497 1 totalreturn497.htm TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND 497 OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND
                      OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND
                   Supplement dated August 28, 2003 to the
                       Prospectus dated August 28, 2003



The Prospectus is changed as follows:

1.   Class Y shares are not currently available for sale.


August 28,
2003
PS0535.002







Oppenheimer
Total Return Bond Fund


Prospectus dated August 28, 2003




                                         Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund is
                                         a mutual fund that seeks to maximize
                                         total return through both capital
                                         appreciation and income. As a
                                         secondary objective, it emphasizes
                                         preservation of capital.
                                              This Prospectus contains
                                         important information about the Fund's
                                         objective, and its investment
                                         policies, strategies and risks. It
                                         also contains important information
As with all mutual funds, the            about how to buy and sell shares of
Securities and Exchange Commission has   the Fund and other account features.
not approved or disapproved the Fund's   Please read this Prospectus carefully
securities nor has it determined that    before you invest and keep it for
this Prospectus is accurate or           future reference about your account.
complete. It is a criminal offense to
represent otherwise.




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CONTENTS

                  ABOUT THE FUND

                  The Fund's Investment Objectives and Strategies

                  Main Risks of Investing in the Fund

                  The Fund's Performance

                  Fees and Expenses of the Fund

                  About the Fund's Investments

                  How the Fund is Managed


                  ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

                  How to Buy Shares
                  Class A Shares
                  Class B Shares
                  Class C Shares
                  Class N Shares
                  Class Y Shares

                  Special Investor Services
                  AccountLink
                  PhoneLink
                  OppenheimerFunds Internet Website
                  Automatic Withdrawal and Exchange Plans
                  Reinvestment Privilege

                  How to Sell Shares
                  By Checkwriting
                  By Telephone
                  By Mail

                  How to Exchange Shares

                  Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

                  Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes



ABOUT THE FUND

The Fund's Investment Objectives and Strategies

WHAT ARE THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE?  The Fund seeks to maximize total
return through both capital appreciation and income. As a secondary
objective, it emphasizes preservation of capital.

WHAT DOES THE FUND MAINLY INVEST IN?  The Fund invests at least 80% of its
net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in debt securities. The
Fund primarily invests in investment-grade debt securities, U.S. government
securities and money market instruments, under normal market conditions.
Those investment-grade debt securities can include:

o     domestic and foreign government bonds,
o     domestic and foreign corporate debt obligations,
o     mortgage-related securities (including collateralized mortgage
   obligations ("CMOs")) issued by private issuers, and
o     other debt obligations.

      In general, these debt securities are referred to as "bonds." The
Fund's investments in U.S. government securities include securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or federally-chartered
corporate entities referred to as "instrumentalities." These include
mortgage-related U.S. government securities and CMOs.

      There is no set allocation of the Fund's assets among the classes of
securities the Fund buys, but currently the Fund focuses mainly on U.S.
government securities and investment-grade debt securities. However, if
market conditions change, the Fund's portfolio managers might change the
relative allocation of the Fund's assets. The Fund can invest up to 20% of
its total assets in high-yield debt securities that are below
investment-grade (commonly referred to as "junk bonds").

      The Fund seeks to maintain an average effective portfolio duration
(discussed below) of three to six years (measured on a dollar-weighted basis)
to try to reduce the volatility of the value of its securities portfolio. The
Fund has no limitations on the range of maturities of the debt securities in
which it can invest and therefore may hold bonds with short-, medium- or
long-term maturities. Because of market events and interest rate changes, the
duration of the portfolio might not meet that target at all times. The
Manager will attempt to maintain the overall weighted average credit quality
of the portfolio at a rating of "A-" (or equivalent) or higher from any
nationally recognized credit rating organization. These investments are more
fully explained in "About the Fund's Investments," below. As stated below,
the Fund can use derivatives to seek increased returns or to try to hedge
investment risks.

HOW DO THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS DECIDE WHAT SECURITIES TO BUY OR SELL? In
selecting securities for the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers analyze the
overall investment opportunities and risks in different sectors of the debt
securities markets by focusing on business cycle analysis and relative values
between the corporate and government sectors. The portfolio managers' overall
strategy is to build a broadly diversified portfolio of corporate and
government bonds. The portfolio managers currently focus on the factors below
(which may vary in particular cases and may change over time), looking
for:

o     Debt securities in market sectors that offer attractive relative value,
o     Investment-grade securities that offer more income than U.S. treasury
      obligations with a good balance of risk and return,
o     High income potential from different types of corporate and government
      securities, and
o     Broad portfolio diversification to help reduce the volatility of the
      Fund's share prices.

The portfolio manager monitors individual issuers for changes in the factors
above and these changes may trigger a decision to sell a security. Generally,
the "total return" sought by the Fund consists of income earned on the Fund's
investments, plus capital appreciation, if any, which generally arises from
decreases in interest rates, improving credit fundamentals for a particular
sector or security, and managing pre-payment risks associated with
mortgage-related securities, as well as other techniques.

WHO IS THE FUND DESIGNED FOR? The Fund is designed for investors seeking high
total return from a fund that invests primarily in investment-grade debt
securities but which can also hold high-yield below investment-grade debt
securities. Those investors should be willing to assume the credit risks of a
fund that typically invests a significant amount of its assets in
corporate-debt securities, and the changes in share prices that can occur
when interest rates change. The Fund is intended as a long-term investment,
not a short-term trading vehicle, and may be appropriate for a part of an
investor's retirement plan portfolio. The Fund is not a complete investment
program.

Main Risks of Investing in the Fund

All investments have risks to some degree. The Fund's investments are subject
to changes in value from a number of factors, described below. They include
changes in general bond market movements in the U.S. and abroad (this is
referred to as "market risk"). There is also the risk that poor security
selection by the Fund's investment Manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., will
cause the Fund to underperform other funds having similar objectives.

Credit Risk. Debt securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the
risk that the issuer of a debt security might not make interest and principal
payments on the security as they become due. A downgrade in an issuer's
credit rating or other adverse news about an issuer can reduce the value of
that issuer's securities. Securities directly issued by the U.S. Treasury and
certain agencies that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
government have little credit risk, and securities issued by other agencies
of the U.S. government generally have low credit risks. Securities issued by
private issuers have greater credit risks. If an issuer fails to pay
interest, the Fund's income may be reduced. If an issuer fails to repay
principal, the value of that security and of the Fund's shares may be reduced.

o     Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. Because the Fund can invest up
      to 20% of its total assets in securities (including convertible
      securities) below investment-grade, the Fund's credit risks are greater
      than those of funds that buy only investment-grade securities.
      Lower-grade debt securities may be subject to greater market
      fluctuations and greater risks of loss of income and principal than
      investment-grade debt securities. Securities that are (or that have
      fallen) below investment grade are exposed to a greater risk that the
      issuers of those securities might not meet their debt obligations.
      Those risks can reduce the Fund's share prices and the income it earns.
      The market for lower-grade securities may be less liquid, especially
      during times of economic distress, and therefore they may be harder to
      value or to sell at an acceptable price.

Interest Rate Risks. Debt securities are subject to changes in value when
prevailing interest rates change. When prevailing interest rates fall, the
values of outstanding debt securities generally rise. When prevailing
interest rates rise, the values of outstanding debt securities generally
fall, and those securities may sell at a discount from their face amount. The
magnitude of these fluctuations is generally greater for securities having
longer maturities than for short-term securities. However, interest rate
changes may have different effects on the values of mortgage-related
securities because of prepayment risks, discussed below.

      At times, the Fund may buy longer-term debt securities. When the
average duration of the Fund's portfolio is longer, its share prices may
fluctuate more when interest rates change. The Fund can buy zero-coupon or
"stripped" securities, which are particularly sensitive to interest rate
changes and the rate of principal payments (and prepayments). These are
derivative securities that have prices that may go up or down more than other
types of debt securities in response to interest rate changes. The Fund's
share prices can go up or down when interest rates change, because of the
effect of the change on the value of the Fund's investments. Also, if
interest rates fall, the Fund's investments in new securities at lower yields
will reduce the Fund's income.

PREPAYMENT RISK. Prepayment risk is the risk that the issuer of a security
can prepay the principal prior to the security's expected maturity. The
prices and yields of mortgage-related securities are determined, in part, by
assumptions about the cash flows from the rate of payments of the underlying
mortgages. Changes in interest rates may cause the rate of expected
prepayments of those mortgages to change. In general, prepayments increase
when general interest rates fall and decrease when general interest rates
rise.

      The impact of prepayments on the price of a security may be difficult
to predict and may increase the volatility of the price. Interest-only and
principal-only "stripped" securities can be particularly volatile when
interest rates change. If the Fund buys mortgage-related securities at a
premium, accelerated prepayments on those securities could cause the Fund to
lose a portion of its principal investment represented by the premium the
Fund paid.

      If prepayments of mortgages underlying a CMO occur faster than expected
when interest rates fall, the market value and yield of the CMO could be
reduced.  If interest rates rise rapidly, prepayments may occur at slower
rates than expected, which could have the effect of lengthening the expected
maturity of a short- or medium-term security. That could cause its value to
fluctuate more widely in response to changes in interest rates. In turn, this
could cause the value of the Fund's shares to fall more.
risks of Using Derivative Investments. The Fund can use derivatives to seek
increased returns or to try to hedge investment risks. In general terms, a
derivative investment is an investment contract whose value depends on (or is
derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index.
Options, futures, interest-only and principal-only securities, structured
notes, interest-rate swap agreements and mortgage-related securities are
examples of derivatives the Fund can use.

      If the issuer of the derivative does not pay the amount due, the Fund
can lose money on the investment. Also, the underlying security or investment
on which the derivative is based, and the derivative itself, may not perform
the way the Manager expected it to perform. If that happens, the Fund's share
prices could fall and the Fund could get less income than expected, or its
hedge might be unsuccessful. Some derivatives may be illiquid, making it
difficult to value or to sell them at an acceptable price. The Fund has
limits on the amount of certain types of derivatives it can hold. However,
using derivatives can cause the Fund to lose money on its investments and/or
increase the volatility of its share prices.

HOW RISKY IS THE FUND OVERALL? The risks described above collectively form
the overall risk profile of the Fund, and can affect the value of the Fund's
investments, its investment performance and the prices of its shares.
Particular investments and investment strategies also have risks. These risks
mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund. When you redeem your
shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them. The share
price of the Fund will change daily based on changes in interest rates,
market prices of securities and market conditions, and in response to other
economic events. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its
investment objective.

      Debt securities are subject to market, credit and interest rate risks
that can affect their values and the share prices of the Fund. Prepayment
risks of mortgage-backed securities can cause the Fund to reinvest proceeds
of its investments in lower-yielding securities. In the OppenheimerFunds
spectrum, the Fund generally has more risks than bond funds that focus
primarily on U. S. government securities, but the Fund's emphasis on
investment-grade securities may make its share prices less volatile than
high-yield bond funds or funds that focus on foreign bonds.

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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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(a)   The Fund's Past Performance

Because the Fund recently commenced operations,  prior performance information
for a full calendar year is not yet available.  Please  remember that the Fund
is  intended  to be a  long-term  investment,  that  performance  results  are
historical,  and that past performance (particularly over a short-term period)
is not necessarily predictive of future results.




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.  The Fund pays a
variety of expenses  directly for  management  of its assets,  administration,
distribution of its shares and other  services.  Those expenses are subtracted
from the Fund's  assets to  calculate  the Fund's net asset  values per share.
All  shareholders  therefore pay those expenses  indirectly.  Shareholders pay
other expenses  directly,  such as sales charges.  The numbers below are based
on the Fund's  expenses  during its  fiscal  period  from  February  21,  2003
(commencement  of operations) to April 30, 2003, with the exception of Class Y
shares for which the numbers below are based on  anticipated  expenses  during
the first fiscal  period that Class Y shares are offered.  Class Y shares were
not offered during the Fund's fiscal period ended April 30, 2003.

Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):

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                                Class A  Class B  Class C   Class N   Class Y
                                Shares    Shares   Shares   Shares    Shares
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on   4.75%     None     None     None      None
Purchases (as % of offering
price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge
(Load) (as % of the lower of     None1     5%2      1%3       1%4      None
the
original offering price or
redemption proceeds)
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1. A contingent deferred sales charge may apply to redemptions of investments
of $1 million or more ($500,000 for certain retirement plan accounts) of
Class A shares. See "How to Buy Shares" for details.
2. Applies to redemptions in first year after purchase. The contingent
deferred sales charge declines to 1% in the sixth year and is eliminated
thereafter.
3. Applies to shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
4. Applies to shares redeemed within 18 months of retirement plan's first
purchase of Class N shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets):
(% of average daily net assets)

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                                Class A  Class B  Class C   Class N  Class Y
                                Shares    Shares   Shares   Shares    Shares
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Management Fees                  0.50%    0.50%    0.50%     0.50%     0.50%
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Distribution and/or Service      0.25%    1.00%    1.00%     0.50%     None
(12b-1) Fees
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Other Expenses                   0.54%    0.86%    0.78%     1.63%     0.54%
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Total Annual Operating           1.29%    2.36%    2.28%     2.63%     1.04%
Expenses
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Expenses may vary in future years.   "Other Expenses" that the Fund pays
include transfer agent fees, custodial expenses, and accounting and legal
expenses, among others. For Class Y shares, "Other Expenses" are estimates of
those expenses based on the Manager's projections of what those expenses will
be during the first fiscal year that Class Y shares are offered. The Manager
has voluntarily agreed to waive management fees and/or reimburse the Fund for
certain expenses so that "Total Annual Operating Expenses" will not exceed
0.90% for Class A shares, 1.65% for Class B shares and Class C shares, and
1.15% for Class N shares, respectively. This voluntary waiver may be amended
or withdrawn at any time. The "Other Expenses" in the table are based on,
among other things, the fees the Fund would have paid if the transfer agent
had not waived a portion of its fee under a voluntary undertaking to the Fund
to limit these fees to 0.35% of average daily net assets per fiscal year for
all classes. "Total Annual Operating Expenses" as percentages of average
daily net assets after taking into account the voluntary management waiver
described above and the transfer agent fee waiver were 0.90% for Class A,
1.65% for Class B, 1.65% for Class C and 1.15% for Class N.





Examples. The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of
investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The
examples assume that you invest $10,000 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 redeem all of your shares at the end
of those periods. The second example assumes that you keep your shares. Both
examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that
the class's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be
higher or lower because expenses will vary over time. Based on these
assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

     If shares are         1 Year        3 Years       5 Years      10 Years
       redeemed:
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     Class A Shares         $699          $960         $1,242        $2,042
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     Class B Shares         $739         $1,036        $1,460       $2,1821
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     Class C Shares         $331          $712         $1,220        $2,615
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     Class N Shares         $366          $817         $1,395        $2,964
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     Class Y Shares         $106          $331          $574         $1,271
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   If shares are not       1 Year        3 Years       5 Years      10 Years
       redeemed:
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     Class A Shares         $699          $960         $1,242        $2,042
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     Class B Shares         $239          $736         $1,260       $2,1821
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     Class C Shares         $231          $712         $1,220        $2,615
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     Class N Shares         $266          $817         $1,395        $2,964
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     Class Y Shares         $106          $331          $574         $1,271
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1.    Class B expenses for years 7 through 10 are based on Class A expenses
      because Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 72
      months after purchase.

In the first example, expenses include the initial sales charge for Class A
and the applicable Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales
charges. In the second example, the Class A expenses include the sales
charge, but Class B, Class C and Class N expenses do not include contingent
deferred sales charges.  There are no sales charges on Class Y shares.

About the Fund's Investments

THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT POLICIES. The allocation of the Fund's
portfolio among the different types of investments will vary over time based
upon the evaluation of economic and market trends. The Fund's portfolio might
not always include all of the different types of investments described in
this prospectus. The Statement of Additional Information contains more
detailed information about the Fund's investment policies and risks.

The Manager tries to reduce risks by carefully researching securities before
they are purchased. The Fund attempts to reduce its exposure to market risks
by diversifying its investments, that is, by not holding a substantial amount
of securities of any one issuer and by not investing too great a percentage
of the Fund's assets in any one company. Also, the Fund does not concentrate
25% or more of its investments in any one industry.

      However, changes in the overall market prices of securities and any
income they may pay can occur at any time. The share price and yield of the
Fund will change daily based on changes in market prices of securities and
market conditions, and in response to other economic events.

In selecting debt securities and evaluating their yield potential and credit
risk, the Manager does not rely solely on ratings by rating organizations but
evaluates business and economic factors affecting an issuer as well. The debt
securities the Fund buys may be rated by nationally recognized rating
organizations such as Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") or Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services, Inc. ("S&P"), or they may be unrated securities
assigned an equivalent rating by the Manager. "Investment-grade" rated
securities are those in the four highest rating categories of national
ratings organizations. A description of those ratings definitions is included
in Appendix A to the Statement of Additional Information.

o     U.S. Government Securities. Not all of the U.S. government securities
      the Fund buys are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.
      government as to payment of interest and repayment of principal. Some
      are backed by the right of the entity to borrow from the U.S. Treasury.
      Others are backed only by the credit of the instrumentality. All of
      these different types of securities described below are generally
      referred to as "U.S. government securities" in this Prospectus.
o     U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (having
      maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (having
      maturities of more than one year and up to ten years when issued), and
      Treasury bonds (having 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 buy U.S. Treasury securities that have been
      "stripped" of their coupons and zero-coupon securities described below.
o     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 ("Ginnie Mae") pass-through mortgage certificates. 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 ("Fannie Mae") bonds or Federal Home Loan Mortgage
      Corporation ("Freddie Mac") obligations.
o     Mortgage-Related U.S. Government Securities. These include interests in
      pools of residential or commercial mortgages, in the form of CMOs and
      other "pass-through" mortgage securities. CMOs that are U.S. government
      securities have collateral to secure payment of interest and principal.
      They may be issued in different series with different interest rates
      and maturities. The collateral is either in the form of mortgage
      pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by a U.S. agency or
      instrumentality or mortgage loans insured by a U.S. government agency.
      The Fund can have substantial amounts of its assets invested in
      mortgage-related U.S. government securities.
      The prices and yields of CMOs are determined, in part, by assumptions
      about the cash flows from the rate of payments of the underlying
      mortgages. Changes in interest rates may cause the rate of expected
      prepayments of those mortgages to change. These prepayment risks can
      make the prices of CMOs very volatile when interest rates change. That
      volatility will affect the Fund's share prices.
Other Debt Securities. While the Fund invests primarily in investment-grade
      debt securities, it is not required to dispose of debt securities that
      fall below investment grade after the Fund buys them. However, the
      portfolio managers will monitor those holdings to determine whether the
      Fund should sell them. While securities rated "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB"
      by S&P are considered "investment grade," they have some speculative
      characteristics.
      While investment-grade securities are subject to risks of non-payment
      of interest and principal, in general, higher-yielding lower-grade
      bonds, whether rated or unrated, have greater risks than
      investment-grade securities. There may be less of a market for them and
      therefore they may be harder to value and sell at an acceptable price.
      These risks can reduce the Fund's share prices and the income it earns.
o     Private-Issuer Securities. The Fund can invest in securities issued by
      private issuers that do not offer the credit backing of the U.S.
      government. These include multi-class debt or pass-through certificates
      secured by mortgage loans. They may be issued by banks, savings and
      loans, mortgage bankers or special trusts. The Fund can buy other types
      of asset-backed securities collateralized by loans or other assets or
      receivables. Private-issuer mortgage-backed securities are subject to
      the credit risks of the issuers (as well as the interest rate risks and
      prepayment risks discussed above). There is the risk that private
      issuers may not make timely payment of interest or repay principal when
      due, although in some cases those payment obligations may be supported
      by insurance or guarantees.
The Fund's Portfolio "Duration" Strategy.  The "maturity" of a security (the
      date when its principal repayment is due) differs from effective
      duration, which attempts to measure the expected volatility of a
      security's price.
      The Fund measures the duration of its entire portfolio of securities on
      a dollar-weighted basis, to try to maintain an average effective
      duration of its portfolio of three to six years under normal market
      conditions (that is, when financial markets are not in an unstable or
      volatile state). However, duration cannot be relied on as an exact
      prediction of future volatility. There can be no assurance that the
      Fund will achieve its targeted portfolio duration at all times.
      Duration calculations rely on a number of assumptions and variables
      based on the historic performance of similar securities. Therefore,
      duration can be affected by unexpected economic events or conditions
      relating to a particular security. In the case of CMOs, duration
      calculations are based on historic rates of prepayments of underlying
      mortgages. If the mortgages underlying the Fund's investments are
      prepaid more rapidly or more slowly than expected, the duration
      calculation for that security may not be correct.
Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign
      debt securities. The Fund can buy debt securities issued by foreign
      governments or companies. The Fund can buy securities of governments
      and companies in under-developed and developed markets.  However, the
      Fund may not invest more than 10% of its net assets in the securities
      of governments and companies in emerging markets.  Debt securities
      issued or guaranteed by a foreign government or its agencies might not
      be backed by the "full faith and credit" of the government.

      The Fund's foreign debt investments can be denominated in U.S. dollars
      or in foreign currencies.   However, the Fund may not invest more than
      20% of its net assets in foreign debt securities.  The Fund will buy
      and sell foreign currency only in connection with the purchase and sale
      of foreign securities and not for speculation.

Risks of Foreign Investing. 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 value of foreign investments may be
      affected by exchange control regulations, currency devaluation,
      expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, foreign taxes,
      delays in settlement of transactions, changes in governmental economic
      or monetary policy in the U.S. or abroad, or other political and
      economic factors.  These risks could cause the prices of foreign
      securities to fall and therefore could depress the Fund's share prices.

Special  Risks of Emerging  Markets.  The Fund can buy  securities in emerging
      and  developing  markets.  They  present  risks not found in more mature
      markets.   Those  securities  may  be  more  difficult  to  sell  at  an
      acceptable  price and their prices may be more volatile than  securities
      of  issuers  in more  developed  markets.  Settlements  of trades may be
      subject to greater  delays so that the Fund might not  receive  the sale
      proceeds of a security on a timely basis.

      Emerging markets might have less developed trading markets and
      exchanges, and less developed legal and accounting systems.
      Investments may be subject to greater risks of government restrictions
      on withdrawing the sales proceeds of securities from the country.
      Economies of developing countries may be more dependent on relatively
      few industries that may be highly vulnerable to local and global
      changes. Governments may be more unstable and present greater risks of
      nationalization or restrictions on foreign ownership of stocks of local
      companies. These investments may be substantially more volatile than
      securities of issuers in the U.S. and other developed countries and may
      be very speculative.

Portfolio Turnover. A change in the securities held by the Fund is known as
      "portfolio turnover".  The Fund may engage in short-term trading to try
      to achieve its objective and may have a high portfolio turnover rate of
      over 100% annually. Increased portfolio turnover creates higher
      brokerage and transaction costs for the Fund.   However, most of the
      Fund's portfolio transactions are principal trades that do not entail
      brokerage fees. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells its
      portfolio investments, it must generally pay those gains out to
      shareholders, increasing their taxable distributions.

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 of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. The Fund's investment
objective is a fundamental policy.  Other 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. The Fund's policy to
invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment
purposes) in bonds is not a fundamental policy; however, it cannot be changed
without 60 days prior notice to shareholders.

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS. To seek its objective, the Fund can
use the investment techniques and strategies described below which are not
principal policies of the Fund. The Manager might not always use all of them.
These techniques have risks, although some are designed to help reduce
overall investment or market risks.
Forward Rolls.  The Fund can enter into "forward roll" transactions with
      respect to mortgage-related securities.  In this type of transaction,
      the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and
      simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security at a later date
      at a set price.
      During the period between the sale and the repurchase, the Fund will
      not be entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the
      securities that have been sold.  It is possible that the market value
      of the securities the Fund sells may decline below the price at which
      the Fund is obligated to repurchase securities, or that the
      counterparty might default in its obligation.
Zero-Coupon and "Stripped" Securities. Some of the debt securities the Fund
      buys are zero-coupon bonds that pay no interest. They are issued at a
      substantial discount from their face value. They may be securities
      issued by the U.S. government or private issuers. "Stripped" securities
      are the separate income or principal components of a debt security.
      Some CMOs or other mortgage-related securities 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 typical debt securities that
      pay interest on a regular basis. The Fund may have to pay out the
      imputed income on zero-coupon securities without receiving the cash
      currently. Stripped securities are particularly sensitive to changes in
      interest rates.
      The values of interest-only and principal-only mortgage-related
      securities are very sensitive to changes in interest rates and
      prepayments of underlying mortgages. The market for these securities
      may be limited, making it difficult for the Fund to value or to sell
      its holdings at an acceptable price.
Asset-Backed Securities. The Fund can buy asset-backed securities, which are
      fractional interests in pools of loans collateralized by the loans or
      other assets or receivables. They are typically 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
      prepayment risks and the risk of default by the issuer as well as by
      the borrowers of the underlying loans in the pool.
Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments may be illiquid because they
      do not have an active trading market, making it difficult to value them
      or sell them at an acceptable price. A restricted security is one that
      has a contractual restriction on its resale or which cannot be sold
      publicly until it is registered under applicable securities laws. The
      Fund will not invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid or
      restricted securities. Certain restricted securities that are eligible
      for resale to qualified institutional purchasers may not be subject to
      that limit. The Manager monitors holdings of illiquid securities on an
      ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to maintain
      adequate liquidity.
"Structured" Notes. The Fund can buy "structured" notes, which are
      specially-designed derivative debt investments whose payments of
      principal or interest are linked to the value of an index (such as a
      currency or securities index) or commodity, including financial
      commodities. 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 other securities or indices, and the values of these notes will
      therefore fall or rise in response to the changes in the values of the
      underlying security or index. They are subject to both credit and
      interest rate risks and therefore the Fund could receive more or less
      than it originally invested when the notes mature, or it might receive
      less interest than the stated coupon payment if the underlying
      investment or index does not perform as anticipated. Their values may
      be very volatile and they may have a limited trading market, making it
      difficult for the Fund to sell its investment at an acceptable price.
Hedging. The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of futures contracts, put
      and call options, interest rate swaps and forward contracts to hedge
      investment risks. These are all examples of hedging instruments.  The
      Fund is not required to use hedging instruments to seek its objective
      and does not currently use them to a significant degree.
      There are special risks in particular hedging strategies. If the
      Manager used a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judged market
      conditions incorrectly, the hedge might fail and the strategy could
      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 or if it could not close out a position because
      of an illiquid market.
Short-Term Debt Securities. The Fund can buy high-quality, short-term money
      market instruments, including obligations of the U.S. Government and
      its agencies, short-term corporate debt obligations, bank certificates
      of deposit and bankers' acceptances, and commercial paper, which are
      short-term, negotiable promissory notes of companies.

Temporary Defensive and Interim  Investments.  In times of adverse or unstable
      market,  economic  or  political  conditions,  the Fund can invest up to
      100% of its total assets in  temporary  defensive  investments  that are
      inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies.  Generally
      they  would  be   highly-rated   commercial   paper  and  money   market
      instruments,  U.S.  government  securities  and  repurchase  agreements.
      The  Fund  might  also  hold  these  types  of  securities  pending  the
      investment  of  proceeds  from  the  sale of Fund  shares  or  portfolio
      securities or to meet  anticipated  redemptions  of Fund shares.  To the
      extent the Fund  invests  defensively  in these  securities,  it may not
      achieve its investment objective.

(b)   How the Fund Is Managed

THE MANAGER. The Manager chooses the Fund's investments and handles its
day-to-day business. The Manager carries out its duties, subject to the
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 the Fund pays to the Manager and describes the expenses that
the Fund is responsible to pay to conduct its business.

      The Manager has been an investment advisor since January 1960. The
Manager and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates managed more than $135
billion in assets as of June 30, 2003, including other Oppenheimer funds,
with more than 7 million shareholder accounts. The Manager is located at 498
Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018.

Portfolio Managers.  The portfolio managers of the Fund are Angelo
      Manioudakis, Charles Moon and Benjamin Gord. Mr. Manioudakis is a Vice
      President of the Fund and Senior Vice President of the Manager. He is
      also an officer and portfolio manager of other Oppenheimer funds.
      Prior to joining the Manager in April 2002, Mr. Manioudakis was a
      portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since August
      1993). Messrs. Gord and Moon are Vice Presidents of the Manager. Prior
      to joining the Manager in April 2002, Mr. Gord was an executive
      director and senior fixed income analyst at Morgan Stanley Investment
      Management (since April 1992). Prior to joining the Manager in April
      2002, Mr. Moon was an executive director and portfolio manager at
      Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since June 1999) and a Vice
      President of Citicorp Securities Inc. (June 1993-May 1999).

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: 0.50% of the first $250 million of average annual net
      assets of the Fund; 0.475% of the next $500 million; and 0.45% of
      average annual net assets in excess of $750 million. The Fund's
      management fee for its fiscal period from February 21, 2003
      (commencement of operations) until April 30, 2003 was 0.50% of average
      annual net assets for each class of shares.

ABOUT your account

How to Buy Shares

You can buy shares several ways, as described below. The Fund's Distributor,
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., may appoint servicing agents to accept
purchase (and redemption) orders. The Distributor, in its sole discretion,
may reject any purchase order for the Fund's shares.

Buying Shares Through Your Dealer. You can buy shares through any dealer,
      broker or financial institution that has a sales agreement with the
      Distributor. Your dealer will place your order with the Distributor on
      your behalf.
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 don't list a dealer on the application, the
      Distributor will act as your agent in buying the shares. However, we
      recommend that you discuss your investment with a financial advisor
      before you make a purchase to be sure that the Fund is appropriate for
      you.
o     Paying by Federal Funds Wire. Shares purchased through the Distributor
      may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. The minimum investment 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.
o     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 those 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.
o     Buying Shares Through Asset Builder Plans. You may purchase shares of
      the Fund automatically each month 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 minimums
available under the following special investment plans:
o     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.
o     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 subsequent investments (after making the initial
      investment of $500) for as little as $50. For any type of account
      established under one of these plans prior to November 1, 2002, the
      minimum additional investment will remain $25.
o     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 reinvesting distributions from
      unit investment trusts that have made arrangements with the Distributor.

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.

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 Exchange"),
      on each day the Exchange is open for trading (referred to in this
      Prospectus as a "regular business day"). The Exchange 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 is determined by dividing the value of
      the Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares
      of that class that are outstanding. To determine net asset value, the
      Fund's Board of Trustees has established procedures to value the Fund's
      securities, in general, based on market value. The Board has adopted
      special procedures for valuing illiquid and restricted securities and
      obligations for which market values cannot be readily obtained. Because
      some foreign securities trade in markets and on exchanges that operate
      on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund's foreign
      investments may change on days when investors cannot buy or redeem Fund
      shares.

      If, after the close of the principal market on which a security held by
      the Fund is traded, and before the time the Fund's securities are
      priced that day, an event occurs that the Manager deems likely to cause
      a material change in the value of such security, the Fund's Board of
      Trustees has authorized the Manager, subject to the Board's review, to
      ascertain a fair value for such security.  A security's valuation may
      differ depending on the method used for determining value.

The Offering Price. To receive the offering price for a particular day, in
      most cases the Distributor or its designated agent must receive your
      order by the time the Exchange closes that day. If your order is
      received on a day when the Exchange is closed or after it has closed,
      the order will receive the next offering price that is determined after
      your order is received.
Buying Through a Dealer. If you buy shares through a dealer, your dealer must
      receive the order by the close of the Exchange and transmit it to the
      Distributor so that it is received before the Distributor's close of
      business on a regular business day (normally 5:00 P.M.) to receive that
      day's offering price, unless your dealer has made alternative
      arrangements with the Distributor. Otherwise, the order will receive
      the next offering price that is determined.

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WHAT CLASSES OF SHARES DOES THE FUND OFFER? The Fund offers investors five
different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject
to different expenses and will 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 sell your shares within 6  years of buying them, you will
      normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. That contingent
      deferred sales 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 sell your shares within 12 months of buying them, you will
      normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described
      in "How Can You Buy Class C Shares?" below.
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Class N Shares. If you buy Class N shares (available only through certain
      retirement plans), you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but
      you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge. If you sell your
      shares within 18 months of the retirement plan's first purchase of
      Class N shares, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%,
      as described in "How Can You Buy Class N Shares?" below.
Class Y Shares. Class Y shares are offered only to certain institutional
      investors that have special agreements with the Distributor.

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 advisor. 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 sales 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 and expenses projected over time, and do not detail all of the
considerations in selecting a class of shares. You should analyze your
options carefully with your financial advisor before making that choice.

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, Class C or Class N. For retirement plans
      that qualify to purchase Class N shares, Class N shares will generally
      be more advantageous than Class B and Class C shares.

   o  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 not more than six
      years), you should probably consider purchasing Class A  or Class C
      shares rather than Class B shares. That is because of the effect of the
      Class B contingent deferred sales charge if you redeem within SIX
      years, 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 contingent deferred sales charge does not apply to
      amounts you sell 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.

      And for non-retirement plan investors who 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. For that reason, the
      Distributor normally will not accept purchase orders of $500,000 or
      more of Class B shares or $1 million or more of Class C shares from a
      single investor.

o     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 seven  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,  Class  C and  Class  N
      shareholders.  Other  features  may  not be  advisable  (because  of the
      effect of the  contingent  deferred  sales  charge) for Class B, Class C
      and Class N 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, Class C and Class N
      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, Class C and Class N asset-based sales charge described below
      and in the Statement of Additional Information. Share certificates are
      only available for Class A shares. If you are considering using your
      shares as collateral for a loan, that may be a factor to consider.
      Also, checkwriting is not available on accounts subject to a contingent
      deferred sales charge.

How Do Share Classes Affect Payments to Your Broker? A financial advisor may
      receive different compensation for selling one class of shares than for
      selling another class. It is important to remember that Class B, Class
      C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges and asset-based sales
      charges have the same purpose as the front-end sales charge on sales of
      Class A shares: to compensate the Distributor for concessions and
      expenses 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 owned by the dealer or financial
      institution for its own account or for its customers.

SPECIAL SALES CHARGE ARRANGEMENTS AND WAIVERS. Appendix C to the Statement of
Additional Information details the conditions for the waiver of sales charges
that apply in certain cases, and the special sales charge rates 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. To
receive a waiver or special sales charge rate, you must advise the
Distributor when purchasing shares or the Transfer Agent when redeeming
shares 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:

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 ------------------------ Front-End Sales  Front-End Sales   Concession As
       Amount of Purchase ---------------- Charge As a       Percentage of
                          Charge As a      Percentage of     Offering Price
                          Percentage of    Net
                          Offering Price   Amount Invested
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 Less than $50,000             4.75%             4.98%             4.00%
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 $50,000 or more but           4.50%             4.71%             3.75%
 less than $100,000
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 $100,000 or more but          3.50%             3.63%             2.75%
 less than $250,000
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 $250,000 or more but          2.50%             2.56%             2.00%
 less than $500,000
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 $500,000 or more but          2.00%             2.04%             1.60%
 less than $1 million
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Can You Reduce Class A Sales Charges? You may be eligible to buy Class A
      shares at reduced sales charge rates under the Fund's "Right of
      Accumulation" or a Letter of Intent, as described in "Reduced Sales
      Charges" in the Statement of Additional Information.

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. There is no initial sales charge on
      purchases of Class A shares of any one or more of the Oppenheimer funds
      aggregating $1 million or more, or for certain purchases by particular
      types of retirement plans that were permitted to purchase such shares
      prior to March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement accounts"). Qualified
      retirement plans (other than single 401(k) plans, SEP and SIMPLE plans)
      are not permitted to make initial purchases of Class A shares subject
      to a contingent deferred sales charge. The Distributor pays dealers of
      record concessions in an amount equal to 1.0% of purchases of $1
      million or more other than by grandfathered retirement accounts. For
      grandfathered retirement accounts, the concession is 0.75% of the first
      $2.5 million of purchases plus 0.25% of purchases in excess of $2.5
      million. In either case, the concession will not be paid on purchases
      of shares by exchange or that were previously subject to a front-end
      sales charge and dealer concession.

      If you redeem any of those shares within an 18-month "holding period"
      measured from the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, a
      contingent deferred sales charge (called the "Class A contingent
      deferred sales charge") may be deducted from the redemption proceeds.
      That sales charge will be equal to 1.0% of the lesser of:
o     the aggregate net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of
      redemption (excluding shares purchased by reinvestment of dividends or
      capital gain distributions) or
o     the original net asset value of the redeemed shares.

      The Class A contingent deferred sales charge will not exceed the
      aggregate amount of the concessions the Distributor paid to your dealer
      on all purchases of Class A shares of all Oppenheimer funds you made
      that were subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge.

Purchases by Certain Retirement Plans. There is no initial sales charge on
      purchases of Class A shares of any one or more Oppenheimer funds by
      retirement plans that have $10 million or more in plan assets and that
      have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor and by
      retirement plans which are part of a retirement plan product or
      platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors,
      insurance companies or recordkeepers which have entered into a special
      agreement with the Distributor. The Distributor currently pays dealers
      of record concessions in an amount equal to 0.25% of the purchase price
      of Class A shares by those retirement plans from its own resources at
      the time of sale, subject to certain exceptions as described in the
      Statement of Additional Information. There is no contingent deferred
      sales charge upon the redemption of such shares.

HOW CAN YOU BUY CLASS B SHARES? Class B shares are sold at net asset value
per share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class B shares are
redeemed within six years from the beginning of the calendar month of their
purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge will be deducted from the
redemption proceeds. The Class B contingent deferred sales charge is paid to
compensate the Distributor for its expenses of providing distribution-related
services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B shares.

      The amount of the contingent deferred sales charge will depend on the
number of years since you invested and the dollar amount being redeemed,
according to the following schedule for the Class B contingent deferred sales
charge holding period:


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Years Since Beginning of Month in       Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on
Which Purchase Order was Accepted       Redemptions in That Year
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0 - 1                                   5.0%
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1 - 2                                   4.0%
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2 - 3                                   3.0%
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3 - 4                                   3.0%
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4 - 5                                   2.0%
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5 - 6                                   1.0%
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More than 6                             None
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In the table,  a "year" is a  12-month  period.  In  applying  the  contingent
deferred  sales charge,  all purchases are considered to have been made on the
first regular business day of the month in which the purchase was made.

Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert
      to Class A shares 72 months after 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 value of the two classes, and no sales load 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 Class C shares are
redeemed within a holding period of 12 months from the beginning of the
calendar month of their purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%
will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. The Class C contingent
deferred sales charge is paid to compensate the Distributor for its expenses
of providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the
sale of Class C shares.

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

      A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0% will be imposed upon the
redemption of Class N shares, if:
o     The group retirement plan 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
o     With respect to an IRA 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.

      Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on plan
participant 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 in Colorado) and
the special account features applicable to purchasers of those other classes
of shares described elsewhere in this Prospectus do not apply to Class N
shares offered through a group retirement plan. Instructions for buying,
selling, exchanging or transferring Class N shares offered through a group
retirement plan must be submitted by the plan, not by plan participants for
whose benefit the shares are held.

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 and employee benefit
plans. Individual investors cannot buy Class Y shares directly.

      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 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 (12b-1) PLANS.

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for
      Class A shares. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its
      costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A
      shares. Reimbursement is made quarterly at 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 quarterly for providing
      personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that
      hold Class A shares. With respect to Class A shares subject to a Class
      A contingent deferred sales charge purchased by grandfathered
      retirement accounts, the Distributor pays the 0.25% service fee to
      dealers in advance for the first year after the shares are sold by the
      dealer. During the first year the shares are sold, the Distributor
      retains the service fee. After the shares have been held for a year,
      the Distributor pays the service fee to dealers on a quarterly basis.

Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The
      Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C
      and Class N shares to pay the Distributor for its services and costs in
      distributing Class B, Class C and Class N 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 and 0.25% on
      Class N shares. The Distributor also receives an annual service fee of
      0.25% under the Class B, Class C and Class N plans.

      The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and
      Class C expenses by 1.0% and increase Class N expenses by 0.50% of the
      net assets per year of the respective class. Because these fees are
      paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going 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, Class C or
      Class N 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 a year, the Distributor
      pays the service fees to dealers on a quarterly basis. The Distributor
      retains the service fees for accounts for which it renders the required
      personal services.

      The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 3.75% of the
      purchase price of Class B shares to dealers from its own resources at
      the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
      amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
      Class B shares is therefore 4.00% of the purchase price. The
      Distributor normally retains the Class B asset-based sales charge. 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 paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
      Class C shares is therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor
      normally 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. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

      The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 0.75% of the
      purchase price of Class N 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 N shares is therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor
      normally retains the asset-based sales charge on Class N shares. See
      the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

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:
    o transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by telephone (through
      a service representative or by PhoneLink) or automatically under Asset
      Builder Plans, or
    o have the Transfer Agent send redemption 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 of 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.
Selling Shares. You can redeem shares by telephone automatically by calling
      the PhoneLink number and the Fund will send the proceeds directly to
      your AccountLink bank account. Please refer to "How to Sell Shares,"
      below for details.

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
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registration (and the dealer of record) may request certain account
transactions through a special section of that website. To perform account
transactions or obtain account 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.

AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL AND EXCHANGE PLANS. The Fund has several plans that
enable you to sell shares automatically or exchange them to another
OppenheimerFunds account on a regular basis. Please call the Transfer Agent
or consult the Statement of Additional Information for details.

REINVESTMENT PRIVILEGE. If you redeem some or all of your Class A or Class B
shares of the Fund, you have up to six months to reinvest all or part of the
redemption proceeds in Class A shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds
without paying a sales charge. This privilege applies only to Class A shares
that you purchased subject to an initial sales charge and to Class A or Class
B shares on which you paid a contingent deferred sales charge when you
redeemed them. This privilege does not apply to Class C, Class N or Class Y
shares. You must be sure to ask the Distributor for this privilege when you
send your payment.

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 Pension Plan IRAs for small business
      owners or self-employed individuals.
403(b)(7) Custodial Plans. These are tax-deferred plans for employees of
      eligible tax-exempt organizations, such as schools, hospitals and
      charitable organizations.
401(k) Plans. These are special retirement plans for businesses.
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. These plans are designed for businesses and
      self-employed individuals.
      Please call the Distributor for OppenheimerFunds retirement plan
documents, which include applications and important plan information.

How to Sell Shares

You can sell (redeem) some or all of your shares on any regular business day.
Your shares will be sold at the next net asset value calculated after your
order is received in proper form (which means that it must comply with the
procedures described below) and is accepted by the Transfer Agent. The Fund
lets you sell your shares by writing a letter, by using the Fund's
checkwriting privilege, or by telephone. You can also set up Automatic
Withdrawal Plans to redeem shares on a regular basis. If you have questions
about any of these procedures, and especially if you are redeeming shares in
a special situation, such as due to the death of the owner or from a
retirement plan account, please call the Transfer Agent first, at
1.800.225.5677, for assistance.

Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund
      from fraud, the following redemption requests must be in writing and
      must include a signature guarantee (although there may be other
      situations that also require a signature guarantee):
   o  You wish to redeem more than $100,000 and receive a check
   o  The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the
      account statement
   o  The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your
      account statement
   o  Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different owner
      or name
   o  Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an Executor) other than
      the owners.

Where Can You Have Your Signature Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will accept
      a guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions,
      including:
o     a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,
o     a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,
o     a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities
      or government securities, or
o     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 sell shares 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 redemption 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 sale of the Fund
      shares in your plan account.

Checkwriting. To write checks against your Fund account, request that
privilege on your account application, or contact the Transfer Agent for
signature cards. They must be signed (with a signature guarantee) by all
owners of the account and returned to the Transfer Agent so that checks can
be sent to you to use. Shareholders with joint accounts can elect in writing
to have checks paid over the signature of one owner. If you previously signed
a signature card to establish checkwriting in another Oppenheimer fund,
simply call 1.800.225.5677 to request checkwriting for an account in this
Fund with the same registration as the other account.
o     Checks can be written to the order of whomever you wish, but may not be
      cashed at the bank the checks are payable through or the Fund's
      custodian bank.
o     Checkwriting privileges are not available for accounts holding shares
      that are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
o     Checks must be written for at least $500. Checks written below the
      stated amount on the check will not be accepted. However, if you have
      existing checks indicating a $100 minimum, you may still use them for
      amounts of $100 or more.
o     Checks cannot be paid if they are written for more than your account
      value. Remember, your shares fluctuate in value and you should not
      write a check close to the total account value.
o     You may not write a check that would require the Fund to redeem shares
      that were purchased by check or Asset Builder Plan payments within the
      prior 10 days.
o     Don't use your checks if you changed your Fund account number, until
      you receive new checks.

HOW DO you SELL SHARES BY MAIL? Write a letter of instruction that includes:
   o  Your name
   o  The Fund's name
   o  Your Fund account number (from your account statement)
   o  The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed
   o  Any special payment instructions
   o  Any share certificates for the shares you are selling
   o  The signatures of all registered owners exactly as the account is
      registered, and
   o  Any special documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure proper
      authorization of the person asking to sell the shares.

Use the following address for            Send courier or express mail
requests by mail:                        requests to:
OppenheimerFunds Services                OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270                            10200 E. Girard Avenue, Building D
Denver, Colorado 80217                   Denver, Colorado 80231

HOW DO you SELL SHARES BY TELEPHONE? You and your dealer representative of
record may also sell your shares by telephone. To receive the redemption
price calculated on a particular regular business day, your call must be
received by the Transfer Agent by the close of the Exchange that day, which
is normally 4:00 P.M., but may be earlier on some days. You may not redeem
shares held in an OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account or under a share
certificate by telephone.
   o  To redeem shares through a service representative or automatically 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 Amounts Redeemed by Telephone?
Telephone Redemptions Paid by Check. Up to $100,000 may be redeemed by
      telephone in any seven-day period. 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 30 days of
      changing the address on an account.

Telephone Redemptions Through AccountLink. There are no dollar limits on
      telephone redemption 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 redemption. You do not receive
      dividends on the proceeds of the shares you redeemed while they are
      waiting to be transferred.

CAN  YOU  SELL  SHARES  THROUGH  your  DEALER?   The   Distributor   has  made
arrangements  to repurchase  Fund shares from dealers and brokers on behalf of
their  customers.  Brokers or dealers  may  charge for that  service.  If your
shares are held in the name of your dealer,  you must redeem them through your
dealer.

HOW CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES AFFECT REDEMPTIONS. If you purchase
shares subject to a Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N contingent deferred
sales charge and redeem any of those shares during the applicable holding
period for the class of shares, the contingent deferred sales charge will be
deducted from the redemption proceeds (unless you are eligible for a waiver
of that sales charge based on the categories listed in Appendix C to the
Statement of Additional Information and you advise the Transfer Agent of your
eligibility for the waiver when you place your redemption request.)

      A  contingent  deferred  sales charge will be based on the lesser of the
net  asset  value of the  redeemed  shares  at the time of  redemption  or the
original net asset value.  A contingent  deferred  sales charge is not imposed
on:
o     the amount of your  account  value  represented  by an  increase  in net
      asset value over the initial purchase price,
o     shares  purchased by the  reinvestment  of  dividends  or capital  gains
      distributions, or
o     shares redeemed in the special circumstances  described in Appendix C to
      the Statement of Additional Information.
      To determine whether a contingent deferred sales charge applies to a
redemption, the Fund redeems 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 the class, and
   3. shares held the longest during the holding period.
      Contingent deferred sales 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 contingent deferred sales 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

Shares of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of certain Oppenheimer funds
at net asset value per share at the time of exchange, without sales charge.
Shares of the Fund can be purchased by exchange of shares of other
Oppenheimer funds on the same basis. To exchange shares, you must meet
several conditions:
   o  Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale in
      your state of residence.
   o  The prospectuses of both funds must offer the exchange privilege.
   o  You must hold the shares you buy when you establish your account for at
      least seven days before you can exchange them. After the account is
      open seven days, you can exchange shares every regular business day.
   o  You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the fund whose
      shares you purchase by exchange.
   o  Before exchanging into a fund, you must obtain and read its prospectus.
      Shares of a particular class of the Fund may be exchanged only for
shares of the same class in the other Oppenheimer funds. For example, you can
exchange Class A shares of this Fund only for Class A shares of another fund.
In some cases, sales charges may be imposed on exchange transactions. For tax
purposes, exchanges of shares involve a sale of the shares of the fund you
own and a purchase of the shares of the other fund, which may result in a
capital gain or loss. Please refer to "How to Exchange Shares" in the
Statement of Additional Information for more details.

      You can find a list of Oppenheimer funds currently available for
exchanges in the Statement of Additional Information or obtain one by calling
a service representative at 1.800.225.5677. That list can change from time to
time.

HOW DO you SUBMIT EXCHANGE REQUESTS? Exchanges may be requested in writing or
by telephone:

Written Exchange Requests. Submit an OppenheimerFunds Exchange Request form,
      signed by all owners of the account. Send it to the Transfer Agent at
      the address on the back cover. Exchanges of shares held under
      certificates cannot be processed unless the Transfer Agent receives the
      certificates with the request.
Telephone  Exchange  Requests.  Telephone exchange requests may be made either
      by calling a service  representative or by using PhoneLink for automated
      exchanges by calling  1.800.225.5677.  Telephone  exchanges  may be made
      only  between  accounts  that are  registered  with the same name(s) and
      address.  Shares  held  under  certificates  may  not  be  exchanged  by
      telephone.
ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON EXCHANGES? There are certain exchange policies you
should be aware of:
o     Shares are redeemed from one fund and purchased from the other fund in
      the exchange transaction on the same regular business day on which the
      Transfer Agent receives an exchange request that conforms to the
      policies described above. It must be received by the close of the
      Exchange that day, which is normally 4:00 P.M. but may be earlier on
      some days.
The interests of the Fund's long-term shareholders and its ability to manage
its investments may be adversely affected when its shares are repeatedly
bought and sold in response to short-term market fluctuations--also known as
"market timing." When large dollar amounts are involved, the Fund may have
difficulty implementing long-term investment strategies, because it cannot
predict how much cash it will have to invest. Market timing also may force
the Fund to sell portfolio securities at disadvantageous times to raise the
cash needed to buy a market timer's Fund shares. These factors may hurt the
Fund's performance and its shareholders. When the Manager believes frequent
trading would have a disruptive effect on the Fund's ability to manage its
investments, the Manager and the Fund may reject purchase orders and
exchanges into the Fund by any person, group or account that the Manager
believes to be a market timer. All accounts under common ownership or
contract within the Oppenheimer funds complex may be counted together for
purposes of determining market timing with respect to any exchange involving
this Fund.
   o  The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any
      time. The Fund may refuse any exchange order and is currently not
      obligated to provide notice before rejecting an exchange order.
      o     If the Transfer Agent cannot exchange all the shares you request
      because of a restriction cited above, only the shares eligible for
      exchange will be exchanged.

Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More information about the Fund's policies and procedures for buying, selling
and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
A $12 annual fee is assessed on any account valued at less than $500. The fee
      is automatically deducted from accounts annually on or about the second
      to last business day of September. See the Statement of Additional
      Information, or visit the OppenheimerFunds website, to learn how you
      can avoid this fee and for circumstances when 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 for purchases, redemptions or exchanges may
      be modified, suspended or terminated by the Fund 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.
Redemption or transfer requests will not be honored until the Transfer Agent
      receives all required documents in proper form. From time to time, the
      Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain of the requirements
      for redemptions stated in this Prospectus.
Dealers that perform account transactions for their clients by participating
      in NETWORKING through the National Securities Clearing Corporation are
      responsible for obtaining their clients' permission to perform those
      transactions, and are responsible to their clients who are shareholders
      of the Fund if the dealer performs any transaction erroneously or
      improperly.
The redemption price for shares will vary from day to day because the value
      of the securities in the Fund's portfolio fluctuates. The redemption
      price, which is the net asset value per share, will normally differ for
      each class of shares. The redemption value of your shares may be more
      or less than their original cost.
Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is forwarded by
      check, or through AccountLink within seven days after the Transfer
      Agent receives redemption instructions in proper form. However, under
      unusual circumstances determined by the Securities and Exchange
      Commission, payment may be delayed or suspended. For accounts
      registered in the name of a broker-dealer, payment will normally be
      forwarded within three business days after redemption.
The Transfer Agent may delay processing any type of redemption payment as
      described under "How to Sell Shares" for recently purchased shares, but
      only until the purchase payment has cleared. That delay may be as much
      as 10 days from the date the shares were purchased. That delay may be
      avoided if you purchase shares by Federal Funds wire or certified
      check, or arrange with your bank to provide telephone or written
      assurance to the Transfer Agent that your purchase payment has cleared.
Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Fund if the
      account value has fallen below $500 for reasons other than the fact
      that the market value of shares has dropped. In some cases, involuntary
      redemptions may be made to repay the Distributor for losses from the
      cancellation of share purchase orders.
Shares may be "redeemed in kind" under unusual circumstances (such as a lack
      of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions). This means
      that the redemption proceeds will be paid with liquid securities from
      the Fund's portfolio. Redemptions in kind may entail increased
      transaction costs and taxes.
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 redeem
      your shares and close your account.
"Backup withholding" of federal income tax may be applied against taxable
      dividends, distributions and redemption 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 materials to households, the Fund will
      mail only one copy of each prospectus, annual and semi-annual report
      and annual notice of the Fund's privacy policy to shareholders having
      the same last name and address on the Fund's records. The consolidation
      of these mailings, called householding, benefits the Fund through
      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 to shareholders monthly on a date selected by the Board of
Trustees. 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, Class C and Class
N 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 in December of each year. 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. 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 Dividends or Capital Gains. 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
      OppenheimerFunds account you have established.

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 IRS 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.

Avoid "Buying a Dividend." If you buy shares on 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
      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 you sell or
      exchange your shares. A capital gain or loss is the difference between
      the price you paid for the shares and the price you received when you
      sold them. 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.

Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's
financial performance since commencement of operations on February 21, 2003
to April 30, 2003. Certain information reflects financial results for a
single Fund shares. Financial information for Class Y shares is not included
since those shares are not currently offered for sale. 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 Ernst & Young LLP, the
Fund's independent auditors, whose report, along with the Fund's financial
statements, is included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is
available upon request.





FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS



                                                                          Class
A       Class B

Period        Period

Ended         Ended
                                                                        April
30,     April 30,
                                                                           2003
1        2003 1
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 Per Share Operating Data
 Net asset value, beginning of period                                     $
10.00       $ 10.00
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income
.03           .02
 Net realized and unrealized gain
.08           .08

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 Total from investment operations
.11           .10
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 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income
(.03)         (.02)
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 Net asset value, end of period
$10.08        $10.08

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 Total Return, at Net Asset Value 2
1.14%         0.97%


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 Ratios/Supplemental Data

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
$27,598          $798
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 Average net assets (in thousands)
$26,027          $340
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 Ratios to average net assets: 3
 Net investment income
1.77%         0.85%
 Expenses, gross
1.29%         2.36%
 Expenses, net
0.90% 4,5     1.65% 4,5,6
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 Portfolio turnover rate
77%           77%


1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.
2. Assumes an investment at net asset value on the business day before the first
day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in
additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset
value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges
are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for
periods of less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of
taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund
shares.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
4. Reduction to custodian expenses less than 0.01%.
5. Net of voluntary waiver of expenses.
6. Net of voluntary waiver of transfer agent fees.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


                    11 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued



                                                                  Class
C         Class N

Period          Period

Ended           Ended
                                                                April 30,
April 30,
                                                                   2003
1          2003 1
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 Per Share Operating Data
 Net asset value, beginning of period                             $
10.00         $ 10.00
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income
.02             .03
 Net realized and unrealized gain
.08             .08

------------------------
 Total from investment operations
.10             .11
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income
(.02)           (.03)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period
$10.08          $10.08

========================

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 Total Return, at Net Asset Value 2
0.96%           1.08%


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 Ratios/Supplemental Data

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
$388             $22
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 Average net assets (in thousands)
$126             $ 6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets: 3
 Net investment income
0.59%           1.50%
 Expenses, gross
2.28%           2.63%
 Expenses, net                                                       1.65%
4,5,6     1.15% 4,5,6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate
77%             77%


1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.
2. Assumes an investment at net asset value on the business day before the first
day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in
additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset
value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges
are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for
periods of less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of
taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund
shares.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
4. Reduction to custodian expenses less than 0.01%.
5. Net of voluntary waiver of expenses.
6. Net of voluntary waiver of transfer agent fees.




INFORMATION AND SERVICES

For More Information on Oppenheimer Total Return Bond 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
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Information about the Fund including the Statement of Additional
Information can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room
in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference
Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1.202.942.8090. Reports and
other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR database on
the SEC's Internet website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after
payment of a duplicating fee by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail
address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference
Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

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.

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Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund

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

Statement of Additional Information dated August 28, 2003

      This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus. This
document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements
information in the Prospectus dated August 28, 2003. 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
    The Fund's Investment Policies.........................................2
    Other Investment Techniques and Strategies.............................11
    Investment Restrictions................................................34
How the Fund is Managed ...................................................36
    Organization and History...............................................36
    Trustees and Officers of the Fund......................................38
    The Manager............................................................44
Brokerage Policies of the Fund.............................................47
Distribution and Service Plans.............................................49
Performance of the Fund....................................................53

About Your Account
How To Buy Shares..........................................................59
How To Sell Shares.........................................................70
How To Exchange Shares.....................................................76
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes.........................................80
Additional Information About the Fund......................................84

Financial Information About the Fund
Independent Auditors' Report...............................................86
Financial Statements.......................................................87

Appendix A: Ratings Definitions............................................A-1
Appendix B: Industry Classifications.......................................B-1
Appendix C: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers..................C-1


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

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 Statement of
Additional Information contains supplemental information about those policies
and risks and the types of securities that the Fund's investment Manager,
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 objectives.

The Fund's Investment Policies. 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.

      In selecting securities for the Fund's portfolio, the Manager evaluates
the merits of particular securities primarily through the exercise of its own
investment analysis. In the case of non-governmental issues, that process may
include, among other things, evaluation of the issuer's historical
operations, prospects for the industry of which the issuer is part, the
issuer's financial condition, its pending product developments and business
(and those of competitors), the effect of general market and economic
conditions on the issuer's business, and legislative proposals that might
affect the issuer. In the case of foreign issuers, the Manager may consider
general economic conditions, the conditions of a particular country's economy
in relation to the U.S. economy or other foreign economies, general political
conditions in a country or region, the effect of taxes, the efficiencies and
costs of particular markets (as well as their liquidity) and other factors.

      |X| Debt Securities. The Fund can invest in a variety of debt
securities to seek its objective. Foreign debt securities are subject to the
risks of foreign securities described below. In general, debt securities are
also subject to two additional types of risk: credit risk and interest rate
risk.

         o Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to
meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. In general,
lower-grade, higher-yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater
extent than lower-yield, higher-quality bonds.

      The Fund's investments primarily are investment-grade debt securities
and U.S. government securities. U.S. government securities, although unrated,
are generally considered to be equivalent to securities in the highest rating
categories. Investment-grade bonds are bonds rated at least "Baa" by Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or at least "BBB" by Standard & Poor's
Rating Service ("S&P") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch"), or that have comparable
ratings by another nationally-recognized rating organization. The Fund can
also buy non-investment-grade debt securities (commonly referred to as "junk
bonds").

      In making investments in debt securities, the Manager may rely to some
extent on the ratings of ratings organizations or it may use its own research
to evaluate a security's credit-worthiness. If securities the Fund buys are
unrated, to be considered part of the Fund's holdings of investment-grade
securities, they must be judged by the Manager to be of comparable quality to
bonds rated as investment grade by a rating organization.

         o Interest 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 general 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 offer higher yields, but are
subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest
rates than obligations having shorter maturities.

      Fluctuations in the market value of debt securities after the Fund buys
them will not affect the interest income payable on those securities (unless
the security pays interest at a variable rate pegged to interest rate
changes). However, those price fluctuations will be reflected in the
valuations of the securities, and therefore the Fund's net asset values will
be affected by those fluctuations.

         o Special Risks of Lower-Grade Debt Securities. The Fund can invest
in lower-grade debt securities. Because lower-grade debt securities tend to
offer higher yields than investment-grade securities, the Fund might invest
in lower-grade securities if the Manager is trying to achieve higher income.

      "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 S&P or Fitch, or similar ratings by other rating organizations. If
they 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.

      Some of the special credit risks of lower-grade securities are
discussed below. There is a greater risk that the issuer 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 high yield bonds, these risks are
in addition to the special risks of foreign investing discussed in the
Prospectus and in this Statement of Additional Information.

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

      While securities rated "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by S&P or Fitch are
investment grade and are not regarded as junk bonds, those securities may be
subject to special risks and have some speculative characteristics.
Definitions of the debt security ratings categories of Moody's, S&P, and
Fitch are included in Appendix A to this Statement of Additional Information.

         |X|      Duration of the Fund's Portfolio. The Fund can invest in
debt securities of any maturity or duration but currently seeks to maintain a
dollar-weighted average effective portfolio duration of three to six years.
The goal is to try to manage the sensitivity of the Fund's portfolio to
changes in interest rates, and in doing so to manage the volatility of the
Fund's share prices in response to those changes. However, unanticipated
events may change the effective duration of a security after the Fund buys
it, and there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its targeted
duration at all times.

      The Manager determines the effective duration of debt obligations
purchased by the Fund considering various factors that apply to a particular
type of debt obligation, including those described below. Duration is a
measure of the expected life of a security on a current-value basis expressed
in years, using calculations that consider the security's yield, coupon
interest payments, final maturity and call features.

      While a debt security's maturity can be used to measure the sensitivity
of the security's price to changes in interest rates, the term to maturity of
a security does not take into account the pattern (or expected pattern) of
the security's payments of interest or principal prior to maturity. Duration,
on the other hand, measures the length of the time interval from the present
to the time when the interest and principal payments are scheduled to be
received (or, in the case of a mortgage-related security, when the interest
payments are expected to be received). Duration calculations weigh them by
the present value of the cash to be received at each future point in time. If
the interest payments on a debt security occur prior to the repayment of
principal, the duration of the security is less than its stated maturity. For
zero-coupon securities, duration and term to maturity are equal.

      Absent other factors, the lower the stated or coupon rate of interest
on a debt security or the longer the maturity or the lower the
yield-to-maturity of the debt security, the longer the duration of the
security. Conversely, the higher the stated or coupon rate of interest, the
shorter the maturity or the higher the yield-to-maturity of a debt security,
the shorter the duration of the security.

      Futures, options and options on futures in general have durations that
are closely related to the duration of the securities that underlie them.
Holding long futures positions or call option positions (backed by liquid
assets) will tend to lengthen the portfolio's duration.

      In some cases the standard effective duration calculation does not
properly reflect the interest rate exposure of a security. For example,
floating and variable rate securities often have final maturities of ten or
more years. However, their exposure to interest rate changes corresponds to
the frequency of the times at which their interest coupon rate is reset. In
the case of mortgage pass-through securities, the stated final maturity of
the security is typically 30 years, but current rates or prepayments are more
important to determine the security's interest rate exposure. In these and
other similar situations, the Manager will use other analytical techniques
that consider the economic life of the security as well as relevant
macroeconomic factors (such as historical prepayment rates) in determining
the Fund's effective duration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      |X| U.S. Government Securities. These are securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or other U.S. government agencies or
federally-chartered corporate entities referred to as "instrumentalities."
The obligations of U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities in which the
Fund can 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.

         o U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (which
have maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (which have
maturities of more 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. Other
U.S. Treasury obligations the Fund can buy include U. S. Treasury securities
that have been "stripped" by a Federal Reserve Bank, zero-coupon U.S.
Treasury securities described below, and Treasury Inflation-Protection
Securities ("TIPS").

         o Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities. The Fund can buy these
TIPS, which 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.

         o 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 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. Others are supported only by the
credit of the entity that issued them, such as Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation obligations.

         o Mortgage-Related U.S. Government Securities. These include
interests in pools of residential or commercial mortgages, in the form of
collateralized mortgage obligations  and other "pass-through" mortgage
securities. CMOs that are U.S. government securities have collateral to
secure payment of interest and principal. They may be issued in different
series with different interest rates and maturities. The collateral is either
in the form of mortgage pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by a
U.S. agency or instrumentality or mortgage loans insured by a U.S. government
agency. The Fund can have significant amounts of its assets invested in
mortgage-related U.S. government securities.

      The prices and yields of CMOs are determined, in part, by assumptions
about the cash flows from the rate of payments of the underlying mortgages.
Changes in interest rates may cause the rate of expected prepayments of those
mortgages to change. In general, prepayments increase when general interest
rates fall and decrease when interest rates rise.

      If prepayments of mortgages underlying a CMO occur faster than expected
when interest rates fall, the market value and yield of the CMO will be
reduced. Additionally, the Fund may have to reinvest the prepayment proceeds
in other securities paying interest at lower rates, which could reduce the
Fund's yield.

      When interest rates rise rapidly, if prepayments occur more slowly than
expected, a short- or medium-term CMO can in effect become a long-term
security, subject to greater fluctuations in value. These are the prepayment
risks described above and can make the prices of CMOs very volatile when
interest rates change. The prices of longer-term debt securities tend to
fluctuate more than those of shorter-term debt securities. That volatility
will affect the Fund's share prices.

            o Commercial (Privately-Issued) Mortgage Related Securities. The
Fund can invest in commercial mortgage-related securities issued by private
entities. Generally these are multi-class debt or pass-through certificates
secured by mortgage loans on commercial properties. They are subject to the
credit risk of the issuer. These securities typically are structured to
provide protection to investors in senior classes from possible losses on the
underlying loans. They do so by having holders of subordinated classes take
the first loss if there are defaults on the underlying loans. They may also
be protected to some extent by guarantees, reserve funds or additional
collateralization mechanisms.

         |X| Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities are fractional
interests in pools of assets, typically accounts receivable or consumer
loans. They are issued by trusts or special-purpose corporations. These
securities are subject to prepayment risks and the risk of default by the
issuer as well as by the borrowers of the underlying loans in the pool. 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.

      The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the
market's perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness
of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the
financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected
if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. The risks of investing in
asset-backed securities are ultimately related to payment of consumer loans
by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, the
Fund would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans
in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to
prepayments, which may shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed
securities and may lower their return, in the same manner as in the case of
mortgage-backed securities and CMOs, described above.

      |X| Participation Interests. The Fund can invest in participation
interests, subject to the Fund's limitation on investments in illiquid
investments. 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. Not
more than 5% of the Fund's net assets can be invested in participation
interests of the same borrower. 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.

      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.

      |X| Foreign Securities. "Foreign securities" include debt securities
issued or guaranteed by 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 by foreign supra-national
entities, such as the World Bank. Those securities may be traded on foreign
securities exchanges or in the foreign over-the-counter markets. Securities
denominated in foreign currencies issued by U.S. companies are also
considered to be "foreign securities."  The Fund expects to have investments
in foreign securities as part of its normal investment strategy.

      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.

      American Depository Receipts ("ADR") facilities may be either
"sponsored" or "un-sponsored."  While sponsored and un-sponsored ADR
facilities are similar, distinctions exist between the rights and duties of
ADR holders and market practices. Sponsored facilities have the backing or
participation of the underlying foreign issuers. Un-sponsored facilities do
not have the participation by or consent of the issuer of the deposited
shares. Un-sponsored facilities usually request a letter of non-objection
from the issuer. Holders of un-sponsored ADRs generally bear all the costs of
such facility. The costs of the facility can include deposit and withdrawal
fees, currency conversion and other service fees. The depository of an
un-sponsored facility may not have a duty to distribute shareholder
communications from the issuer or to pass through voting rights. Issuers of
un-sponsored ADRs do not have an obligation to disclose material information
about the foreign issuers in the U.S. As a result, the value of the
un-sponsored ADR may not correlate with the value of the underlying security
trading abroad or any material information about the security or the issuer
disseminated abroad. Sponsored facilities enter into an agreement with the
issuer that sets out rights and duties of the issuer, the depository and the
ADR holder. The sponsored agreement also allocates fees among the parties.
Most sponsored agreements provide that the depository will distribute
shareholder notices, voting instructions and other communications.

      Investing in foreign securities offers potential benefits not available
from investing solely in securities of domestic issuers. They include the
opportunity to invest in foreign issuers that appear to offer income
potential, or in foreign countries with economic policies or business cycles
different from those of the U.S., 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.

         o Foreign Debt Obligations. The debt obligations of a foreign
government and its agencies and instrumentalities may or may not be supported
by the full faith and credit of the foreign government. The Fund can 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. 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 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.

      The Fund can invest in U.S. dollar-denominated "Brady Bonds." These
foreign debt obligations may be fixed-rate par bonds or floating-rate
discount bonds. They are generally collateralized in full as to repayment of
principal at maturity by U.S. Treasury zero-coupon obligations that have the
same maturity as the Brady Bonds. Brady Bonds can be viewed as having three
or four valuation components: (i) the collateralized repayment of principal
at final maturity; (ii) the collateralized interest payments; (iii) the
uncollateralized interest payments; and (iv) any uncollateralized repayment
of principal at maturity. Those uncollateralized amounts constitute what is
called the "residual risk."

      If there is a default on collateralized Brady Bonds resulting in
acceleration of the payment obligations of the issuer, the zero-coupon U.S.
Treasury securities held as collateral for the payment of principal will not
be distributed to investors, nor will those obligations be sold to distribute
the proceeds. The collateral will be held by the collateral agent to the
scheduled maturity of the defaulted Brady Bonds. The defaulted bonds will
continue to remain outstanding, and the face amount of the collateral will
equal the principal payments which would have then been due on the Brady
Bonds in the normal course. Because of the residual risk of Brady Bonds and
the history of defaults with respect to commercial bank loans by public and
private entities of countries issuing Brady Bonds, Brady Bonds are considered
speculative investments.

      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.

         o 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:

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

         o Special Risks of Emerging Markets. Emerging and developing markets
abroad may also offer special opportunities for investing but have greater
risks than more developed foreign markets, such as those in Europe, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There may be even less liquidity in their
securities markets, and settlements of purchases and sales of securities may
be subject to additional delays. They are subject to greater risks of
limitations on the repatriation of income and profits because of currency
restrictions imposed by local governments. Those countries may also be
subject to the risk of greater political and economic instability, which can
greatly affect the volatility of prices of securities in those countries. The
Manager will consider these factors when evaluating securities in these
markets, and the Fund currently does not expect to invest a substantial
portion of its assets in emerging markets.

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies. In seeking its objective, the
Fund may from time to time 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 may not use them.

      |X| Zero-Coupon Securities. The Fund can buy zero-coupon and
delayed-interest securities, and "stripped" securities. Stripped securities
are debt securities whose interest coupons are separated from the security
and sold separately. The Fund can buy different types of zero-coupon or
stripped securities, including, among others, foreign debt securities and
U.S. Treasury notes or bonds that have been stripped of their interest
coupons, U.S. Treasury bills issued without interest coupons, and
certificates representing interests in stripped securities.

      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. In the absence of threats to the issuer's credit quality, the
discount typically decreases as the maturity date approaches. Some
zero-coupon securities are convertible, in that they are zero-coupon
securities until a predetermined date, at which time they convert to a
security with a specified coupon rate.

      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. 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.

      |X| "Stripped" Mortgage-Related 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 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. The market for some of these securities may be limited, making
it difficult for the Fund to dispose of its holdings at an acceptable price.

      |X| Floating Rate and Variable Rate Obligations. Some securities the
Fund can purchase have variable or floating interest rates. Variable rates
are adjusted at stated periodic intervals. 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 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 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.

      Step-coupon bonds have a coupon interest rate that changes periodically
during the life of the security on predetermined dates that are set when the
security is issued.

      |X| "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" 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, no payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and no
interest accrues to the Fund from the investment until it receives the
security at settlement. There is a risk of loss to the Fund if the value of
the security changes prior to the settlement date, and there is the risk that
the other party may not perform.

      The Fund may engage in when-issued transactions to secure what the
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 will enter into delayed-delivery or when-issued
purchase transactions 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.

      |X| Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can acquire securities subject to
repurchase agreements. It might do so for liquidity purposes to meet
anticipated redemptions 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.

      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 are
subject to the Fund's limits on holding illiquid investments, as described in
the Prospectus. 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 for defensive purposes.

      Repurchase agreements, considered "loans" under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 ("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 to confirm that the vendor
is financially sound and will continuously monitor the collateral's value.

      Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with
other affiliated entities managed by the Manager, 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.

      Investment in Other Investment Companies.  The Fund can invest in
shares of other investment companies.  Investment 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 and other limitations described in "Does the
Fund Have Additional Fundamental Policies?" below.  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 is an investment company, the Fund would be
subject to its ratable share of that investment company's expenses, including
its advisory and administration fees.  At the same time, the Fund would bear
its own management fees and other expenses. The Fund does not anticipate
investing a substantial amount of its net assets in shares of other
investment companies.

      |X| 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. To enable the
Fund to sell its holdings of a restricted security not registered under
applicable securities laws, the Fund may have to cause those securities to be
registered. 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 may make it more difficult to value them, and
might limit the Fund's ability to dispose of the securities and might lower
the amount the Fund could realize upon the sale.

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

      Illiquid securities include repurchase agreements maturing in more than
seven days and participation interests that do not have puts exercisable
within seven days.

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

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

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

      |X| Convertible Securities. Convertible securities are debt securities
that are convertible into an issuer's common stock. Convertible securities
rank senior to common stock in a corporation's capital structure and
therefore are subject to less risk than common stock in the case of the
issuer's bankruptcy or liquidation.

      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.

      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 by the Manager more as "equity
equivalents."  As a result, the rating assigned to the security might have
less impact on the Manager's investment decision with respect to convertible
securities than in the case of non-convertible fixed-income securities.
Convertible debt securities are subject to the credit risks and interest rate
risks described above in "Debt Securities."

      To determine whether convertible securities should be regarded as
"equity equivalents," the Manager may examine 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.

      Borrowing for Leverage. The Fund has the ability to borrow from banks
on an unsecured basis to invest the borrowed funds in portfolio securities.
This speculative technique is known as "leverage." Currently, under the
Investment Company Act, absent exemptive relief, a mutual fund may borrow
only from banks and the maximum amount it may borrow is up to one-third of
its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less all liabilities and
indebtedness other than borrowing. The fund may also borrow up to 5% of its
total assets for temporary purposes from any person. Under the Investment
Company Act, there is a rebuttable presumption that a loan is temporary if it
is repaid within 60 days and not extended or renewed. If the value of the
Fund's assets fails to meet the 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 will pay interest on its borrowings, 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. Currently, the Fund
does not contemplate using this technique, but if it does so, it will not
likely do so to a substantial degree.

      |X| Loans of Portfolio Securities. To raise cash for income or
liquidity purposes, the Fund can lend its portfolio securities to brokers,
dealers and other types of financial institutions approved by the Fund's
Board of Trustees.

      These loans are limited to not more than 25% of the value of the Fund's
total assets. The Fund currently does not intend to engage in loans of
securities, but if it does so, such loans will not likely exceed 5% of the
Fund's total assets.

      There are some risks in connection with securities lending. The Fund
might experience a delay in receiving additional collateral to secure a loan,
or a delay in recovery of the loaned securities if the borrower defaults. The
Fund must receive collateral for a loan. Under current applicable regulatory
requirements (which are subject to change), on each business day the loan
collateral must be at least equal to the value of the loaned securities. It
must consist of cash, bank letters of credit or securities of the U.S.
government or its agencies or instrumentalities, or other cash equivalents in
which the Fund is permitted to invest. To be acceptable as collateral,
letters of credit must obligate a bank to pay amounts demanded by the Fund if
the demand meets the terms of the letter. The terms of the letter of credit
and the issuing bank both must be satisfactory to the Fund.

      When it lends securities, the Fund receives amounts equal to the
dividends or interest on loaned securities. It also receives one or more of
(a) negotiated loan fees, (b) interest on securities used as collateral, and
(c) interest on any short-term debt securities purchased with such loan
collateral. Either type of interest may be shared with the borrower. The Fund
may also pay reasonable finder's, custodian and administrative fees in
connection with these loans. The terms of the Fund's loans must meet
applicable tests under the Internal Revenue Code and must permit the Fund to
reacquire loaned securities on five days' notice or in time to vote on any
important matter.

Interfund Borrowing and Lending Arrangements.  Consistent with its fundamental
policies and  pursuant to an  exemptive  order issued by the SEC, the Fund may
engage  in  borrowing  and  lending   activities   with  other  funds  in  the
OppenheimerFunds  complex.  Borrowing money from  affiliated  funds may afford
the  Fund  the  flexibility  to use the  most  cost-effective  alternative  to
satisfy its borrowing  requirements.  Lending money to an affiliated  fund may
allow the Fund to obtain a higher rate of return  than it could from  interest
rates on  alternative  short-term  investments.  Implementation  of  interfund
lending  will  be   accomplished   consistent   with   applicable   regulatory
requirements, including the provisions of the SEC order.

o     Interfund  Borrowing.  The Fund will not borrow  from  affiliated  funds
unless the terms of the  borrowing  arrangement  are at least as  favorable as
the terms the Fund could  otherwise  negotiate  with a third party.  To assure
that the Fund will not be  disadvantaged by borrowing from an affiliated fund,
certain  safeguards may be implemented.  Examples of these safeguards  include
the following:
o     the Fund  will  not  borrow  money  from  affiliated  funds  unless  the
               interest  rate is  more  favorable  than  available  bank  loan
               rates;
o     the Fund's  borrowing from affiliated  funds must be consistent with its
               investment objective and investment policies;
o     the  loan  rates  will  be  the  average  of  the  overnight  repurchase
               agreement rate  available  through the  OppenheimerFunds  joint
               repurchase  agreement  account  and a  pre-established  formula
               based on quotations from  independent  banks to approximate the
               lowest  interest rate at which bank loans would be available to
               the Fund;
o     if the Fund has  outstanding  borrowings  from all sources  greater than
               10% of its  total  assets,  then  the  Fund  must  secure  each
               additional  outstanding  interfund loan by  segregating  liquid
               assets of the Fund as collateral;
o     the Fund cannot borrow from an affiliated  fund in excess of 125% of its
               total redemptions for the preceding seven days;
o     each interfund loan may be repaid on any day by the Fund; and
o     the Trustees will be provided  with a report of all interfund  loans and
               the Trustees  will monitor all such  borrowings  to ensure that
               the Fund's participation is appropriate.

      There is a risk that the Fund could  have an  interfund  loan  called on
one day's notice. In that  circumstance,  the Fund might have to borrow from a
bank at a  higher  interest  cost if money to lend  were  not  available  from
another Oppenheimer fund.

o     Interfund Lending.  To assure that the Fund will not be disadvantaged by
making loans to affiliated  funds,  certain  safeguards  will be  implemented.
Examples of these safeguards include the following:

o     the Fund will not lend money to  affiliated  funds  unless the  interest
               rate on such  loan is  determined  to be  reasonable  under the
               circumstances;
o     the Fund  may not  make  interfund  loans  in  excess  of 15% of its net
               assets;
o     an interfund loan to any one affiliated  fund shall not exceed 5% of the
               Fund's net assets;
o     an interfund loan may not be outstanding for more than seven days;
o     each interfund loan may be called on one business day's notice; and
o       the Manager will provide the Trustees reports on all interfund loans
               demonstrating that the Fund's participation is appropriate and
               that the loan is consistent with its investment objectives and
                                          policies.

      When the Fund lends assets to another affiliated fund, the Fund is
subject to the credit that the borrowing fund fails to repay the loan.

      |X| Money Market Instruments. The 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.

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

         o Bank Obligations. The Fund can buy time deposits, certificates of
deposit and bankers' acceptances. They must be:

            o 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
o     obligations of a foreign bank with total assets of at least U.S. $1
              billion.

      "Banks" include commercial banks, savings banks and savings and loan
associations, which may or may not be members of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.

         o Commercial Paper. The Fund can invest in commercial paper if it is
rated within the top three rating categories of S&P 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 national 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.

            o 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.

      |X| Derivatives. The Fund can invest in a variety of derivative
investments to seek income or for hedging purposes. Some derivative
investments the Fund can use are the hedging instruments described below in
this Statement of Additional Information. Segregated accounts will be
maintained for all derivative transactions, as required by the Investment
Company Act.

      Among the derivative investments the Fund can invest in are
"index-linked" or "currency-linked" notes. Principal and/or interest payments
on index-linked notes depend on the performance of an underlying index.
Currency-indexed securities are typically short-term or intermediate-term
debt securities. Their value at maturity or the rates at which they pay
income are determined by the change in value of the U.S. dollar against one
or more foreign currencies or an index. In some cases, these securities may
pay an amount at maturity based on a multiple of the amount of the relative
currency movements. This type of index security 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.

      Other derivative investments the Fund can use include "debt
exchangeable for common stock" of an issuer or "equity-linked debt
securities" of an issuer. At maturity, the debt security is exchanged for
common stock of the issuer or it is payable in an amount based on the price
of the issuer's common stock at the time of maturity. Both alternatives
present a risk that the amount payable at maturity will be less than the
principal amount of the debt because the price of the issuer's common stock
might not be as high as the Manager expected.

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

      The Fund would take a short position in a credit default swap (the
"unfunded swap") against a long portfolio position to decrease exposure to
specific high yield issuers.  If the short credit default swap is against a
corporate issue, the Fund must own that corporate issue. However, if the
short credit default swap is against sovereign debt, the Fund may own either:
(i) the reference obligation, (ii) any sovereign debt of that foreign
country, or (iii) sovereign debt of any country that the Manager determines
is closely correlated as an inexact bona fide hedge.

      If the Fund takes a short position in the credit default swap, if there
is a credit event (including bankruptcy, failure to timely pay interest or
principal, or a restructuring), the Fund will deliver the defaulted bonds and
the swap counterparty will pay the par amount of the bonds.  An associated
risk is adverse pricing when purchasing bonds to satisfy the delivery
obligation.  If the swap is on a basket of securities, the notional amount of
the swap is reduced by the par amount of the defaulted bond, and the fixed
payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.

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

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

      The Fund will invest no more than 25 % of its total assets in
"unfunded" credit default swaps.

      The Fund will limit its investments in "funded" credit default swap
notes to no more than 10% of its total assets.

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

      |X| Hedging. The Fund can use hedging instruments although it is not
obligated to use them in seeking its objective. 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 could:
o     sell futures contracts,
o     buy puts on futures or on securities, or
o     write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls may also be
           used to increase the Fund's income, but the Manager does not
           expect to engage extensively in that practice.

      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. To do so the
Fund could:
o     buy futures, or
o     buy calls on futures or on securities.

      The Fund is not obligated to use hedging instruments, even though it is
permitted to use them in the Manager's discretion, as described below. The
Fund's strategy of hedging with futures and options on futures will be
incidental to the Fund's activities in the underlying cash market. The
particular hedging instruments the Fund can use are described below. The Fund
may employ new hedging instruments and strategies when they are developed, if
those investment methods are consistent with the Fund's investment objective
and are permissible under applicable regulations governing the Fund.

      o Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts that relate to
(1) broadly-based bond or other security indices (these are referred to as
"financial futures"), (2) commodity contracts (these are referred to as
"commodity futures"), (3) debt securities (these are referred to as "interest
rate futures"), (4) foreign currencies (these are referred to as "forward
contracts"), (5) individual stock (these are referred to as "single stock
futures"), (6) bond indices (these are referred to as "bond index futures")
and (7) securities indices (these are referred to as "financial futures").

      A broadly-based stock index is used as the basis for trading stock
index futures. In some cases, these futures may 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.

      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.

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

               o Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can write (that is,
sell) covered calls. If the Fund sells a call option, it must be covered.
That means the Fund must own the security subject to the call while the call
is outstanding, or, for calls on futures and indices, the call may be covered
by segregating liquid assets to enable the Fund to satisfy its obligations if
the call is exercised. Up to 50% of the Fund's total assets may be subject to
calls the Fund writes.

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

      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 specified multiple that determines the total
value of the call for each point of difference. If the value of the
underlying investment does not rise above the call price, it is likely that
the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case the Fund would keep
the cash premium.

      The Fund's custodian bank, or a securities depository acting for the
custodian bank, 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 (that
is, the option is "in the money"). When the Fund writes an OTC option, it
will treat as illiquid (for purposes of its restriction on holding illiquid
securities) the mark-to-market value of any OTC option it holds, unless the
option is subject to a buy-back agreement by the executing broker.

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

      The Fund may 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 identifying on
it books an equivalent dollar amount of liquid assets. The Fund will identify
additional liquid assets on its books to cover the call if the value of the
identified assets drops below 100% of the current value of the future.
Because of this asset coverage requirement, in no circumstances would the
Fund's receipt of an exercise notice as to that future require the Fund to
deliver a futures contract. It would simply put the Fund in a short futures
position, which is permitted by the Fund's hedging policies.

               o Writing Put Options. The Fund can sell put options on
securities, broadly-based securities indices, foreign currencies and futures.
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. 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 on the Fund's books. The premium the Fund receives from writing a
put represents a profit, as long as the price of the underlying investment
remains equal to or above the exercise price of the put. However, the Fund
also assumes the obligation during the option period to buy the underlying
investment from the buyer of the put at the exercise price, even if the value
of the investment falls below the exercise price.

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

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

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

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

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

      Buying a put on an investment the Fund does not own (such as an index
or future) permits the Fund 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.

      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.

            o Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund can
buy and sell calls and puts on foreign currencies. They include puts and
calls that trade on a securities or commodities exchange or in the
over-the-counter markets or are quoted by major recognized dealers in such
options.

      The Fund 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 identifying liquid assets on its books having a value equal to its
obligation under the option.

            o Risks of Hedging with Options and Futures. The use of hedging
instruments 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 instrument at the wrong time or judges market
conditions incorrectly, hedging strategies may reduce the Fund's return. The
Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its futures and options
positions were not correlated with its other investments.

      The Fund's option activities 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 hedging instruments in a short
hedge, the market might 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 hedging instruments and also experience a decline in the value of its
portfolio securities. However, while this could occur for a very brief period
or to a very small degree, over time the value of a diversified portfolio of
securities will tend to move in the same direction as the indices upon which
the hedging instruments are based.

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

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

      The Fund can use hedging instruments to establish a position in the
securities markets as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual
securities (long hedging) by buying futures and/or calls on such futures,
broadly-based indices or on securities. It is possible that when the Fund
does so the market 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 hedging instruments that
is not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.

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

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

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

      When the Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a
security denominated in a foreign currency, or when it anticipates receiving
dividend payments in a foreign currency, the Fund 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 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
to its custodian bank 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.

         o Interest Rate Swap Transactions. The Fund can enter into interest
rate swap agreements. In an interest rate swap, the Fund and another party
exchange their right to receive or their obligation to pay interest on a
security. For example, they might swap the right to receive floating rate
payments for fixed rate payments. The Fund can enter into swaps only on
securities that it owns. The Fund will not enter into swaps with respect to
more than 25% of its total assets. Also, the Fund will identify on its book
liquid assets (such as cash or U.S. government securities) to cover any
amounts it could owe under swaps that exceed the amounts it is entitled to
receive, and it will adjust that amount daily, as needed.

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

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

            o Regulatory Aspects of Hedging Instruments. When using futures
and options on futures, the Fund is required to operate within certain
guidelines and restrictions with respect to the use of futures as established
by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC"). In particular,
the Fund is exempted from registration with the CFTC as a "commodity pool
operator" if the Fund complies with the requirements of Rule 4.5 adopted by
the CFTC. The Rule does not limit the percentage of the Fund's assets that
may be used for futures margin and related options premiums for a bona fide
hedging position. However, under the Rule, the Fund must limit its aggregate
initial futures margin and related options premiums to not more than 5% of
the Fund's net assets for hedging strategies that are not considered bona
fide hedging strategies under the Rule. Under the Rule, the Fund must also
use short futures and options on futures solely for bona fide hedging
purposes within the meaning and intent of the applicable provisions of the
Commodity Exchange Act.

      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 interpretations of staff members of the SEC regarding applicable
provisions of the Investment Company Act, when the Fund purchases a future,
it must segregate for liquid assets in an amount equal to the purchase price
of the future, less the margin deposit applicable to it.

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

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

      Under the Internal Revenue Code, the following gains or losses are
treated as ordinary income or loss:

      (1)   gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates
            that occur between the time the Fund accrues interest or other
            receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated
            in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects
            such receivables or pays such liabilities, and
      (2)   gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of a
            foreign currency between the date of acquisition of a debt
            security denominated in a foreign currency or foreign currency
            forward contracts and the date of disposition.

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

      |X| 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 Fund's portfolio turnover
rate will fluctuate from year to year, and the Fund may have a portfolio
turnover rate of more than 100% annually.

      Increased portfolio turnover may result in higher brokerage and
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.

      |X| Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments.  In times of adverse
or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the Fund can invest up
to 100% of its assets in temporary defensive investments that are
inconsistent with the Fund's principal investment strategies.  Generally,
they would be cash equivalents (such as commercial paper), money market
instruments, short-term debt securities, U.S. Government securities, or
repurchase agreements.  They could include other investment-grade debt
securities.  The Fund might also hold these types of securities pending the
investment of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or portfolio securities
or to meet anticipated redemptions of Fund shares.  To the extent the Fund
invests defensively in these securities, it might not achieve its investment
objective.

Investment Restrictions

      |X| 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:

o     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
o     more than 50% of the outstanding shares.

      The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other policies
described in the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information 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 Statement of Additional
Information, as appropriate. The Fund's most significant investment policies
are described in the Prospectus.

      |X|   Does the Fund Have Additional Fundamental Policies?  The
following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund.

      o  The Fund cannot buy securities or other instruments issued or
guaranteed by any one issuer if more than 5% of its total assets would be
invested in securities or other instruments of that issuer or if it would
then own more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities.  This limitation
applies to 75% of the Fund's total assets.  The limit does not apply to
securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies
or instrumentalities or securities of other investment companies.

      o  The Fund cannot make loans, except to the extent permitted under the
Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption
therefrom that is applicable to the Fund, as such statute, rules or
regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

o     The Fund may not borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the
Investment Company Act, the rules or regulations thereunder or any exemption
therefrom that is applicable to the Fund, as such statute, rules or
regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

      o  The Fund cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one
industry.  That limit does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities.

o     The Fund cannot buy or sell real estate.  However, the Fund can
purchase and sell securities issued or secured by companies that invest in or
deal in real estate or interests in real estate.

o     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, swaps, and forward
contracts.

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

      o  The Fund cannot issue "senior securities," but this 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.

      Unless the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information
states that a percentage restriction applies on an ongoing basis, it applies
only at the time the Fund makes an investment, with the exception of the
borrowing policy. 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.

      For purposes of the Fund's policy not to concentrate its investments,
the Fund has adopted the industry classifications set forth in Appendix B to
this Statement of Additional Information. That is not a fundamental policy.

      The Fund cannot invest in other investment companies except to the
extent permitted by the Investment Company Act. The Fund would be permitted
under this policy to invest its assets in the securities of one or more
open-end management investment companies for which the Manager, one of its
affiliates or a successor is the investment advisor or sub-advisor. That
affiliated fund or funds must have substantially the same fundamental
investment objective, policies and limitations as the Fund. The Fund's policy
not to concentrate its investments, as described above, also would permit the
Fund to adopt a "master-feeder" structure. Under that structure, the Fund
would be a "feeder" fund and would invest all of its assets in a single
pooled "master fund" in which other feeder funds could also invest. This
could enable the Fund to take advantage of potential operational and cost
efficiencies in the master-feeder structure. The Fund has no present
intention of adopting the master-feeder structure. If it did so, the
Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information would be revised
accordingly.

      The Fund currently has no intention of investing in commodity
contracts. If the Fund's intention changes, the Prospectus and this Statement
of Additional Information will be revised accordingly.

How the Fund is Managed

Organization and History.  The Fund is an open-end, diversified, management
investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of
beneficial interest.  The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business
trust on November 4, 2002.

      Classes of Shares. The Trustees are authorized, without shareholder
approval, to create new series and classes of shares. The Trustees may
reclassify unissued shares of the Fund into additional series of classes of
shares. The Trustees also may 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
five classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class N and Class Y. All
classes invest in the same investment portfolio. Only retirement plans may
purchase Class N shares. Only certain institutional investors may elect to
purchase Class Y shares. Each class of shares:

o     has its own dividends and distributions,
o     pays certain expenses which may be different for the different classes,
o     may have a different net asset value,
o     may have separate voting rights on matters in which interests of one
        class are different
         from interests of another class, and
o     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 the 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.

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. The Fund will hold meetings when required to do so by the
Investment Company Act or other applicable law. It will also do so when a
shareholder meeting is called by the Trustees or upon proper request of the
shareholders.

      Shareholders have the right, upon the declaration in writing or vote of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund, to remove a Trustee.  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, whichever is less.
The Trustees may also take other action as permitted by the Investment
Company Act.

Shareholder and Trustee Liability.  The Fund's Declaration of Trust contains
an express disclaimer of shareholder 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. Additionally, 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. Although the Fund will not normally
hold annual meetings of its shareholders, it may hold shareholder meetings
from time to time on important matters, and shareholders have the right to
call a meeting to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the
Fund's Declaration of Trust.

      The Trustees have appointed an Audit Committee, comprised of Messrs.,
Abdow, Wikler (Chairman) and Wold, all of whom are independent Trustees.  The
Audit Committee plans to meet at least once during each fiscal year.  The
Board of Trustees does not have a standing nominating or compensation
committee.

      The Audit Committee furnishes the Board with recommendations regarding
the selection of the independent auditor.  Other functions of the Audit
Committee include: (i) reviewing the scope and results of audits and the
audit fees charged; (ii) reviewing reports from the Fund's independent
auditor regarding the adequacy of the Fund's internal accounting procedures
and controls; and (iii) establishing a separate line of communication between
the Fund's independent auditors and its Trustees, among other duties as set
forth in the Committee's charter.

      Based on the Audit Committee's recommendation, the Board of Trustees of
the Fund, including a majority of the independent Trustees, on December 5,
2002, selected Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") as auditors of the Fund.
Ernst & Young also serve as independent auditors for certain other funds for
which the Manager acts as investment advisor.

      Ernst & Young performs audit services for the Fund including the audit
of the Fund's financial statements, review of the Fund's annual report and
registration statement amendment, consultation on financial accounting and
reporting matters, and meetings with the Board of Trustees.

Trustees and Officers of the Fund.  The Fund's Trustees and Officers and
their positions held with the Fund and length of service in such position(s)
and their principal occupations and business affiliations during the past
five years are listed in the chart below.  Except for Mr. Murphy and Mr.
Walcott each of the trustees is an "Independent Trustee," as defined in the
Investment Company Act.  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.  Mr.
Walcott is also an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of his former position as
an officer of the Manager's parent company.  All information in the following
tables is as of December 31, 2002.  All of the Trustees are Trustees or
Managers of the following Oppenheimer funds (referred to as "Board IV Funds"):

                    OFI Tremont Core Diversified Hedge Fund
                     OFI Tremont Market Neutral Hedge Fund
                  Oppenheimer Tremont Market Neutral Fund LLC
                    Oppenheimer Tremont Opportunity Fund LLC
                          Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund
                        Oppenheimer Multi Cap Value Fund
                       Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund

      Messrs. Murphy, Masterson, Wixted, Vottiero, Zack, Manioudakis, Moon,
Gord and Mses. Bechtolt, Feld, Ives and Lee are officers of the Fund and,
with the exception of Ms. Lee, hold the same offices with the other
Oppenheimer funds.  Ms. Lee is an officer of certain other Oppenheimer
funds.  As of the date of this Statement of Additional Information, the
Trustees and the officers of the Fund as a group owned of record or
beneficially less than 1% of each class of the outstanding shares of the
Fund. The foregoing statement does not reflect ownership of shares of the
Fund held of record by an employee benefit plan for employees of the Manager,
other than the shares beneficially owned under the plan by the officers of
the Fund listed above. In addition, each Independent Trustee, and his family
members, do not own securities of either the Manager or Distributor of the
Board IV Funds, or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by or under common control with the Manager or Distributor. The chart below
does not disclose information about each Trustee's ownership of Fund shares
or ownership of shares of OFI Tremont Core Diversified Hedge Fund or OFI
Tremont Market Neutral Hedge Fund because these funds were not in existence
as of December 31, 2002.

      The address of each Independent Trustee in the chart below is:  6803 S.
Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite
term, until his resignation, retirement, death or removal.






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                                Independent Trustees
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                                                                         Aggregate
                                                                         Dollar
                                                                         Range Of
                                                                         Shares
                                                                Dollar   Beneficially
                                                                Range    Owned in
Name,                Principal   Occupation(s)  During  Past  5 of       Any of the
Position(s) Held     Years;                                     Shares   Oppenheimer
with Fund,           Other  Trusteeships/Directorships  Held by BeneficiaFunds
Length of Service,   Trustee;                                   Owned    Overseen
Age                  Number  of   Portfolios  in  Fund  Complex in the   by Trustee
                     Currently Overseen by Trustee              Fund
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                                                                 As of December 31,
                                                                        2002
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Ronald J. Abdow,     President, Abdow Corporation (operator of     $0       Over
Trustee since 2003,  restaurants): Trustee, Abdow G&R Trust               $100,000
Age: 70              and Abdow Co. (owners and operators of
                     restaurant properties); Partner, Abdow
                     Partnership, Abdow Auburn Associates and
                     Abdow Hazard Associates (owners and
                     operators of restaurant properties);
                     Chairman, Western Mass Development Corp;
                     Chairman, American International College;
                     Trustee (since 1993) of MML Series
                     Investment Fund and Trustee (since 1994)
                     of MassMutual Institutional Funds
                     (open-end investment companies). Oversees
                     7 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                     complex.
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Joseph M. Wikler,    Self-employed as an investment                $0    $10,001-$50,000
Trustee since 2003,  consultant; a director of Lakes
Age: 61              Environmental Association (since 1996),
                     and Medintec (since 1992) and Cathco
                     (since 1995) (medical device companies);
                     and a member of the investment committee
                     of the Associated Jewish Charities of
                     Baltimore (since 1994); formerly a
                     director of Fortis/Hartford mutual funds
                     (1994 - December 2001). Oversees 7
                     portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                     complex.
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Peter I. Wold,       President of Wold Properties, Inc. (an        $0       Over
Trustee since 2003,  oil and gas exploration and production               $100,000
Age: 54              company); Vice President, Secretary and
                     Treasurer of Wold Trona Company, Inc.
                     (soda ash processing and production);
                     Vice President of Wold Talc Company, Inc.
                     (talc mining); Managing Member,
                     Hole-in-the-Wall Ranch (cattle ranching);
                     formerly Director and Chairman of the
                     Board, Denver Branch of the Federal
                     Reserve Bank of Kansas City (1993-1999)
                     and Director of PacifiCorp. (1995 -
                     1999), an electric utility. Oversees 7
                     portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                     complex.
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      The address of the Interested Trustee in the chart below is as
follows:  6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924. The Trustee serves
for an indefinite term, until his resignation, retirement, death or removal.

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                                 Interested Trustee
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                                                                         Aggregate
                                                                         Dollar
                                                                         Range
                                                                         Of Shares
                                                                Dollar   Beneficially
                                                                Range    Owned in
Name,                Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5      of       Any of the
Position(s) Held     Years;                                     Shares   Oppenheimer
with Fund,           Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held by   BeneficiaFunds
Length of Service;   Trustee;                                   Owned    Overseen
Age                  Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex       in the   by Trustee
                     Currently Overseen by Trustee              Fund
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                                                                As of December 31,
                                                                2002
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Eustis Walcott,      Principal with Ardsley Associates (since      $0    $10,001-50,000
Trustee since 2003   August 2000) (consulting firm); formerly
Age: 64              Senior Vice President, MassMutual
                     Financial Group (May 1990 - July 2000).
                     Trustee (since 2000) of Cornerstone Real
                     Estate Advisors, MML Investors Services
                     (since 2000), OFI Trust Company (since
                     2001) and the American International
                     College (since 1995). Trustee and Vice
                     President (since 1996) of the MassMutual
                     Foundation. Oversees 7 portfolios in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.
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      The address of Mr. Murphy, an interested trustee and officer of the
Fund as indicated in the chart below, is 498 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
10018. Mr. Murphy serves for an indefinite term, until his resignation,
retirement, death or removal.

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                           Interested Trustee and Officer
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                                                                         Aggregate
                                                                         Dollar
                                                                         Range
                                                                         Of Shares
                                                                Dollar   Beneficially
                                                                Range    Owned in
Name,                Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5      of       Any of the
Position(s) Held     Years;                                     Shares   Oppenheimer
with Fund,           Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held by   BeneficiaFunds
Length of Service;   Trustee;                                   Owned    Overseen
Age                  Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex       in the   by Trustee
                     Currently Overseen by Trustee              Fund
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                                                                 As of December 31,
                                                                        2002
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John V. Murphy,      Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and         $0       Over
President, Trustee   director (since June 2001) and President             $100,000
and Chairman of the  (since September 2000) of the Manager;
Board,               President and a director or trustee of
Trustee since 2003   other Oppenheimer funds; President and a
Age: 53              director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer
                     Acquisition Corp. and of Oppenheimer
                     Partnership Holdings, Inc.; a director
                     (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds
                     Distributor, Inc.; Chairman and a
                     director (since July 2001) of Shareholder
                     Services, Inc. and of Shareholder
                     Financial Services, Inc.; President and a
                     director (since July 2001) of
                     OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (a
                     charitable trust program established by
                     the Manager); a director of the following
                     investment advisory subsidiaries of
                     OppenheimerFunds, Inc.: OFI Institutional
                     Asset Management, Inc. and Centennial
                     Asset Management Corporation (since
                     November 2001), HarbourView Asset
                     Management Corporation and OFI Private
                     Investments, Inc. (since July 2001);
                     President (since November 1, 2001) and a
                     director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer
                     Real Asset Management, Inc.; a director
                     (since November 2001) of Trinity
                     Investment Management Corp. and Tremont
                     Advisers, Inc. (investment advisory
                     affiliates of the Manager); Executive
                     Vice President (since February 1997) of
                     Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
                     Company (the Manager's parent company); a
                     director (since June 1995) of DLB
                     Acquisition Corporation (a holding
                     company that owns the shaes of David L.
                     Babson & Company); formerly, Chief
                     Operating Officer (September 2000-June
                     2001) of the Manager; President and
                     trustee (November 1999-November 2001) of
                     MML Series Investment Fund and MassMutual
                     Institutional Funds (open-end investment
                     companies); a director (September
                     1999-August 2000) of C.M. Life Insurance
                     Company; President, Chief Executive
                     Officer and director (September
                     1999-August 2000) of MML Bay State Life
                     Insurance Company; a director (June
                     1989-June 1998) of Emerald Isle Bancorp
                     and Hibernia Savings Bank (a wholly-owned
                     subsidiary of Emerald Isle Bancorp).
                     Oversees 69 portfolios in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.
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      The address of the Officers in the chart below is 498 Seventh Avenue,
New York, NY 10018 except for Mr. Wixted and Mses. Bechtolt and Ives whose
address is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924. Each Officer serves
for an annual term or until his or her earlier resignation, death or removal.

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                                Officers of the Fund
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Name,
Position(s) Held with Fund,
Length of Service,
Age                            Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
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Benjamin J. Gord,              Vice President of the Manager (since April 2002); an
Portfolio Manager since 2003   officer of 1 portfolio in the OppenheimerFunds
Age:  40                       complex. Formerly an executive director and senior
                               fixed income analyst at Miller Anderson & Sherrerd,
                               a division of Morgan Stanley Investment Management
                               (April 1992-March 2002).
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Angelo Manioudakis, Vice       Senior Vice President of the Manager (since April
President and Portfolio        2002); an officer of 9 portfolios in the
Manager since 2003             OppenheimerFunds complex; formerly Executive
Age: 36                        Director and portfolio manager for Miller, Anderson
                               & Sherrerd, a division of Morgan Stanley Investment
                               Management (August 1993-April 2002).
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Charles Moon,                  Vice President of the Manager (since April 2002); an
Portfolio Manager since 2003   officer of 1 portfolio in the OppenheimerFunds
Age:  35                       complex. Formerly executive director and portfolio
                               manager at Miller Anderson & Sherrerd, a division of
                               Morgan Stanley Investment Management (June
                               1999-March 2002); Vice President of Citicorp
                               Securities Inc. (June 1993-May 1999).
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Brian W. Wixted,               Senior Vice President and Treasurer (since March
Treasurer, Principal           1999) of the Manager; Treasurer (since March 1999)
Financial and Accounting       of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation,
Officer since 2003             Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset
Age: 42                        Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial
                               Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings,
                               Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since March
                               2000), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and
                               Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since May 2000)
                               and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since
                               November 2000); Treasurer and Chief Financial
                               Officer (since May 2000) of Oppenheimer Trust
                               Company (a trust company subsidiary of the Manager);
                               Assistant Treasurer (since March 1999) of
                               Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. and OppenheimerFunds
                               Legacy Program (since April 2000); formerly
                               Principal and Chief Operating Officer (March
                               1995-March 1999) of Bankers Trust Company-Mutual
                               Fund Services Division. An officer of 85 portfolios
                               in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Philip Vottiero,               Vice President/Fund Accounting of the Manager (since
Assistant Treasurer since 2003 March 2002; formerly Vice President/Corporate
Age: 39                        Accounting of the Manager (July 1999-March 2002)
                               prior to which he was Chief Financial Officer at
                               Sovlink Corporation (April 1996-June 1999). An
                               officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                               complex.
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Connie Bechtolt,               Assistant Vice President of the Manager  (since
Assistant Treasurer since 2003 September 1998); formerly Manager/Fund Accounting
Age: 39                        (September 1994-September 1998) of the Manager. An
                               officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                               complex.
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Robert G. Zack,                Senior Vice President (since May 1985) and General
Secretary since 2003           Counsel (since February 2002) of the Manager;
Age: 54                        General Counsel and a director (since November 2001)
                               of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Senior Vice
                               President and General Counsel (since November 2001)
                               of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice
                               President and a director (since November 2000) of
                               Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.; Senior Vice
                               President, General Counsel and a director (since
                               November 2001) of Shareholder Services, Inc.,
                               Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Private
                               Investments, Inc., Oppenheimer Trust Company and OFI
                               Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; General
                               Counsel (since November 2001) of Centennial Asset
                               Management Corporation; a director (since November
                               2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.;
                               Assistant Secretary and a director (since November
                               2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd.; Vice
                               President (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds
                               Legacy Program; Secretary (since November 2001) of
                               Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; formerly Acting
                               General Counsel (November 2001-February 2002) and
                               Associate General Counsel (May 1981-October 2001) of
                               the Manager; Assistant Secretary of Shareholder
                               Services, Inc. (May 1985-November 2001), Shareholder
                               Financial Services, Inc. (November 1989-November
                               2001); OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. And
                               Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (October
                               1997-November 2001). An officer of 85 portfolios in
                               the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Philip T. Masterson,           Vice President and Assistant Counsel of the Manager
Assistant Secretary since 2003 (since July 1998); formerly, an associate with
Age: 38                        Davis, Graham, & Stubbs LLP (January 1997-June
                               1998). An officer of 85 portfolios in the
                               OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Dina C. Lee,                   Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel of
Assistant Secretary since 2003 the Manager (since December 2000); formerly an
Age: 32                        attorney and Assistant Secretary of Van Eck Global
                               (until December 2000). An officer of 3 portfolios in
                               the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Katherine P. Feld,             Vice President and Senior Counsel (since July 1999)
Assistant Secretary since 2003 of the Manager; Vice President (since June 1990) of
Age: 44                        OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Director, Vice
                               President and Assistant Secretary (since June 1999)
                               of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice
                               President (since 1997) of Oppenheimer Real Asset
                               Management, Inc.; formerly Vice President and
                               Associate Counsel of the Manager (June 1990-July
                               1999). An officer of 85 portfolios in the
                               OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Kathleen T. Ives,              Vice President and Assistant Counsel (since June
Assistant Secretary since 2003 1998) of the Manager; Vice President (since 1999) of
Age: 36                        OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Vice President
                               and Assistant Secretary (since 1999) of Shareholder
                               Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary (since December
                               2001) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and
                               Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.; formerly
                               Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel of
                               the Manager (August 1997-June 1998); Assistant
                               Counsel of the Manager (August 1994-August 1997). An
                               officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                               complex.
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      |X| Remuneration of Trustees. The officers of the Fund and one Trustee
(Mr. Murphy) are affiliated with the Manager and receive no salary or fee
from the Fund. The Trustees of the Fund received the compensation shown below
from the Fund with respect to the Fund's fiscal period ended April 30, 2003.
The compensation from all of the Board IV Oppenheimer funds represents
compensation received as a trustee, manager or member of a committee of the
Board during the calendar year ended December 31, 2002. The chart below does
not disclose compensation from the Fund, OFI Tremont Core Diversified Hedge
Fund or OFI Tremont Market Neutral Hedge Fund because these funds were not in
existence as of December 31, 2002.

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Trustee Name and Other Fund           Aggregate       Total Compensation From Fund
Position(s) (as applicable)       Compensation From     and Fund Complex Paid to
                                       Fund (1)                 Trustees
                                                             (4 funds) (2) *
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Ronald J. Abdow                           99                   $66,000 (3)
Audit Committee Member
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Eustis Walcott                            98                     $18,000
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Joseph M. Wikler                          99                     $18,000
Audit Committee Chairman
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Peter I. Wold                             99                     $18,000
Audit Committee Member
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(1) Aggregate Compensation From Fund includes fees and deferred compensation,
if any, for a Trustee.
(2) Total Compensation includes compensation paid only by the following Board
IV Funds which began operations prior to December 31, 2002: Oppenheimer Real
Estate Fund, Oppenheimer Multi-Cap Value Fund, Oppenheimer Tremont Market
Neutral Fund, LLC and Oppenheimer Tremont Opportunity Fund, LLC.
(3) Includes $48,000 compensation paid to Mr. Abdow for serving as a trustee
for two open-end  investment  companies (MassMutual Institutional Funds and
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 MassMutual International Equity Fund, a series of
MassMutual Institutional Funds.
*   For purposes of this section only, "Fund Complex" includes the
Oppenheimer funds, MassMutual
institutional Funds and MML Series Investment Fund in accordance with the
instructions for Form N-1A.
The Manager does not consider MassMutual Institutional Funds and MML Series
Investment Fund to be
part of the  OppenheimerFunds  "Fund  Complex"  as that term may be  otherwise
interpreted.

      |X| Major Shareholders.  As of July 29, 2003, the only persons who owned
of record  or were  known by the Fund to own of record 5% or more of any class
of the Fund's outstanding shares were:

OppenheimerFunds  Inc.,  C/O  Tim  Abbuhl  Bldg  2,  6803  South  Tucson  Way,
Centennial,  Colorado  80112-3924  (which  owned  2,510,000  Class A shares or
82.21% of the Class A shares then outstanding).

FBO Art Ferrara, 58 Woosamonska Road, Pennington, NJ  08534-3803 (which owned
14,822.134 Class C shares or 11.98% of the Class C shares then outstanding).

RPSS TR IRA,  FBO  Charles  R.  Walton,  4106  Twilight  Ave,  Enid,  Oklahoma
73703-3617  (which  owned  10,197.944  Class C shares  or 8.24% of the Class C
shares then outstanding).

RPSS TR IRA, FBO Gary C.  Krumwiede,  15564 Highland  Valley Road,  Escondido,
California  92025-3531  (which owned  7,305.283 Class C shares or 5.90% of the
Class C shares then outstanding).

RPSS TR Rollover IRA, FBO Catherine P. Anderson,  2478 North Mountain  Avenue,
Upland,  California  91784-8677  (which  owned  20,439.582  Class N shares  or
72.46% of the Class N shares then outstanding).

RPSS TR Rollover  IRA, FBO Jack G. Callins,  726 Retama  Avenue,  Taft,  Texas
78390-3114  (which  owned  3,104.902  Class N shares  or 11.00% of the Class N
shares then outstanding).

RPSS TR IRA,  FBO Paul B Lewin,  219  Bayless  Road,  Jonesborough,  Tennessee
37659-4444  (which  owned  2,372.764  Class N shares  or 8.41% of the  Class N
shares then outstanding).

The Manager. The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a
holding company controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

      |X| 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
1-202-942-8090. 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 web
site at 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.

   Portfolio  Proxy  Voting.  The  Fund has  adopted  Portfolio  Proxy  Voting
   Policies  and  Procedures  under which the Fund votes  proxies  relating to
   securities  ("portfolio  proxies")  held by the Fund.  The  Fund's  primary
   consideration  in voting  portfolio  proxies is the financial  interests of
   the  Fund and its  shareholders.  The Fund  has  retained  an  unaffiliated
   third-party as its agent to vote portfolio  proxies in accordance  with the
   Fund's  Portfolio Proxy Voting  Guidelines and to maintain  records of such
   portfolio  proxy voting.  The Proxy Voting  Guidelines  include  provisions
   to address  conflicts of interest  that may arise  between the Fund and OFI
   where an OFI  directly-controlled  affiliate  manages  or  administers  the
   assets of a pension plan of the company  soliciting  the proxy.  The Fund's
   Portfolio  Proxy  Voting   Guidelines  on  routine  and  non-routine  proxy
   proposals are summarized below.

o     The Fund votes with the  recommendation  of the issuer's  management  on
      routine matters,  including election of directors  nominated by management and
      ratification of auditors, unless circumstances indicate otherwise.
o     In  general,  the Fund  opposes  anti-takeover  proposals  and  supports
      elimination of anti-takeover proposals, absent unusual circumstances.
o     The Fund supports shareholder  proposals to reduce a super-majority vote
      requirement,  and opposes  management  proposals to add a super-majority  vote
      requirement.
o     The Fund opposes proposals to classify the board of directors.
o     The Fund support proposals to eliminate cumulative voting.
o     The Fund opposes re-pricing of stock options.
o     The Fund generally  considers executive  compensation  questions such as
      stock  option  plans and bonus plans to be ordinary  business  activity.
      The Fund analyzes  stock option plans,  paying  particular  attention to
      their  dilutive  effect.  While the Fund generally  supports  management
      proposals, the Fund opposes plans it considers to be excessive.

   The Fund will be required to file new 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 first such filing is due no later than August 31,  2004,
   for the twelve  months  ended June 30,  2004.  Once filed,  the Fund's Form
   N-PX filing will be available (i) without charge,  upon request, by calling
   the Fund  toll-free  at  1.800.225.5677  and (ii) on the SEC's  website  at
   WWW.SEC.GOV.
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      |X|   The Investment Advisory Agreement. The Board of Trustees
concluded that is was in the best interest of shareholders to approve the
adoption of the Investment Advisory Agreement, based on the factors discussed
below. 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 securities 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
High-Grade Fixed Income 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 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 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
bank 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.

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  Fiscal Year ended 4/30:    Management Fees Paid to OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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           2003                                  $24,656
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      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.

      |X|   Annual Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement. Each year, the
Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, is
required to approve the renewal of the investment advisory agreement. The
Investment Company Act requires that the Board request and evaluate and the
Manager provide such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate
the terms of the investment advisory agreement.  The Board may employ an
independent consultant to prepare a report that provides such information as
the Board will request for this purpose.

      The Board will also receive information about the 12b-1 distribution
fees the Fund pays.  These distribution fees will be reviewed and approved at
a different time of the year.

      For the initial approval of the Fund's investment advisory agreement,
the Board reviewed the foregoing information.  Among other factors, the Board
considered:

o     The nature, cost, and quality of the services to be provided to the
         Fund and its shareholders;
o     The anticipated profitability of the Fund to the Manager;
o     Economies of scale that may be available to the Fund from the Manager;
o     Fees paid by other mutual funds for similar services;
o     The value and quality of any other benefits or services to be received
         by the Fund from its relationship with the Manager; and
o     The direct and indirect benefits the Manager will receive from its
         relationship with the Fund.  These included services to be provided
         by the Distributor and the Transfer Agent, and brokerage and soft
         dollar arrangements permissible under Section 28(e) of the
         Securities Exchange Act.

      The Board will consider that the Manager must be able to pay and retain
high quality personnel at competitive rates to provide services to the Fund.
The Board also will consider that maintaining the financial viability of the
Manager is important so that the Manager will be able to continue to provide
quality services to the Fund and its shareholders in adverse times.  The
Board will consider the investment performance of other mutual funds advised
by the Manager. The Board is aware that there are alternatives to the use of
the Manager.

      These matters will also be considered by the Independent Trustees,
meeting separately from the full Board with experienced Counsel to the Fund
who will assist the Board in its deliberations.  The Fund's Counsel is
independent of the Manager within the meaning and intent of the SEC rules
regarding the independence of counsel.

      In arriving at a decision to approve the investment advisory agreement,
the Board will not single out any one factor or group of factors as being
more important than other factors, but will consider all factors together.
The Board will judge the terms and conditions of the investment advisory
agreement, including the investment advisory fee, in light of all of the
surrounding circumstances.

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. The Manager may employ broker-dealers
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. 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, the Manager may select brokers
(other than affiliates) that provide brokerage and/or research services for
the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Manager or its affiliates
have investment discretion. The commissions paid to such 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. Subject to those considerations, as a
factor in selecting brokers for the Fund's portfolio transactions, the
Manager may also consider sales of shares of the Fund and other investment
companies for which the Manager or an affiliate serves as investment advisor.

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. Generally, the Manager's
portfolio traders allocate brokerage based upon recommendations from the
Manager's portfolio managers. 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.

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

      Other funds advised by the Manager have investment policies similar to
those of the Fund. Those other funds may purchase or sell the same securities
as the Fund at the same time as the Fund, which could affect the supply and
price of the securities. If two or more funds advised by the Manager 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.

      Most purchases of debt obligations 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.

      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, information
systems, computer hardware 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.

      The Board of Trustees permits 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 concessions 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.

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                                                      Amount of
                  Total Brokerage    Commissions     Transaction
                    Commissions    Paid to Brokers   Directed to
                    Paid by the     For Research     Brokers for      Commissions
   Fiscal Year          Fund          Services         Research         Paid to
   Ended 4/30                                          Services       Affiliates
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      2003             $1,033            $0               $0              $0
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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 different classes of shares of the Fund. 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.

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           Aggregate    Class A
           Front-End   Front-End  Concessions  Concessions Concessions  Concessions
Fiscal       Sales       Sales     on Class A  on Class B   on Class C  on Class N
Year      Charges on    Charges      Shares      Shares       Shares      Shares
Ended       Class A    Retained   Advanced by   Advanced   Advanced by   Advanced
  4/30:     Shares        by      Distributor      by      Distributor      by
                      Distributor              Distributor              Distributor
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  2003      $22,204     $9,189        $10        $9,448       $2,528        $87
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* Includes amounts retained by a broker-dealer that is an affiliate or a
parent of the distributor.

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                      Class A          Class B         Class C          Class N
                     Contingent      Contingent       Contingent      Contingent
                   Deferred Sales  Deferred Sales   Deferred Sales  Deferred Sales
                      Charges          Charges         Charges          Charges
Fiscal Year Ended   Retained by      Retained by     Retained by      Retained by
      4/30:         Distributor      Distributor     Distributor      Distributor
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      2003               $0              $0               $0              $0
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Distribution and Service Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class
A shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N
shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act. Under those plans the
Fund pays the Distributor for all or a portion of its costs incurred in
connection with the distribution and/or servicing of the shares of the
particular class.

      Each plan has been approved by a vote of the Board 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
for the 12b-1 plans were cast by the Manager as the sole initial holder of
each class of shares of the Fund.

      Under the plans, the Manager and the Distributor may make payments from
time to time from their own resources, in their sole discretion, to brokers,
dealers or other financial institutions including affiliates for distribution
and administrative services they perform, at no direct cost to the Fund to
make those payments. The Manager may use its profits from the advisory fee it
receives from the Fund. In their sole discretion, the Distributor and the
Manager may increase or decrease the amount of payments they make from their
own resources to plan recipients.

      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.

      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.  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
after six years, 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 plan for a class, no payment will be made to any recipient in
any quarter 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. The Board of Trustees has set no minimum amount of
assets to qualify for payments under the plans.

      |X| Class A Service Plan Fees. 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. 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 the special arrangement
described below.  The Distributor makes payments to plan recipients quarterly
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.

      During the first year the shares are sold, the Distributor retains the
service fee to reimburse itself for the costs of distributing the shares. 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.

      |X| Class B, Class C and Class N Service and Distribution Plan Fees.
Under the Class B, Class C and Class N plans, service fees and distribution
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, 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 for the
service fee are similar to the services provided under the Class A service
plan described above.

      The Class B, Class C and Class N plans permit the Distributor to retain
both the asset-based sales charges and the service fees or to pay recipients
the service fee on a quarterly basis, without payment in advance. However,
the Distributor currently intends to pay the service fee to recipients in
advance for the first year after the shares are purchased. After the first
year shares are outstanding, the Distributor makes service fee payments
quarterly 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, Class C or Class N shares are
redeemed 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 of the service fee made on those shares.

      The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and
Class C expenses by 1.00% and the asset-based sales charge and service fees
increases Class N expenses by 0.50% of the net assets per year of the
respective class.

      The Distributor retains the asset-based sales charge on Class B and
Class N 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 commission 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, Class C, or Class
N service fee and the asset-based sales charge on Class C shares to the
dealer quarterly in lieu of paying the sales commissions and service fee in
advance at the time of purchase.

      The asset-based sales charges on Class B, Class C and Class N 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, Class C and Class N shares. The payments are made to
the Distributor in recognition that the Distributor:

o     pays sales commissions to authorized  brokers and dealers at the time of
            sale and pays service fees as described above,
o     may make payment of sales commissions  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,
o     employs personnel to support  distribution of Class B, Class C and Class
         N shares, and
o     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.
o     may not be able to  adequately  compensate  dealers  that sell  Class B,
            Class C and Class N shares  without  receiving  payment  under the
            plans and  therefore  may not be able to offer  such  Classes  for
            sale absent the plans,
o     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,
o     may use the  payments  under  the plan to  include  the Fund in  various
            third-party  distribution programs that may increase sales of Fund
            shares,
o     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
o     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.

      When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are sold without the
designation of a broker-dealer, the Distributor is automatically designated
as the broker-dealer of record. In those cases, the Distributor retains the
service fee and asset-based sales charge paid on Class B, Class C and Class N
shares.

      The Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B, Class C and Class
N shares may be more than the payments it receives from the contingent
deferred sales charges collected on redeemed shares and from the Fund under
the plans. If the Class B, Class C or Class N 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.

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   Distribution Fees Paid to the Distributor in the Fiscal Year Ended 4/30/03
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                                             Distributor's
                                             Aggregate         Distributor's
                 Total        Amount         Unreimbursed      Unreimbursed
                 Payments     Retained by    Expenses Under    Expenses as % of
Class:           Under Plan   Distributor    Plan              Net Assets of
                                                               Class
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Class A Plan     $9,555       $0             N/A               N/A
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Class B Plan     $617         $0             $0                0.00%
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Class C Plan     $228         $0             $0                0.00%
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Class N Plan     $5           $0             $0                0.00%
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All payments under the Class B, Class C and Class N plans are subject to the
limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. on payments of asset-based sales charges and service
fees.

Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to
illustrate its performance. These terms include "standardized yield,"
"dividend yield," "average annual total return," "cumulative total return,"
"average annual total return at net asset value" and "total return at net
asset value." An explanation of how yields and total returns are calculated
is set forth below.

      The Fund's illustrations of its performance data in advertisements must
comply with rules of the SEC. Those rules describe the types of performance
data that may be used and how it is to be calculated. In general, any
advertisement by the Fund of its performance data must include the average
annual total returns for the advertised class of shares of the Fund. Those
returns must 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).
Certain types of yields may also be shown, provided that they are accompanied
by standardized average annual total returns.

      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:

      o 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.

      o The Fund's performance returns do not reflect the effect of taxes on
dividends and capital gains distributions.

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

      o 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.

      o When an investor's shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or
less than their original cost.

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

      |X| Yields. The Fund uses a variety of different yields to illustrate
its current returns. Each class of shares calculates its yield separately
because of the different expenses that affect each class.

         o Standardized Yield. The "standardized yield" (sometimes referred
to just as "yield") is shown for a class of shares for a stated 30-day
period. It is not based on actual distributions paid by the Fund to
shareholders in the 30-day period, but is a hypothetical yield based upon the
net investment income from the Fund's portfolio investments for that period.
It may therefore differ from the "dividend yield" for the same class of
shares, described below.

      Standardized yield is calculated using the following formula set forth
in rules adopted by the SEC, designed to assure uniformity in the way that
all funds calculate their yields:

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      The symbols above represent the following factors:
      a =  dividends and interest earned during the 30-day period.
      b =  expenses accrued for the period (net of any expense assumptions).
      c =  the  average  daily  number  of shares  of that  class  outstanding
           during the 30-day period that were entitled to receive dividends.
      d =  the maximum  offering price per share of that class on the last day
           of the period, adjusted for undistributed net investment income.

      The standardized yield for a particular 30-day period may differ from
the yield for other periods. The SEC formula assumes that the standardized
yield for a 30-day period occurs at a constant rate for a six-month period
and is annualized at the end of the six-month period. Additionally, because
each class of shares is subject to different expenses, it is likely that the
standardized yields of the Fund's classes of shares will differ for any
30-day period.

         o 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 x 12/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, Class C
and Class N shares is the net asset value per share, without considering the
effect of contingent deferred sales 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.

      |X| 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 redeemed 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, ten
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. The methodology is discussed below.

      In calculating total returns for Class A shares, the current maximum
sales charge of 4.75% (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, payment of the applicable
contingent deferred sales charge is applied, depending on the period for
which the return is shown: 5.0% in the first year, 4.0% in the second year,
3.0% in the third and fourth years, 2.0% in the fifth year, 1.0% in the sixth
year and none thereafter. For Class C shares, the 1% contingent deferred
sales charge is deducted for returns for the 1-year period. For Class N
shares, the 1% contingent deferred sales charge is deducted for returns for
the one year period.  There is no sales charge for Class Y shares.

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         o 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:

|_|   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:

ATVD        - 1=  Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on
----
1/n         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:

ATVDR       - 1=  Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on
-----
1/n         Distributions and Redemption)
  P

      o 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:

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         o 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 A, Class B, Class C or
Class N 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 contingent deferred sales charges) and takes into
consideration the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.


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                The Fund's Total Returns for the Periods Ended 4/30/03
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              Cumulative Total               Average Annual Total Returns
                  Returns
   Class     (10 years or Life
 Of Shares       of Class)
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                                       1-Year        5-Year or Life   10-Year or Life

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            After     Without    After     Without  After    Without After    Without
            Sales     Sales      Sales     Sales    Sales    Sales   Sales    Sales
             Charge     Charge    Charge    Charge   Charge  Charge   Charge   Charge
             (MOP)1     (NAV)2     (MOP)    (NAV)    (MOP)    (NAV)   (MOP)    (NAV)
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Class A     -3.67%    1.14% (3)  -3.67%    1.14%      N/A      N/A     N/A      N/A
               (3)                  (3)      (3)
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Class B     -4.03%    0.97% (4)  -4.03%    0.97%      N/A      N/A     N/A      N/A
               (4)                  (4)      (4)
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Class C     -0.04%    0.96% (5)  -0.04%    0.96%      N/A      N/A     N/A      N/A
               (5)                  (5)      (5)
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Class N     0.08% (6) 1.08% (6)  0.08% (6) 1.08%      N/A      N/A     N/A      N/A
                                             (6)
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1. Sales charge is based on maximum offering price (MOP).
2. NAV is net asset value.

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  Average Annual Total Returns for Class A Shares (After Sales Charge)
                      For the Periods Ended 4/30/03
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                                 1-Year         5-Year        10-Year
                              (or life of    (or life of    (or life of
                                 class)         class)         class)
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After Taxes on Distributions   -3.79% (1)        N/A            N/A
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       After Taxes on          -2.25% (1)        N/A            N/A
     Distributions and
 Redemption of Fund Shares
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3. Inception A:   02/21/03
4. Inception B:   02/21/03
5. Inception C:   02/21/03
6. Inception N:         02/21/03

Other Performance Comparisons. The Fund compares its performance annually to
that of an appropriate broadly-based market index in its Annual Report to
shareholders. You can obtain that information by contacting the Transfer
Agent at the addresses or telephone numbers shown on the cover of this
Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may also compare its
performance to that of other investments, including other mutual funds, or
use rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. Examples of
these performance comparisons are set forth below.

      |X| 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, including
the Fund, 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.
Lipper also publishes "peer-group" indices of the performance of all mutual
funds in a category that it monitors and averages of the performance of the
funds in particular categories.

         o 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 the
Intermediate-Term Bond category.

      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(TM)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.

      |X| 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,

o     information about the performance of certain securities or commodities
         markets or segments of those markets,
o     information about the performance of the economies of particular
         countries or regions,
o     the earnings of companies included in segments of particular
         industries, sectors, securities markets, countries or regions,
o     the availability of different types of securities or offerings of
         securities,
o     information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product of
         the United States or other countries or regions,
o     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 C contains more information about the
special sales charge arrangements offered by the Fund, and the circumstances
in which sales charges may be reduced or waived for certain classes of
investors.

AccountLink.  When shares are purchased through AccountLink, each purchase
must be at least $50 and shareholders must invest at least $500 before an
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Asset Builder Plan (described below) can be established on a new account.
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 "Exchange"). The Exchange 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 Exchange, 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 C to this Statement of Additional Information because the
Distributor or dealer or broker incurs little or no selling expenses.

      |X|   Right of Accumulation. To qualify for the lower sales charge
rates that apply to larger purchases of Class A shares, you and your spouse
can add together:
o     Class A and Class B shares you purchase for your individual accounts
            (including IRAs and 403(b) plans), or for your joint accounts, or
            for trust or custodial accounts on behalf of your children who
            are minors, and
o     Current purchases of Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other
            Oppenheimer funds to reduce the sales charge rate that applies to
            current purchases of Class A shares, and
o     Class A and Class B shares of Oppenheimer funds you previously
            purchased subject to an initial or contingent deferred sales
            charge to reduce the sales charge rate for current purchases of
            Class A shares, provided that you still hold your investment in
            one of the Oppenheimer funds.

      A fiduciary can count all shares purchased for a trust, estate or other
fiduciary account (including one or more employee benefit plans of the same
employer) that has multiple accounts. The Distributor will add the value, at
current offering price, of the shares you previously purchased and currently
own to the value of current purchases to determine the sales charge rate that
applies. The reduced sales charge will apply only to current purchases. You
must request it when you buy shares.

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

Oppenheimer Bond Fund                     Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund     Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund     Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund     Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund           Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund          Oppenheimer  Quest  Capital  Value Fund,
                                          Inc.
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund   Oppenheimer  Quest  Global  Value  Fund,
                                          Inc.
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund       Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund   Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund                Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund          Oppenheimer      Rochester      National
                                          Municipals
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund    Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund               Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Europe Fund                   Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Global Fund                   Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund   Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund  Oppenheimer  Trinity  Large  Cap  Growth
                                          Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund                   Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund               Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund       Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund     Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer  International  Small Company Rochester Fund Municipals
Fund
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund  OSM1- Gartmore Millennium Growth Fund II
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund   OSM1 - Jennison Growth Fund
Oppenheimer  Main Street  Growth & Income OSM1 -  Mercury  Advisors  S&P 500 Index
Fund                                      Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund  OSM1 -  Mercury  Advisors  Focus  Growth
                                          Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund    OSM1 - QM Active Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer MidCap Fund                   OSM1 - Salomon Brothers All Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund

And the following money market funds:

Centennial America Fund, L. P.            Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust    Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust               Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Centennial Money Market Trust             Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
1 - "OSM" stands for Oppenheimer Select Managers

      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
and Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund. Under certain circumstances
described in this Statement of Additional Information, redemption proceeds of
certain money market fund shares may be subject to a contingent deferred
sales charge.

Letters of Intent.  Under a Letter of Intent, if you purchase Class A shares
or Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds during
a 13-month period, you can reduce the sales charge rate that applies to your
purchases of Class A shares.  The total amount of your intended purchases of
both Class A and Class B shares will determine the reduced sales charge rate
for the Class A shares purchased during that period.  You can include
purchases made up to 90 days before the date of the Letter.  Letters of
Intent do not consider Class C or Class N shares you purchase or may have
purchased.

      A Letter of Intent is an investor's statement in writing to the
Distributor of the intention to purchase Class A shares or Class A and Class
B shares of the Fund (and other Oppenheimer funds) during a 13-month period
(the "Letter of Intent period"). At the investor's request, this may include
purchases made up to 90 days prior to the date of the Letter.  The Letter
states the investor's intention to make the aggregate amount of purchases of
shares which, when added to the investor's holdings of shares of those funds,
will equal or exceed the amount specified in the Letter.  Purchases made by
reinvestment of dividends or distributions of capital gains and purchases
made at net asset value without sales charge do not count toward satisfying
the amount of the Letter.

      A Letter enables an investor to count the Class A and Class B shares
purchased under the Letter to obtain the reduced sales charge rate on
purchases of Class A shares of the Fund (and other Oppenheimer funds) that
applies under the Right of Accumulation to current purchases of Class A
shares.  Each purchase of Class A shares under the Letter will be made at the
offering price (including the sales charge) that applies to a single lump-sum
purchase of shares in the amount intended to be purchased under the Letter.

      In submitting a Letter, the investor makes no commitment to purchase
shares. However, if the investor's purchases of shares within the Letter of
Intent period, when added to the value (at offering price) of the investor's
holdings of shares on the last day of that period, do not equal or exceed the
intended purchase amount, the investor agrees to pay the additional amount of
sales charge applicable to such purchases. That amount is described in "Terms
of Escrow," below (those terms may be amended by the Distributor from time to
time).  The investor agrees that shares equal in value to 5% of the intended
purchase amount will be held in escrow by the Transfer Agent subject to the
Terms of Escrow.  Also, the investor agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Prospectus, this Statement of Additional Information and the application used
for a Letter of Intent. If those terms are amended, as they may be from time
to time by the Fund, the investor agrees to be bound by the amended terms and
that those amendments will apply automatically to existing Letters of Intent.

      If the total eligible purchases made during the Letter of Intent period
do not equal or exceed the intended purchase amount, 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 to the rates
applicable to actual total purchases.  If total eligible purchases during the
Letter of Intent period exceed the intended purchase amount and exceed the
amount needed to qualify for the next sales charge rate reduction set forth
in the Prospectus, the sales charges paid will be adjusted to the lower rate.
That adjustment will be made only if and when the dealer returns to the
Distributor the excess of the amount of concessions allowed or paid to the
dealer over the amount of concessions that apply to the actual amount of
purchases.  The excess concessions returned to the Distributor will be used
to purchase additional shares for the investor's account at the net asset
value per share in effect on the date of such purchase, promptly after the
Distributor's receipt thereof.

      The Transfer Agent will not hold shares in escrow for purchases of
shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds by OppenheimerFunds prototype
401(k) plans under a Letter of Intent. If the intended purchase amount under
a Letter of Intent entered into by an OppenheimerFunds prototype 401(k) plan
is not purchased by the plan by the end of the Letter of Intent period, there
will be no adjustment of concessions paid to the broker-dealer or financial
institution of record for accounts held in the name of that plan.

      In determining the total amount of purchases made under a Letter,
shares redeemed by the investor prior to the termination of the Letter of
Intent period will be deducted.  It is the responsibility of the dealer of
record and/or the investor to advise the Distributor about the Letter in
placing any purchase orders for the investor during the Letter of Intent
period.  All of such purchases must be made through the Distributor.

      |X|   Terms of Escrow That Apply to Letters of Intent.

      1. Out of the initial purchase (or subsequent purchases if necessary)
made pursuant to a Letter, shares of the Fund equal in value up to 5% of the
intended purchase amount specified in the Letter shall be held in escrow by
the Transfer Agent.  For example, if the intended purchase amount is $50,000,
the escrow shall be shares valued in the amount of $2,500 (computed at the
offering price adjusted for a $50,000 purchase).  Any dividends and capital
gains distributions on the escrowed shares will be credited to the investor's
account.

      2. If the total minimum investment specified under the Letter is
completed within the 13-month Letter of Intent period, the escrowed shares
will be promptly released to the investor.

      3. If, at the end of the 13-month Letter of Intent period the total
purchases pursuant to the Letter are less than the intended purchase amount
specified in the Letter, the investor must remit to the Distributor an amount
equal 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
amount purchased had been made at a single time.  That sales charge
adjustment will apply to any shares redeemed prior to the completion of the
Letter.  If the difference in sales charges is not paid within twenty days
after a request from the Distributor or the dealer, the Distributor will,
within sixty days of the expiration of the Letter, redeem the number of
escrowed shares necessary to realize such difference in sales charges.  Full
and fractional shares remaining after such redemption will be released from
escrow.  If a request is received to redeem escrowed shares prior to the
payment of such additional sales charge, the sales charge will be withheld
from the redemption proceeds.

      4. 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.

5.    The shares eligible for purchase under the Letter (or the holding of
which may be counted toward completion of a Letter) include:
         (a)  Class A shares sold with a front-end sales charge or subject to
         a Class A contingent                   deferred sales charge,
         (b)  Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds acquired subject to a
         contingent deferred        sales charge, and
         (c)  Class A or Class B shares acquired by exchange of either (1)
         Class A shares of one of         the other Oppenheimer funds that
         were acquired subject to a Class A initial or
         contingent deferred sales charge or (2) Class B shares of one of the
         other                      Oppenheimer funds that were acquired
         subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

      6. Shares held in escrow hereunder will automatically be exchanged for
shares of another fund to which an exchange is requested, as described in the
section of the Prospectus entitled "How to Exchange Shares" and the escrow
will be transferred to that other fund.

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. 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. Asset Builder Plans also enable shareholders of Oppenheimer Cash
Reserves to use their fund account to make monthly automatic purchases of
shares of up to four other Oppenheimer funds.

      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. Certain types of retirement plans are entitled to purchase
shares of the Fund without sales charge or at reduced sales charge rates, as
described in Appendix C to this Statement of Additional Information. Certain
special sales charge arrangements described in that Appendix apply to
retirement plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") or an independent
record keeper that has a contract or special arrangement with Merrill Lynch.
If on the date the plan sponsor signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping
service agreement the plan has less than $3 million in assets (other than
assets invested in money market funds) invested in applicable investments,
then the retirement plan may purchase only Class B shares of the Oppenheimer
funds. Any retirement plans in that category that currently invest in Class B
shares of the Fund will have their Class B shares converted to Class A shares
of the Fund when the plan's applicable investments reach $5 million.
OppenheimerFunds has entered into arrangements with certain record keepers
whereby the Transfer Agent compensates the record keeper for its record
keeping and account servicing functions that it performs on behalf of the
participant level accounts of a retirement plan.  While such compensation may
act to reduce the record keeping fees charged by the retirement plan's record
keeper, that compensation arrangement may be terminated at any time,
potentially affecting the record keeping fees charged by the retirement
plan's record keeper.

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

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

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

      The Distributor will not accept any order in the amount of $500,000 or
more for Class B shares or $1 million or more for Class C shares on behalf of
a single investor (not including dealer "street name" or omnibus accounts).
That is because generally it will be more advantageous for that investor to
purchase Class A shares of the Fund.

Class A Shares Subject to a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. For purchases
of Class A shares at net asset value whether or not subject to a contingent
deferred sales charge as described in the Prospectus, no sales concessions
will be paid to the broker-dealer of record, as described in the Prospectus,
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 under a
special arrangement with the Distributor, if the purchase occurs more than 30
days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an investment option under that
plan. Additionally, that concession will not be paid on purchases of Class A
shares by a retirement plan made with the redemption proceeds of Class N
shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds held by the plan for more than 18
months.

      |X|   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 such exchange, Class B shares might continue to be subject to the
asset-based sales charge for longer than six years.

      |X|   Availability of Class N Shares.  In addition to the description
of the types of retirement plans which may purchase Class N shares contained
in the prospectus, Class N shares also are offered to the following:
o     to all rollover IRAs (including SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs),
o     to all rollover contributions made to Individual 401(k) plans,
            Profit-Sharing Plans and Money Purchase Pension Plans,
o     to all direct rollovers from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle and
            Ascender retirement plans,
o     to all trustee-to-trustee IRA transfers,
o     to all 90-24 type 403(b) transfers,
o     to Group Retirement Plans (as defined in Appendix C to this Statement
            of Additional Information) which have entered into a special
            agreement with the Distributor for that purpose,
o     to Retirement Plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the
            Internal Revenue Code, the recordkeeper or the plan sponsor for
            which has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor,
o     to Retirement Plans of a plan sponsor where the aggregate assets of all
            such plans invested in the Oppenheimer funds is $500,000 or more,
o     to OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Ascender 401(k) plans that pay for the
            purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class A shares of one or
            more Oppenheimer funds.
o     to certain customers of broker-dealers and financial advisors that are
            identified in a special agreement between the broker-dealer or
            financial advisor and the Distributor for that purpose.

      The sales concession and the advance of the service fee, as described
in the Prospectus, will not be paid to dealers of record on sales of Class N
shares on:
o      purchases of Class N shares in amounts of $500,000 or more by a
             retirement plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption
             proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds
             (other than rollovers from an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored
             Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan to any IRA invested in the
             Oppenheimer funds),
o      purchases of Class N shares in amounts of $500,000 or more by a
             retirement plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption
             proceeds of  Class C shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds
             held by the plan for more than one year (other than rollovers
             from an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k)
             plan to any IRA invested in the Oppenheimer funds), and
o      on purchases of Class N shares by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored
             Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan made with the redemption
             proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.

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

      |X|         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 net 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, ongoing 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).

Account Fees. As stated in the Prospectus, a $12 annual fee is assessed on
any account valued at less than $500. This fee will not be assessed on the
following accounts:
o     Accounts that have balances below $500 due to the automatic conversion
        of shares from Class B to Class A shares;
o     Accounts with an active Asset Builder Plan, payroll deduction plan or a
        military allotment plan;
o     OppenheimerFunds-sponsored group retirement accounts that are making
        continuing purchases;
o     Certain accounts held by broker-dealers through the National Securities
        Clearing Corporation; and
o     Accounts that fall below the $500 threshold due solely to market
        fluctuations within the 12-month period preceding the date the fee is
        deducted.

      The fee is automatically deducted from qualifying accounts annually on
or about the second to last business day of September.  This annual fee is
waived for any shareholders who elect to access their account documents
through electronic document delivery rather than in paper copy and who elect
to utilize the Internet or PhoneLink as their primary source for their
general servicing needs.  To sign up to access account documents
electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit the Service Center on our
website at WWW.OPPENHEIMERFUNDS.COM or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions.
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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 Exchange on each day that the Exchange 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 Exchange 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 Statement of Additional Information mean "Eastern time." The
Exchange'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,
Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.  It may also close on other days.

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

      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 Exchange, 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:
o     Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange or on Nasdaq(R)
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 Nasdaq, 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.
o     Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally are
valued in one of the following ways:
            (3)  at the last sale price available to the pricing service
                 approved by the Board of Trustees, or
            (4)  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
            (5)  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.
o     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.
o     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:
            (6)  debt instruments that have a maturity of more than 397 days
            when issued,
            (7)  debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less
                 when issued and have a remaining maturity of more than 60
                 days, and
            (8)  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.
o     The following securities are valued at cost, adjusted for amortization
of premiums and accretion of discounts:
            (9)  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
            (10) debt instruments held by a money market fund that have a
                 remaining maturity of 397 days or less.
o     Securities (including restricted securities) not having
readily-available market quotations are valued at fair value determined under
the Board's procedures.  If the Manager is unable to locate two market makers
willing to give quotes, a security may be priced at the mean between the
"bid" and "asked" prices provided by a single active market maker (which in
certain cases may be the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available).

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

      The closing prices in the London 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 or on Nasdaq, 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 or on Nasdaq on
the valuation date. If not, the value shall be the closing bid price on the
principal exchange or on Nasdaq on the valuation date.  If the put, call or
future is not traded on an exchange or on Nasdaq, 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 received. 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.

How to Sell Shares

The information below supplements the terms and conditions for redeeming
shares set forth in the Prospectus.

Checkwriting.  When a check is presented to United Missouri Bank (the "Bank")
for clearance, the Bank will ask the Fund to redeem a sufficient number of
full and fractional shares in the shareholder's account to cover the amount
of the check.  This enables the shareholder to continue receiving dividends
on those shares until the check is presented to the Fund.  Checks may not be
presented for payment at the offices of the Bank or the Fund's custodian.
This limitation does not affect the use of checks for the payment of bills or
to obtain cash at other banks. The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend
or discontinue offering checkwriting privileges at any time.  The Fund will
provide you notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable law.

      In choosing to take advantage of the Checkwriting privilege, by signing
the account application or by completing a Checkwriting card, each individual
who signs:
      (1)  for individual accounts, represents that they are the registered
         owner(s) of the shares of the Fund in that account;
      (2)               for accounts for corporations, partnerships, trusts
         and other entities, represents that they are an officer, general
         partner, trustee or other fiduciary or agent, as applicable, duly
         authorized to act on behalf of the registered owner(s);
      (3)               authorizes the Fund, its Transfer Agent and any bank
         through which the Fund's drafts (checks) are payable to pay all
         checks drawn on the Fund account of such person(s) and to redeem a
         sufficient amount of shares from that account to cover payment of
         each check;
      (4)               specifically acknowledges that if they choose to
         permit checks to be honored if there is a single signature on checks
         drawn against joint accounts, or accounts for corporations,
         partnerships, trusts or other entities, the signature of any one
         signatory on a check will be sufficient to authorize payment of that
         check and redemption from the account, even if that account is
         registered in the names of more than one person or more than one
         authorized signature appears on the Checkwriting card or the
         application, as applicable;
      (5)               understands that the Checkwriting privilege may be
         terminated or amended at any time by the Fund and/or the Fund's
         bank; and
      (6)               acknowledges and agrees that neither the Fund nor its
         bank shall incur any liability for that amendment or termination of
         checkwriting privileges or for redeeming shares to pay checks
         reasonably believed by them to be genuine, or for returning or not
         paying checks that have not been accepted for any reason.

Reinvestment Privilege.  Within six months of a redemption, a shareholder may
reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds of:
o     Class A shares purchased subject to an initial sales charge or Class A
         shares on which a contingent deferred sales charge was paid, or
o     Class B shares that were subject to the Class B contingent deferred
         sales charge when redeemed.

      The reinvestment may be made without sales charge 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, Class N 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 redemption, some or all
of the loss may not be tax deductible, depending on the timing and amount of
the reinvestment.  Under the Internal Revenue Code, if the redemption
proceeds of Fund shares on which a sales charge was paid are reinvested in
shares of the Fund or another of the Oppenheimer funds within 90 days of
payment of the sales charge, the shareholder's basis in the shares of the
Fund that were redeemed may not include the amount of the sales charge paid.
That would reduce the loss or increase the gain recognized from the
redemption.  However, in that case the sales charge would be added to the
basis of the shares acquired by the reinvestment of the redemption proceeds.

Payments "In Kind." The Prospectus states that payment for shares tendered
for redemption is ordinarily made in cash. However, under certain
circumstances, the Board of Trustees of the Fund may determine that it would
be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders of the
Fund to make payment of a redemption order wholly or partly in cash. In that
case, the Fund may pay the redemption proceeds in whole or in part by a
distribution "in kind" of liquid securities from the portfolio of the Fund,
in lieu of cash.

      The Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the Investment
Company Act. Under that rule, the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely
in cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund
during any 90-day period for any one shareholder. If shares are redeemed in
kind, the redeeming shareholder might incur brokerage or other costs in
selling the securities for cash. The Fund will value securities used to pay
redemptions in kind using the same method the Fund uses to value its
portfolio securities described above under "Determination of Net Asset Values
Per Share." That valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price
is determined.

Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board of Trustees has the right to cause
the involuntary redemption of the shares held in any account if the aggregate
net asset value of those shares is less than $500 or such lesser amount as
the Board may fix.  The Board will not cause the involuntary redemption of
shares in an account if the aggregate net asset value of such shares has
fallen below the 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 redeemed.

Transfers of Shares.  A transfer of shares to a different registration is not
an event that triggers the payment of sales charges. Therefore, shares are
not subject to the payment of a contingent deferred sales 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 a contingent deferred sales charge are
transferred, the transferred shares will remain subject to the contingent
deferred sales 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 a contingent deferred
sales charge if redeemed at the time of transfer, the priorities described in
the Prospectus under "How to Buy Shares" for the imposition of the Class B,
Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charge will be followed in
determining the order in which shares are transferred.

Distributions From Retirement Plans.  Requests for distributions from
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, 403(b)(7) custodial
plans, 401(k) plans or pension or profit-sharing plans should be addressed to
"Trustee, OppenheimerFunds Retirement Plans," c/o the Transfer Agent at its
address listed in "How To Sell Shares" in the Prospectus or on the back cover
of this Statement of Additional Information.  The request 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
      redemption 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
redemption of 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.

Special Arrangements for Repurchase of Shares from Dealers and Brokers.  The
Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized
dealers or brokers on behalf of their customers.  Shareholders should contact
their broker or dealer to arrange this type of redemption. The repurchase
price per share will be the net asset value next computed after the
Distributor receives an order placed by the dealer or broker. However, if the
Distributor receives a repurchase order from a dealer or broker after the
close of The Exchange on a regular business day, it will be processed at that
day's net asset value if the order was received by the dealer or broker from
its customers prior to the time the Exchange closes. Normally, the Exchange
closes at 4:00 P.M., but may do so earlier on some days. Additionally, the
order must have been transmitted to and received by the Distributor prior to
its close of business that day (normally 5:00 P.M.).

      Ordinarily, for accounts redeemed by a broker-dealer under this
procedure, payment will be made within three business days after the shares
have been redeemed upon the Distributor's receipt of the required redemption
documents in proper form. The signature(s) of the registered owners on the
redemption documents must be guaranteed as described in the Prospectus.

Automatic Withdrawal and Exchange Plans.  Investors owning shares of the Fund
valued at $5,000 or more can authorize the Transfer Agent to redeem shares
(having a value of at least $50) automatically on a monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan.  Shares will
be redeemed three business days prior to the date requested by the
shareholder for receipt of the payment.  Automatic withdrawals of up to
$1,500 per month may be requested by telephone if payments are to be made by
check payable to all shareholders of record. Payments must also be sent to
the address of record for the account and the address must not have been
changed within the prior 30 days.  Required minimum distributions from
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored retirement plans may not be arranged on this
basis.

      Payments are normally made by check, but shareholders having
AccountLink privileges (see "How To Buy Shares") may arrange to have
Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments transferred to the bank account designated
on the account application or by signature-guaranteed instructions sent to
the Transfer Agent.  Shares are normally redeemed pursuant to an Automatic
Withdrawal Plan three business days before the payment transmittal date you
select in the account application.  If a contingent deferred sales charge
applies to the redemption, the amount of the check or payment will be reduced
accordingly.

      The Fund cannot guarantee receipt of a payment on the date requested.
The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering these
plans at any time without prior notice. Because of the sales charge assessed
on Class A share purchases, shareholders should not make regular additional
Class A share purchases while participating in an Automatic Withdrawal Plan.
Class B, Class C and Class N shareholders should not establish automatic
withdrawal plans, because of the potential imposition of the contingent
deferred sales charge on such withdrawals (except where the Class B, Class C
or Class N contingent deferred sales charge is waived as described in
Appendix C to this Statement of Additional Information).

      By requesting an Automatic Withdrawal or Exchange Plan, the shareholder
agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans, as stated
below.  These provisions may be amended from time to time by the Fund and/or
the Distributor.  When adopted, any amendments will automatically apply to
existing Plans.

      |X|   Automatic Exchange Plans.  Shareholders can authorize the
Transfer Agent to exchange a pre-determined amount of shares of the Fund for
shares (of the same class) of other Oppenheimer funds automatically on a
monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic Exchange
Plan. The minimum amount that may be exchanged to each other fund account is
$50. Instructions should be provided on the OppenheimerFunds Application or
signature-guaranteed instructions. Exchanges made under these plans are
subject to the restrictions that apply to exchanges as set forth in "How to
Exchange Shares" in the Prospectus and below in this Statement of Additional
Information.

Automatic Withdrawal Plans.  Fund shares will be redeemed as necessary to
meet withdrawal payments.  Shares acquired without a sales charge will be
redeemed first. Shares acquired with reinvested dividends and capital gains
distributions will be redeemed next, followed by shares acquired with a sales
charge, to the extent necessary to make withdrawal payments.  Depending upon
the amount withdrawn, the investor's principal may be depleted.  Payments
made under these plans should not be considered as a yield or income on your
investment.

      The Transfer Agent will administer the investor's Automatic Withdrawal
Plan as agent for the shareholder(s) (the "Planholder") who executed the Plan
authorization and application submitted to the Transfer Agent.  Neither the
Fund nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability to the Planholder for
any action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to
administer the Plan. Share certificates will not be issued for shares of the
Fund purchased for and held under the Plan, but the Transfer Agent will
credit all such shares to the account of the Planholder on the records of the
Fund. Any share certificates held by a Planholder may be surrendered
unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with the Plan application so that the shares
represented by the certificate may be held under the Plan.

      For accounts subject to Automatic Withdrawal Plans, distributions of
capital gains must be reinvested in shares of the Fund, which will be done at
net asset value without a sales charge. Dividends on shares held in the
account may be paid in cash or reinvested.

      Shares will be redeemed to make withdrawal payments at the net asset
value per share determined on the redemption date.  Checks or AccountLink
payments representing the proceeds of Plan withdrawals will normally be
transmitted three business days prior to the date selected for receipt of the
payment, according to the choice specified in writing by the Planholder.
Receipt of payment on the date selected cannot be guaranteed.

      The amount and the interval of disbursement payments and the address to
which checks are to be mailed or AccountLink payments are to be sent may be
changed at any time by the Planholder by writing to the Transfer Agent.  The
Planholder should allow at least two weeks' time after mailing such
notification for the requested change to be put in effect.  The Planholder
may, at any time, instruct the Transfer Agent by written notice to redeem
all, or any part of, the shares held under the Plan. That notice must be in
proper form in accordance with the requirements of the then-current
Prospectus of the Fund. In that case, the Transfer Agent will redeem the
number of shares requested at the net asset value per share in effect and
will mail a check for the proceeds to the Planholder.

      The Planholder may terminate a Plan at any time by writing to the
Transfer Agent.  The Fund may also give directions to the Transfer Agent to
terminate a Plan. The Transfer Agent will also terminate a Plan upon its
receipt of evidence satisfactory to it that the Planholder has died or is
legally incapacitated. Upon termination of a Plan by the Transfer Agent or
the Fund, shares that have not been redeemed will be held in uncertificated
form in the name of the Planholder. The account will continue as a
dividend-reinvestment, uncertificated account unless and until proper
instructions are received from the Planholder, his or her executor or
guardian, or another authorized person.

      To use shares held under the Plan as collateral for a debt, the
Planholder may request issuance of a portion of the shares in certificated
form.  Upon written request from the Planholder, the Transfer Agent will
determine the number of shares for which a certificate may be issued without
causing the withdrawal checks to stop. However, should such uncertificated
shares become exhausted, Plan withdrawals will terminate.

      If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the
Planholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to
act as agent in administering the Plan.

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. You can obtain a current list showing which funds
offer which classes of shares by calling the Distributor.

o     All of the Oppenheimer funds currently offer Class A, B, C, N and Y
      shares with the following exceptions:

      The following funds only offer Class A shares:
      Centennial America Fund, L.P.           Centennial New York Tax Exempt
                                              Trust
      Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust  Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
      Centennial Government Trust             Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
      Centennial Money Market Trust

      The following funds do not offer Class N shares:
      Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund   Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Rochester National
                                              Municipals
      Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund         Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund   Limited Term New York Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund     Rochester Fund Municipals

      The following funds do not offer Class Y shares:
      Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund   Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund         Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Cash Reserves               Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund        Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
      Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value
                                              Fund, Inc.
      Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund     Oppenheimer Quest Global Value
                                              Fund, Inc.
      Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals     Oppenheimer Rochester National
      Fund                                    Municipals
      Oppenheimer International Bond Fund     Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer International Growth Fund   Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
      Oppenheimer International Small         Limited Term New York Municipal
      Company Fund                            Fund

o     Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund may not be exchanged for
      shares of any other fund.
o     Class B, Class C and Class N shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves are
      generally available only by exchange from the same class of shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds or through OppenheimerFunds-sponsored 401(k)
      plans.
o     Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund may be
      exchanged only for Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds. They may
      not be acquired by exchange of shares of any class of any other
      Oppenheimer funds except Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market
      Fund or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves acquired by exchange of Class M
      shares.
o     Class X shares of Limited Term New York Municipal Fund may be exchanged
      only for Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds and no exchanges may
      be made to Class X shares.
o     Shares of Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund may not be exchanged
      for shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc., Oppenheimer Cash
      Reserves or Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund.  Only
      participants in certain retirement plans may purchase shares of
      Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund, and only those participants may
      exchange shares of other Oppenheimer funds for shares of Oppenheimer
      Capital Preservation Fund.
o     Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund are not
      available by exchange of shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund or
      Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves.
o     Shares of Oppenheimer Select Managers Mercury Advisors S&P Index Fund
      and Oppenheimer Select Managers QM Active Balanced Fund are only
      available to retirement plans and are available only by exchange from
      the same class of shares of other Oppenheimer funds held by retirement
      plans.
o     Class A shares of Oppenheimer funds may be exchanged at net asset value
      for shares of any money market fund offered by the Distributor. Shares
      of any money market fund purchased without a sales charge may be
      exchanged for shares of Oppenheimer funds offered with a sales charge
      upon payment of the sales charge. They may also be used to purchase
      shares of Oppenheimer funds subject to an early withdrawal charge or
      contingent deferred sales charge.
o     Shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. purchased with the
      redemption proceeds of shares of other mutual funds (other than funds
      managed by the Manager or its subsidiaries) redeemed within the 30 days
      prior to that purchase may subsequently be exchanged for shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds without being subject to an initial sales
      charge or contingent deferred sales charge. To qualify for that
      privilege, the investor or the investor's dealer must notify the
      Distributor of eligibility for this privilege at the time the shares of
      Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. are purchased. If requested, they
      must supply proof of entitlement to this privilege.
o     Shares of the Fund acquired by reinvestment of dividends or
      distributions from any of the other Oppenheimer funds or from any unit
      investment trust for which reinvestment arrangements have been made
      with the Distributor may be exchanged at net asset value for shares of
      any of the Oppenheimer funds.

      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.

      |X|   How Exchanges Affect Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. No
contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on exchanges of shares of any
class purchased subject to a contingent deferred sales charge, with the
following exceptions:

o     When Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund (other than Rochester
National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals) 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.

o     When Class A shares of Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund
Municipals acquired 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.

o     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 the Class A Early Withdrawal Charge of Oppenheimer Senior Floating
Rate Fund if they are repurchased before the expiration of the holding period.

o     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.

o     With respect to Class B shares, the Class B 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.

o     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.

o     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.

o     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.

      Shareholders owning shares of more than one class must specify which
class of shares they wish to exchange.

      |X|   Limits on Multiple Exchange Orders. The Fund reserves the right
to reject telephone or written exchange requests submitted in bulk by anyone
on behalf of more than one account.  The Fund may accept requests for
exchanges of up to 50 accounts per day from representatives of authorized
dealers that qualify for this privilege.

      |X|   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.

Processing Exchange Requests. Shares to be exchanged are redeemed on the
regular business day the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request in
proper form (the "Redemption Date").  Normally, shares of the fund to be
acquired are purchased on the Redemption 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 redemption proceeds.
The Fund reserves the right, in its discretion, to refuse any exchange
request that may disadvantage it. For example, if the receipt of multiple
exchange requests from a dealer might require the disposition of portfolio
securities at a time or at a price that might be disadvantageous to the Fund,
the Fund may refuse the request.

      When you exchange some or all of your shares from one fund to another,
any special account feature such as an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic
Withdrawal Plan, will be switched to the new fund account unless you tell the
Transfer Agent not to do so.  However, special redemption and exchange
features such as Automatic Exchange Plans and Automatic Withdrawal Plans
cannot be switched to an account in Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate 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
Statement of Additional Information, or would include shares covered by a
share certificate that is not tendered with the request.  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 assure that
the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment 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 redemption proceeds
in such cases.  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. 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,
Class C and Class N 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, Class C and Class N 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.

Dividends, distributions and proceeds of the redemption of Fund shares
represented by checks returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as
undeliverable 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, to enable the investor to earn a return on
otherwise idle funds. 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 Redemptions of Shares.
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 Statement of Additional
Information is based on tax law in effect on the date of the Prospectus and
this Statement of Additional Information. 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
advisers 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.

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.

      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.
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.

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.

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.

      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 provide to shareholders of record
on the last day of its taxable year information regarding their pro rata
share of the gain and tax paid. 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.

      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 30% (29% for
payments after December 31, 2003) of ordinary income dividends, capital gains
distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any
shareholder (1) who has failed to provide a correct taxpayer identification
                                            -------
number or to properly certify that number when required, (2) who is subject
to backup withholding for failure to report 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). All income and 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.

Tax Effects of Redemptions of Shares. If a shareholder redeems all or a
portion of his/her shares, the shareholder will recognize a gain or loss on
the redeemed shares in an amount equal to the difference between the proceeds
of the redeemed 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 redemption.

      In general, any gain or loss arising from the redemption 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
redemption 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.

Foreign Shareholders.  Under U.S. tax law, taxation of a shareholder who is a
foreign person (to include, 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. All income and 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.

      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
30% (29% for payments after December 31, 2003) on ordinary income dividends,
capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares,
paid to any foreign person. All income and 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.

      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 shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds
(other than Oppenheimer Cash Reserves) 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 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. Citibank, N.A. 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 Auditors.   Ernst & Young LLP are the independent auditors of the
Fund.  They audit the Fund's financial statements and perform other related
audit services.  They also act as auditors for certain other funds advised by
the Manager and its affiliates.





INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Oppenheimer Total Return Bond
Fund
 We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
 Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund (the "Fund"), including the statement of
 investments, as of April 30, 2003, and the related statements of operations
and
 changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the period from
February
 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April 30, 2003. 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.
    We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally
 accepted in the 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 April 30, 2003, by correspondence with the custodian and others.
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 TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND at April 30, 2003, and the results of its
 operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for
the
 period from February 21, 2003 to April 30, 2003, in conformity with
accounting
 principles generally accepted in the United States.


                                                      /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 New York, New York
 June 6, 2003




STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  April 30, 2003




Principal       Market Value

Amount         See Note 1
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 Asset-Backed Securities--3.1%
 BMW Vehicle Owner Trust, Automobile Loan Certificates,
 Series 2003-A, Cl. A2, 1.45%,
11/25/05                                                        $
190,000       $    190,000
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 Centex Home Equity Co. LLC, Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-A,
 Cl. AF1, 1.836%,
10/25/17
59,309             59,257
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 CitiFinancial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Home Equity Collateralized Mtg.
Obligations, Series 2003-1,
 Cl. AF1, 1.94%, 1/25/33
1
150,732            150,764
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 Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc., Home Equity Loan
Pass-Through Certificates,
 Series 2003-HS1, Cl. AI2, 1.422%, 1/25/33
1,2                                                        219,166
219,134
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 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Automobile Mortgage-Backed Obligations,
Series 2003-A,
 Cl. A2, 1.28%,
8/15/05
260,000            259,961

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 Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost
$879,196)
879,116

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 Mortgage-Backed Obligations--41.1%
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 Government Agency--39.2%
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 FHLMC/FNMA/Sponsored--39.2%
 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Structured Pass-Through Securities,
Collateralized Mtg.
 Obligations,  Series H006, Cl. A1, 1.724%, 4/15/08
1                                                 140,000            140,000
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 Federal National Mortgage Assn.:
 5.50%, 5/16/18-5/13/33
3
995,000          1,028,237
 6%, 5/16/18-5/25/33
3
2,391,000          2,493,914
 6.50%, 5/1/18-5/25/33
3
2,820,000          2,953,803
 7%, 5/25/33-6/25/33
3
4,374,000          4,622,132
 8.50%,
7/1/32
46,653             50,337

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11,288,423

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 Private--1.9%
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 Commercial--1.9%
 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Commercial Mtg.
Obligations, Series 2003-T10,
 Cl. A1, 4%,
3/13/40
172,000            174,284
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 GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., Commercial Mtg. Obligations, Series
2003-C1, Cl. A2,
 4.093%,
1/10/38
138,000            140,525
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 J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mtg.
Pass-Through Certificates,
 Series 2003-ML1A, Cl. A1, 3.972%,
3/12/39
103,000            104,439
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 Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. II LLC, Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through
Certificates,
 Series PRU-HTG 2000-C1, Cl. A2, 7.306%,
10/6/15
117,000            137,782

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557,030

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 Total Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost
$11,797,124)
11,845,453

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 U.S. Government Obligations--37.6%

 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Unsec. Nts., 4.50%,
1/15/13                                       1,000,000          1,023,490
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 Federal National Mortgage Assn. Unsec. Nts., 4.25%,
7/15/07                                        1,150,000          1,219,031
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 U.S. Treasury Bonds:
 5.375%,
2/15/31
17,000             18,555
 6.875%,
8/15/25
1,500,000          1,912,911
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 U.S. Treasury Nts.:
 1.625%,
3/31/05
1,807,000          1,812,931
 3%,
2/15/08
258,000            260,741
 3.875%,
2/15/13
98,000             98,161
 5.875%,
11/15/04
1,555,000          1,662,818
 7%,
7/15/06
2,450,000          2,821,425

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 Total U.S. Government Obligations (Cost
$10,796,811)
10,830,063


                     5 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




Principal            Market Value

Amount              See Note 1
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 Corporate Bonds and Notes--14.1%
 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.:
 7.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
5/1/07                                                        $
140,000           $    158,132
 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
3/1/31
50,000                 62,485
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 AXA Group, 8.60% Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
12/15/30                                                90,000
108,781
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 Citizens Communications Co., 9.25% Sr. Nts.,
5/15/11                                       65,000                 82,302
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 Core Investment Grade Bond Trust I, 4.727% Pass-Through
 Certificates, Series 2002-1,
11/30/07
1,000,000              1,036,415
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Deutsche Telekom International BV, 8.75% Unsec. Unsub. Nts.,
6/15/30                       40,000                 49,605
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DTE Energy Co., 6.375% Sr. Nts.,
4/15/33
85,000                 89,428
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federated Department Stores, Inc., 6.625% Sr. Nts.,
4/1/11                                 70,000                 77,620
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 FirstEnergy Corp., 7.375% Sr. Unsub. Nts., Series C,
11/15/31                              90,000                 99,555
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ford Motor Co., 7.45% Bonds,
7/16/31
110,000                 98,171
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 France Telecom SA, 10% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 3/1/31
2                                           55,000                 73,406
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Franklin Resources, Inc., 3.70% Nts.,
4/15/08                                              49,000
49,168
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.875% Unsec. Unsub. Nts.,
8/28/12                       270,000                275,042
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hertz Corp. (The), 7.625% Sr. Nts.,
6/1/12                                                200,000
200,500
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Household Finance Corp., 7% Nts.,
5/15/12
100,000                114,725
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd., 6.50% Nts., 2/13/13
4                                90,000                 91,419
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 6.75% Sub. Nts.,
2/1/11                                           63,000                 71,850
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., 5.875% Sr. Nts.,
10/1/12                                 130,000                136,113
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Morgan Stanley, 6.60% Nts.,
4/1/12
70,000                 79,381
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 News America Holdings, Inc., 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Debs.,
12/1/45                              120,000                136,997
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Northrop Grumman Corp., 7.125% Sr. Nts.,
2/15/11                                           75,000
87,965
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Prudential Holdings LLC, 8.695% Bonds, Series C, 12/18/23
4                               100,000                121,818
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rogers Wireless Communications, Inc., 9.625% Sr. Sec. Nts.,
5/1/11                         21,000                 23,231
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Simon DeBartolo Group LP, 6.875% Unsec. Nts.,
11/15/06                                     80,000                 88,775
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TECO Energy, Inc., 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
12/1/07                                         37,000                 42,180
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP, 8.375% Sr. Debs.,
3/15/23                                40,000                 49,442
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Time Warner, Inc., 9.125% Debs.,
1/15/13
90,000                110,225
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Verizon Global Funding Corp., 7.75% Sr. Unsub. Nts.,
12/1/30                              130,000                161,137
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Vornado Realty LP, 5.625% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts.,
6/15/07                                  65,000                 66,988
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Walt Disney Co. (The), 6.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
3/1/12                                      95,000                104,100
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Waste Management, Inc., 7% Sr. Nts.,
7/15/28                                              115,000
127,662

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 Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost
$3,999,144)
4,074,618


Shares
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Common Stocks--4.4%

 iShares GS$ InvesTop Corp. Bond Fund (Cost
$1,248,186)                                     11,400              1,277,370



                     6 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND





Principal     Market Value

Amount       See Note 1
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 Structured Notes--12.2%


 JPMorgan Chase Bank, High Yield Index Credit Linked
 Trust Nts., 7.55%,
11/15/07
$      980,392     $  1,045,343
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 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Targeted Return Index Securities Linked
Nts., Series 10-2002,
 6.961%, 1/15/12
4,5
1,095,000        1,244,321
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 Morgan Stanley, Tradable Custodial Receipt Nts., 6.799%, 6/15/12
4,5                                    1,080,000        1,214,742

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 Total Structured Notes (Cost
$3,426,924)
3,504,406

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 Joint Repurchase Agreements--23.9% 6

 Undivided interest of 2.06% in joint repurchase agreement (Principal
Amount/Market Value $332,883,000,
 with a maturity value of $332,894,651) with Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,
1.26%, dated 4/30/03, to
 be repurchased at $6,872,241 on 5/1/03, collateralized by U.S. Treasury
Nts., 4.875%--5.875%,
 11/15/04--2/15/12,  with a value of $327,261,153 and U.S. Treasury Bonds,
2.125%, 8/31/04, with a
 value of $12,489,849 (Cost
$6,872,000)
6,872,000        6,872,000

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 Total Investments, at Value (Cost
$39,019,385)
136.4%      39,283,026
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Liabilities in Excess of Other
Assets
(36.4)     (10,477,440)

-------------------------------
 Net
Assets
100.0% $    28,805,586

===============================


Footnotes to Statement of Investments
1. Identifies issues considered to be illiquid--See Note 7 of Notes to
Financial
Statements.
2. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate
security.
3. When-issued security to be delivered and settled after April 30, 2003.
4. 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 $2,672,300 or 9.28% of the Fund's net
assets as of April 30, 2003.
5. Interest rate represents a weighted average rate comprised of the interest
rates of the underlying securities.
6. The Fund may have elements of risk due to concentrated investments. Such
concentrations may subject the Fund to additional risks.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.



                     7 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES  April 30, 2003




-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Assets


 Investments, at value (including cost and market value of
 $6,872,000 in repurchase agreements)
 (cost $39,019,385)--see accompanying
statement                                                            $
39,283,026
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cash
15,202
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Due from
broker
80,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Receivables and other assets:

Interest
298,545
 Shares of beneficial interest
sold
226,386
 Daily variation on futures
contracts
175,487
 Investments
sold
59,512

Other
9

--------------
 Total
assets
40,138,167

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Liabilities

 Payables and other liabilities:
 Investments purchased (including $11,080,960 purchased on a when-issued
basis)                               11,258,707

Dividends
37,568
 Distribution and service plan
fees
9,641
 Trustees'
compensation
395
 Shares of beneficial interest
redeemed
350
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent
fees                                                                       289

Other
25,631

--------------
 Total
liabilities
11,332,581


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net
Assets
$28,805,586

==============


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Composition of Net Assets

 Par value of shares of beneficial
interest
$        2,858
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Additional paid-in
capital
28,567,102
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Undistributed net investment
income
9,712
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency
transactions                                     (718)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net unrealized appreciation on
investments
226,632

--------------
 Net
Assets
$28,805,586

==============


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Asset Value Per Share

 Class A Shares:
 Net asset value and redemption price per share
 (based on net assets of $27,598,182 and 2,738,137 shares of
 beneficial interest
outstanding)
$10.08
 Maximum offering price per share (net asset value
 plus sales charge of 4.75% of offering
price)
$10.58
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B Shares:
 Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $798,162
and
 79,195 shares of beneficial interest
outstanding)
$10.08
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class C Shares:
 Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $387,741
and
 38,483 shares of beneficial interest
outstanding)
$10.08
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class N Shares:
 Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $21,501
and
 2,133 shares of beneficial interest
outstanding)
$10.08


 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


                     8 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  For the Period Ended April 30, 2003 1




-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Investment Income



Interest
$ 123,064
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dividends
10,312

-----------
 Total investment
income                                                                 133,376

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Expenses

 Management
fees
24,656
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and service plan fees:
 Class
A
9,555
 Class
B
617
 Class
C
228
 Class
N
5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
 Class
A
372
 Class
B
231
 Class
C
71
 Class
N
11
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shareholder
reports
10,109
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Professional
fees
9,943
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Trustees'
compensation
395
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Custodian fees and
expenses                                                                 162
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other
8,970

-----------
 Total
expenses
65,325
 Less reduction to custodian
expenses                                                       (162)
 Less voluntary waiver of
expenses                                                       (19,307)
 Less voluntary waiver of transfer and shareholder servicing agent
fees--Class B             (52)
 Less voluntary waiver of transfer and shareholder servicing agent
fees--Class C             (50)
 Less voluntary waiver of transfer and shareholder servicing agent
fees--Class N             (11)

-----------
 Net
expenses
45,743


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Investment
Income
87,633


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 Net realized loss on:

Investments
(342)
 Closing of futures
contracts                                                               (100)
 Foreign currency
transactions
(276)

-----------
 Net realized
loss
(718)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investments
263,641
 Futures
contracts
(37,009)

-----------
 Net unrealized
appreciation
226,632


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from
Operations                                   $313,547

===========



1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


                     9 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS




 Period Ended April
30,
2003 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Operations
 Net investment
income                                                                $
87,633
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net realized
loss
(718)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized
appreciation                                                       226,632

----------------
 Net increase in net assets resulting from
operations                                        313,547

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders

 Dividends from net investment income:
 Class
A
(87,071)
 Class
B
(550)
 Class
C
(143)
 Class
N
(16)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beneficial Interest Transactions

 Net increase in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:
 Class
A
27,282,368
 Class
B
790,499
 Class
C
383,530
 Class
N
20,422

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net Assets

 Total
increase
28,702,586
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beginning of
period
103,000 2

----------------
 End of period [including undistributed net investment income of
$9,712]                 $28,805,586

================



1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.
2. Reflects the value of the Manager's initial seed money investment on
February 6, 2003.


See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


                    10 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS




Class A       Class B

Period        Period

Ended         Ended
                                                                        April
30,     April 30,

2003 1        2003 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Per Share Operating Data
 Net asset value, beginning of period                                     $
10.00       $ 10.00
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income
.03           .02
 Net realized and unrealized gain
.08           .08

------------------------
 Total from investment operations
.11           .10
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income
(.03)         (.02)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period
$10.08        $10.08

========================

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total Return, at Net Asset Value 2
1.14%         0.97%


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios/Supplemental Data

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
$27,598          $798
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)
$26,027          $340
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets: 3
 Net investment income
1.77%         0.85%
 Expenses, gross
1.29%         2.36%
 Expenses, net
0.90% 4,5     1.65% 4,5,6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover
rate                                                       77%           77%


1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.
2. Assumes an investment at net asset value on the business day before the
first
day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in
additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset
value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges
are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for
periods of less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of
taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund
shares.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
4. Reduction to custodian expenses less than 0.01%.
5. Net of voluntary waiver of expenses.
6. Net of voluntary waiver of transfer agent fees.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


                    11 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued



                                                                  Class
C         Class N

Period          Period

Ended           Ended
                                                                April
30,       April 30,
                                                                   2003
1          2003 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Per Share Operating Data
 Net asset value, beginning of period                             $
10.00         $ 10.00
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income
.02             .03
 Net realized and unrealized gain
.08             .08

------------------------
 Total from investment operations
.10             .11
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income
(.02)           (.03)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period
$10.08          $10.08

========================

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total Return, at Net Asset Value 2
0.96%           1.08%


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios/Supplemental Data

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
$388             $22
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)
$126             $ 6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets: 3
 Net investment income
0.59%           1.50%
 Expenses, gross
2.28%           2.63%
 Expenses, net                                                       1.65%
4,5,6     1.15% 4,5,6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate
77%             77%


1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.
2. Assumes an investment at net asset value on the business day before the
first
day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in
additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset
value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges
are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for
periods of less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of
taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund
shares.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
4. Reduction to custodian expenses less than 0.01%.
5. Net of voluntary waiver of expenses.
6. Net of voluntary waiver of transfer agent fees.


See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


                    12 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Significant Accounting Policies
 Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund (the Fund) is registered under the
 Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management
 investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek high total
 return through both capital appreciation and income. The Fund's investment
 advisor is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the Manager). As of April 30, 2003, the
 Manager and its affiliates owned 2,510,000, 100, 100 and 100 shares of Class
A,
 Class B, Class C and Class N, respectively.
    The Fund currently offers Class A, Class B, Class C and Class N shares.
 Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset
 value plus a front-end sales charge. Class B, Class C and Class N shares are
 sold without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a contingent
 deferred sales charge (CDSC). Class N shares are sold only through retirement
 plans. Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on those
 accounts. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges.
 Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ by minor
amounts
 due to each class having its own expenses directly attributable to that
class.
 Classes A, B, C and N have separate distribution and/or service plans. Class
B
 shares will automatically convert to Class A shares six years after the date
of
 purchase.
    The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently
 followed by the Fund.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Securities Valuation. Securities listed or traded on National Stock Exchanges
 or other domestic or foreign exchanges are valued based on the last sale
price
 of the security traded on that exchange prior to the time when the Fund's
 assets and liabilities are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is
 valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the
 spread of the current day's closing bid and asked prices, and if not, at the
 current day's closing bid price. Securities (including restricted securities)
 for which quotations are not readily available are valued primarily using
 dealer-supplied valuations, a portfolio pricing service authorized by the
Board
 of Trustees, or at their fair value. Fair value is determined in good faith
 under consistently applied procedures under the supervision of the Board of
 Trustees. Short-term "money market type" debt securities with remaining
 maturities of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost (which
 approximates market value).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Structured Notes. The Fund invests in index-linked structured notes whose
 principal and/or interest depend on the performance of an underlying index.
The
 structured notes are leveraged, which increases the volatility of each note's
 market value relative to the change in the underlying index. Fluctuations in
 value of these securities are recorded as unrealized gains and losses in the
 accompanying financial statements. The Fund records a realized gain or loss
 when a structured note is sold or matures. As of April 30, 2003, the market
 value of these securities comprised 12.2% of the Fund's net assets, and
 resulted in unrealized gains in the current period of $77,482.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Securities on a When-Issued Basis. Delivery and payment for securities that
 have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis can take place a month
 or more after the trade date. Normally the settlement date occurs within six
 months after the trade date; however, the Fund may, from time to time,
purchase
 securities whose settlement date extends six months or more beyond trade
date.
 During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to
market
 fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery.
The
 Fund maintains segregated assets with a market value equal to or greater than
 the amount of its purchase commitments. As of April 30, 2003, the value of
the
 segregated assets was $11,255,993. 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 makes such purchases while remaining substantially fully invested.
As
 of April 30, 2003, the Fund had entered into when-issued purchase commitments
 of $11,080,960.
    In connection with its ability to purchase securities on a when-issued
 basis, the Fund may enter into forward roll transactions with respect to
 mortgage-related securities. Forward roll transactions require the sale of
 securities for delivery in the current month, and a simultaneous agreement
with
 the same counterparty to repurchase similar (same type, coupon and maturity)
 but not identical securities on a specified future date. The forward roll may
 not extend for a period of greater than one year. The Fund generally records
 the incremental difference between the forward purchase and sale of each
 forward roll as interest income over the roll period.

                    13 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
    Risks to the Fund of entering into forward roll transactions include the
 potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the agreement;
the
 potential of the Fund to receive inferior securities to what was sold to the
 counterparty at redelivery; counterparty credit risk; and the potential pay
 down speed variance between the mortgage-related pools.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Foreign Currency Translation. The accounting records of the Fund are
maintained
 in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are
 translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange. Amounts
related
 to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are
 translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of
such
 transactions.
    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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Joint Repurchase Agreements. The Fund, along with other affiliated funds of
the
 Manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
 repurchase agreement accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
 repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. government securities. Securities
 pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank
 until the agreements mature. Each agreement 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
 of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other
than
 those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated daily
 to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets
 represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a
 specific class are charged against the operations of that class.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to continue 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.
    As of April 30, 2003, the Fund had approximately $21,000 of post-October
 losses available to offset future capital gains, if any. Such losses, if
 unutilized, will expire in 2012. Additionally, the Fund had approximately
$300
 of post-October foreign currency losses which were deferred.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to
 shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations,
 are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions, if any, are
 declared and paid monthly. Capital gain distributions, if any, are declared
 daily and paid annually.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Classification of Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Net investment
 income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement
 and tax purposes primarily due to paydown gains and losses and the
recognition
 of certain foreign currency gains (losses) as ordinary income (loss) for 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.
    The Fund adjusts the classification of distributions to shareholders to
 reflect the differences between financial statement amounts and distributions
 determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Accordingly, during the
 period ended April 30, 2003, amounts have been reclassified to reflect a
 decrease in paid-in capital of $9,859. Overdistributed net investment income
 was decreased by the same amount. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by
the
 reclassifications.

                    14 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


 The tax character of distributions paid during the period ended April 30,
2003
was as follows:
                                                      Period Ended
                                                  April 30, 2003 1
                 -------------------------------------------------
                 Distributions paid from:
                 Ordinary income                          $ 87,780

1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to April
30, 2003.

As of April 30, 2003, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis
were as follows:
                 Undistributed net investment income    $   16,550
                 Accumulated net realized loss             (32,492)
                 Net unrealized appreciation               258,406
                                                        -----------
                 Total                                    $242,464
                                                        ===========
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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, which includes accretion of discount and
 amortization of premium, is accrued as earned.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Expense Offset Arrangement. The reduction of custodian fees represents
earnings
 on cash balances maintained by the Fund.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 income
and
 expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
 estimates.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2. Shares of Beneficial Interest
 The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of
 beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial
 interest were as follows:



                                                                    Period
Ended April 30, 2003 1,2

Shares                 Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Class A
 Sold
2,736,090              $ 27,361,875
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
275                     2,768
 Redeemed
(8,228)                  (82,275)

------------------------------------
 Net increase
2,728,137               $27,282,368

====================================


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B
 Sold
88,955              $    888,971
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
36                       365
 Redeemed
(9,896)                  (98,837)

------------------------------------
 Net increase
79,095              $    790,499

====================================


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class C
 Sold
39,178             $     391,527
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
10                       103
 Redeemed
(805)                   (8,100)

------------------------------------
 Net increase
38,383             $     383,530

====================================




                    15 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2. Shares of Beneficial Interest Continued


                                                              Period Ended
April 30, 2003 1,2

Shares            Amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Class N
 Sold
2,032          $ 20,408
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
1                14

-----------------------------
 Net increase
2,033          $ 20,422

=============================


 1. For the period from February 21, 2003 (commencement of operations) to
April
 30, 2003.
 2. The Fund sold 10,000 shares of Class A at a value of $100,000 and 100
shares
 each of Class B, Class C and Class N at a value of $1,000, respectively, to
the
 Manager upon seeding of the Fund on February 6, 2003.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3. Purchases and Sales of Securities
 The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other
 than U.S. government obligations and short-term obligations, for the period
 ended April 30, 2003, were $10,478,011 and $191,419, respectively. There were
 purchases of $42,174,665 and sales of $20,259,763 of U.S. government and
 government agency obligations for the period ended April 30,2003.

 As of April 30, 2003, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based on cost of
 securities for federal income tax purposes of $39,019,385 was composed of:

                     Gross unrealized appreciation                $ 279,519
                     Gross unrealized depreciation                  (15,878)
                                                                  ----------
                     Net unrealized appreciation                  $ 263,641
                                                                  ==========

 The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation and
 depreciation, if applicable, is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of
 losses on or the tax realization of unrealized gain or loss.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 Management Fees. Management fees paid to the Manager were in accordance with
 the investment advisory agreement with the Fund which provides for a fee at
an
 annual rate of 0.50% of the first $250 million of average annual net assets
of
 the Fund, 0.475% of the next $500 million, and 0.45% of average annual net
 assets in excess of $750 million. The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive
 fees and reimburse expenses such that "Total Annual Operating Expenses" will
 not exceed 0.90% for Class A shares, 1.65% for Class B Shares, 1.65% for
Class
 C shares, and 1.15% for Class N shares, respectively. The voluntary waivers
 described above may be amended or withdrawn at any time. For the period ended
 April 30, 2003, management fees in the amount of $19,307 were voluntarily
 waived by the Manager.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 $22.50 per account fee.
    OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing
agent
 fees for all classes, up to an annual rate of 0.35% of average net assets per
 class. This undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Offering and Organizational Costs. The Manager assumed all offering and
 organizational costs associated with the registration and seeding of the
Fund.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor's
 Agreement with the Manager, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the
 Distributor) acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous
public
 offering of the different classes of shares of the Fund.


                    16 | OPPENHEIMER TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND


 The compensation paid to (or retained by) the Distributor from the sale of
 shares or on the redemption of shares is shown in the table below for the
 period indicated.



                       Aggregate            Class A       Concessions
Concessions         Concessions        Concessions
                       Front-End          Front-End        on Class A
on Class B          on Class C         on Class N
                   Sales Charges      Sales Charges
Shares            Shares              Shares             Shares
                      on Class A        Retained by       Advanced by
Advanced by         Advanced by        Advanced by
 Period Ended             Shares        Distributor     Distributor 1
Distributor 1       Distributor 1      Distributor 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 April 30, 2003          $22,204             $9,189
$10            $9,448              $2,528                $87



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


                             Class A                    Class
B                    Class C                      Class N
                 Contingent Deferred        Contingent Deferred
Contingent Deferred          Contingent Deferred
                      Sales Charges               Sales Charges
Sales Charges                 Sales Charges
                        Retained by                Retained by
Retained by                  Retained by
 Period Ended            Distributor
Distributor                Distributor                  Distributor
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 April 30, 2003                $--
$--                        $--                          $--


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for
Class
 A Shares. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred
for
 services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made
 quarterly at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average annual net assets
of
 Class A shares of the Fund. For the period ended April 30, 2003, payments
under
 the Class A Plan totaled $9,555, all of which were paid by the Distributor to
 recipients, none of which was paid to an affiliate of the Manager. Any
 unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares
in
 any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent years.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The
 Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and
Class
 N shares. Under the plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual
asset-based
 sales charge of 0.75% per year on Class B shares and on Class C shares and
the
 Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.25% per
year
 on Class N shares. The Distributor also receives a service fee of 0.25% per
 year under each plan.

 Distribution fees paid to the Distributor for the period ended April 30,
2003,
 were as follows:




Distributor's Aggregate
                                                              Distributor's
Aggregate                    Unreimbursed
                      Total Payments      Amount Retained       Unreimbursed
Expenses                Expenses as % of
                          Under Plan        by Distributor
Under Plan             Net Assets of Class
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Class B Plan                   $617
$--                         $--                            --%
 Class C Plan                    228
--                          --                            --
 Class N Plan                      5
--                          --                            --


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 5. Foreign Currency Contracts
 A foreign currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign
 currency at a future date, at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into
 foreign currency contracts to settle specific purchases or sales of
securities
 denominated in a foreign currency and to seek to protect against adverse
 exchange rate fluctuation. Risks to the Fund include the potential inability
of
 the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.
    The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual
 commitments held by the Fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or
 depreciation are determined using prevailing foreign currency exchange rates.
 Unrealized appreciation and depreciation on foreign currency contracts are
 reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable or
payable
 and in the Statement of Operations with the change in unrealized appreciation
 or depreciation.
    The Fund may realize a gain or loss upon the closing or settlement of the
 forward transaction. Such realized gains and losses are reported with all
other
 foreign currency gains and losses in the Statement of Operations.
    As of April 30, 2003, the Fund had no outstanding foreign currency
contracts.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 6. Futures Contracts
 A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a
 commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated
future
 date at a negotiated price. Futures contracts are traded on a commodity
 exchange. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts that relate to broadly
 based securities indices (financial futures) or debt securities (interest
rate
 futures) in order to gain exposure to or to seek to protect against changes
in
 market value of stock and bonds or interest rates. The Fund may also buy or
 write put or call options on these futures contracts.
    The Fund generally sells futures contracts to hedge against increases in
 interest rates and decreases in market value of portfolio securities. The
Fund
 may also purchase futures contracts to gain exposure to market changes as it
 may be more efficient or cost effective than actually buying fixed income
 securities.
    Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit
 either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain
 percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are
 made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are
equal
 to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized
gains
 and losses. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is
 closed or expires.
    Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open
futures
 contracts is noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Statement
of
 Assets and Liabilities reflects a receivable and/or payable for the daily
mark
 to market for variation margin. Realized gains and losses are reported on the
 Statement of Operations at the closing and expiration of futures contracts.
The
 net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported on the
 Statement of Operations.
    Risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the
 possibility that there may be an illiquid market and that a change in the
value
 of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the
 underlying securities.

 As of April 30, 2003, the Fund had outstanding futures contracts as follows:



                                       Expiration          Number
of           Valuation as of              Unrealized
 Contract Description                       Dates
Contracts            April 30, 2003            Depreciation
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Contracts to Purchase
 Euro-Bundesobligation                    6/6/03
7                  $  896,818                $   5,234

----------
 Contracts to Sell
 U.S. Treasury Bonds                      6/19/03
5                     570,156                    5,750
 U.S. Treasury Nts., 2 yr.                6/26/03
4                     863,625                    1,053
 U.S. Treasury Nts., 5 yr.                6/19/03
56                   6,370,000                   14,555
 U.S. Treasury Nts., 10 yr.               6/19/03
12                   1,381,500                   10,417

----------

31,775

----------

$37,009

==========


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 7. Illiquid Securities
 As of April 30, 2003, investments in securities included issues that are
 illiquid. A security may be considered illiquid if it lacks a readily
available
 market or if its valuation has not changed for a certain period of time. The
 Fund intends to invest no more than 15% of its net assets (determined at the
 time of purchase and reviewed periodically) in illiquid securities. The
 aggregate value of illiquid securities subject to this limitation as of April
 30, 2003 was $509,898, which represents 1.77% of the Fund's net assets.


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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 8. Borrowing and Lending Arrangements
 Interfund Borrowing and Lending Arrangements. The Fund entered into an
 "interfund borrowing and lending arrangement" with other funds in the
 Oppenheimer funds complex, to allow funds to borrow for liquidity purposes.
The
 arrangement was initiated pursuant to exemptive relief granted by the
 Securities and Exchange Commission to allow these affiliated funds to lend
 money to, and borrow money from, each other, in an attempt to reduce
borrowing
 costs below those of bank loan facilities. Under the arrangement the Fund may
 lend money to other Oppenheimer funds and may borrow from other Oppenheimer
 funds at a rate set by the Fund's Board of Trustees, based upon a
 recommendation by the Manager. The Fund's borrowings, if any, are subject to
 asset coverage requirements under the Investment Company Act and the
provisions
 of the SEC order and other applicable regulations. If the Fund borrows money,
 there is a risk that the loan could be called on one day's notice, in which
 case the Fund might have to borrow from a bank at higher rates if a loan were
 not available from another Oppenheimer fund. If the Fund lends money to
another
 fund, it will be subject to the risk that the other fund might not repay the
 loan in a timely manner, or at all.
    The Fund had no interfund borrowings or loans outstanding during the
period
ended or at April 30, 2003.




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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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 risks appear somewhat larger than
those 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 sometime 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 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 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 and 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 and 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.
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 category; the modifier "2"
indicates a mid-range ranking and the modifier "3" indicates a ranking in the
lower end of the category.

Short-Term Ratings - Taxable Debt

These ratings apply to the ability of issuers to repay punctually 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, while sound, may be 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 Rating Services
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 obligations 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 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.

Bonds 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, these face major 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: A bond rated B is more vulnerable to nonpayment than an obligation rated
BB, but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation.

CCC: A bond rated CCC 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. In the event of adverse
business, financial or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have
the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC: An obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C: The C rating may used where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or
similar action has been taken, but payments on this obligation are being
continued.

D: Bonds rated D are in default. Payments on the obligation are not being
made on the date due.

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: Rated in the highest category. The obligor's capacity to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, a
plus (+) sign designation indicates the issuer's capacity to meet its
financial obligation is very strong.

A-2: Obligation 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: 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: 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: 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: In payment default. Payments on the obligation have not been made on the
due date. The rating may also be used if a bankruptcy petition has been filed
or similar actions jeopardize payments on the obligation.

Fitch, Inc.

International Long-Term Credit Ratings

Investment Grade:
AAA: Highest Credit Quality. "AAA" ratings denote the lowest expectation of
credit risk. They are assigned only in the case of exceptionally strong
capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly
unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very High Credit Quality. "AA" ratings denote a very low expectation of
credit risk. They indicate a very strong capacity for timely payment of
financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to
foreseeable events.

A: High Credit Quality. "A" ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk.
The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered
strong. This capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in
circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB: Good Credit Quality. "BBB" ratings indicate that there is currently a
low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and
in economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the
lowest investment-grade category.

Speculative Grade:

BB: Speculative. "BB" ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit
risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over
time. However, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow
financial commitments to be met. Securities rates in this category are not
investment grade.
B: Highly Speculative. "B" ratings indicate that significant credit risk is
present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are
currently being met. However, capacity for continued payment is contingent
upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC, CC C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for
meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable
business or economic developments. A "CC" rating indicates that default of
some kind appears probable. "C" ratings signal imminent default.

DDD, DD, and D: Default. The ratings of obligations in this category are
based on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a
reorganization or liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values
are highly speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the
following serve as general guidelines. `DDD' obligations have the highest
potential for recovery, around 90%-100% of outstanding amounts and accrued
interest. `DD' indicates potential recoveries in the range of 50%-90%, and
`D' the lowest recovery potential, i.e., below 50%.

Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their
obligations. Entities rated `DDD' have the highest prospect for resumption of
performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization
process. Entities rated `DD' and `D' are generally undergoing a formal
reorganization or liquidation process; those rated `DD' are likely to satisfy
a higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated `D'
have a poor prospect for repaying all obligations.

Plus (+) and minus (-) signs may be appended to a rating symbol to denote
relative status within the major rating categories. Plus and minus signs are
not added to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC," nor to
short-term ratings other than "F1" (see below).

International Short-Term Credit Ratings

F1: Highest credit quality. Strongest capacity for timely payment of
financial commitments. May have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally
strong credit feature.

F2:  Good credit quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of
financial commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the
case of higher ratings.

F3:  Fair credit quality. Capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments is adequate. However, near-term adverse changes could result in a
reduction to non-investment grade.

B:  Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments, plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and
economic conditions.

C:   High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting
financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business
and economic environment.

D:   Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.





B-1
                                  Appendix B

                           Industry Classifications
                           ------------------------

Aerospace & Defense                Household Durables
Air Freight & Couriers             Household Products
Airlines                           Industrial Conglomerates
Auto Components                    Insurance
Automobiles                        Internet & Catalog Retail
Banks                              Internet Software & Services
Beverages                          Information Technology Consulting &
                                   Services
Biotechnology                      Leisure Equipment & Products
Building Products                  Machinery
Chemicals                          Marine
Commercial Services & Supplies     Media
Communications Equipment           Metals & Mining
Computers & Peripherals            Multiline Retail
Construction & Engineering         Multi-Utilities
Construction Materials             Office Electronics
Containers & Packaging             Oil & Gas
Distributors                       Paper & Forest Products
Diversified Financials             Personal Products
Diversified Telecommunication      Pharmaceuticals
Services
Electric Utilities                 Real Estate
Electrical Equipment               Road & Rail
Electronic Equipment & Instruments Semiconductor Equipment & Products
Energy Equipment & Services        Software
Food & Drug Retailing              Specialty Retail
Food Products                      Textiles & Apparel
Gas Utilities                      Tobacco
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   Trading Companies & Distributors
Health Care Providers & Services   Transportation Infrastructure
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure       Water Utilities
                                   Wireless Telecommunication Services









C-2
                                  Appendix C

OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers
--------------------------------------------------------------

In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class
A shares1 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.2  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 example, waivers relating to
Retirement Plans do not apply to Oppenheimer municipal funds, because shares
of those funds are not available for purchase by or on behalf of retirement
plans. Other waivers apply only to shareholders of certain 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 qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal
            Revenue Code,
         2) non-qualified deferred compensation plans,
         3) employee benefit plans3
         4) Group Retirement Plans4
         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.

 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."5 This waiver provision applies to:
      Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.
      Purchases of Class A shares by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to
         purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a contingent
         deferred sales charge prior to March 1, 2001. That included plans
         (other than IRA or 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans) that: 1) bought shares
         costing $500,000 or more, 2) had at the time of purchase 100 or more
         eligible employees or total plan assets of $500,000 or more, or 3)
         certified to the Distributor that it projects to have annual plan
         purchases of $200,000 or more.
      Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the
         purchases are made:
         1) through a broker, dealer, bank or registered investment adviser
            that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those
            purchases, or
         2) by a direct rollover of a distribution from a qualified
            Retirement Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made
            special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
      Purchases of Class A shares by Retirement Plans that have any of the
         following record-keeping arrangements:
         1) The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner &
            Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the
            Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
            record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan
            must have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual
            funds, other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch
            Investment Management, L.P. ("MLIM"), that are made available
            under a Service Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual
            fund's principal underwriter or distributor, and  (b)  funds
            advised or managed by MLIM (the funds described in (a) and (b)
            are referred to as "Applicable Investments").
         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 $3 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).

            Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A. Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges for Certain
Purchasers.

Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any
Class A sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the Distributor on such
purchases):
      The Manager or its affiliates.
      Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and
         their "immediate families") of the Fund, the Manager and its
         affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their
         employees. The term "immediate family" refers to one's spouse,
         children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, parents-in-law,
         brothers and sisters, sons- and daughters-in-law, a sibling's
         spouse, a spouse's siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews;
         relatives by virtue of a remarriage (step-children, step-parents,
         etc.) are included.
      Registered management investment companies, or separate accounts of
         insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the
         Distributor for that purpose.
      Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor, if
         they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement plans
         for their employees.
      Employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
         or brokers described above or financial institutions that have
         entered into sales arrangements with such dealers or brokers (and
         which are identified as such to the Distributor) or with the
         Distributor. The purchaser must certify to the Distributor at the
         time of purchase that the purchase is for the purchaser's own
         account (or for the benefit of such employee's spouse or minor
         children).
      Dealers, brokers, banks or registered investment advisors that have
         entered into an agreement with the Distributor providing
         specifically for the use of shares of the Fund in particular
         investment products made available to their clients. Those clients
         may be charged a transaction fee by their dealer, broker, bank or
         advisor for the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
      Investment advisors and financial planners who have entered into an
         agreement for this purpose with the Distributor and who charge an
         advisory, consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares
         for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
      "Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts, if the purchases
         are made through a broker or agent or other financial intermediary
         that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those
         purchases.
      Clients of investment advisors or financial planners (that have entered
         into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who buy
         shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without sales
         charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master account of
         their investment advisor or financial planner on the books and
         records of the broker, agent or financial intermediary with which
         the Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each of these
         investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or financial
         intermediary for purchasing shares.
      Directors, trustees, officers or full-time employees of OpCap Advisors
         or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension, profit
         sharing or other benefit plan which beneficially owns shares for
         those persons.
      Accounts for which Oppenheimer Capital (or its successor) is the
         investment advisor (the Distributor must be advised of this
         arrangement) and persons who are directors or trustees of the
         company or trust which is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
      A unit investment trust that has entered into an appropriate agreement
         with the Distributor.
      Dealers, brokers, banks, or registered investment advisers that have
         entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares to
         defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer,
         broker or investment adviser provides administration services.
      Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to
         fund those plans (including, for example, plans qualified or created
         under sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue
         Code), in each case if those purchases are made through a broker,
         agent or other financial intermediary that has made special
         arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
      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.
      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.

B. Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain
Transactions.

Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are not
subject to sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the Distributor on
such purchases):
      Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset
         acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.
      Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other
         distributions reinvested from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds
         (other than Oppenheimer Cash Reserves) or unit investment trusts for
         which reinvestment arrangements have been made with the Distributor.
      Shares purchased through a broker-dealer that has entered into a
         special agreement with the Distributor to allow the broker's
         customers to purchase and pay for shares of Oppenheimer funds using
         the proceeds of shares redeemed in the prior 30 days from a mutual
         fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or any of its
         subsidiaries) on which an initial sales charge or contingent
         deferred sales charge was paid. This waiver also applies to shares
         purchased by exchange of shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund,
         Inc. that were purchased and paid for in this manner. This waiver
         must be requested when the purchase order is placed for shares of
         the Fund, and the Distributor may require evidence of qualification
         for this waiver.
      Shares purchased with the proceeds of maturing principal units of any
         Qualified Unit Investment Liquid Trust Series.
      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.

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:
      To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually to
         no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.
      Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or involuntary
         redemptions of small accounts (please refer to "Shareholder Account
         Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
      For distributions from Retirement Plans, deferred compensation plans or
         other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
         1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal
            Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or
            disability must occur after the participant's account was
            established.
         2) To return excess contributions.
         3) To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
         4) Hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.6
         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.7
         10)      Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a
            mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a
            subsidiary of the Manager) if the plan has made special
            arrangements with the Distributor.
         11)      Plan termination or "in-service distributions," if the
            redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an
            OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
      For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that
         have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing
         this waiver.
      For distributions from retirement plans that have $10 million or more
         in plan assets and that have entered into a special agreement with
         the Distributor.
      For distributions from retirement plans which are part of a retirement
         plan product or platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers,
         financial advisors, insurance companies or record keepers which have
         entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.

   Waivers of Class B, Class C and Class N Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
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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:
      Shares redeemed involuntarily, as described in "Shareholder Account
         Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.
      Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the
         death or disability of the last surviving shareholder. The death or
         disability must have occurred after the account was established, and
         for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of
         disability by the Social Security Administration.
      The 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 by the Social Security
         Administration.
      Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record has
         entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this
         waiver.
      Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records
         are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an
         independent record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.
      Redemptions of Class 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.
      Redemptions requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor of Class
         C shares of an Oppenheimer fund in amounts of $500,000 or more and
         made more than 12 months after the Retirement Plan's first purchase
         of Class C shares, if the redemption proceeds are invested in Class
         N shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.
      Distributions8 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.9
         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.10
         9) On account of the participant's separation from service.11
         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 59 1/2,
            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.
      Redemptions of Class B shares or Class C shares under an Automatic
         Withdrawal Plan from an account other than a Retirement Plan if the
         aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the
         account's value annually.

B. Waivers for Shares Sold or Issued in Certain Transactions.

The contingent deferred sales charge is also waived on Class B and Class C
shares sold or issued in the following cases:
      Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.
      Shares sold to registered management investment companies or separate
         accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager
         or the Distributor for that purpose.
      Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.
      Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or
         employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in
         Section I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and
         retirement plans established by them for their employees.

  Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
            Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former Quest for Value Funds
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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 advisor to those
former Quest for Value Funds.  Those funds include:
   Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.       Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
   Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund    Oppenheimer Quest Global 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:
      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
      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.

      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.

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Number of Eligible    Initial Sales       Initial Sales Charge   Concession as
Employees or Members  Charge as a % of    as a % of Net Amount   % of Offering
                      Offering Price      Invested               Price
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9 or Fewer                   2.50%                2.56%              2.00%
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At  least  10 but not        2.00%                2.04%              1.60%
more than 49
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      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.

      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:
o     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.
o     Shareholders who acquired shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by
            merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.

      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.

      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:
o     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
o     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.

      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:
o     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);
o     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
o     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.

        Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain
          Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual
                            Investment Accounts, Inc.
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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 Bond Fund,
   Oppenheimer Value Fund and
   Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
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  CMIA LifeSpan Capital Appreciation
   Account
   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.

      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.

      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.

   Special Reduced Sales Charge for Former Shareholders of Advance America
                                    Funds, Inc.
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Shareholders of Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund, 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%.

      Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of Oppenheimer
                            Convertible Securities Fund
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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 investors 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 sales charge:
      the Manager and its affiliates,
      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
         advisor of the Fund for their employees,
      registered management investment companies or separate accounts of
         insurance companies that had an agreement with the Fund's prior
         investment advisor or distributor for that purpose,
      dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor, if
         they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement plans
         for their employees,
      employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
         or brokers described 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,
      dealers, brokers, or registered investment advisors 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 advisors 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 advisor provides administrative services to
         Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund.








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1.  The term "Independent Trustees" used in reference to plans adopted under
Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act means 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.
1 Certain waivers also apply to Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible
Securities Fund.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 This provision does not apply to IRAs.
7 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the
participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.
8 The distribution must be requested prior to Plan termination or the
elimination of the Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.
9 This provision does not apply to IRAs.
10 This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans and
loans from the OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single K retirement plan.
11 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the
participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.