486BPOS 1 body.htm N-2 PAGE, PROSPECTUS, SAI, FINANCIALS, PART C

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2009

1933 Act File No. 333-128848
1940 Act File No. 811-09373

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
(Check appropriate box or boxes)

[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
          [ ] Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
          [ X ] Post-Effective Amendment No. 24

and/or

[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

          [X] Amendment No. 26
 

OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
 

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)
 
1.800.525.9310
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 

Robert G. Zack

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008
(Name and Address (Number, Street, State, Zip Code) of Agent for Service)
 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: November 21, 2005

If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box [X]
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check applicable box):

[ ] when declared effective pursuant to section 8(c), or as follows:

The following boxes are included on the basis that the Registrant makes repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is making this filing in accordance with Rule 486 under the Securities Act of 1933.
[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[X] on November 25, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)
[
] on ______________ pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 486.
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously-filed registration statement.
 
[ ] This form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is ________.

The Registrant hereby amends the Registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), shall determine.

This Registration Statement includes a combined Prospectus pursuant to Rule 429 of the Securities Act of 1933 which relates to the following earlier Registration Statements filed by the Registrant:

(1)     

July 9, 1999, which registered 100,000 Class A shares, 6,000,000 Class B shares and 3,900,000 Class C shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share;


(2)     

December 6, 1999, which registered 10,000,000 shares each of Class A, Class B, and Class C, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share;


(3)     

May 18, 2000, which registered 10,000,000 Class C shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share;


(4)     

August 21, 2000, which registered 10,000,000 Class C shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share;


(5)     

November 30, 2000, which registered 5,000,000 Class A Shares, 10,000,000 Class B Shares and 20,000,000 Class C Shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share;


(6)     

June 4, 2000, which registered 10,000,000 Class B Shares, of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share; and


(7)     

November 17, 2003, which registered 10,000,000 Class A Shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share;


(8)     

June 3, 2004, which registered 50,000,000 Class A shares, 10,000,000 Class B shares and 25,000,000 Class C shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per shares.


(9)     

March 2, 2005, which registered 100,000,000 Class A shares, 50,000,000 Class B shares and 100,000,000 Class C shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per shares.


(10)     

May 16, 2005, which registered 50,000,000 Class A shares and 100,000,000 Class C shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per shares.


(11)     

May 18, 2005, which registered 12,674,506 Class A shares and 40,941,078 Class C shares, each being share of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per shares.


(12)     

October 5, 2005, which registered 50,000,000 Class Y shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per share.


(13)     

July 14, 2006, which registered 100,000,000 Class A shares and 100,000,000 Class C shares, each being shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $0.001 per shares.


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Title of Securities
Being Registered

Amount Being
Registered

Proposed
Maximum Price
Per Unit

Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price

Amount of
Registration Fee

Not Applicable

       

.

This Registration Statement carries forward the 337,774,506 Class A shares, 96,000,000 Class B shares, 419,841,078 Class C shares and 50,000,000 Class Y shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share, of Registrant previously registered, for which an aggregate of $393,206.51, $162,039.80, $548,907.87 and $56,319.45 of registration fees were paid to register shares of the respective classes.
 

 
Oppenheimer

Senior Floating Rate Fund

Prospectus dated November 25, 2009

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund seeks as high a level of current income and preservation of capital as is consistent with investing primarily in senior floating rate loans and other debt securities. The Fund seeks to achieve its goal primarily by investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in floating or adjustable rate senior loans that are made to U.S. and foreign borrowers. Under normal market conditions the Fund can invest the remainder of its net assets in other securities. The Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company that continuously offers its shares.
 

The Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in Senior Loans and other debt securities that are high risk securities rated below investment grade or in unrated securities deemed to be below investment grade. These investments may be considered speculative and have greater risks than investment grade securities, including the possible loss of income and principal. Please refer to “Main Risks of Investing in the Fund.”

This prospectus sets forth concisely the information about the Fund that a prospective investor ought to know before investing. It also contains important information about how to buy 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.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information dated November 25, 2009, which the Fund may amend from time to time, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information appears on page 68 of this prospectus. For a free copy of the Statement of Additional Information or the Fund’s Annual or Semi-Annual Reports, call your investment representative or call the Fund’s Distributor at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), visit our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or write to the Distributor at the address on the back cover.
 

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.

     The Fund has four classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares. Please refer to “How to Buy Shares.” As a business trust, the Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of each Class and to date has registered 337,774,506 Class A shares, 96,000,000 Class B shares, 419,841,078 Class C shares and 50,000,000 Class Y shares.
 
     Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus an initial sales charge.
Class A shares are subject to an annual service fee and an Early Withdrawal Charge may apply. Class B and Class C shares are offered without any initial sales charge, but those shares are subject to an annual service fee, an annual asset-based distribution fee, and an Early Withdrawal Charge. Certain waivers of the Early Withdrawal Charges may apply. 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, its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals. The price of the Fund’s shares of each class will fluctuate, depending on the respective net asset values per share.
 
     The Fund intends to invest the net proceeds of the sale of its shares in portfolio securities as soon as is practicable after receipt of the proceeds.

No trading market currently exists for the Fund’s shares and shares are not redeemable daily. The Fund does not currently anticipate that a secondary market will develop for its shares. As a result, you should consider the Fund’s shares to be an illiquid investment. This means that you may not be able to readily sell your shares. See “Illiquidity of the Fund’s Shares” and “Periodic Repurchase Offers.”

     To provide shareholders with liquidity, the Fund will make quarterly Repurchase Offers for a percentage (between 5% and 25%) of the Fund’s shares at net asset value each January, April, July and October. There is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to repurchase all shares that are tendered in a Repurchase Offer. See “Periodic Repurchase Offers.”

     The Fund has received an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Fund’s distribution fee arrangements, Early Withdrawal Charges and multi-class structure. As a condition of that order, the Fund is required to comply with certain regulations that would not otherwise apply to 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.

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CONTENTS

A B O U T T H E F U ND

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

A Brief Overview of the Fund
Financial Highlights
Main Risks of Investing in the Fund
Use of Proceeds of the Fund’s Offering
The Fund and Its Investments
Performance Information
How the Fund is Managed
 

A B O U T Y O U R A C C O U N T

How to Buy Shares

Special Investor Services

AccountLink

PhoneLink

OppenheimerFunds Internet Website

Retirement Plans

Periodic Repurchase Offers
How to Exchange Shares
Shareholder Account Rules and Policies
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes
Additional Information About the Fund
Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information
Appendix A – Ratings Definitions

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A B O U T T H E F U N D

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables are provided to help you understand the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Shareholders pay certain expenses directly, such as sales charges and Early Withdrawal Charges. The Fund pays other expenses for management of its assets, administration, distribution of its shares and other services. Since those expenses are paid from the Fund's assets, all shareholders pay those expenses indirectly. The numbers below are based on the Fund’s expenses during its fiscal year ended July 31, 2009. Expenses may vary in future years.

Unless otherwise noted, the information in the Annual Expenses table and the related investment cost examples that follow the tables reflect expenses incurred by the Fund during its most recently completed fiscal year. A decline in the Fund’s assets due to market volatility or other factors or an increase in the fees or expenses incurred by the Fund that arise during the period after the end of the Fund’s most recent fiscal year could cause the Fund’s current annual expenses to be higher than those indicated.
 

Shareholder Transaction Expenses

 

Class A shares

Class B shares

Class C shares

Class Y shares

Sales Charge (Load) on purchases
(as % of offering price)
1

3.50%

None

None

None

Dividend Reinvestment Fees

None

None

None

None

Early Withdrawal Charges (Load) (as % of the lower of the original purchase price or repurchase price)

None2

3%3

1%4

None

Annual Expenses

(as a % of average annual net assets attributable to shares)

 

Class A shares

Class B shares

Class C shares

Class Y shares

Management Fees5

0.66%

0.66%

0.66%

0.66%

Distribution and/or Service Fees

0.25%

0.75%6

0.75%6

None

Other Expenses7

0.89%

1.03%

0.87%

0.96%

Acquired Fund Fee and Expenses8

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

Total Annual Operating Expenses9

1.81%

2.45%

2.29%

1.63%

Expenses may vary in future years.

1.     

If a securities dealer handles your purchase transaction, it may charge you a fee.


2.     

An Early Withdrawal Charge may apply to redemptions of investments of $1 million or more or to certain retirement plan redemptions. See “How to Buy Shares” for details.


3.     

The 3% Early Withdrawal Charge applies to shares repurchased in the first year after you bought them. The Early Withdrawal Charge is 2.0% for shares repurchased during the second year after purchase, 1.5% during the third and fourth years, and 1% during the fifth year. There is no Early Withdrawal Charge after the fifth anniversary of purchase. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase. See “How to Buy Shares” for details.


4.     The Early Withdrawal Charge applies to shares repurchased within 12 months after you bought them. See “How to Buy Shares” for details.

5.     The management fee is based on a percentage of the Fund’s average annual net assets and is shown without giving effect to a voluntary reduction by the Manager. Until November 30, 2008, the voluntary reduction by the Manager was 0.10% of the management fee annually. After that waiver, for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the management fee was 0.62% for each class of shares. Effective December 1, 2008, that voluntary reduction by the Manager has been withdrawn.

6     Under the Fund’s Distribution Plans, Class B shares and Class C shares pay an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.50% of average daily net assets (the Board of Trustees can increase the fee to 0.75%). Class A shares are not subject to any asset-based sales charges. Each class of shares is subject to an annual service fee of up to 0.25% of average annual net assets. Because of the asset-based sales charge, long-term shareholders of Class C shares may pay more than the economic equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charges permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

7.     "Other Expenses" include transfer agent fees, custodial fees, and audit and legal expenses that the Fund pays. The Transfer Agent has voluntarily undertaken to the Fund to limit the transfer agent fees to 0.35% of average daily net assets per fiscal year for all classes.  That undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.  For the Fund's fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the transfer agent fees did not exceed the expense limitation described above. 

8.     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 Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. Pursuant to this undertaking, for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the Manager waived fees or reimbursed Fund expenses totaling 0.01% for each class of shares.

9.     After all of the above waivers and credits, the actual “Total Annual Operating Expenses” as percentages of average daily net assets were 1.76% for Class A shares, 2.40% for Class B shares, 2.24% for Class C shares, and 1.58% for Class Y shares.

EXAMPLES. These examples are intended to help you understand the cost of investing in the Fund. The examples assume that you invest $1,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and reinvest your dividends and distributions.
 

     The first example assumes that you keep your shares. The second example assumes that your shares are repurchased by the Fund at the end of those periods. Both examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that a class’s operating expenses remain the same as the expenses in the Annual Expense table above. Based on these assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

Assuming you do not tender shares for repurchase by the Fund:

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A shares

$53

$90

$130

$240

Class B shares

$25

$76

$131

$248*

Class C shares

$23

$72

$123

$263

Class Y shares

$17

$53

$92

$210

Assuming you tender your shares for repurchase by the Fund on the last day of the period and an Early Withdrawal Charge applies:

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A shares

$53

$90

$130

$240

Class B shares

$55

$91

$141

$248*

Class C shares

$33

$72

$123

$263

Class Y shares

$17

$53

$92

$210

In the first example, the expenses include the initial sales charge for Class A, but the expenses of Class B and Class C do not include the Early Withdrawal Charges. In the second example, expenses include the initial sales charge for Class A and the applicable Class B or Class C Early Withdrawal Charges.

*Class B expenses for years 7 through 10 are based on Class A expenses, since Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after repurchase.

In evaluating the Fund’s expenses, it is important to remember that mutual funds offer you the opportunity to combine your resources with those of many other investors to obtain professional portfolio management, exposure to a larger number of markets or issuers, reliable custody for investment assets, liquidity, and convenient recordkeeping and reporting services. Funds also offer other types of investment benefits to individuals without incurring the expense and inconvenience of buying and selling individual securities on your own. Because a fund is a pooled investment, however, shareholders may bear certain fund operating costs as a result of the activities of other fund investors. Because some investors may use fund services more than others, or may have smaller accounts or more frequent account activity, those activities may increase the Fund’s overall expenses, which are indirectly borne by all of the Fund’s shareholders.
 

The examples should not be considered a representation of future expenses, and actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.

A Brief Overview of the Fund

This section summarizes information that is discussed in more detail later in this prospectus. You should carefully read the more detailed information. For a detailed discussion of risks of investing in the Fund, please refer to “Main Risks of Investing in the Fund,” on page 15.

What is the Fund? The Fund is a diversified closed-end, management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust on June 2, 1999.
 

What is the Fund’s Investment Objective? The Fund seeks as high a level of current income and preservation of capital as is consistent with investing primarily in senior floating rate loans and other debt securities.

What does the Fund Invest In? Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets plus the amount of any Fund borrowings for investment purposes in floating (sometimes referred to as “adjustable”) rate loans made to U.S. and foreign borrowers that are corporations, partnerships or other business entities. Although this is not a fundamental policy, the amount so invested will not be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees without providing shareholders at least 60 days prior notice of the change. While most of these loans will be collateralized, the Fund can also under normal circumstances invest up to 10% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes) in uncollateralized floating rate loans. Collectively, these investments are referred to as “Senior Loans” in this prospectus. These Senior Loans pay interest at rates that float above (or are adjusted periodically based on) a benchmark that reflects current interest rates, such as the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (referred to as the “Prime Rate”) or the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (referred to as “LIBOR”).
 
     The Fund can invest the remainder of its net assets in cash and other securities, such as secured or unsecured fixed-rate loans, collateralized loan obligations, floating rate notes or bonds, investment-grade short-term debt obligations and repurchase agreements, under normal circumstances. The Fund can use derivative instruments, including options, futures contracts, structured investments, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps and total return swaps, to hedge its portfolio or for speculative purposes. The Fund can borrow money and use other techniques to manage its cash flow, to finance repurchase offers, or to purchase assets, a technique referred to as “leverage.”

     The Fund will principally invest in debt obligations, including Senior Loans, that are rated “B” or higher by one or more of the ratings organizations or, if unrated, determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality, although, the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments rated below “B.” See “Does The Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” below. Many of the Fund’s investments are below investment grade and involve high risk, as described in “Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities,” below.

What are the Main Risks of Investing in the Fund? The Fund is subject to a number of investment risks, described in “Main Risks of Investing in the Fund,” below. In summary, the Fund’s investments in debt securities are subject to credit risks, including the risk that the borrower will not pay interest and will not repay the principal amount of the obligation in a timely manner. Most, but not all, of the Fund’s investments in Senior Loans must be collateralized, however, the Fund’s other investments need not be collateralized. The risk of default is greater in the case of the obligations below investment grade in which the Fund can invest without limit. In the event of a default, the Fund would not have the ability to collect on any collateral for an uncollateralized loan. Some Senior Loans and other Fund investments are illiquid, which may make it difficult for the Fund to value them or dispose of them at an acceptable price when it wants to.
 
     There are other risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund’s investments, to some degree, may be subject to interest rate risk, the risk of fluctuation in price from changes in prevailing interest rates, although investments in floating rate loans are expected to be less affected by changes in short-term interest rates than fixed-rate debt securities. The Fund can borrow for investment leverage, which can subject it to greater expenses and greater volatility in its share prices than funds that do not borrow.

Unlike an open-end mutual fund, the Fund does not offer to redeem its shares daily. No market currently exists for the Fund’s shares and the Fund does not anticipate that a secondary market will develop for its shares. The Fund does not intend to list its shares on any national securities exchange or arrange for the quotation of the prices of its shares on any over-the-counter market. Even though the Fund will make quarterly tender offers to repurchase a portion of its shares to try to provide liquidity to shareholders, you should consider an investment in the Fund to be illiquid.
 

Who is the Fund Designed For? The Fund is designed for investors seeking high current income and relative stability of principal from a fund that will invest primarily in senior loan obligations that may have higher risks than conventional debt securities. The Fund’s investment strategy allows investors to participate in the corporate loan market, which may be difficult for individuals to invest in directly because Senior Loans have very large minimum investments, typically $1 million or more. Since the Fund’s income level will fluctuate, it is not designed for investors needing an assured level of current income. The Fund does not seek capital appreciation.
 
     The Fund is designed as a long-term investment and not as a short-term trading vehicle. It may be appropriate for a portion of an investor’s overall investment portfolio. However, the Fund is not a complete investment program. Because of the limited liquidity of Fund shares through Repurchase Offers, the Fund may not be an appropriate investment for retirement plans whose owners need to make periodic distributions at a fixed level. The Fund is not an appropriate investment for investors needing ready access to their money, since Fund shares are not redeemable daily and are not traded in a secondary market.
 

How Can You Buy Shares? The Fund’s Distributor, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., offers the Fund’s shares in a continuous public offering through securities dealers. The offering price for shares will be equal to the net asset value per share of the respective class plus the applicable sales charge calculated each regular business day. The minimum initial investment is $1,000 ($500 for retirement accounts). Minimum subsequent investments are $50.
 
     The Distributor reserves the right to waive any minimum investment requirements and to refuse any order for the purchase of shares. The Distributor may suspend the continuous offering of shares at any time.
 

How Do the Fund’s Repurchase Offers Provide Liquidity? The Fund intends to make quarterly offers to repurchase a portion of its shares from shareholders. Each quarter the Fund will offer to repurchase between 5% and 25% of its outstanding shares. In response to each Repurchase Offer, shareholders may choose to tender some or all of their shares to the Fund for repurchase. Shares accepted for repurchase will be repurchased at a price equal to the net asset value per share. If more shares are tendered than the amount of the Repurchase Offer, the repurchases will be pro-rated. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to repurchase all shares that you tender. Please refer to “Periodic Repurchase Offers” below for details. The Fund does not currently charge a repurchase fee, but the Board of Trustees could impose that type of fee in the future, to help cover Fund expenses.

Are There Any Sales Charges for Investing in the Fund? If you buy Class A shares, you pay an initial sales charge (on investments up to $1 million for regular accounts or lesser amounts for certain retirement plans). The amount of that sales charge will vary depending on the amount you invest. The sales charge rates are listed in “How Can You Buy Class A Shares?” below.
 

How Early Withdrawal Charges Affect Repurchases. If you tender shares for repurchase and if your shares are repurchased by the Fund during the applicable holding period for the class of shares, in some cases you may be subject to Early Withdrawal Charges that apply to Class A, Class B and Class C shares:

·     

If you acquire Class A shares of the Fund that are subject to Class A share’s Early Withdrawal Charge or by exchanging Class A shares of another Oppenheimer fund that were still subject to that other fund’s Class A contingent deferred sales charge at the time you exchanged them, they will become subject to the Fund’s Class A Early Withdrawal Charge. If any of those Class A shares of the Fund are repurchased within 18 months of the original purchase date of the Fund shares or of the shares of the fund from which they were exchanged, the Fund’s Class A Early Withdrawal Charge will apply (explained in “How Can You Buy Class A Shares?” below).


·     

If your Class B shares are repurchased by the Fund within five years of the beginning of the month in which you originally purchased them, the Early Withdrawal Charge is 3% for repurchases during the first year; 2% during the second year; 1.5% during the third and fourth years; and 1.0% during the fifth year. There is no Early Withdrawal Charge for repurchases after five years.


·     

If your Class C shares are repurchased by the Fund within 12 months of the beginning of the month in which you originally purchased them, you will pay a 1.0% Early Withdrawal Charge.


     The Early Withdrawal Charge is based on the lesser of the then current net asset value or the original purchase price of the repurchased shares. The Early Withdrawal Charge does not apply to shares purchased by reinvesting dividends or capital gains distributions. Please refer to “How to Buy Shares” and “Periodic Repurchase Offers.” The Fund may waive the Early Withdrawal Charge in specified transactions and for certain classes of investors described in Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information.

Who Manages the Fund? OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the Fund’s investment adviser (and is referred to as the “Manager” in this prospectus). The Fund’s portfolio managers are employed by the Manager.

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Financial Highlights

 

The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five fiscal years.  Centain 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 most recent fiscal year end.  The financial highlights for the period prior years were audited by another independent registered accounting firm.  KPGM's report, along with the Fund's financial statements, are included in te Statement of Additional Information, which is available upon request.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
                                         
Class A     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 9.11     $ 9.54     $ 9.54     $ 9.56  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .48       .62       .69       .66       .53  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.99 )     (.85 )     (.42 )           (.02 )
     
Total from investment operations
    (.51 )     (.23 )     .27       .66       .51  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.58 )     (.61 )     (.70 )     (.66 )     (.53 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.18     $ 8.27     $ 9.11     $ 9.54     $ 9.54  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (4.89 )%     (2.68 )%     2.75 %     7.10 %     5.45 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 575,490     $ 855,905     $ 1,460,069     $ 1,513,036     $ 1,038,746  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 624,278     $ 1,179,865     $ 1,687,143     $ 1,292,028     $ 776,029  
 
Ratios to average net assets:3
                                       
Net investment income
    7.15 %     7.11 %     7.26 %     6.88 %     5.63 %
Total expenses
    1.80 %4     1.16 %4     1.07 % 4     1.11 %     1.09 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.75 %     1.05 %     0.97 %     0.97 %     0.89 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %     114 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    1.81 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    1.17 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    1.07 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 


 

                                         
Class B     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.54     $ 9.54     $ 9.56  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .44       .57       .64       .60       .48  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.99 )     (.87 )     (.42 )           (.02 )
     
Total from investment operations
    (.55 )     (.30 )     .22       .60       .46  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.54 )     (.55 )     (.64 )     (.60 )     (.48 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.18     $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.54     $ 9.54  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (5.49 )%     (3.37 )%     2.27 %     6.49 %     4.86 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 98,997     $ 149,858     $ 247,726     $ 318,312     $ 344,337  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 106,162     $ 201,066     $ 295,655     $ 334,997     $ 327,996  
 
Ratios to average net assets:3
                                       
Net investment income
    6.53 %     6.48 %     6.71 %     6.27 %     5.06 %
Total expenses
    2.44 %4     1.76 %4     1.65 %4     1.68 %     1.66 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.39 %     1.65 %     1.55 %     1.54 %     1.46 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %     114 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    2.45 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    1.77 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    1.65 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 


 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                         
Class C     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.55     $ 9.55     $ 9.57  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .45       .58       .64       .61       .48  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.98 )     (.87 )     (.42 )           (.02 )
     
Total from investment operations
    (.53 )     (.29 )     .22       .61       .46  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.55 )     (.56 )     (.65 )     (.61 )     (.48 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.19     $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.55     $ 9.55  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (5.22 )%     (3.28 )%     2.24 %     6.56 %     4.92 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 670,264     $ 976,602     $ 1,672,484     $ 1,686,272     $ 1,350,656  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 705,289     $ 1,365,398     $ 1,843,725     $ 1,542,199     $ 1,065,783  
 
Ratios to average net assets:3
                                       
Net investment income
    6.66 %     6.60 %     6.76 %     6.36 %     5.11 %
Total expenses
    2.28 %4     1.68 %4     1.58 % 4     1.61 %     1.60 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.23 %     1.57 %     1.48 %     1.47 %     1.40 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %     114 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    2.29 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    1.69 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    1.58 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 


 

                                 
Class Y     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     20061  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.25     $ 9.11     $ 9.54     $ 9.54  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                               
Net investment income2
    .47       .69       .69       .47  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.96 )     (.93 )     (.39 )      
     
Total from investment operations
    (.49 )     (.24 )     .30       .47  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.60 )     (.62 )     (.73 )     (.47 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.16     $ 8.25     $ 9.11     $ 9.54  
     
 
                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (4.66 )%     (2.78 )%     3.14 %     5.04 %
 
                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 8,507     $ 5,496     $ 58,955     $ 1  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 7,054     $ 21,397     $ 11,372     $ 1  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                               
Net investment income
    7.34 %     7.69 %     7.34 %     7.33 %
Total expenses
    1.62 %5     0.87 %5     0.82 %5     0.96 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.57 %     0.76 %     0.72 %     0.85 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %
1.   For the period from November 28, 2005 (inception of offering) to July 31, 2006.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    1.63 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    0.88 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    0.82 %


Main Risks of Investing in the Fund

All investments carry risks to some degree. The Fund's investments in Senior Loans and other debt securities are subject to changes in their value from a number of factors, described below. There is also the risk that poor security selection by the Manager will cause the Fund to underperform other funds having a similar objective.

Credit Risk. Debt securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the borrower under a Senior Loan or the issuer of a debt security to make interest and principal payments on the loan or security as they become due. If the borrower or issuer fails to pay interest, the Fund’s income might be reduced. If the borrower or issuer fails to repay principal, the value of that security and the net asset values of the Fund’s shares might be reduced. A downgrade in an issuer’s credit rating or other adverse news about an issuer can reduce the value of that issuer’s securities. The Fund’s investments in Senior Loans and other debt securities, particularly those below investment grade, are subject to risks of default.
 
     For the Fund’s collateralized investments, lenders may have difficulty liquidating the collateral or enforcing their rights under the terms of the loans if a borrower defaults. Collateral may be insufficient or set aside by a court. Also, the Fund can invest part of its assets in loans and other debt obligations that are not collateralized. See “What Are the Risks of Default on Senior Loans?” below.

Interest Rate Risk. In general, the value of a debt security changes as prevailing interest rates change. For fixed-rate debt securities, when prevailing interest rates fall, the values of already-issued debt securities generally rise. When prevailing interest rates rise, the values of already-issued debt securities generally fall, and they may sell at a discount from their face amount.
 
     The Senior Loans in which the Fund invests have floating or adjustable interest rates. For that reason, the Manager expects that when interest rates change, the values of Senior Loans will fluctuate less than the values of fixed-rate debt securities, and that the net asset values of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate less than the shares of funds that invest mainly in fixed-rate debt obligations. However, the interest rates of some Senior Loans adjust only periodically. Between the times that interest rates on Senior Loans adjust, the interest rates on those Senior Loans may not correlate to prevailing interest rates. That will affect the value of the loans and may cause the net asset values of the Fund’s shares to fluctuate.

Debt Market Risks. Recent developments relating to subprime mortgages have adversely affected debt securities markets in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. The values of many types of debt securities have been reduced, including debt securities that are not related to mortgage loans. These developments have reduced the willingness of some lenders to extend credit and have made it more difficult for borrowers to obtain financing on attractive terms or at all. In addition, broker-dealers and other market participants have been less willing to make a market in some types of debt instruments, which has impacted the liquidity of those instruments. These developments may also have a negative effect on the broader economy. There is a risk that the 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.

Borrowing. The Fund can borrow money in an amount up to 33 1/3% of its total assets (after counting the assets purchased with the amount borrowed). The Fund may borrow if necessary to obtain short-term credit to allow it to repurchase shares during Repurchase Offers, to manage cash flows, and to fund additional purchase commitments under Senior Loans. The Fund may also borrow to acquire additional investments (a technique known as “leverage”). To the extent that the costs of borrowing exceed the return on the investments purchased with borrowed amounts, the Fund’s returns will be adversely affected. Borrowing for leverage also increases the risk of volatility in the net asset values of the Fund’s shares.
 
     Borrowing may entail other risks. Lenders to the Fund will have preference over the Fund’s shareholders as to payments of interest and repayments of principal on amounts that the Fund borrows and preference to the Fund’s assets in the event of its liquidation. Lending terms may limit the Fund’s ability to pay dividends to shareholders. Lending agreements may also grant the lenders certain voting rights if the Fund defaults in the payment of interest or principal on the loan.

Limited Secondary Market for Senior Loans. Due to restrictions on transfers in loan agreements and the nature of the private syndication of Senior Loans, some Senior Loans are not as easily purchased or sold as publicly-traded securities. As a result, some Senior Loans are illiquid, which means that the Fund may be limited in its ability to sell those Senior Loans at an acceptable price when it wants to in order to generate cash, avoid losses or to meet repurchase requests.
 
     Highly leveraged Senior Loans and Senior Loans in default also may be less liquid than other Senior Loans. If the Fund voluntarily or involuntarily sold those types of Senior Loans, it might not receive the full value it expected. The market for illiquid securities is more volatile than the market for liquid securities and it may be more difficult to obtain accurate valuations for the Fund’s investments. The inability to dispose of assets may make it difficult for the Fund to raise the money needed to repurchase shares in a Repurchase Offer, causing it to resort to borrowing to meet its commitments. The Board of Trustees will consider the liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio securities to determine whether to suspend or postpone a Repurchase Offer.
 

Possible Limited Availability of Senior Loans. Direct investments in Senior Loans and, to a lesser degree, investments in participation interests in or assignments of Senior Loans may be limited. There is a risk that the Fund may not be able to invest a sufficient amount in Senior Loans at all times to meet its 80% asset investment requirement. The limited availability may be due to a number of factors. Direct lenders may allocate only a small number of Senior Loans to new investors, including the Fund. There may be fewer loans available for investment that meet the Fund’s credit standards, particularly in times of economic downturns. Also, lenders or Agents may have an incentive to market the less desirable Senior Loans to investors such as the Fund while retaining attractive loans for themselves. This would reduce the amount of attractive investments for the Fund. If market demand for Senior Loans increases, the interest paid by Senior Loans that the Fund holds may decrease.

Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. The Fund can invest up to 100% of its total assets in Senior Loans and other securities that are below investment grade. Those are loans or securities rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (“Moody’s”) or that have comparable ratings by another rating organization, or, if unrated, that are considered by the Manager to be of comparable quality. Additionally, the Fund can invest a variable amount of the Fund's net assets in debt obligations, including Senior Loans, rated below “B” (at the time the Fund buys them) by a rating organization such as S&P or Moody's, or, if unrated, determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality. See “Does the Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” below. Some of these securities may be in default at the time the Fund buys them which means that the credit risks of these securities is higher. The Fund may invest in obligations of borrowers in connection with a restructuring under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code if the obligations meet the credit standards of the Manager. Debt securities and loans below investment grade tend to offer higher yields than investment-grade securities and loans to compensate investors for the higher risk of default, and are commonly referred to as “high risk securities” or, in the case of bonds, “junk bonds.”
 
     To the extent that the Fund holds lower-grade securities, its net asset values are likely to fluctuate more, especially in response to economic downturns. A projection of an economic downturn or a period of rising interest rates, for example, could cause a decline in the prices of lower-grade securities. In addition, the secondary market for lower-grade securities generally is less liquid than the market for investment-grade bonds. The lack of liquidity could adversely affect the price at which the Fund could sell a lower-grade security. See “Does The Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” below.

Illiquidity of Fund Shares. The Fund is a closed-end investment company designed primarily for long-term investors and not as a trading vehicle. The Fund does not intend to list its shares on any national securities exchange or arrange for their quotation on any over-the-counter market. The Fund’s shares are not readily marketable, and you should consider them to be illiquid. For these reasons, the Fund has adopted a policy to offer each quarter to repurchase between 5% and 25% of the shares outstanding. There is no guarantee that you will be able to sell all the shares that you want to sell during a Repurchase Offer. See “Periodic Repurchase Offers” and “How to Buy Shares,” below.

Concentration. The Fund cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities or obligations of borrowers in a single industry, although the Fund may invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities of issuers in the group of industries in the financial services sector, including banks, bank holding companies, commercial finance, consumer finance, diversified financial, insurance, savings and loans and special purpose financial. The Fund regards the “issuer” of a Senior Loan as including the borrower under the loan agreement, the agent bank and any intermediate participant. The Fund may look to the creditworthiness of the agent bank and other intermediate participants in a Senior Loan, in addition to the borrower. That is because it may be necessary to assert through the agent bank or intermediate participant any rights that may exist under the loan against the borrower if the borrower defaults. Those parties typically are commercial banks, thrift institutions, insurance companies and finance companies (and their holding companies). The Fund will be subject to the risks associated with these financial institutions.
 

     Companies in the financial services industries may be more susceptible to particular economic and regulatory events such as fluctuations in interest rates, changes in the monetary policy of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, governmental regulations concerning those industries and affecting capital raising activities and fluctuations in the financial markets.

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund can invest up to 20% of its total assets in Senior Loans that are made to foreign borrowers, or other debt securities issued by them. The Fund’s foreign Senior Loans must be dollar-denominated, and interest and principal payments must be payable in U.S. dollars, which may reduce risks of currency fluctuations on the values of those Senior Loans. However, foreign obligations have risks not typically involved in domestic investments.
 

Foreign investing can result in higher transaction and operating costs for the Fund. Foreign issuers are not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. issuers are subject to. The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, foreign taxes, delays in settlement of transactions, changes in governmental economic or monetary policies in the United States or abroad, or other political and economic factors. Other risks are described in “Foreign Securities,” below.

How Risky is the Fund Overall?      The risks summarized above collectively form the overall risk profile of the Fund and can affect the value of the Fund’s investments, its investment performance and its net asset values per share. Particular investments and investment strategies also have risks. These risks mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund. When you sell your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

     Investing in a closed-end fund like the Fund presents the risk that you may not be able to dispose of your investment readily when you want to, even though the Fund will make quarterly Repurchase Offers for a portion of its shares. The Fund’s investment risks mean that the Fund’s share prices can go up or down, despite the expectation that investments in Senior Loans may reduce short-term price volatility. The Fund’s other fixed income investments are also subject to short-term price volatility. The Fund’s emphasis on investments in loans of issuers that are below investment grade exposes the Fund to the credit risks of the borrowers who might not meet their debt service requirement in a timely fashion, which could reduce the Fund’s income and subject it to losses of principal value as well, even though most of the Fund’s investments are collateralized.

      The Fund seeks to maintain relatively stable net asset values, but has significantly more risks than investment grade bond funds or money market funds. The Fund is expected to have less share price volatility than bond funds emphasizing investments in fixed-rate debt investments. The Fund is designed for long-term investors.
 

Use of Proceeds of the Fund’s Offering

The Fund will use the proceeds of the offering of its shares to invest in accordance with its investment objective and policies. The investment of the proceeds it receives from the sale of its shares in Senior Loans and other debt securities will depend upon the amount and timing of proceeds available to the Fund as well as the availability of Senior Loans and other debt securities. At times, the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in short-term money market obligations and other high-quality short-term debt securities. That may occur to a greater extent during repurchase periods, to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet repurchase requests, if the Fund chooses not to sell investments or borrow money to meet its obligations. This may result in a lower level of income for the Fund during those periods and possibly more volatility in the Fund’s share prices.

The Fund and Its Investments

What is the Fund’s Investment Objective? The Fund seeks as high a level of current income and preservation of capital as is consistent with investing primarily in senior floating rate loans and other debt obligations.

What Are the Fund’s Principal Investment Policies? The allocation of the Fund’s portfolio among the different types of permitted investments will vary over time based upon the evaluation of economic and market trends by the Manager. Under normal market conditions:

·     

The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any Fund borrowings for investment purpose) in Senior Loans.


·     

While most of those loans will be collateralized, the Fund can also under normal market circumstances invest up to 10% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in uncollateralized Senior Loans.


·     

The Fund can invest a variable amount of the Fund's net assets in debt obligations, including Senior Loans, rated below “B” (at the time the Fund buys them) by a rating organization such as S&P or Moody's, or, if unrated, determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality. See “Does the Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” below.


·     

The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in other investments, including:


·     

secured or unsecured fixed-rate loans


·     

fixed or floating rate bonds or notes


·     

secured or unsecured short-term investment-grade debt obligations


·     

debt obligations (other than Senior loans) of foreign issuers and foreign governments (from developed markets, not emerging markets)


·     

equity securities, including stocks and warrants


·     

repurchase agreements


·     

asset-backed securities, such as collateralized loan obligations


·     

cash and cash equivalents


·     

credit default swaps and other derivative instruments, such as options, currency and interest rate swap agreements, futures and structured investments.


     These investments and strategies are described in detail below.
 

How Do the Portfolio Managers Decide What Investments to Buy or Sell? In selecting investments for the Fund, the Fund’s portfolio managers evaluate overall investment opportunities and risks among the types of investments the Fund can hold. They analyze the credit standing and risks of borrowers whose loans or debt securities they are considering for the Fund’s portfolio. They evaluate information about borrowers from their own research or research supplied by agent banks or other sources. They select only those Senior Loans made to borrowers and debt securities issued by borrowers that they believe are likely to pay the interest and repay the principal on their indebtedness when it becomes due. The portfolio managers consider many factors, including among others,

·     

the borrower’s past and expected future financial performance


·     

the experience and depth of the borrower’s management


·     

the collateral for the loan or other debt security in which the Fund proposes to invest


·     

the borrower’s tangible assets and cash flows


·     

the credit quality of the debt obligations of the agent bank servicing the loan and other intermediaries imposed between the borrower and the Fund, to assure the indebtedness of those agents and intermediaries is investment grade.


     

Can the Fund's Investment Objective and Policies Change? The Fund’s Board of Trustees can change non-fundamental investment policies without shareholder approval, although significant changes will be described in amendments to this prospectus. Fundamental policies cannot be changed without the approval of a “majority” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”)) of the Fund’s outstanding voting shares. The Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy. However, the objective will not be changed without prior notice to shareholders. Some of the Fund’s investment restrictions that are fundamental policies are listed in the Statement of Additional Information. An investment policy is not fundamental unless this prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information says that it is.

Senior Loans. The Senior Loans the Fund invests in are “floating” or adjustable rate loans made to U.S. or foreign corporations, partnerships or other business entities (referred to as “borrowers”). Senior Loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancings of borrowers. Most, but not all, of the Fund’s investments in Senior Loans must be collateralized, and the Fund’s other investments need not be collateralized, as discussed below.

     What Are Floating or Adjustable Interest Rates? Senior loans are debt obligations on which interest is payable at rates that adjust periodically, using a base rate plus a premium or spread above the base rate. The base rate usually is a benchmark that “floats” or changes to reflect current interest rates, such as:

·     

the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (referred to as the “Prime Rate”), or


·     

the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).


     The applicable rate is defined in the loan agreement. Borrowers tend to select the base lending rate that results in the lowest interest cost, and the rate selected may change from time to time. If the benchmark interest rate on a Senior Loan changes, the rate payable to lenders under the Senior Loan will, in turn, change at the next scheduled adjustment date. If the benchmark rate increases, the Fund would earn interest at a higher rate on that Senior Loan after the next scheduled adjustment date. If the benchmark rate decreases, the Fund would earn interest at a lower rate on that Senior Loan after the next scheduled adjustment date.
 

      Interest rates may adjust daily, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. The Fund does not intend to invest more than 5% of its total assets in Senior Loans with interest rates that adjust less often than semi-annually. The Fund may use interest rate swap agreements and other hedging practices to shorten the effective interest rate adjustment period of a Senior Loan. Because investments in Senior Loans with longer interest rate adjustment periods may increase fluctuations in the Fund’s net asset values as a result of interest rate changes, the Fund will attempt to maintain a dollar-weighted average time until the next interest rate adjustment of 90 days or less for its portfolio of Senior Loans.
 

     How Are Senior Loans Created? Senior Loans typically are negotiated between a borrower and one or more commercial banks or other financial institutions as lenders. The lenders are represented by one or more lenders acting as agent for all of the lenders. The Senior Loans then are syndicated among a group of commercial banks and financial institutions.
 

     The agent is responsible for negotiating the terms and conditions of the Senior Loan and the rights of the borrower and the lenders. The agent typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the other lenders in the syndicate. The agent normally is responsible to collect principal and interest payments from the borrower and to apportion those payments among the lenders that are parties to the agreement. The borrower compensates the agent for its services. That compensation may include fees for funding and structuring the loan as well as fees on a continuing basis for other services. A purchaser of a Senior Loan may receive syndication or participation fees in connection with its purchase. Other fees payable with respect to a Senior Loan, which are separate from interest payments, may include facility, commitment, amendment and prepayment fees.
 

The Fund will generally rely on the agent under a particular Senior Loan to collect the Fund’s portion of the loan payments and to use any appropriate remedies against the borrower if necessary. In addition, an institution (which may or may not be the agent) may hold any collateral under the loan on behalf of the lenders. If the agent under a Senior Loan became insolvent or was declared bankrupt or had a receiver appointed, the agent’s appointment under the Senior Loan could be terminated and a successor would be appointed. While the assets held under the loan should remain available to the lenders in that case, if those assets were determined by a court or regulatory authority to be subject to the claims of the agent’s creditors, the Fund might incur delays and costs in realizing payment on the loan, or it might suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

     Senior Loans often have restrictive covenants designed to limit the activities of the borrower in an effort to protect the right of Lenders to receive timely payments of interest on and repayment of principal of the Senior Loans.

How Does the Fund Invest in Senior Loans? The Fund may act as one of the original lenders originating a Senior Loan, or it may purchase assignments of interests in Senior Loans, or it may invest in participation interests in Senior Loans.

The Fund may be required to pay and may receive various fees and commissions in connection with buying, selling and holding interests in Senior Loans. Borrowers typically pay a variety of fees to lenders when a Senior Loan is originated. The Fund may receive those fees directly if it acts as an original lender or if it acquires an assignment of a Senior Loan. When the Fund buys an assignment, it may be required to pay a fee to the assigning lender or forgo a portion of the interest or fees payable to it. The seller of a participation interest may deduct a portion of the interest and any fees payable to the Fund as an administrative fee. Similarly, the Fund might be required to pass along to a buyer of a Senior Loan from the Fund a portion of the fees that the Fund is entitled to.

The Fund may have obligations under a Senior Loan, including the obligation to make additional loans in certain circumstances. In that case, the Fund will reserve against that contingency by identifying on its books cash or other liquid securities in an amount equal to the obligation. The amounts identified in that manner may reduce the Fund’s income. The Fund will not purchase a Senior Loan that would require the Fund to make additional loans, if as a result of that purchase, all of the Fund’s additional loan commitments would exceed 20% of the Fund’s total assets or would cause the Fund to fail to meet the diversification requirements imposed under the Internal Revenue Code to qualify as a regulated investment company.

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Acting as an Original Lender. When the Fund acts as an original lender, it participates in structuring the Senior Loan. As an original lender it will have a direct contractual relationship with the borrower and may enforce the borrower’s compliance with the terms of the loan agreement. The Fund may also have rights with respect to any funds acquired by other lenders under the Loan Agreement as a set-off against the borrower. Lenders have full voting and consent rights as to the provisions under loan agreements. Action by lender votes or consent may require approval of a specified percentage of lenders, or, in some cases, unanimous consent. The Fund will not act as the agent or collateral holder for a Senior Loan, nor as a guarantor or sole negotiator with respect to a Senior Loan.


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Buying Assignments of Loans. If the Fund purchases an assignment from a lender, the Fund typically will succeed to all of the rights and obligations under the loan agreement of the assigning lender and will generally become a “lender” for the purposes of the particular loan agreement. In that case, the Fund will have direct contractual rights under the loan agreement and any related collateral security documents in favor of the lenders under that loan agreement. In some cases the rights and obligations acquired by a purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than, those held by the assigning lender.


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Buying Participation Interests. Participation interests may be acquired from a lender or from other holders of participation interests. If the Fund buys a participation interest from a lender or other participant, the Fund will not have a direct contractual relationship with the borrower. It will be required to rely on the lender or participant that sold the participation interest to enforce the Fund’s rights against the borrower, to collect payments due under the Senior Loan and to foreclose on collateral in the event of the borrower’s default. In that case, the Fund is subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the selling lender or participant interposed between the borrower and the Fund under the loan (these are referred to as intermediate participants).


In the case of participation interests, the Fund might have to assert any rights it may have against the borrower through an intermediate participant if the borrower fails to pay interest and principal when due. In that case, the Fund might be subject to greater delays, risks and expenses than if the Fund could assert its rights directly against the borrower. The Fund may not have any right to vote on whether to waive enforcement of restrictive covenants breached by a borrower and might not benefit directly from collateral supporting the Senior Loan in which it has purchased a participation interest.

Also, under a participation interest the Fund might be deemed to be a creditor of the intermediate participant rather than the borrower, so that the Fund will be exposed to the credit risks of the intermediate participant. The Fund will principally invest in loans through the purchase of participation interests that are rated “B” or higher by one or more of the ratings organizations or, if unrated, determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality, although, the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments, including participation interests, rated below “B.” See “Does the Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” below.

      What is the Priority of a Senior Loan?Senior Loans generally hold a senior position in the capital structure of the borrower. They may include loans that hold the most senior position, loans that hold an equal ranking with other senior debt, or loans that are, in the judgment of the Manager, in the category of senior debt of the borrower. That senior position in the borrower’s capital structure generally gives the holders of Senior Loans a claim on some or all of the borrower's assets that is senior to that of subordinated debt, preferred stock and common stock of the borrower in the event that the borrower defaults or becomes bankrupt.
 

     Does the Fund Have Collateral Requirements for Senior Loans?Most, but not all, of the Senior Loans in which the Fund invests must be fully collateralized with one or more of (1) working capital assets, such as accounts receivable and inventory, (2) tangible fixed assets, such as real property, buildings and equipment, (3) intangible assets such as trademarks or patents, or (4) security interests in shares of stock of the borrower or its subsidiaries or affiliates. A loan agreement may or may not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral to secure a Senior Loan if the value of the initial collateral declines.
 
     Collateral may consist of assets that may not be readily liquidated, and there is no assurance that the liquidation of those assets would satisfy a borrower’s obligations under a Senior Loan. In the case of loans to a non-public company, the company’s shareholders or owners may provide collateral in the form of secured guarantees and/or security interests in assets that they own.
 
     The Fund may invest in corporate loans that are not secured by specific collateral. Unsecured loans involve a greater risk of loss.

     Does the Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans? Rating organizations, such as S&P or Moody’s, rate debt obligations by rating the issuer, after evaluating the issuer’s financial soundness. Generally, the lower the investment rating, the more risky the investment. Debt securities rated below “BBB-” by S&P or “Baa3” by Moody’s are commonly referred to as “high risk” securities or “junk bonds.” The Fund will principally invest in Senior Loans that are rated “B” or higher by one or more of the ratings organizations or, if unrated, are determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality, although, the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments, including Senior Loans, rated below “B” as described below. Senior Loans rated “B” are below investment grade and are regarded by rating organizations as predominantly speculative with respect to the borrower’s ability to repay interest and principal when due over a long period. While securities rated Baa by Moody’s or BBB by S&P are considered to be “investment grade,” they have some speculative characteristics.
 
     The Fund may invest in Senior Loans that are rated both investment grade and below investment grade by different rating organizations. The Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in Senior Loans that are below investment grade. Additionally, the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in debt obligations, including Senior Loans, rated below “B” (at the time the Fund buys them). The limit on investments rated below “B” is variable and is measured as a percentage of the Fund’s net assets. The limit is determined by reference to the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index, a representative index of tradeable, senior secured, U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade loans. The limit is equal to the percentage of assets rated below “B” constituting the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index plus 10%. The limit is reset monthly based on the percentage of below “B” assets constituting the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index at the prior month’s end. For example, if on March 31st, the percentage of below “B” assets in the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index was 7.5%, the Fund could invest up to 17.5% of its net assets in investments rated below “B” during the month of April. Some of these securities may be in default at the time the Fund buys them. The Fund is not obligated to dispose of its investment in a Senior Loan if its rating drops below “B,” but the Manager will monitor the loan to determine if any action is warranted or desirable. Many Senior Loans are not rated by rating organizations. The lack of a rating does not necessarily imply that a loan is of lesser investment quality. There is no limit on the Fund’s investment in unrated Senior Loans if the limitations set forth above are met. Appendix A to this prospectus includes the definitions of the rating categories of the principal rating organizations.
 

     How Does the Manager Analyze Senior Loans? The Manager performs its own credit analysis of Senior Loans. The Manager obtains information from the agents that originate or administer the loans, other lenders and other sources. If a Senior Loan is rated, the Manager will also evaluate the rating organization’s information about the borrower. The Manager will continue to monitor the credit quality of a Senior Loan while the Fund owns that Senior Loan.
 
     In its analysis, the Manager may consider many factors, including the borrower’s past and future projected financial performance; the quality and depth of management; the quality of the collateral; the borrower’s cash flow; factors affecting the borrower’s industry; the borrower’s position in the market and its tangible assets. Typically, the borrowers use the proceeds of Senior Loans to finance leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, mergers, acquisitions, stock repurchases, debt refinancings, and, to a lesser extent, other purposes. Those may be highly leveraged transactions that pose special risks.
 
     The Manager will consider a Senior Loan for the Fund’s portfolio only if the Manager believes that a borrower under a Senior Loan is likely to repay its obligations. For example, the Manager may determine that a borrower can meet debt service requirements from cash flow or other sources, including the sale of assets, despite the borrower’s low credit rating. The Manager may determine that Senior Loans of borrowers that are experiencing financial distress, but that appear able to pay their interest, present attractive investment opportunities. There can be no assurance that the Manager’s analysis will disclose factors that may impair the value of a Senior Loan.
 

     Does the Fund Have Maturity Limits for Senior Loans? The Fund has no limits as to the maturity of Senior Loans it may purchase. Senior Loans in general have a stated term of between five and nine years. However, because Senior Loans typically amortize principal over their stated life and frequently are prepaid, their average credit exposure is expected to be two to three years.
 
     Senior Loans usually have mandatory and optional prepayment provisions. If a borrower prepays a Senior Loan, the Fund will have to reinvest the proceeds in other Senior Loans or securities that may pay lower interest rates. However, prepayment and facility fees the Fund receives may help reduce any adverse impact on the Fund’s yield. Because the interest rates on Senior Loans adjust periodically, the Manager believes that the Fund should generally be able to reinvest prepayments in Senior Loans that have yields similar to those that have been prepaid.

     What are the Risks of Default on Senior Loans? Generally, Senior Loans involve less risk from default than other debt obligations, because in most instances they take preference over subordinated debt obligations and common stock with respect to payment of interest and principal. However, the Fund is subject to the risk that the borrower under a Senior Loan will default on scheduled interest or principal payments. The risk of default will increase in the event of an economic downturn or a substantial increase in interest rates (which will increase the cost of the borrower’s debt service as the interest rate on its Senior Loan is upwardly adjusted). The Fund may own a debt obligation of a borrower that is about to become insolvent. The Fund can also purchase debt obligations that are issued in connection with a restructuring of the borrower under bankruptcy laws.
 

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Collateral. Most, but not all, of the Senior Loans that the Fund will purchase must be backed by collateral, as discussed in “Does the Fund Have Collateral Requirements for Senior Loans?” above. However, the value of the collateral may decline after the Fund buys the Senior Loan, particularly if the collateral consists of equity securities of the borrower or its affiliates. If a borrower defaults, insolvency laws may limit the Fund’s access to the collateral, or the lenders may be unable to liquidate the collateral. If the collateral becomes illiquid or loses some or all of its value, the collateral may not be sufficient to protect the Fund in the event of a default of scheduled interest or principal payments.


     If a borrower defaults on a collateralized Senior Loan, the Fund may receive assets other than cash or securities in full or partial satisfaction of the borrower’s obligation under the Senior Loan. Those assets may be illiquid, and the Fund might not be able to realize the benefit of the assets for legal, practical or other reasons. The Fund might hold those assets until the Manager determined it was appropriate to dispose of them.

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Highly Leveraged Transactions.The Fund can invest a significant portion of its assets in Senior Loans made in connection with highly leveraged transactions. These transactions may include operating loans, leveraged buyout loans, leveraged capitalization loans and other types of acquisition financing. Those Senior Loans are subject to greater credit and liquidity risks than other Senior Loans.


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Restrictive Loan Covenants. Borrowers must comply with various restrictive covenants typically contained in loan agreements. They may include restrictions on dividend payments and other distributions to stockholders, provisions requiring the borrower to maintain specific financial ratios, and limits on total debt. They may include requirements that the borrower prepay the loan with any free cash flow. A break of a covenant that is not waived by the agent bank (or the lenders) is normally an event of default that provides the agent bank or the lenders the right to call the outstanding amount on the loan. If a lender accelerates the repayment of a Senior Loan because of the borrower’s violation of a restrictive covenant under the loan agreement, the borrower might default in payment of the loan.


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Insolvency of Borrowers. Various laws enacted for the protection of debtors may apply to Senior Loans. A bankruptcy proceeding against a borrower could delay or limit the ability of the Fund to collect the principal and interest payments on that borrower’s Senior Loans. If a lawsuit is brought by creditors of a borrower under a Senior Loan, a court or a trustee in bankruptcy could take certain actions that would be adverse to the Fund. For example:


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Other creditors might convince the court to set aside a Senior Loan or the collateralization of the loan as a “fraudulent conveyance” or “preferential transfer.” In that event, the court could recover from the Fund the interest and principal payments that the borrower made before becoming insolvent. There can be no assurance that the Fund would be able to prevent that recapture.


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A bankruptcy court may restructure the payment obligations under the Senior Loan so as to reduce the amount to which the Fund would be entitled.


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The court might discharge the amount of the Senior Loan that exceeds the value of the collateral.


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The court could subordinate the Fund’s rights to the rights of other creditors of the borrower under applicable law.


     A bankruptcy court might find that the collateral securing the Senior Loan is invalid or require the borrower to use the collateral to pay other outstanding obligations. If the collateral consists of stock of the borrower or its subsidiaries, the stock may lose all of its value in the event of a bankruptcy, which would leave the Fund exposed to greater potential loss.

The Fund can invest in Senior Loans that are not secured by any specific collateral of the borrower. If the borrower is unable to pay interest or defaults in the payment of principal, there will be no collateral on which the Fund can foreclose. Therefore, these loans present greater risks than collateralized Senior Loans. The Fund applies the same investment and credit standards to unsecured Senior Loans as to secured Senior Loans, except for collateral requirements.

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Decline in Fund Share Prices. If a borrower defaults on a scheduled interest or principal payment on a Senior Loan, the Fund may experience a reduction of its income. In addition, the value of the Senior Loan would decline, which may, in turn, cause the Fund’s net asset values to fall.


Other Investments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund can invest the balance of its assets in investments other than Senior Loans. Those other investments are described below. More information can be found about them in the Statement of Additional Information.

      Other Loans. The Fund can invest in loans other than Senior Loans, including collateralized and uncollateralized fixed-rate loans. These loans can be made to U.S. or foreign borrowers. The Fund has no limits as to the maturity of other loans in which it invests or as to the market capitalization range of the borrowers. The Fund will principally invest in other loans that are rated “B” or higher by one or more of the ratings organizations or, if unrated, are determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality, although the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments rated below “B.” See “Does the Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” above. Fixed-rate loans are subject to greater interest rate risk than Senior Loans, as the interest rate on a fixed-rate loan does not change as prevailing interest rates change.

      Subordinated Debt Obligations. The Fund can purchase fixed-rate and adjustable-rate subordinated debt obligations. The Fund has no requirements as to the maturity of the debt securities it can buy, or as to the market capitalization range of the issuers of those securities. The Fund will principally invest in subordinated debt obligations that are rated “B” or higher by one or more of the ratings organizations or, if unrated, are determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality, although, the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments, including subordinated debt obligations, rated below “B.” See “Does the Fund Have Credit Quality Standards for Senior Loans?” above. Subordinated debt obligations do not have the same level of priority as Senior Loans and accordingly involve more risk than Senior Loans. If a borrower becomes insolvent, the borrower’s assets may be insufficient to meet its obligations to the holders of its subordinated debt.

U.S. Government Securities.The Fund can invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or other U.S. government agencies or federally-chartered corporate entities referred to as “instrumentalities.” These are referred to as “U.S. government securities” in this prospectus.

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U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (which have maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (which have maturities greater than one year and up to ten years when issued), and Treasury bonds (which have maturities of more than ten years when issued). Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States as to timely payments of interest and repayments of principal. The Fund can also buy U.S. Treasury securities that have been “stripped” of their coupons by a Federal Reserve Bank, zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities described below and Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (“TIPS”).


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Obligations Issued or Guaranteed by U.S. Government Agencies or Instrumentalities. These include direct obligations and mortgage-related securities that have different levels of credit support from the U.S. government. Some are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as Government National Mortgage Association pass-through mortgage certificates (called “Ginnie Maes”). Some are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury under certain circumstances, such as Federal National Mortgage Association bonds (“Fannie Mae”) bonds and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") obligations. Others are supported only by the credit of the entity that issued them. Securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are also supported by commitments from the U.S. Treasury to purchase certain of those agencies’ securities during market conditions in which the U.S. Treasury deems it necessary for the promotion of market stability.


On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a new independent regulatory agency, placed the Federal National Mortgage Corporation and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship and the U.S. Department of Treasury made a commitment to purchase mortgage-backed securities from the companies through December 2009. The U.S. Department of Treasury also entered into a new secured lending credit facility with those companies and a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. Under those agreements, the Treasury will ensure that each company maintains a positive net worth.

      Short-Term, Investment-Grade Debt Obligations. The Fund can hold cash and invest in cash equivalents such as highly-rated commercial paper, bank obligations, repurchase agreements, Treasury bills and short-term U.S. government securities that are investment grade.

      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. 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. 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.

     

      Asset-Backed Securities.The Fund can buy asset-backed securities, which are fractional interests in pools of receivables or loans that are collateralized by the loans, other assets or receivables. They are issued by trusts and special purpose corporations that pass the income from the underlying pool to the buyer of the interest. These securities are subject to the risk of default by the issuer as well as by the borrowers of the underlying loans in the pool.
 
     Neither the Fund nor the Manager selects the borrowers whose loans are included in the pools or the collateral backing those loans. Collateralized loan obligations are subject to the credit risk of the borrower and the institution that creates the pool, as well as prepayment risks.

      Zero-Coupon and “Stripped” Securities.Some of the government and corporate debt securities the Fund can buy are zero-coupon obligations that pay no interest. These securities are issued at a substantial discount from their face value. “Stripped” securities are the separate income or principal components of a debt security. Some collateralized loan obligations may be stripped, with each component having a different proportion of principal or interest payments. One class might receive all the interest and the other all the principal payments.

      Zero-coupon and stripped securities are subject to greater fluctuations in price from interest rate changes than interest-bearing securities. The Fund may have to pay out the imputed income on zero-coupon securities without receiving the actual cash currently. Interest-only and principal-only securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates.
 

     The values of interest-only securities are also very sensitive to prepayments of underlying obligations. When prepayments tend to fall, the timing of the cash flows to principal-only securities increases, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The market for some of these securities may be limited, making it difficult for the Fund to value them or to dispose of its holdings at an acceptable price. The Fund can invest up to 20% of its total assets in zero-coupon securities issued by either the U.S. government or U.S. companies.

      Equity Securities and Warrants. The Fund can acquire warrants and other equity securities as part of a unit combining the Senior Loan and equity securities of a borrower or its affiliates. The acquisition of equity securities will be incidental to the Fund’s purchase of a loan. The Fund may also acquire equity securities and warrants issued in exchange for a Senior Loan or in connection with the restructuring of a Senior Loan, subordinated and unsecured loans and high-yield securities. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common stock. Equity securities are subject to market risks and the risks of changes to the financial condition of the issuer, and fluctuations in value.
 

      Investments in Other Investment Companies. The Fund can purchase shares of other investment companies to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act. Investment companies typically pay management, custodian and other transaction costs. Therefore, the Fund would be subject to its pro rata share of these expenses to the extent that it purchases shares of other investment companies.

Other Investment Strategies. In seeking its objective, the Fund can also use the investment techniques and strategies described below. The Manager might not always use all of the different types of techniques and investments described below. These techniques have risks, although some are designed to help reduce overall investment or market risks.
 

     Foreign Securities. The Fund can invest in U.S. dollar-denominated Senior Loans and can buy debt securities of governments and companies in countries that the Manager deems to be developed countries. Not more than 20% of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in foreign securities, including Senior Loans. While foreign securities offer special investment opportunities, there are also special risks that can reduce the Fund’s share prices and returns.

      The change in 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. Currency rate changes can also affect the distributions the Fund makes from the income it receives from foreign securities as foreign currency values change against the U.S. dollar. Foreign investing can result in higher transaction and operating costs for the Fund. Foreign issuers are not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject to. The differences in foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights may pose special risks in the case of Senior Loans and other loans to foreign borrowers.

     The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, foreign taxes, delays in settlement of transactions, changes in governmental economic or monetary policies in the United States or abroad, or other political and economic factors. The Fund may experience difficulty in repatriating foreign assets to the United States. The Fund will not invest in securities of issuers in developing or emerging market countries.     
 

Derivative Investments.The Fund can invest in a variety of “derivative” investments, including futures contracts, put and call options, forward contracts, options on futures and broadly-based securities indices, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, currency swaps, total return swaps and structured investments. In general terms, a derivative investment is an investment contract whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, such as a loan or other debt instrument, or non-asset reference, such as an interest rate or index. The Fund may use strategies with derivative instruments to hedge the Fund's portfolio against price fluctuations or because they offer the potential for a reduction of interest rate risk (by reducing the effective maturity of an obligation). The Fund may also use derivative instruments for speculative purposes. The Fund has established limits on its use of derivative instruments. Certain of the derivatives the Fund can use are described below.

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Credit Default Swaps, Interest Rate Swaps, Currency Swaps and Total Return Swaps. A credit default swap enables the Fund to buy or sell protection against a credit event, such as a borrower’s or issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal, bankruptcy or restructuring. If the Fund buys credit protection using a credit default swap, the Fund will make fixed payments to the counterparty. If a credit event occurs, the Fund will deliver the defaulted loan or bond underlying the swap and the swap counterparty will pay the par amount. If the Fund sells credit protection using a credit default swap, the Fund will receive fixed payments from the counterparty. If a credit event occurs, the Fund will pay the par amount of the defaulted loan or bond underlying the swap and the swap counterparty will deliver the loan or bond. If the swap is on a basket of assets, the notional amount of the swap is reduced by the par amount of the defaulted loan or bond, and the fixed payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.


     Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with another party of their respective commitments or rights to pay or receive interest, such as an exchange of fixed rate payments for adjustable rate payments on Senior Loans. For example, if the Fund holds a Senior Loan with an interest rate that is adjusted only twice a year, it might swap the right to receive interest at that adjustable rate for the right to receive interest at a rate that is adjusted every week. In that case, if interest rates rise, the increased interest received by the Fund would help offset a decline in the value of the Senior Loan. On the other hand, if interest rates fall, the Fund’s benefit from falling interest rates would decrease.

     Foreign currency swaps involve the exchange by the Fund and a counterparty of the right to receive foreign currency for the right to receive U.S. dollars. The relative amounts of the currencies to be received by each party are fixed at the time the swap is entered into. This locks in the right of the parties to receive a predetermined amount of a particular currency. The Fund may use these swaps to try to protect against fluctuations in exchange rates as to the currencies in which its foreign investments are denominated.

     Total return swaps involve the payment by the Fund of a rate of interest in exchange for the total rate of return on a Senior Loan or other investment. For example, instead of investing in a particular Senior Loan, the Fund could instead enter into a total return swap and receive the total return of the Senior Loan, in return for a floating rate payment to the counterparty.
 
     The terms of the instrument are generally negotiated by the Fund and the swap counterparty. There is no central exchange or market for swap transactions and therefore they are less liquid investments than exchange-traded instruments.
 

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“Structured” Investments. The Fund can buy “structured” investments, which are specially-designed derivative debt investments. Their principal repayments or interest payments are linked to the value of one or more assets (such as loans, other debt instruments, currencies or commodities) or non-asset references (such as an index). The terms of the instrument may be “structured” by the purchaser (the Fund) and the borrower issuing the note.


     The principal and/or interest payments depend on the performance of one or more assets or non-asset references, and the values of these investments will therefore fall or rise in response to the changes in the values of the underlying references. These investments are subject to both credit and interest rate risks and therefore the Fund could receive more or less than it originally invested when the investments mature, or it might receive less interest than the stated coupon payment if the underlying reference does not perform as anticipated. Structured investments may have volatile values and they may have a limited trading market, making it difficult for the Fund to value or to sell its investment at an acceptable price.

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Risks of Derivative Instruments. The Fund can use derivatives to hedge investment risk or for investment purposes. If the issuer of the derivative does not pay the amount due, the Fund can lose money on the investment. Also, the underlying investment on which the derivative is based, and the derivative itself, might not perform the way the Manager expected it to perform. If that happens, the Fund’s share prices could decline and the Fund could receive less income than expected. Some derivatives may be illiquid, making it difficult to value them or sell them at an acceptable price. Using derivatives can increase the volatility of the Fund’s share prices.


     When-Issued” and “Delayed Delivery” Transactions. The Fund can purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis and can purchase or sell such securities on a “delayed-delivery” basis. Between the purchase and settlement, no payment is made for the security and no interest accrues to the buyer from the investment. There is a risk of loss to the Fund if the value of the security declines prior to the settlement date.

      Borrowing. The Fund can borrow money in amounts up to 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets at the time of the borrowings. The Fund may borrow money to finance share repurchases during Repurchase Offers and to finance the purchase of additional investments (a technique referred to as “leverage”). The Fund might borrow for leverage to attempt to maintain the desired level of investment in Senior Loans after accounting for anticipated cash flow from prepayments of Senior Loans, the sale of Fund shares, cash outflows to fulfill settlement obligations (including obligations under revolving Senior Loans to fund additional commitments) and repurchase of Fund shares.
 
     The Fund might borrow to acquire additional investments when the Manager believes that the interest payments and costs associated with borrowing will not exceed the total return on the investments acquired with those borrowings. However, the success of that type of leverage strategy depends on the Manager’s ability to predict correctly interest rate and market movements, and there is no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be successful. Unless the income and appreciation, if any, on assets acquired with borrowed funds exceed the costs of borrowing, the use of leverage will reduce the Fund’s investment performance compared to what it would have been without leveraging. The Fund can also borrow money in anticipation of cash flows in and out of the Fund. The Fund currently borrows for both purposes and has obtained a line of credit from a financial institution to facilitate this borrowing. That line of credit bears interest at a floating rate.
 
     The Fund will not purchase additional portfolio securities at any time that borrowings exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets (excluding the amount borrowed). Borrowing money involves transaction and interest costs. The Fund may pay a commitment fee or other fee to maintain a line of credit, and will pay interest on amounts it borrows. These costs can reduce the income the Fund has available for distribution to investors.
 
     Under the Investment Company Act, the Fund may not incur indebtedness unless immediately after it incurs debt it has “asset coverage” of at least 300% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the indebtedness. If the Fund fails to meet that test, it may be restricted from declaring or paying dividends. Failure to pay certain dividends could cause the Fund to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, which could make the Fund liable for income and excise taxes. The Fund may be required to dispose of portfolio investments on unfavorable terms if market fluctuations reduce its asset coverage to less than 300%.

      Lending Portfolio Securities. The Fund may loan its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and financial institutions to seek income. The Fund has entered into a securities lending agreement with The Goldman Sachs Bank USA, doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending (“Goldman Sachs”) for that purpose. Under the agreement, Goldman Sachs will generally bear the risk that a borrower may default on its obligation to return loaned securities. The Fund, however, will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral, including any collateral invested in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund may lose money on its investment of cash collateral or may fail to earn sufficient income on its investment to meet its obligations to the borrower.
 

The Fund’s portfolio loans must comply with the collateralization and other requirements of the Fund’s securities lending agreement, its securities lending procedures and applicable government regulations. The Fund limits loans of portfolio securities to not more than 25% of its net assets.

     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 objective, and may have a high portfolio turnover rate (for example, over 100%). While increased portfolio turnover may create higher brokerage and transaction costs (and may reduce performance), in most cases the Fund does not pay brokerage commissions on debt securities it buys. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells portfolio investments, it must generally pay those gains out to shareholders, increasing their taxable distributions. The Financial Highlights table on page 11-14 of this prospectus shows the Fund’s portfolio turnover rates during recent fiscal years.

Conflicts of Interest. The investment activities of the Manager and its affiliates in regard to other accounts they manage may present conflicts of interest that could disadvantage the Fund and its shareholders. The Manager or its 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 or its 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 or its affiliates and the Fund may experience losses during periods in which other accounts advised by the Manager or its affiliates achieve gains. The Manager has adopted policies and procedures designed to address potential conflicts of interest identified by the Manager, however such policies and procedures may also limit the Fund’s investment activities and affect its performance.

     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 try 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 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 Manager cannot 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.

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 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 described above 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 HOLDINGS. The Fund’s portfolio holdings are included in semi-annual and annual reports that are distributed to shareholders of the Fund within 60 days after the close of the period for which such report is being made. The Fund also discloses its portfolio holdings in its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 60 days after the close of its first and third fiscal quarters. These required filings are publicly available at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Therefore, portfolio holdings of the Fund are made publicly available no later than 60 days after the close of each of the Fund’s fiscal quarters.

     A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information

Performance Information

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to illustrate its performance. These terms include “dividend yield,” “average annual total return,” and “cumulative total return.” The Statement of Additional Information contains an explanation of how yields and total returns are calculated. You can obtain current performance information for the Fund by calling the Fund’s Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677 or by visiting the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

How the Fund Is Managed

The Board of Trustees.The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Board is elected by shareholders and meets periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund’s business, review its performance, and review the actions of the Manager. “Trustees and Officers of the Fund” in the Statement of Additional Information identifies the Trustees and officers of the Fund (who are elected by the Trustees) and provides more information about them.

The Manager. The Manager chooses the Fund's investments and handles its day-to-day business. The Manager selects the Fund’s portfolio securities and the brokers through which the Fund executes its portfolio transactions, furnishes offices, facilities, and equipment, and provides the services of its employees to carry out the Fund’s business and regulatory filings. The Manager performs its duties, subject to certain policies established by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, under an investment advisory agreement that states the Manager's responsibilities. The agreement sets the fees paid by the Fund to the Manager and describes the expenses that the Fund is responsible to pay to conduct its business. For example, the Fund pays for its own brokerage costs, and custodian, transfer agent, accounting and legal fees. The agreement permits the Manager to employ broker-dealers that are affiliates of the Fund or the Manager in executing the Fund’s portfolio transactions. However, it is expected that most of the Fund’s portfolio transactions will be principal trades at net prices, for which no broker-dealer is used.

The Manager has been an investment adviser since January 1960. The Manager and a subsidiary managed funds with nearly 6 million shareholder accounts as of September 30, 2009. The Manager is located at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street,11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008. The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a holding company ultimately controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Advisory Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager an advisory fee at an annual rate that declines as the Fund’s assets grow: 0.75% of the first $200 million of average annual net assets of the Fund, 0.72% of the next $200 million, 0.69% of the next $200 million, 0.66% of the next $200 million, and 0.60% of average annual net assets in excess of $800 million. From January 1, 2006 until November 30, 2008, the Manager had voluntarily agreed to reduce its management fee by 0.10% of average annual net assets. That fee reduction had the effect of reducing the Fund’s overall expenses, thereby increasing its yield. The Fund’s management fee for its last fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, was 0.62% of the Fund’s average annual net assets after taking into account the voluntary waiver. Without giving effect to the voluntary waiver, the management fee would have been 0.66%. Effective December 1, 2008, that voluntary reduction by the Manager has been withdrawn.

     A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees approval of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement is available in the Fund’s semi-annual report to shareholders for the period ended January 31, 2009.

Portfolio Managers. The Fund’s portfolio is managed by Joseph Welsh and Margaret Hui who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investments.

Mr. Welsh has been a Senior Vice President of the Manager since May 2009 and portfolio manager of the Fund’s portfolio since September 1999. Mr. Welsh was a Vice President of the Manager from December 2000 to April 2009.

Ms. Hui has been a Vice President and portfolio manager of the Fund since October 1999. Ms. Hui has been a Vice President of the Manager since February 2005. Ms. Hui was an Assistant Vice President of the Manager from October 1999 to January 2005.

The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio management team’s compensation, other accounts they manage and their ownership of Fund shares.

A b o u t Y o u r A c c o u n t

How to Buy Shares

How Do You Buy Shares? The Fund offers its Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares continuously at the respective offering price for each class of shares. The Fund’s shares are sold through the Fund’s general distributor, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager (the “Distributor”) on a “best-efforts” basis. That means the Distributor is not required to sell a specific number of shares, and it does not make a market in the Fund’s shares.
 
     You can buy shares several ways, as described below. The Fund’s Distributor may appoint servicing agents to accept purchase orders. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may reject any purchase order for the Fund's shares. Investors considering purchase of shares of the Fund for retirement plan accounts from which required minimum distributions must be taken starting at age 70 ½ should consider the limitations on repurchases of shares described below.

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Buying Shares Through Your Dealer. You can buy shares through any dealer, broker or financial institution that has a selling agreement with the Distributor. Your dealer will place your order with the Distributor on your behalf. A broker or dealer may charge a processing fee for that service. Your account information will be shared with the dealer you designate as the dealer of record for the account.


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Buying Shares Through the Distributor. Complete an OppenheimerFunds new account application and return it with a check payable to “OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.” Mail it to P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217. If you do not list a dealer on the application, Class A shares are your only purchase option. The Distributor will act as your agent in buying Class A shares. However, we recommend that you discuss your investment with a financial adviser before you make a purchase to be sure that the Fund is appropriate for you. Class B or Class C 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 Class B or Class C 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. If you submit a purchase request to the Distributor without designating the Fund you wish to invest in, your investment 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.


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Paying by Federal Funds Wire. Shares purchased through the Distributor may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. The minimum wire purchase is $2,500. Before sending a wire, call the Distributor's Wire Department at 1.800.225.5677 to notify the Distributor of the wire, and to receive further instructions.


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Buying Shares Through OppenheimerFunds AccountLink. With AccountLink, you pay for shares by electronic funds transfers from your bank account. Shares are purchased for your account by a transfer of money from your bank account through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system. You can provide share purchase instructions automatically, under an Asset Builder Plan, described below, or by telephone instructions using OppenheimerFunds PhoneLink, also described below. Please refer to “AccountLink,” below for more details.


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Buying Shares Through Asset Builder Plans. You may purchase shares of the Fund automatically from your account at a bank or other financial institution under an Asset Builder Plan with AccountLink. Details are in the Asset Builder application and the Statement of Additional Information.


What Is The Minimum Amount You Must Invest? In most cases, you can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional investments at any time with as little as $50. There are reduced minimum investments under special investment plans:

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If you establish one of the many types of retirement plan accounts that OppenheimerFunds offers, more fully described below under “Special Investor Services,” you can start your account with as little as $500.


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For certain retirement accounts that have automatic investments through salary deduction plans, there is no minimum initial investment.


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By using an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Exchange Plan (details are in the Statement of Additional Information), or government allotment plan, you can make an initial investment for as little as $500. The minimum subsequent investment is $50, except that for any account established under one of these plans prior to November 1, 2002, the minimum additional investment will remain $25.


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A minimum initial investment of $250 applies to certain fee based programs that have an agreement with the Distributor. The minimum subsequent investment for those programs is $50.


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The minimum investment requirement does not apply to reinvesting dividends from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds (a list of them appears in the Statement of Additional Information, or you can ask your dealer or call the Transfer Agent or visit www.oppenheimerfunds.com), or reinvesting distributions from unit investment trusts that have made arrangements with the Distributor.


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The minimum purchase amounts listed do not apply to omnibus accounts.


At What Price Are Shares Sold? Shares are sold at their offering price which is the net asset value per share plus any initial sales charge that applies. The offering price that applies to a purchase order is based on the next calculation of the net asset value per share that is made after the Distributor receives the purchase order at its offices in Colorado, or after any agent appointed by the Distributor receives the order. Your financial adviser can provide you with more information regarding the time you must submit your purchase order and whether the adviser is an authorized agent for the receipt of purchase orders.

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To buy shares at the offering price for a particular day, the Distributor or its designated agent must receive your order by the time the NYSE closes that day. 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 after your order is received.


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If you buy shares through an authorized dealer, your dealer must receive the order by the close of the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). If your order is received on a day when the NYSE is closed or after it is closed, the order will receive the next offering price that the Fund determines.


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 (the “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. All references to time in this prospectus mean “Eastern time.”

The net asset value per share for a class of shares on a regular business day is determined by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to that class by the number of shares of that class outstanding on that day. To determine net asset values, the Fund assets are valued primarily on the basis of current market quotations. If market quotations are not readily available or do not accurately reflect fair value for a security (in the Manager's judgment) or if a security's value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market on which the security is principally traded, that security may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes accurately reflects the fair value.
 

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. 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. 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 for significant events that it believes in good faith will affect the market prices of the securities of issuers 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 Fund uses fair value pricing procedures to reflect what the Manager and the Board believe to be more accurate values for the Fund's portfolio securities, although it may not always be able to accurately determine such values. 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 the same time at which the Fund determines its net asset value per share.
 

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 values are 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, the Manager will use its best judgment to determine a fair value for that security.

The Manager believes that foreign securities values may be affected by volatility that occurs in U.S. markets on a trading day 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.
 

     The Manager values Senior Loans (and other loans) held by the Fund for which an active secondary market exists (in the opinion of the Manager) on the basis of market value, which may include valuations provided by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. The pricing service may use “matrix” comparisons to the prices of comparable loans on the basis of quality, yield and maturity. Loans for which no reliable market valuations are available will be valued by the Manager at fair value, following procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. In making such valuations with respect to Senior Loans, the Manager considers such factors and data as:

(1)     

fundamental analytical data relating to the Senior Loan, including the cost, size, current interest rate and base lending rate of the Senior Loan, the terms and conditions of the loan agreement and any related agreements, and the position of the loan in the borrower’s capital structure,


(2)     

the creditworthiness of the borrower based upon an evaluation of its financial condition, financial statements and information about its business, cash flows, capital structure and future prospects,


(3)     

the nature, adequacy and value of the loan collateral,


(4)     

information relating to the market for the loan, including any price quotations from reliable dealers for trading in interests in similar loans,


(5)     

the market environment and investor attitude toward the loan and similar loans,


(6)     

the reputation and financial condition of the agent and any intermediate participants, and


(7)     

general economic and market conditions that the Manager believes affect the fair value of the loan.


     

What Classes of Shares Does the Fund Offer? The Fund offers investors four 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 likely have different share prices. When you buy shares, be sure to specify the class of shares. If you do not choose a class, your investment will be made in Class A shares.

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Class A Shares. If you buy Class A shares, you pay an initial sales charge (on investments up to $1 million for regular accounts or lesser amounts for certain retirement plans). The amount of that sales charge will vary depending on the amount you invest. The sales charge rates are listed in “How Can You Buy Class A Shares?” below.


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Class B Shares. If you buy Class B shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge. If you tender your shares for repurchase and they are repurchased by the Fund within five years after you originally bought them, normally you will pay an Early Withdrawal Charge. That Early Withdrawal Charge varies depending on how long you own your shares, as described in “How Can You Buy Class B Shares?” below.


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Class C Shares. If you buy Class C shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge. If you tender your shares for repurchase and they are repurchased within 12 months after you originally bought them, normally you will pay an Early Withdrawal Charge of 1.0%, as described in “How Can You Buy Class C Shares?” below.


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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, its affiliates, its parent company and the subsidiaries of its parent company, and retirement plans established for the benefit of such individuals.


Which Class of Shares Should You Choose? Once you decide that the Fund is an appropriate investment for you, the decision as to which class of shares is best suited to your needs depends on a number of factors that you should discuss with your financial adviser. Some factors to consider are how much you plan to invest and how long you plan to hold your investment. If your goals and objectives change over time and you plan to purchase additional shares, you should re-evaluate those factors to see if you should consider another class of shares. The Fund’s operating costs that apply to a class of shares and the effect of the different types of asset-based sales charges and Early Withdrawal Charges on your investment will vary your investment results over time.

     

     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. Of course, these examples are based on approximations of the effects of current sales charges, Early Withdrawal 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 adviser before making that choice.
 
     How Long Do You Expect to Hold Your Investment? While future financial needs cannot be predicted with certainty, knowing how long you expect to hold your investment will assist you in selecting the appropriate class of shares. Because of the effect of class-based expenses, your choice will also depend on how much you plan to invest. For example, the reduced sales charges available for larger purchases of Class A shares may, over time, offset the effect of paying an initial sales charge on your investment, compared to the effect over time of higher class-based expenses on shares of Class B or Class C.

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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, you plan to hold your shares for less than six years), you should most likely invest in Class A or Class C shares rather than Class B shares. That is because of the effect of the Class B Early Withdrawal Charge if you tender your shares for repurchase within five years of buying them, as well as the effect of the Class B asset-based sales charge on the investment return for that class in the short term. Class C shares might be the appropriate choice (especially for investments of less than $100,000), because there is no initial sales charge on Class C shares, and the Early Withdrawal Charge does not apply to amounts you tender for repurchase after holding them one year.


However, if you plan to invest more than $100,000 for the shorter term, then as your investment horizon increases toward six years, Class C shares might not be as advantageous as Class A shares. That is because the annual asset-based sales charge on Class C shares will have a greater impact on your account over the longer term than the reduced front-end sales charge available for larger purchases of Class A shares.

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 of more than $100,000 of Class B shares or $1 million or more of Class C shares from a single investor. Dealers or other financial intermediaries purchasing shares for their customers in omnibus accounts are responsible for compliance with those limits.

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Investing for the Longer Term. If you are investing less than $100,000 for the longer-term, for example for retirement, and do not expect to need access to your money for five years or more, Class B shares may be appropriate.


Are There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You? Some account features may not be available to Class B and Class C shareholders. Other features may not be advisable (because of the effect of the Early Withdrawal Charges) for Class B and Class C shareholders. Therefore, you should carefully review how you plan to use your investment account before deciding which class of shares to buy.

     Additionally, the dividends payable to Class B and Class C shareholders will be reduced by the additional expenses borne by those classes that are not borne by Class A or Class Y shares, such as the Class B and Class C asset-based sales charge described below and in the Statement of Additional Information.

How Do Share Classes Affect Payments to Your Broker? A financial adviser may receive different compensation for selling one class of shares than for selling another class. It is important to remember that Class B and Class C Early Withdrawal Charges have the same purpose as the front-end sales charge on sales of Class A shares: to compensate the Distributor for concessions and expense reimbursements it pays to dealers and financial institutions for selling shares. The Distributor may pay additional compensation from its own resources to securities dealers or financial institutions based upon the value of shares of the Fund held by the dealer or financial institution for its own account or for its customers.

Are There Any Early Withdrawal Charge Waivers? Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information details the conditions for the waiver of Early Withdrawal Charges that apply in certain cases, or that apply to purchases of shares of the Fund by certain groups, or under specified retirement plan arrangements or in other special types of transactions. The Class B and Class C Early Withdrawal Charges are waived in the case of repurchases of shares owned by present and former officers, directors, trustees or employees (and their “immediate families” as that term is defined in Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their employees. To receive a waiver, you must advise the Distributor when buying shares or the Transfer Agent when submitting a repurchase request that a special condition applies.

How Can You Buy Class A Shares? Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus an initial sales charge. However, in some cases, described below, purchases are not subject to an initial sales charge, and the offering price will be the net asset value. In other cases, reduced sales charges may be available, as described below or in the Statement of Additional Information. Out of the amount you invest, the Fund receives the net asset value to invest for your account.

     The sales charge varies depending on the amount of your purchase. A portion of the sales charge may be retained by the Distributor or allocated to your dealer as a concession. The Distributor reserves the right to reallow the entire concession to dealers. The current sales charge rates and concessions paid to dealers and brokers are as follows:

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 $100,000

3.50%

3.63%

3.00%

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

3.00%

3.09%

2.50%

$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%

1.50%

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

Can You Reduce Class A Sales Charges? You and your spouse may be eligible to buy Class A shares of the Fund at reduced sales charge rates set forth in the table above under the Fund’s “Right of Accumulation” or a “Letter of Intent.” The Fund reserves the right to modify or to cease offering these programs at any time.

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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

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your individual accounts (including IRAs and 403(b) plans and eligible Section 529 plans),


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your joint accounts with your spouse,


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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 this Right of Accumulation at the time of your purchase.

To count eligible 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, or 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.

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Letters 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 and 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. Purchases of Class N shares or Class Y shares, purchases made by reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions, purchases of Class A shares 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, will not be counted as “qualified purchases” for satisfying the terms of a Letter of Intent. You must notify the Distributor or your financial intermediary of any qualifying 529 plan holdings.


The total amount of your intended purchases will determine the reduced sales charge rate that will apply to your Class A share purchases of the Fund during the 13-month period. If you do not complete the purchases outlined in the Letter of Intent, the front-end sales charge you paid on your purchases will be recalculated to reflect 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 these purchases.

Other Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers. The Fund and the Distributor offer other opportunities to purchase shares without front-end sales charges or early withdrawal charges under the programs described below. The Fund reserves the right to amend or discontinue these programs at any time without prior notice.
 

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Dividend Reinvestment. Dividends and/or capital gains distributions received by a shareholder from the Fund 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, at the net asset value per share in effect on the payable date. You must notify the Transfer Agent in writing to elect this option and must have an existing account in the fund selected for reinvestment.


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Exchanges of Shares. As part of a repurchase offer, shares of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds at net asset value per share at the time of exchange, without sales charge, and shares of the Fund can be purchased by exchange of shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds on the same basis. Please refer to “How to Exchange Shares” in this prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information for more details, including a discussion of circumstances in which sales charges may apply on exchanges.


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Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months of a repurchase of certain Class A and Class B shares, the proceeds may be reinvested in Class A shares of the Fund, or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund may be exchanged without a sales charge. This privilege applies to repurchases of Class A shares that were subject to an initial sales charge or Class A or Class B shares that were subject to a contingent deferred sales charge or early withdrawal charge when redeemed. The investor must ask the Transfer Agent or his or her financial intermediary for that privilege at the time of reinvestment and must identify the account from which the repurchase was made. This reinvestment privilege does not apply to reinvestment purchases made through automatic investment options.


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Other Special Reductions and Waivers. The Fund and the Distributor offer additional arrangements to reduce or eliminate front-end sales charges or to waive early withdrawal charges for certain types of transactions and for certain categories of investors (primarily retirement plans that purchase shares in special programs through the Distributor). These are described in greater detail in Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information may be ordered by calling 1.800.225.5677 or through the OppenheimerFunds website, at www.oppenheimerfunds.com


(under the heading “Fund Information,” follow the hyperlink “Access Fund Documents” and click on the icon in the column “SAI” next to the Fund’s name). A description of these waivers and special sales charge arrangements is also available for viewing on the OppenheimerFunds website (under the heading “Fund Information,” click on the hyperlink “Sales Charges and Breakpoints”). To receive a waiver or special sales charge rate under these programs, the purchaser must notify the Distributor (or other financial intermediary through which shares are being purchased) at the time of purchase, or must notify the Transfer Agent at the time of redeeming shares for those waivers that apply to early withdrawal charges.

Class A Early Withdrawal Charge. There is no initial sales charge on Class A share purchases totaling $1 million or more of one or more of the Oppenheimer funds. However, those Class A shares may be subject to a 1.0% Early Withdrawal Charge if they are tendered for repurchase within an 18-month “holding period” measured from the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase (except for shares in certain retirement plans, described below). That charge will be calculated on the lesser of the original net asset value of the repurchased shares or the aggregate net asset value of the repurchased shares at the time of the tender for repurchase.
 

The Class A Early Withdrawal 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 Early Withdrawal Charge.
 

The Distributor pays concessions from its own resources equal to 0.50% 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 dealer concession.

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Class A Purchases by Certain Retirement Plans. There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of the Fund by certain retirement plans that have $1 million or more in plan assets or that are part of a retirement plan or platform offered by banks, broker-dealers, financial advisers, insurance companies or recordkeepers. There is no Early Withdrawal Charge on repurchases of any group retirement plan shares purchased after March 1, 2007, or certain retirement plan shares offered through banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance companies or recordkeepers.


Until March 1, 2007, the Distributor paid a concession from its own resources on purchases by certain group retirement plans that were established prior to March 1, 2001 (“grandfathered retirement plans”). Shares purchased in grandfathered retirement plans prior to March 1, 2007 will continue to be subject to the Early Withdrawal Charge if they are tendered for repurchase within 18 months after purchase. Beginning March 1, 2007, the Distributor will not pay a concession on new share purchases by retirement plans (except plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets) and no new group retirement plan purchases will be subject to the Early Withdrawal Charge, including purchases in grandfathered retirement plans. For shares purchased prior to March 1, 2007, the concession for grandfathered retirement plans was 0.75% of the first $2.5 million of purchases plus 0.25% of purchases in excess of $2.5 million. Effective March 1, 2007, the concession for grandfathered retirement accounts is 0.25%.

For 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 dealers of record concessions equal to 0.25% of the purchase price of Class A shares 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.
 

How Can You Buy Class B Shares? Class B shares are sold at their current net asset value per share without an initial sales charge. However, if you tender your Class B shares for repurchase in a Repurchase Offer and they are accepted for repurchase within a holding period of five years from the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, the Fund will deduct an Early Withdrawal Charge from the repurchase proceeds. The Class B Early Withdrawal Charge is used to compensate the Distributor for its expenses in providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B shares.

     The amount of the Early Withdrawal Charge will depend on the number of years since you invested and the dollar amount the Fund has repurchased, according to the following schedule for the Class B Early Withdrawal Charge holding period:

Years Since the Date on Which the Purchase Order was Accepted

Early Withdrawal Charge on Shares Accepted for Repurchase in That Year (As % of Amount Subject to Charge)

0 – 1

3.0%

1 – 2

2.0%

2 – 3

1.5%

3 – 4

1.5%

4 – 5

1.0%

5 and following

None

In the table, a “year” is a 12-month period. In applying the Early Withdrawal Charge, all purchases are considered to have been made on the first regular business day of the month during which the purchase was made. If your Class B shares that are repurchased were acquired by exchange of Class B shares of another Oppenheimer fund, they will be subject to the Class B Early Withdrawal Charge rate of this Fund for a comparable holding period.

     Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after the beginning of the month in which you purchase them. This conversion feature relieves Class B shareholders of the asset-based sales charge that applies to Class B shares under the Class B Distribution and Service Plan, described below. The conversion is based on the relative net asset values of the two classes, and no Early Withdrawal Charge or other charge is imposed. When any Class B shares that you hold convert, any other Class B shares that were acquired by reinvesting dividends and distributions on the converted shares will also convert to Class A shares. For further information on the conversion feature and its tax implications, see “Class B Conversion” in the Statement of Additional Information.

How Can You Buy Class C Shares? Class C shares are sold at net asset value per share without an initial sales charge. However, if you tender your Class C shares for purchase in a Repurchase Offer within a holding period of 12 months from the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, the Fund will deduct an Early Withdrawal Charge of 1.0% from the repurchase proceeds. The Class C Early Withdrawal Charge is used to compensate the Distributor for its expenses in providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class C shares.

Who Can Buy 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 this purpose. They may include insurance companies, registered investment companies, employee benefit plans and Section 529 plans, among others. Currently only certain institutional investors that have a special agreement with the Distributor and 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, can purchase Class Y shares.
 

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 those 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.

Distribution and Service 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 providing services to Class A shareholder accounts. The Fund makes these payments quarterly, based on an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average annual 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 for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares.
 

Prior to March 1, 2007, the Distributor paid the first year's service fee in advance for shares purchased in grandfathered retirement plans and it retained the service fee from the Fund with respect to those shares during the first year after their purchase. After the shares were held by a grandfathered retirement plan for a year, the Distributor paid the ongoing service fee to the dealer of record on a periodic basis. For shares purchased in grandfathered 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.

     Distribution and Service Plans for Class B and Class C Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans for Class B and Class C shares to pay the Distributor for its services and costs in distributing Class B and Class C shares and servicing accounts. Under the plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of up to 0.75% on Class B shares and on Class C shares. The Board of Trustees has currently set that fee rate at 0.50% of average annual net assets of the respective class per year under each plan but may increase it up to 0.75% in the future. The Fund also pays the Distributor a service fee of 0.25% of average annual net assets under each plan.

     The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and Class C expenses by 0.75% of the net assets per year of the respective class. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.

     The Distributor uses the service fees to compensate dealers for providing personal services for accounts that hold Class B or Class C shares. The Distributor normally pays the 0.25% service fees to dealers in advance for the first year after the shares are sold by the dealer. After the shares have been held for one year, the Distributor pays the service fees to dealers periodically.

     The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 2.75% 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 3.00% of the purchase price. The Distributor normally retains the Class B asset-based sales charge. 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.

     The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 0.75% of the purchase price of Class C shares to dealers from its own resources at the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total amount that the Distributor pays to the dealer at the time of sale of Class C shares is therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor pays the asset-based sales charge as an ongoing concession to the dealer on Class C shares that have been outstanding for a year or more. The Distributor normally retains the asset-based sales charge on Class C shares during the first year after the purchase of Class C shares. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

     For certain group retirement plans held in omnibus accounts, the Distributor may pay the full Class C asset-based sales charge and the service fee to the dealer beginning in the first year after the purchase of such shares in lieu of paying the dealer the sales concession and the advance of the first year’s service fee at the time of purchase. New group omnibus plans may not purchase Class B shares.

     

Other Payments to Financial Intermediaries and Service Providers. The Manager and the Distributor, in their discretion, also may pay dealers or other financial intermediaries and service providers for distribution and/or shareholder servicing activities. These payments are made out of the Manager’s and/or the Distributor’s own resources, including from the profits derived from the advisory fees the Manager receives from the Fund. These cash payments, which may be substantial, are paid to many firms having business relationships with the Manager and Distributor. These payments 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. These payments by the Manager or Distributor from their own resources are not reflected in the tables in the section called “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in this prospectus because they are not paid by the Fund.

“Financial intermediaries” are firms that offer and sell Fund shares to their clients, or provide shareholder services to the Fund, or both, and receive compensation for doing so. Your securities dealer or financial adviser, for example, is a financial intermediary, and there are other types of financial intermediaries that receive payments relating to the sale or servicing of the Fund’s shares. In addition to dealers, the financial intermediaries that may receive payments include sponsors of fund “supermarkets,” sponsors of fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, sponsors of college and retirement savings programs, banks and trust companies 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 dealer, the average net assets of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds attributable to the accounts of that dealer and its clients, negotiated lump sum payments for distribution services provided, or sales support fees. In some circumstances, revenue sharing payments may create an incentive for a dealer or 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 dealer may charge you fees or commissions in addition to those disclosed in this prospectus. You should ask your dealer or 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.

Special Investor 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. It must be an Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:

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transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by telephone (through a service representative or by PhoneLink) or automatically under Asset Builder Plans, or


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have the Transfer Agent send repurchase proceeds or transmit dividends and distributions directly to your bank account. Please call the Transfer Agent for more information.


     You may purchase shares by telephone only after your account has been established. To purchase shares in amounts up to $250,000 through a telephone representative, call the Distributor at 1.800.225.5677. The purchase payment will be debited from your bank account.

     AccountLink privileges should be requested on your application or your dealer’s settlement instructions if you buy your shares through a dealer. After your account is established, 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 your account as well as to your dealer representative of record unless and until the Transfer Agent receives written instructions terminating or changing those privileges. After you establish AccountLink for your account, any change you make to the bank account information must be made by signature-guaranteed instructions to the Transfer Agent signed by all shareholders who own the account.

PhoneLink. PhoneLink is the OppenheimerFunds automated telephone system that enables shareholders to perform a number of account transactions automatically using a touch-tone phone. PhoneLink may be used on already established Fund accounts after you obtain a Personal Identification Number (PIN), by calling the PhoneLink number, 1.800.225.5677.

     Purchasing Shares. You may purchase shares in amounts up to $100,000 by phone, by calling 1.800.225.5677. You must have established AccountLink privileges to link your bank account with the Fund to pay for these purchases.

     Exchanging Shares. With the OppenheimerFunds Exchange Privilege, described below, you can exchange shares automatically by phone from your Fund account to another OppenheimerFunds account you have already established by calling the special PhoneLink number. You can exchange shares only in connection with a repurchase through a Repurchase Offer, described below.

Can You Submit Transaction Requests by Fax? You may send requests for certain types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier). Please call 1.800.225.5677 for information about which transactions may be handled this way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are subject to the same rules and restrictions as written and telephone requests described in this prospectus.
 

OppenheimerFunds Internet Website. You can obtain information about the Fund, as well as your account balance, on the OppenheimerFunds Internet website, at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Additionally, shareholders listed in the account registration (and the dealer of record) may request certain account transactions through a special section of that website. To perform account transactions or obtain information online, you must first obtain a user I.D. and password on that website. If you do not want to have Internet account transaction capability for your account, please call the Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677. At times, the website may be inaccessible or its transaction features may be unavailable.

Retirement Plans. You may buy shares of the Fund for your retirement plan account. If you participate in a plan sponsored by your employer, the plan trustee or administrator must buy the shares for your plan account. The Distributor also offers a number of different retirement plans that individuals and employers can use:

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). These include regular IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, and rollover IRAs.

SEP-IRAs. These are Simplified Employee Pensions 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.

     The Fund’s shares are not normally offered to 401(k) plans or other profit-sharing or pension plans. Please call the Distributor for OppenheimerFunds retirement plan documents, which include applications and important plan information.
 

     Special Considerations for Retirement Plan Investors. Unlike shares of an open-end fund, the Fund’s shares are not redeemable daily, and unlike traditional closed-end funds, the Fund has not registered its shares on an exchange. Therefore there is no market on which the Fund’s shares can be readily sold. Although the Fund has adopted a policy of making quarterly Repurchase Offers, they may not provide retirement plan investors with the degree of liquidity they may need to make mandatory retirement plan distributions after age 70 ½. Even during a Repurchase Offer, a retirement plan investor might not be able to have all of the shares repurchased that are necessary to meet minimum distribution requirements. Because of the limited liquidity of Fund shares, the Fund may not be appropriate for 401(k), pension, or profit-sharing plans and is normally not offered to those plans. Other retirement plan investors may wish to consider limiting the amount of their retirement plan assets that are invested in the Fund.

Periodic Repurchase Offers

     The Fund has adopted repurchase policies, described below. Each quarter, the Fund intends to make a “Repurchase Offer,” to repurchase a portion of the Fund’s outstanding shares from shareholders. The Repurchase Offers are designed to provide some liquidity for Fund investors who wish to sell some or all of their shares, because currently there is no secondary market for the Fund’s shares, and it is not anticipated that a secondary market will develop. A secondary market is a market, exchange facility or system for quoting bid and asked prices where investors can readily buy and sell securities after their initial distribution. Without a secondary market, Fund shares are not liquid, which means that you may not be able to readily sell them.
 
     For purposes of Repurchase Offers, all of the Fund’s classes of shares are considered to be a single class, and Repurchase Offers are not pro-rated among the classes of shares. The Fund normally will repurchase shares that are tendered by the Repurchase Request Deadlines and accepted for repurchase at the net asset values per share determined as of the Fund’s close of business (which is the close of business of the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m.) on the Repurchase Pricing Date. The Repurchase Pricing Date is normally expected to be the regular business day that is the Repurchase Request Deadline. That is the day the Repurchase Offer ends, and under Securities and Exchange Commission regulations may not be more than 14 days after the Repurchase Request Deadline (or the next business day if the l4th day is not a business day), as described below.
 

Repurchase Offer Notices. The Fund will send shareholders a written notification of each Repurchase Offer. The Fund will send the notification to shareholders at least 21 days but not more than 42 days before the Repurchase Request Deadline for a Repurchase Offer. The notification will include information about the Repurchase Offer, including:

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the percentage of the Fund’s shares to be repurchased (the “Repurchase Amount”)


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how you may request the Fund to repurchase your shares


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the Repurchase Request Deadline, which is the date that the Repurchase Offer ends and the date by which the Transfer Agent must receive your repurchase request


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the Repurchase Pricing Date, which is the day the Fund calculates the net asset values per share that apply to shares repurchased in a Repurchase Offer, and


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the Repurchase Payment Deadline, which is the date by which the Fund will send the payment to shareholders for Fund shares accepted for repurchase. That date will be not more than seven days after the Repurchase Pricing Date.


     A shareholder may tender all or some of his or her shares for repurchase. There is no minimum number of shares that must be tendered. You may withdraw or change a Repurchase Request at any time up until the Repurchase Request Deadline for a particular Repurchase Offer, but not after that date. The Repurchase Request Deadline will be strictly observed.

     Repurchase Request Deadline. The Fund’s Board of Trustees will establish the Repurchase Request Deadline for each Repurchase Offer based on factors such as market conditions, the level of the Fund's assets and shareholder servicing considerations. It is anticipated that the Repurchase Request Deadline for each quarterly Repurchase Offer will be the close of business on the last regular business day of January, April, July and October.

      Repurchase Pricing Date. The repurchase price of the Fund’s shares for a particular Repurchase Offer will be the net asset value determined as of the close of the NYSE on the Repurchase Pricing Date for that Repurchase Offer. The Fund anticipates that the Repurchase Pricing Date for a Repurchase Offer normally will be the same date as the Repurchase Request Deadline for that Repurchase Offer. In that case, the Fund will set the Repurchase Request Deadline for a time no later than the close of the NYSE on that date. The Fund, however, may choose to make the Repurchase Pricing Date for a Repurchase Offer as many as 14 days after the Repurchase Request Deadline for that Repurchase Offer. If that day is not a regular business day, then the Repurchase Pricing Date for that Repurchase Offer will be the following regular business day.
 
     The Fund does not presently plan to deduct any special servicing or repurchase fees from the repurchase proceeds (other than any applicable Early Withdrawal Charges.) However, in the future the Board of Trustees may determine to impose a repurchase fee payable to the Fund to help it defray its expenses of making Repurchase Offers. If that fee is imposed, it may not exceed 2% of the repurchase proceeds.
 

      Repurchase Payment Deadline.The Fund will pay repurchase proceeds in cash, usually within seven days after each Repurchase Pricing Date. The payment date is referred to as the “Repurchase Payment Deadline.”

     Repurchase Offer Amounts.Each quarter, the Fund’s Board, in its sole discretion, will determine the number of shares that the Fund will offer to repurchase (the “Repurchase Offer Amount”) for a particular Repurchase Offer. The Repurchase Offer Amount will be at least 5% but not more than 25% of the total number of shares of all classes of the Fund (in the aggregate) outstanding on the Repurchase Request Deadline. If shareholders tender more than the Repurchase Offer Amount for a particular Repurchase Offer, the Fund may repurchase up to an additional 2% of the shares outstanding on the Repurchase Request Deadline.
 
     Oversubscribed Repurchase Offers. The Fund may not be able to repurchase the entire amount of shares a shareholder has tendered in a Repurchase Request for a particular Repurchase Offer if the aggregate tenders exceed the Repurchase Offer Amount. If shareholders tender more shares than the Fund has decided to repurchase, the Fund will repurchase the tendered shares on a pro-rata basis rounded down to the nearest full share.
 
     If a Repurchase Offer is oversubscribed, shareholders may be unable to liquidate some or all of their investment during that Repurchase Offer. In that case, the shareholder may have to wait until a later Repurchase Offer to tender shares for repurchase and would be subject to the risk of share price fluctuations during that period. There is a risk that because of the potential for pro-ration, some investors might tender more shares than they wish to have repurchased to try to ensure the repurchase of at least some shares.

Fundamental Policies on Repurchases. The following policies of the Fund concerning Repurchase Offers are fundamental, which means that the Board of Trustees cannot change these policies without the vote of the holders of a “majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act:

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Periodic Repurchase Offers. The Fund will make periodic Repurchase Offers, pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act (as that Rule may be amended from time to time).


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Repurchase Request Deadline. Repurchase Offers shall be made at periodic intervals of three months between Repurchase Request Deadlines. The Repurchase Request Deadlines will be at the time on a regular business day (normally the last regular business day) in the months of January, April, July and October to be determined by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.


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Repurchase Pricing Date. The Repurchase Pricing Date for a particular Repurchase Offer shall be not more than 14 days after the Repurchase Request Deadline for that Repurchase Offer. If that day is not a regular business day, then the Repurchase Pricing Date will be the following regular business day.


Other Repurchase Policies. Other policies in this prospectus describing Repurchase Offers and related procedures are not fundamental, which means that the Board can change them without approval of shareholders. The Fund’s Board of Trustees may establish other policies for repurchases of shares that are consistent with the Investment Company Act and other relevant laws and regulations. For example, once every two years, the Board may, if it chooses, make an additional Repurchase Offer to repurchase shares in addition to regular quarterly Repurchase Offers.

Special Considerations and Risks of Repurchases. In addition to the limitations and risks discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, there are a number of other factors affecting Repurchase Offers that investors should consider, as summarized below:
 

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Early Withdrawal Charges.You may be subject to Early Withdrawal Charges if the Fund repurchases your Class B shares within five years after the beginning of the month in which you purchased them or repurchases your Class C shares within one year after the beginning of the month in which you purchased them. You may be subject to an Early Withdrawal charge on Class A shares that are repurchased if any of those shares were acquired subject to an Early Withdrawal Charge or that were acquired by exchange of Class A shares of another Oppenheimer fund that were originally purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge and are repurchased by the Fund within 18 months of the beginning of the calendar month in which the original purchase occurred (see “How Early Withdrawal Charges Affect Repurchases,” below).


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Borrowing.The Fund intends to raise cash to repurchase shares by the sale of liquid portfolio securities or the use of cash on hand. The Fund may borrow money to finance the repurchase of shares in Repurchase Offers, subject to its investment restrictions on borrowing. Interest on the borrowings may increase the Fund’s expenses and reduce the Fund’s net investment income for shareholders who do not tender their shares for repurchase. See “Investment Restrictions” in the Statement of Additional Information.


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Differences Between Market Value and Net Asset Value. If a secondary market were to develop for the Fund’s shares, the shares could, at times, trade in that market at a discount from the net asset value per share. A number of factors could cause those differences, including the relative demand for and supply of shares and the performance of the Fund. The Fund’s policy of making quarterly Repurchase Offers for shares at net asset value might not alleviate the discount of the market price from net asset value per share.


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Decrease in Fund Assets.Although the Board believes that the Fund’s policy of making quarterly Repurchase Offers will generally benefit shareholders by providing liquidity, the repurchase of shares could cause the Fund's total assets to decrease unless offset by new sales of shares. The Fund's expense ratio might therefore increase as a result of repurchases. Repurchase Offers might also decrease the Fund’s investment flexibility, in part because of the Fund’s need to hold liquid assets to satisfy repurchase requests. The impact may depend on the number of shares that the Fund repurchases and the ability of the Fund to sell additional shares.


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Asset Coverage for Borrowings.Repurchases of Fund shares may significantly reduce the asset coverage for any Fund borrowings. The Fund may not repurchase shares if the repurchase results in its asset coverage levels falling below the requirements of the Investment Company Act. As a result, in order to be able to repurchase shares tendered, the Fund may be forced to repay all or a part of its outstanding borrowings to maintain the required asset coverage.


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Forced Sale of Portfolio Securities.During the period from notification to shareholders of a Repurchase Offer until the Repurchase Pricing Date, the Fund will maintain liquid assets or securities that mature prior to the repurchase date equal to 100% of the Repurchase Offer Amount. The Fund intends to finance Repurchase Offers with cash on hand or from the sale of portfolio securities and may raise cash through borrowings. To complete a Repurchase Offer, the Fund might be required to sell portfolio securities to raise cash. This might cause the Fund to realize gains or losses at a time when the Manager would otherwise not want the Fund to do so. It might increase portfolio turnover and the Fund’s portfolio transaction expenses, reducing the Fund’s net income to distribute to shareholders.



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Alternative Means to Provide Liquidity to Shareholders.The Board may consider other means to provide liquidity for shareholders if Repurchase Offers do not consistently enable the Fund to repurchase the amount of shares tendered by shareholders measured over a number of quarterly periods. Those actions might include evaluating any secondary market that may exist for shares and determining whether that market provides liquidity for shareholders. The Board might consider all available options to provide liquidity. One possibility that the Board may consider is listing the shares on a major domestic stock exchange or arranging for the quotation of shares on an over-the-counter market.


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Taxes.The Fund's repurchase of shares is a taxable event to the tendering shareholder. See “Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes.”


Suspension or Postponement of Repurchase Offers. The Fund may postpone or suspend Repurchase Offers, but only in accordance with certain regulatory requirements. A postponement or suspension may occur only if approved by a vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Fund will send shareholders a notice if there is a suspension or postponement of a Repurchase Offer and if it is renewed after a suspension or postponement. A suspension or postponement may be done only in limited circumstances. These circumstances include the following:

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If the repurchase of shares would cause the Fund to lose its status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code,


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During an emergency that makes it impractical for the Fund to dispose of securities it owns or to determine the Net Asset Values of the Fund’s shares,


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During other periods that the Securities and Exchange Commission permits the suspension or postponement of offers by the Fund for the protection of its shareholders,


If the Fund’s shares were to be listed on a stock exchange or are quoted on an inter-dealer quotation system of a national securities association (such as NASDAQ®)

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and the repurchase would cause the shares to lose that listing or quotation, or


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During any period in which the NYSE or any other market on which the Fund’s portfolio securities are traded is closed (other than customary weekend or holiday closings) or trading in those markets is restricted.


Repurchase Procedures. You can tender some or all of your Fund shares for repurchase after you receive Notification of a Repurchase Offer. You can tender shares by written instructions or by telephone. Your Repurchase Request must be received by the Fund’s Transfer Agent by its close of business on the Repurchase Request Deadline. That deadline will be enforced strictly and if your request is not received by that time, you will have to wait until the next Repurchase Offer is made to tender your shares for repurchase.

     Your Repurchase Request must be in proper form (which means that it must comply with the procedures described below) and must first be accepted by the Fund, as described above. If you have questions about any of these procedures, and especially if you are tendering shares in a special situation, such as due to the death of the owner or from a retirement plan account, please call the Transfer Agent first at 1.800.225.5677 for assistance.
 
     If your repurchase request is for a dollar value rather than a specified number of shares, and if the Fund would be required to repurchase shares subject to an Early Withdrawal Charge to meet your request, the Fund will treat the request as a request to provide you with the net proceeds you have requested after payment of the Early Withdrawal Charge and will repurchase an additional number of shares to pay the Early Withdrawal Charge (assuming that your request is accepted).

     Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund from fraud, the following repurchase requests must be in writing and must include a signature guarantee (although there may be other situations that also require a signature guarantee):

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You wish to submit shares for repurchase worth more than $100,000 and receive a check.


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The repurchase check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the account statement.


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The repurchase check is not sent to the address of record on your account statement.


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Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different owner or name.


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Shares are being tendered for repurchase by someone (such as an Executor) other than the owners.


     

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

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a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,


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a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,


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a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities or government securities, or


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a U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities association or a clearing agency.


If you are signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership or other business or as a fiduciary, you must also include your title in the signature.

     Retirement Plan Accounts. There are special procedures to tender shares held in an OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account. Call the Transfer Agent for a distribution request form. Special income tax withholding requirements apply to distributions from retirement plans. You must submit a withholding form with your repurchase request to avoid delay in getting your money and if you do not want tax withheld. If your employer holds your retirement plan account for you in the name of the plan, you must ask the plan trustee or administrator to request the repurchase of the Fund shares in your plan account.     

     Receiving Repurchase Proceeds by Wire. While the Fund normally sends your money by check, you can arrange to have the proceeds of repurchased shares sent by Federal Funds wire to a bank account you designate. It must be at a commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system. The minimum amount you can have sent by wire is $2,500. There is a $10 fee for each request. To find out how to set up this feature on your account or to arrange a wire, call the Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677.

     How Do You Tender Shares for Repurchase by Mail? You can use the Fund’s Repurchase Request Form or you can write a letter of instruction to the Transfer Agent that includes:

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Your name,


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The Fund’s name,


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Your Fund account number (from your account statement),


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The dollar amount or number of shares you request to be repurchased,


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Any special payment instructions,


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The signatures of all registered owners exactly as listed in the account statement, and


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Any special documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure proper authorization of the person asking the Fund to repurchase the shares.


Use the following address for regular mail:

OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270

Denver, Colorado 80217

Use the following address for courier or express mail:

OppenheimerFunds Services
12100 East Iliff Avenue
Suite 300
Aurora, Colorado 80014

     Can You Submit Repurchase Requests by Telephone? You and your dealer representative of record may also submit Repurchase Requests by telephone. You may not submit Repurchase Requests by telephone for Fund shares held in an OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account.

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To request repurchase through a service representative or to request repurchase on PhoneLink, call 1.800.225.5677.


     Whichever method you use, you may have a check sent to the address on the account statement, or, if you have linked your Fund account to your bank account on AccountLink, you may have the proceeds sent to that bank account.

Are There Limits on Repurchase Requests Submitted by Telephone?

Telephone Redemptions paid by check. If you request payment by check, you may request repurchase of up to $100,000 by telephone in a single Repurchase Offer. The check must be payable to all owners of record of the shares and must be sent to the address on the account statement. This service is not available within 15 days of changing the address on an account.     

      Telephone Redemptions Through Accountlink or by Wire. There are no dollar limits on repurchase requests submitted by telephone if you have the proceeds sent to a bank account designated when you establish AccountLink. Normally the ACH transfer to your bank is initiated on the business day after the Repurchase Payment Deadline. You do not receive dividends on the proceeds of the shares while they are waiting to be transferred.

     If you have requested Federal Funds wire privileges for your account, the wire of the repurchase proceeds will normally be transmitted on the next bank business day after the Repurchase Payment Deadline. No dividends are accrued or paid on the proceeds of shares that are awaiting transmittal by wire.

How Early Withdrawal Charges Affect Repurchases. If you purchase shares subject to Class A, Class B or Class C Early Withdrawal Charges and those shares are accepted for repurchase during the applicable holding period for the class of shares, the Early Withdrawal Charge will be deducted from the repurchase proceeds, unless you are eligible for a waiver of that charge based on the categories listed in Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information and you advise the Transfer Agent of your eligibility for the waiver when you submit your repurchase request.

     The Early Withdrawal Charge will be based on the lesser of the net asset value of the repurchased shares at the time of repurchase or the original net asset value. The Early Withdrawal Charge is not imposed on:

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the amount of your share value represented by an increase in net asset value over the initial purchase price,


·     

shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions, or


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shares repurchased in the special circumstances described in Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information.


     To determine whether an Early Withdrawal Charge applies to a repurchase, the Fund repurchases shares in the following order:

1.     

shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions,


2.     

shares held for the holding period that applies to that class, and


3.     

shares held the longest during the holding period.


     Early Withdrawal Charges are not charged when you exchange shares of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds. However, if you exchange them within the applicable Early Withdrawal Charge holding period, the holding period will carry over to the fund whose shares you acquire. Similarly, if you acquire shares of this Fund by exchanging shares of another Oppenheimer fund that are still subject to a contingent deferred sales charge holding period, that holding period will carry over to this Fund.

How to Exchange Shares

If you want to change all or part of your investment from one Oppenheimer fund to another, you can exchange your shares for shares of the same class of another Oppenheimer fund that offers the exchange privilege. For example, you can exchange Class A shares of the Fund only for Class A shares of another fund. You may exchange your shares of the Fund only in connection with a quarterly Repurchase Offer. To exchange shares, you must meet several conditions:

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Your request must comply with the terms of the Repurchase Offer.


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Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale in your state of residence.


o     The selected fund must offer the exchange privilege.

o     You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the selected fund.

o     Generally, exchanges may be made only between identically registered accounts, unless all account owners send written exchange instructions with a signature guarantee.

o     Before exchanging into a fund, you must obtain its prospectus and should read it carefully.

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 to which you are exchanging. An exchange may result in a capital gain or loss.

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 may change from time to time.

There are a number of other special conditions and limitations that apply to certain types of exchanges. These conditions and circumstances are described in detail in the “How to Exchange Shares” section in the Statement of Additional Information.

HOW DO YOU SUBMIT EXCHANGE REQUESTS? When you receive notice of a Repurchase Offer, you may submit your exchange request in writing or by telephone.

Written Exchange Requests. Send a request letter, signed by all owners of the account, to the Transfer Agent at the address on the back cover before the Repurchase Request Deadline. Exchanges of shares for which share certificates have been issued cannot be processed unless the Transfer Agent receives the certificates with the request letter.

Telephone Exchange Requests. Telephone exchange requests may be made either by calling a service representative or by using PhoneLink by calling 1.800.225.5677. Telephone exchanges may be made only during a Repurchase Offer and between accounts that are registered with the same name(s) and address. Shares for which share certificates have been issued may not be exchanged by telephone.

Please refer to “How to Exchange Shares” in the Statement of Additional Information for more details.

ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON FREQUENT PURCHASES, REPURCHASES AND EXCHANGES?
 

Risks from Excessive Purchase, Repurchase and Short-Term Exchange Activity. 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, repurchases and exchanges of Fund shares may interfere with the Manager’s ability to manage the Fund’s investments efficiently, increase the Fund’s transaction and administrative costs and/or affect the Fund’s performance, depending on various factors, such as the size of the Fund, the nature of its investments, the amount of Fund assets the 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 and/or repurchase transactions, the Fund might be required to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable times to meet repurchase or exchange requests, and the Fund’s brokerage or administrative expenses might be increased.
 
Therefore, the Manager and the Fund’s Board of Trustees have adopted the following policies and procedures to detect and prevent frequent and/or excessive exchanges, and/or purchase and repurchase activity, while balancing the needs of investors who seek liquidity from their investment and the ability to exchange shares as investment needs change. There is no guarantee that the policies and procedures described below will be sufficient to identify and deter excessive short-term trading.
 

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Timing of Exchanges. For the Fund, requests to exchange shares of the Fund for shares of another Fund may only be submitted during a Repurchase Offer and must be received by no later than the Repurchase Request Deadline. The Transfer Agent may delay the transmission of the proceeds from an exchange for up to seven days after the pricing date if it determines, in its discretion, that an earlier transmittal of the proceeds to the receiving fund would be detrimental to either the fund from which the exchange is being made or the fund onto which the exchange is being made. The proceeds will be invested in the fund into which the exchange is being made at the next net asset value calculated after the proceeds are received. In the event that such a delay in the reinvestment of proceeds occurs, the Transfer Agent will notify you or your financial representative.


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Limits on Disruptive Activity. 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 policy outlined in this prospectus. 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 as part of the Transfer Agent’s procedures to detect and deter excessive trading activity.


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Exchanges of Client Accounts by Financial Advisers. The Fund and the Transfer Agent permit dealers and financial intermediaries to submit exchange requests on behalf of their customers (unless the customer has revoked that authority). A fund or the Transfer Agent may limit or refuse bulk 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.


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Repurchases of Shares. These exchange policy limits do not apply to repurchases of shares. Shareholders are permitted to tender their shares for repurchase during a Repurchase Offer.


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Right to Refuse Exchange and Purchase 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. 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.


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Right to Terminate or Suspend Account Privileges. The Transfer Agent may send a written warning to direct shareholders that the Transfer Agent believes may be engaging in excessive purchases, repurchases and/or exchange activity and reserves the right to suspend or terminate the ability to purchase shares and/or exchange privileges for any account that the Transfer Agent determines, in carrying out these policies and in the exercise of its discretion, has engaged in disruptive or excessive trading activity, with or without such warning.


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Omnibus Accounts. If you hold your shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, a bank, an insurance company separate account, an investment adviser, an administrator or trustee of a retirement plan or 529 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.


While the Fund, the Distributor, the Manager and the Transfer Agent encourage financial intermediaries to apply the Fund’s policies to their customers who invest indirectly in the Fund, the Transfer Agent may not be able to detect excessive short-term trading activity facilitated by, or in accounts maintained in, the omnibus or street name accounts of a financial intermediary. Therefore the Transfer Agent might not be able to apply this policy to accounts such as (a) accounts held in omnibus form in the name of a broker-dealer or other financial institution, or (b) omnibus accounts held in the name of a retirement plan or 529 plan trustee or administrator, or (c) accounts held in the name of an insurance company for its separate account(s), or (d) other accounts having multiple underlying owners but registered in a manner such that the underlying beneficial owners are not identified to the Transfer Agent.
 

However, the Transfer Agent will attempt to monitor overall purchase and repurchase 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 account activity, and to confirm to the Transfer Agent and the Fund that appropriate action has been taken to curtail any excessive trading activity. However, the Transfer Agent’s ability to monitor and deter excessive short-term trading in omnibus or street name accounts ultimately depends on the capability and cooperation of the financial intermediaries controlling those accounts.

Additional Policies and Procedures. The Fund’s Board has adopted the following additional policies and procedures to detect and prevent frequent and/or excessive exchanges and purchase and repurchase activity:

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30-Day Limit. A direct shareholder may exchange some or all of the shares of the Fund held in his or her account to another eligible Oppenheimer fund once in a 30 calendar-day period and only during a Repurchase Offer. When shares are exchanged into a fund account, that account will be “blocked” from further exchanges into another fund for a period of 30 calendar days from the date of the exchange. 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 $1,000 from one fund into another fund in which the shareholder already owned shares worth $10,000, then, following the exchange, the full account balance ($11,000 in this example) would be blocked from further exchanges into another fund for a period of 30 calendar days. A “direct shareholder” is one whose account is registered on the Fund’s books showing the name, address and tax ID number of the beneficial owner.


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Exchanges Into Money Market Funds. A direct shareholder will be permitted to exchange shares of a stock or bond fund for shares of a money market fund that offers an exchange privilege at any time, even if the shareholder has exchanged shares into the stock or bond fund during the prior 30 days. However, all of the shares held in that money market fund would then be blocked from further exchanges into another fund for 30 calendar days. Please remember that shares of the Fund can only be exchanged for shares of another Fund during a Repurchase Offer.


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Dividend Reinvestments/B Share Conversions. 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. 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 be subject to the 30-day limit. However, investment programs by other Oppenheimer “funds-of-funds” that entail rebalancing of investments in underlying Oppenheimer funds will not be subject to these limits.


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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).


Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More information about the Fund's policies and procedures for buying shares, tendering shares for repurchase, and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

A $12 annual “Minimum Balance Fee is assessed on each Fund account 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 to learn how you can avoid this fee and for circumstances under which this fee will not be assessed.

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

Telephone Transaction Privileges. The Fund may modify, suspend or terminate telephone transaction privileges at any time. The Fund will provide you notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable law. If an account has more than one owner, the Fund and the Transfer Agent may rely on the instructions of any one owner. Telephone privileges apply to each owner of the account and the dealer representative of record for the account unless the Transfer Agent receives cancellation instructions from an owner of the account.

The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data concerning transactions and has adopted other procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine, by requiring callers to provide tax identification numbers and other account data or by using PINs, and by confirming such transactions in writing. The Transfer Agent and the Fund will not be liable for losses or expenses arising out of telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.
 

Requests Must Be In Proper Form. The Transfer Agent will not honor a request to repurchase or exchange shares in a Repurchase Offer unless it is received by the Repurchase Request Deadline in proper form and, if applicable, it includes all required documents.
 

Dealers that can 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 dealer performs any transaction erroneously or improperly.
 

The Fund’s net asset values will vary from day to day because the values of the securities in the Fund's portfolio fluctuate. The repurchase price, which is the applicable net asset value per share, will normally differ for each class of shares. The repurchase value of your shares may be more or less than their original cost.

Payment for Repurchased Shares. The Fund ordinarily makes payment for repurchased shares in cash. It is forwarded by check, or through AccountLink or by Federal Funds wire (as elected by the shareholder) within seven days after the Repurchase Pricing Date for the relevant Repurchase Order (if the Transfer Agent has received repurchase documentation in proper form by the Regular Request Deadline). However, under unusual circumstances determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, payment may be delayed or suspended.

Involuntary Repurchases of Small Accounts. The Fund may involuntarily repurchase the shares in your account if the account value has fallen below $200 for reasons other than the fact that the market value of the shares has dropped. In some cases, the Fund may make involuntary repurchases to repay the Distributor for losses from the cancellation of share purchase orders. The Fund will provide notice to shareholders prior to making an involuntary repurchase of shares, including information about how to avoid that repurchase by increasing the size of the account.
 

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 in certain circumstances or to open corporate accounts. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may use this information to attempt 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 attempting to verify your identity. Additionally, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity after your account is established, the Fund may be required to close your account.
 

“Backup withholding of federal income tax may be applied against taxable dividends, distributions and repurchase proceeds (including exchanges) if you fail to furnish the Fund your correct, certified Social Security or Employer Identification Number when you sign your application, or if you under-report your income to the Internal Revenue Service.
 

To avoid sending duplicate copies of material 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 reduced mailing expense.

     If you want to receive multiple copies of these materials, you may call the Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677. You may also notify the Transfer Agent in writing. Individual 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.
 

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

Dividends. The Fund intends to declare dividends separately for each class of shares from net investment income each regular business day and pay those dividends monthly. Daily dividends will not be declared or paid on newly purchased shares until Federal Funds are available to the Fund from the purchase payment for shares. Dividends and distributions paid to Class A and Class Y shares will generally be higher than dividends for Class B and Class C shares, which normally have higher expenses than Class A and Class Y shares. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot guarantee that it will pay any dividends or distributions.

Capital Gains. The Fund may realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio securities. If it does, it may make distributions out of any net short-term or long-term capital gains annually. The Fund may make supplemental distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end of its fiscal year. There can be no assurance that the Fund will pay any capital gains distributions in a particular year.

What Choices Do You Have for Receiving Distributions? When you open your account, specify on your application how you want to receive your dividends and distributions. If you do not select an option, all dividends and distributions will be reinvested in Fund shares for your account. You have four options:

      Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest all dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the Fund.

     Reinvest Certain Types of Distributions. You can elect to reinvest some distributions (dividends, short-term capital gains or long-term capital gains distributions) in the Fund while receiving the other types of distributions by check or having them sent to your bank account through AccountLink.
 

     Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive a check for all dividends and capital gains distributions or have them sent to your bank through AccountLink.
 
     Reinvest Your Distributions in Another OppenheimerFunds Account. You can reinvest all distributions in the same class of shares of another Oppenheimer fund, if that fund is available for exchanges and if you have an account established in that fund.

Taxes. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred retirement account, you should be aware of the following tax implications of investing in the Fund. Distributions are subject to federal income tax and may be subject to state or local taxes. Dividends paid from short-term capital gains and net investment income are taxable as ordinary income. Long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term capital gains when distributed to shareholders. It does not matter how long you have held your shares. Whether you reinvest your distributions in additional shares or take them in cash, the tax treatment is the same.

Every year the Fund will send you and the Internal Revenue Service a statement showing the amount of any taxable distribution you received in the previous year. Any long-term capital gains will be separately identified in the tax information the Fund sends you after the end of the calendar year.
 

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 the Fund’s taxable years beginning before January 1, 2010, certain distributions that are designated by the Fund as interest-related dividends or short-term gain dividends 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.

The Fund intends to qualify each year as a “regulated investment company” under the Internal Revenue Code, but reserves the right not to qualify. It qualified during its most recent fiscal year. The Fund, as a regulated investment company, will not be subject to federal income taxes on any of its income, provided that it satisfies certain income, diversification and distribution requirements.

It is possible (although the Fund believes it is unlikely) that if a shareholder tenders less than all of his or her shares in a Repurchase Offer, the offer might not be treated as a sale or exchange for federal income tax purposes. In that case the payment of the repurchase proceeds may be subject to income tax as ordinary income, a return of capital or capital gain, depending on the Fund’s earnings and profits and the shareholder’s basis in the shares. If that occurs, there is a risk that non-tendering shareholders could be considered to have received a “deemed” distribution subject to tax in whole or in part as ordinary income. The income tax consequences of the repurchase of shares pursuant to Repurchase Offers will be disclosed in the related Repurchase Offer documents.

Avoid "Buying a Distribution." If you buy shares on or just before the ex-dividend date, or just before the Fund declares a capital gains distribution, you will pay the full price for the shares and then receive a portion of the price back as a taxable dividend or capital gain.

Remember, There May be Taxes on Transactions. Because the Fund's share prices fluctuate, you may have a capital gain or loss when your shares are repurchased or you exchange them. A capital gain or loss is the difference between the price you paid for the shares and the price you received when they were accepted for repurchase or exchange. Any capital gain is subject to capital gains tax.

Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases, distributions made by the Fund may be considered a non-taxable return of capital to shareholders. If that occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.

     This information is only a summary of certain federal income tax information about your investment. You should consult with your tax advisor about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation.

This information is only a summary of certain federal income tax information about your investment. You should consult with your tax advisor about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation.

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Additional Information About the Fund

The Fund’s Voting Shares. Shares of the Fund are freely transferable, and each share of the Fund represents an interest in the Fund proportionately equal to the interests of each other share of the same class. Each class of shares of the Fund pays its own dividends and other distributions, and pays certain expenses which may be different from those of other classes.
 

Each share of each class has one vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally, on matters submitted to the vote of shareholders. There are no cumulative voting rights. Shares of all classes are voted in the aggregate and not by class, except when voting by class is required by law or when matters affect a particular class or classes. Each class may have separate voting rights on matters in which the interests of that class are different from the interests of another class.

The Fund’s classes of shares do not have pre-emptive or conversion rights (other than the automatic conversion of Class B shares for Class A shares described above) or repurchase provisions. In the event of a liquidation of the Fund, shareholders are entitled to share pro rata in the net assets of the Fund available for distribution to shareholders of a class after all expenses and debts have been paid.

Anti-Takeover Provisions. The Fund has certain anti-takeover provisions in its Declaration of Trust. They are intended to limit the ability of entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund, to cause it to engage in certain transactions or to modify its structure. The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund is required for the following transactions involving a “Principal Shareholder” (a person, corporation or other entity that owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund):

·     

Merger or consolidation of the Fund into any Principal Shareholder,


·     

Conversion of the Fund from a closed-end to an open-end investment company (except that if the Board of Trustees recommends such conversion, the approval of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting shares will be sufficient),


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Issuance of any securities of the Fund to any Principal Shareholder (other than the Manager or Distributor) for cash,


·     

Sale, lease, or exchange of all or any substantial part of the assets of the Fund to any Principal Shareholder (except assets having an aggregate market value of less than $1 million),


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Sale, lease or exchange to the Fund, in exchange for securities of the Fund, of any assets of any Principal Shareholder (except assets having an aggregate market value of less than $1 million).


However, the affirmative vote or consent of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund will not be required for those transactions if the Board of Trustees under certain conditions approves the transaction. Additionally, the provisions of the Fund’s Declaration of Trust containing the above anti-takeover provisions cannot be amended without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding voting shares of the Fund.

These provisions may make it more difficult to convert the Fund to an open-end investment company or to consummate any of the other transactions without the approval of the Board of Trustees or approval by the owners of two-thirds of the Fund’s outstanding voting shares. The anti-takeover provisions could also deprive shareholders of the Fund of the opportunity to sell their Fund shares at a premium over Net Asset Value in the event that a secondary market for the Fund’s shares develops, by discouraging third parties from seeking to obtain control of the Fund by a tender offer or similar transaction. The Board has considered these provisions and has concluded that they are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders because they will likely require persons seeking control of the Fund to negotiate with its management regarding the price to be paid.

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Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information dated November 25, 2009

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. This document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements information in the prospectus dated November 25, 2009. It should be read together with the prospectus. You can obtain the prospectus 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 above, or by downloading it from the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

Contents

                                                 Page

About the Fund

Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Policies and Risks                                                 2          

More Information About Senior Loans                                                                                                   2        

Main Risks of Debt Securities                                                                                                                 7         

Other Debt Securities the Fund Can Buy                                                                                                10

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies                                                                                          15

Portfolio Turnover                                                                                                                                    35

Other Investment Restrictions                                                                                                                 36

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings                                                                                                           38

How the Fund is Managed                                                                                                                        42             

Organization and History                                                                                                                         42

     Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees                                                                                       44

     Trustees and Officers of the Fund                                                                                                           45

The Manager                                                                                                                                              54

Brokerage Policies of the Fund                                                                                                                    60

Distribution and Service Plans                                                                                                                     62

Payments to Fund Intermediaries                                                                                                                 66

Performance of the Fund                                                                                                                               71

About Your Account

How To Buy Shares                                                                                                                                        76
Periodic Offers to Repurchase Shares                                                                                                         86

How To Exchange Shares                                                                                                                              87

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes                                                                                                              90

Additional Information About the Fund                                                                                                        95

Financial Information About the Fund

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                                      97

Financial Statements                                                                                                                                      98

Appendix A: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers                                                                A-1                                               

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Appendix A
 

RATINGS DEFINITIONS

Below are summaries of the rating definitions used by the nationally-recognized rating agencies listed below. Those ratings represent the opinion of the agency as to the credit quality of issues that they rate. The summaries below are based upon publicly-available information provided by the rating organizations.

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”)

Long-Term (Taxable) Bond Ratings

Aaa: Bonds 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 rated “Ca” represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.
 

C: Bonds 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.
 

Con. (…): Bonds for which the security depends on the completion of some act or the fulfillment of some condition are rated conditionally. These bonds are secured by (a) earnings of projects under construction, (b) earnings of projects unseasoned in operating experience, (c) rentals that begin when facilities are completed, or (d) payments to which some other limiting condition attaches. The parenthetical rating denotes probable credit stature upon completion of construction or elimination of the basis of the condition.

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.

 

Short-Term Ratings – Taxable Debt

These ratings apply to the ability of issuers to honor senior debt obligations having an original maturity not exceeding one year:
 

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, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“Standard & Poor’s”)

Long-Term Credit Ratings

AAA: Bonds rated “AAA” have the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

AA: Bonds rated “AA” differ from the highest rated bonds only in small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.
 

A: Bonds rated “A” are 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: Bonds rated “BBB” exhibit 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: Bonds rated “BB” are 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: Bonds rated “B” are more vulnerable to nonpayment than bonds 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: Bonds rated “CCC” are 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: Bonds rated “CC” are 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: Bonds rated “D” are 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. The “r” symbol is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant noncredit risks.

Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings

A-1: A short-term bond 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 bond 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 bond 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 bond 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 bond 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 bond 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.

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Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

6803 South Tucson Way

Centennial, Colorado 80112
1.800.225.5677
 

Manager

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
1.800.225.5677
 

Custodian Bank

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
60 Wall Street, 17th floor
NYC60-1701
New York, New York 10005-2848

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

KPMG llp

707 Seventeenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202-3942
 

Legal Counsel

K&L Gates LLP

70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100

Chicago, Illinois 60602-42079


INFORMATION AND SERVICES

For More Information on Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

The following additional information about the Fund is available without charge upon request:

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 (which means it is legally part of this prospectus).

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports. Additional information about the Fund’s investments and performance is available in the Fund’s Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to shareholders. The Annual Report includes a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year.

How to Get More Information

You can request the Statement of Additional Information, the Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, the notice explaining the Fund’s privacy policy and other information about the Fund or your account:
 

By Telephone:

Call OppenheimerFunds Services toll-free:
1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

By Mail:

Write to:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270

Denver, Colorado 80217-5270

On the Internet:

You can request these documents by e-mail through the OppenheimerFunds website. You may also read or download certain documents on the OppenheimerFunds website at: www.oppenheimerfunds.com

Information about the Fund including the Statement of Additional Information can be reviewed and copied at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1.202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR database on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Internet website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after payment of a duplicating fee by electronic request at the Securities and Exchange Commission's e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

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.

The Fund’s SEC File No.: 811-09373     The Fund’s shares are distributed by:

PR0291.001.1109          OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Printed on recycled paper

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112

1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

Statement of Additional Information dated November 25, 2009

This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a Prospectus. This document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements information in the Prospectus dated November 25, 2009. It should be read together with the Prospectus. You can obtain the Prospectus 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 above, or by downloading it from the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

 

Contents

Page

About the Fund

Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Policies and Risks          

More Information About Senior Loans          

Main Risks of Debt Securities          

Other Debt Securities the Fund Can Buy          

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies          

Portfolio Turnover          

Other Investment Restrictions          

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings          

How the Fund is Managed               

Organization and History          
     Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees          

     Trustees and Officers of the Fund          

The Manager          

Brokerage Policies of the Fund          

Distribution and Service Plans          

Payments to Fund Intermediaries          

Performance of the Fund          

About Your Account

How To Buy Shares          
Periodic Offers to Repurchase Shares          

How To Exchange Shares          

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes          

Additional Information About the Fund          

Financial Information About the Fund

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm          

Financial Statements          

Appendix A: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers          A-1

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ABOUT THE FUND

Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Policies and Risks

     The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the main 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 objective.

     The composition of the Fund’s portfolio and the techniques and strategies that the Manager may use in selecting portfolio securities will vary over time. The Fund is not required to use all of the investment techniques and strategies described below in seeking its goal. It may use some of the special investment techniques and strategies at some times or not at all.

More Information About Senior Loans. Senior Loans typically are arranged through private negotiations between a borrower and one or more financial institutions (“Lenders”). Usually the Lenders are represented by an agent (“Agent”), which usually is one of the Lenders.

 

nHow Senior Loans Are Arranged. The Fund generally will acquire Senior Loans from and sell Senior Loans to the following types of Lenders: money center banks, selected regional banks and other banks, investment banks, insurance companies, finance companies, other investment companies, private investment funds, and lending companies. The Fund may also acquire Senior Loans from and sell Senior Loans to U.S. branches of foreign banks that are regulated by the Federal Reserve System or appropriate state regulatory authorities.

 

     The Fund may have obligations under a loan agreement, including the obligation to make additional loans in certain circumstances. The Fund intends to establish a reserve against such contingent obligations by identifying on its books cash, liquid securities and liquid Senior Loans. The Fund will not purchase a Senior Loan that would require the Fund to make additional loans if as a result of that purchase all of the Fund's additional loan commitments in the aggregate would exceed 20% of the Fund's total assets or would cause the Fund to fail to meet the asset composition requirements set forth in “Investment Restrictions,” below in this SAI.

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The Agent. Agents that arrange Senior Loans typically are commercial or investment banks or other entities that originate Senior Loans and invite other parties to join the lending syndicate. In larger transactions, it is common to have several Agents. However, usually only one Agent has primary responsibility for documentation and administration of the Senior Loan. Agents are normally paid fees by the borrower for their services. While the Fund can serve as the Agent or co-agent for a Senior Loan, the Fund currently does not intend to act as an Agent or co-Agent.


     Agents, acting on behalf of the Lenders, generally are primarily responsible for negotiating the loan agreement, which establishes the terms and conditions of the Senior Loan and the rights of the borrower and the Lenders. Agents usually monitor the adequacy of assets that collateralize Senior Loans. Agents may rely on independent appraisals of specific collateral. In reliance upon the opinions of their legal counsel, Agents generally are also responsible for determining that the Lenders have obtained a perfected security interest in the collateral securing Senior Loans.
 

The Fund will rely on Agents to collect payments of principal and interest on a Senior Loan. The Fund also will rely in part on Agents to monitor compliance by the borrower with the restrictive covenants in the loan agreement and to notify the Fund (or the Lender from whom the Fund has purchased a participation) of any adverse change in the borrower's financial condition.

Financial difficulties of Agents can pose a risk to the Fund. If an Agent for a particular Senior Loan becomes insolvent, the Fund could incur losses in connection with its investment in that Senior Loan. An Agent could declare bankruptcy, and a regulatory authority could appoint a receiver or conservator. Should this occur, the assets that the Agent holds under the Senior Loan should continue to be available to the holders of the Senior Loans, including the Fund. A regulator or a court, however, might determine that the assets that the Agent holds for the benefit of the Fund are subject to the claims of the Agent’s general or secured creditors. If that occurs, the Fund might incur costs and delays in realizing final payment on a Senior Loan, or the Fund might suffer a loss of principal or interest. The Fund may be subject to similar risks when it buys a Participation Interest or an Assignment from an intermediary.

nSeniority. A borrower’s capital structure may include Senior Loans, senior and junior unsubordinated debt, preferred stock and common stock. Typically, the borrowers use the proceeds of Senior Loans to finance leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, mergers, acquisitions, stock repurchases, debt refinancings, and, to a lesser extent, other purposes. Senior Loans generally hold the most senior position in a borrower’s capital structure. Borrowers generally are required contractually to pay the holders of Senior Loans before they pay the holders of corporate bonds or subordinated debt, trade creditors, and preferred or common stockholders. Lenders obtain priority liens that typically provide the first right to cash flows or proceeds from the sale of a borrower's collateral, if any, if the borrower becomes insolvent. That right is subject to the limitations of bankruptcy law, which may provide higher priority to certain other claims such as, for example, employee salaries, employee pensions and taxes.

      nBorrower Covenants. Senior Loans have contractual terms designed to protect lenders. Loan agreements often include restrictive covenants that limit the activities of the borrower. A restrictive covenant is a promise by the borrower to not take certain actions that might impair the rights of lenders. Those covenants typically require the scheduled payment of interest and principal and may include restrictions on dividend payments and other distributions to the borrower’s shareholders, provisions requiring the borrower to maintain specific financial ratios or relationships and limits on the borrower’s total debt. In addition, a covenant may require the borrower to prepay the Senior Loan or debt obligation with any excess cash flow. Excess cash flow generally includes net cash flow after scheduled debt service payments and permitted capital expenditures, among other things, as well as the proceeds from asset dispositions or sales of securities.
 

A breach of a covenant (after the expiration of any cure period) in a loan agreement that is not waived by the Agent and the lending syndicate normally is an event of acceleration. This means that the Agent has the right to demand immediate repayment in full of the outstanding loan. Acceleration may cause the non-payment of the principal or interest on the loan, in whole or in part, which may result in a reduction in value of the loan (and possibly the Fund’s net asset values) if the loan is not paid. Acceleration may also occur in the case of the breach of a covenant in a debt obligation agreement.

     Lenders typically also have certain voting and consent rights under a Senior Loan agreement. Action subject to a Lender vote or consent generally requires the vote or consent of the holders of some specified percentage of the outstanding principal amount of a Senior Loan, and the Fund might not agree with the actions of the holders of that specified percentage of a particular Senior Loan. Certain decisions, such as reducing the amount or increasing the time for payment of interest on or repayment of principal of a Senior Loan, or releasing collateral for the Senior Loan, frequently require the unanimous vote or consent of all Lenders affected.
 

nCollateral. Most, but not all, of the Senior Loans in which the Fund invests are secured by the borrower’s collateral. Collateral may include tangible assets, such as cash, accounts receivable, inventory, real estate, buildings and equipment, common and/or preferred stock of subsidiaries, and intangible assets including trademarks, copyrights, patent rights and franchise value. The Fund may also receive guarantees or other credit support as a form of collateral. In some instances, the Fund may invest in Senior Loans that are secured only by stock of the borrower or its subsidiaries or affiliates.

Generally, as discussed above, the Agent for a particular Senior Loan is responsible for monitoring collateral and for exercising remedies available to the lenders such as foreclosure upon collateral in the event of the borrower’s default. In certain circumstances, the loan agreement may authorize the Agent to liquidate the collateral and to distribute the liquidation proceeds pro rata among the lenders. The Fund may invest in Senior Loans that are not secured by specific collateral. Those loans may not constitute more than 10% of the Fund’s net assets (plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes). Unsecured senior loans involve additional risk.

n Interest Rate Benchmarks. Interest rates on Senior Loans adjust periodically. The interest rates adjust based on a base rate plus a premium or spread over the base rate. The base rate usually is the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the Federal Reserve federal funds rate, the Prime Rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders (each as defined in the applicable loan agreement). The interest rate on Prime Rate-based corporate loans and corporate debt securities floats daily as the Prime Rate changes, while the interest rate on LIBOR-based Corporate Loans and Corporate Debt Securities is reset periodically, typically between 30 days and one year.


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LIBOR usually is an average of the interest rates quoted by several designated banks as the rates at which they pay interest to major depositors in the London interbank market on U.S. dollar denominated deposits. The market views changes in short-term LIBOR rates as closely related to changes in the Federal Reserve federal funds rate, although the two are not officially related.


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The Federal Reserve federal funds rate is the rate that the Federal Reserve Bank charges member banks for borrowing money.


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The Prime Rate quoted by a major U.S. bank is generally the interest rate at which that bank is willing to lend U.S. dollars to its most creditworthy borrowers, although it may not be the bank's lowest available rate.


Certain floating or variable rate Senior Loans may permit the borrower to select an interest rate reset period of up to one year. A portion of the Fund's investments may consist of loans with interest rates that are fixed for the term of the loan. Investing in Senior Loans with longer interest rate reset periods or loans with fixed interest rates may increase fluctuations in the Fund's net asset value as a result of changes in interest rates. However, the Fund may attempt to hedge all of its fixed rate loans against interest rate fluctuations by entering into interest rate swaps or total return swap transactions. The Fund also will attempt to maintain a dollar-weighted average time period to the next interest rate adjustment of 90 days or less for its portfolio of Senior Loans.

     Senior Loans are generally structured so that borrowers pay higher margins when they elect LIBOR -based borrower options. This permits lenders to obtain generally consistent yields on Senior Loans, regardless of whether borrowers select the LIBOR -based options or the Prime-based option. In recent years, however, the differential between the lower LIBOR base rates and the higher Prime Rate base rates prevailing in the commercial bank markets has widened to the point that the higher margins paid by borrowers for LIBOR -based pricing options do not currently compensate for the differential between the Prime Rate and the LIBOR base rates. Consequently, borrowers have increasingly selected the LIBOR-based pricing option, resulting in a yield on Senior Loans that is consistently lower than the yield available from the Prime Rate-based pricing option. If this trend continues, it will significantly limit the ability of the Fund to achieve a net return to shareholders that consistently approximates the average published Prime Rate of leading U.S. banks. The Manager cannot predict whether this trend will continue.

nFees. The Fund may be required to pay and may receive various fees and commissions in connection with purchasing, selling and holding interests in Senior Loans. Borrowers typically pay three kinds of fees to Lenders:

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facility fees when a Senior Loan is originated;


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commitment fees on an ongoing basis based on the unused portion of a Senior Loan commitment; and


·     

prepayment penalties when a borrower prepays a Senior Loan.


     The Fund receives these fees directly from the borrower if the Fund is an original Lender or, in the case of commitment fees and prepayment penalties, if the Fund acquires an Assignment. Whether the Fund receives a facility fee in the case of an assignment, or any fees in the case of a Participation Interest, depends on negotiations between the Fund and the Lender selling the interests.
 
     When the Fund buys an Assignment, it may be required to pay a fee, or forgo a portion of interest and fees payable to it, to the Lender selling the assignment. Occasionally, the assignor pays a fee to the assignee. In addition, the Fund may be required to pay a transfer fee to the Agent. The seller of a Participation Interest to the Fund may deduct a portion of the interest and any fees payable to the Fund, as an administrative fee. The Fund may be required to pass along to a buyer of a Senior Loan from the Fund a portion of any fees that the Fund is entitled to. If the Fund sells a Participation Interest, the Fund may be required to pay a transfer fee to the Lender that holds the nominal interest in the Senior Loan.

nThe Manager’s Credit Analysis of Senior Loans. The Manager performs its own credit analysis of Senior Loans. The Manager obtains information from the agents that originate or administer the loans, other lenders and other sources. The Manager will continue to monitor the credit of Senior Loans while the Fund owns them.

     In its analysis, the Manager may consider many factors, including evaluation of the borrower’s historical operations, financial condition, past and future projected financial performance, present and anticipated cash flows, tangible assets, debt maturity schedules, current and future borrowing requirements, continuing ability to meet future obligations, pending product developments and business (and those of competitors), the quality of management, responsiveness to changes in interest rates and business conditions, position in the market, the effect of general market and economic conditions, trading activity in the borrower’s securities, prospects for the industry of which the borrower is part and the regions in which it operates, and legislative proposals that might affect the borrower. When evaluating Senior Loans, the Manager may consider, and may rely in part, on analysis performed by Agents, other Lenders or from other sources. This analysis may include an evaluation of the value and sufficiency of any collateral securing Senior Loans.
 
     When the Manager determines that a borrower of a Senior Loan is likely to repay its obligations, it will consider that Senior Loan for investment in the Fund. For example, the Manager may determine that a borrower can meet debt service requirements from cash flow or other sources, including the sale of assets, despite the borrower’s low credit rating. The Manager may determine that Senior Loans of borrowers that are experiencing financial distress, but that appear able to pay their interest, may present investment opportunities.

     n How the Fund Invests in Senior Loans. The Fund may invest in Senior Loans in one or more of three ways:
 

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The Fund may invest directly in a Senior Loan by acting as an original Lender.


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The Fund may purchase a Senior Loan by an assignment of the loan (an “Assignment”) from the Agent or other Lender.


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The Fund may purchase a participation interest in a Senior Loan (“Participation Interest”) from an Agent or other Lender.


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Direct Investments.The Fund can invest in Senior Loans, generally “at par” (a price for the Senior Loan equal approximately to 100% of the funded principal amount of the loan). When the Fund directly invests in a Senior Loan, it may receive a return at the full interest rate for the Senior Loan.


     

When the Fund is an original lender, it will have a direct contractual relationship with the borrower and will have direct recourse against the borrower in the event the borrower fails to pay scheduled principal or interest. In all other cases, the Fund looks to the Agent to enforce appropriate remedies against the borrower.

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Assignments. When the Fund purchases a Senior Loan by Assignment, the Fund typically succeeds to the rights of the assigning lender under the Senior Loan agreement and becomes a “Lender” under the Senior Loan agreement. Subject to the terms of the loan agreement, the Fund may enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement and may have rights with respect to any funds acquired by other lenders through set-off.


     However, Assignments are arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, and the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of an Assignment may be more limited than those held by the assigning lender.
 

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Participation Interests. A participation interest is an undivided interest in a loan made by the issuing financial institution in the proportion that the buyer'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. Holders of Participation Interests are referred to as “Participants.”


     Participation Interests involve special risks for the Fund. Participation Interests are primarily dependent upon the creditworthiness of the borrowing corporation, which is obligated to make payments of principal and interest on the loan. There is a risk that a borrower may have difficulty making payments. If a borrower fails to pay scheduled interest or principal payments, the Fund could experience a reduction in its income. The value of that participation interest might also decline, which could affect the net asset value of the Fund’s shares. If the issuing financial institution fails to perform its obligations under the participation agreement, the Fund might incur costs and delays in realizing payment and suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

The Fund’s rights under a Participation Interest with respect to a particular Senior Loan may be more limited than the rights of original Lenders or of investors who acquire an Assignment of that Loan. The Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the Lender selling the Participation Interest and only when the Lender receives the payments from the borrower. In purchasing Participation Interests, the Fund will usually have a contractual relationship only with the selling institution and not the underlying borrower. The Fund generally will have no right directly to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the related loan agreement, nor will the Fund generally have the right to object to certain changes to the loan agreement agreed to by the selling institution. The Fund generally will have no right to compel the lender from whom it purchased the Participation Interest to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the Senior Loan agreement.

     In buying a Participation Interest, the Fund might not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the related Senior Loan and may be subject to any rights of set off the borrower has against the selling institution. As a result, the Fund may be subject to delays, expenses and risks that are greater than those that exist when the Fund is an original Lender.

Due to restrictions and conditions on transfer in loan agreements and in the participation agreement negotiated by the Fund and the selling institution, Participation Interests are not as easily purchased or sold as a publicly traded security. Accordingly, investments in participation interests may be illiquid.

     In buying a Participation Interest, the Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the Lender selling the Participation Interest. If a Lender that sells the Fund a Participation Interest becomes insolvent, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the Lender. As a general creditor, the Fund may not benefit from a right of set off that the Lender has against the borrower. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the borrower, the obligation of the borrower to repay the Senior Loan may be subject to certain defenses that can be asserted by the borrower as a result of any improper conduct of the Lender selling the participation. The Fund will acquire a Participation Interest only if the Manager determines that the Lender (or other intermediary Participant) selling the Participation Interest is creditworthy.
 

Main Risks of Debt Securities. In addition to Senior Loans, the Fund can invest up to 20% of its net assets in a variety of debt securities to seek its objective. Foreign debt securities are subject to the risks of foreign securities described below.
 

     nInterest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of debt securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in prevailing interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already-issued debt securities, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities having longer maturities tend to have higher yields, but are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations having shorter maturities.

The Fund does not have investment policies establishing specific maturity ranges for its investments, and they may be within any maturity range (short, medium or long) depending on the Manager’s evaluation of investment opportunities available within the debt securities markets. The Manager expects that the Senior Loans the Fund will invest in will have maturities ranging from 1 to ten years. However, Senior Loans typically have mandatory and optional prepayment provisions. Because of prepayments, the actual remaining maturity of a Senior Loan may be considerably less than its stated maturity. The reinvestment by the Fund of the proceeds of prepaid Senior Loans could result in a reduction of income to the Fund in falling interest rate environments. Prepayment penalty fees that may be assessed in some cases may help offset the loss of income to the Fund in those cases.

Because the interest rates on Senior Loans adjust periodically to reflect current market rates, falling short-term interest rates should tend to decrease the income payable to the Fund on its Senior Loan investments and rising rates should tend to increase that income. The Fund may also use interest rate swaps and other derivative investments to try to shorten the average maturity of its portfolio of debt securities.

However, investments in floating rate and variable rate obligations should also mitigate the fluctuations in the Fund’s net asset values during periods of changing interest rates, compared to changes in values of longer-term fixed-rate debt securities. Nevertheless, changes in interest rates can affect the value of the Fund’s Senior Loans, especially if rates change sharply in a short period, because the resets of the interest rates on the underlying portfolio of Senior Loans occur periodically and will not all happen simultaneously with changes in prevailing rates. Having a shorter average reset period for its portfolio of Senior Loans may help mitigate that risk.

     The Fund’s other investments in debt securities that have fixed interest rates will be subject to the general effects of changes in interest rates, described above. For those investments, the Fund may shift its focus for new investments to securities having longer maturities as interest rates decline and to securities having shorter maturities as interest rates rise.
 
      nCredit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of an issuer of a debt security to meet interest or principal payments (or both) as they become due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield debt securities are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than higher-quality investments.
 

The Fund’s investments in Senior Loans and other debt securities can include high-yield, non-investment-grade securities (commonly referred to as “high risk” securities, or, in the case of bonds, “junk bonds”). It is expected that most of the Fund’s Senior Loans will be below investment grade. Investment-grade securities are securities rated at least “Baa” by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., at least “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Fitch, Inc., or that have comparable ratings by another nationally-recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). If the debt securities the Fund buys are unrated, they are assigned a rating by the Manager of comparable quality to securities having similar yield and risk characteristics within a rating category of a rating organization.

 

 

     “Lower-grade” debt securities are those rated below “investment grade,” which means they have a rating lower than “Baa” by Moody’s or lower than “BBB” by Standard & Poor's or Fitch, or similar ratings by other rating organizations. If debt securities are unrated, and are determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality to debt securities rated below investment grade, they are considered part of the Fund’s portfolio of lower-grade securities. Although the Fund will normally invest in Senior Loans rated “B” or better (or that have, in the Manager’s judgment, a comparable quality, if unrated), it can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments rated below “B.” A “B” rating is below investment grade. The limit on investments rated below “B” is variable and is measured as a percentage of the Fund’s net assets. The limit is determined by reference to the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index, a representative index of tradeable, senior secured, U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade loans. The limit is equal to the percentage of assets rated below “B” constituting the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index plus 10%. The limit is reset monthly based on the percentage of below “B” assets constituting the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index at the prior month’s end. For example, if on March 31st, the percentage of below “B” assets in the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index was 7.5%, the Fund could invest up to 17.5% of its net assets in investments rated below “B” during the month of April.

 

     While securities rated “Baa” by Moody’s or “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch are investment grade and are not regarded as junk bonds, those securities may be subject to interest rate and credit risks, and have some speculative characteristics.

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Special Credit Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. The Fund can invest without limit in lower-grade Senior Loans and other debt securities, if the Manager believes it is consistent with the Fund’s objective of seeking high income and preservation of capital. Because lower-quality securities tend to offer higher yields than investment-grade securities, the Fund may invest in lower-grade securities to try to achieve higher income.


     Senior Loans, like other debt obligations, are subject to the risk of the borrower’s non-payment of scheduled interest and/or principal. While most of the Fund’s investments in Senior Loans will be secured by collateral that the Manager believes to be equal to or exceeds the principal amount of the Senior Loan at the time of investment, there can be no assurance that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligations in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal payments, or that the collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of a borrower’s bankruptcy, the Fund could experience delays or limitations in its ability to realize the benefits of collateral securing a loan. A Senior Loan might be collateralized by the stock of the borrower or its subsidiaries, but that stock may lose all of its value in the event of the borrower’s bankruptcy. Additionally, some Senior Loans are subject to the risk that a court could subordinate the Senior Loan to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower under fraudulent conveyance or similar laws, or take other actions detrimental to the interests of holders of Senior Loans, including invalidating the loan. Nevertheless, in general, the Manager believes that below-investment-grade Senior Loans currently have more favorable loss recovery rates than other below-investment-grade debt securities. The Fund can invest in Senior Loans and other debt securities that are not collateralized. These investments bear additional risk.
 

     While Senior Loans are increasingly being rated by national rating organizations, it is possible that many of the Senior Loans in which the Fund will invest will not be rated by an independent rating agency. While the Fund expects to have access to financial and other information of the borrower that has been made available to the Lenders under a Senior Loan, it may not have such information in connection with Participation Interests and certain Assignments. Additionally, the amount of public information available with respect to Senior Loans will generally be less extensive than what is available for exchange-listed or otherwise registered securities.
 

     There is a greater risk that the issuer of a below-investment-grade debt security may default on its obligation to pay interest or to repay principal than in the case of investment grade securities. The issuer’s low creditworthiness may increase the potential for its insolvency. An overall decline in values in the high yield bond market is also more likely during a period of a general economic downturn. An economic downturn or an increase in interest rates could severely disrupt the market for high yield bonds, adversely affecting the values of outstanding bonds as well as the ability of issuers to pay interest or repay principal. In the case of foreign debt securities, these risks are in addition to the special risk of foreign investing discussed in the Prospectus and in this SAI.

 

     To the extent they can be converted into stock, convertible securities may be less subject to some of these risks than non-convertible high yield debt securities, since stock may be more liquid and less affected by some of these risk factors.

 

Other Debt Securities the Fund Can Buy. Under normal market circumstances and as part of its regular investment program, the Fund can invest up to 20% of its net assets in debt securities other than Senior Loans. Those types of securities are described below.

 

n     Other Loans. The Fund can invest in loans other than Senior Loans, including collateralized and uncollateralized fixed-rate loans. These loans can be made to U.S. or foreign borrowers. The Fund has no limits as to the maturity of other loans in which it invests or as to the market capitalization range of the borrowers. The Fund will principally invest in other loans that are rated “B” or higher by one or more of the ratings organizations or, if unrated, are determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality, although the Fund can invest a variable amount of its net assets in investments rated below “B.” See “Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Policies and Risks – Main Risks of Debt Securities – Credit Risk” above. Fixed-rate loans are subject to greater interest rate risk than Senior Loans, as the interest rate on a fixed-rate loan does not change as prevailing interest rates change.

 

     n U.S. Government Securities. These are securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, other government agencies or federally-charted corporate entities referred to as “instrumentalities.” The obligations of U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities in which the Fund may invest may or may not be guaranteed or supported by the “full faith and credit” of the United States. “Full faith and credit” means generally that the taxing power of the U.S. government is pledged to the payment of interest and repayment of principal on a security. If a security is not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the owner of the security must look principally to the agency issuing the obligation for repayment. The owner might not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the issuing agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.

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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 of more than ten years when issued). Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States as to timely payments of interest and repayments of principal. The Fund can also by U. S. Treasury securities whose interest coupons have been “stripped” by a Federal Reserve Bank, zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities described below, and Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (“TIPS”).


     The U.S. Treasury securities called “TIPS” 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.

 

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Obligations Issued or Guaranteed by U.S. Government Agencies or Instrumentalities. These include direct obligations and mortgage-related securities that have different levels of credit support from the government. Some are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as Government National Mortgage Association pass-through mortgage certificates (called “Ginnie Maes”). Some, such as securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), are backed by the right of the agency or instrumentality to borrow from the Treasury. If the securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the purchaser must look principally to the agency issuing the obligation for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the issuing agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.

 

On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a new independent regulatory agency, placed the Federal National Mortgage Corporation and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship and the U.S. Department of Treasury made a commitment to purchase mortgage-backed securities from the companies through December 2009. The U.S. Department of Treasury also entered into a new secured lending credit facility with those companies and a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. Under those agreements, the Treasury will ensure that each company maintains a positive net worth.

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Zero-Coupon U.S. Government Securities. The Fund can buy zero-coupon U.S. government securities. These will typically be U.S. Treasury Notes and Bonds that have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons, the coupons themselves, or certificates representing interests in those stripped debt obligations and coupons.


      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.

nOther Zero-Coupon Securities. The Fund may buy zero-coupon and delayed interest securities, and “stripped” securities of U.S. and foreign corporations and of foreign government issuers. These are similar in structure to zero-coupon and “stripped” U.S. government securities, but in the case of foreign government securities may or may not be backed by the “full faith and credit” of the issuing foreign government. Zero-coupon securities issued by foreign governments and by corporations will be subject to greater credit risks than U.S. government zero-coupon securities.

     n Other “Stripped” Securities. In addition to buying stripped Treasury securities, the Fund can 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 collateralized mortgage obligations (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.

     nPreferred Stocks. Preferred stock, unlike common stock, has a stated dividend rate payable from the corporation’s earnings. Preferred stock dividends may be cumulative or non-cumulative, participating, or auction rate. “Cumulative” dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid. Preferred stock may be “participating” stock, which means that it may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain cases.

If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline. Preferred stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions allowing calls or redemption prior to maturity, which also can have a negative impact on prices when interest rates decline. The rights of preferred stock on distribution of a corporation’s assets in the event of a liquidation are generally subordinate to the rights associated with a corporation's debt securities. Preferred stock generally has a preference over common stock on the distribution of a corporation’s assets in the event of liquidation of the corporation.

     n Other Floating Rate and Variable Rate Obligations. The Fund can invest in debt securities other than Senior Loans that have floating or variable interest rates. Those 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 adjusted automatically according to a stated prevailing market rate, such as a bank's prime rate, the 91-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, or some other standard. The instrument’s rate is adjusted automatically each time the base rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate note is also based on a stated prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at specified intervals. 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 Manager 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. The Fund can also buy step-coupon bonds that have a coupon rate that changes periodically during the life of the security on pre-determined dates that are set when the security is issued.

nAsset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities are fractional interests in pools of assets, typically accounts receivable or loans. Asset backed securities that are collateralized loan obligations may include domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans and subordinate corporate loans, all of which may be investment grade or below investment grade in quality. The Fund currently intends to limit its investments in these securities to not more than 10% of its total assets.

These securities are issued by trusts or special-purpose corporations. They are similar to mortgage-backed securities, described above, and are backed by a pool of assets that consist of obligations of individual borrowers. The income from the pool is passed through to the holders of participation interest in the pools. The pools may offer a credit enhancement, such as a bank letter of credit, to try to reduce the risks that the underlying debtors will not pay their obligations when due. However, the enhancement, if any, might not be for the full par value of the security. If the enhancement is exhausted and any required payments of interest or repayments of principal are not made, the Fund could suffer losses on its investment or delays in receiving payment.

In general, asset backed securities are subject to prepayment risks, interest rate risks and the credit risks of both the borrowers and of the entity that issues the security. 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 main risks of investing in asset-backed securities are ultimately related to payment of the underlying loans by the individual borrowers.

     The Fund does not select either the borrowers or the collateral under these arrangements. 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. Some asset-backed securities do not have the benefit of a security interest in the underlying collateral. Even if the obligations are collateralized, there may be significant delays in collecting on the collateral in the case of a default on an underlying loan, and as an investor in the asset-backed security the Fund may have limited rights or no rights to enforce the terms of underlying loan agreements, to object to amendments to the lending agreement or to any set-off against the borrower.

nMoney Market Instruments. The Fund can invest in money market instruments, which are short-term debt obligations, to provide liquidity. Following is a brief description of the types of the U.S. dollar-denominated money market securities the Fund can invest in. Money market securities are high-quality, short-term debt instruments that may be issued by the U.S. government, corporations, banks or other entities. They may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates.

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U.S. Government Securities. These include obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, described above.


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Bank Obligations. Bank obligations include time deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and other bank obligations that are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The FDIC currently insures the deposits of member banks up to $250,000 per account. Bank obligations also include obligations issued or guaranteed by a domestic bank (including a foreign branch of a domestic bank) having total assets of at least U.S. $1 billion, or obligations of a foreign bank with total assets of at least U.S. $1 billion. Those banks may include commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations that may or may not be members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits in a bank for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. Time deposits may be subject to withdrawal notices and penalties.

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.

Bank obligations may have a limited market and may be deemed “illiquid” unless the obligation, including principal amount plus accrued interest, is payable within seven days after demand. Time deposits that are subject to withdrawal notices and penalties, other than those maturing in seven days or less, are also considered illiquid investments.

·     Commercial Paper. The Fund can invest in commercial paper if it is rated within the top three rating categories by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s or other rating organizations. If the paper is not rated, it may be purchased if the Manager determines that it is comparable to rated commercial paper in the top three rating categories of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.

The Fund can buy commercial paper, including U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign branches of U.S. banks, issued by other entities if the commercial paper is guaranteed as to principal and interest by a bank, government or corporation whose certificates of deposit or commercial paper may otherwise be purchased by the Fund.
 

·     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 Manager 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 are subject to the limitation on investments by the Fund in illiquid securities, described in the Prospectus. Currently, the Fund does not intend that its investments in variable amount master demand notes will exceed 5% of its total assets.

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies. In seeking its objective, from time to time the Fund can use the types of investment strategies and investments described below. It is not required to use all of these strategies at all times and at times the Fund might not use them.

     n Foreign Securities. The Fund can invest up to 20% of its total assets in foreign securities. “Foreign securities” include equity and debt securities (including Senior Loans) of companies organized under the laws of countries other than the United States and debt securities issued or guaranteed by governments other than the U.S. government or issued by foreign supra-national entities.

      Securities of foreign issuers that are represented by American Depository Receipts or that are listed on a U.S. securities exchange or traded in the U.S. over-the-counter markets are not considered “foreign securities” for the purpose of the Fund’s investment allocations, because they are not subject to many of the special considerations and risks, discussed below, that apply to foreign securities traded and held abroad. Generally, the Fund will purchase Senior Loans of foreign issuers or borrowers only if they are denominated and payable in U.S. dollars, to reduce the risks of currency fluctuations on the values of the loans.

     The Fund limits its investments in “foreign securities” to securities of companies and governments in “developed” markets, which the Manager currently defines to include the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan as well as securities issued by “supra-national” entities. Examples are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (commonly called the “World Bank”), the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

The percentage of the Fund's assets that will be allocated to foreign securities will vary over time depending on a number of factors. Those factors may include the relative yields of foreign and U.S. securities, the economies of foreign countries, the condition of a country’s financial markets, the interest rate climate of particular foreign countries and the relationship of particular foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar. The Manager analyzes fundamental economic criteria (for example, relative inflation levels and trends, growth rate forecasts, balance of payments status, and economic policies) as well as technical and political data.

Investing in foreign securities offers potential benefits not available from investing solely in securities of domestic issuers. They include the opportunity to invest in securities of foreign issuers that appear to offer high income potential, or in foreign countries with economic policies or business cycles different from those of the United States, or to reduce fluctuations in portfolio value by taking advantage of foreign securities markets that do not move in a manner parallel to U.S. markets. The Fund will hold foreign currency only in connection with the purchase or sale of foreign securities.

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Foreign Government Debt Obligations. The debt obligations of foreign governments and entities may or may not be supported by the full faith and credit of the foreign government. The Fund may buy securities issued by certain supra-national entities, which include entities designated or supported by governments to promote economic reconstruction or development, international banking organizations and related government agencies. The governmental members of these supra-national entities are “stockholders” that typically make capital contributions and may be committed to make additional capital contributions if the entity is unable to repay its borrowings. A supra-national entity’s lending activities may be limited to a percentage of its total capital, reserves and net income. There can be no assurance that the constituent foreign governments will continue to be able or willing to honor their capitalization commitments for those entities.


·     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.

Subject to the limits under the Investment Company Act, the Fund may invest in foreign mutual funds to gain exposure to the securities of companies in countries that limit or prohibit all direct foreign investment. Foreign mutual funds are generally deemed to be PFICs, since nearly all of the income of a mutual fund is passive income. Some of the other foreign corporations that the Fund may invest in may also be considered PFICs.

Federal tax laws impose severe tax penalties for failure to properly report investment income from PFICs. The Fund makes every effort to ensure compliance with federal tax reporting of these investments, however the Fund may not realize that a foreign corporation it invests in is a PFIC for federal tax purposes.

 

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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:


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reduction of income by foreign taxes;


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fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in currency rates or currency control regulations (for example, currency blockage);


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transaction charges for currency exchange;


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lack of public information about foreign issuers;


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lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards in foreign countries comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers;


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less volume on foreign exchanges than on U.S. exchanges;


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greater volatility and less liquidity on foreign markets than in the United States;


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less governmental regulation of foreign issuers, stock exchanges and brokers than in the United States;


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greater difficulties in commencing lawsuits;


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higher brokerage commission rates than in the United States;


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increased risks of delays in settlement of portfolio transactions or loss of certificates for portfolio securities;


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possibilities in some countries of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, political, financial or social instability or adverse diplomatic developments; and


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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.

     Because the Fund can purchase securities denominated in foreign currencies, a change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar could result in a change in the amount of income the Fund has available for distribution. Because a portion of the Fund’s investment income may be received in foreign currencies, the Fund will be required to compute its income in U.S. dollars for distribution to shareholders, and therefore the Fund will absorb the cost of currency fluctuations. After the Fund has distributed income, subsequent foreign currency losses may result in the Fund’s having distributed more income in a particular fiscal period than was available from investment income, which could result in a return of capital to shareholders.

n"When-Issued" and "Delayed-Delivery" Transactions. The Fund may invest in securities on a “when-issued” basis and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed-delivery” (or “forward-commitment”) basis. “When-issued” and “delayed-delivery” are terms that refer 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 Manager 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.

The Fund may engage in when-issued transactions to secure what the Manager 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 Manager 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 or for delivery pursuant to options contracts it has entered into, and not for the purpose of investment leverage. Although the Fund’s purpose in entering into delayed-delivery or when-issued purchase transactions is to acquire securities, it 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 delivery 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.

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

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for liquidity purposes to meet anticipated repurchases of Fund shares, or


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pending the investment of the proceeds from sales of Fund shares, or


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pending the settlement of portfolio securities transactions, or


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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. 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. 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 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 may be deemed to be illiquid investments. The Fund will not enter into a repurchase agreement that causes more than 15% 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 of 1940, as amended (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 Manager will monitor the vendor’s creditworthiness requirements to confirm that the vendor is financially sound and will continuously monitor the collateral’s value.

     Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Fund, along with other affiliated entities managed by the Manager, 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.
 
     n Reverse Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can use reverse repurchase agreements on debt obligations it owns, as a cash management tool, but not as a means of leveraging investments. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells an underlying debt obligation and simultaneously obtains the commitment of the purchaser to sell the security back to the Fund 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. Before the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, the Manager must be satisfied that the seller, typically a bank or broker-dealer, is creditworthy.

     These transactions involve the risk of default or insolvency by the seller, including possible delays in the Fund’s ability to obtain and subsequently sell of the underlying collateral. An additional risk is 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 will be considered borrowings by the Fund and will be subject to the asset coverage requirement under the Fund’s policy on borrowing discussed elsewhere in this SAI. The Fund will not hold more than 5% of the value of its total assets in reverse repurchase agreements.

 

     n Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Under the policies and procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, the Manager determines the liquidity of certain of the Fund’s investments. Because some Senior Loans are not actively traded in securities markets and are not listed on exchanges, some of the Fund’s holdings may be deemed to be “illiquid.” Since the Fund has fundamental policies requiring it to make periodic offers to repurchase a portion of its shares, the Investment Company Act imposes certain liquidity requirements on the Fund in connection with repurchases. That liquidity requirement extends from the time the Fund sends out a notice to shareholders of the offer of repurchase until the repurchase pricing date. During that period, a percentage of the Fund’s assets equal to 100% of the repurchase offer amount must consist of:

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assets that can be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business at approximately the price at which the Fund has valued the assets and which can be sold at that price within the period between the repurchase request deadline and the repurchase payment deadline, or


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assets that mature by the next repurchase payment deadline.


     If at any time the Fund does not meet those liquidity requirements in connection with repurchases, the Board of Trustees is required to cause the Fund to take appropriate action to assure compliance. That might include the requirement to sell securities or to terminate borrowings, which could cause losses or additional expenses to the Fund on its investment or loan.

 

     If the Fund buys a restricted security, one that is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, the Fund may have to cause that security to be registered before it can dispose of its holdings. The expenses of registering restricted securities may be negotiated by the Fund with the issuer at the time the Fund buys the securities. When the Fund must arrange registration because the Fund wishes to sell the security, a considerable period may elapse between the time the decision is made to sell the security and the time the security is registered so that the Fund could sell it. The Fund would bear the risks of any downward price fluctuation during that period.

 

      The Fund may also acquire restricted securities through private placements. Those securities have contractual restrictions on their public resale. Those restrictions might limit the Fund’s ability to dispose of the securities and might lower the amount the Fund could realize upon the sale. Illiquid securities include repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days and participation interests that do not have puts exercisable within seven days, as well as Rule 144A securities the Fund holds for which there is a lack of a trading market among institutional purchasers.
 

     n Investments in Equity Securities. The Fund can invest in securities other than debt securities, including certain types of equity securities of both foreign and U.S. companies, if such investments are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund does not anticipate investing significant amounts of its assets in these securities as part of its normal investment strategy. The Fund’s equity securities principally will be securities acquired in connection with purchasing, restructuring or disposing of Senior Loans. Those equity securities include preferred stocks (described above), rights and warrants, and securities convertible into common stock. Certain equity securities may be purchased because they may provide dividend income.
 

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Risks of Investing in Stocks. Stocks fluctuate in price, and their short-term volatility at times may be great. To the extent that the Fund invests in equity securities, the value of the Fund’s portfolio will be affected by changes in the stock markets. Market risk can affect the Fund's net asset value per share, which will fluctuate as the values of the Fund’s portfolio securities change. The prices of individual stocks do not all move in the same direction uniformly or at the same time. Different stock markets may behave differently from each other.


      Other factors can affect a particular stock’s price, such as poor earnings reports by the issuer, loss of major customers, major litigation against the issuer, or changes in government regulations affecting the issuer or its industry. The Fund can invest in securities of large companies and mid-size companies, but may also hold stocks of small companies, which may have more volatile stock prices than stocks of larger companies.

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Convertible Securities. While some convertible securities are a form of debt security, in certain cases their conversion feature (allowing conversion into equity securities) causes them to be regarded more as “equity equivalents.” As a result, the rating assigned to the security has less impact on the Manager's investment decision with respect to convertible securities than in the case of non-convertible fixed income securities. Convertible securities are subject to the credit risks and interest rate risks of debt securities 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 Manager 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.


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Rights and Warrants. The Fund can hold warrants or rights, however, the Fund does not expect that it will have significant investments in warrants and rights. Warrants basically are options to purchase equity securities at specific prices valid for a specific period of time. Their prices do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities. Rights are similar to warrants, but normally have a short duration and are distributed directly by the issuer to its shareholders. Rights and warrants have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.


n     Loans of Portfolio Securities. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities pursuant to a Securities Lending Agency Agreement (the “Securities Lending Agreement”) with The 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.

     n Borrowing. The Fund has the ability to borrow from banks to raise cash in order to repurchase its shares in a Repurchase Offer and for temporary, emergency purposes. The Fund can also borrow money to acquire additional investments, which is a speculative technique known as “leverage.” The Fund may borrow only from banks, although the Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which are considered to be borrowings, with dealers and other financial institutions.

     In addition, pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC to Citicorp North America, Inc. (“Citicorp”), the Fund also has the ability to borrow, subject to the limits established by its investment policies, from commercial paper and medium-term note conduits administered by Citicorp that issue promissory notes to fund loans to investment companies such as the Fund. These loans may be secured by assets of the Fund, so long as the Fund’s policies permit it to pledge its assets to secure a debt. Liquidity support for these loans will be provided by banks obligated to make loans to the Fund in the event the conduit or conduits are unable or unwilling to make such loans. The Fund will have the right to prepay such loans and terminate its participation in the conduit loan facility at any time upon prior notice. As a borrower under a conduit loan facility, the Fund maintains rights and remedies under state and federal law comparable to those it would maintain with respect to a loan from a bank.

     Under current regulatory requirements, the Fund can borrow 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). If the value of the Fund’s assets fails to meet this 300% asset coverage requirement, the Fund will reduce its bank debt 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.
 
     The Fund expects to meet its commitments to repurchase shares in the amount set by the Board of Trustees by using cash from sales of additional shares of the Fund to the public, sales of portfolio securities, and income from loans or repayments on loans held in its portfolio.
 
     The Fund will pay interest on these loans, and that interest expense will raise the overall expenses of the Fund and reduce its returns. If it does borrow, its expenses will be greater than comparable funds that do not borrow for leverage. Additionally, the Fund’s net asset value per share might fluctuate more than that of funds that do not borrow.

n     Derivatives. The Fund can invest in a variety of derivative investments, including swaps, “structured” investments, options, forward contracts and futures contracts, to seek income or for hedging purposes. The use of derivatives requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management.  If the Manager uses a derivative instrument at the wrong time or judges market conditions incorrectly, the use of derivatives may reduce the Fund’s return.

Although it is not obligated to do so, the Fund can use derivatives to hedge. The Fund can use 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, or to facilitate selling securities for investment reasons. The Fund can use hedging to establish a position in the securities market as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities. In that case the Fund would normally seek to purchase the securities 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 securities would not be fully included in a rise in value of the market.

Some of the hedging strategies the Fund can use are described below. The Fund may employ new hedging strategies when they are developed, if those investment methods are consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and are permissible under applicable regulations governing the Fund.

·     “Structured” Notes. The Fund can invest in “structured” notes, which are specially-designed derivative debt investments whose principal payments or interest payments are linked to the value of an underlying asset, such as an equity or debt security, loan, currency, or commodity, or non-asset reference, such as an interest rate or index. The terms of the instrument may be “structured” by the purchaser (the Fund) and the borrower issuing the note.

The values of these notes will fall or rise in response to changes in the values of the underlying asset or reference and the Fund might receive less principal or interest if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated. In some cases, these notes may pay an amount based on a multiple of the relative change in value of the asset or reference. This type of note offers the potential for increased income or principal payments but at a greater risk of loss than a typical debt security of the same maturity and credit quality.

The values of these notes are also subject to both credit risk (if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations) and interest rate risk and therefore the Fund could receive more or less than it originally invested when a note matures. The prices of these notes may be very volatile and they may have a limited trading market, making it difficult for the Fund to value them or sell them at an acceptable price.

 

·     Swaps. The Fund may enter into swap agreements, including interest rate, total return, credit default and volatility swaps. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for a specified period of time typically ranging from a few weeks to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or the difference between the returns) earned or realized on a particular asset, such as an equity or debt security, loan, commodity or currency, or non-asset reference, such as an interest rate or index. The swapped returns are generally calculated with respect to a notional amount, that is, the return on a particular dollar amount invested in the underlying asset or reference. The Fund may enter into a swap agreement to, among other reasons, gain exposure to certain markets in the most economical way possible, protect against currency fluctuations, or reduce risk arising from ownership of a particular security or instrument. The Fund will identify liquid assets on the Fund’s books (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.

The Fund may 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 more than one swap transaction, the amount payable shall be the net amount. In addition, the master netting agreement may provide that if one party defaults generally or on any swap, the counterparty can terminate all outstanding swaps with that party.

The use of swap agreements by the Fund entails certain risks. The swaps market is generally unregulated. There is no central exchange or market for swap transactions and therefore they are less liquid investments than exchange-traded instruments and may be considered illiquid by the Fund. Swap agreements entail credit risk arising from the possibility that the counterparty will default. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund’s loss will consist of the net amount of contractual payments that the Fund has not yet received. The Manager will monitor the creditworthiness of counterparties to the Fund’s swap transactions on an ongoing basis. The Fund’s successful use of swap agreements is dependent upon the Manager’s ability to predict correctly whether certain types of investments are likely to produce greater returns than other investments. Swap agreements may effectively add leverage to the Fund's portfolio because the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

·     Interest Rate Swaps. The Fund may enter into interest rate swaps. 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. There is a risk that, based on movements of interest rates, the payments made by the Fund under a swap agreement will be greater than the payments it receives. If the Fund held a Senior Loan with an interest rate that is reset only once a year, it might swap the right to receive interest at that rate for the right to receive interest at a rate that is reset every week. In that case, if interest rates were to rise, the increased interest received by the Fund would offset a decline in the value of the Senior Loan. On the other hand, if interest rates were to fall, the Fund’s benefit from the effect of falling interest rates on the value of the Senior Loan would decrease.

·     Total Return Swaps. The Fund may enter into total return swaps, under which one party agrees to pay the other the total return of a defined underlying asset, such as a security or basket of securities, or non-asset reference, such as a securities index, during the specified period in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from different underlying assets or references. For example, if the Fund wished to invest in a Senior Loan, it could instead enter into a total return swap and receive the total return of the Senior Loan, less the “funding cost,” which would be a floating interest rate payment to the counterparty. Total return swaps could result in losses if the underlying asset or reference does not perform as anticipated by the Manager.

·     Credit Default Swaps. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps. A credit default swap enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a credit event, such as a borrower’s or issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may seek to enhance returns by selling protection or attempt to mitigate credit risk by buying protection against the occurrence of a credit event by a specified borrower or issuer. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, both directly (“unfunded swaps”) and indirectly (“funded swaps”) in the form of a swap embedded within a structured security. Unfunded and funded credit default swaps may refer to a single security or on a basket of securities.

If the Fund buys credit protection using a credit default swap and a credit event occurs, the Fund will deliver the defaulted loan or bond underlying the swap and the swap counterparty will pay the par amount of the loan or bond. If the Fund sells credit protection using a credit default swap and a credit event occurs, the Fund will pay the par amount of the defaulted loan or bond underlying the swap and the swap counterparty will deliver the loan or bond. If the swap is on a basket of assets, the notional amount of the swap is reduced by the par amount of the defaulted asset, and the fixed payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.

Risks of credit default swaps include counterparty credit risk (if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations) and the risk that the Fund will not properly assess the cost of the instrument based on the lack of transparency in the market. 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 par value on defaulted loans or bonds. 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. In addition, if the Fund is buying credit protection and a credit event does occur, there is a risk when the Fund does not own the underlying asset, that the Fund will have difficulty acquiring the asset on the open market and may receive adverse pricing. The Fund will invest no more than 20% of its total assets in credit default swaps.

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Volatility Swap Contracts. The Fund may enter into volatility swaps to hedge the direction of volatility in a particular asset or non-asset reference, or for other non-speculative purposes. For volatility swaps, counterparties agree to buy or sell volatility at a specific level over a fixed period. Volatility swaps are subject to credit risks (if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations), and the risk that the Manager is incorrect in forecasts of volatility of the underlying asset or reference.


·     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.

 

      Ÿ Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts that relate to debt securities (these are referred to as “interest rate futures”), broadly-based securities indices (“stock index futures” and “bond index futures”), foreign currencies, commodities and an individual stock (“single stock futures”).

     A broadly-based stock index is used as the basis for trading stock index futures. They may in some cases be based on stocks of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries. A stock index assigns relative values to the securities included in the index and its value fluctuates in response to the changes in value of the underlying securities. A stock index cannot be purchased or sold directly. Bond index futures are similar contracts based on the future value of the basket of securities that comprise the index. These contracts obligate the seller to deliver, and the purchaser to take, cash to settle the futures transaction. There is no delivery made of the underlying securities to settle the futures obligation. Either party may also settle the transaction by entering into an offsetting contract.

An interest rate future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take) cash or a specified type of debt security to settle the futures transaction. Either party could also enter into an offsetting contract to close out the position. Similarly, a single stock future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take) cash or a specified equity security to settle the futures transaction. Either party could also enter into an offsetting contract to close out the position. Single stock futures trade on a very limited number of exchanges, with contracts typically not fungible among the exchanges.

The Fund can invest a portion of its assets in commodity futures contracts. Commodity futures may be based upon commodities within five main commodity groups: (1) energy, which includes crude oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes cattle and hogs; (3) agriculture, which includes wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold, platinum 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.

     No money 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.
 
     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 (except forward contracts) are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange on which the contracts are traded.
 

      Ÿ Put and Call Options. The Fund can buy and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter put options (“puts”) and call options (“calls”), including index options, securities options, currency options, commodities options and options on futures.

           Ÿ Writing Call Options. The Fund may write (that is, sell) 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 must be covered by segregating liquid assets to enable the Fund to satisfy its obligations if the call is exercised. There is no limit on the amount of the Fund’s total assets that may be subject to covered 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.
 
     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 a specific 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.
 

The Fund’s custodian bank, 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 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 (i.e., 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 market-to-market value of the underlying security, unless the option is subject to a buy-back agreement with 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. Then 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 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 an equivalent dollar amount of liquid assets as identified in the Fund’s books. The Fund will segregate additional liquid assets if the value of the segregated assets drops below 100% of the current value of the future. Because of this segregation 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.

          Ÿ Writing Put Options. The Fund may write (that is, 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. A put must be covered by segregated liquid assets. The Fund will not write puts if, as a result, more than 50% of the Fund’s net assets would be required to be segregated to cover such put options.

If the Fund writes a put, the put must be covered by liquid assets identified in 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. 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 forgoes the opportunity of investing the segregated 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.

           Ÿ Purchasing Puts and Calls. The Fund may purchase call options. 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 can buy puts whether or not it owns the underlying investment. 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 an investment the Fund does not own (such as an index or a future) permits the Fund either 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.

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.

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.

     The Fund may buy a call or put only if, after the purchase, the value of all call and put options held by the Fund will not exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets.
 

      Ÿ Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund can buy and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter put options and call options on foreign currencies. The Fund could 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 Manager 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 Manager anticipates a decline in the dollar value of a foreign currency, the decline in the dollar value of portfolio securities denominated in that currency might 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 held in a segregated account by its custodian bank) upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currency held in its portfolio.

The Fund could 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 might 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 maintaining cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid, high grade debt securities in an amount equal to the exercise price of the option, in a segregated account with the Fund’s custodian bank.

      Ÿ Risks of Hedging with Options and Futures. The use of hedging strategies requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management. If the Manager uses a hedging strategy 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 could affect its portfolio turnover rate and brokerage commissions. The exercise of calls written by the Fund might 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 could 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 might 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 derivative instruments in a short hedge, the market may advance and the value of the securities held in the Fund’s portfolio might decline. If that occurred, the Fund would lose money on the derivative 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 derivative 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 might use derivative 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 derivative 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 might decline. If the Fund then concludes not to invest in securities because of concerns that the market might decline further or for other reasons, the Fund will realize a loss on the hedge position that is not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.

      ŸForward 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 can use 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 can 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 might 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 could 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 could 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 a foreign currency might suffer a substantial decline against the U.S. dollar, it could 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 might suffer a substantial decline against a foreign currency, it could enter into a forward contract to buy that foreign currency for a fixed dollar amount. Alternatively, the Fund could 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 cover its short positions in these cases by identifying on its books assets having a value 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 Manager might 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 might 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 might 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 might 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.

Ÿ Regulatory Aspects of Certain Derivative Instruments. 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 Commodity Exchange Act (“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 SAI.

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 advisor as the Fund (or an advisor that is an affiliate of the Fund’s advisor). 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.

Under the Investment Company Act, when the Fund purchases a future, it must maintain cash or readily marketable short-term debt instruments in an amount equal to the market value of the securities underlying the future, less the margin deposit applicable to it.

      Ÿ Tax Aspects of Certain Derivative Instruments. Certain foreign currency exchange contracts in which the Fund may invest are treated as “Section 1256 contracts” under the 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 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. An election can be made by the Fund to exempt those transactions from this mark-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 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 Code for that trade, which may increase or decrease the amount of the Fund’s investment income available for distribution to its shareholders.

n     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. 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 may involve the payment of substantial premiums above the value of such investment company’s portfolio securities and is subject to limitations under the Investment Company Act. The Fund does not intend to invest in other investment companies unless the Manager 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.

 

n     Portfolio Turnover. “Portfolio turnover” describes the rate at which the Fund traded its portfolio securities during its last fiscal year. For example, if a fund sold all of its securities during the year, its portfolio turnover rate would have been 100%. The Manager is not limited in the amount of portfolio trading it may conduct on behalf of the Fund and will buy and sell securities as it deems appropriate. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate will fluctuate from year to year, and the Fund could have a portfolio turnover rate of more than 100% annually. For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 51%. The portfolio turnover rate may vary greatly from year to year. The Fund can engage in short-term trading to try to achieve its objective.

 

     Increased portfolio turnover creates higher transaction costs for the Fund, which may reduce its overall performance. Additionally, the realization of capital gains from selling portfolio securities 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. If the Fund repurchases large amounts of shares during Repurchase Offers, it may have to sell portions of its securities holdings to raise cash to pay for those repurchases. That might may result in a higher than usual portfolio turnover rate.
 

     n Temporary Defensive Investments. When market conditions are unstable, or the Manager believes it is otherwise appropriate to reduce holdings in stocks, 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’s temporary defensive investments can include the following short-term (maturing in one year or less) dollar-denominated debt obligations:

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obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its instrumentalities or agencies,


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commercial paper (short-term, unsecured promissory notes) of domestic or foreign companies,


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debt obligations of domestic or foreign corporate issuers,


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certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances of domestic and foreign banks having total assets in excess of $1 billion, and


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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.
 

Diversification. The Fund is a diversified fund which means the Fund cannot buy securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer if more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in securities of that issuer or if it would then own more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities. That restriction applies to 75% of the Fund’s total assets. The limit does not apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

Other Investment Restrictions. In addition to having a number of investment policies and restrictions identified in the Prospectus or elsewhere as “fundamental policies,” the Fund has other investment restrictions that are fundamental policies, described below.

     n What Are “Fundamental Policies?” Fundamental policies are those policies that the Fund has adopted to govern its investments that can be changed only by the vote of a “majority” of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities. Under the Investment Company Act, a “majority” vote is defined as the vote of the holders of the lesser of:

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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


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more than 50% of the outstanding shares.


     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.

      nWhat Are the Fund’s Additional Fundamental Policies? The following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund:

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The Fund cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities of issuers having their principal business activities in the same industry. The Fund can invest 25% or more of its total assets and can invest up to 100% of its total assets in securities of issuers in the group of financial services industries, which under the Fund’s currently-used industry classifications include the following industries (this group of industries and the Fund’s industry classifications can be changed by the Fund without shareholder approval): banks, bank holding companies, commercial finance, consumer finance, diversified financial, insurance, savings and loans, and special purpose financial. For the purpose of this investment restriction, the term “issuer” includes the borrower under a loan, the agent bank for a loan, and any intermediate participant in the loan interposed between the borrower and the Fund. The percentage limitation in this investment restriction does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities. For the purposes of interpreting this investment restriction, each foreign national government is treated as an “industry” and utilities are divided according to the services they provide.


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The Fund cannot borrow money in excess of 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets at the time of the borrowings. The Fund’s borrowings must comply with the 300% asset coverage requirement under the Investment Company Act, as such requirement may be amended from time to time.


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The Fund cannot make loans to other persons. However, the Fund can invest in loans (including by direct investments or purchasing assignments or participation interests) and other debt obligations in accordance with its investment objective and policies.


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The Fund may also lend its portfolio securities and may purchase securities subject to repurchase agreements.


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The Fund cannot buy or sell real estate. However, the Fund can purchase securities secured by real estate or interests in real estate, or issued by issuers (including real estate investment trusts) that invest in real estate or interests in real estate. The Fund may hold and sell real estate as acquired as a result of the Fund's ownership of securities.


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The Fund cannot buy or sell commodities or commodity contracts. However, the Fund can buy and sell derivative instruments and other hedging instruments, such as futures contracts, options and swaps.


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The Fund cannot underwrite securities of other companies. A permitted exception is in case the Fund is deemed to be an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 when reselling any securities held in its own portfolio.


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The Fund cannot buy securities on margin. However, the Fund can make margin deposits in connection with its use of derivative instruments and hedging instruments.


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The Fund cannot issue “senior securities,” except as permitted under the Investment Company Act. This limitation does not prohibit certain investment activities for which assets of the Fund are designated as segregated, or margin, collateral or escrow arrangements are established, to cover the related obligations. Examples of those activities include borrowing money, reverse repurchase agreements, delayed-delivery and when-issued arrangements for portfolio securities transactions, and contracts to buy or sell derivatives, hedging instruments, options or futures.


     Notwithstanding the Fund's investment policies and restrictions, the Fund may invest all or part of its investable assets in a management investment company with substantially the same investment objective, policies and restrictions as the Fund. This could allow creation of a “master/feeder” structure in the future, although the Fund has no current intention to restructure in this manner.

     Unless the Prospectus or this SAI states that a percentage restriction applies on an ongoing basis, it applies only at the time the Fund makes an investment (except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities). The Fund need not sell securities to meet the percentage limits if the value of the investment increases in proportion to the size of the Fund.

n      Does the Fund Have Additional Restrictions That Are Not “Fundamental” Policies? The Fund has an additional operating policy that is not “fundamental,” and which can be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval:

     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.

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Additional Fundamental Policies Concerning Repurchase Offers. The following policies concerning the Repurchase Offers are fundamental, which means that the Board of Trustees cannot change the policies without the vote of the holders of a “majority of the fund’s outstanding voting securities,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act:


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The Fund will make periodic Repurchase Offers, pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act (as that Rule may be amended from time to time).


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Repurchase Offers shall be made at periodic intervals of three months between Repurchase Request Deadlines. The Repurchase Request Deadlines will be at the time on the regular business day (normally the last regular business day) in the months of January, April, July and October to be determined by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.


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The Repurchase Pricing Date for a particular Repurchase Offer shall be not more than 14 days after the Repurchase Request Deadline for that Repurchase Offer. If that day is not a regular business day, then the Repurchase Pricing Date will be the following regular business day.


Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings. The Fund has adopted policies and procedures concerning the dissemination of information about its portfolio holdings by employees, officers and/or directors of the Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent. These policies are designed to assure that non-public information about portfolio securities 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.

·     

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 semi-annual report to shareholders, its annual report to shareholders, or its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q. Those documents are publicly available at the SEC. In addition, the top 20 month-end holdings may be posted on the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com (select the Fund’s name under the “View Fund Information for:” menu) with a 15-day lag. The Fund may release a more restrictive list of holdings (e.g., the top five or top 10 portfolio holdings) or may release no holdings if that is 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 posted.


Until publicly disclosed, the Fund’s portfolio holdings are proprietary, confidential business information. 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 process, 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 portfolio managers are trading on the Fund’s behalf.

     The Manager and its subsidiaries and affiliates, employees, officers, and directors, 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. It is a violation of the Code of Ethics for any covered person to release holdings in contravention of portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures adopted by the Fund.

A list of the top 20 portfolio securities holdings (based on invested assets), listed by security or by issuer, as of the end of each month may be disclosed to third parties (subject to the procedures below) no sooner than 15 days after month-end.

Except under special limited circumstances discussed below, month-end lists of the Fund’s complete portfolio holdings may be disclosed no sooner than 30-days after the relevant month-end, subject to the procedures below. If the Fund’s complete portfolio holdings have not been disclosed publicly, they may be disclosed pursuant to special requests for legitimate business reasons, 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 Portfolio and Legal departments must approve the completed request for release of Fund portfolio holdings; and

·     

The third-party recipient must sign the Manager’s portfolio holdings non-disclosure agreement before receiving the data, agreeing to keep information that is not publicly available regarding the Fund’s holdings confidential and agreeing not to trade directly or indirectly based on the information.

The Fund’s complete portfolio holdings positions may be released to the following categories of entities or individuals on an ongoing basis, provided that such entity or individual either (1) has signed an agreement to keep such information confidential and not trade on the basis of such information or (2) is subject to fiduciary obligations, as a member of the Fund’s Board, or as an employee, officer and/or director of the Manager, Distributor, or Transfer Agent, or their respective legal counsel, not to disclose such information except in conformity with these policies and procedures and not to trade for his/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 entity),


·     

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 and Morningstar),

·     

Portfolio pricing services retained by the Manager to provide portfolio security prices, and

·     

Dealers, to obtain bids (price quotations if securities are not priced by the Fund’s regular pricing services).

Portfolio holdings information of the Fund may be provided, under limited circumstances, to brokers and/or dealers with whom the Fund trades and/or entities that provide investment coverage and/or analytical information regarding the Fund’s portfolio, provided that there is a legitimate investment reason for providing the information to the broker, dealer or other entity. Month-end portfolio holdings information may, under this procedure, be provided to vendors providing research information and/or analytics to the Fund, with at least a 15-day delay after the month end, but in certain cases may be provided to a broker or analytical vendor with a 1-2 day lag to facilitate the provision of requested investment information to the manager to facilitate a particular trade or the portfolio manager’s investment process for the Fund. Any third party receiving such information must first sign the Manager’s portfolio holdings non-disclosure agreement as a pre-condition to receiving this information.

Portfolio holdings information (which may include information on individual securities positions or multiple securities) may be provided to the entities listed below (1) by portfolio traders employed by the Manager in connection with portfolio trading, and (2) by the members of the Manager’s Security Valuation Group and Accounting Departments in connection with portfolio pricing or other portfolio evaluation purposes:

·     

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)

·     

Dealers to obtain price quotations where the Fund is not identified as the owner.

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 (the SEC, 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 intermediary representatives.

 

     The Fund’s shareholders may, under unusual circumstances (such as a lack of liquidity in the Fund’s portfolio to meet repurchase requests), receive repurchase 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 shall report to the Fund’s Board on such compliance oversight and on the categories of entities and individuals to which disclosure of portfolio holdings of the Fund has been made during the preceding year pursuant to these policies. The CCO shall report to the Fund’s Board any material violation of these policies and procedures and shall make 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/or 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:


 

ABG Sundal Collier

Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc.

Neue Zürcher Bank

Alforma Capital Markets

Fraser Mackenzie

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Altrushare

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey

Numis Securities Inc.

Altus Investment Management

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corporation

Oddo Securities

American Technology Research

Garp Research & Securities

Omgeo LLC

Auerbach Grayson & Company

George K. Baum & Company

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.

Banc of America Securities

GMP Securities L.P.

Pacific Crest

Barclays Capital

Goldman Sachs & Company

Paradigm Capital

Barnard Jacobs Mellet

Good Morning Securities

Petercam/JPP Eurosecurities

BB&T Capital Markets

Goodbody Stockbrokers

Piper Jaffray Company

Belle Haven Investments, Inc.

Handelsbanken Markets Securities

Prager Sealy & Company

Beltone Financial

Helvea Inc.

R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.

Bergen Capital

Hewitt

Ramirez & Company

Bloomberg

HJ Sims & Co., Inc.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

BMO Capital Markets

Howard Weil

RBC Capital Markets

BNP Paribas

HSBC Securities

RBC Dain Rauscher

Brean Murray Carret & Company

Hyundai Securities America, Inc.

Redburn Partners

Brown Brothers Harriman & Company

ICICI Securities Inc.

Renaissance Capital

Buckingham Research Group

Interactive Data

RiskMetrics Group

Cabrera Capital

Intermonte

Robert W. Baird & Company

Callan Associates

Janco Partners

Rocaton

Cambridge Associates

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Rogers Casey

Canaccord Adams, Inc.

Jefferies & Company

Roosevelt & Cross

Caris & Company

Jennings Capital Inc.

Royal Bank of Scotland

Carnegie

Jesup & Lamont Securities

Russell/Mellon

Cazenove

JMP Securities

RV Kuhns

Cheuvreux

Johnson Rice & Company

Sal Oppenheim

Citigroup

JPMorgan Chase

Salman Partners

Cleveland Research Company

Kaupthing Securities Inc.

Samsung Securities

CLSA

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Sandler Morris Harris Group

Cogent

Keijser Securities N.V.

Sandler O'Neill & Partners

Collins Stewart

Kempen & Co. USA Inc.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC

Commerzbank

Kepler Capital Markets

Santander Securities

Contrarian Capital Management, LLC

KeyBanc Capital Markets

Scotia Capital

Cormark Securities

KPMG LLP

Seattle-Northwest Securities

Cowen & Company

Kotak Mahindra Inc

Sidoti & Company LLC

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

Lazard Capital

Siebert Brandford Shank & Company

Credit Suisse

LCG Associates

Simmons & Company

Crew & Associates

Lebenthal & Company

Societe Generale

D.A. Davidson & Company

Leerink Swann

Standard & Poor's

Dahlman Rose & Company

Lipper

Sterne Agee

Daiwa Securities

Loop Capital Markets

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company

Davy

Macquarie Securities

Stone & Youngberg

DeMarche

MainFirst Bank AG

SunGard

DEPFA First Albany Corporation

MassMutual

Suntrust Robinson Humphrey

Desjardins Securities

Mediobanca Securities USA LLC

SWS Group, Inc.

Deutsche Bank

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

Thomas Weisel Partners

Dougherty and Company LLC

Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd

ThomsonReuters LLC

Dowling Partners

Mesirow Financial

Troika Dialog

Dresdner Kleinwort

MF Global Securities

UBS

Duncan Williams

Mitsubishi Financial Securities

UOB Kay Hian (U.S.) Inc.

Dundee Securities

Mizuho Securities USA

Vining & Sparks

DZ Financial Markets

ML Stern

Vontobel Securities Ltd

Edelweiss Securities Ltd.

Morgan Keegan

Wachovia Securities Corporation

Emmet & Co., Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Watson Wyatt

Empirical Research

MorningStar

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Enskilda Securities

Motil Oswal Securities

Weeden & Company

Evaluation Associates

MSCI Barra

West LB

Exane

M&T Securities

WH Mell & Associates

FactSet Research Systems

Murphy & Durieu

William Blair & Company

Fidelity Capital Markets

National Bank Financial

Wilshire

FBR Capital Markets & Co.

Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.

Winchester Capital Partners, LLC

First Miami Securities

Ned Davis Research Group

Ziegler Capital Markets Group

Fortis Securities

Needham & Company

 

 

How the Fund is Managed

Organization and History. The Fund is a closed-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 June 1999.

     The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Trustees meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund’s activities, review its performance, and review the actions of the Manager.

n     Classes of Shares. The Trustees are authorized, without shareholder approval, to create new series and classes of shares, to reclassify unissued shares into additional series or classes and to 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. Shares do not have cumulative voting rights or preemptive or subscription rights. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy at shareholder meetings.

The Fund currently has four classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y. All classes invest in the same investment portfolio. 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.


     Shares are freely transferable, and each share of each class has one vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Each share of the Fund represents an interest in the Fund proportionately equal to the interest of each other share of the same class.

 

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 A to Class Y Voluntary Conversion. For shareholders who currently hold Class A shares but are authorized to purchase Class Y shares, those shareholders can convert existing Class A 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.  Under current interpretations of applicable federal income tax law by the Internal Revenue Service, this voluntary conversion of Class A 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.


Meetings of Shareholders. As a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund is not required to hold, and does not plan to hold, regular annual meetings of shareholders, but may hold shareholder meetings from time to time 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.

n     Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder or 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. Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a business trust (such as the Fund) to be held personally liable as a “partner” under certain circumstances. However, 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.

     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 and that the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any such person, to the extent permitted by law.

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees. The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Trustees meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund’s activities, review its performance, and review the actions of the Manager.
 

The Board of Trustees has an Audit Committee, a Review Committee and a Governance Committee.The Audit Committee held 5 meetings during the Fund’s fiscal year ended July 31, 2009. The Review Committee held 5 meetings during the Fund’s fiscal year ended July 31, 2009. The Governance Committee held 3 meetings during the Fund’s fiscal year ended July 31, 2009.

     Each committee is comprised solely of Trustees who are not “interested persons” under the Investment Company Act (the “Independent Trustees”). 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 furnishes the Board with recommendations regarding the selection of 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’s independent Auditors regarding the Fund’s 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 Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer; (v) maintaining a separate line of communication between the Fund’s independent Auditors and the Independent Trustees; (vi) reviewing the independence of the Fund’s independent Auditors; and (vii) pre-approving the provision of any audit or non-audit services by the Fund’s 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 Review Committee is comprised solely of Independent Trustees. The members of the Review Committee are Sam Freedman (Chairman), Jon S. Fossel, Richard F. Grabish and Beverly L. Hamilton. Among other duties, as set forth in the Review Committee’s Charter, the Review Committee reports and makes recommendations to the Board concerning the fees paid to the Fund’s transfer agent and the Manager and the services provided to the Fund’s by the transfer agent and the Manager. The Review Committee also reviews the adequacy of the Fund’s Code of Ethics, the Fund’s investment performance as well as the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund to comply with the Investment Company Act and other applicable law.

The Governance Committee is comprised solely of Independent Trustees. The members of the Governance Committee are, Robert J. Malone (Chairman), William L. 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 the Fund’s governance guidelines, the adequacy of the Fund’s Code of Ethics and the nomination of Trustees, including Independent 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 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 Trustees and Independent Trustees it will recommend to the Board and/or 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 and/or its affiliates in selecting nominees. The full Board elects new 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 their correspondence electronically at www.oppenheimerfunds.com under the caption “contact us” or by mail to the Fund at the address below.

 

Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Except for Mr. Murphy, each of the Trustees is an Independent Trustee. All of the Trustees are also trustees or directors of the following Oppenheimer/Centennial funds (referred to as “Denver Board Funds”) except for Mr. Grabish, who serves as Trustee for only the following funds: Centennial Government Trust, Centennial Money Market Trust, Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund, Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund, Panorama Series Fund, Inc., Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust, Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II, Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III, Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund, Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC and Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC:

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Integrity Funds

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Panorama Series Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

 

Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.

 

Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund

 

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund

Centennial Government Trust

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Centennial Money Market Trust

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

 

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund

 

  

   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 Oppenheimer funds that offer Class Y shares.

     Messrs. Welsh, Edwards, Legg, Murphy, Petersen, Vandehey, Wixted, and Zack and Mss. Hui, Bullington, Bloomberg, Ives and Ruffle, who are officers of the Fund, hold the same offices with one or more of the other Denver Board Funds. As of October 23, 2009, the Trustees and officers of the Fund, as a group, owned of record or beneficially less than 1% of each class of shares of the Fund. 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 Denver Board Funds. In addition, none of the Independent Trustees (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 of the Denver Board Funds.

 

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 charts also include 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”). The address of each 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.

 

Independent Trustees

Name,
Position(s) Held with Fund,
Length of Service,
Age

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years;
Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held by Trustee;
Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Currently Overseen by Trustee

Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in the Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range Of Shares Beneficially Owned in Any of the Oppenheimer Funds Overseen by Trustee

As of December 31, 2008

William L. Armstrong,

Chairman of the Board since 2003 and Trustee since 1999
Age: 72

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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

George C. Bowen,

Trustee since 1999
Age: 73

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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Edward L. Cameron,

Trustee since 1999
Age: 71

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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee since 1999
Age: 67

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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Sam Freedman,

Trustee since 1999
Age: 69

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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee since 2001

Age: 6 1

Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 16 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee since 2005
Age: 63

Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (since December 2005); 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) and Vice Chairman (since 2006) 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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Robert J. Malone,

Trustee since 2005

Age: 6 5

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); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since 1986); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); 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). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee since 2000
Age: 67

Trustee Emeritas 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) (since January 1999); 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). Oversees 40 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.*

None

Over $100,000

*     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. Murphy 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. The address of Mr. Murphy is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008. Mr. Murphy serves as a Trustee for an indefinite term and as an officer for an annual term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Murphy serves as a Trustee of the Fund with the understanding that in the event he ceases to be the chairman of the Manager, he will resign as a Trustee of the Fund and the other Denver Board Funds (defined above) for which he is a director or trustee.

Interested Trustee and Officer

Name,
Position(s) Held with Fund,
Length of Service,
Age

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years;
Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held by Trustee;
Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Currently Overseen by Trustee

Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in the Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range Of Shares Beneficially Owned in
Any of the Oppenheimer Funds

As of December 31, 2008

John V. Murphy,

Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer since 2001

Age: 60

Chairman and Director of the Manager (since June 2001); Chief Executive Officer of the Manager (June 2001-December 2008); President of the Manager (September 2000-February 2007); President and director or trustee of other Oppenheimer funds; President and Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (the Manager’s parent holding company) and of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (holding company subsidiary of the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (subsidiary of the Manager) (November 2001-December 2006); Chairman and Director of Shareholder Services, Inc. and of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (transfer agent subsidiaries of the Manager) (since July 2001); President and Director of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of the following investment advisory subsidiaries of the Manager: OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since November 2001), HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since July 2001); President (since November 2001) and Director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OAC’s parent company) (since February 1997); Director of DLB Acquisition Corporation (holding company parent of Babson Capital Management LLC) (since June 1995); Vice Chairman of the Investment Company’s Institute’s Board of Governors (since October 2009) Chairman (October 2007-September 2009 ) and Member of the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors (since October 2003). Oversees 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

     

     The address of the officers in the chart below is as follows: for Mr. Edwards and Zack and Ms. Bloomberg and Ruffle, Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Messrs. Legg, Petersen, Vandehey, Welsh, and Wixted and Mss. Hui, Bullington and Ives, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each officer serves for an indefinite term, which would end: (a) upon the request of the Board, (b) if he or she is no longer an officer of the Manager, (c) if a material change in his or her duties occurs that are inconsistent with a position as officer the Fund, or (d) upon his or her resignation, retirement, or death.

Officers of the Fund

Name,
Position(s) Held with Fund,
Length of Service,
Age

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Joseph Welsh,

Vice President and Portfolio Manager
since 1999
Age: 44

Head of the Manager’s High Yield Corporate Debt Team since April 2009; Senior Vice President of the Manager (since May 2009); Vice President of the Manager (December 2000-April 2009) and of Harbour View Asset Management Corporation (since September 2002). An officer of 5 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Margaret Hui,

Vice President and Portfolio Manager
since 1999
Age: 50

Vice President of the Manager (since February 2005); formerly Assistant Vice President of the Manager (October 1999-January 2005). An officer of 2 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Thomas W. Keffer,

Chief Business Officer since 2009 

Age: 54

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since September 2009); Director of Investment Brand Management (since November 1997); Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since December 1997). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mark S. Vandehey,

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2004

Age: 59

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); Former Vice President and Director of Internal Audit of the Manager (1997-February 2004). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian W. Wixted,

Treasurer since 1999

Age: 50

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), Centennial Asset Management Corporation (March 1999-October 2003) and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (April 2000-June 2003). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Assistant Treasurer since 2004
Age: 39

Vice President of the Manager (since February 2007); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (August 2002-February 2007). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex

Stephanie Bullington,

Assistant Treasurer since 2008

Age: 32

Assistant Vice President of the Manager (since October 2005); Assistant Vice President of ButterField Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, part of The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (Butterfield) (February 2004-June 2005) ; Fund Accounting Officer of Butterfield Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited (September 2003-February 2004). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Robert G. Zack,

Vice President & Secretary since 2001
Age: 61

Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (since March 2002) of the Manager; General Counsel and Director of the Distributor (since December 2001); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Assistant Secretary (since September 1997) and Director (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since December 2002); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. and OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since June 2003); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Director of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited (since December 2003); Senior Vice President (May 1985-December 2003). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Lisa I. Bloomberg,

Assistant Secretary since 2004

Age: 41

Vice President (since 2004) and Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) of the Manager; Associate Counsel of the Manager (May 2004 -May 2008). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Kathleen T. Ives,

Assistant Secretary since 2001
Age: 44

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 (June 1998-May 2009); Senior Counsel of the Manager (October 2003-May 2008). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Taylor V. Edwards,

Assistant Secretary since 2008

Age : 4 2

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; Formerly an Associate at Dechert LLP (September 2000-December 2005). An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Randy G. Legg,

Assistant Secretary since 2008

Age : 44

Vice President (since June 2005) and Associate Counsel (since January 2007) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (February 2004-June 2005) and Assistant Counsel (February 2004-January 2007) of the Manager. An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Adrienne M. Ruffle,

Assistant Secretary since 2008

Age : 32

Vice President (since February 2007) and Assistant Counsel (since February 2005) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President of the Manager (February 2005-February 2007); Associate (September 2002-February 2005) at Sidley Austin LLP. An officer of 98 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

n          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 received the compensation shown below from the Fund for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if applicable), with respect to the Fund’s fiscal year ended July 31, 2009. The total compensation, including accrued retirement benefits, from the Fund and fund complex represents compensation received 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, 2008 (including the Boards of certain MassMutual funds as is indicated below).

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

Aggregate Compensation From the Fund(1) Fiscal year ended July 31, 2009

Total Compensation From the Fund and Fund Complex(2)
Year ended
December 31,
2008

William L. Armstrong

Chairman of the Board and
Governance Committee Member

$6,760

$261,000

George C. Bowen

Audit Committee Chairman

$5,408

$208,800

Edward L. Cameron

Audit Committee Member and

Governance Committee Member

$4,507

$174,000

Jon S. Fossel

Review Committee Member

$4,384

$174,000

Sam Freedman

Review Committee Chairman

$5,183

$200,100

Richard Grabish(3)

Review Committee Member

$4,507

$39,266

Beverly Hamilton

Review Committee Member and
Governance Committee Member

$4,266(4)

$165,300

Robert J. Malone

Governance Committee Chairman and

Audit Committee Member

$4,637

$200,100

F. William Marshall, Jr.

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

$4,507

$297,750(5)

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-Advisor 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.     

Mr Grabish serves as Trustee for only the following funds: Centennial Government Trust, Centennial Money Market Trust, Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund, Oppenheimer Limited Term Government Fund, Panorama Series Fund, Inc., Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust, Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II, Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III, Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund, Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC and Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC.


4.     

Includes $4,266 deferred by Ms. Hamilton under the “Deferred Compensation Plan” described below.


5.     Includes $123,750 compensation paid to Mr. Marshall for serving as a Trustee for MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund.

 

     n Compensation Deferral Plan for Trustees. 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 the Fund. 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 Trustees. The amount paid to the Trustees under the plan will be determined based upon the performance of the selected funds.

     Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities and net income per share. The plan will not obligate the Fund to retain the services of any Trustees or to pay any particular level of compensation to any Trustees. Pursuant to an Order issued by the SEC, the 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 Trustees’ deferred fee account.

 

n     Major Shareholders. As of October 23, 2009, the only person who owned of record or were known by the Fund to own beneficially 5% or more of the Fund’s outstanding securities of any class was the following:

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers, Attn Mutual Funds, 101 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94104-4122, which owned 6,947,306.031 Class A shares (8.36% of the Class A shares then outstanding).
 

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. for the sole benefit of its customers, Attn Fund ADMN/#, 4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3, Jacksonville, Fl 32246-6484, which owned 7,477,756.071 Class C shares 7.88% of the Class C shares then outstanding).

UBS WM USA, Omni Account M/F, Attn: Department Manager, 499 Washington Blvd Floor 9, Jersey City, NJ 07310-2055, which owed 5,626,368.454 Class C shares (5.93% of the Class C shares then outstanding).

Morgan Stanley & Co., Attn Mutual Funds Operations, Harborside Financial Center, Plaza II 3rd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07311, which owned 5,041,058.355 Class C shares (5.31% of the Class C shares then outstanding).
 

NFS LLC FEBO Dennis M Hanson TTEE U/A 01/01/1989, 800 South Street Ste. 305, Walthem, MA 02453, which owned 496,377.033 Class Y shares (40.01% Class Y shares then outstanding).

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers, Attn Mutual Funds, 101 Montgomery St. San Francisco, CA 94104-4122, which owned 255,867.065 Class Y shares 20.62% of the Class Y shares then outstanding).

LPL Financial, FBO: Customer Accounts, Attn: Mutual Fund Operations, P.O. Box 509046, San Diego, CA 92150-9046, which owned 235,623.109 Class Y shares (18.99% Class Y shares then outstanding).

 

The Manager. 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.

 

n     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 certain employees, including portfolio managers, that would 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 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.

           The Code of Ethics is an exhibit to the Fund’s registration statement filed with the SEC and can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information about the hours of operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1.202.551.8090. The Code of Ethics can also be viewed as part of the Fund’s registration statement on the SEC’s EDGAR database at the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov . Copies may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov , or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

 

n     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, provided that they do not provide discretion to the Manager on how to vote on the matter; (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; 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 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” proposals that align a significant portion of total compensation of senior executives to company performance.

·     

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.

          n The Investment Advisory Agreement. The Manager provides investment advisory and management services to the Fund under an investment advisory agreement between the Manager and the Fund. The Manager selects investments for the Fund’s portfolio and handles its day-to-day business. The portfolio managers of the Fund are employed by the Manager and are the persons who are principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio. Other members of the Manager’s Fixed Income Portfolio Team provide the portfolio managers with counsel and support in managing the Fund’s portfolio.

 

The agreement requires the Manager, at its expense, to provide the Fund with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It also requires the Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and clerical personnel required to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund. Those responsibilities include the compilation and maintenance of records with respect to its operations, the preparation and filing of specified reports, and the composition of proxy materials and registration statements for continuous public sale of shares of the Fund.

      The Fund pays expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the advisory agreement. The advisory agreement lists examples of expenses paid by the Fund. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, fees to certain Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees paid by the Fund to the Manager are calculated at the rates described in the Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the Fund as a whole. The fees are allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of the Fund’s net assets represented by that class. Under its voluntary expense limitation undertaking, from April 1, 2000 to December 31, 2005 the Manager waived 0.20% of its fee. From January 1, 2006 until November 30, 2008, the Manager waived 0.10% of its fee. Effective December 1, 2008, that voluntary reduction by the Manager was withdrawn.

Fiscal Year Ended 7/31:

Management Fees Paid to OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

2007

$23,862,9841

2008

$17,501,1042

2009

$9,495,7833

1.     

Amount is without considering a voluntary waiver in the amount of $3,837,120.


2.     

Amount is without considering a voluntary waiver in the amount of $2,776,656.


3.     

Amount is without considering a voluntary waiver in the amount of $595,657.


     The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment advisory agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss resulting from a good faith error or omission on its part with respect to any of its duties under the agreement.

The agreement permits the Manager to act as investment adviser for any other person, firm or corporation and to use the name “Oppenheimer” in connection with other investment companies for which it may act as investment adviser or general distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as investment adviser to the Fund, the Manager may withdraw the right of the Fund to use the name “Oppenheimer” as part of its name.

Pending Litigation. During 2009, a number of lawsuits have been filed 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 against the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name certain officers, trustees 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 against the Defendant Funds 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.
 
     A lawsuit has been brought in state court against the Manager, the Distributor and another subsidiary of the Manager (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan Trust, and other lawsuits have been brought in state court against the Manager and that subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. All of 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 in 2008 and 2009 in state and federal courts, by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm (“Madoff”) and 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. 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 intends to defend them vigorously. The Defendant Funds’ Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits vigorously on behalf of those Funds, their boards and the Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an 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’s portfolio is managed by Joseph Welsh and Margaret Hui (each is referred to as a “Portfolio Manager” and collectively they are referred to as the “Portfolio Managers”). They are the persons 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, each Portfolio Manager also manages other investment portfolios and other accounts on behalf of the Manager or its affiliates. The following table provides information regarding the other portfolios and accounts managed by each Portfolio Manager as of July 31, 2009.

Portfolio Manager

Registered Investment Companies Managed

Total Assets in Registered Investment Companies Managed1

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed

Total Assets in Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed*

Other Accounts Managed

Total Assets
in Other Accounts Managed
2

Joseph Welsh

5

$13,461

2

$475

None

None

Margaret Hui

1

$1,031

2

$475

None

None

1. In millions.

2. Does not include personal accounts of portfolio managers and their families, which are subject to the Code of Ethics.

 

As indicated above, the Portfolio Managers also manage other funds and accounts. Potentially, at times, those responsibilities could conflict with the interests of the Fund. That may occur whether the investment strategies of the other fund or account 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 he 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 fiduciary obligations 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. At different times, the Fund’s Portfolio Managers may manage other funds or accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are similar to those of the Fund, or may manage funds or accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are different from those of the Fund.

 

<     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 half of annual cash compensation based on relative investment performance results of the funds and 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 July 31, 2009 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 also 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 Lipper benchmark selected by management. The majority (80%) 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. The Lipper benchmark with respect to the Fund is Lipper – Loan Participation Funds. 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 compensation structure of another portfolio managed by the Portfolio Managers is different from the compensation structure of the Fund, described above. A portion of the Portfolio Managers’ compensation with regard to that portfolio may, under certain circumstances, include an amount based in part on the amount of the portfolio’s management fee.

 Ownership of Fund Shares. As of July 31, 2009, the Portfolio Managers did not beneficially own any shares of the Fund.

 

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

Brokerage Provisions of the Investment Advisory Agreement. One of the duties of the Manager under the investment advisory agreement is to arrange the portfolio transactions for the Fund. The advisory agreement contains provisions relating to the employment of broker-dealers to effect the Fund’s portfolio transactions. The Manager is authorized by the advisory agreement to employ broker-dealers, including “affiliated brokers,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act, that the Manager thinks, in its best judgment based on all relevant factors, will implement the policy of the Fund to obtain, at reasonable expense, the “best execution” of the Fund’s portfolio transactions. “Best execution” means prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable price obtainable for the services provided. The Manager need not seek competitive commission bidding. However, it is expected to be aware of the current rates of eligible brokers and to minimize the commissions paid to the extent consistent with the interests and policies of the Fund as established by its Board of Trustees.

Under the investment advisory agreement, in choosing brokers to execute portfolio transactions for the Fund, the Manager may select brokers (other than affiliates) that provide brokerage and research services to the Fund. The commissions paid to those brokers may be higher than another qualified broker would charge, if the Manager makes a good faith determination that the commission is fair and reasonable in relation to the services provided.

Brokerage Practices Followed by the Manager. The Manager allocates brokerage for the Fund subject to the provisions of the investment advisory agreement and the procedures and rules described above.

 

     The Manager’s portfolio traders allocate brokerage based upon recommendations from the Manager’s portfolio managers, together with the portfolio traders’ judgment as to the execution capability of the broker or dealer. In certain instances, portfolio managers may directly place trades and allocate brokerage. In either case, the Manager’s executive officers supervise the allocation of brokerage.

          

     Most purchases of debt obligations, including Senior Loans, are principal transactions at net prices. Instead of using a broker for those transactions, the Fund normally deals directly with the selling or purchasing principal or market maker unless the Manager determines that a better price or execution can be obtained by using the services of a broker. Purchases of portfolio securities from underwriters include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter. Purchases from dealers include a spread between the bid and asked prices. The Fund seeks to obtain prompt execution of these orders at the most favorable net price.

     Other accounts advised by the Manager have investment policies similar to those of the Fund. Those other accounts 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 accounts advised by the Manager purchase the same security on the same day from the same dealer, 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. When possible, the Manager tries to combine concurrent orders to purchase or sell the same security by more than one of the accounts managed by the Manager 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 permits the Manager to allocate brokerage for research services. The research services provided by a particular broker may be useful only to one or more of the advisory accounts of the Manager and its 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 other accounts. Investment research may be supplied to the Manager 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 in a non-research capacity (such as bookkeeping or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or component that provides assistance to the Manager in the investment decision-making process may be paid in commission dollars.

     Although the Manager currently does not do so, the Board of Trustees may permit the Manager to use stated commissions on secondary fixed-income agency trades to obtain research if the broker represents to the Manager 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 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 supplements the research activities of the Manager. That research provides additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager 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 Manager provides information to the Board about the commissions paid to brokers furnishing such services, together with the Manager’s representation that the amount of such commissions was reasonably related to the value or benefit of such services.

During the fiscal years ended July 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, the Fund paid the total brokerage commissions indicated in the chart below. During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the Fund did not execute any transactions through or pay any commissions to firms that provide research services.

Fiscal Year Ended 7/31:

Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund*

2007

$0

2008

$0

2009

$0

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

Distribution and Service Plans

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 classes of 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 or on the repurchase of shares during the three most recent fiscal years and the Early Withdrawal Charges retained by the Distributor on the repurchased shares for the three most recent fiscal years are shown in the table below.
 

Fiscal Year Ended 7/31:

Aggregate Front-End Sales Charges

on Class A Shares

Class A

Front-End Sales Charges Retained by Distributor1

Concessions on Class A Shares Advanced by Distributor2

Concessions on Class B Shares Advanced by the Distributor2

Concessions on Class C Shares Advanced by the Distributor2

2007

$4,105,717

$868,263

$493,477

$1,043,781

$3,572,021

2008

$740,786

$163,030

$107,033

$206,022

$511,896

2009

$240,598

$52,800

$6,015

$65,339

$128,080

1.     

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


2.     

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


Fiscal Year Ended 7/31:

Class A Early Withdrawal Charges Retained by Distributor

Class B Early Withdrawal Charges Retained by Distributor

Class C Early Withdrawal Charges Retained by Distributor

2007

$121,190

$287,746

$411,392

2008

$118,140

$351,166

$343,275

2009

$34,185

$184,362

$35,433

Distribution and Service Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B and Class C shares. 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.
 

     Because the Fund is a closed-end fund and is not able to rely on the provisions of Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act that apply to open-end funds, the Fund has requested and obtained from the SEC exemptive relief from certain provisions of the Investment Company Act, to permit the Fund to adopt Distribution and Service Plans and to make payments under those plans to the Distributor. The operation of those plans is contingent upon the continued availability of that exemptive relief from the SEC. That exemptive order also permits the Fund to impose early withdrawal charges on its Class B and Class C shares, under the circumstances described in the Prospectus and elsewhere in this SAI.

          Each plan has been approved by a vote of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees1, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on that plan. Each plan has also been approved by the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the shares of the applicable class. The shareholder votes were cast by the Manager as the sole initial shareholder of each class of shares of the Fund.

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.

Unless a plan is terminated as described below, the plan continues in effect from year to year but only if the Fund’s Board of Trustees and its Independent Trustees specifically vote annually to approve its continuance. Approval must be by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on continuing the plan. A plan may be terminated at any time by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding shares of that class.

     The Board of Trustees and the Independent Trustees must approve all material amendments to a plan. An amendment to increase materially the amount of payments to be made under a plan must be approved by shareholders of the class affected by the amendment. Because Class B shares of the Fund automatically convert into Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the Fund must obtain the approval of both Class A and Class B shareholders for a proposed material amendment to the Class A Plan that would materially increase payments under the Plan. That approval must be by a “majority” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the shares of each Class, voting separately by class.

     While the Plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund shall provide separate written reports on the plans to the Board of Trustees at least quarterly for its review. The reports shall 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.

     Each plan states that while it is in effect, the selection and nomination of those Trustees of the Fund who are not “interested persons” of the Fund is committed to the discretion of the Independent Trustees. This does not prevent the involvement of others in the selection and nomination process as long as the final decision as to selection or nomination is approved by a majority of the Independent Trustees.

     Under the plans for a class, no payment will be made to any recipient in any period in which the aggregate net asset value of all Fund shares of that class held by the recipient for itself and its customers does not exceed a minimum amount, if any, that may be set from time to time by a majority of the Independent Trustees.

n     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 (they are referred to as “recipients”) for personal services and account maintenance services they provide for their customers who hold Class A shares. The services include, among others, answering customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in establishing and maintaining accounts in the Fund, 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 reimbursements to the Distributor of up to 0.25% of the average annual net assets of Class A shares. The Distributor makes payments to plan recipients periodically at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average annual net assets consisting of Class A shares held in the accounts of the recipients or their customers.

     The Distributor does not receive or retain the service fee on Class A shares in accounts for which the Distributor has been listed as the broker-dealer of record. While the plan permits the Board to authorize payments to the Distributor to reimburse itself for services under the plan, the Board has not yet done so, except in the case of shares purchased prior to March 1, 2007 with respect to 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% service fee for grandfathered retirement plans in advance for the first year and retained the first year's service fee paid by the Fund with respect to those shares. After the shares were held for a year, the Distributor paid the ongoing service fees to recipients on a periodic basis. Such shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge if they are redeemed within 18 months. If Class A shares purchased in a grandfathered retirement plan prior to March 1, 2007 are redeemed within the first year after their purchase, the recipient of the service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay the Distributor a pro rata portion of the advance payment of those fees. 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. Such shares are not subject to the contingent deferred sales charge.

     For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009 payments under the Class A plan totaled $1,581,450, of which $284 was retained by the Distributor under the arrangement described above, and included $50,636 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.

          n Class B and Class C Distribution and Service Plans. Under each plan, distribution and service fees 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 during the period. Each plan provides for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate for its services, whether the Distributor’s distribution expenses are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund under the plan during the period for which the fee is paid. The types of services that recipients provide are similar to the services provided under the Class A service plan, described above.

     Each plan permits the Distributor to retain both the asset-based sales charges and the service fee on shares or to pay recipients the service fee on a periodic basis, without payment in advance. However, the Distributor currently intends to pay the service fee to recipients in advance for the first year after Class B and Class C shares are purchased. After the first year shares are outstanding, after their purchase, the Distributor makes service fee payments periodically on those shares. The advance payment is based on the net asset value of shares sold. Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify for the advance service fee payment. If Class B or Class C shares are repurchased by the Fund during the first year after their purchase, the recipient of the service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay the Distributor a pro rata portion of the advance payment made on those shares. Class B or Class C 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 asset-based sales charge paid on Class B and Class C shares, but does not retain any service fees as to the assets represented by that account.

The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and Class C expenses by 0.75% of the net assets per year of the respective classes.

     The Distributor retains the asset-based sales charge on Class B shares. The Distributor retains the asset-based sales charge on Class C shares during the first year the shares are outstanding. It pays the asset-based sales charge as an ongoing concession to the recipient on Class C shares outstanding for a year or more. If a dealer has a special agreement with the Distributor, the Distributor will pay the Class B and/or Class C service fee and the asset-based sales charge to the dealer periodically in lieu of paying the sales concessions and service fee in advance at the time of purchase.

     The asset-based sales charges on Class B and Class C shares allow investors to buy shares without a front-end sales charge while allowing the Distributor to compensate dealers that sell those shares. The Fund pays the asset-based sales charges to the Distributor for its services rendered in distributing Class B and Class C shares. The payments are made to the Distributor in recognition that the Distributor:

·     

pays sales concessions to authorized brokers and dealers at the time of sale and pays service fees as described above,


·     

may finance payment of sales concessions and/or the advance of the service fee payment 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 and Class C shares,


·     

bears the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses (other than those furnished to current shareholders) and state “blue sky” registration fees and certain other distribution expenses,


·     

may not be able to adequately compensate dealers that sell Class B and Class C 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 fees and asset-based sales charges 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 may increase sales of Fund shares,


·     

may experience increased difficulty selling the Fund’s shares if payments under the plan are discontinued because most competitor funds have plans that pay dealers for rendering distribution services as much or more than the amounts currently being paid by the Fund, and


·     

may not be able to continue providing, at the same or at a lesser cost, the same quality distribution sales efforts and services, or to obtain such services from brokers and dealers, if the plan payments were to be discontinued.


     The Distributor’s actual expenses in selling Class B and Class C shares may be more than the payments it receives from the early withdrawal charges collected on repurchased shares and from the Fund under the plans. If either the Class B or the Class C plan is terminated by the Fund, the Board of Trustees may allow the Fund to continue payments of the asset-based sales charge to the Distributor for distributing shares before the plan was terminated.
 

Distribution Fees Paid to the Distributor for the Fiscal Year Ended 7/31/09

Class:

Total Payments Under Plan

Amount Retained by Distributor

Distributor’s Aggregate Unreimbursed Expenses Under Plan

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

Class B Plan

$796,344(1)

$541,219

$6,759,381

6.83%

Class C Plan

$5,297,918(2)

$270,090

$41,641,102

6.21%

1.     

Includes $6,648 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor’s parent company.


2.     

Includes $79,611 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor’s parent company.


     Under the exemptive order granted to the Fund by the SEC that allows the Fund to establish the Distribution and Service Plans and to pay fees to the Distributor under those plans, all payments under the Class B and the Class C plans are subject to the limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of FINRA on payments of asset-based sales charges and service fees.

Payments to Fund Intermediaries

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

Possible types of payments to financial intermediaries include, without limitation, those discussed below.

·     

Payments made by the Fund, or by an investor buying or selling shares of the Fund may include:


·     

depending on the share class that the investor selects, contingent deferred sales charges or initial front-end sales charges, all or a portion of which front-end sales charges are payable by the Distributor to financial intermediaries (see “About Your Account” in the Prospectus);


·     

ongoing asset-based payments attributable to the share class selected, including fees payable under the Fund’s distribution and/or service plans adopted under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act, which are paid from the Fund’s assets and allocated to the class of shares to which the plan relates (see "About the Fund -- Distribution and Service Plans" above);

·     

shareholder servicing payments for providing omnibus accounting, recordkeeping, networking, sub-transfer agency or other administrative or shareholder services, including retirement plan and 529 plan administrative services fees, which are paid from the assets of a Fund as reimbursement to the Manager or Distributor for expenses they incur on behalf of the Fund.


·     

Payments made by the Manager or Distributor out of their respective resources and/or assets, which may include revenues or profits the Manager derives from investment advisory fees paid by the Fund. These payments are made at the discretion of the Manager and/or the Distributor. These payments, often referred to as “revenue sharing” payments, may be in addition to the payments by the Fund listed above.


·     

These types of payments may reflect compensation for marketing support, support provided in offering the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds through certain trading platforms and programs, transaction processing or other services;


·     

The Manager and Distributor each may also pay other compensation to the extent the payment is not prohibited by law or by any self-regulatory agency, such as FINRA. Payments are made based on the guidelines established by the Manager and Distributor, subject to applicable law.

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 payment may exceed the cost of providing the service. 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.

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

Additionally, the Manager or Distributor may make payments for firm support, such as business planning assistance, advertising, and educating a financial intermediary’s sales personnel about the Oppenheimer funds and shareholder financial planning needs.

     For the year ended December 31, 2008, the following financial intermediaries that are broker-dealers offering shares of the Oppenheimer funds, and/or their respective affiliates, received revenue sharing or similar distribution-related payments from the Manager or Distributor for marketing or program support:

1st Global Capital Company

Lincoln Benefit National Life

Advantage Capital Corporation

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation

Aegon USA

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Linsco Private Ledger Financial

AG Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

AIG Financial Advisors

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated

AIG Life Variable Annuity Company

Merrill Lynch Insurance Group

Allianz Life Insurance Company

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Company

MetLife Investors Insurance Company - Security First

Allstate Life Insurance Company

MetLife Securities, Inc.

American General Annuity Insurance Company

Minnesota Life Insurance Company

American Enterprise Life Insurance Company

MML Investor Services, Inc.

American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc.

Mony Life Insurance Company

Ameritas Life Insurance Company

Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Multi-Financial Securities Corporation

Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company

Mutual Service Corporation

Associated Securities Corporation

NFP Securities, Inc.

AXA Advisors LLC

NRP Financial, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Nathan & Lewis Securities, Inc.

Banc of America Investment Services

National Planning Holdings, Inc.

CCO Investment Services Corporation

National Planning Corporation

Cadaret Grant & Company, Inc.

Nationwide Investment Services, Inc.

Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.

New England Securities, Inc.

Chase Investment Services Corporation

New York Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.

CitiStreet Advisors LLC

PFS Investments, Inc.

Citizen's Bank of Rhode Island

Park Avenue Securities LLC

Columbus Life Insurance Company

Pershing LLC

Commonwealth Financial Network

Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Compass Group Investment Advisors

Plan Member Securities

CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.

Prime Capital Services, Inc.

CUNA Mutual Insurance Society

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

CUSO Financial Services, LLP

Protective Life Insurance Company

E*TRADE Clearing LLC

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC

Edward D. Jones & Company

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Essex National Securities, Inc.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company

RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.

Financial Network

Riversource Life Insurance Company

Financial Services Corporation

Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.

GE Financial Assurance

Securities America, Inc.

GE Life & Annuity Company

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Signator Investments, Inc.

GlenBrook Life and Annuity Company

SII Investments, Inc.

Great West Life Insurance Company

Sorrento Pacific Financial LLC

GWFS Equities, Inc.

State Farm VP Management Corporation

Hartford Life Insurance Company

Sun Life Annuity Company Ltd.

HD Vest Investment Services, Inc.

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

Hewitt Associates LLC

Sun Life Insurance & Annuity Company of New York

HSBC Securities USA, Inc.

Sun Life Insurance Company

IFMG Securities, Inc.

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

ING Financial Advisers LLC

Thrivent Financial Services, Inc.

ING Financial Partners, Inc.

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Invest Financial Corporation

Union Central Life Insurance Company

Investment Centers of America

Uvest

Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Company

Valic

Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation

Wachovia Securities, Inc.

John Hancock Life Insurance Company

Walnut Street Securities, Inc.

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

Waterstone Financial Group

Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company

Wells Fargo Investments

Legend Equities Company

Wescom Financial Services

     For the year ended December 31, 2008, the following firms, which in some cases are broker-dealers, received payments from the Manager or Distributor for administrative or other services provided (other than revenue sharing arrangements), as described above:

1st Global Capital Company

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

AG Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Linsco Private Ledger Financial

ACS HR Solutions

Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company, Inc.

ADP

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

Administrative Management Group

Matrix Settlement & Clearance Services

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Mercer HR Services

Alliance Benefit Group

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated

American Diversified Distributors

Mesirow Financial, Inc.

American Funds

MetLife Securities, Inc.

American Stock & Transfer

MFS Investment Management

American United Life Insurance Company

Mid Atlantic Capital Company

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Milliman USA

Ameritrade, Inc.

Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.

Ascensus

Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance Company

Benefit Administration, Inc.

Nathan & Lewis Securities, Inc.

Benefit Plans Administration

National City Bank

Benetech, Inc.

National Deferred Company

Boston Financial Data Services

National Financial

Ceridian

National Planning Corporation

Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.

Nationwide Life Insurance Company

Citigroup Global Markets Inc

Newport Retirement Services, Inc.

CitiStreet

Northwest Plan Services, Inc.

City National Investments

NY Life Benefits

Clark Consulting

Oppenheimer & Co, Inc.

Columbia Management

Peoples Securities, Inc.

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc.

Pershing LLC

DA Davidson & Company

PFPC

Daily Access. Com, Inc.

Plan Administrators, Inc.

Davenport & Company, LLC

Plan Member Securities

David Lerner Associates, Inc.

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

Digital Retirement Solutions, Inc.

Princeton Retirement Services

Diversified Investment Advisors Inc.

Principal Life Insurance Company

DR, Inc.

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC

Dyatech, LLC

PSMI Group, Inc.

E*TRADE Clearing LLC

Quads Trust Company

Edward D. Jones & Company

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

ERISA Administrative Services, Inc.

Reliance Trust Company

ExpertPlan.com

Reliastar Life Insurance Company

FASCore, LLC

Robert W. Baird & Company

Ferris Baker Watts, Inc.

RSM McGladrey

Fidelity

Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.

First Clearing LLC

Scottrade, Inc.

First Southwest Company

SII Investments, Inc.

First Trust – Datalynx

Southwest Securities, Inc.

First Trust Corporation

Standard Insurance Company

Geller Group

Stanley, Hunt, Dupree & Rhine

Great West Life Insurance Company

Stanton Group, Inc.

H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc.

Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.

Hartford Life Insurance Company

Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

HD Vest Investment Services

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

Hewitt Associates LLC

Symetra Financial Corporation

HSBC Brokerage USA, Inc.

T. Rowe Price

ICMA - RC Services

The 401k Company

Independent Plan Coordinators

The Retirement Plan Company, LLC

Ingham Group

Transamerica Retirement Services

Interactive Retirement Systems

TruSource Union Bank of CA

Intuition

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Invesmart

Unified Fund Services

Invest Financial Corporation

Union Bank

Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc.

US Clearing Company

JJB Hillard W. L. Lyons, Inc.

USAA Investment Management Company

John Hancock Life Insurance Company

USI Consulting Group

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

Valic Retirement Services

July Business Services

Vanguard Group

Kaufman & Goble

Wachovia Securities, Inc.

Legend Equities Company

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Wells Fargo Investments

Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc.

Wilmington Trust

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

 

Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to illustrate its performance. These terms include “dividend yield,” “average annual total return,” and “cumulative total return.” An explanation of how yields and total returns are calculated is set forth below. You can obtain current performance information by calling the Fund’s Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677 or by visiting the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

     The Fund's illustrations of its performance data in advertisements must comply with rules of the SEC. Advertisement by the Fund of its performance data may include the average annual total returns for the advertised class of shares of the Fund. Those returns may be shown for the 1-, 5- and 10-year periods (or the life of the class, if less) ending as of the most recently ended calendar quarter prior to the publication of the advertisement (or its submission for publication) and/or cumulative total returns over a stated period. Dividend yields may also be shown for a class of shares.

Use of standardized performance calculations enables an investor to compare the Fund's performance to the performance of other funds for the same periods. However, a number of factors should be considered before using the Fund’s performance information as a basis for comparison with other investments:

·     

Yields and 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.


·     

An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.


·     

The principal value of the Fund’s shares, and its yields and total returns, are not guaranteed and normally will fluctuate on a daily basis.


·     

When you sell your shares, they may be worth more or less than their original cost.


·     

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


     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 yields and 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 debt investments, the types of investments the Fund holds, and its operating expenses that are allocated to the particular class.

     Unlike open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds are not required to calculate or depict performance in a standardized manner. However, the Fund may choose to follow the performance calculation methodology used by open-end funds.

     n Dividend Yield. The Fund may quote a “dividend yield” for each class of its shares. Dividend yield is based on the dividends paid on a class of shares during the actual dividend period. To calculate dividend yield, the dividends of a class declared during a stated period are added together, and the sum is multiplied by 12 (to annualize the yield) and divided by the maximum offering price on the last day of the dividend period. The formula is shown below:

     Dividend Yield = (dividends paid / No. of days in period x No. of days in calendar year)
                         Maximum Offering Price (payment date)

The maximum offering price for Class A shares includes the current maximum initial sales charge. The maximum offering price for Class B and Class C shares is the net asset value per share, without considering the effect of Early Withdrawal Charges. There is no sales charge on Class Y shares. The Class A dividend yield may also be quoted without deducting the maximum initial sales charge.

The Fund’s Dividend Yields for the 30-Day Period Ended 7/31/09

Class of Shares

Dividend Yield

Without
Sales Charge

After
Sales Charge

Class A

4.93%

4.75%

Class B

4.23%

N/A

Class C

4.45%

N/A

Class Y

5.22%

N/A

n Total Return Information. There are different types of “total returns” to measure the Fund’s performance. 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 repurchased at the end of the period. Because of differences in expenses for each class of shares, the total returns for each class are separately measured. The cumulative total return measures the change in value over the entire period (for example, 10 years). An 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 standardized calculations for its total returns as prescribed by the SEC for open-end funds. The methodology is discussed below.

In calculating total returns for Class A shares, the current maximum sales charge of 3.50% (as a percentage of the offering price) is deducted from the initial investment (“P”) (unless the return is shown without sales charge, as described below). For Class B shares, the applicable early withdrawal charge is applied, depending on the period for which the return is shown: 3.0% in the first year, 2.0% in the second year, 1.5% in the third and fourth years, 1.0% in the fifth year, and none thereafter. For Class C shares, the 1% early withdrawal charge is deducted for returns for the 1-year period. There is no sales charge on Class Y shares.

·     

Average Annual Total Return. The “average annual total return” of each class is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years. It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 (“P” in the formula below) held for a number of years (“n” in the formula) to achieve an Ending Redeemable Value (“ERV” in the formula) of that investment, according to the following formula:


 

ERV l/n

- 1

= Average Annual Total Return

P

·     

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, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes (calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date) on any distributions made by the Fund during the specified period. It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 (“P” in the formula below) held for a number of years (“n” in the formula) to achieve an ending value (“ATVD” in the formula) of that investment, after taking into account the effect of taxes on Fund distributions, but not on the redemption of Fund shares, according to the following formula:


ATVD1/n

- 1= Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions)

P

·     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, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes (calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date) on any distributions made by the Fund during the specified period and the effect of capital gains taxes or capital loss tax benefits (each calculated using the highest federal individual capital gains tax rate in effect on the redemption date) resulting from the redemption of the shares at the end of the period. It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 (“P” in the formula below) held for a number of years (“n” in the formula) to achieve an ending value (“ATVDR” in the formula) of that investment, after taking into account the effect of taxes on fund distributions and on the redemption of Fund shares, according to the following formula:

ATVDR1/n

- 1= Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions and Redemptions)

P

·     

Cumulative Total Return. The “cumulative total return” calculation measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $1,000 over an entire period of years. Its calculation uses 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 as follows:


ERV - P

= Total Return

P

·     Total Returns at Net Asset Value. From time to time the Fund may also quote a cumulative or an average annual total return “at net asset value” (without deducting sales charges) for Class B or Class C shares. There is no sales charge on Class Y shares. Each is based on the difference in net asset value per share at the beginning and the end of the period for a hypothetical investment in that class of shares (without considering front-end or early withdrawal charges) and takes into consideration the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.

The Fund’s Total Returns for the Periods Ended 7/31/09

Class of Shares

Cumulative Total Returns
(10 Years or life-of-class, if less)

Average Annual Total Returns

 

1-Year

5-Year

Life of Class

After Early Withdrawal Charges

Without Early Withdrawal Charge

After Early Withdrawal Charges

Without Early Withdrawal Charge

After Early Withdrawal Charges

Without Early Withdrawal Charge

After Early Withdrawal Charges

Without Early Withdrawal Charge

Class A1

35.27%

40.17%

-8.22%

-4.89%

0.72%

1.44%

3.10%

3.47%

Class B2

36.04%

36.04%

-8.10%

-5.49%

0.70%

0.85%

3.16%

3.16%

Class C3

33.54%

33.54%

-6.09%

-5.22%

0.94%

0.94%

2.97%

2.97%

Class Y4

0.42%

0.42%

-4.66%

-4.66%

0.11%

0.11%

N/A

N/A

1.     Inception of Class A:     9/8/99. For Class A shares, references to the Early Withdrawal Charge are references to the Initial Sales Charge.

2.     Inception of Class B:     9/8/99. Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase, Class B “life-of-class” performance does not include any Early Withdrawal Charges.

3. Inception of Class C:     9/8/99.

4.     Inception of Class Y:     11/28/05.

Average Annual Total Returns for Class A Shares (After Sales Charge)
For the Periods Ended 7/31/
09

 

1-Year

5-Year

Life of Class

After Taxes on Distributions

-11.09%

-1.76%

0.60%1

After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Fund Shares

-5.62%

-0.79%

1.15%1

1.     

Inception date of Class A: 9/8/99.


Other Performance Comparisons. The Fund compares its performance annually to that of an appropriate broadly-based market index in its Annual Report of shareholders. You can obtain that information by contacting the Transfer Agent at the address or telephone numbers 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 ratings or rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. Examples of these performance comparisons are set forth below.
 

n     

Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking of the performance of its classes of shares by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”). Lipper is a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service. Lipper monitors the performance of regulated investment companies and ranks their performance for various periods in categories based on investment styles. The Lipper performance rankings are based on total returns that include the reinvestment of capital gain distributions and income dividends but do not take sales charges or taxes into consideration. The Fund is ranked in the “Loan Participation Funds” category. Lipper publishes “peer-group” indices of the performance of all funds in a category that it monitors and averages of the performance of the funds in particular categories.


n     Morningstar Ratings. From time to time the Fund may publish the star rating of the performance of its classes of shares by Morningstar, Inc., an independent mutual fund monitoring service. Morningstar rates mutual funds in their specialized market sector. The Fund is rated among bank loan funds.

Morningstar proprietary star ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted total investment return. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund’s monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. 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. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.

n     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 similar publications. That information may include performance quotations from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar. The performance of the Fund’s classes of shares may be compared in publications to the performance of various market indices or other investments, and averages, performance rankings or other benchmarks prepared by recognized mutual fund statistical services.

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. Those include certificates of deposit, ordinary interest-paying checking and savings accounts, and other forms of fixed or variable time deposits, and various other 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.

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

From time to time, the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales literature the total return performance of a hypothetical investment account that includes shares of the fund and other Oppenheimer funds. The combined account may be part of an illustration of an asset allocation model or similar presentation. The account performance may combine total return performance of the fund and the total return performance of other Oppenheimer funds included in the account. Additionally, from time to time, the Fund’s advertisements and sales literature may include, for illustrative or comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about general or specific market and economic conditions that may include, 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.


about your account

How to Buy Shares

Additional information is presented below about the methods that can be used to buy shares of the Fund. Appendix A contains more information about the special early withdrawal arrangements and waivers offered by the Fund, and the circumstances in which early withdrawal charges may be reduced or waived for certain classes of investors.
 

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.

AccountLink. When shares are purchased through AccountLink, each purchase must be at least $50 and shareholders must invest at least $500 before an Asset Builder Plan (described below) can be established on a new account. Accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 will remain at $25 for additional purchases. Shares will be purchased on the regular business day the Distributor is instructed to initiate the Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) transfer to buy the shares. Dividends will begin to accrue on shares purchased with the proceeds of ACH transfers on the business day the Fund receives Federal Funds for the purchase through the ACH system before the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“the NYSE”). The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., but may close earlier on certain days. If Federal Funds are received on a business day after the close of the NYSE, the shares will be purchased and dividends will begin to accrue on the next regular business day. The proceeds of ACH transfers are normally received by the Fund three days after the transfers are initiated. If the proceeds of the 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.
 

Reduced Sales Charges. As discussed in the Prospectus, a reduced sales charge rate may be obtained for Class A shares under Right of Accumulation and Letters of Intent because of the economies of sales efforts and reduction in expenses realized by the Distributor, dealers and brokers making such sales. No sales charge is imposed in certain other circumstances described in Appendix A to this SAI because the Distributor or dealer or broker incurs little or no selling expenses.

     

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

 

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals

Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series:

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund

Conservative Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Baring SMA International Fund

Moderate Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund

Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Equity Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund

Oppenheimer Dividend Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund

Oppenheimer Select Value Fund

Oppenheimer International Value Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid- Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer SMA Core Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer SMA International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund

Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Value Fund

Oppenheimer MidCap Fund

Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund

Rochester Fund Municipals

   

LifeCycle Funds

 

     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

 
   
   

And the following money market funds:

 

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

 

Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

 

Centennial Government Trust

 

Centennial Money Market Trust

 

There is an initial sales charge on the purchase of Class A shares of each of the Oppenheimer funds described above except the money market funds. Under certain circumstances described in this SAI, redemption proceeds of certain money market fund shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

Letter of Intent. Under a Letter of Intent (a “Letter”), you may be able to reduce the sales charge rate that applies to your purchases of Class A shares 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 purchased in 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 the purchases that were 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, calculated at the net asset value on that day, 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 “How to Exchange Shares”), 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 sales charges actually paid and the amount of sales charges which 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.

Asset Builder Plans. As explained in the Prospectus, you must initially establish your account with $500. Subsequently, you can establish an Asset Builder Plan to automatically purchase additional shares directly from a bank account for as little as $50. For those accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 and which have previously established Asset Builder Plans, additional purchases will remain at $25. Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan payments from bank accounts are subject to the redemption restrictions for recent purchases described in the Prospectus. Asset Builder Plans are available only if your bank is an ACH member. Asset Builder Plans may not be used to buy shares for OppenheimerFunds employer-sponsored qualified retirement accounts.
 
     If you make payments from your bank account to purchase shares of the Fund, your bank account will be debited automatically. Normally the debit will be made two business days prior to the investment dates you selected on your application. Neither the Distributor, the Transfer Agent nor the Fund shall be responsible for any delays in purchasing shares that result from delays in ACH transmissions.
 

Before you establish Asset Builder payments, you should obtain a prospectus of the selected fund(s) from your financial advisor (or the Distributor) and request an application from the Distributor. Complete the application and return it. You may change the amount of your Asset Builder payment or you can terminate these 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 Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend, or discontinue offering Asset Builder plans at any time without prior notice.

Retirement Plans. As stated in the Prospectus, the Fund does not offer to redeem its shares daily, and the quarterly repurchase offers cannot guarantee that the entire number of shares tendered by a shareholder will be repurchased by the Fund in a particular repurchase offer. Therefore, the Fund may not be an appropriate investment for retirement plans, especially if the investor must take regular periodic distributions of a specific amount from the plan to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code that apply to plans after the investor reaches age 70 ½. The same limitations apply to plans that would otherwise wish to offer the Fund as part of a “multi-manager” product, because investments in the Fund could not be readily liquidated to fund investments in other plan investment choices. Additionally, because exchanges of Fund shares for shares of other Oppenheimer funds are limited to quarterly repurchase offers, the Fund may not be appropriate for plans that need to offer their participants the ability to make more frequent exchanges.

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 repurchasing or redeeming shares from any account registered in that investor's name, or the Fund or the Distributor may seek other redress.

Classes of Shares. The Fund’s multiple class structure is available because the Fund has obtained from the SEC an exemptive order (discussed in “Distribution Plans”) permitting it to offer more than one class of shares. The availability of the Fund’s share classes is contingent upon the continued availability of the relief under that order.
 

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 or Class C shares and the dividends payable on Class B or Class C shares will be reduced by incremental expenses borne solely by that class. Those expenses include the asset-based sales charges to which Class B and Class C 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 and Class C shares have no initial sales charge, the purpose of the early withdrawal charge and asset-based sales charge on Class B and Class C 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 or Class C shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer

n     Class A Shares Subject to an Early Withdrawal Charge. Under a special arrangement with the Distributor, for purchases of Class A shares at net asset value whether or not subject to an Early Withdrawal Charge as described in the Prospectus, no sales concessions will be paid to the broker-dealer of record on sales of Class A 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 if the purchase occurs more than 30 days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an investment option under that plan. Additionally, that concession will not be paid on purchases of Class A shares by a retirement plan that are made with the redemption proceeds of Class N shares of an Oppenheimer fund held by the plan for more than 18 months.

n     Class B Conversion. Under current interpretations of applicable federal income tax law by the Internal Revenue Service, 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 an exchange, Class B shares might continue to be subject to the asset-based sales charge for longer than six years.

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

The methodology for calculating the net asset value, dividends and distributions of the Fund's share classes recognizes 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. The allocation is based on the percentage of the Fund’s total assets that is represented by the assets of each class, and then equally to each outstanding share within a given class. Such general expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and audit fees, printing and mailing costs of shareholder reports, Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information and other materials for current shareholders, fees to unaffiliated Trustees, custodian expenses, share issuance costs, organization and start-up costs, interest, taxes and brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses, such as litigation costs.

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).

Fund Account Fees. As stated in the Prospectus, a $12 annual “Minimum Balance Fee” is assessed on each Fund account with a share balance valued under $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 Fund Account Fees. These exceptions are subject to change:

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A fund account whose shares were acquired after September 30th of the prior year;


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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 account balance may become subject to the Minimum Balance Fee;


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Accounts of shareholders who elect to access their account documents electronically via eDoc Direct;


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A fund account that has only certificated shares and, has a balance below $500 and is being escheated;


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Accounts of shareholders that are held by broker-dealers under the NSCC Fund/SERV system in Networking level 1 and 3 accounts;


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Accounts held under the Oppenheimer Legacy Program and/or holding certain Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;


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Omnibus accounts holding shares pursuant to the Pinnacle, Ascender, Custom Plus, Recordkeeper Pro and Pension Alliance Retirement Plan programs; and


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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


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Accounts held in the Portfolio Builder Program which is offered through certain broker/dealers to qualifying shareholders.


To access account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit our website homepage 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.

The Fund reserves the authority to modify Fund Account Fees in its discretion.

Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share. The net asset values per share of each class of shares of the Fund are determined as of the close of business of the NYSE on each day that the NYSE is open. The calculation is done 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 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, President’s 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 on which the NYSE is closed (including weekends and U.S. 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 such days. 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 prices of those securities are determined, 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 determines that the event is likely to effect a material change in the value of the security. The Manager, or an internal valuation committee established by the Manager, as applicable, may establish a valuation, under procedures established by the Board and subject to the approval, ratification and confirmation by the Board at its next ensuing meeting.

 

n Securities Valuation. The Fund’s Board of Trustees 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, they are valued at the last reported sale price on the principal exchange on which they are traded or on, as applicable, on that day, or


2.     

if last sale information is not available on a valuation date, they are 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, if not, 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 of Trustees, 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, on the basis of reasonable inquiry, from two market makers in the security.


Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity in excess of 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 of Trustees 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 of Trustees 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 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.


In the case of Senior Loans and other loan obligations, U.S. government securities, mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds and foreign government securities, when last sale information is not generally available, the Manager may use pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees. The pricing services 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. That monitoring may include comparing prices used for portfolio valuation to actual sales prices of selected securities.

     Securities (including Senior Loans and other loans for which reliable bids are not available from dealers or pricing services, and other 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 (which in certain cases may be the “bid” price if no “asked” price is available). The special factors used by the Manager to derive a fair value for Senior Loans for which reliable market prices are not available are discussed in the Prospectus.
 

     The closing prices in the New York foreign exchange market on a particular business day that are provided to the Manager by a bank, dealer or pricing service that the Manager has determined to be reliable are used to value foreign currency, including forward contracts, and to convert to U.S. dollars securities that are denominated in foreign currency.

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

When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received 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 written by the Fund is exercised, the proceeds are increased by the premium received. If a call or put written 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 premium paid by the Fund.

Periodic Offers to Repurchase Shares

Information about the Fund’s periodic offers to repurchase shares (“Repurchase Offers”) is stated in the Prospectus. The information below supplements the procedures and conditions for selling shares in a Repurchase Offer set forth in the Prospectus.
 

Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months after the Fund repurchases Class A or Class B shares as part of a Repurchase offer, a shareholder may reinvest all or part of the proceeds of:

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Class A shares purchased subject to an initial sales charge or Class A shares on which an Early Withdrawal Charge was paid, or


·     

Class B shares that were subject to the Class B Early Withdrawal Charge at the time of repurchase.


     The reinvestment may be made without a sales charge but only in Class A shares of the Fund or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund are exchangeable as described in “How to Exchange Shares” below. Reinvestment will be at the net asset value next computed after the Transfer Agent receives the reinvestment order. The shareholder must ask the Transfer Agent for that privilege at the time of reinvestment. This privilege does not apply to Class C or Class Y shares. The Fund may amend, suspend or cease offering this reinvestment privilege at any time as to shares redeemed after the date of such amendment, suspension or cessation.

     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 has been a capital loss on the repurchase, 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 repurchase 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 of payment of the sales charge, the shareholder’s basis in the shares of the Fund that were repurchased may not include the amount of the sales charge paid. That would reduce the loss or increase the gain recognized from the repurchase. However, in that case the sales charge would be added to the basis of the shares acquired by the reinvestment of the repurchase proceeds.
 

Involuntary Repurchases. The Fund’s Board of Trustees has the right to cause the involuntary repurchase of the shares held in any account if the aggregate net asset value of those shares is less than $200 or such lesser amount as the Board may fix. The Board will not cause the involuntary repurchase of shares in an account if the aggregate net asset value of such shares has fallen below the stated minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations. If the Board exercises this right, it may also fix the requirements for any notice to be given to the shareholders in question (not less than 30 days). The Board may alternatively set requirements for the shareholder to increase the investment, or set other terms and conditions so that the shares would not be involuntarily repurchased.

Transfers of Shares. A transfer of shares to a different registration is not an event that triggers the payment of early withdrawal charges. Therefore, shares are not subject to the payment of an early withdrawal charge of any class at the time of transfer to the name of another person or entity. It does not matter whether the transfer occurs 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 an early withdrawal charge are transferred, the transferred shares will remain subject to the early withdrawal charge. It will be calculated as if the transferee shareholder had acquired the transferred shares in the same manner and at the same time as the transferring shareholder.

     If less than all shares held in an account are transferred, and some but not all shares in the account would be subject to an early withdrawal charge if sold in a Repurchase Offer at the time of transfer, the priorities described in the Prospectus under “How to Buy Shares” for the imposition of the Class A, Class B or Class C early withdrawal charge will be followed in determining the order in which shares are transferred.
 

Distributions From Retirement Plans. Distributions from Retirement plans holding shares of the Fund may be made only in conjunction with quarterly Repurchase offers by the Fund. Requests for distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRAs, 403(b)(7) custodial plans, 401(k) plans or pension or profit-sharing plans should accompany Repurchase Requests, and should be sent to the Transfer Agent in the manner described in the Notice to Shareholders of the Repurchase Offer. The request for distributions must:

1.     

state the reason for the distribution;


2.     

state the owner’s awareness of tax penalties if the distribution is premature; and


3.     

conform to the requirements of the plan and the Fund’s other Repurchase Offer requirements.


     Participants (other than self-employed plan sponsors) in OppenheimerFunds-sponsored pension or profit-sharing plans with shares of the Fund held in the name of the plan or its fiduciary may not directly request the Fund to repurchase shares for their accounts. The plan administrator or fiduciary must sign the request. 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 to determine whether a distribution satisfies the conditions of applicable tax laws and will not be responsible for any tax penalties assessed in connection with a distribution.

How to Exchange Shares

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. Shares of Oppenheimer funds that have a single class without a class designation are deemed “Class A” shares for this purpose. 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. You can also obtain a current list showing which funds offer which classes of shares by calling the Distributor at the telephone number indicated on the front cover of this SAI.

You may exchange your shares of the Fund only in connection with a Repurchase Offer. You may not be able to exchange all of the shares you wish to exchange if a Repurchase Offer is oversubscribed. 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 you with 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. That 60 day notice is not required in extraordinary circumstances.

n     How Exchanges Affect Early Withdrawal Charges. No contingent deferred sales charge or early withdrawal charge is imposed on exchanges of shares of any class purchased subject to a contingent deferred sales charge or an early withdrawal charge with the following exceptions:

·     

When Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund acquired by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within 18 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the redeemed shares. Except, however, with respect to Class A shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals acquired prior to October 22, 2007, in which case the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within 24 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class A shares.


·     

When Class A shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals acquired prior to October 22, 2007 by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within 24 months of the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the redeemed shares.


·     

If any Class A shares of another Oppenheimer fund that are exchanged for Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund are subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge of the other Oppenheimer fund at the time of exchange, the holding period for that Class A contingent deferred sales charge will carry over to the Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired in the exchange. The Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired in that exchange will be subject to a Class A Early Withdrawal Charge of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund equal to the contingent deferred sales charge of the other Oppenheimer fund if they are repurchased before the expiration of the holding period.


·     

When Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves and Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. acquired by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within the Class A holding period of the fund from which the shares were exchanged, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge of the fund from which the shares were exchanged is imposed on the redeemed shares.


·     

Except with respect to the Class B shares described in the next two paragraphs, the contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on Class B shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within six years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares. The Fund’s Class B early withdrawal charge is imposed on Class B shares of the Fund acquired by exchange if they are repurchased within five years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.


·     

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, the Class B contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.


·     

With respect to Class B shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves that were acquired through the exchange of Class B shares initially purchased in the Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund, the Class B contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of that initial purchase.


·     

With respect to Class C shares, the Class C contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on Class C shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within 12 months of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class C shares. The Fund’s Class C early withdrawal sales charge is imposed on Class C shares of the Fund acquired by exchange if they are repurchased within 12 months of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class C shares.


·     

With respect to Class N shares, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge will be imposed if the retirement plan (not including IRAs and 403(b) plans) is terminated or Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan and Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan’s first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund or with respect to an individual retirement plan or 403(b) plan, Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months of the plan’s first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund.


·     

When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are redeemed to effect an exchange, the priorities described in “How To Buy Shares” in the Prospectus for the imposition of the Class B, Class C or Class N contingent deferred sales charge will be followed in determining the order in which the shares are exchanged. Before exchanging shares, shareholders should take into account how the exchange may affect any contingent deferred sales charge that might be imposed in the subsequent redemption of remaining shares. When Class B or Class C shares are repurchased by the Fund to effect an exchange to another Oppenheimer fund in a Repurchase Offer, the priorities described in “How To Buy Shares” in the Prospectus for the imposition of the Class B or the Class C early withdrawal charge will be followed in determining the order in which the shares are exchanged. Before exchanging shares, shareholders should take into account how the exchange may affect any early withdrawal charge that might be imposed in the subsequent repurchase of remaining shares.


Shareholders owning shares of more than one class must specify which class of shares they wish to exchange.

n          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.

n     Processing Exchange Requests. You may exchange your shares of the Fund only in connection with a Repurchase Offer. Shares to be exchanged are governed by the terms of the Repurchase Offers described in the Prospectus. The Transfer Agent must receive your exchange request no later than the close of business (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the Repurchase Request Deadline. Normally, shares of the fund to be acquired are purchased on the Repurchase Pricing Date, but such purchases may be delayed by either fund up to five business days if it determines that it would be disadvantaged by an immediate transfer of the exchange proceeds.

When you exchange some or all of your shares from one fund to another, any special account features such as Asset Builder Plans or Automatic Withdrawal Plans will be switched to the new fund account unless you tell the Transfer Agent not to do so. However, special redemption features such as Automatic Exchange Plans and Automatic Withdrawal Plans cannot be switched to an account in the Fund.

In connection with any exchange request, the number of shares exchanged may be less than the number requested if the exchange or the number requested would include shares subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this SAI, or would include shares covered by a share certificate that is not tendered with the request. Additionally, shares of the Fund tendered for exchange in a Repurchase Offer are subject to possible pro-ration of the exchange request if the Repurchase Offer is oversubscribed. In those cases, only the shares available for exchange without restriction will be exchanged.

The different Oppenheimer funds available for exchange have different investment objectives, policies and risks. A shareholder should consult a financial advisor to assure that the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment portfolio 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. “Reinvestment Privilege” above, discusses some of the tax consequences of reinvestment of repurchase proceeds in such cases. However, a different tax treatment may apply to exchanges of less than all of a shareholder’s shares of the Fund, to the extent that the repurchase of Fund shares to effect the exchange is not treated as a “sale” for tax purposes (please refer to “Taxes” in the Prospectus). 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.

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

Dividends and Distributions. If the Fund pays dividends, they will be payable on shares held of record at the time of the previous determination of net asset value, or as otherwise described in "How to Buy Shares." Daily dividends will not be declared or paid on newly purchased shares until such time as Federal Funds (funds credited to a member bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank) are available from the purchase payment for such shares. Normally, purchase checks received from investors are converted to Federal Funds on the next business day. Shares purchased through dealers or brokers normally are paid for by the third business day following the placement of the purchase order.

     Shares that the Fund repurchases in a Repurchase Offer will be paid dividends through and including the Repurchase Pricing Date. If the Fund repurchases all shares in an account, all dividends accrued on shares of the same class in the account will be paid together with the repurchase proceeds.
 

The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and there can be no assurance as to the payment of any dividends or the realization of any capital gains. The dividends and distributions paid by a class of shares will vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the composition of the Fund’s portfolio, and expenses borne by the Fund or borne separately by a class. Dividends are calculated in the same manner, at the same time, and on the same day for each class of shares. However, dividends on Class B and Class C shares are expected to be lower than dividends on Class A and Class Y shares. That is because of the effect of the asset-based sales charge on Class B and Class C shares. Those dividends will also differ in amount as a consequence of any difference in the net asset values of the different classes of shares.

If a dividend check is returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as undeliverable, it will be reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returned checks for the proceeds of other types of distributions will be invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. Reinvestment 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.

Tax Status of the Fund's Dividends, Distributions and Repurchases. The federal tax treatment of the Fund’s dividends and capital gains distributions 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 law in effect on the date of the Prospectus and this SAI. Those laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, sometimes with retroactive effect. State and local tax treatment of ordinary income dividends and capital gain dividends from regulated investment companies may differ from the treatment under the Internal Revenue Code described below. Potential purchasers of shares of the Fund are urged to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax circumstances as well as the consequences of federal, state and local tax rules affecting an investment in the Fund.

n     Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. The Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As a regulated investment company, the Fund is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its net investment income (that is, taxable interest, dividends, and other taxable ordinary income net of expenses) and capital gain net income (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that it distributes to shareholders. That qualification enables the Fund to “pass through” its income and realized capital gains to shareholders without having to pay tax on them. This avoids a “double tax” on that income and capital gains, since shareholders normally will be taxed on the dividends and capital gains they receive from the Fund (unless their Fund shares are held in a retirement account or the shareholder is otherwise exempt from tax).

The Internal Revenue Code contains a number of complex tests relating to qualification that the Fund might not meet in a particular year. If it did not qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund would be treated for tax purposes as an ordinary corporation and would receive no tax deduction for payments made to shareholders.

To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (in brief, net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss) for the taxable year. The Fund must also satisfy certain other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, some of which are described below. Distributions by the Fund made during the taxable year or, under specified circumstances, within 12 months after the close of the taxable year, will be considered distributions of income and gains for the taxable year and will therefore count toward satisfaction of the above-mentioned requirement.

     To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies (to the extent such currency gains are directly related to the regulated investment company’s principal business of investing in stock or securities) and certain other income including income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.
 
     
In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, the Fund must satisfy an asset diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under that test, at the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s assets must consist of cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and securities of other issuers. As to each of those issuers, the Fund must not have invested more than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets in securities of each such issuer and the Fund must not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of each such issuer. No more than 25% of the value of its total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies), or in two or more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or in the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships. For purposes of this test, obligations issued or guaranteed by certain agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government are treated as U.S. government securities.
 

     n Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies. Under the Internal Revenue Code, by December 31 each year, the Fund must distribute 98% of its taxable investment income earned from January 1 through December 31 of that year and 98% of its capital gains realized in the period from November 1 of the prior year through October 31 of the current year. If it does not, the Fund must pay an excise tax on the amounts not distributed. It is presently anticipated that the Fund will meet those requirements. To meet this requirement, in certain circumstances the Fund might be required to liquidate portfolio investments to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise tax liability. However, the Board of Trustees and the Manager might determine in a particular year that it would be in the best interests of shareholders for the Fund not to make such distributions at the required levels and to pay the excise tax on the undistributed amounts. That would reduce the amount of income or capital gains available for distribution to shareholders.

n     

Taxation of Fund Distributions. The Fund anticipates distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income for each taxable year. Those distributions will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income and treated as dividends for federal income tax purposes.


     Special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code govern the eligibility of the Fund’s dividends for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders. Long-term capital gains distributions are not eligible for the deduction. The amount of dividends paid by the Fund that may qualify for the deduction is limited to the aggregate amount of qualifying dividends that the Fund derives from portfolio investments that the Fund has held for a minimum period, usually 46 days. A corporate shareholder will not be eligible for the deduction on dividends paid on Fund shares held for 45 days or less. To the extent the Fund’s dividends are derived from gross income from option premiums, interest income or short-term gains from the sale of securities or dividends from foreign corporations, those dividends will not qualify for the deduction. Since it is anticipated that most of the Fund’s income will be derived from interest it receives on its investments, the Fund does not anticipate that its distributions will qualify for this deduction.

     The Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain for each taxable year. The Fund currently intends to distribute any such amounts. If net long-term capital gains are distributed and designated as a capital gain distribution, it will be taxable to shareholders as a long-term capital gain and will be properly identified in reports sent to shareholders in January of each year. Such treatment will apply no matter how long the shareholder has held his or her shares or whether that gain was recognized by the Fund before the shareholder acquired his or her shares.
 
     If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will be subject to tax on it at the 35% corporate tax rate. If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will treat its shareholders of record on the last day of its taxable year as if each received a distribution of their pro rata share of such gain. As a result, each shareholder will be required to report his or her pro rata share of such gain on their tax return as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for his/her pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain, and will increase the tax basis for his/her shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.
 
     Investment income that may be received by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes withheld at the source. The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries which entitle the Fund to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, taxes on such income. The Fund may be subject to U.S. federal income tax, and an interest charge, on certain distributions or gains from the sale of shares of a foreign company considered to be a PFIC, even if those amounts are paid out as dividends to shareholders. To avoid imposition of the interest charge, the Fund may elect to “mark to market” all PFIC shares that it holds at the end of each taxable year. In that case, any increase or decrease in the value of those shares would be recognized as ordinary income or as ordinary loss (but only to the extent of previously recognized “mark-to-market” gains).
 

Distributions by the Fund that do not constitute ordinary income dividends or capital gain distributions will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of the shareholder’s tax basis in their shares. Any excess will be treated as gain from the sale of those shares, as discussed below. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year. If prior distributions made by the Fund must be re-characterized as a non-taxable return of capital at the end of the fiscal year as a result of the effect of the Fund’s investment policies, they will be identified as such in notices sent to shareholders.

     Distributions by the Fund will be treated in the manner described above 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.
 
     The Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold 28% of ordinary income dividends, capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the repurchase 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 the receipt of interest or dividend income properly, 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.
 
     n Tax Effects of Repurchases of Shares. If a shareholder tenders all of his or her shares during a Repurchase Offer and they are repurchased by the Fund, and as a result the shareholder is not considered to own any shares of the Fund under the attribution rules under the Internal Revenue Code, the shareholder will recognize a gain or loss on the repurchased shares in an amount equal to the difference between the proceeds of the repurchased shares and the shareholder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares. All or a portion of any loss recognized in that manner may be disallowed if the shareholder purchases other shares of the Fund within 30 days before or after the repurchase.
 

In general, any gain or loss arising from the repurchase of shares of the Fund will be considered capital gain or loss, if the shares were held as a capital asset. It will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares were held for more than one year. However, any capital loss arising from the repurchase of shares held for six months or less 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 and there are limits on the deductibility of capital losses in any year.

     Different tax effects may apply to tendering and non-tendering shareholders in connection with a Repurchase Offer by the Fund, and these consequences will be disclosed in the related offering documents. For example, if a tendering shareholder tenders less than all shares owned by or attributed to that shareholder, and if the payment to that shareholder does not otherwise qualify under the Internal Revenue Code as a sale or exchange, the proceeds received would be treated as a taxable dividend, a return of capital or capital gain, depending on the Fund’s earnings and profits and the shareholder’s basis in the repurchased shares. Additionally, there is a risk that non-tendering shareholders might be deemed to have received a distribution that may be a taxable dividend in whole or in part.
 

     n Foreign Shareholders. Under U.S. tax law, taxation of a shareholder who is a foreign person (including, but not limited to, a nonresident alien individual, a foreign trust, a foreign estate, a foreign corporation, or a foreign partnership) primarily depends on whether the foreign person’s income from the Fund is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. Typically, ordinary income dividends paid from a mutual fund are not considered “effectively connected” income.

Ordinary income dividends that are paid by the Fund (and are deemed not "effectively connected income") to foreign persons will be subject to a U.S. tax withheld by the Fund at a rate of 30%, provided the Fund obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. The tax rate may be reduced if the foreign person's country of residence has a tax treaty with the U.S. allowing for a reduced tax rate on ordinary income dividends paid by the Fund. 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 March of each year with a copy sent to the IRS.

If the ordinary income dividends from the Fund are effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, then the foreign person may claim an exemption from the U.S. tax described above provided the Fund obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. If the foreign person fails to provide a certification of his/her foreign status, the Fund will be required to withhold U.S. tax at a rate of 28% on ordinary income dividends, capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any foreign person. Any tax withheld (in this situation) 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.

     The tax consequences to foreign persons entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors or the U.S. Internal Revenue Service with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund, including the applicability of the U.S. withholding taxes described above.
 

Dividend Reinvestment in Another Fund. Shareholders of the Fund may elect to reinvest all dividends and/or capital gains distributions in shares of the same class of any of the other Oppenheimer funds listed above. Reinvestment will be made without sales charge at the net asset value per share in effect at the close of business on the payable date of the dividend or distribution. To elect this option, the shareholder must notify the Transfer Agent in writing and must have an existing account in the fund selected for reinvestment. Otherwise the shareholder first must obtain a prospectus for that fund and an application from the Distributor to establish an account. Dividends and/or distributions from Class B and Class C shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds may be invested in shares of this Fund on the same basis.

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 and is the sub-distributor for funds managed by a subsidiary of the Manager.
 

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. The Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 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 $100,000 are not protected by federal deposit insurance. Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. At a meeting held on August 20, 2008, the Board of Trustees of the Fund appointed KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to the Trust for fiscal year 2009, replacing the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, effective at the conclusion of the fiscal 2008 audit. During the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years the audit reports of Deloitte & Touche LLP contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. Further, there were no disagreements between the Fund and Deloitte & Touche LLP on accounting principles, financial statement disclosure or audit scope, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche LLP would have caused it to make reference to the disagreements in connection with its reports.
 

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.

 

 
 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, including the statement of investments, as of July 31, 2009, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows and the financial highlights for the year 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 audit. The accompanying financial statements and financial highlights of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund for the years ended prior to August 1, 2008 were audited by other auditors whose report dated September 12, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements and financial highlights.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 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 July 31, 2009, 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 audit provides 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 Senior Floating Rate Fund as of July 31, 2009, the results of its operations, changes in its net assets, cash flows and the financial highlights for year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG llp
Denver, Colorado
September 17, 2009
OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS July 31, 2009
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Corporate Loans—99.3%
               
Consumer Discretionary—30.8%
               
Auto Components—3.0%
               
Allison Transmission, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3.05%-3.06%, 8/7/141
  $ 12,467,385     $ 10,872,595  
Dana Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3.75%-7.25%, 1/31/151
    14,395,572       10,803,876  
Federal Mogul Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B, 2.228%-2.248%, 12/29/141
    15,438,031       11,694,308  
Tranche C, 2.228%, 12/28/151
    5,357,494       4,058,301  
Mark IV Industries, Inc./Dayco Products LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6/21/112
    12,055,175       3,390,518  
 
             
 
            40,819,598  
 
               
Automobiles—1.7%
               
Chrysler LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B1, 8/3/132
    57,752,632       866,289  
Ford Motor Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.29%-3.56%, 12/16/131
    24,205,647       20,665,570  
Oshkosh Truck Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.64%-8.137%, 12/6/131
    1,000,000       993,036  
 
             
 
            22,524,895  
 
               
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—4.1%
               
BLB Wembley plc, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 7/18/112,3
    7,875,682       4,410,382  
BLB Wembley plc, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7/25/132,3,4
    8,000,000       640,000  
Cannery Casino Resorts LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.536%, 5/4/131
    3,027,140       2,731,994  
Cannery Casino Resorts LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw,
2.552%-2.554%, 5/4/131
    4,007,890       3,617,120  
Golden Nugget, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, Tranche 2L, 3.54%, 12/31/141,3
    13,000,000       5,655,000  
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B1, 3.504%, 1/28/151
    1,768,129       1,421,450  
Tranche B2, 3%-3.504%, 1/28/151
    5,304,385       4,264,350  
Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, Tranche B, 2.09%, 5/23/141
    9,584,482       7,590,910  
Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 1.75%-2.09%, 5/8/141
    3,820,181       3,025,583  
MGM Mirage, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 6%, 10/3/111
    882,061       714,469  
Quiznos Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.875%, 5/5/131
    7,933,634       6,049,396  
Quiznos Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.348%, 11/5/131
    4,000,000       2,100,000  
OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure Continued
               
Turtle Bay Resort, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 9/13/102,3,4
  $ 2,207,050     $ 629,009  
Venetian Macao Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B Add-On, 2.85%, 5/25/131
    1,203,228       1,116,996  
Tranche B, 2.85%, 5/25/131
    2,542,038       2,359,858  
Venetian Macao Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 2.85%, 5/25/111
    9,122,824       8,469,018  
 
             
 
            54,795,535  
 
               
Household Durables—0.3%
               
Sleep Innovations, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 3/5/152,3,4
    3,816,591       1,240,392  
Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.375%, 12/30/121,3
    4,366,712       3,406,036  
 
             
 
            4,646,428  
 
               
Media—20.6%
               
AMC Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 1.785%, 1/26/131
    10,904,064       10,375,217  
Advanstar Communications, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.848%, 5/15/141
    11,620,356       7,030,316  
Alpha Media Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 8/14/142,3
    15,489,573       9,293,744  
American Media Operation, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 1/30/131
    1,000,000       801,667  
CSC (Cablevision), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B2, 3.538%, 3/29/161
    8,967,830       8,764,448  
Cengage Learning Holdings II LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3.75%, 7/3/141
    5,000,000       4,850,000  
Cengage Learning Holdings II LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.79%, 7/4/141
    2,500,000       2,154,168  
Cequel Communications LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.809%, 5/5/141
    12,500,000       11,203,125  
Charter Communications Operation LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.164%, 3/5/141
    15,028,886       14,074,552  
Charter Communications Operation LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 3rd Lien Term Loan,
2.50%-6.658%, 9/1/141
    19,250,000       16,049,688  
Charter Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche T2 Add-On, 9.123%, 3/6/141
    11,044,539       11,027,972  
Cinram International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.306%-3.016%, 5/6/111
    20,031,672       14,973,674  
Citadel Broadcasting Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.33%-2.35%, 6/12/141
    25,000,000       14,187,500  
FoxCo Acquisition Sub LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.131%, 7/14/151
    1,082,626       862,493  
OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 


 

                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Media Continued
               
Gray Television, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3.81%, 12/31/141
  $ 5,436,443     $ 3,472,528  
Hit Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.26%, 8/5/121
    7,238,186       5,881,026  
ION Media Networks, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Debtor in Possession,
0.50%-15%, 2/28/101
    2,970,732       3,564,878  
Live Nation, Inc./SFX Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3.54%-3.85%, 6/21/131,3
    6,300,913       5,891,353  
Mediacom Communications Corp./MCC Iowa LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche E, 6.50%, 1/3/161
    5,544,000       5,568,255  
Mediacom LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche A, 1.52%, 9/30/121,3
    8,400,000       7,896,000  
Merrill Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 13.83%, 11/15/131
    28,250,000       14,972,500  
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B Add-On, 3.535%, 4/8/121
    8,308,750       4,819,075  
Tranche B, 3.535%, 4/8/121
    20,296,623       11,772,041  
Newport Television LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.151%-8%, 9/14/161
    10,474,312       7,305,833  
Newport Television LLC/High Plains Broadcasting Operating Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 7.25%, 9/14/161
    2,772,931       1,934,119  
Paxson Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 1/15/122
    22,364,810       6,038,499  
Penton Media, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.535%-2.738%, 2/1/131
    24,751,123       16,026,352  
San Juan Cable & Construction, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.06%, 10/31/121
    12,871,715       11,616,723  
Star Tribune Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3/5/142,3
    10,465,199       2,581,419  
Tribune Increment Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 6/4/142
    4,962,375       1,914,390  
Univision Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.25%-2.535%, 9/29/141
    8,566,762       6,937,295  
Young Broadcasting, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 11/3/122
    35,499,313       17,749,657  
Zuffa LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.375%, 6/18/151
    19,361,034       16,940,905  
 
             
 
            278,531,412  
 
               
Multiline Retail—0.7%
               
General Growth Properties, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche A, 2/24/102
    16,402,011       9,841,206  
Specialty Retail—0.3%
               
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.54%, 5/28/131
    4,911,024       4,131,399  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.1%
               
Hanesbrands, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.254%, 3/5/141
    2,000,000       1,926,666  
 OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Consumer Staples—2.8%
               
Food & Staples Retailing—0.4%
               
Rite Aid Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche T2, 1.75%, 6/4/141
  $ 750,000     $ 677,813  
Tranche T4, 9.50%, 6/4/151
    4,800,000       4,944,000  
 
             
 
            5,621,813  
 
               
Food Products—1.9%
               
Dole Food Co., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Prefunded Letter of Credit Term Loan, 8%, 4/12/131
    925,299       933,891  
Dole Food Co., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B, 8%, 4/12/131
    1,844,981       1,862,113  
Tranche C, 8%, 4/12/131
    9,835,169       9,926,498  
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.059%, 4/2/141
    13,380,161       12,242,847  
 
             
 
            24,965,349  
 
               
Personal Products—0.5%
               
Levlad Natural Products Group LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 7.644%, 3/8/141
    27,687,037       7,337,065  
Energy—6.0%
               
Energy Equipment & Services—2.1%
               
Antero Resources Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.81%, 4/10/141
    15,000,000       12,300,000  
Global Geophysical Services, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 5.348%, 12/10/141
    12,805,000       10,820,225  
Precision Drilling Trust, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 9.123%, 9/23/141,3
    5,425,000       5,452,125  
 
             
 
            28,572,350  
 
               
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—3.9%
               
ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B1, 8.50%, 1/1/141
    11,718,162       9,198,757  
Tranche B2, 9%, 7/1/101
    3,086,353       2,422,787  
Atlas Pipeline, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B, 4.75%, 7/27/141,3
    1,500,000       1,455,000  
Tranche B, 6.75%, 7/27/141,3
    12,184,320       11,818,790  
Coleto Creek Power LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 3.448%, 6/28/131,3
    156,553       137,767  
Coleto Creek Power LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.035%-3.348%, 6/28/131
    20,656,032       18,177,309  
Pine Praire, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 2.79%, 12/31/131,3
    3,191,285       2,816,309  
Pine Praire, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.79%, 12/31/131
    7,672,493       6,770,975  
 
             
 
            52,797,694  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Financials—1.4%
               
Capital Markets—0.9%
               
Nuveen Investments, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3%-3.504%, 11/1/141
  $ 14,159,745     $ 11,549,036  
Insurance—0.5%
               
Swett & Crawford Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.535%, 4/3/141
    10,703,131       7,251,371  
Health Care—12.7%
               
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.8%
               
CCS Medical Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 9/30/122
    17,860,868       8,573,217  
CCS Medical Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Debtor in Possession, 11%, 11/13/091,3
    520,774       520,774  
Carestream Health, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.285%, 4/30/131
    2,891,179       2,670,727  
Carestream Health, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 5.535%, 9/26/131
    5,000,000       3,332,815  
dj Orthopedics, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.285%-3.598%, 10/31/141
    9,850,000       9,226,170  
 
             
 
            24,323,703  
 
               
Health Care Providers & Services—9.5%
               
Aveta Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche MMM, 5.54%, 8/22/111
    5,140,539       4,793,553  
Tranche NAMM, 5.54%, 7/27/111
    1,376,064       1,283,179  
Tranche NAMM, 5.54%, 8/22/111
    763,651       712,105  
Tranche PHMC, 5.54%, 8/22/111
    4,212,790       3,981,086  
Capella Healthcare, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.671%, 2/14/151,3
    6,320,000       6,146,200  
Community Health Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.535%-2.924%, 7/2/141
    11,374,160       10,713,037  
Community Health Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 2.535%, 7/2/141
    580,258       546,531  
Genoa Healthcare LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 8/10/121,3
    6,798,925       6,085,038  
Genoa Healthcare LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.75%, 2/10/131,3
    1,000,000       625,000  
HCA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.848%, 11/18/131
    13,920,374       13,093,030  
HEALTHSOUTH Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.54%, 3/10/131
    10,556,038       10,088,554  
HVHC, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.85%, 8/1/131,3
    4,361,593       4,099,897  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Health Care Providers & Services Continued
               
Health Management Associates, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.348%, 2/28/141
  $ 5,745,259     $ 5,349,376  
Healthways, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.098%, 11/15/131,3
    8,580,000       7,979,400  
Manor Care, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.785%-2.789%, 10/18/141
    11,827,649       10,704,023  
MultiPlan, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B, 2.813%, 4/15/131
    3,104,070       2,960,506  
Tranche C, 2.813%, 4/12/131
    6,166,831       5,881,615  
Quintiles Transnational Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.285%-2.598%, 3/31/131
    8,438,108       8,009,174  
Quintiles Transnational Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.285%, 3/31/141,3
    1,000,000       935,000  
Rural/Metro Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 3.81%, 3/4/111,3
    547,642       539,427  
Rural/Metro Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.802%, 3/4/111,3
    4,310,391       4,245,735  
SouthernCare, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 11.589%, 12/10/101,3
    9,939,465       7,057,020  
Triumph HealthCare LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.285%-3.488%, 7/28/131
    10,211,544       8,679,812  
Warner Chilcott plc, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B, 2.285%-2.598%, 1/4/121
    3,286,048       3,207,182  
Tranche C, 2.285%, 1/4/121
    453,154       442,278  
 
             
 
            128,157,758  
 
               
Pharmaceuticals—1.4%
               
PTS Acquisition Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.535%, 4/10/141
    4,737,913       4,058,814  
Royalty Pharma, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.848%, 4/16/131
    5,717,146       5,576,007  
Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.42%, 12/6/131,3
    10,638,141       9,946,662  
 
             
 
            19,581,483  
 
               
Industrials—19.7%
               
Aerospace & Defense—5.1%
               
AM General LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.279%-3.609%, 9/30/131
    13,021,037       12,695,512  
American Airlines, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B2, 6.50%, 12/17/101
    10,538,364       9,827,024  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Aerospace & Defense Continued
               
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.379%, 2/21/131
  $ 8,207,882     $ 6,196,951  
DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.629%, 2/21/141,3
    5,000,000       2,312,500  
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.278%-2.302%, 4/30/121
    7,044,904       6,194,485  
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 8.515%, 12/30/121,5
    19,957,933       14,269,922  
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.146%, 6/30/131,3,5
    8,478,779       1,875,930  
United Air Lines, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.313%, 2/3/141
    26,545,529       15,172,443  
 
             
 
            68,544,767  
 
               
Air Freight & Logistics—1.1%
               
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 11.50%, 10/31/111
    22,552,688       13,832,308  
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 17.503%, 4/30/131,3,5
    3,107,448       1,110,913  
 
             
 
            14,943,221  
 
               
Building Products—0.2%
               
Champion Opco LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.241%, 5/11/131,3
    2,193,750       1,047,516  
Flag Luxury Properties LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2/6/112,4
    3,942,354       965,877  
United Subcontractors, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 6/30/152,3,4
    929,538       836,584  
 
             
 
            2,849,977  
 
               
Commercial Services & Supplies—6.9%
               
Allied Security Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.658%, 1/29/151
    7,964,472       8,004,294  
Asurion Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.293%-4.016%, 7/2/141
    11,014,999       10,636,360  
Bright Horizons LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.397%, 5/21/151
    8,407,538       7,953,531  
First Data Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B-2, 3.035%, 9/24/141
    9,334,901       7,905,495  
Tranche B-3, 3.035%, 9/24/141
    2,426,083       2,054,588  
Hertz Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 2.359%, 12/21/121
    308,868       292,363  
Hertz Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.04%-2.06%, 12/21/121
    1,686,904       1,596,761  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Commercial Services & Supplies Continued
               
NES Rentals Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7%-7.75%, 6/22/131,3
  $ 10,942,841     $ 5,744,992  
New Holdings I LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.785%-2.80%, 5/18/141
    8,446,185       7,833,836  
Norwood Promotional Products, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche A, 8/16/092
    7,341,764       22,943  
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3%, 7/1/141
    997,462       725,654  
Sabre Holdings Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.552%-5.244%, 9/30/141
    8,150,000       6,591,312  
U.S. Investigations Services, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.359%, 2/21/151
    12,358,840       11,068,886  
West Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B3, 2.375%-2.677%, 10/24/131
    12,989,183       13,113,660  
Workflow Management, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.765%, 10/17/101,3,5
    15,078,884       9,537,394  
 
             
 
            93,082,069  
 
               
Electrical Equipment—0.3%
               
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.259%, 11/29/131
    6,300,000       4,679,999  
 
               
Industrial Conglomerates—2.0%
               
Hillman Group, Inc. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.04%, 3/31/111,3
    11,882,221       10,901,937  
Precision Partners, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 8.63%, 10/1/131
    25,844,475       16,798,909  
 
             
 
            27,700,846  
 
               
Machinery—2.1%
               
BOC Edwards, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.285%, 5/31/141
    15,663,992       10,181,595  
Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.50%, 8/21/141
    8,473,709       7,704,017  
Rexnord (RBS Global), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B1, 2.813%-3.063%, 7/19/131
    1,497,148       1,362,405  
Veyance Technologies, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.55%, 7/2/141
    11,521,179       7,834,402  
Veyance Technologies, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 2.55%, 7/2/141,3
    1,353,835       920,608  
 
             
 
            28,003,027  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Road & Rail—2.0%
               
Avis Car Rental, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.24%, 4/19/121
  $ 11,218,550     $ 10,036,598  
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.285%-8.66%, 10/12/141
    26,799,246       17,084,520  
 
             
 
            27,121,118  
 
               
Information Technology—5.6%
               
IT Services—2.8%
               
Apptis, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.54%-3.85%, 12/20/121
    6,262,362       4,383,653  
Caritor, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.54%, 5/17/131
    23,990,211       19,492,046  
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Extended Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.993%-4.599%, 2/28/161
    9,506,342       9,130,843  
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.046%-6.81%, 2/11/131
    3,864,272       3,671,057  
Sungard Data Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.625%, 2/28/161
    1,300,000       1,248,650  
 
             
 
            37,926,249  
 
               
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—0.7%
               
Flextronics International Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.847%, 10/1/121
    5,984,772       5,419,959  
Flextronics International Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw:
               
Tranche A1, 2.759%, 10/1/141
    862,919       750,919  
Tranche A2, 2.535%, 10/1/141
    446,571       388,609  
Tranche A3, 2.535%, 10/1/141
    520,999       453,378  
Flextronics International Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.552%-2.847%, 10/1/141
    3,002,959       2,719,556  
 
             
 
            9,732,421  
 
               
Software—2.1%
               
Kronos, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 2.598%, 5/9/141
    11,426,189       10,612,073  
Nuance Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Incremental Term Loan, Tranche B2, 2.29%, 3/31/131
    2,646,309       2,510,686  
Verint Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.539%, 5/9/141
    16,510,736       14,419,371  
 
             
 
            27,542,130  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Materials—8.2%
               
Chemicals—3.2%
               
Ashland, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.545%, 5/13/141
  $ 1,294,443     $ 1,319,193  
Brenntag AG, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.289%, 6/30/151
    1,000,000       805,000  
Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche C-1, 2.875%, 5/5/131
    5,574,304       4,208,600  
Tranche C-2, 2.875%, 5/5/131
    1,135,754       857,495  
Tranche C-4, 3.313%, 5/5/131
    6,277,945       4,677,069  
Tranche C-5, 2.875%, 5/3/131
    1,470,000       1,058,400  
Huntsman International LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.038%, 8/16/121
    9,284,320       8,629,776  
Lyondell Chemical Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Debtor in Possession, 10%, 12/15/091
    3,000,000       3,111,666  
Lyondell Chemical Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Roll-Up Debtor in Possession, Tranche T1, 3.69%, 12/15/091
    3,498,275       2,958,956  
Momentive Performance, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.563%, 12/4/131
    4,790,000       3,787,520  
Nalco Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 6.50%, 5/5/161
    4,000,000       4,055,000  
Solutia, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 7.151%, 1/23/151
    4,639,324       4,542,673  
Univar USA OPCO, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.285%, 10/10/141
    3,980,187       3,592,118  
 
             
 
            43,603,466  
 
               
Containers & Packaging—2.0%
               
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.296%, 4/3/151
    4,987,245       4,252,873  
Consolidated Container Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 5.785%, 9/28/141
    14,000,000       10,220,000  
Consolidated Container Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Property, Plant & Equipment Term Loan, 2.535%, 3/23/141
    3,835,571       3,452,014  
Graham Packaging Co. LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B, 2.563%, 10/18/111
    2,179,171       2,104,716  
Tranche C, 6.75%, 4/5/141
    6,801,555       6,800,338  
 
             
 
            26,829,941  
 
               
Metals & Mining—1.7%
               
Aleris International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.563%, 6/30/101,5
    3,841,146       1,408,421  
Aleris International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 12/19/132,3
    1,890,661       148,101  
Aleris International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Debtor in Possession, 0%-13%, 6/30/101
    10,029,030       9,935,007  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Metals & Mining Continued
               
Aleris International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, German C-1, 4.192%, 12/19/131,3
  $ 2,635,758     $ 1,653,938  
Murray Energy Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.938%, 1/28/101
    10,745,581       10,423,213  
 
             
 
            23,568,680  
 
               
Paper & Forest Products—1.3%
               
Abitibi-Consolidated Co. of Canada/Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3/31/092
    11,544,068       9,090,954  
Boise Paper Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:
               
Tranche A, 3.563%, 2/22/131,3
    4,000,000       3,620,000  
Tranche B, 5.671%, 2/22/141
    2,905,279       2,891,662  
Georgia-Pacific Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B1, 2.30%-2.65%, 12/20/121
    1,440,494       1,393,678  
Tranche C, 3.55%-3.90%, 12/23/141
    321,437       314,609  
 
             
 
            17,310,903  
 
               
Telecommunication Services—5.7%
               
Diversified Telecommunication Services—4.2%
               
FairPoint Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche A, 2.813%, 3/31/141
    3,950,000       2,942,750  
Tranche B, 4.932%, 3/31/151
    5,857,873       4,476,393  
Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche C, 3.743%, 6/1/141,5
    13,101,069       8,057,157  
IPC Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 2.551%-2.848%, 5/31/141
    28,072,005       23,299,764  
ITC DeltaCom Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.598%, 7/12/131
    22,081,422       17,855,038  
 
             
 
            56,631,102  
 
               
Wireless Telecommunication Services—1.5%
               
Crown Castle, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 1.785%, 3/6/141
    3,491,071       3,324,621  
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 2.563%-3.313%, 11/4/131
    1,994,872       1,911,835  
Telesat Canada, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.29%, 10/23/141
    13,454,260       12,943,725  
Telesat Canada, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, Tranche B, 3.29%, 10/23/141
    1,557,501       1,498,400  
 
             
 
            19,678,581  
 
               
Utilities—6.4%
               
Electric Utilities—6.4%
               
BRSP LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 7.50%, 6/24/141
    7,300,000       6,880,250  
Bosque Power Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 5.848%, 1/16/151
    14,427,674       11,999,020  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Electric Utilities Continued
               
Kelson Energy, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.85%, 3/8/131
  $ 12,303,954     $ 11,012,039  
La Paloma Generating Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4.098%, 8/16/131
    11,000,000       7,568,000  
Liberty Electric Power LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 3.598%, 10/30/141
    20,531,972       18,581,435  
MACH Gen LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 5.305%, 2/15/151,5
    6,108,870       4,118,398  
MACH Gen LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 2.598%, 2/22/141,3
    1,028,881       932,853  
Riverside Energy Center LLC/Rocky Mountain Energy Center LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.738%, 6/24/111,3
    1,720,798       1,669,174  
Rocky Mountain Energy Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 4.738%, 6/24/111,3
    155,395       150,733  
Rocky Mountain Energy Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.738%, 6/24/111,3
    771,596       748,448  
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan:
               
Tranche B1, 3.785%-3.802%, 10/10/141
    3,690,358       2,851,957  
Tranche B3, 3.785%-3.802%, 10/10/141
    14,779,512       11,401,004  
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 3.762%-3.802%, 10/10/141
    3,249,999       2,440,886  
USPF Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 2.039%, 4/11/141,3
    6,201,730       5,798,617  
 
             
 
            86,152,814  
 
             
 
               
Total Corporate Loans (Cost $1,648,168,629)
            1,343,276,072  
 
               
Loan Participations—1.5%
               
Riverside Energy Center LLC/Rocky Mountain Energy Center LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.738%, 6/24/111,3
    12,700,857       12,319,832  
Rocky Mountain Energy Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 4.738%, 6/24/111,3
    1,146,939       1,112,531  
Rocky Mountain Energy Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.738%, 6/24/111,3
    5,694,994       5,524,144  
Rural/Metro Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit Term Loan, 3.81%, 3/4/111,3
    1,647,059       1,622,353  
 
             
 
               
Total Loan Participations (Cost $21,113,841)
            20,578,860  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Corporate Bonds and Notes—0.5%
               
Cognis GmbH, 2.629% Sr. Sec. Bonds, 9/15/131,3
  $ 1,450,000     $ 1,203,500  
LightPoint CLO Ltd. VII, 4.883% Collateralized Loan Obligations Sub. Deferrable Nts., Series 2007-7A, Cl. D, 5/15/211,3
    4,556,958       136,709  
Wellman, Inc., 5% Cv. Nts., 1/30/193
    3,371,000       2,056,310  
Western Refining, Inc., 10.75% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/141,6
    4,080,000       3,774,000  
 
             
 
               
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $25,012,735)
            7,170,519  
 
               
 
    Shares
         
 
Common Stocks—0.0%
               
Sleep Innovations, Inc., Cl. 23,4
    28,602        
Sleep Innovations, Inc., Cl. 43,4
    4,275        
United Subcontractors, Inc.3,4
    39,660       237,962  
Wellman, Inc.3,4
    3,371        
 
             
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $5,600,765)
            237,962  
 
               
Investment Company—9.3%
               
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.42%7,8 (Cost $125,564,811)
    125,564,811       125,564,811  
 
               
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $1,825,460,781)
    110.6 %     1,496,828,224  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
    (10.6 )     (143,570,289 )
     
 
               
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 1,353,257,935  
     
Footnotes to Statement of Investments
1.   Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.
 
2.   Issue is in default. See Note 1 of accompanying Notes.
 
3.   Illiquid security. The aggregate value of illiquid securities as of July 31, 2009 was $184,727,058, which represents 13.65% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 6 of accompanying Notes.
 
4.   Non-income producing security.
 
5.   Interest or dividend is paid-in-kind, when applicable.
 
6.   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 $3,774,000 or 0.28% of the Fund’s net assets as of July 31, 2009.
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
Footnotes to Statement of Investments Continued
7.   Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended July 31, 2009, 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  
    July 31, 2008     Additions     Reductions     July 31, 2009  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
    214,566,851       1,824,699,018       1,913,701,058       125,564,811  
 
                               
 
                    Value
      Income
 
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
                  $ 125,564,811     $ 1,758,120  
8. Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of July 31, 2009.
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 (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).
The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of July 31, 2009 based on valuation input level:
                                 
            Level 2—              
    Level 1—     Other     Level 3—        
    Unadjusted     Significant     Significant        
    Quoted     Observable     Unobservable        
    Prices     Inputs     Inputs     Value  
 
Assets Table
                               
Investments, at Value:
                               
Corporate Loans
  $     $ 1,342,755,298     $ 520,774     $ 1,343,276,072  
Loan Participations
          20,578,860             20,578,860  
Corporate Bonds and Notes
          5,114,209       2,056,310       7,170,519  
Common Stocks
          237,962             237,962  
Investment Company
    125,564,811                   125,564,811  
     
Total Assets
  $ 125,564,811     $ 1,368,686,329     $ 2,577,084     $ 1,496,828,224  
     
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 techniques, if any, during the reporting period.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES July 31, 2009
         
Assets
       
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:
       
Unaffiliated companies (cost $1,699,895,970)
  $ 1,371,263,413  
Affiliated companies (cost $125,564,811)
    125,564,811  
 
     
 
    1,496,828,224  
Cash
    4,301,022  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Investments sold
    23,317,993  
Interest, dividends and principal paydowns
    5,018,977  
Other
    1,573,689  
 
     
Total assets
    1,531,039,905  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Investments purchased
    92,688,184  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed
    83,320,280  
Distribution and service plan fees
    165,752  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
    153,752  
Dividends
    146,974  
Shareholder communications
    124,734  
Trustees’ compensation
    10,724  
Other
    1,171,570  
 
     
Total liabilities
    177,781,970  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 1,353,257,935  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets
       
Par value of shares of beneficial interest
  $ 188,433  
Additional paid-in capital
    2,130,645,508  
Accumulated net investment loss
    (645,009 )
Accumulated net realized loss on investments
    (448,298,440 )
Net unrealized depreciation on investments
    (328,632,557 )
 
     
Net Assets
  $ 1,353,257,935  
 
     
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Continued
         
Net Asset Value Per Share
       
 
Class A Shares:
       
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $575,490,335 and 80,176,659 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 7.18  
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 3.50% of offering price)
  $ 7.44  
 
Class B Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $98,996,600 and 13,787,593 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 7.18  
 
Class C Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $670,263,598 and 93,280,683 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 7.19  
 
Class Y Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $8,507,402 and 1,187,646 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 7.16  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended July 31, 2009
         
Investment Income
       
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $87,297)
  $ 124,945,360  
Dividends from affiliated companies
    1,758,120  
Other income
    1,731,311  
 
     
Total investment income
    128,434,791  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    9,495,783  
Distribution and service plan fees:
       
Class A
    1,581,450  
Class B
    796,344  
Class C
    5,297,918  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
       
Class A
    859,955  
Class B
    254,210  
Class C
    860,725  
Class Y
    10,073  
Shareholder communications:
       
Class A
    164,912  
Class B
    65,946  
Class C
    190,692  
Class Y
    1,436  
Borrowing fees
    8,796,772  
Interest expense
    1,030,744  
Custodian fees and expenses
    411,965  
Trustees’ compensation
    44,068  
Other
    208,268  
 
     
Total expenses
    30,071,261  
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (686,152 )
 
     
Net expenses
    29,385,109  
 
       
Net Investment Income
    99,049,682  
 
       
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments from unaffiliated companies
    (173,254,728 )
Swap contracts
    13,230,556  
 
     
Net realized loss
    (160,024,172 )
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments
    (109,660,670 )
 
       
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (170,635,160 )
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008  
 
Operations
               
Net investment income
  $ 99,049,682     $ 188,560,668  
Net realized loss
    (160,024,172 )     (205,181,855 )
Net change in unrealized depreciation
    (109,660,670 )     (55,822,438 )
     
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations
    (170,635,160 )     (72,443,625 )
 
               
Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders
               
Dividends from net investment income:
               
Class A
    (54,943,286 )     (83,437,263 )
Class B
    (8,689,380 )     (12,962,980 )
Class C
    (58,465,786 )     (89,596,911 )
Class Y
    (650,186 )     (1,637,663 )
     
 
    (122,748,638 )     (187,634,817 )
 
               
Beneficial Interest Transactions
               
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:
               
Class A
    (152,677,258 )     (493,999,831 )
Class B
    (28,919,233 )     (78,548,934 )
Class C
    (163,188,110 )     (565,763,057 )
Class Y
    3,565,150       (52,982,600 )
     
 
    (341,219,451 )     (1,191,294,422 )
 
               
Net Assets
               
Total decrease
    (634,603,249 )     (1,451,372,864 )
Beginning of period
    1,987,861,184       3,439,234,048  
     
End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $645,009 and $860,596, respectively)
  $ 1,353,257,935     $ 1,987,861,184  
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS For the Year Ended July 31, 2009
         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
       
Net decrease in net assets from operations
  $ (170,635,160 )
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
       
Purchase of investment securities
    (669,685,578 )
Proceeds from disposition of investment securities
    871,314,331  
Short-term investment securities, net
    154,325,640  
Premium amortization
    861,724  
Discount accretion
    (13,250,812 )
Net realized loss on investments
    160,024,172  
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments
    109,660,670  
Decrease in interest receivable
    8,225,686  
Decrease in receivable for securities sold
    32,065,236  
Increase in other assets
    (1,479,668 )
Increase in payable for securities purchased
    53,627,875  
Decrease in payable for accrued expenses
    (621,268 )
 
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
    534,432,848  
 
       
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
       
Proceeds from bank borrowings
    1,000,000,000  
Payments on bank borrowings
    (1,000,000,000 )
Proceeds from shares sold
    110,054,477  
Payments on shares redeemed
    (594,490,013 )
Cash distributions paid
    (52,716,513 )
 
     
Net cash used in financing activities
    (537,152,049 )
Net decrease in cash
    (2,719,201 )
Cash, beginning balance
    7,020,223  
 
     
Cash, ending balance
  $ 4,301,022  
 
     
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Noncash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestment of dividends and distributions of $70,260,200.
Cash paid for interest on bank borrowings—$1,030,744.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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START FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
                                         
Class A     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 9.11     $ 9.54     $ 9.54     $ 9.56  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .48       .62       .69       .66       .53  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.99 )     (.85 )     (.42 )           (.02 )
     
Total from investment operations
    (.51 )     (.23 )     .27       .66       .51  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.58 )     (.61 )     (.70 )     (.66 )     (.53 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.18     $ 8.27     $ 9.11     $ 9.54     $ 9.54  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (4.89 )%     (2.68 )%     2.75 %     7.10 %     5.45 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 575,490     $ 855,905     $ 1,460,069     $ 1,513,036     $ 1,038,746  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 624,278     $ 1,179,865     $ 1,687,143     $ 1,292,028     $ 776,029  
 
Ratios to average net assets:3
                                       
Net investment income
    7.15 %     7.11 %     7.26 %     6.88 %     5.63 %
Total expenses
    1.80 %4     1.16 %4     1.07 % 4     1.11 %     1.09 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.75 %     1.05 %     0.97 %     0.97 %     0.89 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %     114 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    1.81 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    1.17 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    1.07 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class B     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.54     $ 9.54     $ 9.56  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .44       .57       .64       .60       .48  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.99 )     (.87 )     (.42 )           (.02 )
     
Total from investment operations
    (.55 )     (.30 )     .22       .60       .46  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.54 )     (.55 )     (.64 )     (.60 )     (.48 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.18     $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.54     $ 9.54  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (5.49 )%     (3.37 )%     2.27 %     6.49 %     4.86 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 98,997     $ 149,858     $ 247,726     $ 318,312     $ 344,337  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 106,162     $ 201,066     $ 295,655     $ 334,997     $ 327,996  
 
Ratios to average net assets:3
                                       
Net investment income
    6.53 %     6.48 %     6.71 %     6.27 %     5.06 %
Total expenses
    2.44 %4     1.76 %4     1.65 %4     1.68 %     1.66 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.39 %     1.65 %     1.55 %     1.54 %     1.46 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %     114 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    2.45 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    1.77 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    1.65 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                         
Class C     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.55     $ 9.55     $ 9.57  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .45       .58       .64       .61       .48  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.98 )     (.87 )     (.42 )           (.02 )
     
Total from investment operations
    (.53 )     (.29 )     .22       .61       .46  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.55 )     (.56 )     (.65 )     (.61 )     (.48 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.19     $ 8.27     $ 9.12     $ 9.55     $ 9.55  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (5.22 )%     (3.28 )%     2.24 %     6.56 %     4.92 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 670,264     $ 976,602     $ 1,672,484     $ 1,686,272     $ 1,350,656  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 705,289     $ 1,365,398     $ 1,843,725     $ 1,542,199     $ 1,065,783  
 
Ratios to average net assets:3
                                       
Net investment income
    6.66 %     6.60 %     6.76 %     6.36 %     5.11 %
Total expenses
    2.28 %4     1.68 %4     1.58 % 4     1.61 %     1.60 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.23 %     1.57 %     1.48 %     1.47 %     1.40 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %     114 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    2.29 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    1.69 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    1.58 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class Y     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     20061  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                               
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 8.25     $ 9.11     $ 9.54     $ 9.54  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                               
Net investment income2
    .47       .69       .69       .47  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.96 )     (.93 )     (.39 )      
     
Total from investment operations
    (.49 )     (.24 )     .30       .47  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                               
Dividends from net investment income
    (.60 )     (.62 )     (.73 )     (.47 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 7.16     $ 8.25     $ 9.11     $ 9.54  
     
 
                               
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (4.66 )%     (2.78 )%     3.14 %     5.04 %
 
                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 8,507     $ 5,496     $ 58,955     $ 1  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 7,054     $ 21,397     $ 11,372     $ 1  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                               
Net investment income
    7.34 %     7.69 %     7.34 %     7.33 %
Total expenses
    1.62 %5     0.87 %5     0.82 %5     0.96 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.57 %     0.76 %     0.72 %     0.85 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     50 %     105 %     104 %
1.   For the period from November 28, 2005 (inception of offering) to July 31, 2006.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an 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 repurchase at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. 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.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Year Ended July 31, 2009
    1.63 %
Year Ended July 31, 2008
    0.88 %
Year Ended July 31, 2007
    0.82 %
STOP HIGHLIGHTS
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks as high a level of current income and preservation of capital as is consistent with investing primarily in senior floating rate loans and other debt securities. The Fund’s investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Manager”).
     The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C 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 and Class C shares are sold without an initial sales charge but may be subject to an early withdrawal charge (“EWC”). Class Y shares are sold to certain institutional investors without either a front-end sales charge or an EWC, 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 and C shares 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 end of the month in which you purchase them.
     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 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 either 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 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
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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.
     Corporate, government and municipal debt instruments having a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days and all mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and other asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices.
     “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 during the period.
Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund purchases and sells interests in Senior Loans and other portfolio 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
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
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 the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund maintains internally designated assets with a market value equal to or greater than the amount of its purchase commitments. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.
Senior Loans. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in floating rate Senior Loans made to U.S. and foreign borrowers that are corporations, partnerships or other business entities. The Fund will do so either as an original lender or as a purchaser of a loan assignment or a participation interest in a loan. While most of these loans will be collateralized, the Fund can also under normal market conditions invest up to 10% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in uncollateralized floating rate Senior Loans. Senior Loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancing of borrowers. The Senior Loans pay interest at rates that float above (or are adjusted periodically based on) a benchmark that reflects current interest rates. Senior Loans generally are not listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system and no active trading market exists for many Senior Loans. As a result, many Senior Loans are illiquid, meaning the Fund may not be able to value them accurately or to sell them quickly at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain Senior Loans, the market may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods.
     As of July 31, 2009, securities with an aggregate market value of $1,363,854,932, representing 100.78% of the Fund’s net assets were comprised of Senior Loans, of which $181,092,577 representing 13.38% of the Fund’s net assets, were illiquid.
Security Credit Risk. Senior loans are subject to credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the borrower under a senior loan to make interest and principal payments as they become due. The Fund’s investments in senior loans are subject to risk of default.
Information concerning securities in default as of July 31, 2009 is as follows:
         
Cost
  $ 193,375,150  
Market Value
  $ 78,233,181  
Market Value as a % of Net Assets
    5.78 %
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Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies and amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and foreign investment income are translated into U.S. dollars as of the close of the Exchange, normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading. Foreign exchange rates may be valued primarily using a reliable bank, dealer or service authorized by the Board of Trustees.
     Reported net realized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, exchange rate fluctuations between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation on the translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
     The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.
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. 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.
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.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
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  
Undistributed   Undistributed     Accumulated     Other Investments  
Net Investment   Long-Term     Loss     for Federal Income  
Income   Gain     Carryforward1,2,3,4     Tax Purposes  
 
$3,404,327
  $     $ 442,005,158     $ 334,894,748  
1.   As of July 31, 2009, the Fund had $285,032,910 of net capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. As of July 31, 2009, details of the capital loss carryforwards were as follows:
         
Expiring  
 
2010
  $ 10,765,372  
2011
    26,003,298  
2014
    4,679,034  
2015
    6,897,861  
2016
    50,471,975  
2017
    186,215,370  
 
     
Total
  $ 285,032,910  
 
     
2.   As of July 31, 2009, the Fund had $156,972,248 of post-October losses available to offset future realized capital gains, if any. Such losses, if unutilized, will expire in 2018.
 
3.   During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.
 
4.   During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008, 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.
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Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for July 31, 2009. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.
         
Reduction to   Increase to  
Accumulated   Accumulated Net  
Net Investment   Realized Loss  
Loss   on Investments  
 
$23,914,543
  $ 23,914,543  
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended July 31, 2009 and July 31, 2008 was as follows:
                 
      Year Ended     Year Ended  
      July 31, 2009     July 31, 2008  
 
Distributions paid from:
               
Ordinary income
  $ 122,748,638     $ 187,634,817  
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 July 31, 2009 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
  $ 1,831,722,972  
 
     
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 28,477,190  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (363,371,938 )
 
     
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (334,894,748 )
 
     
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 to the compensation deferral plan.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
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 distributions, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually.
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.
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 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.
2. Shares of Beneficial Interest
Each quarter the Fund intends to make a “Repurchase Offer” to repurchase a portion of the Fund’s outstanding shares from shareholders. The Repurchase Offers are designed to provide some liquidity for Fund investors who wish to sell some or all of their shares. The Fund has adopted the following fundamental policies concerning periodic repurchase offers:
    The Fund will make periodic Repurchase Offers, pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as that rule may be amended from time to time).
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    Repurchase offers shall be made at periodic intervals of three months between repurchase request deadlines. The deadlines will be at the time on a regular business day (normally the last regular business day) in the months of January, April, July and October to be determined by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
    The repurchase pricing date for a particular Repurchase Offer shall be not more than 14 days after the repurchase request deadline for the repurchase offer. If that day is not a regular business day, then the repurchase pricing date will be the following business day.
     Each quarter, the Fund’s Board will determine the number of shares that the Fund will offer to repurchase in a particular Repurchase Offer. The Repurchase Offer amount will be at least 5% but not more than 25% of the total number of shares of all classes of the Fund (in the aggregate) outstanding on the repurchase request deadline. If shareholders tender more than the Repurchase Offer amount for a particular Repurchase Offer, the Fund may repurchase up to an additional 2% of the shares outstanding on the repurchase request deadline.
For the year ended July 31, 2009, the Fund extended four Repurchase Offers:
                         
    Percentage of     Amount of        
Repurchase   Outstanding Shares     Shares the     Number of  
Request   the Fund Offered     Fund Offered     Shares Tendered  
Deadlines   to Repurchase     to Repurchase     (all classes)  
 
                 
July 31, 2009
    25 %     47,108,145       11,956,184  
April 30, 2009
    25       48,684,926       14,135,596  
January 31, 2009
    25       50,760,606       19,458,997  
October 31, 2008
    25       53,470,898       32,460,440  
The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of each class and at the date of this report has registered 903,615,584 shares, par value $0.001 each. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
                                 
    Year Ended July 31, 2009     Year Ended July 31, 2008  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
 
Class A
                               
Sold
    9,559,637     $ 64,056,950       18,699,923     $ 165,087,834  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    4,741,412       30,167,213       5,377,747       47,058,278  
Repurchased
    (37,678,824 )     (246,901,421 )     (80,733,823 )     (706,145,943 )
     
Net decrease
    (23,377,775 )   $ (152,677,258 )     (56,656,153 )   $ (493,999,831 )
     
 
                               
Class B
                               
Sold
    859,925     $ 5,624,400       1,321,372     $ 11,645,785  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    940,294       5,977,025       1,021,712       8,931,096  
Repurchased
    (6,140,028 )     (40,520,658 )     (11,386,852 )     (99,125,815 )
     
Net decrease
    (4,339,809 )   $ (28,919,233 )     (9,043,768 )   $ (78,548,934 )
     
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
2. Shares of Beneficial Interest Continued
                                 
    Year Ended July 31, 2009     Year Ended July 31, 2008  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
 
Class C
                               
Sold
    4,977,378     $ 32,700,236       11,994,062     $ 106,635,301  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    5,339,319       33,977,948       6,165,709       54,027,718  
Repurchased
    (35,077,955 )     (229,866,294 )     (83,414,228 )     (726,426,076 )
     
Net decrease
    (24,761,258 )   $ (163,188,110 )     (65,254,457 )   $ (565,763,057 )
     
 
                               
Class Y
                               
Sold
    1,172,532     $ 7,672,891       844,888     $ 7,405,482  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    22,009       138,014       144,647       1,308,214  
Repurchased
    (672,821 )     (4,245,755 )     (6,796,675 )     (61,696,296 )
     
Net increase (decrease)
    521,720     $ 3,565,150       (5,807,140 )   $ (52,982,600 )
     
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, for the year ended July 31, 2009, were as follows:
                 
    Purchases     Sales  
 
Investment securities
  $ 669,685,578     $ 871,314,331  
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
    0.75 %
Next $200 million
    0.72  
Next $200 million
    0.69  
Next $200 million
    0.66  
Over $800 million
    0.60  
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 July 31, 2009, the Fund paid $2,030,319 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
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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 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 and Class C Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the “Plans”) for Class B and Class C 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. The Board of Trustees has currently set that fee rate at 0.50% of average annual net assets of the respective class per year under each plan but may increase it up to 0.75% in the future. The Distributor also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan. If either the Class B or Class C 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 June 30, 2009 were as follows:
         
Class B
  $ 6,759,381  
Class C
    41,641,102  
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates Continued
Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and EWC 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 EWC 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 A     Early     Early     Early  
    Front-End     Withdrawal     Withdrawal     Withdrawal  
    Sales Charges     Charges     Charges     Charges  
    Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by  
Year Ended   Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor  
 
July 31, 2009
  $ 52,800     $ 34,185     $ 184,362     $ 35,433  
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. From January 1, 2006 until November 30, 2008, the Manager voluntarily agreed to reduce its management fees by 0.10% of average annual net assets. As a result of this agreement, the Fund was reimbursed $595,657 for the year ended July 31, 2009. Effective December 1, 2008, the Manager terminated this voluntary waiver.
     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. This undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
     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 July 31, 2009, the Manager waived $90,495 for IMMF management fees.
5. 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.
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Market Risk Factors. In pursuit of its investment objectives, the Fund may seek to use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to the following market risk factors:
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.
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.
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.
Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.
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.
     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
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
5.   Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be credit-worthy at the time of the transaction. To reduce this risk the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements, which allow the Fund to net unrealized appreciation and depreciation for positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.
Credit Related Contingent Features. The Fund has 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 ISDA master agreements which govern positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.
If a contingent feature would have been triggered as of July 31, 2009, the Fund could have been required to pay this amount in cash to its counterparties. The Fund did not hold or post collateral for its derivative transactions.
Swap Contracts. The Fund may enter into swap contract agreements with a counterparty to exchange a series of cash flows based on either specified reference rates, or the occurrence of a credit event, over a specified period. Such contracts may include interest rate, equity, debt, index, total return, credit and currency swaps.
     Swaps are marked to market daily using primarily quotations from pricing services, counterparties and brokers. Swap contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The value of the contracts is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the accrued interest due to (owed by) the Fund at termination or settlement. The net change in this amount during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also records any periodic payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, under such contracts as realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.
     Swap contract agreements are exposed to the market risk factor of the specific underlying reference asset. Swap contracts are typically more attractively priced compared to similar investments in related cash securities because they isolate the risk to one market risk factor and eliminate the other market risk factors. Investments in cash securities (for instance bonds) have exposure to multiple risk factors (credit and interest rate risk).
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Because swaps require little or no initial cash investment, they can expose the Fund to substantial risk in the isolated market risk factor.
     Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk. Counterparty 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 payments that the Fund has not yet received. If there is an illiquid market for the agreement, the Fund may be unable to close the contract prior to contract termination.
Credit Default Swap Contracts. A credit default swap is a bilateral contract that enables an investor to buy or sell protection on a debt security against a defined-issuer credit event, such as the issuer’s failure to make timely payments of interest or principal on the debt security, bankruptcy or restructuring. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps either by buying or selling protection on a single security, sovereign debt, or a basket of securities (the “reference asset”).
The buyer of protection pays a periodic fee to the seller of protection based on the notional amount of debt securities underlying the swap contract. The seller of protection agrees to compensate the buyer of protection for future potential losses as a result of a credit event on the reference asset. The contract effectively transfers the credit event risk of the reference asset from the buyer of protection to the seller of protection.
The ongoing value of the contract will fluctuate throughout the term of the contract based primarily on the credit risk of the reference asset. If the credit quality of the reference asset improves relative to the credit quality at contract initiation, the buyer of protection may have an unrealized loss greater than the anticipated periodic fee owed. This unrealized loss would be the result of current credit protection being cheaper than the cost of credit protection at contract initiation. If the buyer elects to terminate the contract prior to its maturity, and there has been no credit event, this unrealized loss will become realized. If the contract is held to maturity, and there has been no credit event, the realized loss will be equal to the periodic fee paid over the life of the contract.
If there is a credit event, the buyer of protection can exercise its rights under the contract and receive a payment from the seller of protection equal to the notional amount of the reference asset less the market value of the reference asset. Upon exercise of the contract the difference between the value of the underlying reference asset and the notional amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) and is included on the Statement of Operations.
Additional associated risks to the Fund include counterparty credit risk and liquidity risk.
As of July 31, 2009, the Fund had no such credit default swap agreements outstanding.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
6. Illiquid Securities
As of July 31, 2009, investments in securities included issues that are illiquid. Investments may be illiquid because they do not have an active trading market, making it difficult to value them or dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. Securities that are illiquid are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments.
7. Loan Commitments
Pursuant to the terms of certain credit agreements, the Fund has unfunded loan commitments of $5,856,809 at July 31, 2009. The Fund generally will maintain with its custodian, liquid investments having an aggregate value at least equal to the market value of unfunded loan commitments. At July 31, 2009, these commitments have a market value of $6,009,234 and have been included as Corporate Loans in the Statement of Investments.
8. Borrowings
The Fund can borrow money from banks in an amount up to one third its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less all liabilities and indebtedness other than borrowings. The Fund may borrow if necessary to obtain short-term credit to allow it to repurchase shares during Repurchase Offers, to manage cash flows, and to fund additional purchase commitments under Senior Loans. The Fund may also borrow to acquire additional investments (a technique known as “leverage”). The use of leverage will subject the Fund to greater costs than funds that do not borrow for leverage, and may also make the Fund’s share price more sensitive to interest changes. Expenses incurred by the Fund with respect to interest on borrowings and commitment fees are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations.
     The Fund entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”) with a conduit lender and a bank which enables it to participate with certain other Oppenheimer funds in a committed, secured borrowing facility that permits borrowings of up to $3 billion, collectively. To secure the loan, the Fund pledges investment securities in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Interest is charged to the Fund, based on its borrowings, at current commercial paper issuance rates (0.437% as of July 31, 2009). The Fund pays additional fees annually to its lender on its outstanding borrowings to manage and administer the facility and is allocated its pro-rata share of an annual commitment fee on the amount of the unused portion of the total facility size. Total fees and interest that are included in expenses on the Fund’s Statement of Operations related to its participation in the borrowing facility during the year ended July 31, 2009 date equal 0.68% of the Fund’s average net assets on an annualized basis. The Fund has the right to prepay such loans and terminate its participation in the conduit loan facility at any time upon prior notification.
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Details of the borrowings for the year ended July 31, 2009 are as follows:
         
Average Daily Loan Balance
  $ 32,073,973  
Average Daily Interest Rate
    3.155 %
Fees Paid
  $ 10,119,720  
Interest Paid
  $ 1,030,744  
As of July 31, 2009, the Fund had no such borrowings outstanding.
9. Subsequent Events Evaluation
The Fund has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through September 17, 2009, 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.
10. Pending Litigation
During 2009, a number of complaints have been filed in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds (“Defendant Funds”) advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor — excluding the Fund. The complaints naming the Defendant Funds also name certain officers, trustees 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 complaints against the Defendant Funds 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.
     A complaint has been brought in state court against the Manager, the Distributor and another subsidiary of the Manager (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan Trust, and other complaints have been brought in state court against the Manager and that subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. All of these complaints 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 complaints have been filed in 2008 and 2009 in state and federal courts, by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those complaints relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm (“Madoff ”) and 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
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
10. Pending Litigation Continued
Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors. 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 intends to defend them vigorously. The Defendant Funds’ Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits vigorously on behalf of those Funds, their boards and the Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an 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.
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2


Appendix A

OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A shares2 of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales charge that may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.3 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 plans4
4)     Group Retirement Plans5
5)     403(b)(7) custodial plan accounts
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 contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within 18 months (24 months in the case of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals) 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 contingent deferred sales charge, the Distributor will pay the applicable concession described in the Prospectus under “Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge.”6 This waiver provision applies to:

q     

Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.


q     

Purchases of Class A shares, prior to March 1, 2007, 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.


q     

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.

q     

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”).

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 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):

q     

The Manager or its affiliates.


q     

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.


q     

Registered management investment companies, or separate accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the Distributor for that purpose.


q     

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.


q     

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).


q     

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.


q     

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.


q     

“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.


q     

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 adviser 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.


q     

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.


q     

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.


q     

A unit investment trust that has entered into an appropriate agreement with the Distributor.


q     

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.


q     

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.


q     

A TRAC-2000 401(k) plan (sponsored by the former Quest for Value Advisors) whose Class B or Class C shares of a Former Quest for Value Fund were exchanged for Class A shares of that Fund due to the termination of the Class B and Class C TRAC-2000 program on November 24, 1995.


q     

A qualified Retirement Plan that had agreed with the former Quest for Value Advisors to purchase shares of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds at net asset value, with such shares to be held through DCXchange, a sub-transfer agency mutual fund clearinghouse, if that arrangement was consummated and share purchases commenced by December 31, 1996.


q     

Effective March 1, 2007, 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.


q     

Effective October 1, 2005, taxable accounts established with the proceeds of Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Plans.


q     

Purchases by former shareholders of Atlas Strategic Income Fund of the Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund that is available for exchange to shareholders of Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund.


q     

Purchases of Class A shares by former shareholders of Atlas Strategic Income Fund in any Oppenheimer fund into which shareholders of Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund may exchange.


q     

Purchases prior to June 15, 2008 by former shareholders of Oppenheimer Tremont Market Neutral Fund, LLC or Oppenheimer Tremont Opportunity Fund, LLC, directly form the proceeds from mandatory redemptions.


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):


q     

Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.


q     

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.


q     

Shares purchased by certain Retirement Plans that are part of a retirement plan or platform offered by banks, broker-dealers, financial advisers or insurance companies, or serviced by recordkeepers.


q     

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.


q     

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):


q     

Retirement Plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets.


q     

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 contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that would otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed in the following cases:

q     

To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually to no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.


q     

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).


q     

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.7


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.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) 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.

q     

For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.


q     

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.


q     

For distributions from retirement plans which are part of a retirement plan product or platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers, financial advisers, insurance companies or record keepers which have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.


q     

At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the contingent deferred sales charge 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 contingent deferred sales charges 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 contingent deferred sales charges will be waived for redemptions of shares in the following cases:

q     

Shares redeemed involuntarily, as described in “Shareholder Account Rules and Policies,” in the applicable Prospectus.


q     

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.


q     

The contingent deferred sales charges are generally not waived following the death or disability of a grantor or trustee for a trust account. The contingent deferred sales charges 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).


q     

Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.


q     

At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the contingent deferred sales charge 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.


q     

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.


q     

Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust from accounts of clients of financial institutions that have entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor for this purpose.


q     

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.


q     

Distributions9 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.10
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.11
9)     On account of the participant’s separation from service.12
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)     Redemptions of Class B shares under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan for an account other than a Retirement Plan, if the aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the account’s value, adjusted annually.
14)     For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.

q     

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.


q     

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.


q     

Redemptions by owner-only 401(k) plans of Class B shares purchased after June 30, 2008.


B.     Waivers for Shares Sold or Issued in Certain Transactions.

The contingent deferred sales charge is also waived on Class B and Class C shares sold or issued in the following cases:

q     

Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.


q     

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.


q     

Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.


q     

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 Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former Quest for Value Funds


The initial and contingent deferred sales charge rates and waivers for Class A, Class B and Class C shares described in the Prospectus or Statement of Additional Information of the Oppenheimer funds are modified as described below for certain persons who were shareholders of the former Quest for Value Funds. To be eligible, those persons must have been shareholders on November 24, 1995, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment adviser to those former Quest for Value Funds. Those funds include:

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund, Inc.          Oppenheimer Small- & Mid- Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund               Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund     

     These arrangements also apply to shareholders of the following funds when they merged (were reorganized) into various Oppenheimer funds on November 24, 1995:

Quest for Value U.S. Government Income Fund     Quest for Value New York Tax-Exempt Fund

Quest for Value Investment Quality Income Fund     Quest for Value National Tax-Exempt Fund

Quest for Value Global Income Fund     Quest for Value California Tax-Exempt Fund

     All of the funds listed above are referred to in this Appendix as the “Former Quest for Value Funds.” The waivers of initial and contingent deferred sales charges described in this Appendix apply to shares of an Oppenheimer fund that are either:

q     

acquired by such shareholder pursuant to an exchange of shares of an Oppenheimer fund that was one of the Former Quest for Value Funds, or


q     

purchased by such shareholder by exchange of shares of another Oppenheimer fund that were acquired pursuant to the merger of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds into that other Oppenheimer fund on November 24, 1995.


A.     Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

n     

Reduced Class A Initial Sales Charge Rates for Certain Former Quest for Value Funds Shareholders.


Purchases by Groups and Associations. The following table sets forth the initial sales charge rates for Class A shares purchased by members of “Associations” formed for any purpose other than the purchase of securities. The rates in the table apply if that Association purchased shares of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds or received a proposal to purchase such shares from OCC Distributors prior to November 24, 1995.

Number of Eligible Employees or Members

Initial Sales Charge as a % of Offering Price

Initial Sales Charge as a % of Net Amount Invested

Concession as % of Offering Price

9 or Fewer

2.50%

2.56%

2.00%

At least 10 but not more than 49

2.00%

2.04%

1.60%

     For purchases by Associations having 50 or more eligible employees or members, there is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares, but those shares are subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge described in the applicable fund’s Prospectus.
 

     Purchases made under this arrangement qualify for the lower of either the sales charge rate in the table based on the number of members of an Association, or the sales charge rate that applies under the Right of Accumulation described in the applicable fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. Individuals who qualify under this arrangement for reduced sales charge rates as members of Associations also may purchase shares for their individual or custodial accounts at these reduced sales charge rates, upon request to the Distributor.

n     

Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders. Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A initial or contingent deferred sales charges:


·     

Shareholders who were shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on February 28, 1991 and who acquired shares of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the AMA Family of Funds.


·     

Shareholders who acquired shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.


n     

Waiver of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge in Certain Transactions. The Class A contingent deferred sales charge will not apply to redemptions of Class A shares purchased by the following investors who were shareholders of any Former Quest for Value Fund:


     Investors who purchased Class A shares from a dealer that is or was not permitted to receive a sales load or redemption fee imposed on a shareholder with whom that dealer has a fiduciary relationship, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations adopted under that law.
 

B.     Class A, Class B and Class C Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers.
 

n     

Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest for Value Fund or into which such fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection with:


·     

withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan holding only either Class B or Class C shares if the annual withdrawal does not exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value, adjusted annually; and


·     

liquidation of a shareholder’s account if the aggregate net asset value of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum value of such accounts.


·     


n     

Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased on or After March 6, 1995 but Prior to November 24, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest For Value Fund or into which such Former Quest for Value Fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased on or after March 6, 1995, but prior to November 24, 1995:


·     

redemptions following the death or disability of the shareholder(s) (as evidenced by a determination of total disability by the U.S. Social Security Administration);


·     

withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan (but only for Class B or Class C shares) where the annual withdrawals do not exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value; adjusted annually; and


·     

liquidation of a shareholder’s account if the aggregate net asset value of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum account value.


A shareholder’s account will be credited with the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge paid on the redemption of any Class A, Class B or Class C shares of the Oppenheimer fund described in this section if the proceeds are invested in the same Class of shares in that fund or another Oppenheimer fund within 90 days after redemption.

V.     

Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts, Inc.


The initial and contingent deferred sale charge rates and waivers for Class A and Class B shares described in the respective Prospectus (or this Appendix) of the following Oppenheimer funds (each is referred to as a “Fund” in this section):

Oppenheimer U. S. Government Trust,
Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund,
Oppenheimer Value Fund

and are modified as described below for those Fund shareholders who were shareholders of the following funds (referred to as the “Former Connecticut Mutual Funds”) on March 1, 1996, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:

Connecticut Mutual Liquid Account     Connecticut Mutual Total Return Account

Connecticut Mutual Government Securities Account     CMIA LifeSpan Capital Appreciation Account

Connecticut Mutual Income Account     CMIA LifeSpan Balanced Account
Connecticut Mutual Growth Account     CMIA Diversified Income Account

A.     Prior Class A CDSC and Class A Sales Charge Waivers.

n     

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. Certain shareholders of a Fund and the other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds are entitled to continue to make additional purchases of Class A shares at net asset value without a Class A initial sales charge, but subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge that was in effect prior to March 18, 1996 (the “prior Class A CDSC”). Under the prior Class A CDSC, if any of those shares are redeemed within one year of purchase, they will be assessed a 1% contingent deferred sales charge on an amount equal to the current market value or the original purchase price of the shares sold, whichever is smaller (in such redemptions, any shares not subject to the prior Class A CDSC will be redeemed first).


Those shareholders who are eligible for the prior Class A CDSC are:

1)     persons whose purchases of Class A shares of a Fund and other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds were $500,000 prior to March 18, 1996, as a result of direct purchases or purchases pursuant to the Fund’s policies on Combined Purchases or Rights of Accumulation, who still hold those shares in that Fund or other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and

2)     persons whose intended purchases under a Statement of Intention entered into prior to March 18, 1996, with the former general distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds to purchase shares valued at $500,000 or more over a 13-month period entitled those persons to purchase shares at net asset value without being subject to the Class A initial sales charge

Any of the Class A shares of a Fund and the other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds that were purchased at net asset value prior to March 18, 1996, remain subject to the prior Class A CDSC, or if any additional shares are purchased by those shareholders at net asset value pursuant to this arrangement they will be subject to the prior Class A CDSC.

n     

Class A Sales Charge Waivers. Additional Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased without a sales charge, by a person who was in one (or more) of the categories below and acquired Class A shares prior to March 18, 1996, and still holds Class A shares:


1)     any purchaser, provided the total initial amount invested in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more, including investments made pursuant to the Combined Purchases, Statement of Intention and Rights of Accumulation features available at the time of the initial purchase and such investment is still held in one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds or a Fund into which such Fund merged;

2)     any participant in a qualified plan, provided that the total initial amount invested by the plan in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more;

3)     Directors of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds and members of their immediate families;

4)     employee benefit plans sponsored by Connecticut Mutual Financial Services, L.L.C. (“CMFS”), the prior distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and its affiliated companies;

5)     one or more members of a group of at least 1,000 persons (and persons who are retirees from such group) engaged in a common business, profession, civic or charitable endeavor or other activity, and the spouses and minor dependent children of such persons, pursuant to a marketing program between CMFS and such group; and

6)     an institution acting as a fiduciary on behalf of an individual or individuals, if such institution was directly compensated by the individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, provided the institution had an agreement with CMFS.

Purchases of Class A shares made pursuant to (1) and (2) above may be subject to the Class A CDSC of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds described above.

Additionally, Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased without a sales charge by any holder of a variable annuity contract issued in New York State by Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company through the Panorama Separate Account which is beyond the applicable surrender charge period and which was used to fund a qualified plan, if that holder exchanges the variable annuity contract proceeds to buy Class A shares of the Fund.

B.     Class A and Class B Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers.

In addition to the waivers set forth in the Prospectus and in this Appendix, above, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A and Class B shares of a Fund and exchanges of Class A or Class B shares of a Fund into Class A or Class B shares of a Former Connecticut Mutual Fund provided that the Class A or Class B shares of the Fund to be redeemed or exchanged were (i) acquired prior to March 18, 1996 or (ii) were acquired by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Connecticut Mutual Fund. Additionally, the shares of such Former Connecticut Mutual Fund must have been purchased prior to March 18, 1996:

1)     by the estate of a deceased shareholder;

2)     upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code;

3)     for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or beneficiaries from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b)(7)of the Code, or from IRAs, deferred compensation plans created under Section 457 of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;

4)     

as tax-free returns of excess contributions to such retirement or employee benefit plans;


5)     in whole or in part, in connection with shares sold to any state, county, or city, or any instrumentality, department, authority, or agency thereof, that is prohibited by applicable investment laws from paying a sales charge or concession in connection with the purchase of shares of any registered investment management company;

6)     in connection with the redemption of shares of the Fund due to a combination with another investment company by virtue of a merger, acquisition or similar reorganization transaction;

7)     in connection with the Fund’s right to involuntarily redeem or liquidate the Fund;

8)     in connection with automatic redemptions of Class A shares and Class B shares in certain retirement plan accounts pursuant to an Automatic Withdrawal Plan but limited to no more than 12% of the original value annually; or

9)     as involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law, or under procedures set forth in the Fund’s Articles of Incorporation, or as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund.

VI.     

Special Reduced Sales Charge for Former Shareholders of Advance America Funds, Inc.


Shareholders of Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals, Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust, Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund and Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund who acquired (and still hold) shares of those funds as a result of the reorganization of series of Advance America Funds, Inc. into those Oppenheimer funds on October 18, 1991, and who held shares of Advance America Funds, Inc. on March 30, 1990, may purchase Class A shares of those four Oppenheimer funds at a maximum sales charge rate of 4.50%.

VII.     

Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund


Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (referred to as the “Fund” in this section) may sell Class M shares at net asset value without any initial sales charge to the classes of current Class M shareholders listed below who, prior to March 11, 1996, owned shares of the Fund's then-existing Class A and were permitted to purchase those shares at net asset value without a sales charge:

q     

the Manager and its affiliates,


q     

present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their “immediate families” as defined in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them or the prior investment adviser of the Fund for their employees,


q     

registered management investment companies or separate accounts of insurance companies that had an agreement with the Fund’s prior investment adviser or distributor for that purpose,


q     

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,


q     

employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers or brokers described in the preceding section or financial institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with those dealers or brokers (and whose identity is made known to the Distributor) or with the Distributor, but only if the purchaser certifies to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the purchaser meets these qualifications,


q     

dealers, brokers, or registered investment advisers that had entered into an agreement with the Distributor or the prior distributor of the Fund specifically providing for the use of Class M shares of the Fund in specific investment products made available to their clients, and


dealers, brokers or registered investment advisers that had entered into an agreement with the Distributor or prior distributor of the Fund’s shares to sell shares to defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer, broker, or investment adviser provides administrative services.

 

1. The term “Independent Trustees” in this SAI refers to those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund and who do not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the distribution plan or any agreement under the plan.

2 Certain waivers also apply to Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund.

3 In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a continuously-offered closed-end fund, references to contingent deferred sales charges mean the Fund’s Early Withdrawal Charges and references to “redemptions” mean “repurchases” of shares.

4 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 This provision does not apply to IRAs.

8 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.

9 The distribution must be requested prior to Plan termination or the elimination of the Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.

10 This provision does not apply to IRAs.

11 This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans and loans from the OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single K retirement plan.

12 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.

 

 

 

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Internet Website:

     www.oppenheimerfunds.com

Investment Adviser

      OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

     Two World Financial Center
     225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor
     New York, NY 10281-1008

Distributor

      OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

     Two World Financial Center
     225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor
     New York, NY 10281-1008

Transfer Agent
     OppenheimerFunds Services

     P.O. Box 5270
     Denver, Colorado 80217
     1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

Custodian Bank

     The Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

     60 Wall Street, 17th floor

NYC60-1701

New York, NY 10005-2848

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     KPMG llp

707 Seventeenth Street

     Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Counsel

K&L Gates LLP

70 West Madison Street, Suite 3300

Chicago, Illinois 60602-42079

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PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 25. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     1.     Financial Statements: Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended July, 31, 2009 are included in Part B.
 
     2.     Exhibits

(a)     

(1)     Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated August 13, 1999 of Registrant: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, 8/31/99 (Reg. No. 333-82579), and incorporated herein by reference.


(2)     

Amendment Number 1 dated August 27, 2002 to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated August 13, 1999. Previously filed with Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 9, 09/24/02 and incorporated herein by reference.


(3)     

Amendment Number 2 dated September 22, 2005 to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated August 13, 1999: Previously filed with the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 18, 10/06/05 and incorporated herein by reference.


(b)     

By-Laws of Registrant as amended and restated through October 23, 2001: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 10, 09/17/03 and incorporated herein by reference.


          (c)     Not Applicable.
 

          (d)     Articles Fourth, Fifth and Seventh of Registrant’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust define the rights of holders of the securities.

          (e)     Not Applicable.
 
          (f)     Not Applicable.
 

          (g)     Form of Investment Advisory Agreement dated 8/24/99 between Registrant and OppenheimerFunds, Inc: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, 8/31/99 (Reg. No. 333-82579), and incorporated herein by reference.

          (h)     (1)     Form of General Distributor's Agreement dated 8/24/99 between Registrant and OppenheimerFunds Distributors, Inc: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, 8/31/99 (Reg. No. 333-82579), and incorporated herein by reference.

               (2)     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.

               (3)     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.

(4)     

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.


(5)     

Form of Trust Company Fund/SERV Purchase 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.


(6)     

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.


(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.


          (j)     (1)     Custodian Agreement dated 5/13/02. Previously filed with Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 9, 09/24/02 and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)     

Amended and Restated Foreign Custody Manager Agreement dated 4/3/01: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund (Reg. No. 2-82590), 10/25/01, and incorporated herein by reference.


          (k)     (1)     Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement dated 10/28/05 for Class A Shares: Previously filed with the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 09/26/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

               (2)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement dated 10/28/05 for Class B shares: Previously filed with the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 09/26/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

               (3)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement dated 10/28/05 for Class C Shares: Previously filed with the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 09/26/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

               (4)     Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 updated through 09/17/09: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund (Reg. No. 333-78269), (10/02/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

          (l)     (1)     Opinion of Myer, Swanson, Adams & Wolf, P.C., counsel to Registrant, as to the legality of the Fund’s shares dated 7/10/06: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, 7/14/06 and incorporated herein by reference.

               (2)     Opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, special Massachusetts counsel to Registrant, as to the legality of the Fund’s shares dated 8/26/99.

               

          (m)     Not Applicable.
           

          (n)     Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent: Filed herewith.

                    Powers of Attorneys dated August 26, 2009 for all Trustees/Directors and Principal Officers:   Filed            herewith.

          

           (o)     Not Applicable.
 

     (p)     Subscription Agreement for Initial Capital dated 8/24/99: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, 8/31/99 (Reg. No. 333-82579), and incorporated herein by reference.

          (q)     Not Applicable.
 

(r)     

Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated August 30, 2007 under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Previously filed with the Initial Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Investor Fund (Reg. No. 333-146105), 9/14/07, and incorporated herein by reference.


        

ITEM 26. MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS
 


     See Form of General Distributor's Agreement filed as Exhibit (h)(1) to this Registration Statement.

ITEM 27. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION: All of the Registrant’s initial organization and offering expenses have been absorbed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. The additional registration fees for the Registrant’s securities have been detailed in Part A, Prospectus cover page.

ITEM 28. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL
 

          Not applicable.
 

ITEM 29. NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Title of Class     Number of Record Holders as of November 18, 2009

Class A Shares of Beneficial Interest     20,541

Class B Shares of Beneficial Interest           7,886
Class C Shares of Beneficial Interest          21,288

Class Y Shares of Beneficial Interest          116

     

ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION
 

Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seven of Registrant's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit 2(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 INVESTMENT ADVISER
 

     (a) The description of the business of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is set forth under the caption "How the Fund is Managed" in the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information forming part of this Registration Statement.
 
     (b) The information as to the Directors and Officers of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. set forth in OppenheimerFunds, Inc.'s Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 801-825), as amended through the date hereof, is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 32. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
 

1.     

Accounts and records of the Fund are maintained at (i) the Fund's office at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112 and (ii) the offices of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street- 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.


2.     

OppenheimerFunds Services, P.O. Box 5270 Denver, Colorado 80217, maintains all the required records in its capacity as transfer, dividend paying and shareholder service agent of the Registrant.


ITEM 33. MANAGEMENT SERVICES
 
     Not Applicable.
 
ITEM 34. UNDERTAKINGS
 
     1.     Not Applicable.
 
     2.     Not Applicable.
 
     3.     Not Applicable.
 

     4.     a.     To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

          b.     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
          c.     To remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
          5.     Not Applicable.
 
          6.     The Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days of receipt of a written or oral request, any Statement of Additional Information.

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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 486(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 this 20th day of November, 2009.

               OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

     By: John V. Murphy*

          ---------------------------------------------

     John V. Murphy, President,

     Principal Executive Officer & 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 and on the date indicated:

Signatures                                                 Title                                                            Date

William L. Armstrong*                             Chairman of the                                          November 20, 2009

---------------------------                            Board of Trustees
William L. Armstrong
 

John V. Murphy*                                       President, Principal                                    November 20, 2009

------------------------                                Executive Officer & Trustee
John V. Murphy     
 

Brian W. Wixted*                                     Treasurer, Principal                                    November 20, 2009

-------------------------                               Financial & Accounting Officer
Brian W. Wixted     
 

George C. Bowen*                                    Trustee                                                        November 20, 2009

----------------------
George C. Bowen

Edward L. Cameron*                                 Trustee                                                       November 20, 2009

------------------------
Edward
L. Cameron
 

Jon S. Fossel*                                           Trustee                                                       November 20, 2009

--------------------
Jon S. Fossel
 

Sam Freedman*                                        Trustee                                                        November 20, 2009

---------------------
Sam Freedman

Beverly L. Hamilton*

-------------------------                               Trustee                                                       November 20, 2009

Beverly L. Hamilton
 

Robert J. Malone*

-----------------------                                  Trustee                                                       November 20, 2009

Robert J. Malone

F. William Marshall, Jr.*                          Trustee                                                       November 20, 2009

----------------------------
F. William Marshall, Jr.
 
*By: /s/ Kathleen T. Ives

-----------------------------------------

Kathleen T. Ives, Attorney-in-Fact

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OPPENHEIMER SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND

Registration Statement No. 333-82579
 
EXHIBITS FILED

Exhibit No.      Exhibit

(n)     

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s consent


                 Powers of Attorneys for all Trustees/Directors and Principal Officers

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