund's pre-tax performance for periods of up to five years, measured against an appropriate benchmark selected by management. The majority is based on three and five year data, with longer periods weighted more heavily. Below median performance in all three periods' results in an extremely low, and in some cases no, performance based bonus. Other factors considered include management quality (such as style consistency, risk management, sector coverage, team leadership and coaching) and organizational development. The Portfolio Managers' compensation is not based on the total value of the Fund's portfolio assets, although the Fund's investment performance may increase those assets. The compensation structure is also intended to be internally equitable and serve to reduce potential conflicts of interest between the Fund and other funds and accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers.

The benchmark used with respect to Messrs. Baum and Baker is the S&P GSCI (formerly, Goldman Sachs Commodity Index). Ms. Wolf receives compensation based on iMoneyNet Prime Institutional and iMoneyNet First Tier Retail rankings.

Ownership of Fund Shares. As of December 31, 2010, each Portfolio Manager beneficially owned shares of the Fund as follows:

 

Portfolio Manager

Ownership

Robert Baker

$0

Kevin Baum

$100,001 - $500,000

Carol E. Wolf

$0

Organization and Management of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. It is expected that the Subsidiary will invest primarily in commodity and financial futures and option contracts, as well as fixed income securities and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives positions.

The Subsidiary is a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House, South Church Street, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary's affairs are overseen by a board of directors consisting of the following directors:

Mark Cook: Mr. Cook is a Vice President with MaplesFS Limited, a company with offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jersey, and Luxembourg that offers a comprehensive range of fiduciary and administration services to finance vehicles and investment funds. Mr. Cook joined MaplesFS Limited in 2008 and works on a wide range of investment fund and structured finance products, including multi-manager funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and unit trust structures. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Cook worked with Citco Fund Services (Cayman Islands) Limited where he was a Relationship Manager. From 1998 to 2005, he worked at WHK Greenwoods, Chartered Accountants in Australia where he provided taxation, business and advisory services to a variety of clients including a number in the financial services industry. Mr. Cook graduated from the University of Queensland, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants and the Cayman Islands Directors Association.

Andrew Mahoney: Mr. Mahoney is a Vice President with MaplesFS Limited, a company with offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jersey, and Luxembourg that offers a comprehensive range of fiduciary and administration services to finance vehicles and investment funds. Mr. Mahoney joined MaplesFS Limited in 2008 and works on a wide range investment funds and structured finance products, including multi-manager funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and unit trust structures. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Mahoney worked at Fortis Prime Fund Solutions (Cayman) Limited as a Client Support Manager responsible for a large portfolio of clients involving a wide range of fund strategies. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Mahoney worked at PKF, Chartered Accountants in England where he was a member of the Corporate Finance team providing support and analysis to parties involved in the sale and purchase of business entities. He is a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Brian W. Wixted: Mr. Wixted's biographical information appears above in the chart "Other Officers of the Fund."

The Subsidiary has entered into separate contracts with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser for the management of the Subsidiary's portfolio. The Subsidiary has also entered into arrangements with KPMG LLP to serve as the Subsidiary's independent auditor for the fiscal year 2009, and going forward, replacing the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, effective at the conclusion of the fiscal 2008 audit. The Subsidiary has also entered into arrangements with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank to serve as the Subsidiary's custodian, and with OppenheimerFunds Services to serve as the Subsidiary's transfer agent. The Subsidiary has adopted compliance policies and procedures that are substantially similar to the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund. The Fund's Chief Compliance Officer oversees implementation of the Subsidiary's policies and procedures, and makes periodic reports to the Fund's Board regarding the Subsidiary's compliance with its policies and procedures.

The Fund pays the Manager a fee for its services, and the Manager pays a sub-advisory fee to the Sub-Adviser. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager first obtains the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees for such termination. The Subsidiary will bear the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the custody, transfer agency, and audit services that it receives. The Fund expects that the expenses borne by the Subsidiary will not be material in relation to the value of the Fund's assets. It is also anticipated that the Fund's own expense will be reduced to some extent as a result of the payment of such expenses at the Subsidiary level. It is therefore expected that the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will not result in the Fund's paying duplicative fees for similar services provided to the Fund and Subsidiary.

Please refer to the section titled "Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes - U.S. Tax Considerations" for information about certain tax aspects of the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary.

 

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

Brokerage Provisions of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement. One of the duties of the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement is to arrange the portfolio transactions for the Fund. The Sub-Advisory Agreement contains provisions relating to the employment of broker-dealers to effect the Fund's portfolio transactions in securities and futures contracts. The Sub-Adviser is authorized by the Sub-Advisory Agreement to employ broker-dealers, including "affiliated" brokers, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act, as may, in its best judgment based on all relevant factors, implement the policy of the Fund to obtain, at reasonable expense, the "best execution" of such transactions. "Best execution" means prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable price obtainable. The Sub-Adviser need not seek competitive commission bidding but is expected to be aware of the current rates of eligible brokers and to minimize the commissions paid to the extent consistent with the interest and policies of the Fund as established by its Board of Trustees.

Under the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements, in choosing brokers to execute portfolio transactions for the Fund, the Manager and Sub-Adviser may select brokers (other than affiliates) that provide brokerage and/or research services to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Manager or its affiliates have investment discretion. The concessions paid to those brokers may be higher than another qualified broker would charge, if the Manager or Sub-Adviser makes a good faith determination that the concession is fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided.

Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act prohibits any fund from compensating a broker or dealer for promoting or selling the fund's shares by (1) directing to that broker or dealer any of the fund's portfolio transactions, or (2) directing any other remuneration to that broker or dealer, such as commissions, mark-ups, mark downs or other fees from the fund's portfolio transactions, that were effected by another broker or dealer (these latter arrangements are considered to be a type of "step-out" transaction). In other words, a fund and its investment adviser cannot use the fund's brokerage for the purpose of rewarding broker-dealers for selling the fund's shares.

However, the Rule permits funds to effect brokerage transactions through firms that also sell fund shares, provided that certain procedures are adopted to prevent a quid pro quo with respect to portfolio brokerage allocations. As permitted by the Rule, the Manager has adopted procedures (and the Fund's Board of Trustees has approved those procedures) that permit the Fund to direct portfolio securities transactions to brokers or dealers that also promote or sell shares of the Fund, subject to the "best execution" considerations discussed above. Those procedures are designed to prevent: (1) the Manager's personnel who effect the Fund's portfolio transactions from taking into account a broker's or dealer's promotion or sales of the Fund shares when allocating the Fund's portfolio transactions, and (2) the Fund, the Manager and the Distributor from entering into agreements or understandings under which the Manager directs or is expected to direct the Fund's brokerage directly, or through a "step-out" arrangement, to any broker or dealer in consideration of that broker's or dealer's promotion or sale of the Fund's shares or the shares of any of the other Oppenheimer funds.

 

Brokerage Practices Followed by the Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser allocates brokerage for the Fund subject to the provisions of the Sub-Advisory Agreement and the procedures and rules described above. Generally, the Sub-Adviser's portfolio traders allocate brokerage based upon recommendations from the Sub-Adviser's portfolio managers. In certain instances, portfolio managers may directly place trades and allocate brokerage. In either case, the Sub-Adviser's executive officers supervise the allocation of brokerage.

Transactions in securities other than those for which an exchange is the primary market are generally done with principals or market makers. In transactions on foreign exchanges, the Fund may be required to pay fixed brokerage commissions and therefore would not have the benefit of negotiated commissions available in U.S. markets. Brokerage commissions are paid primarily for effecting transactions in listed securities or for certain fixed-income agency transactions in the secondary market. Otherwise brokerage commissions are paid only if it appears likely that a better price or execution can be obtained by doing so.

In an option transaction, the Fund ordinarily uses the same broker for the purchase or sale of the option and any transaction in the securities to which the option relates. When possible, the Sub-Adviser tries to combine concurrent orders to purchase or sell the same security by more than one of the accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates. The transactions under those combined orders are averaged as to price and allocated in accordance with the purchase or sale orders actually placed for each account.

The investment advisory agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement permit the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to allocate brokerage for research services. The investment research services provided by a particular broker may be useful only to one or more of the advisory accounts of the Manager, the Sub-Adviser and their affiliates. The investment research received for the commissions of those other accounts may be useful both to the Fund and one or more of the Manager's or the Sub-Adviser's other accounts. Investment research may be supplied to the Sub-Adviser by a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades are placed.

Investment research services include information and analysis on particular companies and industries as well as market or economic trends and portfolio strategy, market quotations for portfolio evaluations, analytical software and similar products and services. If a research service also assists the Manager or the Sub-Adviser in a non-research capacity (such as bookkeeping or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or component that provides assistance to the Manager or the Sub-Adviser in the investment decision-making process may be paid in commission dollars.

The Board of Trustees permits the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to use stated commissions on secondary fixed-income agency trades to obtain research if the broker represents to the Manager or to the Sub-Adviser that: (i) the trade is not from or for the broker's own inventory, (ii) the trade was executed by the broker on an agency basis at the stated commission, and (iii) the trade is not a riskless principal transaction. The Board of Trustees permits the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to use commissions on fixed-price offerings to obtain research, in the same manner as is permitted for agency transactions.

The research services provided by brokers broadens the scope and supplement the research activities of the Manager and the Sub-Adviser. That research provides additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to obtain market information for the valuation of securities that are either held in the Fund's portfolio or are being considered for purchase. The Sub-Adviser provides information to the Board about the commissions paid to brokers furnishing such services, together with the Sub-Adviser's representation that the amount of such commissions was reasonably related to the value or benefit of such services.

Other funds advised by the Manager may purchase or sell the same securities as the Fund at the same time as the Fund, which could affect the supply and price of the securities. If two or more funds advised by the Manager or the Sub-Adviser purchase the same security on the same day from the same dealer, the Manager or the Sub-Adviser may average the price of the transactions and allocate the average among the funds.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Fund paid the total brokerage commissions indicated in the chart below. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund paid $0 in commissions to firms that provide brokerage and research services to the Fund with respect to $0 of aggregate portfolio transactions. All such transactions were on a "best execution" basis, as described above. The provision of research services was not necessarily a factor in the placement of all such transactions.

Fiscal Year ended 12/31

Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund*

2008

$198,797

2009

$52,310

2010

$0

* Amounts do not include spreads or commissions on principal transactions on a net trade basis.


During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Subsidiary paid the total brokerage commissions as follows: $602,074.71 in 2008; $507,935.74 in 2009; and $672,499.81 in 2010. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Subsidiary paid $0 in commissions to firms that provide brokerage and research services to the Subsidiary with respect to $0 of aggregate portfolio transactions.

Distribution and Service Arrangements

The Distributor. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with the Fund, the Distributor acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund's shares. The Distributor bears the expenses normally attributable to sales, including advertising and the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses, other than those furnished to existing shareholders. The Distributor is not obligated to sell a specific number of shares.

The sales charges and concessions paid to, or retained by, the Distributor from the sale of shares and the contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSCs") retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares during the Fund's three most recent fiscal years are shown in the tables below.

Class A Sales Charges

Fiscal Year Ended 12/31:

Aggregate Front-End Sales Charges on Class A Shares

Class A Front-End Sales Charges Retained by Distributor*

2008

$2,127,494

$539,716

2009

$748,411

$189,100

2010

$686,439

$168,538

* Includes amounts retained by a broker-dealer that is an affiliate or a parent of the Distributor.


 

Concessions Advanced by Distributor

Fiscal Year Ended 12/31:

Concessions on Class A Shares Advanced by Distributor*

Concessions on Class B Shares Advanced by Distributor*

Concessions on Class C Shares Advanced by Distributor*

Concessions on Class N Shares Advanced by Distributor*

2008

$113,997

$386,038

$286,221

$22,089

2009

$19,709

$150,761

$130,872

$6,660

2010

$26,945

$118,766

$94,958

$4,900

* The Distributor advances concession payments to financial intermediaries for certain sales of Class A shares and for sales of Class B, Class C and Class N shares from its own resources at the time of sale.


 

Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

Fiscal Year Ended 12/31:

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor

Class B Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor

Class C Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor

Class N Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor

2008

$18,699

$249,850

$70,129

$11,308

2009

$302

$68,766

$23,927

$2,341

2010

$5,112

$48,538

$18,220

$3,560

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act. Under those plans the Fund pays the Distributor for all or a portion of its costs incurred in connection with the distribution and/or servicing of the shares of the particular class. Each plan has been approved by a vote of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees/Directors, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on that plan. The Independent Trustees/Directors are not "interested persons" of the Fund and do not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the distribution plan or any agreement under the plan, in accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act.

Under the plans, the Manager and the Distributor may make payments to affiliates. In their sole discretion, they may also from time to time make substantial payments from their own resources, which include the profits the Manager derives from the advisory fees it receives from the Fund, to compensate brokers, dealers, financial institutions and other intermediaries for providing distribution assistance and/or administrative services or that otherwise promote sales of the Fund's shares. These payments, some of which may be referred to as "revenue sharing," may relate to the Fund's inclusion on a financial intermediary's preferred list of funds offered to its clients.

A plan continues in effect from year to year only if the Fund's Board and its Independent Trustees/Directors vote annually to approve its continuance at an in person meeting called for that purpose. A plan may be terminated at any time by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees/Directors or by the vote of the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding shares of the Class of shares to which it applies.

The Board and the Independent Trustees/Directors must approve all material amendments to a plan. An amendment to materially increase the amount of payments to be made under a plan must also be approved by shareholders of any affected class. Because Class B shares of the Fund automatically convert into Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the shareholders of both Class A and Class B, voting separately by class, must approve a proposed amendment to the Class A plan that would materially increase payments under that plan.

At least quarterly while the plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund will provide the Board with separate written reports on the plans for its review. The reports will detail the amount of all payments made under a plan and the purpose for which the payments were made. Those reports are subject to the review and approval of the Independent Trustees/Directors.

While each plan is in effect, the Independent Trustees/Directors of the Fund will select and nominate any other Independent Trustees/Directors. This does not prevent the involvement of others in the selection and nomination process as long as the final decision is made by a majority of the Independent Trustees/Directors.

No payment will be made to any recipient for any share class unless, during the applicable period, the aggregate net asset value of Fund shares of the class held by the recipient (for itself and its customers) exceeds a minimum amount that may be set by a majority of the Independent Trustees/Directors from time to time.

Class A Service Plan. Under the Class A service plan, the Distributor currently uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers, dealers and other financial institutions (referred to as "recipients") for personal and account maintenance services they provide for their customers who hold Class A shares. Those services may include answering customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in establishing and maintaining Fund accounts, making the Fund's investment plans available and providing other services at the request of the Fund or the Distributor. The Class A service plan permits the Fund to reimburse the Distributor at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the Class A average net assets. The Distributor makes payments to recipients periodically at an annual rate of not more than 0.25% of the Class A average net assets held in the accounts of the recipient or it customers.

The Distributor does not receive or retain the service fee for Class A share accounts for which the Distributor is listed as the broker-dealer of record. While the plan permits the Board to authorize payments to the Distributor to reimburse itself for those services, the Board has not yet done so, except with respect to shares purchased prior to March 1, 2007 by certain group retirement plans that were established prior to March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement plans").

Prior to March 1, 2007, the Distributor paid the 0.25% first year service fee for grandfathered retirement plans in advance and retained the service fee paid by the Fund with respect to those shares for the first year. After those shares are held for a year, the Distributor pays the ongoing service fees to recipients on a periodic basis. If those shares were redeemed within the first year after their purchase, the recipient of the service fees on those shares was obligated to repay the Distributor a pro rata portion of the advance payment of the fees. If those shares were redeemed within 18 months, they were subject to a CDSC. For Class A shares purchased in grandfathered retirement plans on or after March 1, 2007, the Distributor does not make any payment in advance and does not retain the service fee for the first year and the shares are not subject to a CDSC.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 payments under the Class A service plan totaled $1,013,147, of which $0 was retained by the Distributor under the arrangement described above, regarding grandfathered retirement accounts, including $29,167 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent years. The Distributor may not use payments received under the Class A plan to pay any of its interest expenses, carrying charges, or other financial costs, or allocation of overhead.

Class B, Class C and Class N Distribution and Service Plans. Under the Class B, Class C and Class N Distribution and Service Plans (each a "Plan" and together the "Plans"), the Fund pays the asset-based sales charge (the "distribution fee") to the Distributor for its services in distributing Class B, Class C and Class N shares. The distribution fee allows investors to buy Class B, Class C and Class N shares without a front-end sales charge, while allowing the Distributor to compensate dealers that sell those shares. The Distributor may use the service fees it receives under the Plans to pay recipients for providing services similar to the services provided under the Class A service plan, described above.

Payments under the Plans are made in recognition that the Distributor:

  • pays sales concessions to authorized brokers and dealers at the time of sale or as an ongoing concession,
  • pays the service fees in advance or periodically, as described below,
  • may finance payment of sales concessions or the advance of the service fee payments to recipients under the Plans, or may provide such financing from its own resources or from the resources of an affiliate,
  • employs personnel to support distribution of Class B, Class C and Class N shares,
  • bears the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses (other than those furnished to current shareholders) and certain other distribution expenses,
  • may not be able to adequately compensate dealers that sell Class B, Class C and Class N shares without receiving payment under the Plans and therefore may not be able to offer such Classes for sale absent the Plans,
  • receives payments under the Plans consistent with the service and distribution fees paid by other non-proprietary funds that charge 12b-1 fees,
  • may use the payments under the Plan to include the Fund in various third-party distribution programs that might increase sales of Fund shares,
  • may experience increased difficulty selling the Fund's shares if Plan payments were discontinued, because most competitor funds have plans that pay dealers as much or more for distribution services than the amounts currently being paid by the Fund, and
  • may not be able to continue providing the same quality of distribution efforts and services, or to obtain such services from brokers and dealers, if Plan payments were discontinued.

Distribution fees on Class B and Class N shares are generally retained by the Distributor. If a dealer has a special agreement with the Distributor, the Distributor may pay the Class B or Class N distribution fees to recipients periodically in lieu of paying the sales concession in advance at the time of purchase. The Distributor retains the distribution fee on Class C shares during the first year and then pays it as an ongoing concession to recipients.

Service fees for the first year after Class B, Class C and Class N shares are purchased are generally paid to recipients in advance. After the first year, the Distributor pays the service fees to recipients periodically. Under the Plans, the Distributor is permitted to retain the service fees or to pay recipients the service fee on a periodic basis, without payment in advance. If a recipient has a special agreement with the Distributor, the Distributor may pay the Class B, Class C or Class N service fees to recipients periodically in lieu of paying the first year fee in advance. If Class B, Class C or Class N shares are redeemed during the first year after their purchase, a recipient of service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay a pro rata portion of the advance payment to the Distributor. Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify for the advance service fee payment.

Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer. If a current investor no longer has another broker-dealer of record for an existing account, the Distributor is automatically designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as the investor's agent to purchase the shares. In those cases, the Distributor retains the distribution fees paid on Class B, Class C and Class N shares, but does not retain any service fees as to the assets represented by that account.

Each Plan provides for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate, whether the Distributor's distribution expenses for a period are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund under the relevant Plan. During a calendar year, the Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B, Class C and Class N shares may be more than the distribution fees paid to the Distributor under the Plans and the CDSC's collected on redeemed shares. Those excess expenses are carried over on the Distributor's books and may be recouped from distribution fees paid by the Fund in future years. However, the Distributor has voluntarily agreed to cap the amount that may be carried over from year to year and recouped for certain categories of expenses at 0.70% of annual gross sales of shares of the Fund. The capped expenses under the Plans are (i) expenses the Distributor has incurred that represent compensation and expenses of its sales personnel and (ii) other direct distribution costs it has incurred, such as sales literature, state registration fees, advertising and prospectuses used to offer Fund shares. If those categories of expenses exceed the capped amount, the Distributor would bear the excess costs. If a Plan were to be terminated by the Fund, the Fund's Board may allow the Fund to continue payments of the distribution fees to the Distributor for its services in distributing shares before the Plan was terminated.

The distribution and service fees under each Plan are computed on the average of the net asset value of shares in the respective class, determined as of the close of each regular business day. The distribution and service fees increase the annual Class B and Class C expenses by 1.00% and increase the annual Class N expenses by 0.50% of net assets.

 

Distribution and Service Fees Paid to the Distributor for the Fiscal Year Ended 12/31/10

Class:

Total Payments Under Plan

Amount Retained by Distributor

Amount Paid to Affiliate

Distributor's Aggregate Unreimbursed Expenses Under Plan

Distributor's Unreimbursed Expenses as % of Net Assets of Class

Class B Plan

$235,046

$181,336

$1,744

$3,171,331

13.50%

Class C Plan

$809,692

$137,439

$16,480

$5,007,460

5.79%

Class N Plan

$79,744

$20,525

$2,614

$579,941

3.19%

All payments under the Plans are subject to the limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of FINRA on payments of distribution and service fees.

Payments to Financial Intermediaries

Financial intermediaries may receive various forms of compensation or reimbursement from the Fund in the form of distribution and service (12b-1) plan payments as described above. They may also receive payments or concessions from the Distributor, derived from sales charges paid by the financial intermediary's clients, also as described in this SAI. In addition, the Manager and the Distributor (including their affiliates) may make payments to financial intermediaries in connection with the intermediaries' offering and sales of Fund shares and shares of other Oppenheimer funds, or their provision of marketing or promotional support, transaction processing or administrative services. Among the financial intermediaries that may receive these payments are brokers or dealers who sell or hold shares of the Fund, banks (including bank trust departments), registered investment advisers, insurance companies, retirement plan or qualified tuition program administrators, third party administrators, recordkeepers or other institutions that have selling, servicing or similar arrangements with the Manager or the Distributor. The payments to financial intermediaries vary by the types of product sold, the features of the Fund share class and the role played by the intermediary.

 

Types of payments to financial intermediaries may include, and the Fund or an investor buying or selling Fund shares may pay, without limitation, all or portions of the following:

  • an initial front-end sales charge, all or a portion of which is payable by the Distributor to financial intermediaries (see the "More About Your Account" section in the Prospectus);
  • ongoing asset-based distribution and/or service fees (described in the section "Distribution and Service Arrangements - Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans" above);
  • shareholder servicing expenses that are paid from Fund assets to reimburse the Manager or the Distributor for Fund expenses they incur for providing omnibus accounting, recordkeeping, networking, sub-transfer agency or other administrative or shareholder services (including retirement plan and 529 plan administrative services fees).

In addition, the Manager or Distributor may, at their discretion, make the following types of payments from their own respective resources, which may include profits the Manager derives from investment advisory fees paid by the Fund. Payments are made based on the guidelines established by the Manager and Distributor, subject to applicable law. These payments are often referred to as "revenue sharing" payments, and may include:

  • compensation for marketing support, support provided in offering shares in the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds through certain trading platforms and programs, and transaction processing or other services;
  • other compensation, to the extent the payment is not prohibited by law or by any self-regulatory agency, such as FINRA.

Although a broker or dealer that sells Fund shares may also act as a broker or dealer in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities by the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds, the Manager does not consider a financial intermediary's sales of shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds when choosing brokers or dealers to effect portfolio transactions for the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds.

Revenue sharing payments can pay for distribution-related or asset retention items including, without limitation:

  • transactional support, one-time charges for setting up access for the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds on particular trading systems, and paying the intermediary's networking fees;
  • program support, such as expenses related to including the Oppenheimer funds in retirement plans, college savings plans, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, fund "supermarkets", bank or trust company products or insurance companies' variable annuity or variable life insurance products;
  • placement on the dealer's list of offered funds and providing representatives of the Distributor with access to a financial intermediary's sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives; or
  • firm support, such as business planning assistance, advertising, or educating a financial intermediary's sales personnel about the Oppenheimer funds and shareholder financial planning needs.

These payments may provide an incentive to financial intermediaries to actively market or promote the sale of shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds, or to support the marketing or promotional efforts of the Distributor in offering shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds. In addition, some types of payments may provide a financial intermediary with an incentive to recommend the Fund or a particular share class. Financial intermediaries may earn profits on these payments, since the amount of the payments may exceed the cost of providing the services. Certain of these payments are subject to limitations under applicable law. Financial intermediaries may categorize and disclose these arrangements to their clients and to members of the public in a manner different from the disclosures in the Fund's Prospectus and this SAI. You should ask your financial intermediary for information about any payments it receives from the Fund, the Manager or the Distributor and any services it provides, as well as the fees and commissions it charges.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the following financial intermediaries and/or their affiliates (which in some cases are broker-dealers) offered shares of the Oppenheimer funds and received revenue sharing or similar distribution-related payments (of at least $5,000) from the Manager or the Distributor for marketing or program support:

A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.

H.D. Vest Investment Services, Inc.

Prime Capital Services, Inc.

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance
  Company

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

AIG Advisor Group, Inc.

Independent Financial Group, LLC

Proequities, Inc.

Allianz Life Insurance Company

ING Financial Advisers, LLC

Protective Group Securities, Inc.

Allstate Financial Services LLC

ING Financial Partners, Inc.

Protective Life and Annuity Insurance
  Company

Allstate Life Insurance Company

Invest Financial Corporation

Pruco Securities, LLC

American Enterprise Life Insurance
  Company

Jackson National Life Insurance Company

Prudential Investment Management
  Services, Inc.

American General Annuity Insurance
  Company

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc.

Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

American United Life Insurance Company

JJB Hillard W.L. Lyons, Inc.

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

Ameriprise Advisor Services, Inc.

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

RBC Dain Rauscher

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company

Retirement Plan Consultants

Ameritas Life Insurance Company

Key Investment Services LLC

Robert W. Baird & Co.

AXA Advisors, LLC

KMS Financial Services Inc.

Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Legend Equities Corporation

Sagepoint Financial Advisors

Banc of America Investment Services, Inc.

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation

Securities America, Inc.

Cadaret Grant & Co.

Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

Sigma Financial Corp.

CCO Investment Services Corporation

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

Signator Investments, Inc.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

LPL Financial Corporation

State Farm VP Management Corp.

Chase Investment Services Corporation

Manulife Financial

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
  Company

Sun Life Financial Distributors, Inc.

CitiStreet Advisors LLC

MassMutual Financial Group

Sun Life Insurance Company

Citizens Bank of Rhode Island

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

C.M. Life Insurance Company

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

Sunamerica Securities, Inc.

Commonwealth Financial Network

MetLife Securities, Inc.

SunTrust Bank

CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.

MML Investor Services, Inc.

Suntrust Investment Services, Inc.

CUSO Financial Services, LP

Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated

TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc.

Direct Services LLC

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

The Hartford/Planco

Edward D. Jones and Company, LP

Multi-Financial Securities Corporation

The Investment Center, Inc.

Essex National Securities, Inc.

Mutual Funds Against Cancer

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company

National Planning Corporation

Thrivent Investment Management, Inc.

Financial Network Investment Corporation

National Retirement Partners, Inc.

Transamerica Life Insurance Co.

Financial Services Corporation

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

First Allied Securities, Inc.

New England Securities, Inc.

Union Central Life Insurance Company

First Clearing LLC

NFP Securities Inc.

USI Securities, Inc.

First Global Capital Corporation

North Ridge Securities Corp.

Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.

FSC Securities Corporation

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services

Vanderbilt Securities LLC

GE Life and Annuity Company

NRP Financial, Inc.

VSR Financial Services, Inc.

Geneos Wealth Management, Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Wachovia Securities, LLC

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Pacific Life Insurance Co.

Walnut Street Securities, Inc.

Great West Life Insurance Company

Park Avenue Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company

Pershing LLC

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

H. Beck, Inc.

PFS Investments, Inc.

Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.

PlanMember Securities Corp.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the following firms (which in some cases are broker-dealers) received payments from the Manager or Distributor (of at least $2,500) for administrative or other services provided (other than revenue sharing arrangements), as described above:

 

Acensus, Inc.

First Clearing LLC

National Financial Services LLC

ACS HR Solutions LLC

First Global Capital Corporation

New York Life Insurance and Annuity
  Company

ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc.

First Trust Corp.

Northwest Plan Services Inc.

Aegon USA

GE Financial Assurance

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

GE Life and Annuity Company

Pershing LLC

Alliance Benefit Group

Geller Group Ltd.

Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Allianz Life Insurance Company

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Plan Administrators Inc.

American Diversified Distribution, LLC

Great West Life Insurance Company

PlanMember Securities

American Enterprise Life Insurance

Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

American Funds

H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc.

Principal Life Insurance

American General Annuity Insurance
  Company

H.D. Vest Investment Services, Inc.

Protective Life and Annuity Insurance
  Company

American United Life Insurance Co.

Hartford Life Insurance Company

Prudential Investment Management
  Services, Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Hewitt Associates LLC

PSMI Group

Ameritas Life Insurance Company

ICMA-RC Services LLC

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Ameritrade, Inc.

Ingham Group

Reliance Trust Co.

Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company

Interactive Retirement Systems

Robert W. Baird & Co.

AST Trust Company

Intuition Systems, Inc.

RSM McGladrey, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Investmart

Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.

Benefit Administration Co.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Scottrade, Inc.

Benefit Consultants Group

JJB Hillard W. L. Lyons, Inc.

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc.

John Hancock Life Insurance Company

Southwest Securities, Inc.

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

Standard Insurance Co.

Ceridian

July Business Services

Standard Retirement Services, Inc.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company

Stanton Group, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Lincoln Benefit National Life

Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.

CitiStreet Advisors LLC

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation

Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

Clark Consulting

Lincoln Investment Planning Inc.

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants

LPL Financial Corporation

T. Rowe Price

CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company, Inc.

The Princeton Retirement Group

DA Davidson & Co.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
  Company

The Retirement Plan Company, LLC

Daily Access. Com, Inc.

Matrix Settlement & Clearance Services

Transamerica Retirement Services

Davenport & Company, LLC

Mercer HR Services

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

David Lerner Associates, Inc.

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.

Unified Fund Services, Inc.

Digital Retirement Solutions

Mesirow Financial, Inc.

Union Bank & Trust Company

Diversified Advisors Investments Inc.

MG Trust

US Clearing Co.

DR, Inc.

Mid Atlantic Capital Co.

USAA Investment Management Co.

Dyatech, LLC

Milliman, Inc.

USI Consulting Group

E*TRADE Clearing LLC

Minnesota Life Insurance Company

Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.

Edward D. Jones and Company, LP

Mony Life Insurance Company of America

Vanguard Group

ExpertPlan.com

Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated

Wachovia Securities, LLC

Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company

Wells Fargo Bank NA

Fidelity Investments Institutional
  Operations Co.

National City Bank

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

Financial Administrative Services
  Corporation

National Deferred Compensation

Wilmington Trust Company

Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Calculations. The use of standardized performance calculations enables an investor to compare the Fund's performance to the performance of other funds for the same periods. The Fund's performance data in advertisements must comply with rules of the SEC, which describe the types of performance data that may be used and how it is to be calculated. In general, any advertisement by the Fund of its performance data must include the average annual total returns for the advertised class of shares of the Fund. The Fund may use a variety of performance calculations, including "cumulative total return," "average annual total return," "average annual total return at net asset value," and "total return at net asset value." How these types of returns are calculated are described below.

Total Return Information. "Total return" is the change in value of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over a given period, assuming that all dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested in additional shares and that the investment is redeemed at the end of the period. Because of differences in expenses for each class of shares, the total returns for each class will differ and are measured separately.

There are different types of "total returns." "Cumulative total return" measures the change in value over the entire period (for example, ten years). "Average annual total return" shows the average rate of return for each year in a period that would produce the cumulative total return over the entire period. However, average annual total returns do not show actual year-by-year performance. The Fund uses the methodology prescribed by the SEC to calculate its standardized total returns.

In calculating the Fund's total returns, the following sales charges are applied unless the returns are shown at "net asset value" as described below:

  • For Class A shares the current maximum sales charge of 5.75% as a percentage of the offering price is deducted from the initial investment ("P" in the formula below).
  • For Class B shares, the CDSC for the applicable period is deducted: 5.0% in the first year, 4.0% in the second year, 3.0% in the third and fourth years, 2.0% in the fifth year, 1.0% in the sixth year and none thereafter.
  • For Class C shares, the 1.0% CDSC is deducted for returns for the one-year period.
  • For Class N shares, the 1.0% CDSC is deducted for returns for the one-year and life of class periods, as applicable.
  • There is no sales charge on Class Y shares.

The Fund's returns are calculated based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formulas below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formulas).

  • Average Annual Total Return. The "average annual total return" for each class is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years that, assuming all dividends and distributions are reinvested, results in an Ending Redeemable Value ("ERV") according to the following formula:

   


  • Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions). The "average annual total return (after taxes on distributions)" of Class A shares is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years that, assuming all dividends and distributions, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date, are reinvested, results in an ending value ("ATVD") according to the following formula:

   


  • Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions and Redemptions). The "average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and redemptions)" of Class A shares is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years that, assuming all dividends and distributions, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date, are reinvested, results in an ending value ("ATVDR") after taking into account the effect of capital gains taxes or capital loss tax benefits resulting from the redemption of the shares at the end of the period, each calculated using the highest federal individual capital gains tax rate in effect on the redemption date, according to the following formula:

   


  • Cumulative Total Return. The "cumulative total return" measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment over an entire period of years using some of the same factors as average annual total return, but it does not average the rate of return on an annual basis. Cumulative total return is determined according to the following formula:

   


  • Total Returns at Net Asset Value. From time to time the Fund may also quote cumulative or average annual total returns for Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N shares "at net asset value" without deducting the front-end sales charge or CDSC, based on the difference in net asset value per share at the beginning and, taking into consideration the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, at the end of the specified period.
  • Hypothetical Investment Accounts. Fund advertisements or sales literature may also, from time to time, include performance of a hypothetical investment account that includes the total return of shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds as part of an illustration of an asset allocation model or similar presentation.

A number of factors should be considered before using the Fund's performance information as a basis for comparison with other investments:

  • Total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in the Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each shareholder's account. Your account's performance will vary from the model performance data if your dividends are received in cash, or you buy or sell shares during the period, or you bought your shares at a different time and price than the shares used in the model.
  • The Fund's performance returns may not reflect the effect of taxes on dividends and capital gains distributions.
  • The principal value of the Fund's shares, and total returns are not guaranteed and normally will fluctuate on a daily basis.
  • When an investor's shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than their original cost.
  • An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Performance Data. The charts below show the Fund's performance as of its most recent fiscal year end. You can obtain current performance information by visiting the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent at the telephone number shown on the cover of this SAI.

The performance of each class of shares is shown separately, because the performance of each class of shares will usually be different. That is because of the different kinds of expenses each class bears. The total returns of each class of shares of the Fund are affected by market conditions, the quality of the Fund's investments, the maturity of those investments, the types of investments the Fund holds, and its operating expenses that are allocated to the particular class.

Total returns for any given past period represent historical performance information and are not, and should not be considered, a prediction of future returns.

The Fund's Total Returns for the Periods Ended 12/31/10

Cumulative Total Returns

Average Annual Total Returns

10 Years (or life of class, if less)

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years (or life of class, if less)

Class of Shares

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

Class A1

(6.11%)

(0.39%)

2.36%

8.61%

(10.36%)

(9.29%)

(0.63%)

(0.04%)

Class B1

(5.26%)

(5.26%)

2.48%

7.48%

(10.35%)

(10.05%)

(0.54%)

(0.54%)

Class C1

(8.24%)

(8.24%)

6.74%

7.74%

(10.03%)

(10.03%)

(0.86%)

(0.86%)

Class N2

4.57%

4.57%

7.21%

8.21%

(9.58%)

(9.58%)

0.46%

0.46%

Class Y1

4.12%

4.12%

8.99%

8.99%

(8.84%)

(8.84%)

0.40%

0.40%

1. Inception of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y: 03/31/97.
2. Inception of Class N: 03/01/01.


 

Average Annual Total Returns for Class A Shares (After Sales Charge) for the Periods Ended 12/31/10 1

1 Year

5 Years

10 Years

After Taxes on Distributions

1.84%

(11.98%)

(2.85%)

After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Fund Shares

1.54%

(9.16%)

(1.34%)

1. Inception of Class A: 03/31/97.


Other Performance Comparisons. In its Annual Report to shareholders, the Fund compares its performance to that of one or more appropriate market indices. You can obtain that information by visiting the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent at the telephone number shown on the cover of this SAI. The Fund may also compare its performance to that of other investments, including other mutual funds, or use rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. The following are examples of some of those comparisons.

     Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking of the performance of its share classes by Lipper, Inc. ("Lipper"), a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service. Lipper monitors and ranks the performance of regulated investment companies for various periods in categories based on investment styles. Lipper also publishes "peer-group" indices and averages of the performance of all mutual funds in particular categories.

     Morningstar Ratings. From time to time the Fund may publish the "star ratings" of its classes of shares by Morningstar, Inc. ("Morningstar"), an independent mutual fund monitoring service that rates and ranks mutual funds within their specialized market sectors. Morningstar proprietary star ratings reflect risk-adjusted historical total investment returns for funds with at least a three-year performance history. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star.

     Performance Rankings and Comparisons by Other Entities and Publications. From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in newspapers and other periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's or other similar publications. That information may include performance quotations from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar or the Fund's performance may be compared to the performance of various market indices, other investments, or averages, performance rankings or other benchmarks prepared by recognized mutual fund statistical services. The Fund's advertisements and sales literature may also include, for illustrative or comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about general or specific market and economic conditions, for example:

  • information about the performance of certain securities or commodities markets or segments of those markets,
  • information about the performance of the economies of particular countries or regions,
  • the earnings of companies included in segments of particular industries, sectors, securities markets, countries or regions,
  • the availability of different types of securities or offerings of securities,
  • information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product of the United States or other countries or regions,
  • comparisons of various market sectors or indices to demonstrate performance, risk, or other characteristics of the Fund.

From time to time, the Fund may publish rankings or ratings of the Manager or Transfer Agent by third parties, including comparisons of investor services provided to shareholders of the Oppenheimer funds to those provided by other mutual fund families selected by the rating or ranking services. Those comparisons may be based on the opinions of the rating or ranking service itself, using its research or judgment, or may be based on surveys of investors, brokers, shareholders or others.

Investors may also wish to compare the returns on the Fund's share classes to the return on fixed-income investments available from banks and thrift institutions, including certificates of deposit, ordinary interest-paying checking and savings accounts, and other forms of fixed or variable time deposits or instruments such as Treasury bills. However, the Fund's returns and share price are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or any other agency and will fluctuate daily, while bank depository obligations may be insured by the FDIC and may provide fixed rates of return. Repayment of principal and payment of interest on Treasury securities is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

 

About Your Account

The Fund's Prospectus describes how to buy, sell and exchange shares of the Fund and certain other Oppenheimer funds. The information below provides further details about the Fund's policies regarding those share transactions. It should be read in conjunction with the information in the Prospectus. Appendix A of this SAI provides more information about the special sales charge arrangements offered by the Fund, and the circumstances in which sales charges may be reduced or waived for certain investors and certain types of purchases or redemptions.

Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share. The net asset value ("NAV") per share for each class of shares of the Fund is determined by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. The NAV is determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on each day that the NYSE is open. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, but may close earlier on some other days (for example, in case of weather emergencies or on days falling before a U.S. holiday). All references to time in this SAI mean "Eastern time." The NYSE's most recent annual announcement (which is subject to change) states that it will close on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day), Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. It may also close on other days.

Dealers other than NYSE members may conduct trading in certain securities on days that the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays) or after 4:00 p.m. on a regular business day. Because the Fund's net asset values will not be calculated on those days, the Fund's net asset values per share may be significantly affected on days when shareholders may not purchase or redeem shares. Additionally, trading on many foreign stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets normally is completed before the close of the NYSE.

Changes in the values of securities traded on foreign exchanges or markets as a result of events that occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, but before the close of the NYSE, will not be reflected in the Fund's calculation of its net asset values that day unless the Manager learns of the event and determines that the event is likely to cause a material change in the value of the security. The Board has adopted valuation procedures for the Fund and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for fair value determinations under those procedures to the Manager's "Valuation Committee". Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval, ratification and confirmation by the Board at its next scheduled meeting after the fair valuations are determined.

Securities Valuation. The Fund's Board has established procedures for the valuation of the Fund's securities. In general those procedures are as follows:

  • Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange are valued as follows:
  1. if "last sale" information is regularly reported on the principal exchange on which a security is traded, it is valued at the last reported sale price on that day, or
  2. if "last sale" information is not available on a valuation date, the security is valued at the last reported sale price preceding the valuation date if it is within the spread of the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the valuation date, or
  3. if "last sale" information is not available on a valuation date, and the last reported sale price for the security preceding the valuation date is not within the spread of the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the valuation date, the security is valued at the closing "bid" price on the valuation date.
  • Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally are valued in one of the following ways:
  1. at the last sale price available to the pricing service approved by the Board, or
  2. at the last sale price obtained by the Manager from the report of the principal exchange on which the security is traded at its last trading session on or immediately before the valuation date, or
  3. at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices obtained from the principal exchange on which the security is traded, or
  4. on the basis of reasonable inquiry, from two market makers in the security.
  • Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity of more than 60 days are valued based on the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices determined by a portfolio pricing service approved by the Fund's Board or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the security on the basis of reasonable inquiry.
  • The following securities are valued at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices determined by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the security on the basis of reasonable inquiry:
  1. debt instruments that have a maturity of more than 397 days when issued,
  2. debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and have a remaining maturity of more than 60 days, and
  3. non-money market debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and which have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less.
  • The following securities are valued at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts:
  1. money market debt securities held by a non-money market fund that had a maturity of less than 397 days when issued and that have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less, and
  2. debt instruments held by a money market fund that have a remaining maturity of 397 days or less.
  • Securities (including restricted securities) not having readily-available market quotations are valued at fair value determined under the Board's procedures. If the Manager is unable to locate two market makers willing to give quotes, a security may be priced at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices provided by a single active market maker, or the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available.

In the case of U.S. Government securities, mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds and foreign government securities, the Manager may use pricing services approved by the Board when last sale information is not generally available. The pricing service may use "matrix" comparisons to the prices for comparable instruments on the basis of quality, yield and maturity. Other special factors may be involved (such as the tax-exempt status of the interest paid by municipal securities). The Manager will monitor the accuracy of the pricing services valuations. That monitoring may include comparing prices used for portfolio valuation to the actual sale prices of selected securities.

Foreign currency, including forward contracts, is valued and securities that are denominated in foreign currency are converted to U.S. dollars, using the closing prices in the New York foreign exchange market or that are provided to the Manager by a bank, dealer or pricing service that the Manager has determined to be reliable.

Puts, calls, and futures are valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which they are traded, as determined by a pricing service approved by the Board or by the Manager. If there were no sales on the valuation date, those investments are valued at the last sale price on the preceding trading day if it is within the spread of the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the principal exchange on the valuation date. If the last sale price on the preceding trading day is not within the spread of the closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the principal exchange on the valuation date, the value shall be the closing "bid" price. If the put, call or future is not traded on an exchange, it shall be valued at the mean between "bid" and "asked" prices obtained by the Manager from two active market makers. In certain cases the "bid" price may be used if no "asked" price is available.

When the Fund sells an option, an amount equal to the premium the Fund receives is included in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset. An equivalent credit is included in the liability section. The credit is adjusted ("marked-to-market") to reflect the current market value of the option. In determining the Fund's gain on investments, if a call or put sold by the Fund is exercised, the proceeds are increased by the premium received. If a call or put sold by the Fund expires, the Fund has a gain in the amount of the premium. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it will have a gain or loss, depending on whether the premium received was more or less than the cost of the closing transaction. If the Fund exercises a put it holds, the amount the Fund receives on its sale of the underlying investment is reduced by the amount of the premium that was paid by the Fund.

Allocation of Expenses. The Fund pays expenses related to its daily operations, such as custodian fees, Board fees, transfer agency fees, legal fees and auditing costs. Those expenses are paid out of the Fund's assets, not directly by shareholders. However, those expenses reduce the net asset value of Fund shares, and therefore are borne indirectly by shareholders.

For calculating the Fund's net asset value, dividends and distributions, the Fund differentiates between two types of expenses. General expenses that do not pertain specifically to any one class are allocated pro rata to the shares of all classes. Those expenses are first allocated based on the percentage of the Fund's total assets that is represented by the assets of each share class. Such general expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and audit fees, Board compensation, custodian expenses, share issuance costs, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses, such as litigation costs. Then the expenses allocated to a share class are allotted equally to each outstanding share within a given class.

Other expenses that are directly attributable to a particular class are allocated equally to each outstanding share within that class. Examples of such expenses include distribution and service plan (12b-1) fees, transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and expenses, and shareholder meeting expenses to the extent that such expenses pertain only to a specific class.

How to Buy Shares

The Oppenheimer Funds. The "Oppenheimer funds" are those mutual funds for which the Distributor acts as distributor and currently include the following:

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals

Money Market Funds:

Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

    Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund

    Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund

    Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Funds:

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

     Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

     Conservative Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Corporate Bond Fund

     Equity Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Currency Opportunities Fund

     Moderate Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

    Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

                Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Global Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Intermediate Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Short Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund

Oppenheimer Select Value Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Oppenheimer LifeCycle Funds:

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund

    Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

    Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund

Oppenheimer Value Fund

    Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund

Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund

    Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund

Rochester Fund Municipals

    Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund

    Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund

    Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund

Classes of Shares. Each class of shares of the Fund represents an interest in the same portfolio of investments of the Fund. However, each class has different shareholder privileges and features. The net income attributable to Class B, Class C or Class N shares and the dividends payable on Class B, Class C or Class N shares will be reduced by incremental expenses borne solely by that class. Those expenses include the asset-based sales charges to which Class B, Class C and Class N shares are subject.

The availability of different classes of shares permits an investor to choose the method of purchasing shares that is more appropriate for the investor. That may depend on the amount of the purchase, the length of time the investor expects to hold shares, and other relevant circumstances. Class A shares normally are sold subject to an initial sales charge. While Class B, Class C and Class N shares have no initial sales charge, the purpose of the deferred sales charge and asset-based sales charge on Class B, Class C and Class N shares is the same as that of the initial sales charge on Class A shares – to compensate the Distributor and brokers, dealers and financial institutions that sell shares of the Fund. A salesperson who is entitled to receive compensation from his or her firm for selling Fund shares may receive different levels of compensation for selling one class of shares rather than another.

The Distributor will not accept a purchase order of more than $100,000 for Class B shares or a purchase order of $1 million or more to purchase Class C shares on behalf of a single investor (not including dealer "street name" or omnibus accounts).

Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer.

Class A Sales Charges Reductions and Waivers. There is an initial sales charge on the purchase of Class A shares of each of the Oppenheimer funds except for the money market funds (under certain circumstances described in this SAI, redemption proceeds of certain money market fund shares may be subject to a CDSC). As discussed in the Prospectus, a reduced initial sales charge rate may be obtained for certain share purchases because of the reduced sales efforts and reduction in expenses realized by the Distributor, dealers or brokers in making such sales. Sales charge waivers may apply in certain other circumstances because the Distributor or dealer or broker incurs little or no selling expenses. Appendix A to this SAI includes additional information regarding certain of these sales charge reductions and waivers.

A reduced sales charge rate may be obtained for Class A shares under a Right of Accumulation or Letter of Intent because of the reduction in sales effort and expenses to the Distributor, dealers or brokers for those sales.

Letter of Intent. Under a Letter of Intent (a "Letter"), you may be able to reduce the initial sales charge rate that applies to your Class A share purchases of the Fund if you purchase Class A, Class B or Class C shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds or Class A, Class B, Class C, Class G and Class H units of advisor sold Section 529 plans, for which the Manager or the Distributor serves as the Program Manager or Program Distributor.

A Letter is an investor's statement in writing to the Distributor of his or her intention to purchase a specified value of those shares or units during a 13 month period (the "Letter period"), which begins on the date of the investor's first share purchase following the establishment of the Letter. The sales charge on each purchase of Class A shares during the Letter period will be at the rate that would apply to a single lump-sum purchase of shares in the amount intended to be purchased. In submitting a Letter, the investor makes no commitment to purchase shares. However, if the investor does not fulfill the terms of the Letter within the Letter period, he or she agrees to pay the additional sales charges that would have been applicable to any purchases that are made. The investor agrees that shares equal in value to 2% of the intended purchase amount will be held in escrow by the Transfer Agent for that purpose, as described in "Terms of Escrow" below. It is the responsibility of the dealer of record and/or the investor to advise the Distributor about the Letter when placing purchase orders during the Letter period. The investor must also notify the Distributor or his or her financial intermediary of any qualifying 529 plan holdings.

To determine whether an investor has fulfilled the terms of a Letter, the Transfer Agent will count purchases of "qualified" Class A, Class B and Class C shares and Class A, Class B, Class C, Class G and Class H units during the Letter period. Purchases of Class N or Class Y shares, purchases made by reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds, purchases of Class A shares with redemption proceeds under the Reinvestment Privilege, and purchases of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on which a sales charge has not been paid do not count as "qualified" shares for satisfying the terms of a Letter. An investor will also be considered to have fulfilled the Letter if the value of the investor's total holdings of qualified shares on the last day of the Letter period equals or exceeds the intended purchase amount.

If the terms of the Letter are not fulfilled within the Letter period, the concessions previously paid to the dealer of record for the account and the amount of sales charge retained by the Distributor will be adjusted on the first business day following the expiration of the Letter period to reflect the sales charge rates that are applicable to the actual total purchases.

If total eligible purchases during the Letter period exceed the intended purchase amount and also exceed the amount needed to qualify for the next sales charge rate reduction (stated in the Prospectus), the sales charges paid may be adjusted to that lower rate. That adjustment will only be made if and when the dealer returns to the Distributor the amount of the excess concessions allowed or paid to the dealer over the amount of concessions that are applicable to the actual amount of purchases. The reduced sales charge adjustment will be made by adding to the investors account the number of additional shares that would have been purchased if the lower sales charge rate had been used. Those additional shares will be determined using the net asset value per share in effect on the date of such adjustment.

By establishing a Letter, the investor agrees to be bound by the terms of the Prospectus, this SAI and the application used for a Letter, and if those terms are amended to be bound by the amended terms and that any amendments by the Fund will apply automatically to existing Letters. Group retirement plans qualified under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code may not establish a Letter, however defined benefit plans and Single K sole proprietor plans may do so.

Terms of Escrow That Apply to Letters of Intent .

   1. Out of the initial purchase, or out of subsequent purchases if necessary, the Transfer Agent will hold in escrow Fund shares equal to 2% of the intended purchase amount specified in the Letter. For example, if the intended purchase amount is $50,000, the escrow amount would be shares valued at $1,000 (computed at the offering price for a $50,000 share purchase). Any dividends and capital gains distributions on the escrowed shares will be credited to the investor's account.

   2. If the Letter applies to more than one fund account, the investor can designate the fund from which shares will be escrowed. If no fund is selected, the Transfer Agent will escrow shares in the fund account that has the highest dollar balance on the date of the first purchase under the Letter. If there are not sufficient shares to cover the escrow amount, the Transfer Agent will escrow shares in the fund account(s) with the next highest balance(s). If there are not sufficient shares in the accounts to which the Letter applies, the Transfer Agent may escrow shares in other accounts that are linked for Right of Accumulation purposes. Additionally, if there are not sufficient shares available for escrow at the time of the first purchase under the Letter, the Transfer Agent will escrow future purchases until the escrow amount is met.

   3. If, during the Letter period, an investor exchanges shares of the Fund for shares of another fund (as described in the Prospectus section titled "The OppenheimerFunds Exchange Privilege"), the Fund shares held in escrow will automatically be exchanged for shares of the other fund and the escrow obligations will also be transferred to that fund.

   4. If the total purchases under the Letter are less than the intended purchases specified, on the first business day after the end of the Letter period, the Distributor will redeem escrowed shares equal in value to the difference between the dollar amount of the sales charges actually paid and the amount of the sales charges that would have been paid if the total purchases had been made at a single time. Any shares remaining after such redemption will be released from escrow.

   5. If the terms of the Letter are fulfilled, the escrowed shares will be promptly released to the investor at the end of the Letter period.

   6. By signing the Letter, the investor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Transfer Agent as attorney-in-fact to surrender for redemption any or all escrowed shares.

Class A Shares Purchased with Proceeds from Certain Retirement Plans. Class A shares of the Fund may be purchased at net asset value with the redemption proceeds of shares of another mutual fund offered as an investment option in a retirement plan in which Oppenheimer funds are also offered as investment options, if the purchase occurs more than 30 days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an investment option under that plan. No sales concessions will be paid to the broker-dealer of record on sales of such Class A shares, whether or not they are subject to a CDSC as described in the Prospectus. Additionally, no concession will be paid on Class A share purchases by a retirement plan that are made with the redemption proceeds of Class N shares of an Oppenheimer fund held by a retirement plan for more than 18 months.

Class B Conversion. Under current interpretations of applicable federal income tax law by the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"), the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares 72 months after purchase is not treated as a taxable event for the shareholder. If those laws or the IRS' interpretation of those laws should change, the automatic conversion feature may be suspended. In that event, no further conversions of Class B shares would occur while that suspension remained in effect. Although Class B shares could then be exchanged for Class A shares on the basis of relative net asset value of the two classes, without the imposition of a sales charge or fee, such exchange could constitute a taxable event for the shareholder, and absent such exchange, Class B shares might continue to be subject to the asset-based sales charge for longer than six years.

Availability of Class N Shares. In addition to the types of retirement plans which may purchase Class N shares that are described in the Prospectus, Class N shares also are offered to the following:

  • to all rollover IRAs (including SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs),
  • to all rollover contributions made to Individual 401(k) plans, Profit-Sharing Plans and Money Purchase Pension Plans,
  • to all direct rollovers from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle and Ascender retirement plans,
  • to all trustee-to-trustee IRA transfers,
  • to all 90-24 type 403(b) transfers,
  • to Group Retirement Plans (as defined in Appendix A to this SAI) which have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor for that purpose,
  • to Retirement Plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the recordkeeper or the plan sponsor for which has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor,
  • to Retirement Plans of a plan sponsor where the aggregate assets of all such plans invested in the Oppenheimer funds is $500,000 or more,
  • to Retirement Plans with at least 100 eligible employees or $500,000 or more in plan assets,
  • to OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Ascender 401(k) plans that pay for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds, and
  • to certain customers of broker-dealers and financial advisors that are identified in a special agreement between the broker-dealer or financial advisor and the Distributor for that purpose.

The sales concession and the advance of the service fee, as described in the Prospectus, will not be paid to dealers of record on sales of Class N shares on:

  • purchases of Class N shares in amounts of $500,000 or more by a retirement plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds (other than rollovers from an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan to any IRA invested in the Oppenheimer funds),
  • purchases of Class N shares in amounts of $500,000 or more by a retirement plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class C shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds held by the plan for more than one year (other than rollovers from an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan to any IRA invested in the Oppenheimer funds),
  • on purchases of Class N shares by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan made with the redemption proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds, and

No sales concessions will be paid to the broker-dealer of record, as described in the Prospectus, on sales of Class N shares purchased with the redemption proceeds of shares of another mutual fund offered as an investment option in a retirement plan in which Oppenheimer funds are also offered as investment options under a special arrangement with the Distributor, if the purchase occurs more than 30 days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an investment option under that plan.

Share Certificates. When you purchase shares of the Fund, your ownership interest in the shares of the Fund will be recorded as a book entry on the records of the Fund. The Fund will not issue or re-register physical share certificates.

Cancellation of Purchase Orders. Cancellation of purchase orders for the Fund's shares (for example, when a purchase check is returned to the Fund unpaid) causes a loss to be incurred when the net asset values of the Fund's shares on the cancellation date is less than on the purchase date. That loss is equal to the amount of the decline in the net asset value per share multiplied by the number of shares in the purchase order. The investor is responsible for that loss. If the investor fails to compensate the Fund for the loss, the Distributor will do so. The Fund may reimburse the Distributor for that amount by redeeming shares from any account registered in that investor's name, or the Fund or the Distributor may seek other redress.

AccountLink. Shares purchased through AccountLink will be purchased at the net asset value calculated on the same regular business day if the Distributor is instructed to initiate the Automated Clearing House ("ACH") transfer to buy the shares before the close of the NYSE. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., but may close earlier on certain days. If the Distributor is instructed to initiate the ACH transfer after the close of the NYSE, the shares will be purchased on the next regular business day.

Dividends will begin to accrue on the shares purchased through the ACH system on the business day the Fund receives Federal Funds before the close of the NYSE. The proceeds of ACH transfers are normally received by the Fund three days after a transfer is initiated. If Federal Funds are received on a business day after the close of the NYSE, dividends will begin to accrue on the next regular business day. If the proceeds of an ACH transfer are not received on a timely basis, the Distributor reserves the right to cancel the purchase order. The Distributor and the Fund are not responsible for any delays in purchasing shares resulting from delays in ACH transmissions.

The minimum purchase through AccountLink is generally $50, however for accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 the minimum purchase is $25.

Asset Builder Plans. As indicated in the Prospectus, you normally must establish your Fund account with $1,000 or more. However, you can open a Fund account for as little as $500 if you establish an Asset Builder Plan at the time of your initial share purchase to automatically purchase additional shares directly from a bank account.

An Asset Builder Plan is available only if your bank is an ACH member and you establish AccountLink. Under an Asset Builder Plan, payments to purchase shares of the Fund will be debited from your bank account automatically. Normally the debit will be made two business days prior to the investment dates you select on your application. Neither the Distributor, the Transfer Agent nor the Fund will be responsible for any delays in purchasing shares that result from delays in ACH transmissions.

To establish an Asset Builder Plan at the time you initially purchase Fund shares, complete the "Asset Builder Plan" information on the Account Application. To establish an Asset Builder Plan for an existing account, use the Asset Builder Enrollment Form. The Account Application and the Asset Builder Enrollment Form are available by contacting the Distributor or may be downloaded from our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Before you establish a new Fund account under the Asset Builder Plan, you should obtain a prospectus of the selected Fund and read it carefully.

You may change the amount of your Asset Builder payment or you can terminate your automatic investments at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent requires a reasonable period (approximately 10 days) after receipt of your instructions to implement them. The minimum additional purchase under an Asset Builder Plan is $50, except that for Asset Builder Plans established prior to November 1, 2002, the minimum additional purchase is $25. Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan payments are subject to the redemption restrictions for recent purchases described in the Prospectus. An Asset Builder Plan may not be used to buy shares for OppenheimerFunds employer-sponsored qualified retirement accounts. The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering Asset Builder Plans at any time without prior notice.

Retirement Plans. Certain types of retirement plans are entitled to purchase shares of the Fund without sales charges or at reduced sales charge rates, as described in Appendix A to this SAI. Certain special sales charge arrangements described in that Appendix apply to retirement plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") or an independent record keeper that has a contract or special arrangement with Merrill Lynch. If, on the date the plan sponsor signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping service agreement, the plan had less than $1 million in assets invested in applicable investments (other than assets invested in money market funds), then the retirement plan may purchase only Class C shares of the Oppenheimer funds. If, on the date the plan sponsor signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping service agreement, the plan had $1 million or more in assets but less than $5 million in assets invested in applicable investments (other than assets invested in money market funds), then the retirement plan may purchase only Class N shares of the Oppenheimer funds. If, on the date the plan sponsor signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping service agreement, the plan had $5 million or more in assets invested in applicable investments (other than assets invested in money market funds), then the retirement plan may purchase only Class A shares of the Oppenheimer funds.

OppenheimerFunds has entered into arrangements with certain record keepers whereby the Transfer Agent compensates the record keeper for its record keeping and account servicing functions that it performs on behalf of the participant accounts in a retirement plan. While such compensation may act to reduce the record keeping fees charged by the retirement plan's record keeper, that compensation arrangement may be terminated at any time, potentially affecting the record keeping fees charged by the retirement plan's record keeper.

Electronic Document Delivery. To access your account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com and click the hyperlink "Sign Up for Electronic Document Delivery (eDocs Direct)" under the heading "I want to..." in the left hand column, or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions.

How to Sell Shares

Receiving Redemption Proceeds by Federal Funds Wire. The Fund would normally authorize a Federal Funds wire of redemption proceeds to be made on its next regular business day following the redemption. A Federal Funds wire may be delayed if the Fund's custodian bank is not open for business on that day. In that case, the wire will not be transmitted until the next business day on which the bank and the Fund are both open for business. No dividends will be paid on the proceeds of redeemed shares awaiting transfer by Federal Funds wire.

Redeeming Shares Through Brokers or Dealers. The Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized brokers or dealers on behalf of their customers. Shareholders should contact their broker or dealer to arrange this type of redemption. The repurchase price per share will be the next net asset value computed after the Distributor or the broker or dealer receives the order. A repurchase will be processed at that day's net asset value if the order was received by the broker or dealer from its customer prior to the time the close of the NYSE. Normally, the NYSE closes at 4:00 p.m., but may do so earlier on some days.

For accounts redeemed through a broker-dealer, payment will ordinarily be made within three business days after the shares are redeemed. However, the Distributor must receive the required redemption documents in proper form, with the signature(s) of the registered shareholder(s) guaranteed as described in the Prospectus.

Payments "In Kind." As stated in the Prospectus, payment for redeemed shares is ordinarily made in cash. Under certain circumstances, however, the Board may determine that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders for the Fund to pay for the redeemed shares in cash. In that case, the Fund may pay the redemption proceeds, in whole or in part, by a distribution "in kind" of liquid securities from the Fund's portfolio. The Fund will value securities used to pay a redemption in kind using the same method described above under "Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share." That valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined. If shares are redeemed in kind, the redeeming shareholder might incur brokerage or other costs in selling the securities for cash.

The Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the Investment Company Act. Under that rule, redemptions by a shareholder, of up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund during any 90-day period, must be redeemed solely in cash.

Distributions From Retirement Plans. Participants in OppenheimerFunds-sponsored pension or profit-sharing plans (other than self-employed plan sponsors), whose shares of the Fund are held in the name of the plan or its fiduciary, may not request redemption of their accounts directly. The plan administrator or fiduciary must submit the request.

Requests for distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA's, SEP-IRA's, SIMPLE IRA's, 403(b)(7) custodial plans, 401(k) plans or pension or profit-sharing plans should be addressed to "Trustee, OppenheimerFunds Retirement Plans," c/o the Transfer Agent at its address listed on the back cover of this SAI. The request must:

  1. state the reason for the distribution;
  2. if the distribution is premature, state the owner's awareness of tax penalties; and
  3. conform to the requirements of the plan and the Fund's other redemption requirements.

Distributions from pension and profit sharing plans are subject to special requirements under the Internal Revenue Code and certain documents (available from the Transfer Agent) must be completed and submitted to the Transfer Agent before the distribution may be made. Distributions from retirement plans are subject to withholding requirements under the Internal Revenue Code, and IRS Form W-4P (available from the Transfer Agent) must be submitted to the Transfer Agent with the distribution request, or the distribution may be delayed. Unless the shareholder has provided the Transfer Agent with a certified tax identification number, the Internal Revenue Code requires that tax be withheld from any distribution even if the shareholder elects not to have tax withheld. The Fund, the Manager, the Distributor, and the Transfer Agent assume no responsibility for determining whether a distribution satisfies the conditions of applicable tax laws and they will not be responsible for any tax penalties assessed in connection with a distribution.

Automatic Withdrawal Plans. Under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan, investors who own Fund shares can authorize the Transfer Agent to redeem shares automatically on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. The minimum periodic redemption amount under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan is $50. Shareholders having AccountLink privileges may have Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments deposited to their designated bank account. Payments may also be made by check, payable to all shareholders of record and sent to the address of record for the account. Automatic withdrawals may be requested by telephone for amounts up to $1,500 per month if the payments are to be made by checks sent to the address of record for the account. Telephone requests are not available if the address on the account has been changed within the prior 15 days.

Fund shares will be redeemed as necessary to meet the requested withdrawal payments. Shares will be redeemed at the net asset value per share determined on the redemption date, which is normally three business days prior to the payment receipt date requested by the shareholder. The Fund cannot guarantee receipt of a payment on the date requested, however. Shares acquired without a sales charge will be redeemed first. Shares acquired with reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions will be redeemed next, followed by shares acquired with a sales charge, to the extent necessary to make withdrawal payments. Depending on the amount withdrawn, the investor's principal may be depleted. Payments made under these plans should not be considered as a yield or income on your investment.

Because of the sales charge assessed on Class A share purchases, shareholders should usually not make additional Class A share purchases while participating in an Automatic Withdrawal Plan. A shareholder whose Class B, Class C or Class N account is subject to a CDSC should usually not establish an automatic withdrawal plan because of the imposition of the CDSC on the withdrawals. If a CDSC does apply to a redemption, the amount of the check or payment will be reduced accordingly. Distributions of capital gains from accounts subject to an Automatic Withdrawal Plan must be reinvested in Fund shares. Dividends on shares held in the account may be paid in cash or reinvested. Required minimum distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored retirement plans may not be arranged on this basis.

The shareholder may change the amount, the payment interval, the address to which checks are to be mailed, the designated bank account for AccountLink payments or may terminate a plan at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent. A signature guarantee may be required for certain changes. The requested change will usually be put into effect approximately two weeks after such notification is received. The shareholder may redeem all or any part of the shares in the account by written notice to the Transfer Agent. That notice must be in proper form in accordance with the requirements in the then-current Fund Prospectus.

The Transfer Agent will administer the Automatic Withdrawal Plan as agent for the shareholder(s) who executed the plan authorization and application submitted to the Transfer Agent. Neither the Fund nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability for any action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to administer the plan. Any share certificates must be surrendered unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with the plan application to be eligible for automatic withdrawal payments. If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the shareholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to act as agent in administering the plan.

The Transfer Agent will terminate a plan upon its receipt of evidence, satisfactory to it, that the shareholder has died or is legally incapacitated. The Fund may also give directions to the Transfer Agent to terminate a plan. Shares that have not been redeemed at the time a plan is terminated will be held in an account in the name of the shareholder. Share certificates will not be issued for any such shares and all dividends will be reinvested in the account unless and until different instructions are received, in proper form, from the shareholder, his or her executor or guardian, or another authorized person.

The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering these plans at any time without prior notice. By requesting an Automatic Withdrawal Plan, the shareholder agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans. These provisions may be amended from time to time by the Fund and/or the Distributor. When adopted, any amendments will automatically apply to existing Plans.

Transfers of Shares. A shareholder will not be required to pay a CDSC when Fund shares are transferred to registration in the name of another person or entity. The transfer may occur by absolute assignment, gift or bequest, as long as it does not involve, directly or indirectly, a public sale of the shares. When shares subject to a CDSC are transferred, the CDSC will continue to apply to the transferred shares and will be calculated as if the transferee had acquired the shares in the same manner and at the same time as the transferring shareholder.

If less than all of the shares held in an account are transferred, and some but not all shares in the account would be subject to a CDSC if redeemed at that time, the priorities for the imposition of the CDSC described in the Prospectus will be followed in determining the order in which the shares are transferred.

Minimum Balance Fee. As stated in the Prospectus, a $12 annual "Minimum Balance Fee" is assessed on each Fund account with a share balance of less than $500. The Minimum Balance Fee is automatically deducted from each such Fund account in September.

Listed below are certain cases in which the Fund has elected, in its discretion, not to assess the Minimum Balance Fee. These exceptions are subject to change:

  • A fund account whose shares were acquired after September 30th of the prior year;
  • A fund account that has a balance below $500 due to the automatic conversion of shares from Class B to Class A shares. However, once all Class B shares held in the account have been converted to Class A shares the new Class A share account balance may become subject to the Minimum Balance Fee;
  • Accounts of shareholders who elect to access their account documents electronically via eDoc Direct (to access account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com and click the hyperlink "Sign Up for Electronic Document Delivery" under the heading "I Want To," or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions);
  • A fund account that has only certificated shares and, has a balance below $500 and is being escheated;
  • Accounts of shareholders that are held by broker-dealers under the NSCC Fund/SERV system in Networking level 1 and 3 accounts;
  • Accounts held under the Oppenheimer Legacy Program and/or holding certain Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;
  • Omnibus accounts holding shares pursuant to the Pinnacle, Ascender, Custom Plus, Recordkeeper Pro and Pension Alliance Retirement Plan programs;
  • A fund account that falls below the $500 minimum solely due to market fluctuations within the 12-month period preceding the date the fee is deducted; and
  • Accounts held in the OppenheimerFunds Portfolio Builder Program which is offered through certain broker/dealers to qualifying shareholders.

Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state escheatment laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to shareholders or their representatives for good faith compliance with those laws.

The Fund reserves the authority to modify the Minimum Balance Fee in its discretion.

Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board has the right to involuntarily redeem shares held in any account with an aggregate net asset value of less than $500. The Board may change the amount of the aggregate net asset value to which an involuntary redemption may apply. The Board will not cause the involuntary redemption of shares in an account if the aggregate net asset value of such shares has fallen below the $500 minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations. If the Board exercises this right, it may also determine the requirements for any notice to be given to the shareholders (but not less than 30 days). Alternatively, the Board may set requirements for the shareholder to increase the investment, or set other terms and conditions so that the shares would not be involuntarily redeemed.

Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months after redeeming Class A or Class B shares, a shareholder may reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds without a sales charge if:

  • An initial sales charge was paid on the redeemed Class A shares or a Class A CDSC was paid when the shares were redeemed; or
  • The Class B CDSC was paid on the redeemed Class B shares.

The reinvestment may only be made in Class A shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund are exchangeable, as described in "How to Exchange Shares" below. This privilege does not apply to Class C, Class N or Class Y shares or to purchases made through automatic investment options. The Fund may amend, suspend or cease offering this reinvestment privilege at any time for shares redeemed after the date of the amendment, suspension or cessation. The shareholder must request the reinvestment privilege from the Transfer Agent or his or her financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Reinvestment will be at the next net asset value computed after the Transfer Agent receives the reinvestment order. Any capital gain that was realized when the shares were redeemed is taxable, and reinvestment will not alter any capital gains tax payable on that gain. If there was a capital loss on the redemption, some or all of the loss may not be tax deductible, depending on the timing and amount of the reinvestment. Under the Internal Revenue Code, if the redemption proceeds of Fund shares on which a sales charge was paid are reinvested in shares of the Fund or another of the Oppenheimer funds within 90 days after the payment of the sales charge, in certain circumstances, the shareholder's basis in the shares of the Fund that were redeemed may not include the amount of the sales charge paid. That would reduce the loss or increase the gain recognized from the redemption, however, the sales charge would be added to the basis of the shares acquired with the redemption proceeds.

How to Exchange Shares

Shares of the Fund (including shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends or distributions from other Oppenheimer funds) may be exchanged for shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds at net asset value without the imposition of a sales charge, however a CDSC may apply to the acquired shares as described below. Shares of certain money market funds purchased without a sales charge may be exchanged for shares of other Oppenheimer funds offered with a sales charge upon payment of the sales charge. Exchanges into another Oppenheimer fund must meet any applicable minimum investment requirements of that fund.

As stated in the Prospectus, shares of a particular class of Oppenheimer funds having more than one class of shares may be exchanged only for shares of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds. The prospectus of each of the Oppenheimer funds indicates which share class or classes that fund offers and provides information about limitations on the purchase of particular share classes, as applicable for the particular fund. Shareholders that own more than one class of shares of the Fund must specify which class of shares they wish to exchange.

You can obtain a current list of the share classes offered by the funds by calling the toll-free phone number on the first page of this SAI.

The different Oppenheimer funds that are available for exchange have different investment objectives, policies and risks. A shareholder should determine whether the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment goals and should be aware of the tax consequences of an exchange. For federal income tax purposes, an exchange transaction is treated as a redemption of shares of one fund and a purchase of shares of another. Some of the tax consequences of reinvesting redemption proceeds are discussed in "Reinvestment Privilege," above. The Fund, the Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are unable to provide investment, tax or legal advice to a shareholder in connection with an exchange request or any other investment transaction.

The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. Although the Fund may impose these changes at any time, it will provide notice of those changes whenever it is required to do so by applicable law. It may be required to provide 60 days' notice prior to materially amending or terminating the exchange privilege, however that notice is not required in extraordinary circumstances.

How Exchanges Affect Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. A CDSC is imposed on exchanges of shares in the following cases:

  • The Class A CDSC is imposed on the redemption of Class A shares acquired by the exchange of Class A shares that are subject to a Class A CDSC, if the acquired shares are redeemed within 18 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month in which the exchanged Class A shares were purchased.
  • The Class A CDSC is imposed on the redemption of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves and Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. acquired by the exchange of Class A shares that are subject to a Class A CDSC, if the acquired shares are redeemed within the holding period applicable to the exchanged Class A shares.
  • The Class B CDSC is imposed on Class B shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within six years of the initial purchase of the exchanged shares, except:
        With respect to Class B shares of Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund, Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund, Limited Term New York Municipal Fund and Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired by exchange, the Class B CDSC is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.
  • The Class C CDSC is imposed on Class C shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within 12 months of the initial purchase of the exchanged shares.
  • A 1% Class N CDSC will be imposed on Class N shares held in retirement plans (not including IRAs and 403(b) plans) if the retirement plan is terminated or if Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan, if the shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund.
  • A 1% Class N CDSC will be imposed on Class N shares held in IRA's or 403(b) plans if they are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund.

When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are exchanged, the priorities for the imposition of the CDSC described in "About Your Account" in the Prospectus will be followed in determining the order in which the shares are exchanged. Before exchanging shares, shareholders should consider how the exchange may affect any CDSC that might be imposed on the subsequent redemption of remaining shares.

Telephone Exchange Requests. When exchanging shares by telephone, a shareholder must have an existing account in the fund to which the exchange is to be made. Otherwise, the investors must obtain a prospectus of that fund before the exchange request may be submitted. If all telephone lines are busy (which might occur, for example, during periods of substantial market fluctuations), shareholders might not be able to request exchanges by telephone and would have to submit written exchange requests.

Automatic Exchange Plans. Under an Automatic Exchange Plan, shareholders can authorize the Transfer Agent to exchange shares of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds automatically on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. The minimum amount that may be exchanged to each other fund account is $50. Instructions regarding the exchange amount, the selected fund(s) and the exchange interval should be provided on the OppenheimerFunds account application or by signature-guaranteed instructions. Any requested changes will usually be put into effect approximately two weeks after notification of a change is received. Exchanges made under these plans are subject to the restrictions that apply to exchanges as set forth in this SAI and in "The OppenheimerFunds Exchange Privilege" section in the Prospectus.

The Transfer Agent will administer the Automatic Exchange Plan as agent for the shareholder(s). Neither the Fund nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability for any action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to administer the plan. Any share certificates must be surrendered unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with the plan application to be eligible for automatic exchanges. If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the shareholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to act as agent in administering the plan.

The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering automatic exchanges at any time without prior notice. By requesting an Automatic Exchange Plan, the shareholder agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans. These provisions may be amended from time to time and any amendments will automatically apply to existing Plans.

Processing Exchange Requests. Shares to be exchanged are redeemed at the net asset value calculated on the regular business day the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request in proper form before the close of the NYSE (the "Redemption Date"). Normally, shares of the fund to be acquired are purchased on the Redemption Date, but such purchases may be delayed by up to five business days if it is determined that either fund would be disadvantaged by an immediate transfer of the redemption proceeds. The Fund reserves the right, in its discretion, to refuse any exchange request that may disadvantage it. For example, if the receipt of multiple exchange requests from a dealer might require the disposition of portfolio securities at a time or at a price that might be disadvantageous to the Fund, the Fund may refuse the request.

When you exchange some or all of your shares, any special features of your account that are available in the new fund (such as an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Withdrawal Plan) will be applied to the new fund account unless you tell the Transfer Agent not to do so.

Shares that are subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this SAI and shares covered by a share certificate that is not tendered will not be exchanged. If an exchange request includes such shares, only the shares available without restrictions will be exchanged.

Distributions and Taxes

Dividends and Other Distributions. The Fund does not have a fixed rate for dividends or other distributions ("distributions") and cannot assure the payment of any distributions. The distributions made by the Fund will vary depending on market conditions, the composition of the Fund's portfolio and Fund expenses. The Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains at least annually, and may sometimes pay a special distribution near the end of the calendar year in order to comply with federal tax requirements.

Distributions are calculated in the same manner, at the same time, and on the same day for each class of shares but will normally differ in amount. Distributions on Class B, Class C and Class N shares are expected to be lower than distributions on Class A shares and Class Y shares because of the effect of the asset-based sales charge on Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Distributions are taxable to shareholders, as discussed below, regardless of whether the distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund (or of another fund). Shareholders receiving a distribution in the form of additional shares will be treated as receiving a distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares received, determined as of the reinvestment date.

Returned checks for the proceeds of redemptions are invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. If a dividend check or a check representing an automatic withdrawal payment is returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as undeliverable, it will be reinvested in shares of the Fund. Reinvestments will be made as promptly as possible after the return of such checks to the Transfer Agent. Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state escheatment laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to shareholders or their representatives for compliance with those laws in good faith.

Taxes. The federal tax treatment of the Fund and distributions to shareholders is briefly highlighted in the Prospectus. The following is only a summary of certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders. The tax discussion in the Prospectus and this SAI is based on tax laws in effect on the date of the Prospectus and SAI. Those laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, sometimes with retroactive effect. State and local tax treatment may differ from the treatment under the Internal Revenue Code as described below.

Before purchasing Fund shares, investors are urged to consult their tax advisers with reference to their own particular tax circumstances as well as the consequences of federal, state, local and any other jurisdiction's tax rules affecting an investment in the Fund.

Qualification and Taxation as a Regulated Investment Company. The Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As long as the Fund qualifies as a RIC, the Fund may deduct the amount of investment company taxable income and net capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders, thereby eliminating Fund-level corporate income tax that would otherwise be imposed on such income. Qualification as a RIC also allows the Fund, under certain conditions, to characterize the distributions made to its shareholders as composed of specific types of tax-favored income such as corporate dividends, capital gains and tax-exempt interest.

Even though the Fund expects to continue to qualify as a RIC, to the extent that it distributes less than all of its income, the Fund may still be subject to a corporate income tax and an excise tax. In addition, any investment income received from a foreign source may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, although the rate of any such withholding tax may be reduced under an income tax treaty if the Fund qualifies for the benefits of the treaty. If possible, the Fund will operate so as to qualify for such reduced rates, Any foreign withholding taxes will reduce the Fund's income and capital gain. The Fund may also be subject to corporate income tax and a penalty on distributions or gains if the Fund invests in "passive foreign investment companies" (described below) even if those amounts are distributed to the Fund's shareholders.

Qualifying as a RIC. To qualify as a RIC, the Fund must be a domestic corporation that is either registered under the Investment Company Act as a management company or unit investment trust or is otherwise described in the Internal Revenue Code as having a specific status under the Investment Company Act. The Fund must also satisfy certain tests with respect to (i) the composition of its gross income, (ii) the composition of its assets and (iii) the amount of its dividend distributions.

     Gross Income Test. To qualify as a RIC, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to loans of securities, gains from the sale or other disposition of securities or foreign currencies, and certain other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such securities or currencies (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts), and net income derived from interests in certain "qualified publicly traded partnerships."

     Asset Test. In addition, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, the Fund must satisfy two asset tests. First, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets must consist of U.S. Government securities, securities of other RIC's, securities of other issuers ("Other Issuers") and cash or cash items (including receivables). The securities of an Other Issuer are not counted towards satisfying the 50% test if the Fund either invests more than 5% of the value of the Fund's assets in the securities of that Other Issuer or holds more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that Other Issuer. Second, no more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested in (1) the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and the securities of other RIC's), (2) the securities of two or more issuers (other than the securities of other RIC's) that the Fund controls and that are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses, or (3) the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships. For purposes of these tests, obligations issued or guaranteed by certain agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government are treated as U.S. Government securities.

     Dividend Distributions Test. During the taxable year or, under specified circumstances, within 12 months after the close of the taxable year, the Fund must distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income for the taxable year, which is generally its net investment income and the excess of its net short-term capital gain minus its net long-term capital loss.

Failure to Qualify. If the Fund failed to qualify as a RIC, it would (unless certain cure provisions apply) then be unable to deduct from its taxable income the dividend distributions made to its shareholders and therefore those amounts would be subject to a Fund-level corporate income tax. In addition, the Fund would not be able to characterize the distributions made to its shareholders as anything other than ordinary corporate distributions. To the extent the Fund had "earnings and profits" (as determined for tax purposes), distributions to its shareholders would be taxable as ordinary dividend income. In the case of individuals, those distributions may qualify for the maximum 15% tax rate on dividend income (for taxable years beginning before 2013) and, in the case of corporations, they may qualify for the dividends-received deduction.

Portfolio Investments Subject to Special Tax Rules. The Fund may engage in transactions and investments that are subject to special tax rules under the Internal Revenue Code. These special tax rules may, among other things, affect the Fund's holding period in its investments, change the character of, or accelerate, the Fund's income, defer or disallow the Fund's deductions and losses, and compel the Fund to report as taxable income mere increases in the value of its assets. For example, the Fund may invest in foreign currencies or securities denominated in foreign currencies. Under certain circumstances losses from foreign securities could be capital losses but gains from foreign currencies are ordinary income. Because capital losses cannot be deducted against ordinary income, this mismatch in character may negatively affect the character and amount of the Fund's distributions. Or part of an "interest" payment from a high yield debt obligation may be characterized for tax purposes as a dividend and, therefore, eligible for the dividends-received deduction available to corporations.

Certain positions in the Fund's portfolio may have to be "marked-to-market," (that is, treated as if they were sold and repurchased on the last day of the Fund's taxable year). Such "deemed sales" under the mark-to-market rules may alter the character, amount and timing of distributions to shareholders by requiring the Fund to make distributions in order to satisfy the RIC dividend distributions test even though the deemed sales generate no cash. The Fund will monitor its transactions, and seek to make appropriate tax elections and appropriate entries in its books and records in order to reduce the effect of the mark-to-market rules while remaining qualified for treatment as a RIC.

Passive Foreign Investment Companies. If the Fund invests in a "passive foreign investment company" ("PFIC"), then the Fund may be subject to special rules meant to discourage U.S. taxpayers from investing in foreign companies as a way of deferring taxable income. Under those rules, any income from certain PFIC distributions or the sale of PFIC shares is allocated to the current taxable year and to prior taxable years. Income allocated to the current year is treated as part of the year's ordinary income. Income allocated to a prior taxable year is taxed at the highest corporate rate for that year (regardless of the Fund's actual income or tax rate for that prior year). For each prior taxable year, the Fund must pay both the amount of tax so computed and a penalty that is calculated as if the amount of tax was due but unpaid for the prior taxable year. Liability for such taxes and penalties would reduce the investment return of the Fund.

If a PFIC is willing to provide the Fund with certain necessary reporting information annually (which PFICs frequently do not provide), the Fund may elect to treat a PFIC as a "qualified electing fund" ("QEF") and, in lieu of the tax consequences described above, the Fund would be required to include in each year's income its share of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the PFIC, even if they are not distributed to the Fund. Those amounts would be treated as taxable income for purposes of the 90% dividends distributions test mentioned above and the excise tax discussed below.

Alternatively, if the Fund invests in a PFIC, it may make a mark-to-market election that will result in the Fund being treated as if it had sold and repurchased its PFIC stock at the end of each year. In that case, the Fund would report any gains as ordinary income and would deduct any losses as ordinary losses to the extent of previously recognized gains. The election must be made separately for each PFIC owned by the Fund and, once made, would be effective for all subsequent taxable years, unless revoked with the consent of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"). By making the election, the Fund might be able to mitigate the adverse tax consequences with respect to its ownership of shares in a PFIC, but in any particular year it could be required to recognize income in excess of the distributions it received from the PFIC and the proceeds from dispositions of the PFIC's stock. The amounts so included would be treated as taxable income for purposes of the 90% dividends distributions test and for excise tax purposes (discussed below).

Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies. Under the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund must pay an annual, non-deductible excise tax unless, by December 31st each year, it distributes (1) 98% of its taxable investment income earned from January 1 through December 31, (2) 98.2% of its capital gain net income realized in the period from November 1 of the prior year through October 31 of the current year and (3) undistributed amounts from prior years. It is presently anticipated that the Fund will meet these distribution requirements, although to do so the Fund might be required to liquidate portfolio investments in certain circumstances. In some years, the Board and the Manager may determine that it would be in the shareholders' best interests for the Fund to pay the excise tax on undistributed amounts rather than making the required level of distributions. In that event, the tax may reduce shareholder total returns from the Fund.  

Taxation of Fund Distributions. The Fund anticipates distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain for each taxable year. The Fund's distributions will be treated as dividends to the extent paid from the Fund's earnings and profits (as determined under the Internal Revenue Code). Distributions in excess of the Fund's earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of each shareholder's basis in his or her shares, and any remaining amounts will be treated as gain from the sale of those shares, as discussed below. Shareholders will be notified if at the end of the fiscal year, any part of an earlier distribution is re-characterized as a non-taxable return of capital. A reduction in the basis of shares could result in a higher taxable capital gain (or lower capital loss) on a subsequent sale or exchange of the shares. 

Special Characteristics of Certain Distributions. Different types of Fund earnings may have different federal income tax characteristics, including different types of capital gains and different types of ordinary income. For example, if the Fund invests in stock, a portion of the Fund's ordinary income may be composed of dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction or that qualify for the special maximum tax rate on "qualified dividend income" as described below. The Fund may also generate foreign tax credits. The Fund will allocate the tax characteristics of its earnings among its distributions as prescribed by the IRS. The percentage of each distribution that corresponds to a particular type of income will generally be based on how much of that income the Fund earns for the taxable year in accordance with the IRS rules, rather than how much of that income the Fund has earned at time of the distribution. Those percentages normally will be determined after the close of the Fund's taxable year. The Fund will provide a statement to shareholders shortly after the end of each year indicating the amount and character of distributions made during the preceding calendar year.

     Distributions Derived from Dividends. If the Fund earns dividend income from U.S. corporations, for the Fund's corporate shareholders to claim the dividends-received deduction against the Fund's distributions, both the Fund and its corporate shareholders must satisfy special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. If a dividend the Fund receives on a stock held in its portfolio otherwise qualifies for the dividends-received deduction, the Fund still (1) must hold the stock for a minimum number of days during a specified period that includes the stock's ex-dividend date, (2) cannot enter into certain positions that reduce the risk of holding the stock and (3) cannot debt finance the stock. Similarly, distributions of otherwise qualifying dividends will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction in the hands of a corporate shareholder of the Fund unless the corporate shareholder (1) holds the Fund's shares for at least 46 days during a specified period that includes the portfolio stock's ex-dividend date and (2) does not debt finance its investment in the Fund's shares. To the extent the Fund's distributions are derived from items such as option premiums, interest income, gains from the sale of securities, or dividends from foreign corporations, those distributions will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction.

If the Fund earns qualified dividend income, as discussed below, special rules may also apply to regular dividends paid to a non-corporate shareholder of the Fund during the shareholder's taxable years beginning before 2013. Provided that the shareholder receiving the dividend satisfies certain holding period and other requirements, those dividends may be subject to tax at the reduced rates generally applicable to long-term capital gains for individuals. Dividends subject to these special rules are not actually treated as capital gains, however. They are not included in the computation of the shareholder's net capital gain and generally cannot be offset by capital losses. For a taxable year of the Fund, (i) if 95% or more of the Fund's gross income is attributable to qualified dividend income (defined below), then the special maximum rate will apply to 100% of the regular dividends paid to the shareholder during such year and (ii) if less than 95% of the Fund's gross income is attributable to qualified dividend income, then the special maximum rate will only apply to the portion of the regular dividends reported by the Fund as qualified dividend income, which generally cannot exceed the ratio that the Fund's qualified dividend income bears to its gross income. Gross income, for these purposes, does not include gains attributable to the sale or other disposition of stocks and securities, except to the extent the net short-term capital gain from such sales and dispositions exceeds the net long-term capital loss from such sales and dispositions.

"Qualified dividend income" generally means dividends received by the Fund with respect to the stock of a U.S. corporation or qualified foreign corporation. It also includes dividends received with respect to the stock of a foreign corporation provided the stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities market. In each case, however, the Fund must hold the stock for a minimum number of days during a specified period that includes the stock's ex-dividend date and cannot enter into certain positions that reduce the risk of holding the stock. Qualified dividend income does not include "payments in lieu of dividends" received in securities lending transactions or dividends received from a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or another RIC, except to the extent such dividends were paid from qualified dividend income received and reported by such REIT or RIC. If a shareholder elects to treat Fund dividends as investment income for purposes of the limitation on the deductibility of investment interest, such dividends will not be treated as qualified dividend income.

     Ordinary Income Dividends. Distributions from income earned by the Fund from one or more of the following sources will be treated as ordinary income to the shareholder:

  • certain taxable investments (such as certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, commercial paper and obligations of the U.S. Government, or its agencies and instrumentalities) or from bonds or other debt obligations;
  • income from loans of portfolio securities;
  • income or gains from options or futures;
  • any net short-term capital gain; and
  • any market discount accrual on tax-exempt bonds.

     Capital Gain Distributions. The Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss). Currently, the Fund intends to distribute these gains. Distributed net capital gain that is properly reported will be taxable to the Fund's shareholders as long-term capital gain. The amount of distributions reported as net capital gain will be reported to shareholders shortly after the end of each year. Such treatment will apply no matter how long the shareholder has held Fund shares and even if the gain was recognized by the Fund before the shareholder acquired Fund shares.

If the Fund elects to retain all or a portion of its net capital gain for a taxable year, the Fund will be subject to tax on such gain at the highest corporate tax rate. If the Fund so elects, each shareholder of record on the last day of such taxable year will be informed of his or her portion of both the gain and the tax paid, will be required to report the gain as long-term capital gain, will be able to claim the tax paid as a refundable credit, and will increase the basis of his or her shares by the amount of the capital gain reported minus the tax credit.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, an additional 3.8% Medicare tax will be imposed on certain net investment income (including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from the Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person's "modified adjusted gross income" (in the case of an individual) or "adjusted gross income" (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds a threshold amount.

     Foreign Source Income. Investment income that the Fund may receive from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes withheld at the source. If more than 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets at the close of any taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations the Fund may elect to treat any foreign income and withholding taxes it pays as having been paid by its shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long as the Fund continues to qualify as a RIC. If the Fund makes that election, the amount of foreign income taxes paid by the Fund will be included in the income of its shareholders and each shareholder will be entitled (subject to certain limitations) to either credit the amount against the shareholder's U.S. federal income tax due, or deduct the amount from his or her U.S. taxable income. If the Fund has investments in foreign securities, the Fund may qualify for and make this election in some, but not necessarily all, of its taxable years.

Shortly after any year for which it makes such an election, the Fund will report to its shareholders the amount per share of such foreign tax that must be included in each shareholder's gross income and the amount that will be available for deduction or credit. In general, a shareholder may elect each year whether to claim deductions or credits for foreign taxes. However, no deductions for foreign taxes may be claimed by a non corporate shareholder who does not itemize deductions. If a shareholder elects to credit foreign taxes, the amount of credit that may be claimed in any year can not exceed the same proportion of the U.S. tax against which such credit is taken as the shareholder's taxable income from foreign sources bears to his or her entire taxable income, unless the shareholder is an individual all of whose gross income from non-U.S. sources is qualified passive income and whose creditable foreign taxes for the taxable year do not exceed $300 ($600 for a joint return).

As a general rule, if the Fund has made the appropriate election, a shareholder may treat as foreign source income the portion of any dividend paid by the Fund which represents income derived from sources within foreign countries, as well as the shareholder's proportionate share of the taxes paid to those countries. Capital gains realized by the Fund on the sale of foreign securities and other foreign currency gains of the Fund are considered to be U.S.-source income and, therefore, any portion of the tax credit passed through to shareholders that is attributable to such gains or distributions might not be usable by a shareholder who does not have other foreign source income.

Tax Consequences of Share Redemptions. If all or a portion of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is redeemed, the shareholder will generally recognize a gain or loss on the redeemed shares equal to the difference between the proceeds of the redeemed shares and the shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the shares. In general, any gain or loss from the redemption of shares of the Fund will be considered capital gain or loss if the shares were held as a capital asset and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares were held for more than one year. Any capital loss arising from the redemption of shares held for six months or less, however, will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the amount of capital gain dividends received on those shares. Special holding period rules under the Internal Revenue Code apply in this case to determine the holding period of shares. There are limits on the deductibility of capital losses in any year.

All or a portion of any loss on redeemed shares may be disallowed if the shareholder purchases other shares of the Fund within 30 days before or after the redemption (including purchases through the reinvestment of dividends). In that case, the basis of the acquired shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. If a shareholder exercises the exchange privilege within 90 days after acquiring Fund shares, and no later than January 31 of the following calendar year, in certain circumstances, any loss that the shareholder recognizes on the exchange will be reduced, or any gain will be increased, to the extent that any sales charge paid on the exchanged shares reduces any charges the shareholder would have incurred on the purchase of the new shares in the absence of the exchange privilege. Such sales charge will be treated as an amount paid for the new shares.

Backup Withholding. The Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold 28% (currently scheduled to increase to 31% after 2012) of ordinary income dividends, capital gain distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any shareholder (1) who has failed to provide a correct taxpayer identification number or to properly certify that number when required, (2) who is subject to backup withholding for failure to report properly the receipt of interest or dividend income, or (3) who has failed to certify to the Fund that the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding or is an "exempt recipient" (such as a corporation). Any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted by the Fund to the U.S. Treasury and is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year with a copy sent to the IRS. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount withheld generally may be allowed as a refund or a credit against a shareholder's federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely provided to the IRS.

Taxation of Foreign Shareholders. Taxation of a foreign shareholder depends primarily on whether the foreign shareholder's income from the Fund is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. "Foreign shareholders" include, but are not limited to, a nonresident alien individual, a foreign trust, a foreign estate, a foreign corporation, or a foreign partnership.

If a foreign shareholder fails to provide a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status, the Fund will be required to withhold U.S. tax on ordinary income dividends, capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares. Provided the Fund obtains a proper certification of foreign status, ordinary income dividends that are paid by the Fund to foreign shareholders and that are not "effectively connected income," will be subject to a U.S. withholding tax. The tax rate may be reduced if the foreign person's country of residence has an income tax treaty with the United States allowing for a reduced tax rate on ordinary income dividends paid by the Fund. If the ordinary income dividends from the Fund are effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, then the foreign shareholder may claim an exemption from the U.S. withholding tax described above provided the Fund obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. Any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted to the U.S. Treasury and all income and any tax withheld is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in the early part of each year with a copy sent to the IRS. Capital gain dividends are not subject to U.S. withholding tax unless the recipient is a nonresident alien who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year in which the dividends are received. A foreign individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more generally loses his or her status as a nonresident alien.

For taxable years of the Fund beginning before January 1, 2012, properly reported dividends are generally exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax on foreign persons provided such dividends (i) are derived from the Fund's "qualified net interest income" (generally, the Fund's U.S. source interest income, other than certain contingent interest and interest from obligations of a corporation or partnership in which the Fund is a 10% or greater shareholder, reduced by expenses that are allocable to such income) or (ii) are derived from the Fund's "qualified short-term capital gains" (generally, the excess of the Fund's net short-term capital gain over the Fund's net long-term capital loss for such taxable year). In order to qualify for this exemption from withholding, a shareholder that is a foreign person must comply with applicable certification requirements relating to its non-U.S. status. However, depending on its circumstances, the Fund may report some, all, or none of its potentially eligible dividends as interest-related dividends or as short-term capital gain dividends, and/or treat such dividends, in whole or in part, as ineligible for this exemption from withholding on foreign persons. In the case of shares held through an intermediary, the intermediary may withhold even if the Fund reports the payment as qualified net interest income or qualified short-term capital gain. Shareholders that are foreign persons should contact their intermediaries with respect to the application of these rules to their accounts.

The tax consequences to foreign persons entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty may be different from those described in this SAI. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences of an investment in the Fund, including the applicability of the U.S. withholding taxes described above and the possible applicability of U.S. estate tax.

Under recently-enacted legislation, payments after 2012 of dividends on, and gross proceeds from the redemption of, shares of the Fund made to "foreign financial institutions" and certain other foreign entities will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% unless various certification, information reporting, due diligence and other applicable requirements (different from, and in addition to, those described above) are satisfied. Payments that are taken into account as effectively connected income are not subject to these withholding rules. Foreign shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the applicability and consequences of this new legislation to them.

Recently-enacted legislation imposes information reporting requirements on individuals that hold any interest in a "specified foreign financial asset" if the aggregate value of all such assets held by such individual exceeds $50,000. Significant penalties can apply upon a failure to make the required disclosure and in respect to understatements of tax attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets. This information reporting requirement is generally applicable for taxable years beginning after March 18, 2010. The scope of this reporting requirement is not entirely clear and all shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to whether reporting may be required in respect of their indirect interests in the Fund's investments.

Tax Shelter and Other Reporting Requirements. If a shareholder realizes a loss on the disposition of Fund shares of at least $2 million in any single taxable year or $4 million in any combination of taxable years (for an individual shareholder); or at least $10 million in any single taxable year or $20 million in any combination of taxable years (for a corporate shareholder), the shareholder must file with the Internal Revenue Service a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers to determine the applicability of this requirement in light of their individual circumstances.

Tax Considerations with Respect to the Subsidiary. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A foreign corporation, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless it is deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. It is expected that the Subsidiary will conduct its activities in a manner so as to meet the requirements of a safe harbor under Section 864(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Safe Harbor") pursuant to which the Subsidiary, provided it is not a dealer in stocks, securities or commodities, may engage in the following activities without being deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business: (1) trading in stocks or securities (including contracts or options to buy or sell securities) for its own account; and (2) trading, for its own account, in commodities that are "of a kind customarily dealt in on an organized commodity exchange" if the transaction is of a kind customarily consummated at such place. Thus, the Subsidiary's securities and commodities trading activities should not constitute a U.S. trade or business. However, if certain of the Subsidiary's activities were determined not to be of the type described in the Safe Harbor or if the Subsidiary's gains are attributable to investments in securities that constitute U.S. real property interests (which is not expected), then the activities of the Subsidiary may constitute a U.S. trade or business, or be taxed as such.

In general, a foreign corporation that does not conduct a U.S. trade or business is nonetheless subject to tax at a flat rate of 30 percent on the gross amount of certain U.S.-source income that is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (or lower tax treaty rate), generally payable through withholding. There is presently no tax treaty in force between the U.S. and the Cayman Islands that would reduce this rate of withholding tax. Income subject to such a flat tax includes dividends and certain interest income. The 30 percent tax does not apply to U.S.-source capital gains (whether long-term or short-term) or to interest paid to a foreign corporation on its deposits with U.S. banks. The 30 percent tax also does not apply to interest which qualifies as "portfolio interest." The term "portfolio interest" generally includes interest (including original issue discount) on an obligation in registered form which has been issued after July 18, 1984 and with respect to which the person, who would otherwise be required to deduct and withhold the 30 percent tax, received the required statement that the beneficial owner of the obligation is not a U.S. person within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code. Under certain circumstances, interest on bearer obligations may also be considered portfolio interest.

The Subsidiary is wholly-owned by the Fund. A U.S. person who owns (directly, indirectly or constructively) 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a foreign corporation is a "U.S. Shareholder" for purposes of the controlled foreign corporation ("CFC") provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. A foreign corporation is a CFC if, on any day of its taxable year, more than 50 percent of the voting power or value of its stock is owned (directly, indirectly or constructively) by "U.S. Shareholders." Because the Fund is a U.S. person that owns all of the stock of the Subsidiary, the Fund is a "U.S. Shareholder" and the Subsidiary is a CFC. As a "U.S. Shareholder," the Fund is required to include in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes all of the Subsidiary's "subpart F income" (defined, in part, below), whether or not such income is distributed by the Subsidiary. It is expected that all of the Subsidiary's income will be "subpart F income." "Subpart F income" generally includes interest, original issue discount, dividends, net gains from the disposition of stocks or securities, receipts with respect to securities loans and net payments received with respect to equity swaps and similar derivatives. "Subpart F income" also includes the excess of gains over losses from transactions (including futures, forward and similar transactions) in any commodities. The Fund's recognition of the Subsidiary's "subpart F income" will increase the Fund's tax basis in the Subsidiary. Distributions by the Subsidiary to the Fund will be tax-free, to the extent of its previously undistributed "subpart F income," and will correspondingly reduce the Fund's tax basis in the Subsidiary. "Subpart F income" is generally treated as ordinary income, regardless of the character of the Subsidiary's underlying income.  If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is generally not available to offset the income earned by the Fund.

In general, each "U.S. Shareholder" is required to file IRS Form 5471 with its U.S. federal income tax (or information) returns providing information about its ownership of the CFC and the CFC. In addition, a "U.S. Shareholder" may in certain circumstances be required to report a disposition of shares in the Subsidiary by attaching IRS Form 5471 to its U.S. federal income tax (or information) return that it would normally file for the taxable year in which the disposition occurs. In general, these filing requirements will apply to investors of the Fund if the investor is a U.S. person who owns directly, indirectly or constructively (within the meaning of Sections 958(a) and (b) of the Internal Revenue Code) 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of voting stock of a foreign corporation that is a CFC for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during any tax year of the foreign corporation, and who owned that stock on the last day of that year.

Additional Information About the Fund

The Distributor. The Fund's shares are sold through dealers, brokers and other financial institutions that have a sales agreement with OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., a subsidiary of the Manager that acts as the Fund's Distributor. The Distributor also distributes shares of the other Oppenheimer funds.

The Transfer Agent. OppenheimerFunds Services, the Fund's Transfer Agent, is a division of the Manager. It is responsible for maintaining the Fund's shareholder registry and shareholder accounting records, and for paying dividends and distributions to shareholders. It also handles shareholder servicing and administrative functions. It serves as the Transfer Agent for an annual per account fee. It also acts as shareholder servicing agent for the other Oppenheimer funds. Shareholders should direct inquiries about their accounts to the Transfer Agent at the address and toll-free numbers shown on the back cover.

The Custodian. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the custodian of the Fund's assets. The custodian's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the Fund's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to and from the Fund. It is the practice of the Fund to deal with the custodian in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the custodian may have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Fund's cash balances with the custodian in excess of $250,000 are not protected by the federal deposit insurance corporation ("FDIC"). Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm .  KPMG LLP serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund. KPMG LLP audits the Fund's financial statements and performs other related audit and tax services.  KPMG LLP also acts as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Manager and certain other funds advised by the Manager and its affiliates. Audit and non-audit services provided by KPMG LLP to the Fund must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

 

Appendix A: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A shares of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") that may apply to Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N shares may be waived. That is because of the economies of sales efforts realized by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., (referred to in this document as the "Distributor"), or by dealers or other financial institutions that offer those shares to certain classes of investors. Not all waivers apply to all funds.

For the purposes of some of the waivers described below and in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Oppenheimer funds, the term "Retirement Plan" refers to the following types of plans:

  1. plans created or qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code,
  2. non-qualified deferred compensation plans,
  3. employee benefit plans,1
  4. Group Retirement Plans,2
  5. 403(b)(7) custodial plan accounts, and 
  6. Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), including traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans

The interpretation of these provisions as to the applicability of a special arrangement or waiver in a particular case is in the sole discretion of the Distributor or the transfer agent (referred to in this document as the "Transfer Agent") of the particular Oppenheimer fund. These waivers and special arrangements may be amended or terminated at any time by a particular fund, the Distributor, and/or OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (referred to in this document as the "Manager").

Waivers that apply at the time shares are redeemed must be requested by the shareholder and/or dealer in the redemption request.

I. Applicability of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Cases

Purchases of Class A Shares of Oppenheimer Funds That Are Not Subject to Initial Sales Charge but May Be Subject to the Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (unless a waiver applies).

There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases may be subject to the Class A CDSC if redeemed within 18 months (24 months in the case of shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals shares purchased prior to 10/22/07) of the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, as described in the Prospectus (unless a waiver described elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the redemption). Additionally, on shares purchased under these waivers that are subject to the Class A CDSC, the Distributor will pay the applicable concession described in the Prospectus under "Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge."3 This waiver provision applies to:

  • Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more ($250,000 or more for certain Funds).
  • Purchases of Class A shares by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a contingent deferred sales charge prior to March 1, 2001. That included plans (other than IRA or 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans) that: 1) bought shares costing $500,000 or more, 2) had at the time of purchase 100 or more eligible employees or total plan assets of $500,000 or more, or 3) certified to the Distributor that it projects to have annual plan purchases of $200,000 or more.
  • Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the purchases are made:
  1. through a broker, dealer, bank or registered investment adviser that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases, or
  2. by a direct rollover of a distribution from a qualified Retirement Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
  • Purchases of Class A shares by Retirement Plans that have any of the following record-keeping arrangements:
  1. The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual funds, other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Management, L.P. ("MLIM"), that are made available under a Service Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual fund's principal underwriter or distributor, and (b) funds advised or managed by MLIM (the funds described in (a) and (b) are referred to as "Applicable Investments"). The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a daily valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are provided under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement Plan and Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $5 million or more of its assets (excluding assets invested in money market funds) invested in Applicable Investments.
  2. The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a daily valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are provided under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement Plan and Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $5 million or more of its assets (excluding assets invested in money market funds) invested in Applicable Investments.
  3. The record keeping for a Retirement Plan is handled under a service agreement with Merrill Lynch and on the date of the plan sponsor signs that agreement, the Plan has 500 or more eligible employees (as determined by the Merrill Lynch plan conversion manager). 

II. Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds

A. Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges for Certain Purchasers.

Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the Distributor on such purchases):

  • The Manager or its affiliates.
  • Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their "immediate families") of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their employees. The term "immediate family" refers to one's spouse, children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, parents in law, brothers and sisters, sons  and daughters in law, a sibling's spouse, a spouse's siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; relatives by virtue of a remarriage (step-children, step-parents, etc.) are included.
  • Registered management investment companies, or separate accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the Distributor for that purpose.
  • Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor, if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement plans for their employees.
  • Employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers or brokers described above or financial institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with such dealers or brokers (and which are identified as such to the Distributor) or with the Distributor. The purchaser must certify to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the purchase is for the purchaser's own account (or for the benefit of such employee's spouse or minor children).
  • Dealers, brokers, banks or registered investment advisers that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor providing specifically for the use of shares of the Fund in particular investment products made available to their clients. Those clients may be charged a transaction fee by their dealer, broker, bank or advisor for the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
  • Investment advisers and financial planners who have entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor and who charge an advisory, consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
  • "Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts, if the purchases are made through a broker or agent or other financial intermediary that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
  • Clients of investment advisers or financial planners (that have entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who buy shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without sales charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master account of their investment advisor or financial planner on the books and records of the broker, agent or financial intermediary with which the Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each of these investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or financial intermediary for purchasing shares.
  • Directors, trustees, officers or full-time employees of OpCap Advisors or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension, profit sharing or other benefit plan which beneficially owns shares for those persons.
  • Accounts for which Oppenheimer Capital (or its successor) is the investment adviser (the Distributor must be advised of this arrangement) and persons who are directors or trustees of the company or trust which is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
  • A unit investment trust that has entered into an appropriate agreement with the Distributor.
  • Dealers, brokers, banks, or registered investment advisers that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares to defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer, broker or investment adviser provides administration services.
  • Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund those plans (including, for example, plans qualified or created under sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case if those purchases are made through a broker, agent or other financial intermediary that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
  • Effective October 1, 2005, taxable accounts established with the proceeds of Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Plans.
  • Purchases of Class A shares by former shareholders of Atlas Strategic Income Fund in any Oppenheimer fund into which shareholders of Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund may exchange.
  • Purchases of Class A shares by former shareholders of Oppenheimer Total Return Fund Periodic Investment Plan in any Oppenheimer fund into which shareholders of Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc. may exchange.

B. Waivers of the Class A Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Transactions.

      1. Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are not subject to sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the Distributor on such purchases):

  • Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.
  • Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other distributions reinvested from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds or unit investment trusts for which reinvestment arrangements have been made with the Distributor.
  • Shares purchased by certain Retirement Plans that are part of a retirement plan or platform offered by banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors or insurance companies, or serviced by recordkeepers.
  • Shares purchased by the reinvestment of loan repayments by a participant in a Retirement Plan for which the Manager or an affiliate acts as sponsor.
  • Shares purchased in amounts of less than $5.

      2. Class A shares issued and purchased in the following transactions are not subject to sales charges (a dealer concession at the annual rate of 0.25% is paid by the Distributor on purchases made within the first 6 months of plan establishment):

  • Retirement Plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets.
  • Retirement Plans with a single plan sponsor that have $5 million or more in aggregate assets invested in Oppenheimer funds.

C. Waivers of the Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge for Certain Redemptions.

The Class A CDSC is also waived if shares that would otherwise be subject to the CDSC are redeemed in the following cases:

  • To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually to no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.
  • Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or involuntary redemptions of small accounts (please refer to "Shareholder Account Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
  • For distributions from Retirement Plans, deferred compensation plans or other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
  1. Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must occur after the participant's account was established.
  2. To return excess contributions.
  3. To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
  4. Hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.4
  5. Under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  6. To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
  7. To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  8. For loans to participants or beneficiaries.
  9. Separation from service.5
  10. Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary of the Manager) if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
  11. Plan termination or "in-service distributions," if the redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
  • For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.
  • For distributions from retirement plans that have $10 million or more in plan assets and that have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.
  • For distributions from retirement plans which are part of a retirement plan product or platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance companies or record keepers which have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.
  • At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the CDSC may be waived for redemptions of shares requested by the shareholder of record within 60 days following the termination by the Distributor of the selling agreement between the Distributor and the shareholder of record's broker-dealer of record for the account.

III. Waivers of Class B, Class C and Class N Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds

The Class B, Class C and Class N CDSCs will not be applied to shares purchased in certain types of transactions or redeemed in certain circumstances described below.

A. Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.

The Class B, Class C and Class N CDSCs will be waived for redemptions of shares in the following cases:

  • Shares redeemed involuntarily, as described in "Shareholder Account Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.
  • Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the death or disability of the last surviving shareholder. The death or disability must have occurred after the account was established, and for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of disability by the Social Security Administration.
  • The CDSCs are generally not waived following the death or disability of a grantor or trustee for a trust account. The CDSCs will only be waived in the limited case of the death of the trustee of a grantor trust or revocable living trust for which the trustee is also the sole beneficiary. The death or disability must have occurred after the account was established, and for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code).
  • Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.
  • At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the CDSC may be waived for redemptions of shares requested by the shareholder of record within 60 days following the termination by the Distributor of the selling agreement between the Distributor and the shareholder of record's broker-dealer of record for the account.
  • Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an independent record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.
  • Redemptions of Class B shares by a Retirement Plan that is either created or qualified under Section 401(a) or 401(k) (excluding owner-only 401(k) plans) of the Internal Revenue Code or that is a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, either (1) purchased after June 30, 2008, or (2) beginning on July 1, 2011, held longer than three years.
  • Redemptions by owner-only 401(k) plans of Class B shares purchased after June 30, 2008.
  • Redemptions of Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund in amounts of $1 million or more requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor and submitted more than 12 months after the Retirement Plan's first purchase of Class C shares, if the redemption proceeds are invested to purchase Class N shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.
  • Distributions6 from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
  1. Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must occur after the participant's account was established in an Oppenheimer fund.
  2. To return excess contributions made to a participant's account.
  3. To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
  4. To make hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.4
  5. To make distributions required under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  6. To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
  7. To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  8. For loans to participants or beneficiaries.7
  9. On account of the participant's separation from service.8
  10. Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary of the Manager) offered as an investment option in a Retirement Plan if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
  11. Distributions made on account of a plan termination or "in-service" distributions, if the redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
  12. For distributions from a participant's account under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age 59½, as long as the aggregate value of the distributions does not exceed 10% of the account's value, adjusted annually.
  13. For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.
  • Redemptions of Class B shares or Class C shares under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan from an account other than a Retirement Plan if the aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the account's value annually.

B.Waivers for Shares Sold or Issued in Certain Transactions.

The CDSC is also waived on Class B, Class C and Class N shares sold or issued in the following cases:

  • Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.
  • Shares sold to registered management investment companies or separate accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the Distributor for that purpose.
  • Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.
  • Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in Section I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and retirement plans established by them for their employees.

IV. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Former Shareholders of Quest for Value Funds

For shareholders of the Quest for Value Funds who acquired shares prior to November 24, 1995 and still hold those shares (or shares of an Oppenheimer fund into which any Quest for Value Fund was reorganized), any initial and contingent deferred sales charges will be waived if requested by the shareholder.

V. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Former Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts, Inc.

For shareholders of the Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts who acquired shares prior to March 1, 1996 and still hold those shares (or shares of an Oppenheimer fund into which any Connecticut Mutual Investment Account was reorganized), any initial and contingent deferred sales charges will be waived if requested by the shareholder.

VI. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Former Shareholders of Advance America Funds, Inc.

For shareholders of the Advanced America Funds who acquired shares prior to October 18, 1991 and still hold those shares (or shares of an Oppenheimer fund into which any Advanced American Fund was reorganized), any initial and contingent deferred sales charges will be waived if requested by the shareholder.

Footnotes to Appendix A:

1. An "employee benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement, whether or not it is "qualified" under the Internal Revenue Code, under which Class N shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds are purchased by a fiduciary or other administrator for the account of participants who are employees of a single employer or of affiliated employers. These may include, for example, medical savings accounts, payroll deduction plans or similar plans. The fund accounts must be registered in the name of the fiduciary or administrator purchasing the shares for the benefit of participants in the plan.

2. The term "Group Retirement Plan" means any qualified or non-qualified retirement plan for employees of a corporation or sole proprietorship, members and employees of a partnership or association or other organized group of persons (the members of which may include other groups), if the group has made special arrangements with the Distributor and all members of the group participating in (or who are eligible to participate in) the plan purchase shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other financial institution designated by the group. Such plans include 457 plans, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE plans and 403(b) plans other than plans for public school employees. The term "Group Retirement Plan" also includes qualified retirement plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs that purchase shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other financial institution that has made special arrangements with the Distributor.

3. However, that concession will not be paid on purchases of shares in amounts of $1 million or more (including any right of accumulation) by a Retirement Plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class C shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds held by the Plan for more than one year.

4. This provision does not apply to IRAs.

5. This provision only applies to qualified retirement plans and 403(b)(7) custodial plans after your separation from service in or after the year you reached age 55.

6. The distribution must be requested prior to Plan termination or the elimination of the Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.

7. This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans and loans from the OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single K retirement plan.

8. This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.


 

Appendix B: Ratings Definitions

Ratings Definitions

Below are summaries of the rating definitions used by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations ("NRSROs") listed below. Those ratings represent the opinion of the NRSRO as to the credit quality of issues that they rate. The summaries below are based upon publicly available information provided by the NRSROs.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")

LONG-TERM RATINGS: BONDS AND PREFERRED STOCK ISSUER RATINGS

Aaa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Aaa" are judged to be the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk. Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, the changes that can be expected are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Aa" are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the "Aaa" group, they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as with "Aaa" securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risk appear somewhat larger than that of "Aaa" securities.

A: Bonds and preferred stock rated "A" possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future.

Baa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Baa" are considered medium-grade obligations; that is, they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Ba" are judged to have speculative elements. Their future cannot be considered well-assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

B: Bonds and preferred stock rated "B" generally lack characteristics of the desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Caa" are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Ca" represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C: Bonds and preferred stock rated "C" are the lowest class of rated bonds and can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating classification from "Aa" through "Caa." The modifier "1" indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier "2" indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier "3" indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category. Advanced refunded issues that are secured by certain assets are identified with a # symbol.

PRIME RATING SYSTEM (SHORT-TERM RATINGS – TAXABLE DEBT)

These ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor senior financial obligations and contracts. Such obligations generally have an original maturity not exceeding one year, unless explicitly noted.

Prime-1: Issuer has a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.

Prime-2: Issuer has a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Prime-3: Issuer has an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term obligations. The effect of industry characteristics and market compositions may be more pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result in changes in the level of debt protection measurements and may require relatively high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is maintained.

Not Prime: Issuer does not fall within any Prime rating category.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("Standard & Poor's"), a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

LONG-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS
Issue credit ratings are based in varying degrees, on the following considerations:

  • Likelihood of payment-capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on an obligation in accordance with the terms of the obligation;
  • Nature of and provisions of the obligation; and
  • Protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors' rights.

The issue ratings definitions are expressed in terms of default risk. As such, they pertain to senior obligations of an entity. Junior obligations are typically rated lower than senior obligations, to reflect the lower priority in bankruptcy, as noted above.

AAA: An obligation rated "AAA" has the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor's. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

AA: An obligation rated "AA" differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

A: An obligation rated "A" is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

BBB: An obligation rated "BBB" exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

BB, B, CCC, CC, and C: Obligations rated "BB", "B", "CCC", "CC", and "C" are regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. "BB" indicates the least degree of speculation and "C" the highest. While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

BB: An obligation rated "BB" is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, they face major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B: An obligation rated "B" is more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations rated "BB", but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair the obligor's capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CCC: An obligation rated "CCC" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and are dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC: An obligation rated "CC" is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C: Subordinated debt or preferred stock obligations rated "C" are currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. The "C" rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued. A "C" also will be assigned to a preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that is currently paying.

D: An obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless Standard & Poor's believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

The ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

c: The "c" subscript is used to provide additional information to investors that the bank may terminate its obligation to purchase tendered bonds if the long-term credit rating of the issuer is below an investment-grade level and/or the issuer's bonds are deemed taxable.

p: The letter "p" indicates that the rating is provisional. A provisional rating assumes the successful completion of the project financed by the debt being rated and indicates that payment of debt service requirements is largely or entirely dependent upon the successful, timely completion of the project. This rating, however, while addressing credit quality subsequent to completion of the project, makes no comment on the likelihood of or the risk of default upon failure of such completion. The investor should exercise his own judgment with respect to such likelihood and risk.

Continuance of the ratings is contingent upon Standard & Poor's receipt of an executed copy of the escrow agreement or closing documentation confirming investments and cash flows.

r: The "r" highlights derivative, hybrid, and certain other obligations that Standard & Poor's believes may experience high volatility or high variability in expected returns as a result of noncredit risks. Examples of such obligations are securities with principal or interest return indexed to equities, commodities, or currencies; certain swaps and options; and interest-only and principal-only mortgage securities. The absence of an "r" symbol should not be taken as an indication that an obligation will exhibit no volatility or variability in total return.

N.R. Not rated.

Debt obligations of issuers outside the United States and its territories are rated on the same basis as domestic corporate and municipal issues. The ratings measure the creditworthiness of the obligor but do not take into account currency exchange and related uncertainties.

Bond Investment Quality Standards

Under present commercial bank regulations issued by the Comptroller of the Currency, bonds rated in the top four categories ("AAA", "AA", "A", and "BBB", commonly known as investment-grade ratings) generally are regarded as eligible for bank investment. Also, the laws of various states governing legal investments impose certain rating or other standards for obligations eligible for investment by savings banks, trust companies, insurance companies, and fiduciaries in general

SHORT-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS

Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days-including commercial paper.

A-1: A short-term obligation rated "A-1" is rated in the highest category by Standard & Poor's. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

A-2: A short-term obligation rated "A-2" is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

A-3: A short-term obligation rated "A-3" exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B: A short-term obligation rated "B" is regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

C: A short-term obligation rated "C" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

D: A short-term obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless Standard & Poor's believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D" rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

NOTES:
A Standard & Poor's note rating reflects the liquidity factors and market access risks unique to notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely receive a note rating. Notes maturing beyond three years will most likely receive a long-term debt rating. The following criteria will be used in making that assessment:

  • Amortization schedule-the larger the final maturity relative to other maturities, the more likely it will be treated as a note; and
  • Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for its refinancing, the more likely it will be treated as a note.

SP-1: Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue with a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a (+) designation.

SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.

SP-3: Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.

Fitch, Inc.
International credit ratings assess the capacity to meet foreign currency or local currency commitments. Both "foreign currency" and "local currency" ratings are internationally comparable assessments. The local currency rating measures the probability of payment within the relevant sovereign state's currency and jurisdiction and therefore, unlike the foreign currency rating, does not take account of the possibility of foreign exchange controls limiting transfer into foreign currency.

INTERNATIONAL LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency ratings.

Investment-Grade:

AAA: Highest Credit Quality. "AAA" ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in the case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very High Credit Quality. "AA" ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate a very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

A: High Credit Quality. "A" ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB: Good Credit Quality. "BBB" ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade category.




Speculative Grade:

BB: Speculative. "BB" ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time. However, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not investment-grade.

B: Highly Speculative. "B" ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met. However, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC, CC, and C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments. A "CC" rating indicates that default of some kind appears probable. "C" ratings signal imminent default.

DDD, DD, and D: Default. The ratings of obligations in this category are based on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a reorganization or liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values are highly speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the following serve as general guidelines. "DDD" obligations have the highest potential for recovery, around 90%-100% of outstanding amounts and accrued interest. "DD" indicates potential recoveries in the range of 50%-90%, and "D" the lowest recovery potential, i.e., below 50%.

Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their obligations. Entities rated "DDD" have the highest prospect for resumption of performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization process. Entities rated "DD" and "D" are generally undergoing a formal reorganization or liquidation process; those rated "DD" are likely to satisfy a higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated "D" have a poor prospect for repaying all obligations.

Plus (+) and minus (-) signs may be appended to a rating symbol to denote relative status within the major rating categories. Plus and minus signs are not added to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC," nor to short-term ratings other than "F1" (see below).

INTERNATIONAL SHORT-TERM CREDIT RATINGS
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency ratings. A short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for most obligations, or up to three years for U.S. public finance securities, and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity necessary to meet financial commitments in a timely manner.

F1: Highest credit quality. Strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. May have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

F2: Good credit quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of higher ratings.

F3: Fair credit quality. Capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is adequate. However, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment-grade.

B: Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C: High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

D: Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.

 

Appendix C: Qualifying Hybrid Instruments

Qualifying Hybrid Instruments

Section 2(f) of the Commodities Exchange Act (the "Act") ("Exclusion for qualifying hybrid instruments")

(1) In general

Nothing in this chapter (other than section 16(e)(2)(B) of this title) governs or is applicable to a hybrid instrument that is predominantly a security.

(2) Predominance.

A hybrid instrument shall be considered to be predominantly a security if -

(A)
the issuer of the hybrid instrument receives payment in full of the purchase price of the hybrid instrument, substantially contemporaneously with delivery of the hybrid instrument;

(B)
the purchaser or holder of the hybrid instrument is not required to make any payment to the issuer in addition to the purchase price paid under subparagraph (A), whether as margin, settlement payment, or otherwise, during the life of the hybrid instrument or at maturity;

(C)
the issuer of the hybrid instrument is not subject by the terms of the instrument to mark-to-market margining requirements; and

(D)
the hybrid instrument is not marketed as a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery (or option on such a contract) subject to this chapter.

(3) Mark-to-market margining requirements.

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(C), mark-to-market margining requirements do not include the obligation of an issuer of a secured debt instrument to increase the amount of collateral held in pledge for the benefit of the purchaser of the secured debt instrument to secure the repayment obligations of the issuer under the secured debt instrument.

CFTC Rule 34.3 Hybrid Instrument Exemption

(a) A hybrid instrument is exempt from all provisions of the Act and any person or class of persons offering, entering into, rendering advice or rendering other services with respect to such exempt hybrid instrument is exempt for such activity from all provisions of the Act (except in each case Section 2(a)(1)(B)), provided the following terms and conditions are met:

(1) The instrument is:

(i) An equity or debt security within the meaning of Section 2(l) of the Securities Act of 1933; or

(ii) A demand deposit, time deposit or transaction account within the meaning of 12 CFR 204.2(b)(1), (c)(1) and (e), respectively, offered by an insured depository institution as defined in Section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; an insured credit union as defined in Section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act; or a Federal or State branch or agency of a foreign bank as defined in Section 1 of the International Banking Act;

(2) The sum of the commodity-dependent values of the commodity-dependent components is less than the commodity-independent value of the commodity-independent component;

(3) Provided that:

(i) An issuer must receive full payment of the hybrid instrument's purchase price, and a purchaser or holder of a hybrid instrument may not be required to make additional out-of-pocket payments to the issuer during the life of the instrument or at maturity; and

(ii) The instrument is not marketed as a futures contract or a commodity option, or, except to the extent necessary to describe the functioning of the instrument or to comply with applicable disclosure requirements, as having the characteristics of a futures contract or a commodity option; and

(iii) The instrument does not provide for settlement in the form of a delivery instrument that is specified as such in the rules of a designated contract market;

(4) The instrument is initially issued or sold subject to applicable federal or state securities or banking laws to persons permitted thereunder to purchase or enter into the hybrid instrument.

 

 

Appendix D: Qualifying Swap Transactions

Qualifying Swap Transactions

Section 2(g) of the Act ("Excluded swap transactions")

No provision of this chapter (other than section 7a (to the extent provided in section 7a(g) of this title), 7a-1, 7a-3, or 16(e)(2) of this title) shall apply to or govern any agreement, contract, or transaction in a commodity other than an agricultural commodity if the agreement, contract, or transaction is -

(1) entered into only between persons that are eligible contract participants at the time they enter into the agreement, contract, or transaction;

(2) subject to individual negotiation by the parties; and

(3) not executed or traded on a trading facility.

CFTC Rule 35.2 Exemption

A swap agreement is exempt from all provisions of the Act and any person or class of persons offering, entering into, rendering advice, or rendering other services with respect to such agreement, is exempt for such activity from all provisions of the Act (except in each case the provisions of Sections 2(a)(1)(B), 4b, and 4o of the Act and Section 32.9 of this chapter as adopted under Section 4c(b) of the Act, and the provisions of Sections 6(c) and 9(a)(2) of the Act to the extent these provisions prohibit manipulation of the market price of any commodity in interstate commerce or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market), provided the following terms and conditions are met:

(a) the swap agreement is entered into solely between eligible swap participants at the time such persons enter into the swap agreement;

(b) the swap agreement is not part of a fungible class of agreements that are standardized as to their material economic terms;

(c) the creditworthiness of any party having an actual or potential obligation under the swap agreement would be a material consideration in entering into or determining the terms of the swap agreement, including pricing, cost, or credit enhancement terms of the swap agreement; and

(d) the swap agreement is not entered into and traded on or through a multilateral transaction execution facility;

Provided, however, That paragraphs (b) and (d) of Rule 35.2 shall not be deemed to preclude arrangements or facilities between parties to swap agreements, that provide for netting of payment obligations resulting from such swap agreements nor shall these subsections be deemed to preclude arrangements or facilities among parties to swap agreements, that provide for netting of payments resulting from such swap agreements; Provided further, That any person may apply to the Commission for exemption from any of the provisions of the Act (except 2(a)(1)(B)) for other arrangements or facilities, on such terms and conditions as the Commission deems appropriate, including but not limited thereto, the applicability of other regulatory regimes.

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund, including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2010, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the years in the two-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. The accompanying financial highlights of Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund for the years ended prior to January 1, 2009 were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 11, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
     We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2010, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund as of December 31, 2010, the results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG llp
Denver, Colorado
February 18, 2011

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2010

                 
    Shares     Value  
 
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary--24.2%
               
RAF Fund Ltd.1,2 (Cost $466,028,172)
    4,000,000     $ 427,347,393  
 
               
 
  Principal
Amount
         
 
Asset-Backed Securities--0.0%
               
NC Finance Trust, Collateralized Mtg. Obligation Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-I, Cl. ECFD, 1/25/293,4 (Cost $398,721)
  $ 405,715       48,686  
 
               
U.S. Government Obligations--10.0%
               
U.S. Treasury Bills:
               
0.196%, 4/7/11
    4,000,000       3,998,672  
0.315%, 5/5/11
    11,000,000       10,994,896  
0.259%, 11/17/11
    3,000,000       2,993,772  
U.S. Treasury Nts.:
               
0.375%, 10/31/12
    6,000,000       5,982,660  
0.625%, 7/31/12
    5,000,000       5,014,430  
0.75%, 11/30/11-5/31/12
    15,000,000       15,065,655  
0.875%, 1/31/11-2/29/12
    62,500,000       62,657,710  
1%, 7/31/11-7/15/13
    36,500,000       36,715,033  
1.125%, 12/15/11
    5,000,000       5,038,480  
1.375%, 3/15/12-10/15/12
    18,000,000       18,244,844  
1.75%, 8/15/12
    5,000,000       5,103,515  
4.25%, 1/15/11
    2,000,000       2,002,812  
5%, 8/15/11
    3,500,000       3,603,359  
 
             
 
Total U.S. Government Obligations (Cost $177,027,204)
            177,415,838  
 
               
Corporate Bonds and Notes--0.0%
               
Bank United, 8% Unsec. Sub. Nts., Series A, 3/15/092,3 (Cost $6,928,492)
    6,938,000       26,018  
 
               
Hybrid Instruments--19.2%
               
Commodity-Linked Securities--19.2%
               
AB Svensk Eksportkredit:
               
S&P GSCI ER Index Linked Nts., 0.022%, 6/9/115,6
    23,000,000       41,257,423  
S&P GSCI Industrial Metals ER Index Linked Nts., 0.032%, 6/21/115,7
    23,000,000       54,358,200  
Cargill, Inc.:
               
S&P GSCI ER Index Linked Nts., 0.804%, 3/2/116
    47,000,000       66,627,905  
S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0.719%, 2/7/126,8
    30,000,000       31,551,720  
Morgan Stanley, S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0%, 3/9/114,5,6,9
    20,000,000       27,746,140  
Societe Generale Commodities Products LLC:
               
S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0.261%, 1/25/114,5,6
    15,000,000       22,782,015  
S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0.265%, 4/8/114,5,6
    32,000,000       41,894,432  

 


 

                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Commodity-Linked Securities Continued
               
UBS:
               
S&P GSCI Gold TR Index Linked Nts., 0.111%, 1/26/124,5,10
  $ 10,000,000     $ 10,734,100  
S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0.111%, 1/26/125,6,11
    40,000,000       42,492,440  
 
             
 
Total Hybrid Instruments (Cost $240,000,000)
            339,444,375  
 
               
Short-Term Notes--4.4%
               
Federal Home Loan Bank:
               
0.001%, 1/3/11
    5,000,000       5,000,000  
0.10%, 1/7/11
    5,000,000       4,999,867  
0.15%, 1/12/11
    20,000,000       19,998,533  
0.15%, 2/4/11
    5,000,000       4,999,244  
0.16%, 3/23/11
    2,000,000       1,999,604  
0.19%, 4/15/11
    10,000,000       9,997,170  
0.21%, 2/25/11
    20,000,000       19,993,736  
0.21%, 6/3/11
    5,000,000       4,996,855  
0.21%, 3/11/11
    5,000,000       4,999,164  
 
             
 
               
Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $76,978,515)
            76,984,173  
 
 
  Shares          
 
Investment Companies--43.8%
               
JPMorgan U.S. Treasury Plus Money Market Fund,
               
Agency Shares, 0.00%9,12
    428,177       428,177  
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.21%1,12
    772,568,266       772,568,266  
 
             
Total Investment Companies (Cost $772,996,443)
            772,996,443  
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $1,740,357,547)
    101.6 %     1,794,262,926  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
    (1.6 )     (28,101,737 )
     
 
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 1,766,161,189  
     
Footnotes to Statement of Investments
1.   Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended December 31, 2010, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:
                                 
    Shares     Gross     Gross     Shares  
    December 31, 2009     Additions     Reductions     December 31, 2010  
 
OFI Liquid Assets Fund, LLC
    --       58,111,500       58,111,500       --  
Oppenheimer Institutional
                               
Money Market Fund, Cl. E
    653,342,355       866,205,633       746,979,722       772,568,266  
RAF Fund Ltd.b
    4,000,000       --       --       4,000,000  

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
Footnotes to Statement of Investments Continued
                 
    Value     Income  
 
OFI Liquid Assets Fund, LLC
  $ --     $ 181 a
Oppenheimer Institutional
               
Money Market Fund, Cl. E
    772,568,266       1,716,593  
RAF Fund Ltd.b
    427,347,393       --  
     
 
  $ 1,199,915,659     $ 1,716,774  
     
a.   Net of compensation to the securities lending agent and rebates paid to the borrowing counterparties.
 
b.   Investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of accompanying Notes and individual financial statements of the entity included herein beginning on page 58.
 
2.   Non-income producing security.
 
3.   Issue is in default. See Note 1 of the accompanying Notes.
 
4.   Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities as of December 31, 2010 was $103,205,373, which represents 5.84% of the Fund's net assets. See Note 5 of the accompanying Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:
                                 
                            Unrealized  
    Acquisition                     Appreciation  
Security   Date     Cost     Value     (Depreciation)  
 
Morgan Stanley, S&P GSCI TR Index Linked
                               
Nts., 0%, 3/9/11
    2/23/10     $ 20,000,000     $ 27,746,140     $ 7,746,140  
NC Finance Trust, Collateralized Mtg. Obligation
                               
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-I, Cl. ECFD, 1/25/29
    8/10/10       398,721       48,686       (350,035 )
Societe Generale Commodities Products LLC,
                               
S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0.261%, 1/25/11
    9/22/09       15,000,000       22,782,015       7,782,015  
Societe Generale Commodities Products LLC,
                               
S&P GSCI TR Index Linked Nts., 0.265%, 4/8/11
    3/3/10       32,000,000       41,894,432       9,894,432  
UBS, S&P GSCI Gold TR Index Linked
                               
Nts., 0.111%, 1/26/12
    12/22/10       10,000,000       10,734,100       734,100  
             
 
          $ 77,398,721     $ 103,205,373     $ 25,806,652  
             
5.   Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.
 
6.   Security is linked to the S&P GSCI, the S&P GSCI Excess Return Index or the S&P GSCI Total Return Index. The indexes currently contain twenty-eight commodities contracts from the sectors of energy, metals, livestock and agricultural products. Individual components in the index are weighted by their respective world production values.
 
7.   Security is linked to the S&P GSCI Industrial Metals Excess Return Index. The index currently contains five commodities from the industrial metals sector. Individual components in the index are weighted by their respective world production values.
 
8.   When-issued security or delayed delivery to be delivered and settled after December 31, 2010. See Note 1 of the accompanying Notes.
 
9.   Interest rate is less than 0.0005%.
 
10.   Security is linked to the S&P GSCI Gold Total Return Index. The index consists entirely of the gold component of the S&P GSCI.
 
11.   Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $42,492,440 or 2.41% of the Fund's net assets as of December 31, 2010.
 
12.   Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2010.

 


 

Valuation Inputs
Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund's investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
  1)   Level 1--unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)
 
  2)   Level 2--inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)
 
  3)   Level 3--significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager's own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).
The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2010 based on valuation input level:
                                 
                    Level 3 --        
    Level 1 --     Level 2 --     Significant        
    Unadjusted     Other Significant     Unobservable        
    Quoted Prices     Observable Inputs     Inputs     Value  
 
Assets Table
                               
Investments, at Value:
                               
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
  $ --     $ 427,347,393     $ --     $ 427,347,393  
Asset-Backed Securities
    --       48,686       --       48,686  
U.S. Government Obligations
    --       177,415,838       --       177,415,838  
Corporate Bonds and Notes
    --       26,018       --       26,018  
Hybrid Instruments
    --       339,444,375       --       339,444,375  
Short-Term Notes
    --       76,984,173       --       76,984,173  
Investment Companies
    772,996,443       --       --       772,996,443  
     
Total Assets
  $ 772,996,443     $ 1,021,266,483     $ --     $ 1,794,262,926  
     
Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.
The table below shows the significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. The Fund's policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the reporting period.
                 
    Transfers out of Level 1*     Transfers into Level 2*  
 
Assets Table
               
Investments, at Value:
               
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
  $ (351,239,713 )   $ 351,239,713  
*   Transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 as the current market for the Security is not considered active.
See the accompanying Notes for further discussion of the methods used in determining value of the Fund's investments, and a summary of changes to the valuation methodologies, if any, during the reporting period.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2010
         
Assets
       
Investments, at value--see accompanying statement of investments:
       
Unaffiliated companies (cost $501,761,109)
  $ 594,347,267  
Affiliated companies (cost $772,568,266)
    772,568,266  
Wholly-owned subsidiary (cost $466,028,172)
    427,347,393  
 
     
 
    1,794,262,926  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Shares of beneficial interest sold
    4,383,547  
Interest and dividends
    1,040,620  
Other
    39,673  
 
     
Total assets
    1,799,726,766  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Investments purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis
    30,000,000  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed
    2,546,647  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
    373,742  
Distribution and service plan fees
    331,950  
Shareholder communications
    223,309  
Trustees' compensation
    22,132  
Other
    67,797  
 
     
Total liabilities
    33,565,577  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 1,766,161,189  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets
       
Par value of shares of beneficial interest
  $ 482,783  
Additional paid-in capital
    2,574,320,259  
Accumulated net investment loss
    (258,155,093 )
Accumulated net realized loss on investments
    (604,392,139 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    53,905,379  
 
     
Net Assets
  $ 1,766,161,189  
 
     


 

         
Net Asset Value Per Share
       
 
Class A Shares:
       
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $439,203,915 and 120,117,299 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 3.66  
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 5.75% of offering price)
  $ 3.88  
 
Class B Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $23,488,644 and 6,467,988 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 3.63  
 
Class C Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $86,502,524 and 24,145,180 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 3.58  
 
Class N Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $18,175,774 and 5,035,440 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 3.61  
 
Class Y Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,198,790,332 and 327,017,044 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 3.67  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
         
Investment Income
       
Dividends:
       
Unaffiliated companies
  $ 26  
Affiliated companies
    1,716,593  
Interest
    1,558,827  
Income from investment of securities lending cash collateral -- net, affiliated companies
    181  
Other income
    38,352  
 
     
Total investment income
    3,313,979  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    12,386,748  
Distribution and service plan fees:
       
Class A
    1,013,147  
Class B
    235,046  
Class C
    809,692  
Class N
    79,744  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
       
Class A
    1,864,861  
Class B
    241,954  
Class C
    466,739  
Class N
    111,775  
Class Y
    2,212,646  
Shareholder communications:
       
Class A
    102,259  
Class B
    19,097  
Class C
    30,281  
Class N
    5,106  
Class Y
    180,612  
Custodian fees and expenses
    39,355  
Trustees' compensation
    31,985  
Administration service fees
    1,500  
Other
    174,268  
 
     
Total expenses
    20,006,815  
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (4,890,860 )
 
     
Net expenses
    15,115,955  
 
       
Net Investment Loss
    (11,801,976 )
 

 


 

         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments from unaffiliated companies
  $ 116,891,415  
Wholly-owned subsidiary
    (12,323,686 )
Increase from payment by affiliate
    10,101  
 
     
Net realized gain
    104,577,830  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
    47,682,226  
 
       
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 140,458,080  
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
Year Ended December 31,   2010     20091  
 
Operations
               
Net investment loss
  $ (11,801,976 )   $ (5,268,288 )
Net realized gain (loss)
    104,577,830       (166,606,037 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    47,682,226       300,779,414  
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    140,458,080       128,905,089  
 
               
Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders
               
Dividends from net investment income:
               
Class A
    (6,369,312 )     --  
Class B
    (154,790 )     --  
Class C
    (696,709 )     --  
Class N
    (234,778 )     --  
Class Y
    (21,844,543 )     --  
     
 
    (29,300,132 )     --  
 
               
Beneficial Interest Transactions
               
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial
               
interest transactions:
               
Class A
    (40,899,392 )     93,433,168  
Class B
    (6,269,975 )     (2,926,031 )
Class C
    (8,557,886 )     10,054,832  
Class N
    619,637       2,669,901  
Class Y
    278,967,246       399,899,376  
     
 
    223,859,630       503,131,246  
 
               
Net Assets
               
Total increase
    335,017,578       632,036,335  
Beginning of period
    1,431,143,611       799,107,276  
     
End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $258,155,093 and $217,085,928, respectively)
  $ 1,766,161,189     $ 1,431,143,611  
     
1.   As of January 1, 2010, the Fund's method of determining its cost basis for investments in the Subsidiary was changed to average cost basis. The realized loss and changes in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation for the year ended December 31, 2009 have been restated to reflect the retrospective effect of this change. See Note 1 of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
                                                 
                                            Year Ended  
                            Year Ended December 31,     August 31,  
Class A   2010     2009     2008     2007     20061     2006  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 3.42     $ 3.11     $ 7.51     $ 6.52     $ 7.82     $ 9.59  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)2
    (.03 )     (.02 )     .17       .18       .07       .24  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    .32       .33       (4.29 )     1.80       (1.14 )     (1.17 )
     
Total from investment operations
    .29       0.31       (4.12 )     1.98       (1.07 )     (.93 )
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.05 )     --       (.28 )     (.99 )     (.23 )     (.08 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    --       --       --       --       --       (.76 )
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.05 )     --       (.28 )     (.99 )     (.23 )     (.84 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 3.66     $ 3.42     $ 3.11     $ 7.51     $ 6.52     $ 7.82  
     
 
                                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    8.61 %     9.97 %     (54.57 )%     30.23 %     (13.79 )%     (9.98 )%
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 439,204     $ 457,757     $ 320,191     $ 805,066     $ 729,959     $ 1,017,895  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 410,353     $ 385,924     $ 788,007     $ 729,503     $ 835,927     $ 1,140,904  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                               
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.97 )%     (0.65 )%     2.24 %     2.58 %     3.10 %     2.95 %
Total expenses5
    1.57 %     1.68 %     1.35 %     1.37 %     1.47 %     1.30 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6
    1.19 %     1.23 %     1.08 %     1.13 %     1.23 %     1.29 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 %     51 % 7     86 %7     52 %7     32 % 7     89 %7,8
1.   The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    1.84 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    1.96 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    1.61 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    1.61 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    1.71 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    1.31 %
 
6.   Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    1.46 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    1.51 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    1.34 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    1.37 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    1.47 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    1.30 %
 
7.   The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:
                 
    Purchase Transactions     Sale Transactions  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2009
  $ 39,303,425     $ 39,062,313  
Year Ended December 31, 2008
  $ 1,144,572,727     $ 1,165,957,394  
Year Ended December 31, 2007
  $ 680,590,562     $ 787,318,530  
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
  $ 642,777,532     $ 686,348,366  
Year Ended August 31, 2006
  $ 4,236,251,723     $ 4,418,930,664  
8.   The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                                 
                                            Year Ended  
                            Year Ended December 31,     August 31,  
Class B   2010     2009     2008     2007     20061     2006  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 3.40     $ 3.12     $ 7.39     $ 6.43     $ 7.67     $ 9.46  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)2
    (.06 )     (.04 )     .11       .12       .05       .17  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    .31       .32       (4.17 )     1.75       (1.12 )     (1.15 )
     
Total from investment operations
    .25       .28       (4.06 )     1.87       (1.07 )     (.98 )
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.02 )     --       (.21 )     (.91 )     (.17 )     (.05 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    --       --       --       --       --       (.76 )
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.02 )     --       (.21 )     (.91 )     (.17 )     (.81 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 3.63     $ 3.40     $ 3.12     $ 7.39     $ 6.43     $ 7.67  
     
 
                                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    7.48 %     8.97 %     (54.80 )%     29.00 %     (14.03 )%     (10.72 )%
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 23,489     $ 28,683     $ 29,455     $ 77,686     $ 85,124     $ 115,174  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 23,528     $ 27,137     $ 78,128     $ 76,819     $ 94,533     $ 130,837  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                               
Net investment income (loss)
    (1.75 )%     (1.40 )%     1.40 %     1.70 %     2.28 %     2.05 %
Total expenses5
    2.95 %     3.01 %     2.22 %     2.34 %     2.42 %     2.19 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6
    2.00 %     2.01 %     1.92 %     2.03 %     2.05 %     2.18 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 %     51 %7     86 %7     52 %7     32 % 7     89 %7,8
1.   The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    3.22 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    3.29 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    2.47 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    2.58 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    2.66 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.20 %
 
6.   Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    2.27 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    2.29 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    2.17 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    2.27 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    2.29 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.19 %
 
7.   The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:
                 
    Purchase Transactions     Sale Transactions  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2009
  $ 39,303,425     $ 39,062,313  
Year Ended December 31, 2008
  $ 1,144,572,727     $ 1,165,957,394  
Year Ended December 31, 2007
  $ 680,590,562     $ 787,318,530  
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
  $ 642,777,532     $ 686,348,366  
Year Ended August 31, 2006
  $ 4,236,251,723     $ 4,418,930,664  
 
8.   The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

                                                 
                                            Year Ended  
                            Year Ended December 31,     August 31,  
Class C   2010     2009     2008     2007     20061     2006  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 3.35     $ 3.08     $ 7.34     $ 6.40     $ 7.64     $ 9.42  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)2
    (.06 )     (.04 )     .11       .12       .05       .17  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    .32       .31       (4.15 )     1.74       (1.12 )     (1.13 )
     
Total from investment operations
    .26       .27       (4.04 )     1.86       (1.07 )     (.96 )
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.03 )     --       (.22 )     (.92 )     (.17 )     (.06 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    --       --       --       --       --       (.76 )
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.03 )     --       (.22 )     (.92 )     (.17 )     (.82 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 3.58     $ 3.35     $ 3.08     $ 7.34     $ 6.40     $ 7.64  
     
 
                                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    7.74 %     8.77 %     (54.84 )%     29.03 %     (14.03 )%     (10.59 )%
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 86,502     $ 90,170     $ 72,405     $ 172,402     $ 170,180     $ 245,844  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 80,967     $ 78,974     $ 177,461     $ 159,408     $ 197,628     $ 261,017  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                               
Net investment income (loss)
    (1.73 )%     (1.41 )%     1.46 %     1.76 %     2.30 %     2.17 %
Total expenses5
    2.45 %     2.59 %     2.15 %     2.20 %     2.28 %     2.09 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6
    1.96 %     1.99 %     1.87 %     1.96 %     2.03 %     2.08 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 %     51 % 7     86 %7     52 %7     32 % 7     89 %7,8
1.   The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    2.72 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    2.87 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    2.39 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    2.44 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    2.52 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.10 %
 
6.   Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    2.23 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    2.27 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    2.11 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    2.20 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    2.27 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.09 %
 
7.   The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:
                 
    Purchase Transactions     Sale Transactions  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2009
  $ 39,303,425     $ 39,062,313  
Year Ended December 31, 2008
  $ 1,144,572,727     $ 1,165,957,394  
Year Ended December 31, 2007
  $ 680,590,562     $ 787,318,530  
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
  $ 642,777,532     $ 686,348,366  
Year Ended August 31, 2006
  $ 4,236,251,723     $ 4,418,930,664  
 
8.   The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                                 
                                            Year Ended  
                            Year Ended December 31,     August 31,  
Class N   2010     2009     2008     2007     20061     2006  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 3.38     $ 3.08     $ 7.43     $ 6.46     $ 7.74     $ 9.51  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)2
    (.04 )     (.03 )     .15       .15       .07       .21  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    .32       .33       (4.23 )     1.78       (1.14 )     (1.15 )
     
Total from investment operations
    .28       .30       (4.08 )     1.93       (1.07 )     (.94 )
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.05 )     --       (.27 )     (.96 )     (.21 )     (.07 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    --       --       --       --       --       (.76 )
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.05 )     --       (.27 )     (.96 )     (.21 )     (.83 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 3.61     $ 3.38     $ 3.08     $ 7.43     $ 6.46     $ 7.74  
     
 
                                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    8.21 %     9.74 %     (54.74 )%     29.77 %     (13.89 )%     (10.22 )%
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 18,176     $ 16,412     $ 12,219     $ 22,913     $ 19,428     $ 24,106  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 16,050     $ 13,661     $ 25,985     $ 20,068     $ 20,724     $ 24,867  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                               
Net investment income (loss)
    (1.23 )%     (0.89 )%     1.94 %     2.17 %     2.83 %     2.59 %
Total expenses5
    2.06 %     2.25 %     1.72 %     1.91 %     1.85 %     1.71 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6
    1.45 %     1.47 %     1.39 %     1.53 %     1.49 %     1.66 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 %     51 %7     86 %7     52 %7     32 %7     89 %7,8
1.   The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    2.33 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    2.53 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    1.97 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    2.15 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    2.09 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    1.72 %
 
6.   Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    1.72 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    1.75 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    1.64 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    1.77 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    1.73 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    1.67 %
 
7.   The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:
                 
    Purchase Transactions     Sale Transactions  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2009
  $ 39,303,425     $ 39,062,313  
Year Ended December 31, 2008
  $ 1,144,572,727     $ 1,165,957,394  
Year Ended December 31, 2007
  $ 680,590,562     $ 787,318,530  
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
  $ 642,777,532     $ 686,348,366  
Year Ended August 31, 2006
  $ 4,236,251,723     $ 4,418,930,664  
 
8.   The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

                                                 
                                            Year Ended  
                            Year Ended December 31,     August 31,  
Class Y   2010     2009     2008     2007     20061     2006  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 3.43     $ 3.11     $ 7.55     $ 6.55     $ 7.88     $ 9.63  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)2
    (.02 )     (.01 )     .20       .22       .09       .29  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    .33       .33       (4.32 )     1.80       (1.15 )     (1.18 )
     
Total from investment operations
    .31       .32       (4.12 )     2.02       (1.06 )     (.89 )
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.07 )     --       (.32 )     (1.02 )     (.27 )     (.10 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    --       --       --       --       --       (.76 )
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.07 )     --       (.32 )     (1.02 )     (.27 )     (.86 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 3.67     $ 3.43     $ 3.11     $ 7.55     $ 6.55     $ 7.88  
     
 
                                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    8.99 %     10.29 %     (54.24 )%     30.82 %     (13.61 )%     (9.54 )%
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 1,198,790     $ 838,122     $ 364,837     $ 441,305     $ 264,593     $ 327,949  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 974,924     $ 549,032     $ 500,443     $ 346,011     $ 272,831     $ 255,428  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                               
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.60 )%     (0.21 )%     2.75 %     3.06 %     3.67 %     3.52 %
Total expenses5
    1.08 %     1.01 %     0.87 %     0.86 %     0.89 %     0.84 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses6
    0.81 %     0.73 %     0.62 %     0.62 %     0.65 %     0.83 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 %     51 % 7     86 %7     52 %7     32 % 7     89 %7,8
1.   The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Ratio including all expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    1.35 %
Year. Ended December 31, 2009
    1.29 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    1.13 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    1.10 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    1.13 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    0.85 %
 
6.   Ratio including expenses of the wholly-owned subsidiary and indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    1.08 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    1.01 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    0.88 %
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    0.86 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
    0.89 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    0.84 %
 
7.   The portfolio turnover rate excludes purchase and sale transactions of To Be Announced (TBA) mortgage-related securities as follows:
                 
    Purchase Transactions     Sale Transactions  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2009
  $ 39,303,425     $ 39,062,313  
Year Ended December 31, 2008
  $ 1,144,572,727     $ 1,165,957,394  
Year Ended December 31, 2007
  $ 680,590,562     $ 787,318,530  
Four Months Ended December 31, 2006
  $ 642,777,532     $ 686,348,366  
Year Ended August 31, 2006
  $ 4,236,251,723     $ 4,418,930,664  
 
8.   The portfolio turnover rate including the transfer of securities to RAF Fund Ltd. would have been 119%.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund (the "Fund"), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund's investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager"). The Sub-Adviser is Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (the "Sub-Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager.
     The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Class N and Class Y shares. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus a front-end sales charge. Class B, Class C and Class N shares are sold without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC"). Class N shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on those accounts. Class Y shares are sold to certain institutional investors without either a front-end sales charge or a CDSC, however, the institutional investor may impose charges on those accounts. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, B, C and N have separate distribution and/or service plans. No such plan has been adopted for Class Y shares. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after the date of purchase.
     The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.
Investment in RAF Fund Ltd. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in RAF Fund Ltd., a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"), which is expected to invest primarily in commodity and financial futures and option contracts, as well as fixed income securities and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivatives positions. The Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and Subsidiary are both managed by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser.
     The Fund does not consolidate the assets, liabilities, capital or operations of the Subsidiary into its financial statements. Rather, the Subsidiary is separately presented as an investment in the Fund's Statement of Investments. Shares of the Subsidiary are valued at their net asset value per share. Gains or losses on withdrawals of capital from the Subsidiary by the Fund are recognized on an average cost basis. Unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary is recorded in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Fund's Statement of Operations. Distributions received from the Subsidiary are recorded as income on the ex-dividend date.
     For tax purposes, the Subsidiary is an exempted Cayman investment company. The Subsidiary has received an undertaking from the Government of the Cayman Islands exempting it from all local income, profits and capital gains taxes through June of 2026.

 


 

No such taxes are levied in the Cayman Islands at the present time. For U.S. income tax purposes, the Subsidiary is a Controlled Foreign Corporation and as such is not subject to U.S. income tax. However, as a wholly-owned Controlled Foreign Corporation, the Subsidiary's net income and capital gain, to the extent of its earnings and profits, will be included each year in the Fund's investment company taxable income. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Subsidiary has a surplus of $93,721,106 in its taxable earnings and profits. In addition, any in-kind capital contributions made by the Fund to the Subsidiary will result in the Fund recognizing taxable gain to the extent of unrealized gain, if any, on securities transferred to the Subsidiary while any unrealized losses on securities so transferred will not be recognized at the time of transfer.
Change in Method of Accounting for Cost Basis. Prior to January 1, 2010, realized and unrealized gains and losses related to the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary were recognized on a cost recovery basis. The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission recently expressed its preference, in certain public forums, for alternatives to the cost recovery method under U.S. GAAP and suggested that advisers of registered funds evaluate whether the use of this methodology remains appropriate. Following this assessment, the Fund has determined to recognize gains and losses on this investment on an average cost basis. Accordingly, the cost basis of the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary has been adjusted retroactively to the time at which such investment in the Subsidiary was originally entered into applying an average cost basis.
     The balances for net realized loss and net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets were restated for 2009 to reflect the change to the average cost method.
Effect of the change to average cost basis on the fiscal years detailed below:
                 
Statements of            
Operations/Changes in            
Net Assets   2010     2009  
 
Net realized gain (loss)
    (12,323,686 )     (63,330,667 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    12,323,686       63,330,667  
The change to the average cost method had no effect on the Fund's net assets during any period.
Securities Valuation. The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange"), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading.
     Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as "Level 1," inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices for an asset that are observable are classified as "Level 2" and significant unobservable inputs, including the Manager's judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability, are classified as "Level 3."

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. A table summarizing the Fund's investments under these levels of classification is included following the Statement of Investments.
     Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by portfolio pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees or dealers.
     Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which it is traded, prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. Securities whose principal exchange is NASDAQ are valued based on the official closing prices reported by NASDAQ prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the current day's closing "bid" and "asked" prices, and if not, at the current day's closing bid price. A foreign security traded on a foreign exchange is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the portfolio pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded.
     Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company's net asset value per share.
     U.S. domestic and international debt instruments (including corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and "money market-type" debt instruments with a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are valued at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices utilizing price quotations obtained from independent pricing services or broker-dealers. Such prices are typically determined based upon information obtained from market participants including reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations and inputs such as benchmark yields and issuer spreads from identical or similar securities.
     "Money market-type" debt instruments with remaining maturities of sixty days or less are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value.
     In the absence of a readily available unadjusted quoted market price, including for securities whose values have been materially affected by what the Manager identifies as a significant event occurring before the Fund's assets are valued but after the close of the securities' respective exchanges, the Manager, acting through its internal valuation committee, in good faith determines the fair valuation of that asset using consistently applied procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees (which reviews those fair valuations by the Manager). Those procedures include certain standardized methodologies to fair value securities. Such methodologies include, but are not limited to, pricing securities initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be adjusted for any discounts related to resale restrictions.

 


 

When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
     There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies of the Fund during the period.
     The net asset value per share of the Subsidiary is determined as of the close of the Exchange, on each day the Exchange is open for trading. The net asset value per share is determined by dividing the value of the Subsidiary's net assets by the number of shares that are outstanding. The Subsidiary values its investments in the same manner as the Fund as described above.
Hybrid Instruments. The Fund invests in hybrid instruments whose market values, interest rates and/or redemption prices are linked to the performance of underlying foreign currencies, interest rate spreads, stock market indices, prices of individual securities, commodities or other financial instruments or the occurrence of other specific events. The hybrid instruments are often leveraged, increasing the volatility of each note's market value relative to the change in the underlying linked financial element or event.
Fluctuations in value of these securities are recorded as unrealized gains and losses in the accompanying Statement of Operations. The Fund records a realized gain or loss when a hybrid instrument is sold or matures.
Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a "when-issued" basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a "delayed delivery" basis. "When-issued" or "delayed delivery" refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase. As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis as follows:
         
    When-Issued or Delayed Delivery  
    Basis Transactions  
 
Purchased securities
  $ 30,000,000  

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
Credit Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield, non-investment-grade bonds, which may be subject to a greater degree of credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Fund may acquire securities in default, and is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers or underlying obligors subsequently default. Information concerning securities in default as of December 31, 2010 is as follows:
         
Cost
  $ 7,327,213  
Market Value
  $ 74,704  
Market Value as a % of Net Assets
  Less than 0.005%
Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund ("IMMF") to seek current income while preserving liquidity. IMMF is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Manager is also the investment adviser of IMMF. When applicable, the Fund's investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of IMMF are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of IMMF's Class E expenses, including its management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in IMMF.
Investment in OFI Liquid Assets Fund, LLC. The Fund is permitted to invest cash collateral received in connection with its securities lending activities. Pursuant to the Fund's Securities Lending Procedures, the Fund may invest cash collateral in, among other investments, an affiliated money market fund. OFI Liquid Assets Fund, LLC ("LAF") is a limited liability company whose investment objective is to seek current income and stability of principal. The Manager is also the investment adviser of LAF. LAF is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. However, LAF does comply with the investment restrictions applicable to registered money market funds set forth in Rule 2a-7 adopted under the Investment Company Act. When applicable, the Fund's investment in LAF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of LAF are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of LAF's expenses, including its management fee of 0.08%.
Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

 


 

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund's tax return filings generally remain open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends.
The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.
                       
                    Net Unrealized
                    Depreciation Based
                    on Cost of Securities
                    and Other
Undistributed   Undistributed     Accumulated     Investments for
Net Investment   Long-Term     Loss     Federal Income
Income   Gain     Carryforward1,2,3,4     Tax Purposes
 
$71,967,160
  $ --     $ 612,953,478          $ 267,625,041
1.   As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had $612,935,307 of net capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. As of December 31, 2010, details of the capital loss carryforwards were as follows:
       
Expiring      
 
2014
  $ 18,442,411
2015
    219,621,438
2017
    374,871,458
 
   
Total
  $ 612,935,307
 
   
2.   As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had $18,171 of post-October losses available to offset future realized capital gains, if any. Such losses, if unutilized, will expire in 2019.
 
3.   During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund utilized $116,771,746 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.
 
4.   During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.
Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for December 31, 2010. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.
               
            Increase to
    Reduction to     Accumulated
Reduction to   Accumulated Net     Net Realized Loss
Paid-in Capital   Investment Loss     on Investments
 
$14,772
  $ 32,943     $ 18,171
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was as follows:
               
    Year Ended     Year Ended
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009
 
Distributions paid from:
             
Ordinary income
  $ 29,300,132     $ --
The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes as of December 31, 2010 are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.
         
Federal tax cost of securities
  $ 2,061,887,967  
 
     
 
       
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 99,859,531  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (367,484,572 )
 
     
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (267,625,041 )
 
     
Trustees' Compensation. The Board of Trustees has adopted a compensation deferral plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustee under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustee in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of "Other" within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees' fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund's assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as deemed necessary by the Manager.
Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.
Custodian Fees. "Custodian fees and expenses" in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The "Reduction to custodian expenses" line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.
Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold (except for the investments in the Subsidiary) are determined on the basis of identified cost.
Indemnifications. The Fund's organizational documents provide current and former trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
2. Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2010     Year Ended December 31, 2009  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
 
Class A
                               
Sold
    49,753,091     $ 164,102,495       87,654,271     $ 266,943,838  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    1,527,251       5,559,193       --       --  
Redeemed
    (65,007,099 )     (210,561,080 )     (56,658,586 )     (173,510,670 )
           
Net increase (decrease)
    (13,726,757 )   $ (40,899,392 )     30,995,685     $ 93,433,168  
           
 
                               
Class B
                               
Sold
    1,923,851     $ 6,351,831       2,868,738     $ 8,733,352  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    39,268       141,759       --       --  
Redeemed
    (3,941,785 )     (12,763,565 )     (3,877,941 )     (11,659,383 )
           
Net decrease
    (1,978,666 )   $ (6,269,975 )     (1,009,203 )   $ (2,926,031 )
           
 
                               
Class C
                               
Sold
    6,830,561     $ 22,128,897       11,769,031     $ 35,279,446  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    163,767       583,012       --       --  
Redeemed
    (9,730,678 )     (31,269,795 )     (8,419,935 )     (25,224,614 )
           
Net increase (decrease)
    (2,736,350 )   $ (8,557,886 )     3,349,096     $ 10,054,832  
           
 
                               
Class N
                               
Sold
    2,155,915     $ 6,982,940       2,936,957     $ 8,847,540  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    56,627       203,291       --       --  
Redeemed
    (2,032,911 )     (6,566,594 )     (2,043,202 )     (6,177,639 )
           
Net increase
    179,631     $ 619,637       893,755     $ 2,669,901  
           
 
                               
Class Y
                               
Sold
    155,299,139     $ 510,492,938       184,430,530     $ 570,013,642  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    5,559,337       20,291,580       --       --  
Redeemed
    (78,282,118 )     (251,817,272 )     (57,454,454 )     (170,114,266 )
           
Net increase
    82,576,358     $ 278,967,246       126,976,076     $ 399,899,376  
           
3. Purchases and Sales of Securities
The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IMMF and LAF, for the year ended December 31, 2010, were as follows:
                 
    Purchases     Sales  
 
Investment securities
  $ 137,000,000     $ 172,881,112  
U.S. government and government agency obligations
    109,070,899       13,017,000  


 

4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
         
Fee Schedule        
 
Up to $200 million
    1.00 %
Next $200 million
    0.90  
Next $200 million
    0.85  
Next $200 million
    0.80  
Over $800 million
    0.75  
Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager retains the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser a fee in monthly installments, based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
         
Fee Schedule        
 
Up to $200 million
    0.500 %
Next $200 million
    0.450  
Next $200 million
    0.425  
Next $200 million
    0.400  
Over $800 million
    0.375  
Administration Service Fees. The Fund pays the Manager a fee of $1,500 per year for preparing and filing the Fund's tax returns.
Transfer Agent Fees. OppenheimerFunds Services ("OFS"), a division of the Manager, acts as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays OFS a per account fee. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund paid $3,944,370 to OFS for services to the Fund.
     Additionally, Class Y shares are subject to minimum fees of $10,000 annually for assets of $10 million or more. The Class Y shares are subject to the minimum fees in the event that the per account fee does not equal or exceed the applicable minimum fees. OFS may voluntarily waive the minimum fees.
Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the "Distributor") acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund's classes of shares.
Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the "Plan") for Class A shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial institutions periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates Continued

hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the "Plans") for Class B, Class C and Class N shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to compensate the Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of those shares and servicing accounts. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class B and Class C shares daily net assets and 0.25% on Class N shares daily net assets. The Distributor also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan. If either the Class B, Class C or Class N plan is terminated by the Fund or by the shareholders of a class, the Board of Trustees and its independent trustees must determine whether the Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the service fee and/or asset-based sales charge in respect to shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations. The Distributor determines its uncompensated expenses under the Plans at calendar quarter ends. The Distributor's aggregate uncompensated expenses under the Plans at December 31, 2010 were as follows:
         
Class B
  $ 3,171,331  
Class C
    5,007,460  
Class N
    579,941  
Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. The sales charges retained by the Distributor from the sale of shares and the CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the following table for the period indicated.
                                         
            Class A     Class B     Class C     Class N  
    Class A     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent  
    Front-End     Deferred     Deferred     Deferred     Deferred  
    Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges  
    Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by  
Year Ended   Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor  
 
December 31, 2010
  $ 168,538     $ 5,112     $ 48,538     $ 18,220     $ 3,560  
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid to the Manager by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by the Manager unless the Manager first obtains the prior approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees for such termination. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager waived $3,296,388.

 


 

     OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees for all classes to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class.
During the year ended December 31, 2010, OFS waived transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees as follows:
         
Class A
  $ 433,864  
Class B
    160,013  
Class C
    184,625  
Class N
    55,665  
The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in IMMF. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $760,305 for IMMF management fees.
     Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time; some may not be modified or terminated until after one year from the date of the current prospectus, as indicated therein.
     During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager voluntarily reimbursed the Fund $10,101 for certain transactions. The payment is reported separately in the Statement of Operations and increased the Fund's total returns by less than 0.01%.
5. Restricted Securities
As of December 31, 2010, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments.
6. Securities Lending
The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income in the form of fees or interest on securities received as collateral or the investment of any cash received as collateral. The loans are secured by collateral (either securities, letters of credit, or cash) in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund could experience delays and cost in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund continues to receive the economic benefit of interest or dividends paid on the securities loaned in the form of a substitute payment received from the borrower and recognizes the gain or loss in the fair value of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.
As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had no securities on loan.

 


 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
7. Pending Litigation
Since 2009, a number of lawsuits have been pending in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not including the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name as defendants certain officers and current and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
     In 2009, what are claimed to be derivative lawsuits were filed in state court against the Manager and a subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. These lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
     Other lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits were filed by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, and relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm ("Madoff "). Those suits allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors as defendants. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.
     The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and is defending against them vigorously. The Defendant Funds' Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits brought against those Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.

 


 

8. Subsequent Event
The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the "Act") was signed into law on December 22, 2010. The Act makes changes to a number of tax rules impacting the Fund. Under the Act, future capital losses generated by a fund may be carried over indefinitely, but these losses must be used prior to the utilization of any pre-enactment capital losses. Since pre-enactment capital losses may only be carried forward for eight years, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of a fund's pre-enactment capital losses will expire unused. In general, the provisions of the Act will be effective for the Fund's fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. Specific information regarding the impact of the Act on the Fund will be contained within the "Federal Taxes" section of the financial statement notes for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

 


RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of RAF Fund Ltd.:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of RAF Fund Ltd., including the statement of investments, as of December 31, 2010, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the years in the two-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. The accompanying financial highlights of RAF Fund Ltd. for the years ended prior to January 1, 2009 were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 11, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
     We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2010, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RAF Fund Ltd. as of December 31, 2010, the results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG llp
Denver, Colorado
February 18, 2011

 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS December 31, 2010
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Asset-Backed Securities--0.0%
               
NC Finance Trust, Collateralized Mtg. Obligation Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1999-I, Cl. ECFD, 1/25/291,2 (Cost $82,949)
  $ 239,840     $ 28,781  
 
               
U.S. Government Obligations--44.6%
               
U.S. Treasury Bills:
               
0.127%, 1/13/11
    20,000,000       19,999,833  
0.185%, 7/28/11
    3,000,000       2,996,790  
0.25%, 9/22/113
    11,000,000       10,983,192  
0.243% 10/20/11
    5,000,000       4,991,140  
0.259%, 11/17/11
    10,000,000       9,979,240  
U.S. Treasury Nts.:
               
0.375%, 8/31/12-10/31/12
    9,700,000       9,674,717  
0.625%, 7/31/12
    8,000,000       8,023,088  
0.75%, 5/31/12
    6,550,000       6,582,272  
0.75%, 11/30/113
    5,700,000       5,723,381  
0.875%, 5/31/11-1/31/12
    12,000,000       12,064,803  
0.875%, 1/31/11-2/28/113
    17,700,000       17,717,223  
1%, 7/31/11-8/31/11
    5,475,000       5,501,412  
1%, 9/30/11-10/31/113
    10,950,000       11,015,406  
1.125%, 1/15/123
    10,500,000       10,585,722  
1.375%, 5/15/12-3/15/13
    15,500,000       15,726,297  
1.375%, 2/15/12-11/15/123
    11,000,000       11,151,934  
1.75%, 11/15/11-4/15/13
    10,000,000       10,204,890  
4.25%, 1/15/11
    3,425,000       3,429,816  
4.75%, 3/31/113
    5,500,000       5,560,803  
4.875%, 5/31/11
    2,000,000       2,038,516  
5%, 2/15/11-8/15/11
    5,100,000       5,236,359  
5.125%, 6/30/113
    1,500,000       1,536,621  
 
             
 
               
Total U.S. Government Obligations (Cost $190,430,919)
            190,723,455  
 
               
Short-Term Notes--47.6%
               
Federal Home Loan Bank:
               
0.001%, 1/3/11
    76,830,000       76,829,996  
0.02%, 1/4/11
    10,000,000       9,999,842  
0.07%, 1/26/11
    10,000,000       9,998,299  
0.08%, 1/5/11
    9,000,000       8,999,818  
0.08%, 1/21/11
    1,000,000       999,908  
0.09%, 1/14/11
    5,000,000       4,999,624  
0.09%, 1/19/11
    2,200,000       2,199,754  
0.13%, 1/10/11
    2,000,000       1,999,935  
0.15%, 1/12/11
    4,200,000       4,199,788  
0.15%, 2/4/11
    1,600,000       1,599,743  
0.16%, 2/2/11
    2,000,000       1,999,716  
0.16%, 3/2/11
    2,000,000       1,999,710  
0.16%, 3/23/11
    6,000,000       5,998,812  
0.17%, 4/11/11
    3,500,000       3,499,048  
0.18%, 4/27/11
    8,500,000       8,497,306  

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Short-Term Notes Continued
               
Federal Home Loan Bank: Continued
               
0.18%, 5/4/11
  $ 8,500,000     $ 8,496,575  
0.19%, 3/18/11
    5,500,000       5,498,983  
0.19%, 5/13/11
    1,000,000       999,234  
0.19%, 4/13/11
    5,000,000       4,998,610  
0.19%, 4/15/11
    3,000,000       2,999,151  
0.19%, 4/29/11
    8,000,000       7,997,424  
0.21%, 5/25/11
    3,000,000       2,998,581  
0.21%, 6/3/11
    8,850,000       8,844,433  
0.21%, 6/15/11
    3,000,000       2,997,963  
0.21%, 3/11/11
    4,600,000       4,599,232  
0.21%, 6/17/11
    7,000,000       6,995,191  
0.24%, 6/1/11
    2,000,000       1,998,753  
 
             
 
               
Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $203,225,315)
            203,245,429  
                                 
    Expiration     Strike              
    Date     Price     Contracts      
 
Options Purchased--0.2%
                               
Corn Futures, 3/14/11 Call4
    2/28/11     $ 630       287       570,413  
Corn Futures, 3/14/11 Put4
    2/28/11       510       287       57,400  
 
                           
 
                               
Total Options Purchased (Cost $632,064)
                          627,813  
                 
    Shares          
 
Investment Company--8.2%
               
JPMorgan U.S. Treasury Plus Money Market Fund, Agency
Shares, 0.00%5,6 (Cost $35,085,280)
    35,085,280       35,085,280  
 
               
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $429,456,527)
    100.6 %     429,710,758  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
    (0.6 )     (2,363,365 )
       
 
               
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 427,347,393  
       
Footnotes to Statement of Investments
 
1.   Issue is in default. See Note 1 of the accompanying Notes.
 
2.   Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities as of December 31, 2010 was $28,781, which represents 0.01% of the Fund's net assets. See Note 5 of the accompanying Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:
                                 
    Acquisition                     Unrealized  
Security   Date     Cost     Value     Depreciation  
 
NC Finance Trust, Collateralized Mtg.
                               
Obligation Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 1999-I, Cl. ECFD, 1/25/29
    8/10/10     $ 82,949     $ 28,781     $ 54,168  
3.   All or a portion of the security position is held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and written options on futures, if applicable. The aggregate market value of such securities is $63,078,311. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

 


 

4.   Non-income producing security.
 
5.   Interest rate is less than 0.0005%.
 
6.   Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2010.
The following issuer is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended December 31, 2010 by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment advisor. There were no affiliate securities held by the Fund as of December 31, 2010. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:
                                 
    Shares     Gross     Gross     Shares  
    December 31, 2009     Additions     Reductions     December 31, 2010  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money
                               
Market Fund, Cl. E
    208,630,000       493,560,000       702,190,000       --  
 
                               
                                 
 
                          Income
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
                          $ 216,639  
Valuation Inputs
Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund's investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
  1)   Level 1--unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)
 
  2)   Level 2--inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)
 
  3)   Level 3--significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager's own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).
The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2010 based on valuation input level:
                                 
                    Level 3 --        
    Level 1 --     Level 2 --     Significant        
    Unadjusted     Other Significant     Unobservable        
    Quoted Prices     Observable Inputs     Inputs     Value  
 
Assets Table
                               
Investments, at Value:
                               
Asset-Backed Securities
  $ --     $ 28,781     $ --     $ 28,781  
U.S. Government Obligations
    --       190,723,455       --       190,723,455  
Short-Term Notes
    --       203,245,429       --       203,245,429  
Options Purchased
    627,813       --       --       627,813  
Investment Company
    35,085,280       --       --       35,085,280  
     
Total Investments, at Value
    35,713,093       393,997,665       --       429,710,758  
 
                               
Other Financial Instruments:
                               
Futures margins
    385,248,813       --       --       385,248,813  
     
Total Assets
  $ 420,961,906     $ 393,997,665     $ --     $ 814,959,571  
     
Liabilities Table
                               
Other Financial Instruments:
                               
Futures margins
  $ (368,075,328 )   $ --     $ --     $ (368,075,328 )
Appreciated options written, at value
    (91,481 )     --       --       (91,481 )
     
Total Liabilities
  $ (368,166,809 )   $ --     $ --     $ (368,166,809 )
     

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
Footnotes to Statement of Investments Continued
Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.
See the accompanying Notes for further discussion of the methods used in determining value of the Fund's investments, and a summary of changes to the valuation methodologies, if any, during the reporting period.
Futures Contracts as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:
                         
            Unrealized     Percentage of  
            Appreciation     Fund Net  
Contract Description   Buy/Sell     (Depreciation)     Assets  
 
Agriculture
  Buy   $ 6,095,532       1.43 %
Energy
  Buy     19,418,136       4.54  
Energy
  Sell     (363,259 )     (0.09 )
Industrial Metals
  Buy     120,707       0.03  
Industrial Metals
  Sell     (198,752 )     (0.05 )
Livestock
  Buy     2,884,681       0.68  
Livestock
  Sell     (740,832 )     (0.17 )
Precious Metals
  Buy     581,144       0.14  
Softs
  Buy     7,705,983       1.80  
               
 
          $ 35,503,340       8.31 %
               
Written Options as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:
                                                         
            Number of     Exercise     Expiration     Premiums             Unrealized  
Description   Type     Contracts     Price     Date     Received     Value     Appreciation  
 
Corn Futures
    Put       287     $ 530       2/18/11     $ 436,693     $ (91,481 )   $ 345,212  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES December 31, 2010
         
Assets
       
Investments, at value (cost $429,456,527)--see accompanying statement of investments
  $ 429,710,758  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Futures margins
    385,248,813  
Interest and dividends
    619,093  
Other
    868  
 
     
Total assets
    815,579,532  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Appreciated options written, at value (premiums received $436,693)
    91,481  
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Futures margins
    368,075,328  
Investments purchased
    19,999,833  
Other
    65,497  
 
     
Total liabilities
    388,232,139  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 427,347,393  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets
       
Par value of shares of beneficial interest
  $ 40,000  
Additional paid-in capital
    457,240,539  
Accumulated net investment income
    34,816,320  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments
    (100,852,249 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    36,102,783  
 
     
Net Assets--applicable to 4,000,000 shares of beneficial interest outstanding
  $ 427,347,393  
 
     
 
       
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price Per Share and Offering Price Per Share
  $ 106.84  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
         
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010        
 
Investment Income
       
Dividends:
       
Unaffiliated companies
  $ 126  
Affiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $12,746)
    216,639  
Interest
    875,867  
 
     
Total investment income
    1,092,632  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    3,297,649  
Directors' compensation
    15,454  
Custodian fees and expenses
    2,030  
Other
    40,500  
 
     
Total expenses
    3,355,633  
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (109,294 )
 
     
Net expenses
    3,246,339  
 
       
Net Investment Loss
    (2,153,707 )
 
       
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments from unaffiliated companies (including premiums on options exercised)
    (1,192,928 )
Closing and expiration of option contracts written
    1,684,856  
Closing and expiration of futures contracts
    92,518,380  
Increase from payment by affiliate
    4,983  
 
     
Net realized gain
    93,015,291  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
       
Investments
    202,605  
Futures contracts
    1,698,279  
Option contracts written
    345,212  
 
     
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    2,246,096  
 
       
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 93,107,680  
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
Year Ended December 31,   2010     2009  
 
Operations
               
Net investment loss
  $ (2,153,707 )   $ (275,594 )
Net realized gain
    93,015,291       8,997,447  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
    2,246,096       53,097,234  
       
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    93,107,680       61,819,087  
 
               
Capital Transactions
               
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital transactions
    (17,000,000 )     62,997,457  
 
               
Net Assets
               
Total increase
    76,107,680       124,816,544  
Beginning of period
    351,239,713       226,423,169  
       
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $34,816,320 and $36,970,027, respectively)
  $ 427,347,393     $ 351,239,713  
       
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
RAF Fund Ltd. (the "Fund") is organized as a Cayman Islands Company Limited by Shares. The Fund intends to carry on the business of an investment company and to acquire, invest in and hold by way of investment, sell and deal in commodities and interests therein including futures contracts, options and forward contracts, shares, stocks, call options, put options, debenture stock, bonds, obligations, certificates of deposit, bills of exchange and securities of all kinds. The Fund's investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager"). The Sub-Adviser is Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. ("ORAMI" or the "Sub-Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager. As of December 31, 2010, 100% of the Fund was owned by Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund ("OCSTRF"). The Manager is also the investment adviser of OCSTRF and ORAMI is also the Sub-Adviser of OCSTRF.
     The beneficial interest of each investor in the Fund is represented by units of participating shares. The Fund's directors may further designate classes of participating shares and series within each class. As of December 31, 2010, the directors have not designated classes or series of outstanding participating shares. During the year ended December 31, 2010, all income, profits, losses and expenses, if any, of the Fund were allocated pro rata to all participating shares of the Fund. Issuance of additional participating shares is at the discretion of the Fund's directors.
     The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.
Securities Valuation. The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange"), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading.
     Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as "Level 1," inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices for an asset that are observable are classified as "Level 2" and significant unobservable inputs, including the Manager's judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability, are classified as "Level 3." The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. A table summarizing the Fund's investments under these levels of classification is included following the Statement of Investments.
     Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by portfolio pricing services approved by the Board of Directors or dealers.
     Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which it is traded, prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. Securities whose principal exchange is NASDAQ are valued based on the official closing prices reported by NASDAQ prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the current day's closing "bid" and "asked" prices, and if not, at the current day's closing bid price. A foreign security traded on a foreign exchange is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the portfolio pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded.
     Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company's net asset value per share.
     U.S. domestic and international debt instruments (including corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and "money market-type" debt instruments with a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are valued at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices utilizing price quotations obtained from independent pricing services or broker-dealers. Such prices are typically determined based upon information obtained from market participants including reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations and inputs such as benchmark yields and issuer spreads from identical or similar securities.
     "Money market-type" debt instruments with remaining maturities of sixty days or less are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value.
     In the absence of a readily available unadjusted quoted market price, including for securities whose values have been materially affected by what the Manager identifies as a significant event occurring before the Fund's assets are valued but after the close of the securities' respective exchanges, the Manager, acting through its internal valuation committee, in good faith determines the fair valuation of that asset using consistently applied procedures under the supervision of the Board of Directors (which reviews those fair valuations by the Manager). Those procedures include certain standardized methodologies to fair value securities. Such methodologies include, but are not limited to, pricing securities initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be adjusted for any discounts related to resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
     There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies of the Fund during the period.
Credit Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield, non-investment-grade bonds, which may be subject to a greater degree of credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Fund may acquire securities in default, and is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers or underlying obligors subsequently default. Information concerning securities in default as of December 31, 2010 is as follows:
         
Cost
  $ 82,949  
Market Value
  $ 28,781  
Market Value as a % of Net Assets
    0.01 %
Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund ("IMMF") to seek current income while preserving liquidity. IMMF is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Manager is also the investment adviser of IMMF. When applicable, the Fund's investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of IMMF are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of IMMF's Class E expenses, including its management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in IMMF.
Income Taxes. The Fund has received an undertaking from the Government of the Cayman Islands exempting it from all local income, profits and capital gains taxes through June of 2026. No such taxes are levied in the Cayman Islands at the present time. The Fund is a Controlled Foreign Corporation under U.S. tax laws and as such is not subject to U.S. income tax. Therefore, the Fund is not required to record a tax provision.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are declared and paid annually from the Fund's tax basis earnings and profits. Distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date.
Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.
Custodian Fees. "Custodian fees and expenses" in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The "Reduction to custodian expenses" line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.
Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
Indemnifications. The Fund's organizational documents provide current and former directors and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. Capital Transactions
The Fund has authorized 5,000,000 participating shares of $0.01 par value per share. The Fund issued 4,000,000 participating shares for $500,000 on August 15, 2006 in conjunction with OCSTRF's initial capitalization of the Fund. All subsequent capital contributions and withdrawals did not have participating shares associated with the transaction.
Capital transactions were as follows:
                 
    Year Ended     Year Ended  
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
 
Contributions
  $ 60,000,000     $ 117,997,457  
Withdrawals
    (77,000,000 )     (55,000,000 )
       
Net increase (decrease)
  $ (17,000,000 )   $ 62,997,457  
       
3. Expenses
Management Fees. Management fees paid to the Manager were in accordance with the investment advisory agreement with the Fund which provides for a fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
         
Fee Schedule        
 
Up to $200 million
    1.00 %
Next $200 million
    0.90  
Next $200 million
    0.85  
Next $200 million
    0.80  
Over $800 million
    0.75  

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
3. Expenses Continued
Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager retains the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser a fee in monthly installments, based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
         
Fee Schedule        
 
Up to $200 million
    0.500 %
Next $200 million
    0.450  
Next $200 million
    0.425  
Next $200 million
    0.400  
Over $800 million
    0.375  
The Fund shall bear all fees and expenses related to the business and affairs of the Fund, including among others, directors' fees, audit fees, custodian fees and expenses in connection with the purchase and sale of securities and other Fund assets.
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investments in IMMF. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $109,294 for management fees.
     Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time; some may not be modified or terminated until after one year from the date of the current prospectus, as indicated therein.
     During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager voluntarily reimbursed the Fund $4,983 for certain transactions. The payment is reported separately in the Statement of Operations and increased the Fund's total returns by less than 0.01%.
4. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments
The Fund's investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. Central to those strategies are features inherent to derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity and debt securities: they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors.

 


 

Market Risk Factors. In accordance with its investment objectives, the Fund may use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to one or more of the following market risk factors:
Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.
Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality bonds.
Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.
Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument's price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument's price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.
The Fund's actual exposures to these market risk factors during the period are discussed in further detail, by derivative type, below.
Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Fund's use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.
     Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund's performance.

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
4. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
     Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives. Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.
Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund's derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.
Credit Related Contingent Features. The Fund's agreements with derivative counter-parties have several credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund's net assets and or a percentage decrease in the Fund's Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund's International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements which govern certain positions in swaps, over-the-counter options and swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.
Valuations of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:
                                 
Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  
Derivatives Not   Statement of             Statement of        
Accounted for as   Assets and             Assets and        
Hedging Instruments   Liabilities Location     Value     Liabilities Location     Value  
 
Commodity contracts
    Futures margins     $ 385,248,813 *     Futures margins
    $ 368,075,328 *
Commodity contracts
                    Appreciated options
written, at value
      91,481  
Commodity contracts
    Investments, at value       627,813 **                
 
                           
Total
          $ 385,876,626             $ 368,166,809  
 
                           
*   Includes only the current day's variation margin. Prior variation margin movements have been reflected in cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities upon receipt or payment.
 
**   Amounts relate to purchased options.


 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives
                                 
    Investments from     Closing and     Closing and        
    unaffiliated companies     expiration of     expiration of        
Derivatives Not Accounted   (including premiums on     option contracts     futures        
for as Hedging Instruments   options exercised)*     written     contracts     Total  
 
Commodity contracts
  $ (1,267,354 )   $ 1,684,856     $ 92,518,839     $ 92,936,341  
Equity contracts
    --       --       (459 )     (459 )
           
Total
  $ (1,267,354 )   $ 1,684,856     $ 92,518,380     $ 92,935,882  
           
*   Includes purchased option contracts, purchased swaption contracts and written option contracts exercised, if any.
Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives
                               
Derivatives Not Accounted           Option contracts     Futures      
for as Hedging Instruments   Investments*     written     contracts     Total
 
Commodity contracts
  $ (4,251 )   $ 345,212     $ 1,698,279     $ 2,039,240
*   Includes purchased option contracts and purchased swaption contracts, if any.
Futures Contracts
A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts that relate to broadly based securities indices (financial futures), debt securities (interest rate futures) and various commodities (commodity index futures). The Fund may also buy or write put or call options on these futures contracts.
     Futures contracts traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund's assets are valued.
     Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses.
     Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statement of Investments. Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for variation margin are noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.
     The Fund has purchased futures contracts on various equity indexes to increase exposure to equity risk.
     The Fund has purchased futures contracts, which have values that are linked to the price movement of the related commodities, in order to increase exposure to commodity risk.


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
4. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
     The Fund has sold futures contracts, which have values that are linked to the price movement of the related commodities, in order to decrease exposure to commodity risk.
     During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund had an average market value of $1,040,134,154 and $67,225,534 on futures contracts purchased and sold, respectively.
     Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund's securities.
Option Activity
The Fund may buy and sell put and call options, or write put and call options. When an option is written, the Fund receives a premium and becomes obligated to sell or purchase the underlying security at a fixed price, upon exercise of the option.
     Options are valued daily based upon the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the option is traded. The difference between the premium received or paid, and market value of the option, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation is reported in the Statement of Operations. When an option is exercised, the cost of the security purchased or the proceeds of the security sale are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations.
     The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security or commodity increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security or commodity decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. The Fund also has the additional risk that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contract.
     Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk for over-the-counter options and liquidity risk.
     The Fund has purchased put options on individual commodities to decrease exposure to commodity risk. A purchased put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.
     The Fund has purchased call options on individual commodities to increase exposure to commodity risk. A purchased call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price.
     During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund had an average market value of $61,677 and $77,196 on purchased call options and purchased put options, respectively.
     Options written, if any, are reported in a schedule following the Statement of Investments and as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover potential obligations with respect to outstanding written options are noted in the Statement of Investments.


 

     The Fund has written put options on individual commodities to increase exposure to commodity risk. A written put option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument appreciates relative to the strike price.
     The Fund has written call options on individual commodities to decrease exposure to commodity risk. A written call option becomes more valuable as the price of the underlying financial instrument depreciates relative to the strike price.
     During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund had an average market value of $175,231 and $79,696 on written call options and written put options, respectively. Written option activity for the year ended December 31, 2010 was as follows:
                                 
    Call Options     Put Options  
    Number of     Amount of     Number of     Amount of  
    Contracts     Premiums     Contracts     Premiums  
 
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2009
    --     $ --       --     $ --  
Options written
    1,246       779,340       3,566       1,876,756  
Options closed or expired
    (803 )     (483,002 )     (2,830 )     (1,293,976 )
           
Options exercised
    (443 )     (296,338 )     (449 )     (146,087 )
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2010
    --     $ --       287     $ 436,693  
           
5. Restricted Securities
As of December 31, 2010, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Directors as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments.
6. Financial Highlights
The following represents the total return of the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2010. Total return was calculated based upon the daily returns of the Fund during this period. The calculation has not been annualized for reporting purposes:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    15.38 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    9.42 %
Year Ended December 31, 2008
    (75.33 )%
Year Ended December 31, 2007
    80.70 %
Four Months Ended December 31, 20061
    (15.18 )%
Period Ended August 31, 20062
    (2.47 )%
The following represents certain financial ratios of the Fund for the periods noted. The computation of the net investment income and total expense ratios was based upon the daily net assets of the Fund during these periods. The calculations have been annualized for reporting purposes:

 


 

RAF FUND LTD. (the "SUBSIDIARY")
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
6. Financial Highlights Continued
                                                 
                                    Four        
                                    Months     Period  
    Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Ended     Ended  
    Dec. 31,     Dec. 31,     Dec. 31,     Dec. 31,     Dec. 31,     August 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     20061     20062  
 
Ratios to average net assets:
                                               
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.62 )%     (0.11 )%     4.22 %     4.41 %     4.47 %     4.45 %
Total expenses
    0.97 %3     0.99 %3     0.96 %     0.97 %     0.99 %     0.84 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    0.94 %     0.93 %     0.96 %     0.97 %     0.99 %     0.84 %
1.   The Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31.
 
2.   For the period from August 15, 2006 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2006.
 
3.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010
    1.00 %
Year Ended December 31, 2009
    1.05 %
7. Pending Litigation
Since 2009, a number of lawsuits have been pending in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not including the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name as defendants certain officers and current and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
     In 2009, what are claimed to be derivative lawsuits were filed in state court against the Manager and a subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. These lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
     Other lawsuits have been filed since 2008 in various state and federal courts, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits were filed by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, and relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm ("Madoff "). Those suits allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors as defendants. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.
     The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and is defending against them vigorously. The Defendant Funds' Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits brought against those Funds and the present and former Independent Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.
8. Subsequent Events Evaluation
The Fund has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through February 18, 2011, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. This evaluation determined that there are no subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments.


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Website
www.oppenheimerfunds.com

Investment Adviser
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Two World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1008

Distributor
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Two World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1008

Transfer Agent
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217
1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

Custodian Bank
JPMorgan Chase Bank
4 Chase Metro Tech Center
Brooklyn, New York 11245

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP
707 Seventeenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202

Counsel to the Funds & Independent Trustees
K&L Gates LLP
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100
Chicago, Illinois 60602

PX0735.001.0311

OPPENHEIMER COMMODITY STRATEGY TOTAL RETURN FUND
 
FORM N-1A
 
PART C
 
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 28. Exhibits

(a)     

(i)     Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated October 30, 2000: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 7 (12/28/00), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(ii)     

Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated June 25, 2002: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 9 (10/22/02), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated December 11, 2006: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 17 (12/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Articles of Association of RAF Fund Ltd. Dated May 30, 2006: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 16 (10/06/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(b)     

(i)      By-Laws, Amended and Restated as of October 24, 2000: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 8 (12/27/01), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(ii)     By-Laws, Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2007: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 20 (4/30/09), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)     Not applicable.

(d)     (i)     Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement dated 01/01/05: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 12 (10/20/05), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

Sub-Advisory Agreement dated 03/08/99, by and between OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. with respect to the Registrant: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 4 (10/29/99), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Amended Investment Advisory Agreement dated 10/05/06 by and between RAF Fund Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 16 (10/06/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Sub-Advisory Agreement dated 6/30/06, by and between OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. with respect to the RAF Fund Ltd.: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 15 (9/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.


(e)     (i)     General Distributor's Agreement dated 03/31/97: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (9/18/97), to Registrant's registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

Form of Dealer Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No. 33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Form of Broker Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No. 33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Form of Agency Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No. 33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(v) Form of Trust Company Fund/SERV Purchase Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer High Yield Fund (Reg. No. 2-62076), (10/26/01), and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(vi)     Form of Trust Company Agency Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No.33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)      (i) Form of Oppenheimer Funds Compensation Deferral Plan, As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund (Reg. No. 333-146105), (5/29/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)     (i)     Global Custody Agreement dated August 16, 2002, as amended: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund (Reg. No. 2-69719), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

     (ii)     Amendment dated September 28, 2010 to the Global Custody Agreement: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund (Reg. No. 333-78269), (10/28/10), and incorporated herein by reference

     (iii)     Form of Global Custody Agreement between RAF Fund Ltd. and JP Morgan Chase Bank: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 15 (9/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)      Not applicable.
 

(i)     (i)      Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 2/5/97. Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (9/18/97) to Registrant's registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

     (ii)     Opinion and Consent of Counsel for Class N shares dated December 28, 2000: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 7 (12/28/00), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(j)     Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent: Filed herewith.

(k)     Not applicable.
 

(l)     

Investment Letter from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to Registrant: Previously filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, 2/5/97, and incorporated herein by reference.


(m)     (i)     Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement for Class A shares dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 17 (12/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class B shares dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 17 (12/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(iii)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class C shares dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 17 (12/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(iv)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class N shares dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Post-Effective No. 17 (12/28/06), to Registrant’s registration statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

(n)      Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 updated through 9/17/09: Previously filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund (Reg. No. 333-78269), (10/2/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(o) Powers of Attorney dated February 23, 2011 for all Trustees/Directors and Officers: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Short Duration Fund (Reg. No. 333-171815), (3/14/11), and incorporated herein by reference.

(p)     Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated November 30, 2007, as revised January 18, 2011 under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 99 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc., (Reg. No. 2-11052), (3/28/11), and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 29. - Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund

The Fund wholly owns and controls RAF Fund Ltd. (“Subsidiary”), a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary’s financial statements will be included in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders, as indicated in Item 30.

Item 30. - Indemnification

Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seventh of Registrant's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit 28(a) to this Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 31. - Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser

(a)      OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser of the Registrant; it and certain subsidiaries and affiliates act in the same capacity to other investment companies, including without limitation those described in Parts A and B hereof and listed in Item 31(b) below.
 
(b)     There is set forth below information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each officer and director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is, or at any time during the past two fiscal years has been, engaged for his/her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

Name and Current Position with OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Other Business and Connections During the Past Two Years

Timothy L. Abbuhl,

Senior Vice President

Treasurer of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation and OFI Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Patrick Adams
Vice President

None

Robert Agan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Shareholders Services, Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Obianyo Akunwafor,
Vice President

None.

Carl Algermissen,
Vice President & Senior Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation.

Ramesh Allu,
Vice President

Formerly VP of Business Solutions at Equant Solutions (July 2008 – July 2010).

Michael Amato,
Vice President

None

Nicole Andersen,
Assistant Vice President

None

Konstantin Andreev,
Assistant Vice President

None

Raymond Anello,
Vice President

Formerly Portfolio Manager of Dividend Strategy/Sector Analyst for Energy/Utilities at RS Investments (June 2007– April 2009).

Janette Aprilante,
Vice President & Secretary

Secretary (since December 2001) of: Centennial Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since June 2003), Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since January 2005), OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. (since June 2003) and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since June 2003). Assistant Secretary of OFI Trust Company (since December 2001).

Daryl Armstrong,
Vice President

None

Hany S. Ayad,
Vice President

None

Paul Aynsley,
Vice President

None

James F. Bailey,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2006).

Robert Baker,
Vice President

None

John Michael Banta,
Assistant Vice President

None

Anthony Barbato,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Barnes,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adam Bass,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kevin Baum,
Senior Vice President

None

Jeff Baumgartner,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Kathleen Beichert,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Joseph Bejarano,
Assistant Vice President

None

Emanuele Bergagnini, Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Robert Bertucci, Assistant Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Rajeev Bhaman,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Ross Bielak,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a senior manager at Sapient Corporation (April 2004 – January 2010).

Adam Bierstedt,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a manager in the Business Controller Group at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2006 – January 2010).

Craig Billings,
Vice President

None

Mark Binning, Assistant Vice President

None

Donal Bishnoi, Assistant Vice President

None

Beth Bleimehl,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa I. Bloomberg,
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

Veronika Boesch,
Vice President

None

Chad Boll,
Vice President

None

Michelle Borre Massick,
Vice President

None

Lori E. Bostrom,
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

John Boydell,
Vice President

None

Richard Britton,
Vice President

None

Jack Brown,
Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Roger Buckley,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joy Budzinski,
Vice President

None

Carla Buffulin,
Vice President

None

Stephanie Bullington,
Vice President

None

Julie Burke,
Vice President

None

Lisa Burke,
Assistant Vice President

Previously a Manager and OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Mark Burns,
Vice President

None

JoAnne Butler,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christine Calandrella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Camarella,
Vice President

None

Edward Campbell,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2007 – January 2011).

Debra Casey,
Vice President

None

Herman Chan,
Vice President

None

Ronald Chibnik,
Vice President

None

Patrick Sheng Chu,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jennifer Clark,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Vice President at Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., and OFI Private Investments Inc.

H.C. Digby Clements,
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Thomas Closs,
Assistant Vice President

None

Darrin Clough,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly an Intermediate/Senior Analyst (April 2009 – June 2010) and Senior Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

David Cole,
Assistant Vice President

None

Tamara Colorado,
Vice President

None

Eric Compton,
Vice President

None

Scott Cottier,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

William Couch,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stephanie Colca,
Assistant Vice President

None.

Geoffrey Craddock
Executive Vice President

Formerly Senior Vice President and Head of Market Risk Management for CIBC.

Terry Crady,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly IT Development Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Roger W. Crandall,
Director

President, Director and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Chairman of the Board & Class A Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Lisa Crotty,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jerry Cubbin,
Vice President

Formerly a Consultant at National Australia Bank, (May 2009 – October 2009), and a Consultant at Magnitude Capital, (November 2008 – May 2009).

George Curry,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Rushan Dagli,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

John Damian,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Robert Dawson,
Assistant Vice President

None

John Delano,
Vice President

None

Madeline Delianides,
Vice President

None

Kendra Delisa,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alessio de Longis,
Vice President

None

Brendan Deasy,
Vice President

None

Damaris De Los Santos,
Assistant Vice President

None

Richard Demarco, Assistant Vice President

None

Mark Demitry, Vice President

None

Robin Dey, Vice President

None

Craig P. Dinsell,
Executive Vice President

None

Randall C. Dishmon,
Vice President

None

Ryan Dolan,
Assistant Vice President

None

Steven D. Dombrower,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Alicia Dopico,
Vice President

None

Andrew Doyle,
Senior Vice President

Formerly First Vice President, head of Global Wealth Management Rewards and Information Services at Bank of America (March 2006 – March 2009).

Thomas Doyle,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adam Drvenkar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy,
Vice President

Formerly Intermediate Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (August 2004 – May 2009).

Brian Dvorak,
Vice President

None

Taylor Edwards,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Peter Elder,
Vice President

None

Peter Ellman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christopher Emanuel,
Vice President

None

Daniel R. Engstrom,
Vice Presiden
t

None

James Robert Erven,
Assistant Vice President

None

Dana Espinel,
Assistant Vice President

Senior Meetings Events Manager at Wolters Kluwer (May 2007 – October 2010)

George R. Evans,
Senior Vice President & Director of Equities

None

Kathy Faber,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Falicia,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary (as of July 2004) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Matthew Farkas,
Vice President and Senior Counsel

None

Kristie Feinberg,
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., Centennial Asset Management Corp., OFI Trust Company; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc.; Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Emmanuel Ferreira,
Vice President

None

Steven Fling,
Assistant Vice President

None

Colleen M. Franca,
Vice President

None

Debbie Francis,
Assistant Vice President

None

Dominic Freud,
Vice President

None

Marcus Franz,
Vice President

None

Arthur Gabinet,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Executive Vice President (since May 2010) and General Counsel (since January 2011) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (since January 2011); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Assistant Secretary (since January 2011) and Director (since January 2011) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since January 2011); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since January 2011); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since January 2011); Vice President of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp (since February 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); General Counsel, Asset Management of the Manager (May 2010-December 2010); (Principal, The Vanguard Group (November 2005-April 2010).

Hazem Gamal,
Vice President

None

Charles Gapay,
Assistant Vice President

None

Anthony W. Gennaro, Jr.,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager for media, internet and telecom and a co-portfolio manager for mid-cap portfolios with the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – April 2009.); Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Timothy Gerlach,
Assistant Vice President

None

Charles Gilbert,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alan C. Gilston,
Vice President

Director of OFI Trust Company

Edward Gizzi,
Vice President and Assistant Counsel

Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP (February 2006 – October 2010).

William F. Glavin, Jr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

Formerly Executive Vice President and co-Chief Operating Officer of MassMutual Financial Group; Director of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer, President & Management Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Jill E. Glazerman,
Senior Vice President

None

Kevin Glenn,
Vice President

None

Manind Govil,
Senior Vice President

Formerly portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009); Senior Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Raquel Granahan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Robert B. Grill,
Senior Vice President

None

Samuel Groban,
Assistant Vice President

None

Selin Gulcelik,
Vice President

None

Marilyn Hall,
Vice President

None

Cheryl Hampton,
Vice President

Formerly Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund and Hedge Fund Operations at Calamos Advisors LLC (March 2007 – September 2009).

Kelly Haney,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jason Harubin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Steve Hauenstein,
Assistant Vice President

None

Molly Hausmann,
Assistant Vice President

None

Thomas B. Hayes,
Vice President

None

Heidi Heikenfeld,
Vice President

None

Lori Heinel
Senior Vice President

Formerly a managing director and head of investment solutions at Citi Private Bank

Nicholas Henry,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Product Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (June 2007 – February 2011).

Philipp Hensler,
Executive Vice President

Formerly CEO, Chairman and Managing Director at DWS Investment Distributors, Inc.; Director, Chairman of the Board & President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc; Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Centennial Asset Management, Inc.

Kenneth Herold,
Assistant Vice President

None

Robert Herz,
Vice President

Formerly a Managing Director at John W. Bristol & Co., Inc. (May 2003 – January 2011).

Benjamin Hetrick,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joseph Higgins,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Todd Hiller,
Vice President

None

Dorothy F. Hirshman,
Vice President

None

Daniel Hoelscher,
Assistant Vice President

None

Craig Holloway,
Vice President

None

Lucienne Howell,
Vice President

None

Brian Hourihan,
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OFI Trust Company, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since April 2006) and Trinity Investment Management Corporation; Secretary of OFI Trust Company.

Edward Hrybenko, Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Jason Hubersberger, Vice President

None

Douglas Huffman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Margaret Hui, Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Dana Hunter, Assistant Vice President

None

John Huttlin, Vice President

Senior Vice President (Director of the International Division) (since January 2004) of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Director (since June 2003) of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited.

Kelly Bridget Ireland,
Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives,
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation, HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

Frank V. Jennings,
Senior Vice President

None

Lisa Kadehjian, Vice President

None

Rezo Kanovich, Vice President

None

Amee Kantesaria, Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Cem Karacadag, Vice President

None

Thomas W. Keffer,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Sean Keller,
Vice President

None

James Kennedy,
Senior Vice President

None

John Kiernan,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Robert Kinsey,
Vice President

None

Audrey Kiszla,
Vice President

None

Daniel Kohn,
Vice President

None

Samuel Koren,
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

None

Martin S. Korn,
Senior Vice President

None

Michael Kotlarz,
Vice President

None

Lisa A. Krahl,
Assistant Vice President

None

Brian Kramer,
Vice President

Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Magnus Krantz,
Vice President

Formerly an Analyst at RS Investments (December 2005 – May 2009).

Alexander Kurinets,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gloria LaFond,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa Lamentino,
Vice President

None

Eric Larson,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Equity Trader at RS Investments (October 2006 – May 2009).

Gayle Leavitt,
Vice President

None

John Lech,
Vice President

None

Helena Lee,
Assistant Vice President

Previously an associate at Citigroup (October 2006 – February 2011).

Johnny C. Lee,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Victor Lee,
Vice President

None

Young-Sup Lee,
Vice President

None.

Randy Legg,
Vice President & Senior Counsel

None

Michael Leskinen,
Vice President

None

Michael S. Levine,
Vice President

None

Brian Levitt,
Vice President

None

Justin Leverenz,
Senior Vice President

None

William M. Levey,
Assistant Vice President & Assistant Counsel

Formerly an attorney at Seward & Kissel LLP (September 2005 – April 2009).

Gang Li,
Vice President

None

Shanquan Li,
Vice President

None

Julie A. Libby,
Senior Vice President

President and Chief Operating Officer of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Mitchell J. Lindauer,
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel

None

William Linden,
Vice President

None

Jay Lisowski,
Vice President

None

Justin Livengood,
Vice President

None

Christina Loftus,
Vice President

None

David P. Lolli,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel G. Loughran,
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Misha Lozovik,
Vice President

None

Dongyan Ma,
Assistant Vice President

None

Amrish Makwana,
Assistant Vice President

Previously a Vice President at Loomis Sayles & Co. (November 2004 – March 2007).

Dana Mangnuson,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel Martin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kenneth Martin,
Vice President

Formerly a Compliance Officer at Merrill Lynch & Co. (May 2007 – August 2009).

William T. Mazzafro,
Vice President

None

Melissa Mazer,
Vice President

None

Neil McCarthy,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Elizabeth McCormack,
Vice President

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., and OFI Trust Company.

Joseph McDonnell,
Vice President

None

Annika McGovern,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joseph McGovern,
Vice President

None

Benedict Mclaughlin,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a management associate at Citigroup (January 2007 – January 2010).

William McNamara,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Michael Medev,
Assistant Vice President

None

Krishna Memani,
Senior Vice President and Director of Fixed Income

Senior Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Jay Mewhirter,
Vice President

None

Andrew J. Mika, Senior Vice President

None

Jan Miller, Assistant Vice President

None

Scott Miller, Vice President

None

Rejeev Mohammed, Assistant Vice President

None

David Moore, Vice President

None

Sarah Morrison,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jill Mulcahy,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Suzanne Murphy,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Thomas J. Murray,
Vice President

None

Christina Nasta,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Amie Nelson,
Vice President

None

Derek Newman,
Vice President and Assistant Counsel

Formerly an associate at Dechert LLP

Paul Newman,
Assistant Vice President

None

James B. O’Connell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Patricia O’Connor,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew O’Donnell,
Vice President

None

Lisa Ogren,
Assistant Vice President

None

Tony Oh,
Vice President

None

Kristina Olson,
Senior Vice President

None

Kristin Pak,
Vice President

None

Lerae A. Palumbo,
Assistant Vice President

None

Phillip Parrotta,
Senior Vice President

None

Kim Pascalau,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

Robert H. Pemble,
Vice President

None

Lori L. Penna,
Vice President

None

Nadia Persaud,
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel

Formerly an associate at Sidley Austin, LLP.

Brian Petersen,
Vice President

Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Marmeline Petion-Midy,
Vice President

None

David Pfeffer,
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer & Director

Management Director and Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc. and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Director & Executive Vice President OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Trinity Investment Management Corporation; Senior Vice President of OFI Trust Company; Director & President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Director of Shareholder Services, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

James F. Phillips,
Senior Vice President

None

Gary Pilc,
Vice President

None

Christine Polak,
Vice President

None

Sergei Polevikov,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jeffrey Portnoy,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stacy Pottinger,
Vice President

None

Christopher Proctor,
Vice President

None

John Ptasinski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Senior Manager at Jeppesen Sanderson, and Boeing Company (November 2003 – January 2011)

Ellen Puckett,
Assistant Vice President

None

Charlie Pulire,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Portfolio Analyst at Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. (February 2007 – December 2010).

Jodi Pullman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Quarles,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael E. Quinn,
Vice President

None

Julie S. Radtke,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Ram,
Vice President

Sector manager at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009) and Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Strategies; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Norma J. Rapini,
Assistant Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Amber Reilly,
Assistant Vice President

Manager (October 2008 – May 2009) at Newsday Media Group.

Jill Reiter,
Assistant Vice President

None

Barbara Reinhard,
Senior Vice President

Formerly deputy Chief Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Jill Reiter,
Assistant Vice President

None

Maria Ribeiro De Castro,
Vice President

None

Grace Roberts,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Rockmuller,
Vice President

None

Antoinette Rodriguez,
Vice President

None

Lucille Rodriguez,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Rollings,
Director

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Class A Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Stacey Roode,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

Erica Rualo,
Vice President

None

Adrienne Ruffle,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Gerald Rutledge,
Vice President

None

Sean Ryan,
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel

None

Gary Salerno,
Assistant Vice President

None

Valerie Sanders,
Vice President

None

Carlos Santiago
Assistant Vice President

None

Kurt Savallo,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Senior Business Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Mary Beth Schellhorn,
Assistant Vice President

None

Ellen P. Schoenfeld,
Vice President

None

Patrick Schneider,
Vice President

None

Scott A. Schwegel,
Assistant Vice President

None

Allan P. Sedmak,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Severski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Lead IS Engineer at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2006 – May 2009).

Jennifer L. Sexton,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Asutosh Shah,
Vice President

None

Kamal Shah,
Vice President

None

Tammy Sheffer,
Senior Vice President

None

Richard Shepley,
Vice President

Managing Director at Deutsche Asset Management (January 1998 – March 2010).

William Sheppard,
Vice President

None

Mary Dugan Sheridan,
Vice President

None

Nicholas Sherwood,
Assistant Vice President

None

Joel Simon,
Vice President

Formerly Assistant Vice President at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (1999 –
2009).

David C. Sitgreaves,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jan Smith,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds Inc. (May 2005 – June 2009).

Louis Sortino,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Keith J. Spencer,
Senior Vice President

None

Brett Stein,
Vice President

None

Richard A. Stein,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Arthur P. Steinmetz,
Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer

Director and Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Director & President of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

Jennifer Stevens,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Stewart,
Assistant Vice President

None

Wayne Strauss,
Vice President

None

Peter Strzalkowski,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management, Inc.

Agata Strzelichowski,
Assistant Vice President

None

Amy Sullivan,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management, Inc.

Michael Sussman,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Kanishka Surana,
Vice President

Partner and Director of Analytics at Ogilvy and Mather (May 2009 – July 2010); Manager at Gerson and Lehrman Group (October 2007 – May 2009).

Kelly Thomas,
Assistant Vice President

None

Igor Tishin,
Vice President

Formerly an employee at Troika Dialog USA (February 2005 – January 2011).

Matthew Torpey,
Vice President

None

Melinda Trujillo,
Vice President

None

Leonid Tsvayg,
Assistant Vice President

None

Keith Tucker,
Vice President

None

Angela Uttaro,
Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Julie Van Cleave,
Vice President

None

Mark S. Vandehey,
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. and OFI Trust Company and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Maureen Van Norstrand,
Vice President

None

Nancy Vann,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Raman Vardharaj,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager and a senior quantitative analyst at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009); Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Rene Vecka,
Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Elaine Villas
Assistant Vice President

None

Ryan Virag,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jake Vogelaar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Phillip F. Vottiero,
Senior Vice President

None

Mark Wachter,
Vice President

None

Darren Walsh,
Executive Vice President

President and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

Eliot Walsh,
Assistant Vice President

None

Richard Walsh,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments.

Samuel Wang,
Vice President

Director (January 2010 – October 2010) and Vice President (November 2005 – December 2009) of Global Communications and Public Affairs at Citigroup, Inc.

Elizabeth Ward,
Director

Senior Vice President and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Class A Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Thomas Waters,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Margaret Weaver,
Vice President

None

Jerry A. Webman,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Christopher D. Weiler,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Adam Weiner,
Vice President

None

Christine Wells,
Vice President

None

Joseph J. Welsh,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Adam Wilde,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation

Troy Willis,

Vice President,
Rochester Division

None

Mitchell Williams,
Vice President

None

Martha Willis,
Executive Vice President

Formerly Executive Vice President of Investment Product Management at Fidelity Investments; Director of OFI Private Investments Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation; President & Director of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Brian W. Wixted,

Senior Vice President

Treasurer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; OppenheimerFunds International Ltd., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., OppenheimerFunds plc and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Carol E. Wolf,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Centennial Asset Management Corporation; serves on the Board of the Colorado Ballet.

Oliver Wolff,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Caleb C. Wong,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Sookhee Yee,
Assistant Vice President

Vice President at Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust, FSB (February 2002 – May 2009).

Edward C. Yoensky,
Assistant Vice President

None

Geoff Youell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Robert G. Zack, Executive Vice President

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (from March 2002 to December 2010) of the Manager; General Counsel of the Distributor (from December 2001 to December 2010); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (from December 2001 to December 2010); Assistant Secretary (from September 1997 to December 2010) and Director (from November 2001 to December 2010) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (from December 2002 to December 2010); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (from December 2001 to December 2010); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (from June 2003 to December 2010); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (from November 2001 to December 2010).

Anna Zatulovskaya,
Assistant Vice President

None

Sara Zervos,
Senior Vice President

None

Ronald Zibelli, Jr.
Vice President

None

Matthew Ziehl,
Vice President

Formerly a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (from October 2006 – May 2009);

The Oppenheimer Funds include the following:
 

Limited Term New York Municipal Fund (a series of Rochester Portfolio Series)

Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals

Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Integrity Funds)

Oppenheimer Corporate Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Currency Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund)

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.)

Oppenheimer Main Street Select Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Small- & Mid-Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Inflation Protected Securities Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master International Value Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust (3 series):

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series (4 series)

Active Allocation Fund

Equity Investor Fund
Conservative Investor Fund

Moderate Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III (a series of Oppenheimer Principal

Protected Trust III)

Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds (3 series)

Oppenheimer Global Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Intermediate Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Short Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Select Value Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc. (1 series):

Oppenheimer Value Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (11 series):

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA

Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (3 series):

Growth Portfolio

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA

Total Return Portfolio

Rochester Fund Municipals

The address of the Oppenheimer funds listed above, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program is 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.
 
The address of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and OFI Trust Company is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.
 
The address of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. is 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland.
 
The address of Trinity Investment Management Corporation is 301 North Spring Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823.

Item 32. Principal Underwriter

(a)     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. is the Distributor of the Registrant's shares. It is also the Distributor of each of the other registered open-end investment companies for which OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser, as described in Part A and Part B of this Registration Statement and listed in Item 31(b) above (except Panorama Series Fund, Inc.) and for MassMutual Institutional Funds.
 
(b)     The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter are:

Name & Principal
Business Address

Position & Office
with Underwriter

Position and Office
with Registrant

Timothy Abbhul(1)

Vice President and Treasurer

None

Robert Agan(1)

Vice President

None

Anthony Allocco(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Janette Aprilante(2)

Secretary

None

James Austin(1)

Vice President

None

James Barker
1723 W. Nelson Street
Chicago, IL 60657

Vice President

None

Cesar Bastidas(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Kathleen Beichert(1)

Senior Vice President

None

Rocco Benedetto(2)

Vice President

None

Christopher Bergeron

Vice President

None

Rick Bettridge

11504 Flowering Plum Lane

Highland, UT 84003

Vice President

None

Adam Bilmes(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

William Borders(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

David A. Borrelli
105 Black Calla Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94583

Vice President

None

Jeffrey R. Botwinick

4431 Twin Pines Drive
Manlius, NY 13104

Vice President

None

Sarah Bourgraf(1)

Vice President

None

Bryan Bracchi

1124 Hampton Dr.
Allen, TX 75013

Vice President

None

Joshua Broad(2)

Vice President

None

Ken Brodsky(2)

Vice President

None

Kevin E. Brosmith
5 Deer Path

South Natlick, MA 01760

Senior Vice President

None

Jeffrey W. Bryan
1048 Malaga Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Vice President

None

Ross Burkstaller

211 Tulane Drive SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Vice President

None

Michael Butler(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Tracy Cairoli(2)

Vice President

None

Robert Caruso
15 Deforest Road
Wilton, CT 06897

Vice President

None

Donelle Chisolm(2)

Vice President

None

Andrew Chronofsky

Vice President

None

Angelanto Ciaglia(2)

Vice President

None

Nicholas Cirbo(1)

Vice President

None

Kevin Clark(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Melissa Clayton(2)

Vice President

None

John Corcoran(2)

Vice President

None

Craig Colby(2)

Vice President

None

Rodney Constable(1)

Vice President

None

Cameron Cowden(2)

Vice President

None

Neev Crane
1530 Beacon Street, Apt. #1403
Brookline, MA 02446

Vice President

None

Scott Curran(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Daley
40W387 Oliver Wendell Holmes St
St. Charles, IL 60175

Vice President

None

John Davis(2)

Vice President

None

Stephen J. Demetrovits(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Dietrich(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Steven Dombrower
13 Greenbrush Court
Greenlawn, NY 11740

Vice President

None

Ryan Duffy(2)

Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy(2)

Vice President

None

Beth Arthur Du Toit(1)

Vice President

None

Paul Eck
3055 Forest Ridge Court
Fairlawn, OH 44333

Vice President

None

Paul Eisenhardt(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Kent M. Elwell
35 Crown Terrace
Yardley, PA 19067

Vice President

None

Rick Ernzen(2)

Vice President

None

Dana Espinel(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Gregg A. Everett
4328 Auston Way
Palm Harbor, FL 34685-4017

Vice President

None

George R. Fahey

9511 Silent Hills Lane
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Eric C. Fallon
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02458

Vice President

None

Kristie Feinberg(2)

Assistant Treasurer

None

Joseph Fernandez
1717 Richbourg Park Drive
Brentwood, TN 37027

Vice President

None

Michael Ferrer(2)

Vice President

None

Mark J. Ferro
104 Beach 221
st Street
Breezy Point, NY 11697

Senior Vice President

None

Eric P. Fishel
725 Boston Post Rd., #12
Sudbury, MA 01776

Vice President

None

David Flaherty(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Patrick W. Flynn
14083 East Fair Avenue
Englewood, CO 80111

Senior Vice President

None

John (“J”) Fortuna(2)

Vice President

None

Jayme D. Fowler
3818 Cedar Springs Road, #101-349
Dallas, TX 75219

Vice President

None

Diane Frankenfield(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Jerry Fraustro(2)

Vice President

None

William Friebel
2919 St. Albans Forest Circle
Glencoe, MO 63038

Vice President

None

Alyson Frost(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Arthur S. Gabinet(2)

General Counsel

Secretary

William Gahagan(2)

Vice President

None

Charlotte Gardner(1)

Vice President

None

David Goldberg(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Gottesman
255 Westchester Way
Birmingham, MI 48009

Vice President

None

Raquel Granahan(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Robert Grill(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Grossjung
4002 N. 194
th Street
Elkhorn, NE 68022

Vice President

None

Michael D. Guman
3913 Pleasant Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103

Vice President

None

James E. Gunter

603 Withers Circle
Wilmington, DE 19810

Vice President

None

Kevin J. Healy(2)

Vice President

None

Kenneth Henry(2)

Vice President

None

Philipp Hensler(2)

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Director

None

Wendy G. Hetson(2)

Vice President

None

Jennifer Hoelscher(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Eric Holquist(2)

Vice President

None

Edward Hrybenko(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Amy Huber(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Brian F. Husch
37 Hollow Road
Stonybrook, NY 11790

Vice President

None

Keith Hylind(2)

Vice President

None

Vincent Iacono(2)

Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives(1)

Vice President & Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Shonda Rae Jaquez(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Johnson(1)

Vice President

None

Eric K. Johnson

8588 Colonial Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Elyse Jurman
5486 NW 42 Ave
Boca Raton, FL 33496

Vice President

None

Thomas Keffer(2)

Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Scott Kelley(1)

Vice President

None

Brian Kiley(2)

Vice President

None

Richard Klein
4820 Fremont Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55419

Senior Vice President

None

Brent A. Krantz

61500 Tam McArthur Loop
Bend, OR 97702

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Kristenson(2)

Vice President

None

Lamar Kunes(2)

Vice President

None

David T. Kuzia

10258 S. Dowling Way

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Vice President

None

John Laudadio(2)

Vice President

None

Jesse Levitt(2)

Vice President

None

Julie Libby(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric J. Liberman

27 Tappan Ave., Unit West
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

Vice President

None

Lorna Lindquist(2)

Vice President

None

Malissa Lischin(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Christina Loftus(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Thomas Loncar

1401 North Taft Street, Apt. 726
Arlington, VA 22201

Vice President

None

Peter Maddox(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Malik
546 Idylberry Road
San Rafael, CA 94903

Vice President

None

Joseph Marich(2)

Vice President

None

Steven C. Manns

1627 N. Hermitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

Vice President

None

Todd A. Marion

24 Midland Avenue
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Vice President

None

LuAnn Mascia(2)

Vice President

None

Anthony Mazzariello(2)

Vice President

None

Derren McDaniel(1)

Vice President

None

Michael McDonald

11749 S Cormorant Circle

Parker, CO 80134

Vice President

None

John C. McDonough
533 Valley Road

New Canaan, CT 06840

President and Director

None

Kent C. McGowan
9510 190
th Place SW

Edmonds, WA 98020

Vice President

None

Brian F. Medina

3009 Irving Street

Denver, CO 80211

Vice President

None

Brian McGinty(1)

Vice President

None

Toller Miller(1)

Vice President

None

Clint Modler(1)

Vice President

None

Joseph Moran(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Robert Moser

9650 East Aspen Hill Circle

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Vice President

None

David W. Mountford

7820 Banyan Terrace
Tamarac, FL 33321

Vice President

None

James Mugno(2)

Vice President

None

Matthew Mulcahy(2)

Vice President

None

Wendy Jean Murray
32 Carolin Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Vice President

None

Kimberly Mustin(2)

Senior Vice President

None

John S. Napier

17 Hillcrest Ave.
Darien, CT 06820

Senior Vice President

None

Christina Nasta(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Kevin P. Neznek(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Christopher Nicholson(2)

Vice President

None

Chad Noel

Vice President

None

Timothy O’Connell(2)

Vice President

None

Janet Oleary(2)

Vice President

None

Alan Panzer6755 Ridge Mill Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328

Vice President

None

Anthony Parisi

Vice President

None

Maria Paster(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Ashley Patten(1)

Vice President

None

Brian C. Perkes
6 Lawton Ct.

Frisco, TX 75034

Vice President

None

Charles K. Pettit(2)

Vice President

None

David Pfeffer(2)

Director

None

Andrew Phillips(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Cheryl Pipia(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Aaron Pisani(1)

Vice President

None

Rachel Powers(1)

Vice President

None

Nicole Pretzel(2)

Vice President

None

David Preuss(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Minnie Ra

100 Dolores Street, #203

Carmel, CA 93923

Vice President

None

Dustin Raring
27 Blakemore Drive
Ladera Ranch, CA 92797

Vice President

None

Michael A. Raso

3 Vine Place
Larchmont, NY 10538

Vice President

None

Richard E. Rath
46 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301

Vice President

None

William J. Raynor(4)

Vice President

None

Dennis Robinson(1)

Vice President

None

Ian M. Roche
7070 Bramshill Circle
Bainbridge, OH 44023

Vice President

None

Michael Rock
9016 Stourbridge Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078

Vice President

None

Stacy Roode(1)

Vice President

None

Thomas Sabow
6617 Southcrest Drive
Edina, MN 55435

Vice President

None

Mark Santero(2)

Senior Vice President

None

John Saunders
2251 Chantilly Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Vice President

None

Thomas Schmitt

40 Rockcrest Rd

Manhasset, NY 11030

Vice President

None

William Schories
3 Hill Street
Hazlet, NJ 07730

Vice President

None

Jennifer Sexton(2)

Vice President

None

Eric Sharp
862 McNeill Circle

Woodland, CA 95695

Vice President

None

Kenneth Shell(1)

Vice President

None

Debbie A. Simon
55 E. Erie St., #4404

Chicago, IL 60611

Vice President

None

Bryant Smith

Vice President

None

Christopher M. Spencer
2353 W 118
th Terrace
Leawood, KS 66211

Vice President

None

John A. Spensley

375 Mallard Court
Carmel, IN 46032

Vice President

None

Michael Staples

4255 Jefferson St Apt 328

Kansas City, MO 64111

Vice President

None

Alfred St. John(2)

Vice President

None

Matthew Steckler(2)

Vice President

None

Bryan Stein
8 Longwood Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043

Vice President

None

Brian C. Summe
2479 Legends Way

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Vice President

None

Michael Sussman(2)

Vice President

None

George T. Sweeney
5 Smokehouse Lane

Hummelstown, PA 17036

Senior Vice President

None

Leon Tallon(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Taylor

Vice President

None

James Taylor(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Temple(2)

Vice President

None

Troy Testa

Vice President

None

David G. Thomas
16628 Elk Run Court

Leesburg, VA 20176

Vice President

None

Cenk Toroslu(1)

Vice President

None

Wesley Vance(2)

Vice President

None

Mark S. Vandehey(1)

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vincent Vermette(2)

Vice President

None

Teresa Ward(1)

Vice President

None

Janeanne Weickum(1)

Vice President

None

Michael J. Weigner
4905 W. San Nicholas Street

Tampa, FL 33629

Vice President

None

Donn Weise
3249 Earlmar Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Vice President

None

Chris G. Werner

98 Crown Point Place

Castle Rock, CO 80108

Vice President

None

Ryan Wilde(1)

Vice President

None

Julie Wimer(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Peter Winters
911 N. Organce Ave, Apt. 514
Orlando, FL 32801

Vice President

None

Patrick Wisneski(1)

Vice President

None

Meredith Wolff(2)

Vice President

None

Cary Patrick Wozniak
18808 Bravata Court
San Diego, CA 92128

Vice President

None

David Zicchinella(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Steven Zito(1)

Vice President

None

(1) 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924

(2) Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1008

(3) 350 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14623

(4) Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02210

(c)     Not applicable.

Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records

The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. at its offices at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.

Item 34. Management Services

Not applicable

Item 35. Undertakings

(1) The Fund undertakes that the Subsidiary’s advisory and sub-advisory agreements with the Manager and the Sub-Advisor (“advisory agreements”) will comply with the requirements of Section 15 of the Investment Company Act, as such requirements apply to the Fund, including that (i) material amendments to the Subsidiary’s advisory agreements must be approved by the Fund’s shareholders or the Fund’s Board of Trustees in the manner and to the extent that the Fund’s advisory agreements must be approved by the Fund’s shareholders or the Fund’s Board of Trustees; and (ii) the Fund’s shareholders will have the ability to vote to terminate the Subsidiary’s advisory agreements to the same extent that they can vote to terminate the Fund’s advisory agreements.
 
(2) The Fund undertakes that the Subsidiary’s financial statements will be updated each time the Fund’s financial statements are updated, and that the Subsidiary’s financial statements will be included in the Fund’s semi-annual reports (in which the Subsidiary’s unaudited financial statements will be included) and annual reports (in which the Subsidiary’s full audited financial statements will be included).
 
(3) The Fund undertakes that it will not directly or indirectly offer or distribute the Subsidiary’s shares to any person or entity unless such offering is registered as required under the Securities Act of 1933 or is subject to an exemption therefrom. While the Subsidiary does not anticipate that it will sell its shares to any person or entity other than the Fund, if such a sale were contemplated in the future a reassessment under the Investment Company Act of the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary would also be undertaken.
 
(4) The Fund and the Subsidiary undertake that the Subsidiary’s Board of Directors will comprise “non-interested” directors to the extent required by the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
 
(5) The Fund and the Subsidiary undertake that the Subsidiary’s books and records will be subject to inspection by the Commission to the same extent as the Fund’s books and records are subject to inspection by the Commission.
 

(6) The Subsidiary’s directors undertake to receive service of process in the United States, with the Fund’s agent for service of process being designated to serve in the same capacity with respect to the Subsidiary’s directors.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 29th day of March, 2011.

                                                     OPPENHEIMER COMMODITY STRATEGY
                                                                    TOTAL RETURN
FUND

                                                             By: William F. Glavin, Jr.*
                                                                   ---------------------------------------------

                                     William F. Glavin, Jr., President,
                                               Principal Executive Officer and Trustee

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated:
 

Signatures                                                                            Title                                                     Date

William L. Armstrong*                                                        Chairman of the                                March 29, 2011
William L. Armstrong                                                          Board of Trustees
 

William F. Glavin, Jr. *                                                         President, Principal                           March 29, 2011
William F. Glavin, Jr.                                                           Executive Officer and Trustee

Brian W. Wixted*                                                                Treasurer, Principal                           March 29, 2011
Brian W. Wixted                                                                 Financial & Accounting Officer
 

George C. Bowen*                                                            Trustee                                              March 29, 2011
George C. Bowen
 
 Edward L. Cameron*                                                         Trustee                                              March 29, 2011
Edward L. Cameron
 
 Jon S. Fossel*                                                                  Trustee                                               March 29, 2011
Jon S. Fossel
 
 Sam Freedman*                                                               Trustee                                                March 29, 2011
Sam Freedman
 
 Beverly L. Hamilton*                                                        Trustee                                                March 29, 2011
Beverly L. Hamilton
 
 Robert J. Malone*                                                            Trustee                                                March 29, 2011

Robert J. Malone
 
 F. William Marshall, Jr.*                                                   Trustee                                                 March 29, 2011
F. William Marshall, Jr.

*By:     /s/ Mitchell J. Lindauer     
            Mitchell J. Lindauer, Attorney-in-Fact


RAF Fund Ltd. has duly caused this Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund, with respect only to information that specifically relates to RAF Fund Ltd., to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Centennial, and State of Colorado, on the 29th day of March, 2011.
 

                                                                      RAF FUND LTD.

                                                    By: /s/ Brian W. Wixted
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                                                           Brian W. Wixted, Director

This Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund, with respect only to information that specifically relates to RAF Fund Ltd., has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated:

Signatures                                                                          Title                                                     Date

/s/ Mark Cook                                                               Director, RAF Fund Ltd.                       March 29, 2011
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Mark Cook
 

/s/ Andrew Mahoney                                                     Director, RAF Fund Ltd.                         March 29, 2011
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Andrew Mahoney

/s/ Brian W. Wixted                                                       Director, RAF Fund Ltd.                          March 29, 2011
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Brian W. Wixted


OPPENHEIMER COMMODITY STRATEGY TOTAL RETURN FUND

Post-Effective Amendment No. 23
 
Registration No. 333-14087

EXHIBIT INDEX

Form N-1A

Item No.      Description
 

28(j)     Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent