485BPOS 1 body.htm FORM N-1A, PSP, SAI, PART C

                                                                                                                            Registration No. 333-114495
                                                                                                                            File No. 811-21561

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                            [X]

Pre-Effective Amendment No.                                                                                                             [   ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7                                                                                                         [X]
 

and/or

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

     Amendment No. 8

OPPENHEIMER PRINCIPAL PROTECTED TRUST III

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (303) 768-3200

Robert G. Zack, Esq.
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

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Oppenheimer

Principal Protected
Main Street Fund III

Prospectus dated December 29, 2009
 

Shares of the Fund cannot be purchased except by the reinvestment of the Fund’s dividends and distributions.
 
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund’s securities nor has it determined that this
prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to represent otherwise.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 or any person.

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III is a mutual fund that seeks capital preservation in order to have a net asset value on the Maturity Date at least equal to your original investment (reduced by any adjustments to the Warranty Amount permitted under the Warranty Agreement and less any sales charges, your share of extraordinary expenses and the proportional reduction for dividends paid in cash and redemption of Fund shares). The Fund seeks high total return as a secondary objective. Effective January 12, 2009, the Fund invests only in U.S. government securities, including zero coupon bonds.

This prospectus contains important information about the Fund’s objective, investment policies, strategies and risks. It also contains important information about how to sell shares of the Fund and other account features. Please read this prospectus carefully before you invest and keep it for future reference about your account.

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CONTENTS

          ABOUT THE FUND
 

          Overview

          The Fund’s Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies
          Main Risks of Investing in the Fund
          The Fund’s Past Performance
          Fees and Expenses of the Fund
          
About the Fund’s Investments
          
The Warranty Agreement and the Financial Warranty

          How is the Warranty Amount Determined?

          How the Fund is Managed

          ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

          Special Investor Services

          AccountLink
          PhoneLink
          OppenheimerFunds Internet Website
          Reinvestment Privilege
 

          How to Sell Shares
          By Mail
          By Telephone
 

          How to Exchange Shares

          Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

          Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

          Financial Highlights of the Fund

 


about THE FUND

Overview

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III is a “fund of funds” that normally invests a portion of its assets in shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund and futures contracts on the Standard and Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500 Index”) and a portion of its assets in U.S. government securities. Effective January 12, 2009, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio, as explained further in this prospectus.

The Fund has an Offering Period, a Warranty Period and a Post-Warranty Period. Shares of the Fund were offered during an Offering Period but will not be offered during the Warranty Period, except in connection with reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Offering Period was from October 7, 2004 through December 10, 2004.

The Warranty Period began on December 16, 2004 and will run until December 16, 2011 (the “Maturity Date”). During the Warranty Period, the Fund will seek primarily capital preservation, and secondarily high total return, formerly by allocating its assets between an equity portfolio (consisting of Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund and futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index) and a debt portfolio (consisting of U.S. government securities, including zero coupon bonds and certain securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities), and currently through its investments in the debt portfolio. Shareholders may receive taxable gains from portfolio transactions by the Fund, whether they take payment in cash or reinvest them to purchase additional shares.

Effective June 30, 2009, the Fund has entered into a Financial Warranty Agreement (the “Warranty Agreement”) with Main Place Funding, LLC (the “Warranty Provider”) pursuant to which the Warranty Provider has issued, subject to certain conditions, a financial warranty (the “Financial Warranty”) to the Fund. The Financial Warranty attempts to make sure that the value of each shareholder’s account on the Maturity Date will be no less than the value of that shareholder’s account on the second business day after the end of the Offering Period, including net income, if any, earned by the Fund during the Offering Period, reduced by (i) sales charges, (ii) the shareholder’s pro rata portion of any Extraordinary Expenses (as defined on page 12), (iii) the proportional reduction for dividends and distributions paid in cash and redemptions of Fund shares, (iv) the shareholder’s pro rata portion of the value of any shares issued by the Fund during the Warranty Period other than in connection with the reinvestment of dividends and distributions, (v) the amount of any increase in the shareholder’s investment in the Fund as a result of changes in accounting practices for the Fund, corporate actions or certain other events, and (vi) if OppenheimerFunds, Inc., as manager of the Fund (the “Manager”), is required to make payments under the Warranty Agreement in certain instances, and the Manager fails to do so in a timely manner, the amount of such payments (on a pro rata basis). The value of the shareholder’s account on the second business day after the end of the Offering Period minus the above-described reductions is referred to as the “Warranty Amount.” In order to avoid having their Warranty Amount reduced, shareholders must reinvest all dividends and distributions received from the Fund to purchase additional shares of the Fund and must not redeem any shares of the Fund during the Warranty Period. If the value of the Fund’s assets on the Maturity Date is insufficient to result in the value of each shareholder’s account being at least equal to the shareholder’s Warranty Amount, the Warranty Provider will pay the Fund an amount sufficient to make sure that each shareholder’s account can be redeemed on the Maturity Date for an amount equal to his or her Warranty Amount.

Because the front-end sales charge paid on the purchase of Class A shares reduces the Warranty Amount for Class A shareholders, Class A shares will have a lower Warranty Amount than the Class B, Class C or Class N shares. Normal operating fees and expenses of the Fund incurred in the ordinary course of business will not reduce the Warranty Amount. However, certain Extraordinary Expenses incurred by the Fund will reduce the Warranty Amount. In addition, given that the Fund is completely and irreversibly invested in U.S. government securities and cash and cash equivalents, any Fund expenses in excess of certain limits may reduce the Warranty Amount.

The Warranty Provider is a limited liability company organized under Delaware law. The Warranty Provider’s principal business is to enter into financial warranty agreements in favor of third parties for a fee. The Warranty Provider operates under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is not regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Warranty Provider is an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Bank USA, the former Warranty Provider, and a separately incorporated division of Bank of America N.A. (“BANA”). Bank of America Corporation (the “Guarantor”), the Warranty Provider’s ultimate parent company and parent company of BANA, has issued a guarantee of the performance of Warranty Provider’s obligations under the Warranty Agreement (the “Guarantee”). Warranty Provider has not participated in the organization of the Fund and makes no representation regarding the advisability of an investment in the Fund. Further information about the Warranty Provider can be found in the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholders could lose money by investing in this Fund. A shareholder’s Warranty Amount will be reduced, as more fully described in this prospectus, if the shareholder takes any dividends or distributions in cash instead of reinvesting them in additional shares of the Fund, redeems any shares before the Maturity Date, if the Fund incurs Extraordinary Expenses, or if the Fund or the Manager fails to perform certain obligations under the Warranty Agreement (in which case the Warranty Provider may have the right to terminate the Financial Warranty). Moreover, shareholders could lose money if the Warranty Provider fails or is unable to meet its obligations under the Warranty Agreement, and the Guarantor fails or is unable to meet its obligations under the Guarantee.

During the Post-Warranty Period, prior to January 12, 2009, the Fund invested a substantial portion of its assets in Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund® (referred to as the “Underlying Fund”) and futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index. Under the terms of the Warranty Formula, between 0% to 100% of the Fund’s assets were allocated to the equity portfolio. Effective January 12, 2009, pursuant to the Warranty Formula and the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio. In this circumstance, the Fund’s ability to participate in upward equity market movements will be eliminated and the Fund will not participate in any subsequent recovery in the equity markets.

The Fund’s Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

What Is the Fund’s Investment Objective During the Warranty Period? During the Warranty Period, the Fund will seek capital preservation in order to have a net asset value on the Maturity Date at least equal to the Warranty Amount. The Fund seeks high total return as a secondary objective. The Fund’s investment objectives are fundamental policies that can be changed only with the approval of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting shares, as described in the Statement of Additional Information.

What Does The Fund Mainly Invest In During the Warranty Period?

The Warranty Agreement contains a mathematical formula (the “Warranty Formula”) which provides the maximum amount of the Fund’s assets that may be invested in the equity component on any given day during the Warranty Period. To avoid losing the benefits of the Financial Warranty, the Fund must satisfy conditions of the Warranty Agreement that require the Manager to make investment allocation decisions based on the Warranty Formula. Prior to January 12, 2009, the Fund invested a substantial portion of its assets in Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund® (referred to as the “Underlying Fund”) and futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index. Under the terms of the Warranty Formula, between 0% to 100% of the Fund’s assets were allocated to the equity portfolio. Effective January 12, 2009, pursuant to the Warranty Formula and the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio. In this circumstance, the Fund’s ability to participate in upward equity market movements will be eliminated and the Fund will not participate in any subsequent recovery in the equity markets.
 
The Fund's debt portfolio will principally consist of zero coupon U.S. government securities, but may also include certain other securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities and securities issued by government sponsored enterprises which are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government. The securities in the debt portfolio will have a maturity approximately equal to the period remaining in the Warranty Period.

Who Is The Fund Designed For? The Fund may be an appropriate investment for you if you:

·     

Have an investment time horizon of at least 7 years (measured from the beginning of the Warranty Period)


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Seek potential for growth but are concerned about capital preservation


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Want a professionally managed and diversified portfolio


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Are not seeking current income through cash dividends


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. There is also the risk that poor security selection by the Manager, either in its capacity as the Fund’s investment manager or in its capacity as the Underlying Fund’s investment manager, will cause the Fund to underperform other funds having a similar objective.

     The principal risks of an investment in the Fund during the Warranty Period and the Post-Warranty Period are those generally attributable to investing in stocks and debt securities. Because the Fund has invested in stocks (indirectly through investment in the Underlying Fund), futures contracts, and continues to invest in debt securities during the Warranty Period, the Fund may have underperformed stock funds when stocks are in favor and may underperform bond funds when debt securities are in favor.
 
     
To obtain the benefits of the Financial Warranty, the Fund expects to comply with certain investment limitations established by the Warranty Agreement. If the Fund or the Manager chooses not to comply with those investment limitations because it determines that such non-compliance would be in the shareholder’s best interests, the Warranty Provider may exercise its rights to have more of the Fund’s assets invested in the debt portfolio (including a complete and irreversible allocation to the debt portfolio) or could terminate the Financial Warranty.
 

     As with any mutual fund, the value of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of Fund shares, may go down. Although the Fund will seek to return a shareholder’s Warranty Amount at the end of the Warranty Period, the value of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate during the Warranty Period and may decline below your original account value. Changes in the value of the Fund’s shares may occur because a particular stock market in which the Underlying Fund invests is rising or falling, the values of the S&P 500 Index futures contracts held by the Fund are rising or falling, or because of the effect of the change of the value of the Fund’s debt portfolio, for example, in response to interest rate changes. You could lose money by investing in the Fund if you redeem your shares prior to the Maturity Date or if the value of the Fund’s investments goes down and the Warranty Provider is unable to meet its obligations under the Financial Warranty. See “The Warranty Agreement and the Financial Warranty” for further information about the Warranty Agreement and the circumstances under which the Financial Warranty may be terminated.

The Fund will distribute any net gains and income (including accrued but unpaid income on zero coupon bonds) to shareholders at least annually. Such distributions are taxable to shareholders even if the distributions are reinvested in the Fund. Shareholders who reinvest distributions in the Fund will be required to pay taxes on such distributions from other sources. Shareholders who do not reinvest distributions, however, will be subject to a reduction in their Warranty Amount.

INTEREST RATE RISK.The values of debt securities usually change when prevailing interest rates change. When interest rates rise, the values of outstanding debt securities generally fall, and those securities may sell at a discount from their face amount. When interest rates fall, the values of already-issued debt securities generally rise. However, when interest rates fall, the Fund's investments in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the Fund's income. The values of longer-term debt securities usually change more than the values of shorter-term debt securities when interest rates change.

     The Fund buys zero-coupon or “stripped” securities, which may be particularly sensitive to interest rate changes. Their prices may go up or down more than the prices of other types of debt securities in response to interest rate changes.

CREDIT RISK. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security might not make interest and principal payments on the security as they become due. 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 relatively little credit risk, and other U.S. Government securities generally have lower credit risks, while securities issued by private issuers or certain foreign governments generally have greater credit risks. If an issuer fails to pay interest, the Fund's income might be reduced, and if an issuer fails to repay principal, the value of the security might fall. The extent of this risk varies based on the terms of the particular security and the financial condition of the issuer. A downgrade in an issuer's credit rating or other adverse news about an issuer can reduce the market value of that issuer's securities.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINANCIAL WARRANTY. The Fund has entered into the Warranty Agreement with the Warranty Provider to try to make sure that on the Maturity Date shareholders will be able to redeem their shares of the Fund at their Warranty Amount. The Financial Warranty is solely the obligation of the Warranty Provider, as guaranteed by Guarantor. It is possible that the financial position of the Warranty Provider may deteriorate and it would be unable to satisfy the obligations under the Financial Warranty, and the financial position of the Guarantor may deteriorate and it would be unable to satisfy its obligations under the Guarantee. As described above, shareholders could lose money if the Warranty Provider and Guarantor fail to or are unable to perform their obligations under the Warranty Agreement and Guarantee, respectively.

     The Warranty Agreement may be terminated by the Warranty Provider in certain circumstances, as discussed in “The Warranty Agreement and the Financial Warranty.” In such event, shareholders will not receive the Warranty Amount but instead will receive the Fund’s then-current net asset value when they redeem their shares, which may be lower than the Warranty Amount. Shareholders may receive less than their Warranty Amount in certain other circumstances as well. For example, the Warranty Agreement requires the Manager to make payments to the Warranty Provider upon the happening of certain specified events. If the Manager fails to make a required payment, the Warranty Provider may reduce its obligations under the Financial Warranty. As a result, a shareholder’s Warranty Amount may be reduced.
 
     In addition, as of January 12, 2009, the Manager has contractually reduced its management fee for the remainder of the Warranty Period, as the Fund became completely and irreversibly invested in the debt portfolio. The Manager has reduced the management fee to the extent necessary so that total annual operating expenses of the Fund are limited to certain agreed amounts (as described under “Advisory Fees”)
for each share class (excluding Extraordinary Expenses and certain other expenses). However, if this reduction in the management fee is not sufficient to reduce total annual operating expenses to these limits, the Manager is not required to subsidize Fund expenses to assure that expenses do not exceed those limits. Under such circumstances, the aggregate Warranty Amount will be reduced by the portion of the Fund’s annual operating expenses that exceed these limits.
 
     Furthermore, a shareholder’s Warranty Amount per share will be reduced by the shareholder’s proportionate share of any Extraordinary Expenses incurred by the Fund, by any shortfall amount resulting from the negligence of the Manager, by dividends and distributions paid in cash, and by redemptions of Fund shares during the Warranty Period. If any of those were to occur, the shareholder will receive less than the shareholder’s original Warranty Amount on the Maturity Date. The Manager will not be responsible to the Fund for a reduction in the Warranty Amount due to an Extraordinary Expense or other shortfall resulting from the Manager’s negligent acts.

Investment Restrictions Under Warranty Agreement. The Manager had agreed, pursuant to the Warranty Agreement to make investment allocation decisions based on a mathematical formula (the “Warranty Formula”) that limited the amount of the Fund’s assets that may be allocated to the equity portfolio. Effective January 12, 2009, pursuant to the Warranty Formula and the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio. In this circumstance, the Fund’s ability to participate in upward equity market movements is eliminated.

Risk of Default. A shareholder’s ability to receive the Warranty Amount depends on the financial condition of the Warranty Provider and the Guarantor. The Warranty Agreement is an obligation that runs solely to the Fund, not to the Fund’s shareholders, and shareholders would have no recourse against the Warranty Provider in the event it defaults on its obligation to the Fund. Since the Financial Warranty is solely an obligation of the Warranty Provider, as guaranteed by the Guarantor, an investment in the Fund involves a risk of loss if the Warranty Provider and the Guarantor are placed in receivership, or are otherwise unable to perform their obligations or default on their obligations, if any, to the Fund. In the event of an act of insolvency by the Warranty Provider and the Guarantor, the Fund’s board of trustees (the “Board”) could take a variety of actions including replacing the Financial Warranty. However, the Board is under no obligation to replace the Financial Warranty or otherwise find a substitute provider of principal protection. In each of the above circumstances, shareholders could suffer a loss of principal. No entity or person is obligated to make up any shortfall in the event the Warranty Provider and Guarantor default on their obligations to the Fund and the Fund’s assets are insufficient to redeem the Fund’s shares for the Warranty Amount on the Maturity Date. The Warranty Provider may, under certain conditions, assign its obligations under the Warranty Agreement to an affiliate, provided the Warranty Provider’s parent company guarantees the obligations of the affiliate. The Warranty Provider may assign its obligations under the Warranty Agreement to a non-affiliate only if the Board and the Manager have consented to such assignment. There is a risk that the substitute Warranty Provider may not have the financial resources to fulfill its obligations under the Warranty Agreement.

     The availability of the Financial Warranty on the Maturity Date is conditioned upon the Manager and the Fund satisfying their respective obligations under the Warranty Agreement. Should the Manager or the Fund fail to satisfy their respective obligations under the Warranty Agreement, the Warranty Provider is permitted to terminate the Financial Warranty and thus terminate its obligations to make any payment to the Fund if a shortfall exists on the Maturity Date. In addition, the availability of the Financial Warranty on the Maturity Date is conditional upon the Manager and the Fund’s Custodian providing certain information to the Warranty Provider. If the Manager or the Custodian fails to provide such information, the Warranty Provider may require the Fund to invest exclusively in the debt portfolio, which will eliminate the Fund’s ability to participate in upward equity market movements.
 

Risks Associated with Asset Allocation. If Fund assets are largely invested in the debt portfolio, the Fund’s exposure to equity markets will decrease and the Fund’s performance will be more highly correlated with debt securities. Investment in debt securities during the Warranty Period reduces the Fund’s ability to participate as fully in upward equity market movements, and therefore represents some loss of opportunity compared to a portfolio that invests principally in equity securities. In addition, the terms of the Warranty Agreement prescribe certain investment parameters within which the Fund must be managed during the Warranty Period to preserve the benefit of the Financial Warranty. Accordingly, the Warranty Agreement could limit the Manager’s ability to alter the allocation of Fund assets during the Warranty Period in response to changing market conditions. The terms of the Warranty Agreement could require the Fund to liquidate an equity or futures position when it otherwise would not be in the shareholders’ best interests or at a time when the Manager otherwise would not recommend that the securities be sold.

     The asset allocation process may result in additional transaction costs. This process can have an adverse effect on the performance of the Fund during periods of increased equity market volatility. In addition, a high portfolio turnover rate may increase the Fund’s transaction costs, which would adversely affect performance. Also, you may receive taxable gains from portfolio transactions by the Fund, whether you take payment in cash or reinvest them to purchase additional Fund shares.

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, particularly if the financial condition of the Warranty Provider deteriorates and it is unable to make a payment to the Fund, if necessary, under the Financial Warranty. You could lose money if, among other reasons, the Fund incurs Extraordinary Expenses or is liquidated prior to the Maturity Date, or if you redeem your shares prior to the Maturity Date and the Fund’s net asset value is less than the Warranty Amount on the date of redemption. It is possible that the Warranty Provider will not be able to satisfy its obligations under the Warranty Agreement as of the Maturity Date or that the Manager or the Fund will not be able to satisfy their respective obligations under the Warranty Agreement. As a result, the Fund may not be able to redeem your shares for the Warranty Amount on the Maturity Date, and the value of your shares on the Maturity Date may be more or less than your Warranty Amount. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
 

The life of the Fund is divided into three phases: an Offering Period (which has ended), a Warranty Period and a Post-Warranty Period.

Warranty Period. The Warranty Period began December 16, 2004, the fourth business day after the end of the Offering Period, and will run through December 16, 2011, or if that day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter (previously defined as the “Maturity Date”). During the Warranty Period, the Fund will not accept purchase orders for Fund shares, except for reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
 

If you maintain your investment in the Fund through the Maturity Date, do not redeem any shares, and reinvest all dividends and distributions, you will be entitled to redeem your shares held as of the Maturity Date for the greater of the then-current net asset value of your shares or your Warranty Amount. A transfer or re-registration of existing shares during the Warranty Period that does not result in an increase in Fund shares that are issued and outstanding will not interrupt the seven year period calculated to determine the Warranty Amount. Shareholders must redeem their shares in the Fund on, and only on, the Maturity Date (December 16, 2011) to ensure that they receive the greater of the then-current net asset value of the Fund or their Warranty Amount. Prior to the Maturity Date the Fund will provide each shareholder a notice reminding them that shares must be redeemed on the Maturity Date to receive the full benefit of the Financial Warranty. In the event there is a shortfall on the Maturity Date, each redeeming shareholder will be entitled to redemption proceeds that include a pro rata allocation of any payments made to the Fund by the Warranty Provider. Shareholders who remain invested in the Fund past the Maturity Date will also receive the benefit of a pro rata allocation of any shortfall payments made by the Warranty Provider, if any, on the Maturity Date. However, after the Maturity Date shares of the Fund will not be protected by the Financial Warranty, will be subject to market fluctuations, and will then be redeemable at the Fund’s then-current net asset value, which may be lower than the Warranty Amount.

The Fund never restricts your ability to redeem your shares. However, shareholders who do not reinvest their distributions or dividends will reduce their Warranty Amount and shareholders who redeem prior to the Maturity Date will bear the cost of the Warranty Agreement without receiving any corresponding benefit. As explained in the examples on pages 29-31, if you reinvest your dividends and distributions, the number of shares you own in the Fund will increase at each date on which a dividend or distribution is effective and the corresponding Warranty Amount per share decreases so that your overall Warranty Amount does not change. Therefore, if you fail to reinvest the Fund’s dividends or distributions or you redeem Fund shares, prior to the Maturity Date, your overall Warranty Amount will decrease because you will have fewer shares multiplied by the applicable Warranty Amount per share. See “How is the Warranty Amount Determined?” for further information. Shareholders (other than certain retirement plans) are subject to income taxes on distributions from the Fund whether they take payment of distributions in cash or reinvest them to purchase additional Fund shares.

If the Fund incurs certain Extraordinary Expenses or if the Manager is required to make payments under the Warranty Agreement in certain instances and the Manager fails to do so in a timely manner, your Warranty Amount also will be reduced by the proportionate amount of the Extraordinary Expenses or the amount of the payment which the Manager failed to make.

“Extraordinary Expenses” means any Fund fees and expenses that are not incurred or accrued in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business (including for example, all costs of defending or prosecuting any claim, or litigation, to which the Fund is a party, together with any amounts in judgment, settlement or indemnification expense incurred by the Fund or any other non-recurring, non-operating expenses). Since the Fund’s assets are invested completely and irreversibly in the debt portfolio, Extraordinary Expenses also include any Fund fees and expenses incurred in excess of the Fund’s expense limits whether or not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business. Those expense limits are 1.30% for Class A shares, 2.05% for Class B shares, 2.05% for Class C shares and 1.55% for Class N shares. The Fund currently invests its assets completely and irreversibly in the debt portfolio.

Post-Warranty Period. On and after the Maturity Date, you can redeem your shares or exchange your shares for shares of the same class of another Oppenheimer fund that offers an exchange privilege. The value of your shares on the Maturity Date will be the greater of (i) the then-current net asset value of the Fund or (ii) the Warranty Amount. Because the benefits of the Warranty Agreement terminate after the Maturity Date, the entire amount of your investment in the Fund following the Maturity Date will be subject to market risk.
 

If after the Maturity Date shares of the Fund remain issued and outstanding, the Board may elect at the recommendation of the Manager and without shareholder approval (1) to have the Fund redeem all issued and outstanding shares and then terminate the Fund, (2) to merge the Fund into the Underlying Fund, or (3) to continue the existence of the Fund. Shareholders who continue their investment in the Fund after the Maturity Date will receive prior notice of the Board’s decision. If the Board chooses to have the Fund redeem all issued and outstanding shares and terminate the Fund, those remaining shareholders will receive the then-current net asset value, which may be more or less than their Warranty Amount. If the Board chooses to continue the existence of the Fund during the Post-Warranty Period, then the Fund’s investment objectives will be changed by the Board to the single objective of seeking high total return and the Fund’s name will change to an appropriate name as determined by the Board. To achieve that objective, the Fund may invest its assets during the Post-Warranty Period primarily in shares of the Underlying Fund, futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index, common stocks of U.S. companies of different capitalization ranges, and debt securities, such as bonds and debentures. The Manager will sell a portfolio security during the Post-Warranty Period if it determines that the security will not provide the return anticipated. During the Post-Warranty Period, the Fund’s shares will be offered on a continuous basis. Shareholders will not have the benefit of the Financial Warranty during the Post-Warranty Period.

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 or any person.

The Fund’s Past Performance

Please remember that the Fund is intended to be a long-term investment, performance results are historical, and past performance (particularly over a short-term period) is not predictive of future results. That information is not intended to predict the performance of the Fund.

The bar chart and table below show one measure of the risks of investing in the Fund, by showing the Fund’s performance (for its Class A shares) for the full calendar years since the Fund’s inception and by showing how the average annual total returns of the Fund’s shares, both before and after taxes, compared to those of a broad-based market index. The after-tax returns for the other classes of shares will vary.

     The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only and are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods shown, and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. The after-tax returns are calculated based on certain assumptions mandated by regulation and your actual after-tax returns may differ from those shown, depending on your individual tax situation. The after-tax returns set forth below are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as IRAs or to institutional investors not subject to tax. The Fund’s past investment performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.

Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31 each year)

[See appendix to prospectus for data in bar chart showing the annual total return]
 

Sales charges and taxes are not included in the calculations of return in this bar chart, and if those charges and taxes were included, the returns may be less than those shown.
 

For the period from January 1, 2009 through September 30, 2009, the cumulative return (not annualized) before taxes for Class A shares was 0.29%.
 

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return (not annualized) before taxes for a calendar quarter was 5.28% (2nd Qtr 2007) and the lowest return (not annualized) before taxes for a calendar quarter was -4.68% (4th Qtr 2007).

Average Annual Total Returns

for the periods ended December 31, 2008

1 Year

5 Years
(or life of class, if less)

Class A Shares (inception October 7, 2004)

Return Before Taxes
Return After Taxes on Distributions

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

-12.60%
-13.23%
-7.34%

0.08%
-0.43%
0.04%

Class B Shares (inception October 7, 2004)

-12.42%

0.23%

Class C Shares (inception October 7, 2004)

-8.82%

0.74%

Class N Shares (inception October 7, 2004)

-8.37%

1.28%

S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

-36.99%

-2.92%*

* From 9/30/04.

The Fund’s average annual total returns include applicable sales charges: for Class A, the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%; for Class B, the contingent deferred sales charge of 5% (1-year) and 2% (life of class); and for Class C, the 1% contingent deferred sales charge for the 1-year period. The returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account and assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in additional shares. The performance of the Fund’s shares is compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, an unmanaged index of U.S. equity securities. The index performance includes reinvestment of income but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. The Fund’s investments vary from those in the index.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Shareholders pay some expenses directly, such as sales charges and account transaction charges. The Fund pays a variety of other expenses for management of its assets, administration, distribution of its shares and other services and for the Financial Warranty. Those expenses are subtracted from the Fund’s assets to calculate the Fund’s net asset value per share. All shareholders therefore pay those expenses indirectly. The fees for the Fund may be higher than fees paid by other mutual funds which do not offer principal protection.
 
The following tables are meant to help you understand the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
Effective January 12, 2009, the contractual amounts of the Fund's Management Fee and Warranty Fee have been reduced and the Fund no longer invests in the Underlying Fund. While the Fund indirectly bore its pro rata share of the expenses of the Underlying Fund prior to January 12, 2009, the Manager reimbursed the Fund for the full amount of those expenses, other than Extraordinary Expenses. Therefore, shareholders of the Fund did not bear those expenses of the Underlying Fund. The Fund will not be subject to Underlying Fund expenses in the future. The following tables are based on the Fund’s expenses during its fiscal year ending August 31, 2009, restated to reflect its current Management Fees and Warranty Fee.

Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):

 

Class A Shares

Class B Shares

Class C Shares

Class N Shares

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

5.75%

None

None

None

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

None1

5%2

1%3

1%4

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets):

(% of average daily net assets)

 

Class A Shares

Class B Shares5

Class C Shares

Class N
Shares

Management Fees6

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

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

0.25%

1.00%

1.00%

0.50%

Warranty Fee7

0.35%

0.35%

0.35%

0.35%

Other Expenses8

0.24%

0.38%

0.26%

0.23%

Total Annual Operating Expenses

1.09%

1.98%

1.86%

1.33%

Underlying Fund Operating Expenses9

None

None

None

None

Total Annual Fund and Underlying Fund Operating Expenses

1.09%

1.98%

1.86%

1.33%

Expenses may vary in future years.

 

1.     A Class A contingent deferred sales charge may apply to redemptions of investments of $1 million or more or to certain retirement plan redemptions.

2.     Applies to redemptions in the first year after purchase. The contingent deferred sales charge gradually declines from 5% to 1% during years one through six and is eliminated after that.

3.     Applies to shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

4.     May apply to shares redeemed within 18 months of a retirement plan’s first purchase of Class N shares.

5.     Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 90 months after purchase.

6.     “Management Fees” in the table above have been restated to reflect the current fee rate under the investment advisory agreement. Since 100% of the Fund’s assets are completely and irreversibly invested in the Fund's debt portfolio, the Manager has contractually reduced the management fee under the Investment Advisory Agreement to 0.25% of average annual net assets. The Manager will further reduce the management fee to the extent necessary so that total annual operating expenses of the Fund (other than Extraordinary Expenses such as litigation costs) do not exceed 1.30% for Class A shares, 2.05% for Class B shares, 2.05% for Class C shares and 1.55% for Class N shares through the remainder of the Warranty Period. However, if this reduction in the management fee is not sufficient to reduce total annual operating expenses to these limits, the Manager is not required to subsidize Fund expenses to assure that expenses do not exceed those limits. Furthermore, if the Fund’s total annual operating expenses continue to exceed those limits following the Manager's waiver of all management fees, the Warranty Amount will be reduced by the portion of the Fund’s annual operating expenses that exceed those limits.

7.     Since the Fund is completely and irreversibly invested in the debt portfolio, the Warranty Fee payable by the Fund to the Warranty Provider under the Warranty Agreement has decreased to 0.35% per annum, effective January 12, 2009.

8.     “Other Expenses” include transfer agent fees, custodial fees, and accounting and legal expenses that the Fund pays. The Transfer Agent has voluntarily undertaken to the Fund to limit the transfer agent fees to 0.35% of average daily net assets per fiscal year for all classes. That voluntary undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time. During the Fund’s last fiscal year, no transfer agent fees were waived or reimbursed pursuant to this voluntary undertaking.

9.     “Underlying Fund Operating Expenses” reflect the expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investment in shares of the Underlying Fund. The expenses of the Underlying Fund are based on the net annual expense ratio, after giving effect to any waivers or reimbursements, of the Underlying Fund for its last fiscal year. Effective January 12, 2009 the Fund no longer invests in shares of the Underlying Fund and therefore will not incur any Underlying Fund Operating Expenses after that date.

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 are based on “Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses” shown in the table above, and 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 redeemed:

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A Shares

$680

$903

$1,144

$1,834

Class B Shares

$703

$927

$1,278

$1,985*

Class C Shares

$291

$590

$1,015

$2,200

Class N Shares

$236

$424

$734

$1,612

If shares are not redeemed:

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A Shares

$680

$903

$1,144

$1,834

Class B Shares

$203

$627

$1,078

$1,985*

Class C Shares

$191

$590

$1,015

$2,200

Class N Shares

$136

$424

$734

$1,612

In the first example, expenses include the initial sales charge for Class A and the applicable Class B, Class C or Class N contingent deferred sales charges. In the second example, the Class A expenses include the Class A initial sales charge, but Class B, Class C and Class N expenses do not include the contingent deferred sales charges.

*     Class B expenses for years 8 through 10 are based on Class A expenses because Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 90 months after purchase.

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

About the Fund’s Investments

THE FUND’S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS. The allocation of the Fund’s assets among the debt portfolio and the equity portfolio will vary over time based upon the Warranty Formula, which is a mathematical formula intended to allow the Fund to have a net asset value on the Maturity Date at least equal to the Warranty Amount. The Statement of Additional Information contains more detailed information about the Fund’s investment policies and risks.
 

Investment In Debt Securities. During the Warranty Period, the Fund will invest a portion of its assets, and in certain circumstances the Fund may invest all of its assets, in U.S. government securities having a maturity approximately equal to the period remaining in the Warranty Period.
 

U.S. Government Securities. The Fund invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies and instrumentalities. Some of those securities are directly issued by the U.S. Treasury and are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. "Full faith and credit" means that the taxing power of the U.S. Government is pledged to the payment of interest and repayment of principal on a security.

     Some securities issued by U.S. Government agencies, such as Government National Mortgage Association pass-through mortgage obligations ("Ginnie Maes"), are also backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Others are supported by the right of the agency to borrow an amount from the U.S. Government (for example, "Fannie Mae" bonds issued by Federal National Mortgage Association and "Freddie Mac" obligations issued by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation). Others are supported only by the credit of the agency (for example obligations issued by the Federal Home Loan Banks). On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, a new independent regulatory agency, placed the Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship and the U.S. Department of Treasury made a commitment to purchase mortgage-backed securities from the companies through December 2009. The U.S. Department of Treasury also entered into a secured lending credit facility with those companies and a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. Under those agreements, the Treasury will ensure that each company maintains a positive net worth.

·     

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


·     

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. Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) pass-through mortgage certificates, for example, are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.


Zero-Coupon and Stripped Securities. Some of the debt securities the Fund may inest in are "zero-coupon" or "stripped" securities. The Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in zero-coupon U.S. government securities. Zero-coupon securities pay no interest prior to their maturity date or another specified date in the future but are issued at a discount from their face value. Stripped securities are the separate income or principal components of a debt security, such as Treasury securities whose coupons have been stripped by a Federal Reserve Bank. One component might receive all the interest and the other all the principal payments.

     Interest rate changes generally cause greater price fluctuations in zero-coupon securities or the "principal-only" components of stripped securities than in interest-paying securities of the same or similar maturities. The Fund may be required to pay a dividend of the imputed income on a zero-coupon or principal-only security at a time when it has not actually received the income. The "interest-only" components of stripped securities are also especially sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. The market for some of these securities may be limited, making it difficult for the Fund to dispose of its holdings quickly at an acceptable price. The Fund will not purchase zero-coupon securities in the form of collateralized mortgage obligations.

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, and certain short-term demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of and bankers’ acceptances issued by certain U.S. depository institutions or trust companies, and certain commercial paper having a maturity of not more than 180 days, which are short-term, negotiable promissory notes of companies. Because these instruments tend to offer lower yields than other debt securities, the Fund ordinarily uses them for liquidity and cash management purposes or for defensive purposes when market conditions are unstable.

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF THE FUND AND THE UNDERLYING FUND

INVESTMENT IN SHARES OF OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET FUND. Prior to January 12, 2009, the Fund invested most of the equity portfolio in Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund® (the “Underlying Fund”). The Underlying Fund seeks high total return, by investing mainly in common stocks of U.S. companies of different capitalization ranges, based on fundamental analysis and quantitative models. The Underlying Fund's portfolio managers use fundamental research and quantitative models to select securities for the Underlying Fund’s portfolio, which is comprised of both growth and value stocks. While the process may change over time or vary in particular cases, in general the selection process currently uses:

•     a fundamental approach in analyzing issuers on factors such as a company’s financial performance and prospects, position in the industry, and strength of business model and management. The portfolio managers may also consider an industry’s outlook, market trends and general economic conditions.

•     quantitative models to rank securities within each sector to identify potential buy and sell candidates for further fundamental analysis. A number of company-specific factors are analyzed in constructing the models, including valuation, profitability, momentum and volatility.

The portfolio is constructed and continuously monitored based upon several analytical tools, quantitative investment models and portfolio investment guidelines. The Underlying Fund aims to maintain a broadly diversified portfolio across all major economic sectors by applying allocation constraints for both sector and position size. In addition, the portfolio managers use the following sell criteria:

•     the stock price is approaching its target

•     the company’s competitive position deteriorates

•     poor execution by the company’s management, or

•     more attractive alternative investment ideas have been identified.

Loans of Portfolio Securities. The Fund and Underlying Fund may loan its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and financial institutions to seek income. The Fund and Underlying Fund have entered into a securities lending agreement with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending (“Goldman Sachs”) for that purpose. Under the agreement, Goldman Sachs will generally bear the risk that a borrower may default on its obligation to return loaned securities. The Fund or Underlying Fund, however, will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral, including the risk that the Fund or Underlying Fund may lose money on its investment of cash collateral or may fail to earn sufficient income on its investment to meet its obligations to the borrower. The Fund’s and Underlying Fund’s portfolio loans must comply with the collateralization and other requirements of the Fund’s and Underlying Fund’s securities lending agreement, its securities lending procedures and applicable government regulations. The Fund limits loans of portfolio securities to not more than 33 1/3% of its net assets, and the Underlying Fund limits loans of portfolio securities to not more than 25% of its net assets.

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

 

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

For more information about the types of securities the Underlying Fund may invest in, you can request a prospectus of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund by calling the toll-free number listed on the back cover of this prospectus.

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

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

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

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 Warranty Agreement and the Financial Warranty

The Fund has entered into the Warranty Agreement to help make sure that on the Maturity Date each shareholder will be entitled to redeem his or her shares for an amount not less than the Warranty Amount, i.e., the initial value of that shareholder’s account on the second business day after the end of the Offering Period (including any net income earned by the Fund during the Offering Period and the two business days subsequent thereto, but reduced by any adjustments the Warranty Provider is permitted to make under the Warranty Agreement and less sales charges and Extraordinary Expenses and a proportionate reduction for dividends and distributions paid in cash and shares redeemed). Certain calculations under the Warranty Agreement (including the calculation of any shortfall) will be performed by an affiliate of the Warranty Provider as calculation agent.

     The Warranty Agreement requires the Manager to comply with certain investment parameters in an attempt to limit the Fund’s risk. These investment parameters are designed to reduce, but do not eliminate, the risk that the Fund’s assets will be insufficient to allow the Fund to redeem shares at not less than the Warranty Amount on the Maturity Date. If the Fund fails to comply with the agreed-upon investment parameters or otherwise fails to comply with certain requirements set forth in the Warranty Agreement, the Warranty Provider may terminate its Financial Warranty in the following limited circumstances:
 

·     

if the Fund liquidates, is merged, reorganizes or sells all or substantially all of its assets;


·     

if the Manager ceases to be the adviser of the Fund and any successor adviser is not acceptable to the Warranty Provider;

·     

if under the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Manager or the Custodian is required to allocate all of the Fund’s assets to the debt portfolio and fails to do so within a reasonable time;

·     

if the Custodian agreement is amended so that the Custodian or successor custodian is no longer obligated or does not agree to provide the Warranty Provider with certain information regarding the Fund’s portfolio as required by the Warranty Agreement;

·     

if the conditions precedent to the Warranty Provider’s issuance of the Financial Warranty have not been met under the terms of the Warranty Agreement;

·     

if the Manager fails to pay to the Warranty Provider a shortfall amount resulting from the negligence, recklessness, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud of the Manager;

·     

a determination of negligence, recklessness, fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Manager or the Fund under the Warranty Agreement and related agreements by a court of competent jurisdiction or a board of arbitration;

·     

if the Manager fails to provide the Warranty Provider with information regarding the Underlying Fund in certain circumstances;

·     

if the Manager does not manage the assets of the Fund in accordance with the Fund’s objective, policies and strategies;

·     

if the Trust establishes another series other than this Fund during the Warranty Period; or


·     

if the Manager fails to provide certain instructions and information to, and cooperate with, the Custodian in the event that the Warranty Provider has exercised its right to deliver pre-signed instructions from the Manager to the Custodian instructing the Custodian to invest all of the Fund’s assets in the debt portfolio.


If the Fund receives notice of termination from the Warranty Provider, the Fund will promptly notify shareholders of such termination.

     The Warranty Provider (or its affiliate) may monitor the Fund’s compliance with the Warranty Agreement solely to protect the interests of the Warranty Provider and not the Fund’s shareholders. In monitoring the Fund’s compliance, the Warranty Provider (or its affiliate) will rely predominantly on information provided by the Fund, the Manager and the Custodian.

     The Fund and the Manager may terminate the Warranty Agreement if the Warranty Provider becomes insolvent or if the Warranty Provider ceases to be “well capitalized” within the meaning of the capital maintenance regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Fund will pay to the Warranty Provider, under the Warranty Agreement, an annual fee equal to 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Fund during the Warranty Period. On January 12, 2009, the Fund's assets were completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio. Under the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Warranty fee was reduced to 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. If the value of the Fund’s assets on the Maturity Date is insufficient to result in the value of each shareholder’s account being at least equal to his or her Warranty Amount (a “Shortfall”), the Warranty Provider will pay to the Fund an amount sufficient to make sure that each shareholder’s account can be redeemed on the Maturity Date for an amount equal to his or her Warranty Amount. The amount of any Shortfall required to be paid by the Warranty Provider will be less if the Warranty Amount is reduced. The Warranty Amount will be reduced by (i) the amount of any dividends and distributions taken in cash rather than reinvested in additional shares of the Fund; (ii) the value of any shares redeemed; (iii) the shareholder’s pro rata portion of the amount of any Extraordinary Expenses or any expenses incurred by the Fund in excess of the expense limits described under “Warranty Period;” (iv) the shareholder’s pro rata portion of the value of any shares issued by the Fund during the Warranty Period other than in connection with the reinvestment of dividends and distributions; (v) the amount of any increase in the Warranty Amount per share as a result of changes in accounting practices for the Fund, corporate actions or certain other events; and (vi) if the Manager is required to make payments under the Warranty Agreement in certain instances and the Manager fails to do so in a timely manner, the amount of the payments the Manager failed to make (on a pro rata basis).

A shareholder’s ability to receive his or her Warranty Amount depends on the financial condition of the Warranty Provider and the Guarantor. If the Warranty Provider and Guarantor become insolvent or their credit deteriorates substantially, payment under the Financial Warranty may not be made or may become unlikely. In such event, the Board could take a variety of actions, including replacing the Financial Warranty or liquidating the Fund. In such circumstances, shareholders could suffer a loss of principal. The Board is under no obligation to replace the Financial Warranty. If it does so, the fee charged by any replacement warranty provider may be higher or lower than the fee charged by the Warranty Provider. If the Board were to determine that liquidation of the Fund during the Warranty Period is in the shareholders’ best interests, the Warranty Agreement would automatically terminate upon such liquidation and the Warranty Provider would have no obligations to make a payment to the Fund. In that event neither the Manager nor any other person would be liable to make a payment to the Fund to provide shareholders with their Warranty Amount. Upon liquidation, shareholders would receive the then-current net asset value of their Fund account, which may be less than the Warranty Amount they would have received on the Maturity Date.

     The Warranty Agreement may be amended with the prior consent of the Warranty Provider, the Fund and the Manager. Therefore, material changes to the Warranty Agreement may be made without shareholder approval, even to the extent such change could have a direct or indirect impact on a shareholder’s investment in the Fund. Any material amendments to the Warranty Agreement will be disclosed in amendments to this prospectus.
 

The Fund will provide you with a copy of the most recent audited annual or unaudited quarterly financial statements of the Warranty Provider when available, free of charge, upon your request. To receive a copy of these financial statements, please contact the Fund at the telephone number or write to the Fund at the address shown on the outside back cover of this prospectus.

How is the Warranty Amount Determined?

Example.*Assume you have $20,000 to invest. Assume that you decided to purchase Class A shares and the public offering price is $10.61 per share (initial net asset value of $10.00 per share plus a sales load of 5.75%). After deducting your sales load of 5.75%,
$18,850.14 will be invested in Fund shares and you will have 1,885.01 shares in your account. Your initial Warranty Amount will be $18,850.14.

* Figures used in the example have been rounded to the nearest hundredth.
 

The full amount of your investment will not receive the benefit of the Financial Warranty. Rather, the Financial Warranty protects only the amount invested, as reduced by any adjustments to the Warranty Amount by the Warranty Provider permitted under the Warranty Agreement and less any sales charges and your proportionate share of certain Extraordinary Expenses, and reduced proportionately for any dividends paid in cash or redemption of shares.

Redemption of shares during the Warranty Period will decrease the Warranty Amount to which a shareholder is entitled. If a shareholder redeems shares in the Fund, he or she will then hold fewer shares at the then-current Warranty Amount per share, thereby reducing the overall Warranty Amount for the shareholder. A redemption made from the Fund prior to the Maturity Date will be made at the Fund’s then-current net asset value per share, less any applicable deferred sales charge, which may be higher or lower than the Warranty Amount per share.
 

The Warranty Amount per share will decline as dividends and distributions are made to shareholders. If a shareholder automatically reinvests dividends and distributions in additional shares of the Fund, the shareholder’s total Warranty Amount will remain the same because he or she will hold a greater number of shares at a reduced Warranty Amount per share following payment of a dividend or distribution. The result is to preserve the total Warranty Amount to which he or she was entitled before the dividend or distribution was made. If a shareholder elects to receive any dividends or distributions in cash, however, he or she will hold the original number of shares at the reduced Warranty Amount per share following payment of a dividend or distribution. This will reduce the Warranty Amount to which such shareholder was entitled before the dividend or distribution was made.
 

Example 1. Assume you reinvest your dividends and distributions. The number of shares you own in the Fund will increase at each date on which a dividend or distribution is effective. Although the number of shares in your account increases, and the Warranty Amount per share decreases, your overall Warranty Amount does not change. Using our example, assume it is now December 30, 2008 and the Fund makes effective a dividend of $0.15 per share. Also, assume that the net asset value is $11.25 per share at the end of the day on December 30, 2008.
 
     To recalculate your Warranty Amount per share:

1.     

Determine the value of your dividend. Your total dividend will equal the per share dividend multiplied by the number of shares you own the day before the dividend is declared. In our example, we will multiply 1,885.01 shares by $0.15 per share to arrive at $282.75.


2.     

Determine the number of shares that will get added to your account when your dividend is reinvested. Your additional shares equal the value of your dividend divided by the ending net asset value per share on the day the dividend was declared. In our case, $282.75 divided by $11.25 equals 25.13 additional shares.


3.     

Adjust your account for your additional shares. Add 1,885.01 and 25.13 to arrive at your new share balance of 1,910.14.


4.     

Determine your new Warranty Amount per share. Take your original Warranty Amount and divide by your new share balance. Using our example, divide $18,850.14 by 1,910.14 shares to arrive at the new Warranty Amount per share of $9.87.


5.     

Your Warranty Amount still equals $18,850.14.


     If you do not reinvest your dividends and distributions in additional shares of the Fund, your Warranty Amount will be reduced with the same effect as if you had reinvested such dividends and distributions and then immediately redeemed them.

Example 2. Assume you elect to receive Fund dividends and distributions in cash. On each date on which a dividend or distribution is effective, the number of shares you own in the Fund will remain the same and the Warranty Amount per share will decrease resulting in your overall Warranty Amount declining. Using our example, assume it is now December 30, 2008 and the Fund makes effective a dividend of $0.15 per share. Also assume that the net asset value is $11.25 per share at the end of the day on December 30, 2008.
 
     To recalculate your Warranty Amount per share:

1.     

Determine the value of your dividend. Your total dividend will equal the per share dividend multiplied by the number of shares you own the day before the dividend is declared. In our example, we multiply 1,885.01 shares by $0.15 per share to arrive at $282.75. If you reinvested the distribution, you would have received 25.13 additional shares for a total of 1,910.14 shares. However, because you will receive this amount in cash rather than additional Fund shares, the number of Fund shares you own remains at 1,885.01.


2.     

Determine your new Warranty Amount per share. Take your original Warranty Amount and divide by the number of shares you would have had if you reinvested the distribution. Using our example, divide $18,850.14 by 1,910.14 shares to arrive at $9.87 per share.


3.     

Multiply $9.87 by the number of shares you actually own (1,885.01) to arrive at your new Warranty Amount of $18,605.05.


Although shareholders can perform this calculation themselves, the Fund will recalculate the Warranty Amount per share whenever the Fund declares a dividend or makes a distribution. It is possible that the Fund’s calculations may differ from a shareholder’s calculation, for example, because of rounding or the number of decimal places used. In each case, the Fund’s calculations will control.

See “Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes” for additional details regarding the Financial Warranty.

 

How the Fund is Managed

THE MANAGER. The Manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., serves as the investment adviser to the Fund and to the Underlying Fund. 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 adviser since 1960. The Manager and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates managed Oppenheimer funds with more than 6 million shareholder accounts as of September 30, 2009. The Manager is located at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008

Advisory Fees. Effective January 12, 2009, the Fund has contractually reduced the management fee to an annual rate of 0.25% of the average annual net assets of the Fund, and will further reduce the management fee to the extent necessary so that total annual operating expenses of the Fund (other than Extraordinary Expenses such as litigation costs) do not exceed 1.30% for Class A shares, 2.05% for Class B shares, 2.05% for Class C shares and 1.55% for Class N shares. However, if this reduction in the management fee is not sufficient to reduce total annual operating expenses to these limits, the Manager is not required to subsidize Fund expenses to assure that expenses do not exceed those limits. Furthermore, if the Fund’s total annual operating expenses continue to exceed those limits following the Manager's waiver of all management fees, the Warranty Amount will be reduced by any expenses that exceed those limits.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees’ approval of the Fund’s investment advisory contract is available in the Fund’s Annual Report to shareholders for the year ended August 31, 2009.

Portfolio Manager. The Fund’s portfolio is managed by Sergei V. Polevikov, who is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investments.
 
Mr. Polevikov has been a portfolio manager of the Fund since August 2007. He has been an Assistant Vice President of the Manager since April 2004 and is a senior research analyst as well as a member of the Manager's Product Design and Equity Risk Analytics teams. He is a portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Polevikov earned a PhD equivalency in Applied Mathematics from Belarusian State University, from September 1990 through August 1996, an MA in Economics from the University of Houston, from August 1999 through May 2001, and an MBA (with a concentration in finance) from the University of Rochester, from August 2001 through April 2004. Mr. Polevikov was an Economic Research Analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from May 1997 to August 1999.
 

The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the Portfolio Manager’s compensation, other accounts he manages and his ownership of Fund shares.

about your account

CAN YOU PURCHASE SHARES OF THE FUND? No, shares of the Fund cannot be purchased during the Warranty Period other than by the reinvestment of the Fund’s dividends and distributions in additional shares of the Fund.
 

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

The net asset value per share for a class of shares on a "regular business day" is determined by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to that class by the number of shares of that class outstanding on that day. To determine net asset values, the Fund assets are valued primarily on the basis of current market quotations. If market quotations are not readily available or do not accurately reflect fair value for a security (in the Manager's judgment) or if a security's value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market on which the security is principally traded, that security may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes accurately reflects the fair value. Because some foreign securities trade in markets and on exchanges that operate on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Underlying Fund's foreign investments may change, and therefore the value of the Fund's investment in the Underlying Fund may change, on days when investors cannot buy or redeem Fund shares.

The Board has adopted valuation procedures for the Fund and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for fair value determinations to the Manager's Valuation Committee. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Board at its next scheduled meeting after the fair valuations are determined. In determining whether current market prices are readily available and reliable, the Manager monitors the information it receives in the ordinary course of its investment management responsibilities for significant events that it believes in good faith will affect the market prices of the securities of issuers held by the Fund. Those may include events affecting specific issuers (for example, a halt in trading of the securities of an issuer on an exchange during the trading day) or events affecting securities markets (for example, a foreign securities market closes early because of a natural disaster). The Fund uses fair value pricing procedures to reflect what the Manager and the Board believe to be more accurate values for the Fund's portfolio securities, although it may not always be able to accurately determine such values. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security at the same time at which the Fund determines its net asset value per share. The Underlying Fund's Board has also adopted fair value policies and procedures. In addition, the discussion of "time-zone arbitrage" describes effects that the Underlying Fund's fair value pricing policy is intended to counteract.

If, after the close of the principal market on which a security held by the Fund is traded and before the time as of which the Fund's net asset values are calculated that day, an event occurs that the Manager learns of and believes in the exercise of its judgment will cause a material change in the value of that security from the closing price of the security on the principal market on which it is traded, the Manager will use its best judgment to determine a fair value for that security.

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 periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares.

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

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 asset-based sales charge calculated at an annual rate of 0.75% of the daily net assets of on Class B and Class C shares and calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class N shares. The Distributor also receives a service fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of daily net assets 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 paid the 0.25% service fees to dealers in advance for the first year after the shares are sold by the dealer. After the shares were held for a year, the Distributor has paid the service fees to dealers periodically.
 
The Distributor paid
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 was therefore 4.00% of the purchase price.
 
The Distributor paid 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 was therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor pays the asset-based sales charge as an ongoing concession to the dealer on Class C shares that have been outstanding for a year or more. The Distributor typically retained the asset-based sales charge on Class C shares during the first year after the purchase of Class C shares. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.
 
The Distributor paid
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 was 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.

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

"Financial intermediaries" are firms that offer and sell Fund shares to their clients, or provide shareholder services to the Fund, or both, and receive compensation for doing so. Your securities dealer or financial adviser, for example, is a financial intermediary, and there are other types of financial intermediaries that receive payments relating to the sale or servicing of the Fund's shares. In addition to dealers, the financial intermediaries that may receive payments include sponsors of fund "supermarkets," sponsors of fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, sponsors of college and retirement savings programs, banks and trust companies offering products that hold Fund shares, and insurance companies that offer variable annuity or variable life insurance products.

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

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

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

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

Special Investor Services

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

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.

     AccountLink privileges should have been requested on your application or your dealer’s settlement instructions if you bought your shares through a dealer. After your account is established, you can request AccountLink privileges by sending signature-guaranteed instructions and proper documentation to the Transfer Agent. AccountLink privileges will apply to each shareholder listed in the registration on your account as well as to your dealer representative of record unless and until the Transfer Agent receives written instructions terminating or changing those privileges. After you establish AccountLink for your account, any change you make to the bank account information must be made by signature-guaranteed instructions to the Transfer Agent signed by all shareholders who own the account.

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

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 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.

REINVESTMENT PRIVILEGE. If you redeem some or all of your Class A or Class B shares of the Fund at any time, you have up to six months to reinvest all or a part of the redemption proceeds in Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds without paying a sales charge. If you redeem some or all of your Class A or Class B shares of the Fund during the Post-Warranty Period, you have up to six months to reinvest all or a part of the redemption proceeds in Class A shares of this 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 or Class N shares. You must ask the Distributor or your financial advisor for this privilege when you send your payment for shares of the Fund into which you are reinvesting.

How to Sell Shares

You can sell (redeem) some or all of your shares on any regular business day. Prior to the Maturity Date and during the Post-Warranty Period, shares are redeemed at their net asset value (which may be less than your Warranty Amount) minus any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. For redemptions prior to the Maturity Date and during the Post-Warranty Period, the net asset value used in determining your share price is the next one calculated after your redemption order is received in proper form (which means that it must comply with the procedures described below) and is accepted by the Transfer Agent. Redemption of Fund shares prior to the Maturity Date will reduce your Warranty Amount. The Fund lets you sell your shares by writing a letter, by wire, by telephone or on the internet. 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. Redemption requests received after 4:00 p.m. (or such earlier time as may be required by your financial intermediary) will be priced at the net asset value at the close of business on the next business day.

     For redemptions made on the Maturity Date (December 16, 2011), the value used in determining your share price will be the greater of (i) the then-current net asset value or (ii) your Warranty Amount per share. See the examples in the section “How is the Warranty Amount Determined?” for help in understanding how this amount is calculated. Redemptions made prior to the Maturity Date or during the Post-Warranty Period will not be protected by the Financial Warranty and the value of your shares will be the then-current net asset value of the Fund, which may be less than your Warranty Amount.
 

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:

·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


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.

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

HOW DO you 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 regular mail:

OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270

Denver, Colorado 80217

Use the following address for courier or express mail:

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

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 NYSE that day, which is normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but may be earlier on some days. You may not redeem shares held in an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored qualified 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 15 days of changing the address on an account.

Telephone Redemptions Through AccountLink or by Wire. 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.

If you have requested Federal Funds wire privileges for your account, the wire of the redemption proceeds will normally be transmitted on the next bank business day after the shares are redeemed. There is a possibility that the wire may be delayed up to seven days to enable the Fund to sell securities to pay the redemption proceeds. No dividends are accrued or paid on the proceeds of shares that have been redeemed and are awaiting transmittal by wire.

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 a processing fee 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 purchased 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 A to the Statement of Additional Information and you advise the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary 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:

·     

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


·     

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


·     

shares redeemed in the special circumstances described in Appendix A 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 during the Offering Period you acquired Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N shares of this Fund by exchanging shares of another Oppenheimer fund that were still subject to a contingent deferred sales charge holding period, that holding period will carry over to this Fund. During the Post-Warranty Period, if you acquire Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N shares of this Fund by exchanging the same class of shares of another Oppenheimer fund that are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge holding period, that holding period will carry over to this Fund.

     If you purchased Class A shares of any one or more of the Oppenheimer funds aggregating $1 million or more and 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:

·     

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


·     

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.

     If Class B shares are redeemed within six years (72 months) 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:
 

Years Since Beginning of Month in Which Purchase Order was Accepted

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

0 – 1

5.0%

1 – 2

4.0%

2 – 3

3.0%

3 – 4

3.0%

4 – 5

2.0%

5 – 6

1.0%

More than 6

None

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

Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares 90 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 above. 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.

     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.
 

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0% may be imposed upon the redemption of Class N shares, if:

·     

The group retirement plan is terminated or Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan and 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 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 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 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.

How to Exchange Shares

The Fund does not offer the ability to exchange into the Fund during the Warranty Period. Because the Fund is not continuously offering its shares during the Warranty Period, if you exchange your shares of the Fund for shares of another fund you will not be able to exchange back into the Fund during the Warranty Period. In addition, your exchange will be considered a redemption and will reduce your Warranty Amount.
 
     If you want to change all or part of your investment from one Oppenheimer fund to another, you can exchange your shares for shares of the same class of another Oppenheimer fund that offers the exchange privilege. For example, you can exchange Class A shares of the Fund only for Class A shares of another fund. If you make an exchange prior to the Maturity Date, you may receive an amount less than your original investment in the Fund. 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 selected fund must offer the exchange privilege.

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOW DO you SUBMIT EXCHANGE REQUESTS? Exchanges may be requested in writing, by telephone or internet, or by establishing an Automatic Exchange Plan.

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

Telephone and Internet Exchange Requests. Telephone exchange requests may be made either by calling a service representative or by using PhoneLink by calling 1.800.225.5677. You may submit internet exchange requests on the OppenheimerFunds internet website, at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. You must have obtained a user I.D. and password to make transactions on that website. Telephone and/or internet exchanges may be made only between accounts that are registered with the same name(s) and address. Shares for which share certificates have been issued may not be exchanged by telephone or the internet.

Automatic Exchange Plan. Shareholders can authorize the Transfer Agent to exchange a pre-determined amount of shares automatically on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis.

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

ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON FREQUENT PURCHASES, REDEMPTIONS AND EXCHANGES?
 

Risks from Excessive Purchase, Redemption and Short-Term Exchange Activity. The OppenheimerFunds exchange privilege affords investors the ability to switch their investments among Oppenheimer funds if their investment needs change. However, there are limits on that privilege. Frequent purchases, redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares may interfere with the Manager’s ability to manage the Fund's investments efficiently, increase the Fund’s transaction and administrative costs and/or affect the Fund’s performance, depending on various factors, such as the size of the Fund, the nature of its investments, the amount of Fund assets the portfolio manager maintains in cash or cash equivalents, the aggregate dollar amount, and the number and frequency of trades. If large dollar amounts are involved in exchange and/or redemption transactions, the Fund might be required to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable times to meet redemption or exchange requests, and the Fund’s brokerage or administrative expenses might be increased.
 

     Therefore, the Manager and the Fund’s Board of Trustees have adopted the following policies and procedures to detect and prevent frequent and/or excessive exchanges, and/or purchase and redemption activity, while balancing the needs of investors who seek liquidity from their investment and the ability to exchange shares as investment needs change. There is no guarantee that the policies and procedures described below will be sufficient to identify and deter excessive short-term trading.
 

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Timing of Exchanges. Exchanged shares are normally redeemed from one fund and the proceeds are reinvested in the fund selected for exchange on the same regular business day on which the Transfer Agent or its agent (such as a financial intermediary holding the investor’s shares in an “omnibus” or “street name” account) receives an exchange request that conforms to these policies. The request must be received by the close of the NYSE that day, which is normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, but may be earlier on some days, in order to receive that day’s net asset value on the exchanged shares. Exchange requests received after the close of the NYSE will receive the next net asset value calculated after the request is received. However, the Transfer Agent may delay transmitting the proceeds from an exchange for up to five business days if it determines, in its discretion, that an earlier transmittal of the redemption proceeds to the receiving fund would be detrimental to either the fund from which the exchange is being made or the fund into which the exchange is being made. The proceeds will be invested in the fund into which the exchange is being made at the next net asset value calculated after the proceeds are received. In the event that such a delay in the reinvestment of proceeds occurs, the Transfer Agent will notify you or your financial representative.


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Limits on Disruptive Activity. The Transfer Agent may, in its discretion, limit or terminate trading activity by any person, group or account that it believes would be disruptive, even if the activity has not exceeded the policy outlined in this prospectus. The Transfer Agent may review and consider the history of frequent trading activity in all accounts in the Oppenheimer funds known to be under common ownership or control as part of the Transfer Agent’s procedures to detect and deter excessive trading activity.


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


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Redemptions of Shares. These exchange policy limits do not apply to redemptions of shares. Shareholders are permitted to redeem their shares on any regular business day, subject to the terms of this prospectus. Further details are provided under "How to Sell Shares."


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Right to Refuse Exchange and Purchase Orders. The Distributor and/or the Transfer Agent may refuse any purchase or exchange order in their discretion and are not obligated to provide notice before rejecting an order. The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. You will receive 60 days’ notice of any material change in the exchange privilege unless applicable law allows otherwise.


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

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Omnibus Accounts. If you hold your shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary such as a broker-dealer, a bank, an insurance company separate account, an investment adviser, an administrator or trustee of a retirement plan or 529 plan, that holds your shares in an account under its name (these are sometimes referred to as “omnibus” or “street name” accounts), that financial intermediary may impose its own restrictions or limitations to discourage short-term or excessive trading. You should consult your financial intermediary to find out what trading restrictions, including limitations on exchanges, may apply.

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

     However, the Transfer Agent will attempt to monitor overall purchase and redemption activity in those accounts to seek to identify patterns that may suggest excessive trading by the underlying owners. If evidence of possible excessive trading activity is observed by the Transfer Agent, the financial intermediary that is the registered owner will be asked to review account activity, and to confirm to the Transfer Agent and the fund that appropriate action has been taken to curtail any excessive trading activity. However, the Transfer Agent’s ability to monitor and deter excessive short-term trading in omnibus or street name accounts ultimately depends on the capability and cooperation of the financial intermediaries controlling those accounts.

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

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30-Day Limit. A direct shareholder may exchange some or all of the shares of the Fund held in his or her account to another eligible Oppenheimer fund once in a 30 calendar-day period. When shares are exchanged into a fund account, that account will be “blocked” from further exchanges into another fund for a period of 30 calendar days from the date of the exchange. The block will apply to the full account balance and not just to the amount exchanged into the account. For example, if a shareholder exchanged $1,000 from one fund into another fund in which the shareholder already owned shares worth $10,000, then, following the exchange, the full account balance ($11,000 in this example) would be blocked from further exchanges into another fund for a period of 30 calendar days. A "direct shareholder" is one whose account is registered on the Fund's books showing the name, address and tax ID number of the beneficial owner.


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


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Dividend Reinvestments/B Share Conversions. Reinvestment of dividends or distributions from one fund to purchase shares of another fund and the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares will not be considered exchanges for purposes of imposing the 30-day limit.


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Asset Allocation. Third-party asset allocation and rebalancing programs will be subject to the 30-day limit described above. Asset allocation firms that want to exchange shares held in accounts on behalf of their customers must identify themselves to the Transfer Agent and execute an acknowledgement and agreement to abide by these policies with respect to their customers’ accounts. “On-demand” exchanges outside the parameters of portfolio rebalancing programs will be subject to the 30-day limit. However, investment programs by other Oppenheimer “funds-of-funds” that entail rebalancing of investments in underlying Oppenheimer funds will not be subject to these limits.


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Automatic Exchange Plans. Accounts that receive exchange proceeds through automatic or systematic exchange plans that are established through the Transfer Agent will not be subject to the 30-day block as a result of those automatic or systematic exchanges (but may be blocked from exchanges, under the 30-day limit, if they receive proceeds from other exchanges).


Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More information about the Fund’s policies and procedures for selling and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

A $12 annual “Minimum Balance Fee” is assessed on each Fund account with a value of less than $500. The fee is automatically deducted from each applicable Fund account annually in September. See the Statement of Additional Information to learn how you can avoid this fee and for circumstances under which this fee will not be assessed.

Telephone transaction privileges for 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. If you redeem your shares before or after the Maturity Date, the redemption value of your shares may be more or less than their original cost. The value of your shares on the Maturity Date will equal the greater of the Warranty Amount or the Fund’s then-current net asset value.

Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is forwarded by check, or through AccountLink or by Federal Funds wire (as elected by the shareholder) within seven days after the 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 5 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. If the Fund redeems your shares in kind, you may bear transaction costs and will bear market risks until such time as such securities are converted into cash. However, the Fund has made an election which requires it to pay a certain portion of redemption proceeds in cash. See the section entitled “Payments In-Kind” in the Statement of Additional Information for more information.

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 and pay dividends separately for each class of shares from net investment income on an annual basis. Dividends and distributions paid to Class A shares will generally be higher than dividends for Class B, Class C and Class N shares, which normally have higher expenses than Class A shares. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot guarantee that it will pay any dividends or distributions.

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

WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE FOR RECEIVING DISTRIBUTIONS?

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 Oppenheimer fund, if that fund is available for exchanges and if you have an account established in that fund.

     Unless otherwise specified, all dividends and distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional full and fractional shares of the Fund. If you do not reinvest all of your dividends and capital gains distributions in the Fund during the Warranty Period, your Warranty Amount will be reduced.

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.
 
     The asset allocation process may increase turnover of the Fund’s assets, which may result in the realization of additional gains by the Fund. It may also result in a larger portion of any net gains being treated as short-term capital gains, which would be taxed as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. As noted above, distributions of any gains and income will be taxable to shareholders even if those distributions are reinvested in Fund shares. Shareholders may receive taxable distributions of income from investments included in the debt portfolio even in situations where the Fund has capital losses from investments in the equity portfolio.

 
     The determination of the tax character of any payment of the Warranty Amount under the Warranty Agreement to the Fund as capital gain or ordinary income is not free from doubt under federal tax law. The Fund intends to take the position that its right to receive the payment under the Warranty Agreement is itself a capital asset, and that the payment in termination of such right gives rise to capital gain. Were the Internal Revenue Service to challenge such position, at least the portion of such payment attributable to capital losses previously realized by the Fund, and perhaps attributable to the Fund’s unrealized capital losses, should be treated as capital gain. Any such gain would be offset by otherwise allowable capital losses, if any. To the extent that the Fund distributes such payment to its shareholders, a portion of such payment may constitute ordinary income to the shareholders, provided however, that if the Trustees of the Fund should elect to terminate the Fund at the end of the Warranty Period, it is anticipated that the shareholders receiving such payment in exchange for their shares would be treated as receiving a return of capital to the extent of their basis in the shares of the Fund, and to the extent such payment exceeds basis, as having capital gain.
 

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

If you are neither a lawful permanent resident nor a citizen of the United States, or if you are a foreign entity, the Fund's ordinary income dividends (which include distributions of net short-term capital gain) generally will be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, unless a lower rate applies under an income tax treaty. For the Fund's taxable year beginning September 1, 2009, certain distributions that are designated by the Fund as interest-related dividends or short-term gain dividends and paid to a foreign shareholder may be eligible for an exemption from U.S. withholding tax. To the extent the Fund's distributions are derived from dividends, they will not be eligible for this exemption.

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

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.

     The Fund will invest in zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds and other debt securities that are issued at a discount or provide for deferred interest. Even though the Fund receives no actual interest payments on these securities, the Fund will be deemed to receive income equal, generally, to a portion of the excess of the face value of the securities over their issue price (“original issue discount”) each year that the securities are held. Since the original issue discount income earned by the Fund in a taxable year may not be represented by cash income, the Fund may have to dispose of securities, which it might otherwise have continued to hold, to generate cash in order to satisfy its distribution requirements if shareholders request cash distributions.
 

     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 of the Fund

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

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
                                         
Class A     Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.73     $ 33.86     $ 30.99     $ 30.48     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .43       .46       .38       .47       .25  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.81 )     (2.99 )     3.03       .58       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.38 )     (2.53 )     3.41       1.05       .53  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.33 )     (1.01 )     (.54 )     (.54 )     (.05 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.42 )     (1.60 )     (.54 )     (.54 )     (.05 )
 
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.93     $ 29.73     $ 33.86     $ 30.99     $ 30.48  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (1.27 )%     (7.74 )%     11.09 %     3.48 %     1.76 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 18,635     $ 23,155     $ 29,470     $ 33,229     $ 40,981  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 20,338     $ 26,368     $ 31,996     $ 37,258     $ 36,571  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    1.53 %     1.46 %     1.15 %     1.53 %     0.93 %
Total expenses5
    1.26 %     1.53 %     1.55 %     1.49 %     1.45 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.24 %     1.30 %     1.19 %     1.22 %     1.20 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    1.28 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    1.76 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    1.91 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    1.76 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    1.66 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class B     Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.57     $ 33.64     $ 30.80     $ 30.29     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .18       .19       .09       .21       .03  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.80 )     (2.97 )     3.02       .58       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.62 )     (2.78 )     3.11       .79       .31  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.09 )     (.70 )     (.27 )     (.28 )     (.02 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.18 )     (1.29 )     (.27 )     (.28 )     (.02 )
 
 
                                       
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.77     $ 29.57     $ 33.64     $ 30.80     $ 30.29  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (2.13 )%     (8.49 )%     10.13 %     2.62 %     1.03 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 12,170     $ 14,037     $ 16,903     $ 18,246     $ 20,856  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 12,898     $ 15,497     $ 17,872     $ 19,663     $ 18,576  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.64 %     0.61 %     0.28 %     0.70 %     0.10 %
Total expenses5
    2.15 %     2.33 %     2.42 %     2.31 %     2.27 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.13 %     2.10 %     2.06 %     2.04 %     2.02 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    2.17 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    2.56 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    2.78 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.58 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    2.48 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                         
Class C      Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.62     $ 33.70     $ 30.82     $ 30.31     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .21       .24       .13       .24       .05  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.81 )     (2.99 )     3.02       .57       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.60 )     (2.75 )     3.15       .81       .33  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.11 )     (.74 )     (.27 )     (.30 )     (.02 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.20 )     (1.33 )     (.27 )     (.30 )     (.02 )
 
 
                                       
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.82     $ 29.62     $ 33.70     $ 30.82     $ 30.31  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (2.05 )%     (8.38 )%     10.24 %     2.69 %     1.11 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 9,164     $ 11,256     $ 14,454     $ 16,709     $ 21,414  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 9,926     $ 12,826     $ 15,427     $ 19,229     $ 18,591  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.76 %     0.76 %     0.41 %     0.80 %     0.17 %
Total expenses5
    2.03 %     2.26 %     2.30 %     2.24 %     2.21 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.01 %     2.03 %     1.94 %     1.97 %     1.96 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    2.05 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    2.49 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    2.66 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.51 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    2.42 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class N      Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.66     $ 33.79     $ 30.92     $ 30.43     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .36       .37       .32       .42       .19  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.81 )     (2.96 )     3.03       .54       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.45 )     (2.59 )     3.35       .96       .47  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.28 )     (.95 )     (.48 )     (.47 )     (.04 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.37 )     (1.54 )     (.48 )     (.47 )     (.04 )
 
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.84     $ 29.66     $ 33.79     $ 30.92     $ 30.43  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (1.51 )%     (7.90 )%     10.88 %     3.19 %     1.57 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 859     $ 914     $ 1,027     $ 1,038     $ 1,438  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 880     $ 957     $ 1,057     $ 1,167     $ 1,269  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    1.29 %     1.19 %     0.97 %     1.39 %     0.69 %
Total expenses5
    1.50 %     1.70 %     1.75 %     1.74 %     1.70 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.48 %     1.47 %     1.39 %     1.47 %     1.45 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    1.52 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    1.93 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    2.11 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.01 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    1.91 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

INFORMATION AND SERVICES

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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.

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APPENDIX TO THE PROSPECTUS OF

OPPENHEIMER PRINCIPAL PROTECTED MAIN STREET FUND III

Graphic material included in the prospectus of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III (“the Fund”) includes “Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31 each year)”

A bar chart is included in the prospectus of the Fund depicting the annual total returns of a hypothetical investment in Class A shares of the Fund since inception of the Class A shares, without deducting sales charges. Set forth below are the relevant data points that will appear in the bar chart:

Calendar Year Ended:

Annual Total Returns

12/31/05

2.35%

12/31/06

9.33%

12/31/07

2.11%

12/31/08

-7.27%

 

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)

Statement of Additional Information dated December 29, 2009

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus. This document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements information in the Prospectus dated December 29, 2009. It should be read together with the Prospectus, which may be obtained by writing to the Fund’s Transfer Agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217, or by calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number shown 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     

The Fund’s Investment Policies     

The Asset Allocation Process     

Other Investment Restrictions     

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings     

How the Fund is Managed     

Organization and History     
Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees     
Trustees and Officers of the Fund     

The Manager     

Brokerage Policies of the Fund     
Distribution and Service Plans     
Payments to Fund Intermediaries     

Performance of the Fund     

About Your Account

How to Sell Shares     

How to Exchange Shares     
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes     
Additional Information About the Fund     

Financial Information About the Fund

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     

Financial Statements     
 

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

 


About the Fund

Additional Information About the Fund’s Investment Policies and Risks

The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the main risks of the Fund are described in the Prospectus. This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") contains supplemental information about those policies and risks as well as information about any non-principal investment policies and the attendant risks not described in the prospectus 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 can use to try to achieve its objective.

The Fund's Investment Policies. This section supplements the disclosure in the Fund's Prospectus and provides additional information on the Fund's investment policies or restrictions to the extent permitted under the Financial Warranty Agreement, dated January 20, 2004 (the "Warranty Agreement"), among the Fund, the Manager and Merrill Lynch Bank USA. The "Warranty Period" began December 16, 2004 and will end December 16, 2011 or the next following business day (the "Maturity Date"). During the Warranty Period to the Fund will seek to preserve capital in order to attempt to make sure that the value of each shareholder's account on the Maturity Date will be no less than the value of that shareholder's account on the last day of the Offering Period, less sales charges, extraordinary expenses and other amounts not covered by the "Warranty Agreement" (the "Warranty Amount"). The Fund's investment objective during the "Post-Warranty Period," the period immediately following the Maturity Date, is high total return. Restrictions or policies stated as a maximum percentage of the Fund's assets are only applied immediately after a portfolio investment to which the policy or restriction is applicable (other than the limitations on borrowing and illiquid securities). Accordingly, any later increase or decrease resulting from a change in values, net assets or other circumstances will not be considered in determining whether the investment complies with the Fund's restrictions and policies.

What Does The Fund Mainly Invest In During the Warranty Period? The Warranty Agreement contains a mathematical formula (the “Warranty Formula”) which provides the maximum amount of the Fund’s assets that may be invested in the equity component on any given day during the Warranty Period. To avoid losing the benefits of the Financial Warranty, the Fund must satisfy conditions of the Warranty Agreement that require the Manager to make investment allocation decisions based on the Warranty Formula. Prior to February 24, 2009, the Fund invested a substantial portion of its assets in Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund® (referred to as the “Underlying Fund”). Under the terms of the Warranty Formula, between 0% to 100% of the Fund’s assets were allocated to the equity portfolio. Effective January 12, 2009, pursuant to the Warranty Formula and the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio. In this circumstance, the Fund’s ability to participate in upward equity market movements is eliminated.
 
The Fund's debt portfolio will principally consist of zero coupon U.S. government securities, but may also include certain other securities guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities and securities issued by government sponsored enterprises which are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government. The securities in the debt portfolio will have a maturity approximately equal to the period remaining in the Warranty Period.
 

All references in this Statement of Additional Information to the Fund's investments in the equity portfolio are amended to indicate that the Fund's assets are now completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio.

Main Place Funding, LLC (“Main Place” or the “Warranty Provider”) is a limited liability company organized under Delaware law. The Warranty Provider’s principal business is to enter into financial warranty agreements in favor of third parties for a fee. The Warranty Provider operates under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is not regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Warranty Provider is an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Bank USA, the former Warranty Provider, and a separately incorporated division of Bank of America N.A. (“BANA”). Bank of America Corporation (the “Guarantor”), the Warranty Provider’s ultimate parent company and parent company of BANA, has issued a guarantee of the performance of Warranty Provider’s obligations under the Warranty Agreement (the “Guarantee”). The Warranty Provider may hedge its risks under the Warranty Agreement with one or more counterparties, including with an affiliate of the Warranty Provider (which may include the calculation agent under the Warranty Agreement). The Warranty Provider is not required to hedge its risk under the Warranty Agreement and may choose not to do so. Whether the Warranty Provider attempts to hedge its risk under the Warranty Agreement or not, it is the entity responsible for making payments to the Fund, if any, under the Warranty Agreement, as guaranteed by Guarantor.

The Asset Allocation Process. In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective during the Warranty Period, prior to January 12, 2009 the Manager allocated the Fund’s assets between the equity and fixed income components of the portfolio. The Fund did not employ an asset allocation model during the Offering Period and will not do so during the Post-Warranty Period.
 
     The basic terms of the asset allocation model were determined prior to the Fund entering into the Warranty Agreement with the former and current Warranty Provider, who reviewed the asset allocation model in determining whether it was prepared to offer the Financial Warranty to the Fund and negotiated some modifications to manage its financial risk. The Warranty Provider
has no right to require any modification to the structure of the asset allocation formula during the Warranty Period, but has discretion in certain limited circumstances to adjust certain variables in the formula. Because the model impacts the Warranty Provider’s financial exposure, the Warranty Provider has a right to approve any changes that the Fund wishes to make to the model during the Warranty Period. The Warranty Provider has informational rights regarding the model’s allocation and the Fund’s portfolio during the Warranty Period, but these rights are intended to enable the Warranty Provider to monitor its financial exposure. Under the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund is subject to certain investment parameters during the Warranty Period. The Fund has also agreed to be bound by various covenants. If the Fund’s assets are not managed in accordance with the parameters set forth in the Warranty Agreement or if the Fund breaches these covenants, the Warranty Provider may terminate the Warranty Agreement.

The Financial Warranty. The prospectus contains a detailed description of the Warranty Agreement. The "Financial Warranty" that the Warranty Provider issued is a contractual obligation to make a payment to the Fund in the event there is a shortfall between the Warranty Amount and the then-current net asset value of the Fund on the Maturity Date ("Shortfall"). The Financial Warranty is not a guarantee and therefore the availability of the Financial Warranty on the Maturity Date will be conditioned upon the Manager and the Fund satisfying their respective obligations under the Warranty Agreement. Should the Fund and/or the Manager fail to satisfy their respective obligations under the Warranty Agreement, the Warranty Provider is permitted to terminate the Financial Warranty and thus terminate its obligation, if any, to make any payment to the Fund on the Maturity Date. Shareholders also bear the risk that the Warranty Provider will become insolvent or otherwise fail to or become unable to satisfy its payment obligation to the Fund, if any, under the Financial Warranty. If either event were to occur, shareholders’ investment in the Fund would no longer be protected by the Financial Warranty, which means their shares may be worth less than their anticipated Warranty Amount. The Fund’s Board of Trustees will periodically review the financial statements of the Warranty Provider. In the event that the financial condition of the Warranty Provider has deteriorated beyond certain thresholds, the Board of Trustees will determine whether there is a substantial likelihood that the Warranty Provider will be unable to satisfy its obligations under the Warranty Agreement, and, in response, the Board may, but is not obligated to, replace the Warranty Provider.
 
     In the event the Manager acts with negligence, recklessness, bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud and the Fund’s net asset value is below a set limit, the Manager will be required to make a payment under the Warranty Agreement in an amount equal to the amount of any reduction in the Fund’s net asset value below a set limit that is directly or indirectly attributable to the Manager’s conduct. Additionally, in the event the Manager is required to allocate the Fund’s assets to the debt component
and fails to do so and such failure results in the Fund’s net asset value falling below a set limit, the Manager will be required to pay to the Warranty Provider an amount equal to the shortfall due to the Fund’s assets not being so invested. The Warranty Provider may also terminate the Financial Warranty for other reasons, as discussed in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information.
 

     The Warranty Agreement imposes certain conditions and requirements on the Fund and the Manager. Failure to satisfy those conditions and requirements, which are described in detail in the Prospectus, gives the Warranty Provider the ability to (i) reduce the amount of the Fund’s assets invested in the equity component, (ii) require 100% of the Fund’s assets to be invested in U.S. government securities, or (iii) terminate the Warranty Agreement, depending on the condition or requirement. The Manager will monitor the conditions and requirements of the Warranty Agreement on a daily basis to ensure that the Fund and the Manager satisfy those conditions and requirements. In certain circumstances, the Warranty Agreement provides that in the case of certain deficiencies, the Fund may have a specified period of time to cure the deficiency. In the case of other deficiencies, the Warranty Provider has the right, in its sole discretion, to either direct the Manager to allocate all of the Fund’s assets to the debt component, deliver to the Fund’s Custodian pre-signed instructions from the Manager instructing the Custodian to immediately allocate all of the Fund’s assets to the debt component or change one of the variables in the formula which would have the effect of increasing the portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the debt component or in certain circumstances terminate the Warranty Agreement. The Warranty Provider will rely on the Manager as well as on the Fund’s Custodian bank for the information necessary to monitor the Fund’s and/or the Manager’s compliance with the terms of the Warranty Agreement. The attendant risks to the Fund and shareholders are if the Manager or the Custodian bank fails to provide the information required by the Warranty Agreement, in which case the Warranty Provider may require the Fund to invest exclusively in U.S. government securities.
 
     On the Maturity Date, if there is a shortfall between the Warranty Amount and the Fund’s then-current net asset value, the Warranty Provider will be required to make a payment to the Fund in the amount of the Shortfall. The Shortfall amount will be determined per class of shares and then the specific Shortfall amount per class of shares will be allocated to the respective class. Once the dollar amount of Shortfall is allocated per class, that amount will then be divided evenly among the outstanding shares of the class to apply on a shareholder basis. The Fund will then provide those shareholders who redeem their Fund shares on the Maturity Date with their respective Warranty Amount.
 

     During the Warranty Period, the Fund may purchase securities or engage in investment techniques set forth in the following sections.

n Investments in Bonds and Other Debt Securities. The Fund will invest in U.S. government securities to seek its investment objective. In general, debt securities are subject to two types of risk: credit risk and interest rate risk.

Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The fixed income component of the Fund’s portfolio consists of 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, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch"), or that have comparable ratings by another nationally-recognized rating organization.

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.

n U.S. Government Securities. U.S. government securities the Fund buys will include non-callable general obligations of the U.S. Treasury backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government or of any of the following U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities or government sponsored enterprises: Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Home Loan Bank, Resolution Funding Corporation, Financing Corporation and Tennessee Valley Authority, provided such securities are rated no less than "AAA" by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or "Aaa" by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

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.

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. The Fund may invest in Government National Mortgage Association pass-through mortgage certificates (called "Ginnie Maes"), which are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

n Zero-Coupon Securities. The Fund can buy zero-coupon and delayed-interest securities. The Fund can buy 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. The buyer recognizes a rate of return determined by the gradual appreciation of the security, which is redeemed at face value on a specified maturity date. This discount depends on the time remaining until maturity, as well as prevailing interest rates, the liquidity of the security and the credit quality of the issuer. The discount typically decreases as the maturity date approaches. 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 typically 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.

n 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. During the Offering Period the Fund invested its assets in:

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

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

·     

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.

Commercial Paper. The Fund can invest in commercial paper if it is rated within the top three rating categories of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s or other rating organizations.

If the paper is not rated, it may be purchased if the Manager determines that it is comparable to rated commercial paper in the top three rating categories of 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.

During the Warranty Period, the Fund may invest in bank deposits, commercial paper and U.S. government securities (excluding U.S. government zero coupon securities), having a remaining maturity of 90 days or less. The bank deposits will include demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, and bankers’ acceptances issued by, any U.S. depository institution or trust company. The bank deposits and commercial paper must have a credit rating of at least "P-1" by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and at least "A-1" by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, and the issuer thereof must have at the time of such investment a long-term credit rating of at least "Aa3" by Moody’s or at least "AA" by S&P.

n Borrowing. The Fund may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes only to the extent necessary to meet redemption requests after using all cash held by the Fund to meet such redemption requests, other than cash necessary to pay Fund fees and expenses. Currently, under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act"), 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 its liabilities, other than borrowings), except that a fund may 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. As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund is authorized to borrow up to the limits set forth in the Investment Company Act. During periods of substantial borrowings, the value of the Fund’s assets would be reduced due to the added expense of interest on borrowed monies. The Fund is authorized to borrow, and to pledge assets to secure such borrowings, up to the maximum extent permissible under the Investment Company Act. Any such borrowing will be made only pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act and will be made only to the extent that the value of each Fund’s assets less its liabilities, other than borrowings, is equal to at least 300% of all borrowings including the proposed borrowing. If the value of the Fund’s assets, so computed, should fail to meet the 300% asset coverage requirement, the Fund is required, within three days to reduce its bank debt to the extent necessary to meet such requirement and may have to sell a portion of its investments at a time when independent investment judgment would not dictate such sale. Interest on money borrowed is an expense the Fund would not otherwise incur, so that it may have little or no net investment income during periods of substantial borrowings. Since substantially all of the Fund’s assets fluctuate in value, but borrowing obligations are fixed when the Fund has outstanding borrowings, the net asset value per share of the Fund correspondingly will tend to increase and decrease more when the Fund’s assets increase or decrease in value than would otherwise be the case.

     The Fund will pay interest on these loans, and that interest expense will raise the overall expenses of the Fund and reduce its returns. If it does borrow, its expenses will be greater than comparable funds that do not borrow for leverage. Additionally, the Fund’s net asset value per share might fluctuate more than that of funds that do not borrow. Currently, the Fund does not contemplate using this technique, but if it does so, it will not likely do so to a substantial degree.

     n Portfolio Turnover. "Portfolio turnover" describes the rate at which the Fund traded its portfolio securities during its previous 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 can have a portfolio turnover rate of 100% or more. Increased portfolio turnover creates 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. As a result of the Fund’s dynamic asset allocation model, the Fund may have a higher portfolio turnover rate than other mutual funds.

      n Investment in Other Investment Companies. Prior to January 12, 2009, the Fund invested in the Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund, subject to the limits set forth in the Investment Company Act or any exemption therefrom that apply to those types of investments and any percentage limit established, from time to time, by the asset allocation formula described in the Warranty Agreement. As a shareholder of an investment company, the Fund will be subject to its ratable share of that investment company’s expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses. Effective January 12, 2009, pursuant to the Warranty Formula and the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio. In this circumstance, the Fund’s ability to participate in upward equity market movements is eliminated.

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

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

Investments in Equity Securities. The Fund’s former investments in equity securities consisted exclusively of Class Y shares of the Oppenheimer Main Street Fund - the Underlying Fund. The Underlying Fund does not limit its investments in equity securities to issuers having a market capitalization of a specified size or range, and therefore can invest in securities of small-, mid- and large-capitalization issuers. At times, the Underlying Fund can focus its equity investments in securities of one or more capitalization ranges, based upon the Manager’s judgment of where the best market opportunities are to seek the Underlying Fund’s objective. At times, the market may favor or disfavor securities of issuers of a particular capitalization range. Securities of small capitalization issuers may be subject to greater price volatility in general than securities of larger companies. Therefore, if the Underlying Fund is focusing on or has substantial investments in smaller capitalization companies at times of market volatility, the Underlying Fund’s share prices may fluctuate more than that of funds focusing on larger capitalization issuers. The Underlying Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information describe in detail the Underlying Fund’s investment policies, risks, management, investment restrictions, strategies and types of securities in which it may invest, and contains other information about the Underlying Fund. The Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and annual and semi-annual reports of the Underlying Fund are available without charge upon request by calling 1.800.525.7048.

Other Investment Restrictions

n What Are "Fundamental Policies?" Fundamental policies are those policies that the

Fund has adopted to govern its investments that can be changed only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities. Under the Investment Company Act, a "majority" vote is defined as the vote of the holders of the lesser of:

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.

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

The Fund cannot concentrate investments. That means it cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in any industry. However, there is no limitation on investments in affiliated funds and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities.

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The Fund cannot invest in commodities. However, the Fund can buy and sell any of the derivative instruments or hedging instruments permitted by any of its other policies. It does not matter if the derivative instrument or hedging instrument is considered to be a commodity or commodity contract.


The Fund cannot invest in real estate or in interests in real estate. However, the Fund can purchase securities of issuers holding real estate or interests in real estate (including securities of real estate investment trusts).

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.

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.

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The Fund cannot 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 statutes, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.


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The Fund cannot make loans except (a) through lending of securities, (b) through the purchase of debt instruments or similar evidences of indebtedness, (c) through an interfund lending program with other affiliated funds, and (d) through repurchase agreements.


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


      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 an investment (except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities) is made. 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 policy not to concentrate its investments as described above, the Fund has adopted classifications of industries and groups of related industries. These classifications are not fundamental policies for the Fund. The Fund does not intend to concentrate its investments in a group of industries.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings. The Fund has adopted policies and procedures concerning the dissemination of information about its portfolio holdings by employees, officers and/or directors of the Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent. These policies are designed to assure that non-public information about portfolio securities is distributed only for a legitimate business purpose, and is done in a manner that (a) conforms to applicable laws and regulations and (b) is designed to prevent that information from being used in a way that could negatively affect the Fund's investment program or enable third parties to use that information in a manner that is harmful to the Fund.
 

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Public Disclosure. The Fund's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than 60 days after the close of each of the Fund's fiscal quarters in its semi-annual report to shareholders, its annual report to shareholders, or its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q. Those documents are publicly available at the SEC. In addition, the top 20 month-end holdings may be posted on the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com (select the Fund's name under the "View Fund Information for:" menu) with a 15-day lag. The Fund may release a more restrictive list of holdings (e.g., the top five or top 10 portfolio holdings) or may release no holdings if that is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Other general information about the Fund's portfolio investments, such as portfolio composition by asset class, industry, country, currency, credit rating or maturity, may also be posted.


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

The Manager and its subsidiaries and affiliates, employees, officers, and directors, shall neither solicit nor accept any compensation or other consideration (including any agreement to maintain assets in the Fund or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Manager or any affiliated person of the Manager) in connection with the disclosure of the Fund's non-public portfolio holdings. The receipt of investment advisory fees or other fees and compensation paid to the Manager and its subsidiaries pursuant to agreements approved by the Fund's Board shall not be deemed to be "compensation" or "consideration" for these purposes. It is a violation of the Code of Ethics for any covered person to release holdings in contravention of portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures adopted by the Fund.
 
A list of the top 20 portfolio securities holdings (based on invested assets), listed by security or by issuer, as of the end of each month may be disclosed to third parties (subject to the procedures below) no sooner than 15 days after month-end.
 
Except under special limited circumstances discussed below, month-end lists of the Fund's complete portfolio holdings may be disclosed no sooner than 30-days after the relevant month-end, subject to the procedures below. If the Fund's complete portfolio holdings have not been disclosed publicly, they may be disclosed pursuant to special requests for legitimate business reasons, provided that:
 

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The third-party recipient must first submit a request for release of Fund portfolio holdings, explaining the business reason for the request;


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Senior officers (a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel or above) in the Manager's Portfolio and Legal departments must approve the completed request for release of Fund portfolio holdings; and

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

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

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Employees of the Fund's Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent who need to have access to such information (as determined by senior officers of such entity),


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The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm,


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Members of the Fund's Board and the Board's legal counsel,

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The Fund's custodian bank,

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A proxy voting service designated by the Fund and its Board,

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Rating/ranking organizations (such as Lipper and Morningstar),

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

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

Portfolio holdings information of the Fund may be provided, under limited circumstances, to brokers and/or dealers with whom the Fund trades and/or entities that provide investment coverage and/or analytical information regarding the Fund's portfolio, provided that there is a legitimate investment reason for providing the information to the broker, dealer or other entity. Month-end portfolio holdings information may, under this procedure, be provided to vendors providing research information and/or analytics to the Fund, with at least a 15-day delay after the month end, but in certain cases may be provided to a broker or analytical vendor with a 1-2 day lag to facilitate the provision of requested investment information to the Manager to facilitate a particular trade or the portfolio manager's investment process for the Fund. Any third party receiving such information must first sign the Manager's portfolio holdings non-disclosure agreement as a pre-condition to receiving this information.
 
Portfolio holdings information (which may include information on individual securities positions or multiple securities) may be provided to the entities listed below (1) by portfolio traders employed by the Manager in connection with portfolio trading, and (2) by the members of the Manager's Security Valuation Group and Accounting Departments in connection with portfolio pricing or other portfolio evaluation purposes:

 

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Brokers and dealers in connection with portfolio transactions (purchases and sales)


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Brokers and dealers to obtain bids or bid and asked prices (if securities held by the Fund are not priced by the Fund's regular pricing services)

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

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

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Response to legal process in litigation matters, such as responses to subpoenas or in class action matters where the Fund may be part of the plaintiff class (and seeks recovery for losses on a security) or a defendant,


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Response to regulatory requests for information (the SEC, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), state securities regulators, and/or foreign securities authorities, including without limitation requests for information in inspections or for position reporting purposes),

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To potential sub-advisers of portfolios (pursuant to confidentiality agreements),

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To consultants for retirement plans for plan sponsors/discussions at due diligence meetings (pursuant to confidentiality agreements),

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Investment bankers in connection with merger discussions (pursuant to confidentiality agreements).

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

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

Any permitted release of otherwise non-public portfolio holdings information must be in accordance with the then-current policy on approved methods for communicating confidential information.
 
The Chief Compliance Officer (the "CCO") of the Fund and the Manager, Distributor, and Transfer Agent shall oversee the compliance by the Manager, Distributor, Transfer Agent, and their personnel with these policies and procedures. At least annually, the CCO shall report to the Fund's Board on such compliance oversight and on the categories of entities and individuals to which disclosure of portfolio holdings of the Fund has been made during the preceding year pursuant to these policies. The CCO shall report to the Fund's Board any material violation of these policies and procedures and shall make recommendations to the Board as to any amendments that the CCO believes are necessary and desirable to carry out or improve these policies and procedures.
 

 

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

ABG Sundal Collier

Fortis Securities

Ned Davis Research Group

Advisor Asset Management

Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc.

Needham & Company

Alforma Capital Markets

Fraser Mackenzie

Neue Zürcher Bank

Altrushare

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Altus Investment Management

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corporation

Numis Securities Inc.

American Technology Research

Garp Research & Securities

Oddo Securities

Auerbach Grayson & Company

George K. Baum & Company

Omgeo LLC

Banc of America Securities

GMP Securities L.P.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.

Barclays Capital

Goldman Sachs & Company

Pacific Crest

Barnard Jacobs Mellet

Good Morning Securities

Paradigm Capital

BB&T Capital Markets

Goodbody Stockbrokers

Petercam/JPP Eurosecurities

Belle Haven Investments, Inc.

Handelsbanken Markets Securities

Piper Jaffray Company

Beltone Financial

Helvea Inc.

Prager Sealy & Company

Bergen Capital

Hewitt

R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.

Bloomberg

HJ Sims & Co., Inc.

Ramirez & Company

BMO Capital Markets

Howard Weil

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

BNP Paribas

HSBC Securities

RBC Capital Markets

Brean Murray Carret & Company

Hyundai Securities America, Inc.

RBC Dain Rauscher

Brown Brothers Harriman & Company

ICICI Securities Inc.

Redburn Partners

Buckingham Research Group

Interactive Data

Renaissance Capital

Cabrera Capital

Intermonte

RiskMetrics Group

Callan Associates

Investec Securities

Robert W. Baird & Company

Cambridge Associates

Janco Partners

Rocaton

Canaccord Adams, Inc.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Rogers Casey

Caris & Company

Jefferies & Company

Roosevelt & Cross

Carnegie

Jennings Capital Inc.

Royal Bank of Scotland

Cazenove

Jesup & Lamont Securities

Russell/Mellon

Cheuvreux

JMP Securities

RV Kuhns

Citigroup

Johnson Rice & Company

Sal Oppenheim

Cleveland Research Company

JPMorgan Chase

Salman Partners

CLSA

Kaupthing Securities Inc.

Samsung Securities

Cogent

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

Sandler Morris Harris Group

Collins Stewart

Keijser Securities N.V.

Sandler O'Neill & Partners

Commerzbank

Kempen & Co. USA Inc.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC

Contrarian Capital Management, LLC

Kepler Capital Markets

Santander Securities

Cormark Securities

KeyBanc Capital Markets

Scotia Capital

Cowen & Company

KPMG LLP

Seattle-Northwest Securities

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

Kotak Mahindra Inc

Sidoti & Company LLC

Credit Suisse

Lazard Capital

Siebert Brandford Shank & Company

Crews & Associates

LCG Associates

Simmons & Company

D.A. Davidson & Company

Lebenthal & Company

Societe Generale

Daewoo Securities

Leerink Swann

Standard & Poor's

Dahlman Rose & Company

Lipper

Sterne Agee

Daiwa Securities

Loop Capital Markets

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company

Davy

Macquarie Securities

Stone & Youngberg

DeMarche

MainFirst Bank AG

SunGard

DEPFA First Albany Corporation

MassMutual

Suntrust Robinson Humphrey

Desjardins Securities

Mediobanca Securities USA LLC

SWS Group, Inc.

Deutsche Bank

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

Thomas Weisel Partners

Dougherty and Company LLC

Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd

ThomsonReuters LLC

Dowling Partners

Mesirow Financial

Troika Dialog

Dresdner Kleinwort

MF Global Securities

UBS

Duncan Williams

Mirae Asset Securities

UOB Kay Hian (U.S.) Inc.

Dundee Securities

Mitsubishi Financial Securities

Vining & Sparks

DZ Financial Markets

Mizuho Securities USA

Vontobel Securities Ltd

Edelweiss Securities Ltd.

ML Stern

Wachovia Securities Corporation

Emmet & Co., Inc.

Morgan Keegan

Watson Wyatt

Empirical Research

Morgan Stanley

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Enam Securities

Morningstar

Weeden & Company

Enskilda Securities

Motil Oswal Securities

West LB

Evaluation Associates

MSCI Barra

WH Mell & Associates

Exane

M&T Securities

William Blair & Company

FactSet Research Systems

Multi-Bank Securities

Wilshire

Fidelity Capital Markets

Murphy & Durieu

Winchester Capital Partners, LLC

FBR Capital Markets & Co.

National Bank Financial

Ziegler Capital Markets Group

First Miami Securities

Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.

 

How the Fund is Managed

Organization and History. The Fund, a series of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III, is an open-end, diversified management investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest. The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust in March 2004.

Classes of Shares. The Trustees are authorized, without shareholder approval, to create new series and classes of shares, to reclassify unissued shares into additional series or classes and to divide or combine the shares of a class into a greater or lesser number of shares without changing the proportionate beneficial interest of a shareholder in the Fund. Shares do not have cumulative voting rights, preemptive rights or subscription rights. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy at shareholder meetings.

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

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has its own dividends and distributions,


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pays certain expenses which may be different for the different classes,


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will generally have a different net asset value,


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will generally have separate voting rights on matters in which interests of one class are different from interests of another class, and


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votes as a class on matters that affect that class alone.


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

Meetings of Shareholders. As a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund is not required to hold, and does not plan to hold, regular annual meetings of shareholders, but may hold shareholder meetings from time to time on important matters or when required to do so by the Investment Company Act or other applicable law. Shareholders have the right, upon a vote or declaration in writing of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund, to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the Fund’s Declaration of Trust.

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

Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder or Trustee liability for the Fund’s obligations. It also provides for indemnification and reimbursement of expenses out of the Fund’s property for any shareholder held personally liable for its obligations. The Declaration of Trust also states that upon request, the Fund shall assume the defense of any claim made against a shareholder for any act or obligation of the Fund and shall satisfy any judgment on that claim. Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a business trust (such as the Fund) to be held personally liable as a "partner" under certain circumstances. However, the risk that a Fund shareholder will incur financial loss from being held liable as a "partner" of the Fund is limited to the relatively remote circumstances in which the Fund would be unable to meet its obligations.

The Fund’s contractual arrangements state that any person doing business with the Fund (and each shareholder of the Fund) agrees under its Declaration of Trust to look solely to the assets of the Fund for satisfaction of any claim or demand that may arise out of any dealings with the Fund and that the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any such person, to the extent permitted by law.

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

     The Board of Trustees has an Audit Committee, a Review Committee and a Governance Committee. Each committee is comprised solely of Trustees who are not "interested persons" under the Investment Company Act (the "Independent Trustees"). The Audit Committee held 5 meetings during the Fund’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. The Review Committee held 5 meetings during the Fund’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. The Governance Committee held 3 meetings during the Fund’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.

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

The members of the Review Committee are Sam Freedman (Chairman), Jon S. Fossel, Richard F. Grabish and Beverly L. Hamilton. Among other duties, as set forth in the Review Committee’s Charter, the Review Committee reports and makes recommendations to the Board concerning the fees paid to the Fund’s transfer agent and the Manager and the services provided to the Fund by the transfer agent and the Manager. The Review Committee also reviews the adequacy of the Fund’s Codes of Ethics, the Fund’s investment performance as well as the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund to comply with the Investment Company Act and other applicable law.

The members of the Governance Committee are Robert J. Malone (Chairman), William Armstrong, Edward L. Cameron, Beverly L. Hamilton and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Governance Committee has adopted a charter setting forth its duties and responsibilities. Among other duties, the Governance Committee reviews and oversees the Fund’s governance guidelines, the adequacy of the Fund’s Code of Ethics and the nomination of Trustees, including Independent Trustees. The Governance Committee has adopted a process for shareholder submission of nominees for board positions. Shareholders may submit names of individuals, accompanied by complete and properly supported resumes, for the Governance Committee’s consideration by mailing such information to the Governance Committee in care of the Fund. The Governance Committee may consider such persons at such time as it meets to consider possible nominees. The Governance Committee, however, reserves sole discretion to determine which candidates for Trustees and Independent Trustees it will recommend to the Board and/or shareholders and it may identify candidates other than those submitted by Shareholders. The Governance Committee may, but need not, consider the advice and recommendation of the Manager and/or its affiliates in selecting nominees. The full Board elects new Trustees except for those instances when a shareholder vote is required.

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

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

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Integrity Funds

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Panorama Series Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

 

Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.

 

Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund

Centennial Government Trust

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund

Centennial Money Market Trust

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

 

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

 

Oppenheimer Municipal Fund

 

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund

 

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

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

As of December 4, 2009 the Trustees and officers of the Fund, as a group, owned of record or beneficially less than 1% of any class of shares of the Fund. The foregoing statement does not reflect ownership of shares held of record by an employee benefit plan for employees of the Manager, other than the shares beneficially owned under that plan by the officers of the Denver Board Funds. In addition, none of the Independent Trustees (nor any of their immediate family members) owns securities of either the Manager or the Distributor or of any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Distributor of the Denver Board Funds.

Biographical Information. The Trustees and officers, their positions with the Fund, length of service in such position(s), and principal occupations and business affiliations during at least the past five years are listed in the charts below. The charts also include information about each Trustee’s beneficial share ownership in the Fund and in all of the registered investment companies that the Trustee oversees in the Oppenheimer family of funds ("Supervised Funds"). The address of each Trustee in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

Independent Trustees

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

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

Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in the Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in All Supervised Funds

As of December 31, 2008

William L. Armstrong,

Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2004, Trustee since 2004

Age: 72

President, Colorado Christian University (since 2006); Chairman, Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (since 1991), Chairman, Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994), Chairman, The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993); Chairman, Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984); Chairman, Broadway Ventures (since 1984); Director of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil and gas drilling/production company) (since 1992), Campus Crusade for Christ (non-profit) (since 1991); Former Director, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2002-2006); former Chairman of: Transland Financial Services, Inc. (private mortgage banking company) (1997-2003), Great Frontier Insurance (1995-2000), Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate brokerage) (1994-2000) and Frontier Title (title insurance agency) (1995-2000); former Director of the following: UNUMProvident (insurance company) (1991-2004), Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment company) (1991-2003) and International Family Entertainment (television channel) (1992-1997); U.S. Senator (January 1979-January 1991). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

George C. Bowen,

Trustee since 2004

Age: 73

Assistant Secretary and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (December 1991-April 1999); President, Treasurer and Director of Centennial Capital Corporation (June 1989-April 1999); Chief Executive Officer and Director of MultiSource Services, Inc. (March 1996-April 1999); Mr. Bowen held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (September 1987-April 1999). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Edward L. Cameron,

Trustee since 2004
Age: 71

Member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon (George Washington historical site) (June 2000 – June 2006); Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (accounting firm) (July 1974-June 1999); Chairman of Price Waterhouse LLP Global Investment Management Industry Services Group (accounting firm) (July 1994-June 1998). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Jon S. Fossel,

Trustee since 2004

Age: 67

Chairman of the Board (since 2006) and Director (since June 2002) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (since November 2004); Director of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (October 1999-October 2003); Director of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (non-profit organization) (February 1998-February 2003 and February 2005-February 2007); Chairman and Director (until October 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the Manager; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (parent holding company of the Manager), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Sam Freedman,

Trustee since 2004

Age: 69

Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (until October 1994). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Richard F. Grabish,

Trustee since 2008

Age: 61

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

None

Over $100,000

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Trustee since 2004

Age: 63

Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (since December 2005); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005) and Vice Chairman (since 2006) of American Funds’ Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston’s Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003) and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

Robert J. Malone,

Trustee since 2004

Age: 65

Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2008); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (since 2006); Director of Jones International University (educational organization) (since August 2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank & Trust (commercial banking) (since August 2003); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since 1986); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996-April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2001-July 2004); and Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004). Oversees 37 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Trustee since 2004

Age: 67

Trustee Emeritas of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996) and MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (since January 1999); Former Trustee of WPI (1985-2008); Former Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Former Chairman of the Investment Committee of WPI (1994-2008); Chairman of SIS Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SIS Bancorp. (1993-1999).* Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.*

None

Over $100,000

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

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

Interested Trustee and Officer

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

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

Dollar Range of Shares Beneficially Owned in the Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range Of Shares Beneficially Owned in All Supervised Funds

As of December 31, 2008

John V. Murphy,

Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer since 2004

Age: 60

Chairman and Director of the Manager (since June 2001); Chief Executive Officer of the Manager (June 2001-December 2008); President of the Manager (September 2000-February 2007); President and director or trustee of other Oppenheimer funds; President and Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (the Manager's parent holding company) and of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (holding company subsidiary of the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (subsidiary of the Manager) (November 2001-December 2006); Chairman and Director of Shareholder Services, Inc. and of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (transfer agent subsidiaries of the Manager) (since July 2001); President and Director of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of the following investment advisory subsidiaries of the Manager: OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since November 2001), HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since July 2001); President (since November 2001) and Director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OAC's parent company) (since February 1997); Director of DLB Acquisition Corporation (holding company parent of Babson Capital Management LLC) (since June 1995); Vice Chairman of the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors (since October 2009); Chairman (October 2007-September 2009) and Member of the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors (since October 2003). Oversees 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

None

Over $100,000

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

Other Officers of the Fund

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

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Sergei V. Polevikov

Vice President since 2008 and Portfolio Manager since 2007

Age: 36

Assistant Vice President of the Manager since April 2004; senior research analyst as well as a member of the Manager’s Product Design and Equity Risk Analytics teams. Prior to joining the Manager, he was an Economic Research Analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from May 1997 to August 1999. A portfolio manager and officer of 3 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Thomas W. Keffer,

Chief Business Officer since 2009
Age: 54

Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1997); Director of Investment Brand Management of the Manager (since November 1997); Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since December 1997). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mark S. Vandehey,

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2004
Age: 59

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Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2004); Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2004); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since June 1983). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian W. Wixted,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer since 2004

Age: 50

Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Manager (since March 1999); Treasurer of the Manager and the following: HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (March 1999-June 2008), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (March 2000-June 2008), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2000), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since June 2003); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (trust company subsidiary of the Manager) (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of OAC (March 1999-June 2008). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian S. Petersen,

Assistant Treasurer since 2004
Age: 39

Vice President of the Manager (since February 2007); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (August 2002-February 2007); Manager/Financial Product Accounting of the Manager (November 1998-July 2002). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex

Stephanie Bullington,

Assistant Treasurer since 2008

Age: 32

Assistant Vice President of the Manager (since October 2005); Assistant Vice President of ButterField Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, part of The Bank of N.T. Butterfield Son Limited (Butterfield) (February 2004-June 2005). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Robert G. Zack,

Vice President and Secretary since 2004

Age: 61

Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (since March 2002) of the Manager; General Counsel and Director of the Distributor (since December 2001); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Assistant Secretary (since September 1997) and Director (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since December 2002); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. and OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since June 2003); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Lisa I. Bloomberg,

Assistant Secretary since 2004
Age: 41

Vice President (since 2004) and Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) of the Manager; Associate Counsel of the Manager (May 2004-May 2008); First Vice President (April 2001-April 2004), Associate General Counsel (December 2000-April 2004) of UBS Financial Services, Inc. An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Kathleen T. Ives,

Assistant Secretary since 2004
Age: 44

Senior vice President (since May 2009), Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Manager; Vice President (since 1999) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Distributor; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since October 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since 1999); Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Vice President of the Manager (June 1998-May 2009); Senior Counsel of the Manager (October 2003-May 2008). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Taylor V. Edwards,

Assistant Secretary since 2008

Age : 42

Vice President (since February 2007) and Associate Counsel (since May 2009) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (January 2006-January 2007) and Assistant Counsel (January 2006-April 2009) of the Manager. Formerly an Associate at Dechert LLP (September 2000-December 2005). An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Randy G. Legg,

Assistant Secretary since 2008

Age : 44

Vice President (since June 2005) and Associate Counsel (since January 2007) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (February 2004-June 2005) and Assistant Counsel (February 2004-January 2007) of the Manager. An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Adrienne M. Ruffle,

Assistant Secretary since 2008

Age : 32

Vice President (since February 2007) and Assistant Counsel (since February 2005) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President of the Manager (February 2005-February 2007); Associate (September 2002-February 2005) at Sidley Austin LLP. An officer of 93 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Remuneration of the Officers and Trustees. The officers and the interested Trustee of the Fund, who are affiliated with the Manager, receive no salary or fee from the Fund. The Independent Trustees received the compensation shown below from the Fund for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if applicable), with respect to the Fund’s fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. The total compensation from the Fund and fund complex represents compensation received for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if applicable) of the Boards of the Fund and other funds in the OppenheimerFunds complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2008.

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

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

Total Compensation From the Fund and Fund Complex(2)
Year ended
December 31, 200
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William L. Armstrong

Chairman of the Board and
Governance Committee Member

$1,223

$261,000

George C. Bowen

Audit Committee Member

$978

$208,800

Edward L. Cameron

Audit Committee Chairman

$815

$174,000

Jon S. Fossel

Review Committee Member

$788

$174,000

Sam Freedman

Review Committee Chairman

$937

$200,100

Richard Grabish(3)

Review Committee Member

$815

$39,266

Beverly Hamilton

Review Committee Member and
Governance Committee Member

$776(4)

$165,300

Robert J. Malone

Governance Committee Chairman and

Audit Committee Member

$937

$200,100

F. William Marshall, Jr.

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

$815

$297,750(5)

1.     

"Aggregate Compensation From the Fund" includes fees and deferred compensation, if any.


2.     

In accordance with SEC regulations, for purposes of this section only, "Fund Complex" includes the Oppenheimer funds, the MassMutual Institutional Funds, the MassMutual Select Funds and the MML Series Investment Fund, the investment adviser for which is the indirect parent company of the Fund’s Manager. The Manager also serves as the Sub-Advisor to the following: MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund, MassMutual Premier Main Street Fund, MassMutual Premier Strategic Income Fund, MassMutual Premier Capital Appreciation Fund, and MassMutual Premier Global Fund. The Manager does not consider MassMutual Institutional Funds, MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund to be part of the OppenheimerFunds’ "Fund Complex" as that term may be otherwise interpreted.


3.     

Mr. Grabish serves as Trustee for only the following funds: Bond Fund, Limited Term Government Fund, Panorama Growth Portfolio, Panorama International Growth Fund/VA, Panorama Total Return Portfolio, Principal Protected Main Street Fund, Principal Protected Main Street Fund II, Principal Protected Main Street Fund III, Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund, Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC, Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC, and Senior Floating Rate.


4.     

Includes $768 deferred by Ms. Hamilton under the "Compensation Deferral Plan" described below.


5.     

Includes $81,664 compensation paid to Mr. Marshall for serving as a Trustee for MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund.


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


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

issued by the SEC, the Fund may invest in the funds selected by the Trustees under the plan without shareholder approval for the limited purpose of determining the value of the Trustees’ deferred compensation account.

 

Major Shareholders. As of December 4, 2009, the only persons or entities who owned of record or were known by the Fund to own beneficially 5% or more of any class of the Fund’s outstanding shares were:

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of its Customers, Attn: Fund Administration, 4800 Deer Lake Drive E., Floor 3, Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484, which owned 49,701.475 Class C shares (representing approximately 18.46% of the Class C shares then outstanding).

RPSS TR Single K, Phyllis D. Karm MD, FBO Phyllis D. Karm, 3652 Rebel Cir., Huntington Beach, CA 92649-2513, which owned 9,456.272 Class N shares (representing approximately 30.66%of the Class N shares then outstanding).
 
RPSS TR IRA, FBO Joyce G. Pontbriand, 43 Globeflower Ln., West Windsor, NJ 08550-2427, which owned
2,978.492 Class N shares (representing approximately 9.65% of the Class N shares then outstanding).
 
RPSS TR Rollover IRA, FBO Sharon Blankenship, 6 Hearthston Ln., Monsey, NY 10952-5204, which owned
2,839.796 Class N shares (representing approximately 9.20% of the Class N shares then outstanding).
 
RPSS TR Rollover IRA, FBO Lisa Lindley, 751 Mallet Hill Rd., Apt. 12205, Columbia, SC 29223-4478, which owned
1,725.791 Class N shares (representing approximately 5.59% of the Class N shares then outstanding).
 
RPSS Cust 403-B Plan, CA State U-San Bernardino, FBO John S. Chaney, P.O. Box 4846, Whitefish MT, 59937-4846, which owned
1,569.525 Class N shares (representing approximately 5.08% of the Class N shares then outstanding).
 

The Manager. The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a holding company primarily owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a global, diversified insurance and financial services organization.

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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. It can be viewed as part of the Fund's registration statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C.

 

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

·     

The Fund evaluates director nominees on a case-by-case basis, examining the following factors, among others: composition of the board and key board committees, experience and qualifications, attendance at board meetings, corporate governance provisions and takeover activity, long-term company performance and the nominee's investment in the company.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals requiring the position of chairman to be filled by an independent director unless there are compelling reasons to recommend against the proposal such as a counterbalancing governance structure.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals asking that a majority of directors be independent. The Fund generally supports proposals asking that a board audit, compensation, and/or nominating committee be composed exclusively of independent directors.


·     

The Fund generally supports shareholder proposals to reduce a super-majority vote requirement, and opposes management proposals to add a super-majority vote requirement.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals to allow shareholders the ability to call special meetings.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals to allow or make easier shareholder action by written consent.


·     

The Fund generally votes against proposals to create a new class of stock with superior voting rights.


·     

The Fund generally votes against proposals to classify a board.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals to eliminate cumulative voting.


·     

The Fund generally opposes re-pricing of stock options without shareholder approval.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals to require majority voting for the election of directors.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals seeking additional disclosure of executive and director pay information.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals seeking disclosure regarding the company's, board's or committee's use of compensation consultants.


·     

The Fund generally supports "pay-for-performance" proposals that align a significant portion of total compensation of senior executives to company performance.


·     

The Fund generally supports having shareholder votes on poison pills.


·     

The Fund generally supports proposals calling for companies to adopt a policy of not providing tax gross-up payments.


·     

In the case of social, political and environmental responsibility issues, the Fund will generally abstain where there could be a detrimental impact on share value or where the perceived value if the proposal was adopted is unclear or unsubstantiated.  The Fund generally supports proposals that would clearly have a discernible positive impact on short- or long-term share value, or that would have a presently indiscernible impact on short- or long-term share value but promotes general long-term interests of the company and its shareholders.


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

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The Investment Advisory Agreement. The Manager provides investment advisory and management services to the Fund under an investment advisory agreement between the Manager and the Fund. The Manager selects securities for the Fund's portfolio and handles its day-to-day business. The portfolio manager 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.


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

Fiscal Year Ended August 31:

Management Fees Paid to

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

2007

$331,878

2008

$278,678

2009

$141,079

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 the Fund sustains in connection with matters to which the agreement relates.

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

Pending Litigation. During 2009, a number of lawsuits have been filed in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not against the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name certain officers, trustees and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits against the Defendant Funds raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
 
     A lawsuit has been brought in state court against the Manager, the Distributor and another subsidiary of the Manager (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan Trust, and other lawsuits have been brought in state court against the Manager and that subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. An agreement in principal has been reached to settle the lawsuit on behalf of the Oregon Savings Plan Trust. All of these lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
 

Other lawsuits have been filed in 2008 and 2009 in various state and federal courts, by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm ("Madoff") and allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.

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

Portfolio Manager. The Fund’s portfolio is managed by Sergei Polevikov (the "Portfolio Manager") who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s investments.

 

Other Accounts Managed by the Portfolio Manager. In addition to managing the Fund’s investment portfolio, the Portfolio Manager also manages other investment portfolios and other accounts, on behalf of the Manager or its affiliates. The following table provides information regarding those portfolios and accounts as of August 31, 2009:

Portfolio Manager

Registered Investment Companies Managed

Total Assets in Registered Investment Companies Managed1

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed

Total Assets in Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed1

Other Accounts Managed2

Total Assets
in Other Accounts Managed
1,2

Sergei Polevikov

2

$186

0

0

0

0

1.     In millions.

2.     Does not include personal accounts of the portfolio manager and his family, which are subject to the Code of Ethics.

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

<  Compensation of the Portfolio Manager. The Fund’s Portfolio Manager is employed and compensated by the Manager, not the Fund. Under the Manager’s compensation program for its portfolio managers and portfolio analysts, Fund performance is the most important element of compensation with half of annual cash compensation based on relative investment performance results of the funds or accounts they manage, rather than on the financial success of the Manager. This is intended to align the portfolio managers and analysts’ interests with the success of the funds and accounts and their shareholders. The Manager ’s compensation structure is designed to attract and retain highly qualified investment management professionals and to reward individual and team contributions toward creating shareholder value. As of August 31, 2009 the Portfolio Manager’s compensation consisted of three elements: a base salary, an annual discretionary bonus and eligibility to participate in long-term awards of options and stock appreciation rights in regard to the common stock of the Manager’s holding company parent. Senior portfolio managers may also be eligible to participate in the Manager’s deferred compensation plan.

The base pay component of each portfolio manager is reviewed regularly to ensure that it reflects the performance of the individual, is commensurate with the requirements of the particular portfolio, reflects any specific competence or specialty of the individual manager, and is competitive with other comparable positions. The annual discretionary bonus is determined by senior management of the Manager and is based on a number of factors, including, a fund’s pre-tax performance for periods of up to five years, measured against an appropriate Lipper benchmark selected by management. The majority (80%) is based on three and five year data, with longer periods weighted more heavily. Below median performance in all three periods results in an extremely low, and in some cases no, performance based bonus. Other factors considered include management quality (such as style consistency, risk management, sector coverage, team leadership and coaching) and organizational development. The Portfolio Manager’s compensation is not based on the total value of the Fund’s portfolio assets, although the Fund’s investment performance may increase those assets. The compensation structure is also intended to be internally equitable and serve to reduce potential conflicts of interest between the Fund and other funds and accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager. The compensation structure of other portfolios managed by the Portfolio Manager is different from the compensation structure of the Fund, described above. A portion of the Portfolio Manager's compensation with regard to those portfolios may, under certain circumstances, include an amount based in part on the amount of the portfolios’ management fee.

 

Ownership of Fund Shares. As of August 31, 2009, the Portfolio Manager did not own any shares of the Fund.

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

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

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

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

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

Other accounts advised by the Manager have investment policies similar to those of the Fund. Those other accounts may purchase or sell the same securities as the Fund at the same time as the Fund, which could affect the supply and price of the securities. If two or more accounts advised by the Manager purchase the same security on the same day from the same dealer, the transactions under those combined orders are averaged as to price and allocated in accordance with the purchase or sale orders actually placed for each account. When possible, the Manager tries to combine concurrent orders to purchase or sell the same security by more than one of the accounts managed by the Manager or its affiliates. The transactions under those combined orders are averaged as to price and allocated in accordance with the purchase or sale orders actually placed for each account.

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

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

The investment advisory agreement permits the Manager to allocate brokerage for research services. The research services provided by a particular broker may be useful both to the Fund and to one or more of the other accounts advised by the Manager or its affiliates. Investment research may be supplied to the Manager by the broker or by a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades are placed.

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

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

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

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

 

Fiscal Year Ended August 31:

Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund1

2007

None

2008

None

2009

None2

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

2.     

In the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the amount of transactions directed to brokers for research services was $0 and amount of the commissions paid to broker-dealers for those services was $0.


Distribution and Service Plans

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

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

Fiscal Year Ended 8/31:

Aggregate Front-End Sales Charges on Class A Shares

Class A Front-End Sales Charges Retained by Distributor*

2007

None

None

2008

None

None

2009

None

None

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

Fiscal Year Ended 8/31:

Concessions on Class A Shares Advanced by Distributor*

Concessions on Class B Shares Advanced by Distributor*

Concessions on Class C Shares Advanced by Distributor*

Concessions on Class N Shares Advanced by Distributor*

2007

None

None

None

None

2008

None

None

None

None

2009

None

None

None

None

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

Fiscal Period Ended 8/31:

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

Retained by Distributor

Class B Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

Retained by Distributor
*

Class C Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

Retained by Distributor

Class N Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

Retained by Distributor

2007

None

$64,312

None

None

2008

None

$24,795

None

None

2009

None

$28,188

None

None

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

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

     Unless a plan is terminated as described below, the plan continues in effect from year to year but only if the Fund's Board of Trustees and its Independent Trustees specifically vote annually to approve its continuance. Approval must be by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on continuing the plan. A plan may be terminated at any time by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding shares of that class.
 
     The Board of Trustees and the Independent Trustees must approve all material amendments to a plan. An amendment to increase materially the amount of payments to be made under a plan must be approved by shareholders of the class affected by the amendment. Because Class B shares of the Fund automatically convert into Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the Fund must obtain the approval of both Class A and Class B shareholders for a proposed material amendment to the Class A plan that would materially increase payments under the plan. That approval must be by a majority of the shares of each class, voting separately by class.
 
     While the plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund shall provide separate written reports on the plans to the Board of Trustees at least quarterly for its review. The reports shall detail the amount of all payments made under a plan and the purpose for which the payments were made. Those reports are subject to the review and approval of the Independent Trustees.

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

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

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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 (referred to as "recipients") for personal services and account maintenance services they provide for their customers who hold Class A shares. The services include, among others, answering customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in establishing and maintaining accounts in the Fund, making the Fund's investment plans available and providing other services at the request of the Fund or the Distributor. The Class A service plan permits reimbursements to the Distributor at a rate of up to 0.25% of average annual net assets of Class A shares. The Distributor makes payments to recipients periodically at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average annual Class A share net assets held in the accounts of the recipients or their customers.


     The Distributor does not receive or retain the service fee on Class A shares in accounts for which the Distributor has been listed as the broker-dealer of record. While the plan permits the Board to authorize payments to the Distributor to reimburse itself for services under the plan, the Board has not yet done so, except in the case of shares purchased prior to March 1, 2007 with respect to certain group retirement plans that were established prior to March 1, 2007 ("grandfathered retirement plans"). Prior to March 1, 2007, the Distributor paid the 0.25% service fee for grandfathered retirement plans in advance for the first year and retained the first year's service fee paid by the Fund with respect to those shares. After the shares were held for a year, the Distributor paid the ongoing service fees to recipients on a periodic basis. Such shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge if they are redeemed within 18 months. If Class A shares purchased in a grandfathered retirement plan prior to March 1, 2007 are redeemed within the first year after their purchase, the recipient of the service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay the Distributor a pro rata portion of the advance payment of those fees. For Class A shares purchased in grandfathered retirement plans on or after March 1, 2007, the Distributor does not make any payment in advance and does not retain the service fee for the first year. Such shares are not subject to the contingent deferred sales charge.

     For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 payments under the Class A plan totaled $49,960, of which $12 was retained by the Distributor under the arrangements described above regarding grandfathered retirement accounts, and included $958 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent years. The Distributor may not use payments received under the Class A plan to pay any of its interest expenses, carrying charges, or other financial costs, or allocation of overhead.

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Class B, Class C and Class N Distribution and Service Plan Fees. Under each plan, distribution and service fees are computed on the average of the net asset value of shares in the respective class, determined as of the close of each regular business day during the period. Each plan provides for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate, whether the Distributor's distribution expenses are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund under the plan during the period for which the fee is paid. The types of services that recipients provide are similar to the services provided under the Class A service plan, described above.


     Each plan permits the Distributor to retain both the asset-based sales charges and the service fees or to pay recipients the service fee on a periodic basis, without payment in advance. However, the Distributor currently intends to pay the service fee to recipients in advance for the first year after Class B, Class C and Class N shares are purchased. After the first year Class B, Class C or Class N shares are outstanding, after their purchase, the Distributor makes service fee payments periodically on those shares. The advance payment is based on the net asset value of shares sold. Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify for the advance service fee payment. If Class B, 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. Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer. If a current investor no longer has another broker-dealer of record for an existing account, the Distributor is automatically designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as the investor's agent to purchase the shares. In those cases, the Distributor retains the asset-based sales charge paid on Class B, Class C and Class N shares, but does not retain any service fees as to the assets represented by that account.
     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 increase Class N expenses by 0.50% of the net assets per year of the respective classes.
 

     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 concession to the recipient on Class C shares outstanding for a year or more. If a dealer has a special agreement with the Distributor, the Distributor will pay the Class B, Class C or Class N service fee and the asset-based sales charge to the dealer periodically in lieu of paying the sales concession and service fee in advance at the time of purchase.

     The asset-based sales charge 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 charge 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:

·     

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


·     

may finance payment of sales concessions and/or the advance of the service fee payment to recipients under the plans, or may provide such financing from its own resources or from the resources of an affiliate,


·     

employs personnel to support distribution of Class B, Class C and Class N shares,


·     

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


·     

may not be able to adequately compensate dealers that sell Class B, Class C and Class N shares without receiving payment under the plans and therefore may not be able to offer such Classes for sale absent the plans,


·     

receives payments under the plans consistent with the service fees and asset-based sales charges paid by other non-proprietary funds that charge 12b-1 fees,


·     

may use the payments under the plan to include the Fund in various third-party distribution programs that may increase sales of Fund shares,


·     

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


·     

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


     The Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B, 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 either 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.

Distribution and Service Fees Paid to the Distributor for the Fiscal Year Ended 8/31/09

Class:

Total Payments Under Plan

Amount Retained by Distributor

Distributor's Aggregate Unreimbursed Expenses Under Plan

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

Class B Plan

$128,5631

$96,563

$183,256

1.51%

Class C Plan

$99,0192

$931

$23,125

0.25%

Class N Plan

$4,3983

$2,198

$9,668

1.13%

1.     

Includes $948 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.


2.     

Includes $447 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.


3.     

Includes $59 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.


     All payments under the plans are subject to the limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of FINRA on payments of asset-based sales charges and service fees.

Payments to Fund Intermediaries

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

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

·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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

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

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

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

·     

transactional support, one-time charges for setting up access for the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds on particular trading systems, and paying the intermediary's networking fees;


·     

program support, such as expenses related to including the Oppenheimer funds in retirement plans, college savings plans, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, fund "supermarkets," bank or trust company products or insurance companies' variable annuity or variable life insurance products;

·     

placement on the dealer's list of offered funds and providing representatives of the Distributor with access to a financial intermediary's sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives.

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

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

1st Global Capital Company

Legend Equities Corporation

Advantage Capital Corporation

Lincoln Benefit National Life

Aegon USA

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation

Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

AG Edwards & Sons, Inc.

Linsco Private Ledger Financial

AIG Financial Advisors

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

AIG Life Variable Annuity

McDonald Investments, Inc.

Allianz Life Insurance Company

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Merrill Lynch Insurance Group

Allstate Life Insurance Company

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

American Enterprise Life Insurance

MetLife Securities, Inc.

American General Annuity Insurance

Minnesota Life Insurance Company

American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc.

MML Investor Services, Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Mony Life Insurance Company

Ameritas Life Insurance Company

Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc.

Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company

Multi-Financial Securities Corporation

Associated Securities Corporation

Mutual Service Corporation

AXA Advisors LLC

NFP Securities, Inc.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Nathan & Lewis Securities, Inc.

Banc One Securities Corporation

National Planning Corporation

Cadaret Grant & Company, Inc.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

CCO Investment Services Corporation

New England Securities Corporation

Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.

New York Life Insurance & Annuity Company

Chase Investment Services Corporation

Oppenheimer & Company

Citicorp Investment Services, Inc.

PFS Investments, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Park Avenue Securities LLC

CitiStreet Advisors LLC

Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Citizen's Bank of Rhode Island

Plan Member Securities

Columbus Life Insurance Company

Prime Capital Services, Inc.

Commonwealth Financial Network

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

Compass Group Investment Advisors

Protective Life Insurance Company

CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC

CUSO Financial Services, LLP

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

E*TRADE Clearing LLC

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

Edward Jones

RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.

Essex National Securities, Inc.

Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.

Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company

Securities America, Inc.

Financial Network

Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

Financial Services Corporation

Security First-Metlife Investors Insurance Company

GE Financial Assurance

SII Investments, Inc.

GE Life & Annuity

Signator Investors, Inc.

Genworth Financial, Inc.

Sorrento Pacific Financial LLC

GlenBrook Life & Annuity Company

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

Great West Life & Annuity Company

Sun Life Insurance & Annuity Company of New York

GWFS Equities, Inc.

Sun Life Annuity Company Ltd.

Hartford Life Insurance Company

SunTrust Bank

HD Vest Investment Services, Inc.

SunTrust Securities, Inc.

Hewitt Associates LLC

Thrivent Financial Services, Inc.

IFMG Securities, Inc.

Towers Square Securities, Inc.

ING Financial Advisers LLC

Travelers Life & Annuity Company

ING Financial Partners, Inc.

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Invest Financial Corporation

Union Central Life Insurance Company

Investment Centers of America, Inc.

United Planners Financial Services of America

Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Company

Wachovia Securities, Inc.

Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation

Walnut Street Securities, Inc.

John Hancock Life Insurance Company

Waterstone Financial Group

JP Morgan Securities, Inc.

Wells Fargo Investments

Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company

Wescom Financial Services

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

1st Global Capital Co.

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

AG Edwards

Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.

ACS HR Solutions

Linsco Private Ledger Financial

ADP

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

AETNA Life Ins & Annuity Co.

Matrix Settlement & Clearance Services

Alliance Benefit Group

McDonald Investments, Inc.

American Enterprise Investments

Mercer HR Services

American Express Retirement Service

Merrill Lynch

American United Life Insurance Co.

Mesirow Financial, Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

MetLife

Ameritrade, Inc.

MFS Investment Management

AMG (Administrative Management Group)

Mid Atlantic Capital Co.

AST (American Stock & Transfer)

Milliman USA

AXA Advisors

Morgan Keegan & Co, Inc.

Bear Stearns Securities Co.

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Benefit Administration Company, LLC

Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance Co.

Benefit Administration, Inc.

Nathan & Lewis Securities, Inc.

Benefit Consultants Group

National City Bank

Benefit Plans Administration

National Deferred Comp

Benetech, Inc.

National Financial

Bisys

National Investor Services Co.

Boston Financial Data Services

Nationwide Life Insurance Company

Charles Schwab & Co, Inc.

Newport Retirement Services, Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Northwest Plan Services, Inc.

CitiStreet

NY Life Benefits

City National Bank

Oppenheimer & Co, Inc.

Clark Consulting

Peoples Securities, Inc.

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc.

Pershing LLC

DA Davidson & Co.

PFPC

DailyAccess Corporation

Piper Jaffray & Co.

Davenport & Co, LLC

Plan Administrators, Inc.

David Lerner Associates, Inc.

Plan Member Securities

Digital Retirement Solutions, Inc.

Primevest Financial Services, Inc.

DR, Inc.

Principal Life Insurance Co.

Dyatech, LLC

Prudential Investment Management Services LLC

E*Trade Clearing LLC

PSMI Group, Inc.

Edward D Jones & Co.

Quads Trust Company

Equitable Life / AXA

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

ERISA Administrative Svcs, Inc.

Reliance Trust Co.

ExpertPlan, Inc.

Reliastar Life Insurance Company

FASCore LLC

Robert W Baird & Co.

Ferris Baker Watts, Inc.

RSM McGladrey

Fidelity

Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.

First Clearing LLC

Scottrade, Inc.

First Southwest Co.

Southwest Securities, Inc.

First Trust – Datalynx

Standard Insurance Co

First Trust Corp

Stanley, Hunt, Dupree & Rhine

Franklin Templeton

Stanton Group, Inc.

Geller Group

Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.

Great West Life

Stifel Nicolaus & Co, Inc.

H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc.

Sun Trust Securities, Inc.

Hartford Life Insurance Co.

Symetra Financial Corp.

HD Vest Investment Services

T. Rowe Price

Hewitt Associates LLC

The 401k Company

HSBC Brokerage USA, Inc.

The Princeton Retirement Group Inc.

ICMA - RC Services

The Retirement Plan Company, LLC

Independent Plan Coordinators

TruSource Union Bank of CA

Ingham Group

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Interactive Retirement Systems

Unified Fund Services (UFS)

Invesmart (Standard Retirement Services, Inc.)

US Clearing Co.

Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc.

USAA Investment Management Co.

JJB Hillard W L Lyons, Inc.

USI Consulting Group

John Hancock

VALIC Retirement Services

JP Morgan

Vanguard Group

July Business Services

Wachovia

Kaufman & Goble

Web401K.com

Legend Equities Co.

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Legg Mason Wood Walker

Wells Fargo Bank

Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Wilmington Trust

Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc./Columbia Management

 

Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to illustrate its investment performance. Those terms include "cumulative total return," "average annual total return," "average annual total return at net asset value" and "total return at net asset value." An explanation of how total returns are calculated is set forth below. The charts below show the Fund's performance as of the Fund's most recent fiscal year end. You can obtain current performance information by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677 or by visiting the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

The Fund's illustrations of its performance data in advertisements must comply with rules of the SEC. 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.

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:

·     

Total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in the Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each shareholder's account. Your account's performance will vary from the model performance data if your dividends are received in cash, or you buy or sell shares during the period, or you bought your shares at a different time and price than the shares used in the model.


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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


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

n     Total Return Information. There are different types of "total returns" to measure the Fund's performance. Total return is the change in value of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over a given period, assuming that all dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested in additional shares and that the investment is 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 5.75% (as a percentage of the offering price) is deducted from the initial investment ("P" in the formula below) (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 1.0% contingent deferred sales charge is deducted for returns for the one-year period. For Class N shares, the 1.0% contingent deferred sales charge is deducted for returns for the one-year and life-of-class periods, as applicable. There is no sales charge on Class Y shares.

·     

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


ERV l/n

- 1

= Average Annual Total Return

P

·     

Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions). The "average annual total return (after taxes on distributions)" of Class A shares is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes (calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date) on any distributions made by the Fund during the specified period. It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formula below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an ending value ("ATVD" in the formula) of that investment, after taking into account the effect of taxes on Fund distributions, but not on the redemption of Fund shares, according to the following formula:


ATVD l/n

- 1

= Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions)

P

·     

Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions and Redemptions). The "average annual total return (after taxes on distributions and redemptions)" of Class A shares is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes (calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date) on any distributions made by the Fund during the specified period and the effect of capital gains taxes or capital loss tax benefits (each calculated using the highest federal individual capital gains tax rate in effect on the redemption date) resulting from the redemption of the shares at the end of the period. It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formula below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an ending value ("ATVDR" in the formula) of that investment, after taking into account the effect of taxes on Fund distributions and on the redemption of Fund shares, according to the following formula:


ATVDR l/n

- 1

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

P

·     

Cumulative Total Return. The "cumulative total return" calculation measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $1,000 over an entire period of years. Its calculation uses some of the same factors as average annual total return, but it does not average the rate of return on an annual basis. Cumulative total return is determined as follows:


ERV - P

= Total Return

P

·     

Total Returns at Net Asset Value. From time to time the Fund may also quote a cumulative or an average annual total return "at net asset value" (without deducting sales charges) for Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N 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.


The Fund’s Total Returns for the Periods Ended August 31, 2009

Class of Shares

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

Average Annual Total Returns

 

1-Year

5-Year

(or life of class if less)

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

After Sales Charge

Without Sales Charge

Class A1

0.43%

6.55%

-6.95%

-1.27%

0.09%

1.30%

Class B2

0.42%

2.27%

-6.82%

-2.13%

0.09%

0.46%

Class C 3

2.71%

2.71%

-2.99%

-2.05%

0.55%

0.55%

Class N 4

5.41%

5.41%

-2.45%

-1.51%

1.08%

1.08%

1. Inception of Class A:     10/7/04

2. Inception of Class B:     10/7/04

3. Inception of Class C:     10/7/04

4. Inception of Class N:      10/7/04

Average Annual Total Returns for Class A Shares (After Sales Charge)
For the Periods Ended August 31, 200
9

 

1-Year

5-Year
(or life of class if less)

After Taxes on Distributions

-7

.62%

-0

.36%

After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Fund Shares

-3

.62%

-0

.04%

     1.     Inception of Class A shares: 10/07/04

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 SAI. The Fund may also compare its performance to that of other investments, including other mutual funds, or use rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. Examples of these performance comparisons are set forth below.
 
     n     
Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking of the performance of its classes of shares by Lipper, Inc. ("Lipper"). Lipper is a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service. Lipper monitors the performance of regulated investment companies, 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.

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

     Morningstar proprietary star ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted total investment return. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges and loads), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.
 

n   Performance Rankings and Comparisons by Other Entities and Publications. From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in newspapers and other periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, or similar publications. That information may include performance quotations from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar. The performance of the Fund's classes of shares may be compared in publications to the performance

of various market indices or other investments, and averages, performance rankings or other benchmarks prepared by recognized mutual fund statistical services.

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

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

From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales literature the total return performance of a hypothetical investment account that includes shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds. The combined account may be part of an illustration of an asset allocation model or similar presentation. The account performance may combine total return performance of the Fund and the total return performance of other Oppenheimer funds included in the account. Additionally, from time to time, the Fund's advertisements and sales literature may include, for illustrative or comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about general or specific market and economic conditions. That may include, for example,

·     

information about the performance of certain securities or commodities markets or segments of those markets,


·     

information about the performance of the economies of particular countries or regions,


·     

the earnings of companies included in segments of particular industries, sectors, securities markets, countries or regions,


·     

the availability of different types of securities or offerings of securities,


·     

information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product of the United States or other countries or regions,


·     

comparisons of various market sectors or indices to demonstrate performance, risk, or other characteristics of the Fund.


About your account

How to Buy Shares

Additional information is presented below about the methods that can be used to buy shares of the Fund. Appendix A contains more information about the special sales charge arrangements offered by the Fund, and the circumstances in which sales charges may be reduced or waived for certain classes of investors.
 
When you purchase shares of the Fund, your ownership interest in the shares of the Fund will be recorded as a book entry on the records of the Fund. The Fund will not issue or re-register physical share certificates.
 

Reduced Sales Charges. As discussed in the Prospectus, a reduced sales charge rate may be obtained for Class A shares under Right of Accumulation and Letters of Intent because of the economies of sales efforts and reduction in expenses realized by the Distributor, dealers and brokers making such sales. No sales charge is imposed in certain other circumstances described in Appendix A to this SAI because the Distributor or dealer or broker incurs little or no selling expenses.

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

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals

Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series:

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund

Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Baring China Fund

Equity Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Baring Japan Fund

Conservative Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Baring SMA International Fund

Moderate Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Select Value Fund

Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid- Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer SMA Core Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer SMA International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund

Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Value Fund

Oppenheimer MidCap Fund

Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund

Rochester Fund Municipals

LifeCycle Funds

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund

 

     Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund

 
   

And the following money market funds:

 

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Centennial Government Trust

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

Centennial Money Market Trust

Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

 
   

     There is an initial sales charge on the purchase of Class A shares of each of the Oppenheimer funds described above except the money market funds. Under certain circumstances described in this SAI, redemption proceeds of certain money market fund shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

Letter of Intent. Under a Letter of Intent (a "Letter"), you may be able to reduce the sales charge rate that applies to your purchases of Class A shares if you purchase Class A, Class B or Class C shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds or Class A, Class B, Class C, Class G and Class H units purchased in advisor sold Section 529 plans, for which the Manager or the Distributor serves as the Program Manager or Program Distributor. A Letter is an investor's statement in writing to the Distributor of his or her intention to purchase a specified value of those shares or units during a 13-month period (the "Letter period"), which begins on the date of the investor's first share purchase following the establishment of the Letter. The sales charge on each purchase of Class A shares during the Letter period will be at the rate that would apply to a single lump-sum purchase of shares in the amount intended to be purchased. In submitting a Letter, the investor makes no commitment to purchase shares. However, if the investor does not fulfill the terms of the Letter within the Letter period, he or she agrees to pay the additional sales charges that would have been applicable to the purchases that were made. The investor agrees that shares equal in value to 2% of the intended purchase amount will be held in escrow by the Transfer Agent for that purpose, as described in "Terms of Escrow" below. It is the responsibility of the dealer of record and/or the investor to advise the Distributor about the Letter when placing purchase orders during the Letter period. The investor must also notify the Distributor or his or her financial intermediary of any qualifying 529 plan holdings.
 
     To determine whether an investor has fulfilled the terms of a Letter, the Transfer Agent will count purchases of "qualified"
Class A, Class B and Class C shares and Class A, Class B, Class C, Class G and Class H units during the Letter period. Purchases of Class N or Class Y shares, purchases made by reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds, purchases of Class A shares with redemption proceeds under the Reinvestment Privilege, and purchases of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on which a sales charge has not been paid do not count as "qualified" shares for satisfying the terms of a Letter. An investor will also be considered to have fulfilled the Letter if the value of the investor's total holdings of qualified shares on the last day of the Letter period, calculated at the net asset value on that day, equals or exceeds the intended purchase amount.

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

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

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

n     

Terms of Escrow That Apply to Letters of Intent.


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

     2.     If the Letter applies to more than one fund account, the investor can designate the fund from which shares will be escrowed. If no fund is selected, the Transfer Agent will escrow shares in the fund account that has the highest dollar balance on the date of the first purchase under the Letter. If there are not sufficient shares to cover the escrow amount, the Transfer Agent will escrow shares in the fund account(s) with the next highest balance(s). If there are not sufficient shares in the accounts to which the Letter applies, the Transfer Agent may escrow shares in other accounts that are linked for Right of Accumulation purposes. Additionally, if there are not sufficient shares available for escrow at the time of the first purchase under the Letter, the Transfer Agent will escrow future purchases until the escrow amount is met.
 
     3.     If, during the Letter period, an investor exchanges shares of the Fund for shares of another fund (as described in the Prospectus section titled "How to Exchange Shares"), the Fund shares held in escrow will automatically be exchanged for shares of the other fund and the escrow obligations will also be transferred to that fund.

     4.     If the total purchases under the Letter are less than the intended purchases specified, on the first business day after the end of the Letter period the Distributor will redeem escrowed shares equal in value to the difference between the dollar amount of the sales charges actually paid and the amount of the sales charges that would have been paid if the total purchases had been made at a single time. Any shares remaining after such redemption will be released from escrow.
 
     5.     If the terms of the Letter are fulfilled, the escrowed shares will be promptly released to the investor at the end of the Letter period.
 
     6.     By signing the Letter, the investor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Transfer Agent as attorney-in-fact to surrender for redemption any or all escrowed shares.
 

Asset Builder Plans. As explained in the Prospectus, you must initially establish your account with $500. Subsequently, you can establish an Asset Builder Plan to automatically purchase additional shares directly from a bank account for as little as $50. For those accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 and which have previously established Asset Builder Plans, additional purchases will remain at $25. Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan payments from bank accounts are subject to the redemption restrictions for recent purchases described in the Prospectus. Asset Builder Plans are available only if your bank is an ACH member. Asset Builder Plans may not be used to buy shares for OppenheimerFunds employer-sponsored qualified retirement accounts.

     If you make payments from your bank account to purchase shares of the Fund, your bank account will be debited automatically. Normally the debit will be made two business days prior to the investment dates you selected on your application. Neither the Distributor, the Transfer Agent nor the Fund shall be responsible for any delays in purchasing shares that result from delays in ACH transmissions.

Before you establish Asset Builder payments, you should obtain a prospectus of the selected fund(s) from your financial advisor (or the Distributor) and request an application from the Distributor. Complete the application and return it. You may change the amount of your Asset Builder payment or you can terminate these automatic investments at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent requires a reasonable period (approximately 10 days) after receipt of your instructions to implement them. The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering Asset Builder plans at any time without prior notice.

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

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

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 a purchase order of more than $100,000 for Class B shares or a purchase order of $1 million or more to purchase Class C shares on behalf of a single investor (not including dealer "street name"
or omnibus accounts).
 
Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer.
 

Class A Shares Subject to a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. Under a special arrangement with the Distributor, 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 on sales of Class A shares purchased with the redemption proceeds of shares of another mutual fund offered as an investment option in a retirement plan in which Oppenheimer funds are also offered as investment options, if the purchase occurs more than 30 days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an investment option under that plan. Additionally, that concession will not be paid on Class A share purchases by a retirement plan that are made with the redemption proceeds of Class N shares of an Oppenheimer fund held by the plan for more than 18 months.

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

n     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:

·     

to all rollover IRAs (including SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs),


·     

to all rollover contributions made to Individual 401(k) plans, Profit-Sharing Plans and Money Purchase Pension Plans,


·     

to all direct rollovers from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle and Ascender retirement plans,


·     

to all trustee-to-trustee IRA transfers,


·     

to all 90-24 type 403(b) transfers,


·     

to Group Retirement Plans (as defined in Appendix A to this SAI) which have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor for that purpose,


·     

to Retirement Plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the recordkeeper or the plan sponsor for which has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor,


·     

to Retirement Plans of a plan sponsor where the aggregate assets of all such plans invested in the Oppenheimer funds is $500,000 or more,


·     

to Retirement Plans with at least 100 eligible employees or $500,000 or more in plan assets,


·     

to OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Ascender 401(k) plans that pay for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds, and


·     

to certain customers of broker-dealers and financial advisors that are identified in a special agreement between the broker-dealer or financial advisor and the Distributor for that purpose.


1.     

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


·     

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


·     

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


·     

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.

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

The methodology for calculating the net asset value, dividends and distributions of the Fund's share classes recognizes two types of expenses. General expenses that do not pertain specifically to any one class are allocated pro rata to the shares of all classes. The allocation is based on the percentage of the Fund's total assets that is represented by the assets of each class, and then equally to each outstanding share within a given class. Such general expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and audit fees, printing and mailing costs of shareholder reports, Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information and other materials for current shareholders, fees to unaffiliated Trustees, custodian expenses, share issuance costs, organization and start-up costs, interest, taxes and brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses, such as litigation costs.

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

Fund Account Fees. As stated in the Prospectus, a $12 annual "Minimum Balance Fee" is assessed on each Fund account with a share balance valued under $500. The Minimum Balance Fee is automatically deducted from each such Fund account in September.

Listed below are certain cases in which the Fund has elected, in its discretion, not to assess the Fund Account Fees. These exceptions are subject to change:

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A fund account whose shares were acquired after September 30th of the prior year;


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A fund account that has a balance below $500 due to the automatic conversion of shares from Class B to Class A shares. However, once all Class B shares held in the account have been converted to Class A shares the new account balance may become subject to the Minimum Balance Fee;


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Accounts of shareholders who elect to access their account documents electronically via eDoc Direct;


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A fund account that has only certificated shares and, has a balance below $500 and is being escheated;


·     

Accounts of shareholders that are held by broker-dealers under the NSCC Fund/SERV system in Networking level 1 and 3 accounts;


·     

Accounts held under the Oppenheimer Legacy Program and/or holding certain Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;


·     

Omnibus accounts holding shares pursuant to the Pinnacle, Ascender, Custom Plus, Record(k)eeper Pro and Pension Alliance Retirement Plan programs; and


·     

A fund account that falls below the $500 minimum solely due to market fluctuations within the 12-month period preceding the date the fee is deducted.


·     

Accounts held in the Portfolio Builder Program which is offered through certain broker/dealers to qualifying shareholders.


To access account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit the Service Center on our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com and click the hyperlink "Sign Up for Electronic Document Delivery" under the heading "I Want To," or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions.

The Fund reserves the authority to modify Fund Account Fees in its discretion.

Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share. The net asset values per share of each class of shares of the Fund are determined as of the close of business of the NYSE on each day that the NYSE is open. The calculation is done by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, but may close earlier on some other days (for example, in case of weather emergencies or on days falling before a U.S. holiday). All references to time in this SAI mean "Eastern time." The NYSE's most recent annual announcement (which is subject to change) states that it will close on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. It may also close on other days.
 
     Dealers other than NYSE members may conduct trading in certain securities on days on which the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays) or after 4:00 p.m. on a regular business day. Because the Fund's net asset values will not be calculated on those days, the Fund's net asset values per share may be significantly affected on such days when shareholders may not purchase or redeem shares. Additionally, trading on many foreign stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets normally is completed before the close of the NYSE.
 

Changes in the values of securities traded on foreign exchanges or markets as a result of events that occur after the prices of those securities are determined, but before the close of the NYSE, will not be reflected in the Fund's calculation of its net asset values that day unless the Manager determines that the event is likely to effect a material change in the value of the security. The Manager, or an internal valuation committee established by the Manager, as applicable, may establish a valuation, under procedures established by the Board and subject to the approval, ratification and confirmation by the Board at its next ensuing meeting.

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

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Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange are valued as follows:


(1)     

if last sale information is regularly reported, they are valued at the last reported sale price on the principal exchange on which they are traded, 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.


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Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally are valued in one of the following ways:


(1)     

at the last sale price available to the pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or


(2)     

at the last sale price obtained by the Manager from the report of the principal exchange on which the security is traded at its last trading session on or immediately before the valuation date, or


(3)     

at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices obtained from the principal exchange on which the security is traded or, on the basis of reasonable inquiry, from two market makers in the security.


·     

Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity in excess of 60 days are valued based on the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices determined by a portfolio pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the security on the basis of reasonable inquiry.


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The following securities are valued at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices determined by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the security on the basis of reasonable inquiry:


(1)     

debt instruments that have a maturity of more than 397 days when issued,


(2)     

debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and have a remaining maturity of more than 60 days, and


(3)     

non-money market debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and which have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less.


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The following securities are valued at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts:


(1)     

money market debt securities held by a non-money market fund that had a maturity of less than 397 days when issued that have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less, and


(2)     

debt instruments held by a money market fund that have a remaining maturity of 397 days or less.


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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 New York foreign exchange market on a particular business day that are provided to the Manager by a bank, dealer or pricing service that the Manager has determined to be reliable are used to value foreign currency, including forward contracts, and to convert to U.S. dollars securities that are denominated in foreign currency.

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

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

How to Sell Shares

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

Sending Redemption Proceeds by Federal Funds Wire. The Federal Funds wire of redemption proceeds may be delayed if the Fund's custodian bank is not open for business on a day when the Fund would normally authorize the wire to be made, which is usually the Fund's next regular business day following the redemption. In those circumstances, the wire will not be transmitted until the next bank business day on which the Fund is open for business. No dividends will be paid on the proceeds of redeemed shares awaiting transfer by Federal Funds wire.

Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months of a redemption, a shareholder may reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds of:

·     

Class A shares purchased subject to an initial sales charge or Class A shares on which a contingent deferred sales charge was paid, or


·     

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 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 and Class N 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. This reinvestment privilege does not apply to reinvestment purchases made through automatic investment options
 
     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 SAI. 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 NYSE 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 NYSE closes. Normally, the NYSE closes at 4:00 p.m., but may do so earlier on some days.

     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 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 A to this SAI).

 

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.

n     Automatic Exchange Plans. Shareholders can authorize the Transfer Agent to automatically exchange a pre-determined amount of shares of the Fund for shares (of the same class) of other Oppenheimer funds that offer the exchange privilege 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 SAI.

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. 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.

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. The prospectus of each of the Oppenheimer funds indicates which share class or classes that fund offers and provides information about limitations on the purchase of particular share classes, as applicable for the particular fund. You can also obtain a current list showing which funds offer which classes of shares by calling the Distributor at the telephone number indicated on the front cover of this SAI.

The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. Although the Fund may impose those changes at any time, it will provide you with notice of the 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, except in extraordinary circumstances.

n     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:

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When Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund acquired by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within 18 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the redeemed shares. Except, however, with respect to Class A shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals acquired prior to October 22, 2007, in which case the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within 24 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class A shares.


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When Class A shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals acquired prior to October 22, 2007 by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within 24 months of the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the redeemed shares.


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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.


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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.


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Except with respect to the Class B shares described in the next two paragraphs, the contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on Class B shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within six years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.


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With respect to Class B shares of Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund, Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund, Limited Term New York Municipal Fund and Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, the Class B contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.


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With respect to Class B shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves that were acquired through the exchange of Class B shares initially purchased in the Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund, the Class B contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of that initial purchase.


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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.


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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.


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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.

     n     Telephone Exchange Requests. When exchanging shares by telephone, a shareholder must have an existing account in the fund to which the exchange is to be made. Otherwise, the investors must obtain a prospectus of that fund before the exchange request may be submitted. If all telephone lines are busy (which might occur, for example, during periods of substantial market fluctuations), shareholders might not be able to request exchanges by telephone and would have to submit written exchange requests.

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 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 features that are available in the new fund (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.

In connection with any exchange request, the number of shares exchanged may be less than the number requested if the exchange or the number requested would include shares subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this SAI, or would include shares covered by a share certificate that is not tendered with the request. 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 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.
 
     If a dividend check or a check representing an automatic withdrawal payment is returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as undeliverable, it will be reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returned checks for the proceeds of other redemptions will be invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. Reinvestment will be made as promptly as possible after the return of such checks to the Transfer Agent. Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state escheatment laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to shareholders or their representatives for compliance with those laws in good faith.

Tax Status of the Fund's Dividends, Distributions and 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 SAI is based on tax law in effect on the date of the Prospectus and this SAI. Those laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, sometimes with retroactive effect. State and local tax treatment of ordinary income dividends and capital gain dividends from regulated investment companies may differ from the treatment under the Internal Revenue Code described below. Potential purchasers of shares of the Fund are urged to consult their tax advisors with specific reference to their own tax circumstances as well as the consequences of federal, state and local tax rules affecting an investment in the Fund.

Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. The Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As a regulated investment company, the Fund is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its net investment income (that is, taxable interest, dividends, and other taxable ordinary income, net of expenses) and capital gain net income (that is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) that it distributes to shareholders. That qualification enables the Fund to "pass through" its income and realized capital gains to shareholders without having to pay tax on them. This avoids a "double tax" on that income and capital gains, since shareholders normally will be taxed on the dividends and capital gains they receive from the Fund (unless their Fund shares are held in a retirement account or the shareholder is otherwise exempt from tax).

     The Internal Revenue Code contains a number of complex tests relating to qualification that the Fund might not meet in a particular year. If it did not qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund would be treated for tax purposes as an ordinary corporation and would receive no tax deduction for payments made to shareholders.

To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (in brief, net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss) for the taxable year. The Fund must also satisfy certain other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, some of which are described below. Distributions by the Fund made during the taxable year or, under specified circumstances, within 12 months after the close of the taxable year, will be considered distributions of income and gains for the taxable year and will therefore count toward satisfaction of the above-mentioned requirement.

     To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies (to the extent such currency gains are directly related to the regulated investment company's principal business of investing in stock or securities) and certain other income including net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership.
 
     In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, the Fund must satisfy an asset diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under that test, at the close of each quarter of the Fund's taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets must consist of cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and securities of other issuers. As to each of those issuers, the Fund must not have invested more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets in securities of each such issuer and the Fund must not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of each such issuer. No more than 25% of the value of its total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies), or in two or more issuers which the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses or in the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships.
For purposes of this test, obligations issued or guaranteed by certain agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government are treated as U.S. Government securities.
 

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. The Fund may be subject to U.S. Federal income tax, and an interest charge, on certain distributions or gains from the sale of shares of a foreign company considered to be a PFIC, even if those amounts are paid out as dividends to shareholders. To avoid imposition of the interest charge, the Fund may elect to "mark to market"
all PFIC shares that it holds at the end of each taxable year. In that case, any increase or decrease in the value of those shares would be recognized as ordinary income or as ordinary loss (but only to the extent of previously recognized "mark-to-market" gains).

     Distributions by the Fund that do not constitute ordinary income dividends or capital gain distributions will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of the shareholder's tax basis in their shares. Any excess will be treated as gain from the sale of those shares, as discussed below. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year. If prior distributions made by the Fund must be re-characterized as a non-taxable return of capital at the end of the fiscal year as a result of the effect of the Fund's investment policies, they will be identified as such in notices sent to shareholders.

     Distributions by the Fund will be treated in the manner described above regardless of whether the distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional shares of the Fund (or of another fund). Shareholders receiving a distribution in the form of additional shares will be treated as receiving a distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares received, determined as of the reinvestment date.

     The Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold 28% of ordinary income dividends, capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the 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). Any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted by the Fund to the U.S. Treasury and all income and any tax withheld is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year with a copy sent to the IRS.
 

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. Any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted by the Fund to the U.S. Treasury and all income and any tax withheld is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in March of each year with a copy sent to the IRS.

If the ordinary income dividends from the Fund are effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, then the foreign person may claim an exemption from the U.S. tax described above provided the Fund obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. If the foreign person fails to provide a certification of his/her foreign status, the Fund will be required to withhold U.S. tax at a rate of 28% on ordinary income dividends, capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any foreign person. Any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted by the Fund to the U.S. Treasury and all income and any tax withheld is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year with a copy sent to the IRS.

     The tax consequences to foreign persons entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors or the U.S. Internal Revenue Service with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund, including the applicability of the U.S. withholding taxes described above.

Dividend Reinvestment in Another Fund. Shareholders of the Fund may elect to reinvest all dividends and/or capital gains distributions in shares of the same class of any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which you may exchange shares. 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 or his or her financial intermediary 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 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 Warranty Provider. Main Place Funding, LLC, located at Bank of America Tower, c/o Bank of America Merrill Lynch – Global Equity Linked Products, One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036, has entered into the Warranty Agreement with the Fund. Main Place Funding, LLC’s principal business is to enter into financial warranty agreements in favor of third parties for a fee. Main Place Funding LLC is an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Bank USA, the former Warranty Provider, and a separately incorporated division of Bank of America N.A. The most recent audited annual and unaudited quarterly financial statements of Main Place Funding, LLC will be filed with Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust’s Form N-1A Registration Statement when such financial statements become available. When available, you may request a copy of Main Place Funding, LLC’s financial statements, free of charge, by calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number listed on the back cover of this SAI.

The Custodian. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the custodian of the Fund's assets. The custodian's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the Fund's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to and from the Fund. It is the practice of the Fund to deal with the custodian in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the custodian may have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Fund's cash balances with the custodian in excess of $100,000 are not protected by federal deposit insurance. Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. At a meeting held on August 20, 2008, the Board of the Fund appointed KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to the Fund for fiscal year 2009, replacing the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, effective at the conclusion of the fiscal 2008 audit. During the two most recent fiscal years the audit reports of Deloitte & Touche LLP contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. Further, there were no disagreements between the Fund and Deloitte & Touche LLP on accounting principles, financial statement disclosure or audit scope, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche LLP would have caused it to make reference to the disagreements in connection with its reports.

KPMG LLP serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund. KPMG LLP audits the Fund's financial statements and performs other related audit and tax services. KPMG LLP also acts as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Manager and certain other funds advised by the Manager and its affiliates. Audit and non-audit services provided by KPMG LLP to the Fund must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III:
 
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III, a series of the Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III, including the statement of investments, as of August 31, 2009, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit. The accompanying financial statements and financial highlights of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III for the years ended prior to September 1, 2008 were audited by other auditors whose report dated October 13, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements and financial highlights.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2009, by correspondence with the custodian. 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 Principal Protected Main Street Fund III as of August 31, 2009, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
October 20, 2009
 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS August 31, 2009
                 
    Shares     Value  
 
U.S. Government Obligations-99.4%
               
U.S. Treasury Bonds, STRIPS, 2.707%, 2/15/121
    37,000,000     $ 35,938,470  
U.S. Treasury Nts., STRIPS, 3.994%, 2/15/121
    4,800,000       4,660,238  
 
               
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $38,996,424)
    99.4 %     40,598,708  
Other Assets Net of Liabilities
    0.6       228,970  
     
 
               
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 40,827,678  
     
Footnote to Statement of Investments
1.   Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the date of purchase.
The following issuer is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended August 31, 2009 by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment advisor. There were no affiliate securities held by the Fund as of August 31, 2009. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:
                                 
    Shares     Gross     Gross     Shares  
    August 31, 2008     Additions     Reductions     August 31, 2009  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
    5,329,955       11,425,798       16,755,753       -  
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund, Cl. Y
    425,265       133,256       558,521       -  
                 
            Realized  
    Income     Loss  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
  $ 22,245     $ -  
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund, Cl. Y
    28,510       3,342,947  
     
 
  $ 50,755     $ 3,342,947  
     
Valuation Inputs
Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund's investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
  1)   Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)
 
  2)   Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)
 
  3)   Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager's own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset).
The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of August 31, 2009 based on valuation input level:
                                 
            Level 2-     Level 3-        
    Level 1-     Other Significant     Significant        
    Unadjusted     Observable     Unobservable        
    Quoted Prices     Inputs     Inputs     Value  
 
Assets Table
                               
Investments, at Value:
                               
U.S. Government Obligations
  $ -     $ 40,598,708     $ -     $ 40,598,708  
     
Total Assets
  $ -     $ 40,598,708     $ -     $ 40,598,708  
     
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.
See the accompanying Notes for further discussion of the methods used in determining value of the Fund's investments, and a summary of changes to the valuation techniques, if any, during the reporting period.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES August 31, 2009
         
Assets
       
Investments, at value (cost $38,996,424)-see accompanying statement of investments
  $ 40,598,708  
Cash
    302,930  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Other
    7,362  
 
     
Total assets
    40,909,000  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Warranty agreement fees
    23,685  
Distribution and service plan fees
    16,617  
Shareholder communications
    15,370  
Legal, auditing and other professional fees
    13,737  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed
    3,651  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
    3,482  
Trustees' compensation
    2,559  
Other
    2,221  
 
     
Total liabilities
    81,322  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 40,827,678  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets
       
Par value of shares of beneficial interest
  $ 1,466  
Additional paid-in capital
    42,686,505  
Accumulated net investment income
    466,722  
Accumulated net realized loss on investments
    (3,929,299 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    1,602,284  
 
     
Net Assets
  $ 40,827,678  
 
     
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Continued
         
Net Asset Value Per Share
       
 
Class A Shares:
       
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $18,635,218 and 667,236 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
    $27.93  
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 5.75% of offering price)
    $29.63  
 
Class B Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $12,169,779 and 438,299 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
    $27.77  
 
Class C Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $9,164,046 and 329,380 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
    $27.82  
 
Class N Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $858,635 and 30,841 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
    $27.84  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended August 31, 2009
         
Investment Income
       
Interest
  $ 1,168,256  
Dividends from affiliated companies
    50,755  
Other income
    12  
 
     
Total investment income
    1,219,023  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    141,079  
Distribution and service plan fees:
       
Class A
    49,960  
Class B
    128,563  
Class C
    99,019  
Class N
    4,398  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
       
Class A
    14,950  
Class B
    16,660  
Class C
    6,782  
Class N
    481  
Shareholder communications:
       
Class A
    9,786  
Class B
    20,172  
Class C
    7,548  
Class N
    572  
Warranty agreement fees
    196,473  
Legal, auditing and other professional fees
    34,699  
Trustees' compensation
    8,075  
Custodian fees and expenses
    255  
Other
    7,607  
 
     
Total expenses
    747,079  
Less reduction to custodian expenses
    (109 )
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (7,754 )
 
     
Net expenses
    739,216  
 
       
Net Investment Income
    479,807  
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Continued
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain (loss) on:
       
Investments:
       
Unaffiliated companies
  $ 326,123  
Affiliated companies
    (3,342,947 )
Closing and expiration of futures contracts
    (782,862 )
 
     
Net realized loss
    (3,799,686 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation on:
       
Investments
    2,166,628  
Futures contracts
    247,855  
 
     
Net change in unrealized appreciation
    2,414,483  
 
       
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (905,396 )
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008  
 
Operations
               
Net investment income
  $ 479,807     $ 588,369  
Net realized gain (loss)
    (3,799,686 )     3,238,982  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
    2,414,483       (8,539,773 )
     
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations
    (905,396 )     (4,712,422 )
 
               
Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders
               
Dividends from net investment income:
               
Class A
    (240,931 )     (846,595 )
Class B
    (40,953 )     (343,461 )
Class C
    (39,323 )     (309,113 )
Class N
    (8,732 )     (28,320 )
     
 
    (329,939 )     (1,527,489 )
Distributions from net realized gain:
               
Class A
    (791,788 )     (500,157 )
Class B
    (499,044 )     (291,589 )
Class C
    (397,240 )     (247,566 )
Class N
    (33,503 )     (17,649 )
     
 
    (1,721,575 )     (1,056,961 )
 
               
Beneficial Interest Transactions
               
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:
               
Class A
    (3,141,888 )     (2,836,813 )
Class B
    (1,017,827 )     (854,840 )
Class C
    (1,419,225 )     (1,513,909 )
Class N
    1,164       10,951  
     
 
    (5,577,776 )     (5,194,611 )
 
               
Net Assets
               
Total decrease
    (8,534,686 )     (12,491,483 )
Beginning of period
    49,362,364       61,853,847  
     
 
               
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $466,722 and $325,417, respectively)
  $ 40,827,678     $ 49,362,364  
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
                                         
Class A     Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.73     $ 33.86     $ 30.99     $ 30.48     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .43       .46       .38       .47       .25  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.81 )     (2.99 )     3.03       .58       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.38 )     (2.53 )     3.41       1.05       .53  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.33 )     (1.01 )     (.54 )     (.54 )     (.05 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.42 )     (1.60 )     (.54 )     (.54 )     (.05 )
 
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.93     $ 29.73     $ 33.86     $ 30.99     $ 30.48  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (1.27 )%     (7.74 )%     11.09 %     3.48 %     1.76 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 18,635     $ 23,155     $ 29,470     $ 33,229     $ 40,981  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 20,338     $ 26,368     $ 31,996     $ 37,258     $ 36,571  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    1.53 %     1.46 %     1.15 %     1.53 %     0.93 %
Total expenses5
    1.26 %     1.53 %     1.55 %     1.49 %     1.45 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.24 %     1.30 %     1.19 %     1.22 %     1.20 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    1.28 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    1.76 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    1.91 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    1.76 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    1.66 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class B     Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.57     $ 33.64     $ 30.80     $ 30.29     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .18       .19       .09       .21       .03  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.80 )     (2.97 )     3.02       .58       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.62 )     (2.78 )     3.11       .79       .31  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.09 )     (.70 )     (.27 )     (.28 )     (.02 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.18 )     (1.29 )     (.27 )     (.28 )     (.02 )
 
 
                                       
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.77     $ 29.57     $ 33.64     $ 30.80     $ 30.29  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (2.13 )%     (8.49 )%     10.13 %     2.62 %     1.03 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 12,170     $ 14,037     $ 16,903     $ 18,246     $ 20,856  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 12,898     $ 15,497     $ 17,872     $ 19,663     $ 18,576  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.64 %     0.61 %     0.28 %     0.70 %     0.10 %
Total expenses5
    2.15 %     2.33 %     2.42 %     2.31 %     2.27 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.13 %     2.10 %     2.06 %     2.04 %     2.02 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    2.17 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    2.56 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    2.78 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.58 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    2.48 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                         
Class C      Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.62     $ 33.70     $ 30.82     $ 30.31     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .21       .24       .13       .24       .05  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.81 )     (2.99 )     3.02       .57       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.60 )     (2.75 )     3.15       .81       .33  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.11 )     (.74 )     (.27 )     (.30 )     (.02 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.20 )     (1.33 )     (.27 )     (.30 )     (.02 )
 
 
                                       
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.82     $ 29.62     $ 33.70     $ 30.82     $ 30.31  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (2.05 )%     (8.38 )%     10.24 %     2.69 %     1.11 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 9,164     $ 11,256     $ 14,454     $ 16,709     $ 21,414  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 9,926     $ 12,826     $ 15,427     $ 19,229     $ 18,591  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.76 %     0.76 %     0.41 %     0.80 %     0.17 %
Total expenses5
    2.03 %     2.26 %     2.30 %     2.24 %     2.21 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    2.01 %     2.03 %     1.94 %     1.97 %     1.96 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    2.05 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    2.49 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    2.66 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.51 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    2.42 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class N      Year Ended August 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     20051  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 29.66     $ 33.79     $ 30.92     $ 30.43     $ 30.00  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income2
    .36       .37       .32       .42       .19  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (.81 )     (2.96 )     3.03       .54       .28  
     
Total from investment operations
    (.45 )     (2.59 )     3.35       .96       .47  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.28 )     (.95 )     (.48 )     (.47 )     (.04 )
Distributions from net realized gain
    (1.09 )     (.59 )     -       -       -  
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (1.37 )     (1.54 )     (.48 )     (.47 )     (.04 )
 
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 27.84     $ 29.66     $ 33.79     $ 30.92     $ 30.43  
     
 
                                       
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3
    (1.51 )%     (7.90 )%     10.88 %     3.19 %     1.57 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 859     $ 914     $ 1,027     $ 1,038     $ 1,438  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 880     $ 957     $ 1,057     $ 1,167     $ 1,269  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    1.29 %     1.19 %     0.97 %     1.39 %     0.69 %
Total expenses5
    1.50 %     1.70 %     1.75 %     1.74 %     1.70 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.48 %     1.47 %     1.39 %     1.47 %     1.45 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    47 %     174 %     130 %     133 %     37 %
1.   For the period from October 7, 2004 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2005.
 
2.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
5.   Total expenses including all underlying fund expenses were as follows:
         
Year Ended August 31, 2009
    1.52 %
Year Ended August 31, 2008
    1.93 %
Year Ended August 31, 2007
    2.11 %
Year Ended August 31, 2006
    2.01 %
Period Ended August 31, 2005
    1.91 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III (the "Fund"), a series of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. During the Warranty Period, the Fund will seek capital preservation in order to have a net asset value on the Maturity Date at least equal to the Warranty Amount. The Fund seeks high total return as a secondary objective. The Fund's investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager").
     Shares of the Fund were offered during the Offering Period (October 7, 2004 to December 10, 2004). Shares are not offered during the Warranty Period (December 16, 2004 to December 16, 2011) to the Maturity Date (December 16, 2011) except in connection with reinvestment of dividends and distributions. Prior to January 12, 2009, the Fund invested a substantial portion of its assets in Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund (the "Underlying Fund"), which seeks high total return, futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index and certain U.S. government securities. The allocation of the Fund's assets between the debt portfolio and the equity portfolio varied over time based upon the Warranty Formula, which was intended to allow the Fund to have a net asset value on the Maturity Date at least equal to the Warranty Amount. Effective January 12, 2009, pursuant to the Warranty Formula and the terms of the Warranty Agreement, the Fund's assets have been completely and irreversibly reallocated to the debt portfolio.
     The Fund 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 with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, B, C and N have separate distribution and/or service plans. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares 90 months after the date of purchase.
     The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.
Warranty Agreement. The Fund had previously entered into a Financial Warranty Agreement (the "Warranty Agreement") with Merrill Lynch Bank USA. Effective June 30, 2009, Main Place Funding, LLC (the "Warranty Provider") has replaced Merrill Lynch Bank USA as the warranty provider. The Warranty Provider is an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Bank USA, and a separately incorporated division of Bank of America N.A. ("BANA"). Bank of America Corporation (the "Guarantor"), the Warranty Provider's ultimate parent company and parent company of BANA, has issued a guarantee of the performance of the
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Warranty Provider's obligations under the Warranty Agreement (the "Guarantee"). Pursuant to the Warranty Agreement, the Warranty Provider has issued, subject to certain conditions, a financial warranty (the "Financial Warranty") to the Fund. The Financial Warranty attempts to make sure that the value of each shareholder's account on the Maturity Date will be no less than the value of that shareholder's account on the second business day after the end of the Offering Period (the "Warranty Amount"). This value will include net income, if any, earned by the Fund during the Offering Period and be reduced by adjustments permitted under the Warranty Agreement, including sales charges, dividends and distributions paid in cash, redemptions of Fund shares, and the shareholder's pro rata portion of any extraordinary expenses. To avoid a reduced Warranty Amount, shareholders must reinvest all dividends and distributions received from the Fund to purchase additional shares of the Fund and must not redeem any shares of the Fund during the Warranty Period. If the value of the Fund's assets on the Maturity Date is insufficient to result in the value of each shareholder's account being at least equal to the shareholder's Warranty Amount, the Warranty Provider will pay the Fund an amount equal to the excess of his or her Warranty Amount over his or her account value.
     As of August 31, 2009, the Fund level Warranty Amounts per share were $26.27 for Class A shares, $27.18 for Class B shares, $27.12 for Class C shares and $26.46 for Class N shares.
     The Financial Warranty is solely the obligation of the Warranty Provider, as guaranteed by the Guarantor. It is possible that the financial position of the Warranty Provider may deteriorate and it would be unable to satisfy the obligations under the Financial Warranty, and the financial position of the Guarantor may deteriorate and it would be unable to satisfy its obligations under the Guarantee. No entity or person is obligated to make up any shortfall in the event the Warranty Provider and Guarantor default on their obligations to the Fund and the Fund's assets are insufficient to redeem the Fund's shares for the Warranty Amount on the Maturity Date. Shareholders could lose money if the Warranty Provider and Guarantor fail to or are unable to perform their obligations under the Warranty Agreement and Guarantee, respectively.
     The Warranty Agreement requires the Manager to comply with certain investment parameters in an attempt to limit the Fund's risk. If the Fund or Manager fails to comply with the agreed-upon investment parameters or otherwise fails to comply with certain requirements set forth in the Warranty Agreement, the Warranty Provider may terminate its Financial Warranty in certain limited circumstances. The Warranty Provider (or its affiliate) may monitor the Fund's compliance with the Warranty Agreement solely to protect the interests of the Warranty Provider and not the Fund's shareholders.
     The fee paid by the Fund to the Warranty Provider is an annual fee equal to 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Fund during the Warranty Period. Since the Fund is completely and irreversibly invested in the debt portfolio, the Warranty Fee payable by the Fund to the Warranty Provider has decreased to an annual fee equal to 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Fund, effective January 12, 2009.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
Securities Valuation. The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange"), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading.
     Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as "Level 1," inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices for an asset that are observable are classified as "Level 2" and unobservable inputs, including the Manager's judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as "Level 3." The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. A table summarizing the Fund's investments under these levels of classification is included following the Statement of Investments.
     Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily either by portfolio pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees or dealers.
     Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which traded, prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. Securities whose principal exchange is NASDAQ are valued based on the official closing prices reported by NASDAQ prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the current day's closing "bid" and "asked" prices, and if not, at the current day's closing bid price. A foreign security traded on a foreign exchange is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the portfolio pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund's assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded.
     Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company's net asset value per share.
     Corporate, government and municipal debt instruments having a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days and all mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and other asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices.
     "Money market-type" debt instruments with remaining maturities of sixty days or less are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value.
     In the absence of a readily available unadjusted quoted market price, including for securities whose values have been materially affected by what the Manager identifies as a significant event occurring before the Fund's assets are valued but after the close of the securities' respective exchanges, the Manager, acting through its internal valuation committee, in good faith determines the fair valuation of that asset using consistently applied
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procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees (which reviews those fair valuations by the Manager). Those procedures include certain standardized methodologies to fair value securities. Such methodologies include, but are not limited to, pricing securities initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be adjusted for any discounts related to resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
     There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies during the period.
Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. During the year ended August 31, 2009, the Fund invested daily available cash balances in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund invested the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund ("IMMF") to seek current income while preserving liquidity. IMMF is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Manager is also the investment adviser of IMMF. When applicable, the Fund's investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of IMMF are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of IMMF's Class E expenses, including its management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in IMMF.
Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.
Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund's tax return filings generally remain open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends.
The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years and unrealized appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
                         
                    Net Unrealized  
                    Appreciation  
                    Based on Cost of  
                    Securities and  
Undistributed   Undistributed     Accumulated     Other Investments  
Net Investment   Long-Term     Loss     for Federal Income  
Income   Gain     Carryforward1,2,3,4     Tax Purposes  
 
$     469,280
  $ -     $ 3,879,474     $ 1,552,459  
     
1.   As of August 31, 2009, the Fund had $3,408,192 of net capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains, if any, and thereby reduce future taxable gain distributions. As of August 31, 2009, details of the capital loss carryforward was as follows:
         
Expiring        
 
2017
  $ 3,408,192  
     
2.   As of August 31, 2009, the Fund had $471,282 of post-October losses available to offset future realized capital gains, if any. Such losses, if unutilized, will expire in 2018.
 
3.   During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.
 
4.   During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforward.
     Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.
Accordingly, the following amounts have been reclassified for August 31, 2009. Net assets of the Fund were unaffected by the reclassifications.
         
Reduction to   Reduction to  
Accumulated   Accumulated Net  
Net Investment   Realized Loss  
Income   on Investments  
 
$         8,563
  $ 8,563  
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended August 31, 2009 and August 31, 2008 was as follows:
                 
    Year Ended     Year Ended  
    August 31, 2009     August 31, 2008  
 
Distributions paid from:
               
Ordinary income
  $ 329,939     $ 1,527,489  
Long-term capital gain
    1,721,575       1,056,961  
     
Total
  $ 2,051,514     $ 2,584,450  
     
The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes as of August 31, 2009 are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.
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Federal tax cost of securities
  $ 39,046,249  
 
     
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 1,552,459  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    -  
 
     
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 1,552,459  
 
     
Trustees' Compensation. The Board of Trustees has adopted a compensation deferral plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustee under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustee in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of "Other" within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees' fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund's assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance to the compensation deferral plan.
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as deemed necessary by the Manager.
Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.
Custodian Fees. "Custodian fees and expenses" in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The "Reduction to custodian expenses" line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.
Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
Indemnifications. The Fund's organizational documents provide current and former trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
                                 
    Year Ended August 31, 2009     Year Ended August 31, 2008  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
 
Class A
                               
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    35,053     $ 976,582       40,449     $ 1,273,358  
Redeemed
    (146,714 )     (4,118,470 )     (131,871 )     (4,110,171 )
     
Net decrease
    (111,661 )   $ (3,141,888 )     (91,422 )   $ (2,836,813 )
     
 
                               
Class B
                               
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    18,511     $ 515,984       19,222     $ 605,084  
Redeemed
    (54,857 )     (1,533,811 )     (47,036 )     (1,459,924 )
     
Net decrease
    (36,346 )   $ (1,017,827 )     (27,814 )   $ (854,840 )
     
 
                               
Class C
                               
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    15,218     $ 424,730       17,046     $ 537,285  
Redeemed
    (65,915 )     (1,843,955 )     (65,826 )     (2,051,194 )
     
Net decrease
    (50,697 )   $ (1,419,225 )     (48,780 )   $ (1,513,909 )
     
 
                               
Class N
                               
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    1,484     $ 41,277       1,427     $ 44,887  
Redeemed
    (1,448 )     (40,113 )     (1,018 )     (33,936 )
     
Net increase
    36     $ 1,164       409     $ 10,951  
     
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3. Purchases and Sales of Securities
The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, for the year ended August 31, 2009, were as follows:
                 
    Purchases     Sales  
 
Investment securities
  $ 4,583,430     $ 13,494,865  
U.S. government and government agency obligations
    15,291,878       10,280,233  
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, 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 average annual net assets of the Fund. That fee will apply during the Warranty Period and the Post-Warranty Period. The management fee shall be reduced to 0.40% per annum of average annual net assets of the Fund in any month during the Warranty Period following a month where the Fund's investment in equity securities (including shares of the Underlying Fund) is, on average, less than 10% of net assets. If during the Warranty Period 100% of the Fund's assets are completely and irreversibly invested in the debt portfolio, the management fee will be at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average annual net assets of the Fund, and the Manager will further reduce its management fee to the extent necessary so that expenses after waivers and reductions to the Fund (other than extraordinary expenses such as litigation costs) do not exceed 1.30% for Class A shares, 2.05% for Class B shares, 2.05% for Class C shares and 1.55% for Class N shares. However, if this reduction in the management fee is not sufficient to reduce expenses after waivers and reductions to these limits, the Manager is not required to subsidize Fund expenses to assure that expenses do not exceed those limits. Furthermore, if expenses exceed these expense limits, the Warranty Amount will be reduced by any expenses that exceed those limits.
Transfer Agent Fees. OppenheimerFunds Services ("OFS"), a division of the Manager, acts as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays OFS a per account fee. For the year ended August 31, 2009, the Fund paid $39,550 to OFS for services to the Fund.
Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the "Distributor") acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund's classes of shares.
Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the "Plan") for Class A shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the 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
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates Continued
financial institutions periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the "Plans") for Class B, Class C and Class N shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to compensate the Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of those shares and servicing accounts. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class B and Class C shares daily net assets and 0.25% on Class N shares daily net assets. The Distributor also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan. If either the Class B, Class C or Class N plan is terminated by the Fund or by the shareholders of a class, the Board of Trustees and its independent trustees must determine whether the Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the service fee and/or asset-based sales charge in respect to shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations. The Distributor determines its uncompensated expenses under the Plans at calendar quarter ends. The Distributor's aggregate uncompensated expenses under the Plans at June 30, 2009 were as follows:
         
Class B
  $ 183,256  
Class C
    23,125  
Class N
    9,668  
Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. The sales charges retained by the Distributor from the sale of shares and the CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the following table for the period indicated.
                                         
            Class A     Class B     Class C     Class N  
    Class A     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent  
    Front-End     Deferred     Deferred     Deferred     Deferred  
    Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges  
    Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by  
Year Ended   Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor  
 
August 31, 2009
  $ -     $ -     $ 28,188     $ -     $ -  
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. Prior to January 12, 2009, the Manager reimbursed the Fund for expenses equal to the Underlying Fund expenses paid by the Fund as a shareholder of the Underlying Fund. That expense reimbursement fluctuated as the Fund's allocation between the Underlying Fund and the debt portfolio changed. During the year ended August 31, 2009, the Manager reimbursed the Fund $6,788.
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     OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees for all classes to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class. This undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
     The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund's investment in IMMF. During the year ended August 31, 2009, the Manager waived $966 for IMMF management fees.
5. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments
The Fund's investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, but prior to January 12, 2009 they also allowed the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund employed strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. Central to those strategies were features inherent to derivatives that made them more attractive for this purpose than equity and debt securities: they required little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This allowed the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors.
Market Risk Factors. In pursuit of its investment objectives, the Fund sought to use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to the following market risk factors:
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.
Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield bonds are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality bonds.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.
Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
5. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments Continued
Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Fund's use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Fund used derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there were also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.
     Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allowed the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and could substantially increase the volatility of the Fund's performance.
     Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives. Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.
Counterparty Credit Risk. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund's derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be credit-worthy at the time of the transaction. To reduce this risk the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund's International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") master agreements, which allow the Fund to net unrealized appreciation and depreciation for positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.
Credit Related Contingent Features. The Fund had several credit related contingent features that if triggered allowed its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund's net assets and or a percentage decrease in the Fund's Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund's ISDA master agreements which govern positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.
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Futures Contracts
A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. Futures contracts are traded on a commodity exchange. Prior to January 12, 2009, the Fund invested in futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index to maintain liquidity to meet shareholder redemptions and minimize trading costs. The Fund sought to maintain a position in futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index sufficient to allow the Fund to increase or decrease the percentage of the Fund's assets invested in the equity portfolio as permitted by the Warranty Agreement with minimal impact on the trading activities of Oppenheimer Main Street Fund.
     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 has expired.
     Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts is noted in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Statement of Investments. 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 in the Statement of Operations at the closing and expiration of futures contracts. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in 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 August 31, 2009, the Fund had no outstanding futures contracts.
6. Subsequent Events Evaluation
The Fund has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through October 20, 2009, the date the financial statements were issued. This evaluation determined that there are no subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments.
7. Pending Litigation
During 2009, a number of lawsuits have been filed in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor (but not against the Fund). The lawsuits naming the Defendant Funds also name certain officers, trustees and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The lawsuits against the Defendant Funds raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that,
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
7. Pending Litigation Continued
among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
     A lawsuit has been brought in state court against the Manager, the Distributor and another subsidiary of the Manager (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan Trust, and other lawsuits have been brought in state court against the Manager and that subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. All of these lawsuits allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.
     Other lawsuits have been filed in 2008 and 2009 in state and federal courts, by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those lawsuits relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm ("Madoff") and allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.
     The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and intends to defend them vigorously. The Defendant Funds' Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits vigorously on behalf of those Funds, their boards and the Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer Funds.
 

 


 

 


Appendix A

OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

Shares of the Fund were sold during the Offering Period and cannot be purchased during the Warranty Period.
 

In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A shares2 of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales charge that may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.3 That is because of the economies of sales efforts realized by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., (referred to in this document as the "Distributor"), or by dealers or other financial institutions that offer those shares to certain classes of investors. Not all waivers apply to all funds.

For the purposes of some of the waivers described below and in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Oppenheimer funds, the term "Retirement Plan" refers to the following types of plans:

1)     plans created or qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code,

2)     non-qualified deferred compensation plans,

3)     employee benefit plans4
4)     Group Retirement Plans5
5)     403(b)(7) custodial plan accounts
6)     Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), including traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans

The interpretation of these provisions as to the applicability of a special arrangement or waiver in a particular case is in the sole discretion of the Distributor or the transfer agent (referred to in this document as the "Transfer Agent") of the particular Oppenheimer fund. These waivers and special arrangements may be amended or terminated at any time by a particular fund, the Distributor, and/or OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (referred to in this document as the "Manager").

Waivers that apply at the time shares are redeemed must be requested by the shareholder and/or dealer in the redemption request.

I.     

Applicability of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Cases


Purchases of Class A Shares of Oppenheimer Funds That Are Not Subject to Initial Sales Charge but May Be Subject to the Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (unless a waiver applies).
 

     There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases may be subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within 18 months (24 months in the case of shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals purchased prior to October 22, 2007) of the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, as described in the Prospectus (unless a waiver described elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the redemption). Additionally, on shares purchased under these waivers that are subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge, the Distributor will pay the applicable concession described in the Prospectus under "Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge."6 This waiver provision applies to:

q     

Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.


q     

Purchases of Class A shares, prior to March 1, 2007, by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a contingent deferred sales charge prior to March 1, 2001. That included plans (other than IRA or 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans) that: 1) bought shares costing $500,000 or more, 2) had at the time of purchase 100 or more eligible employees or total plan assets of $500,000 or more, or 3) certified to the Distributor that it projects to have annual plan purchases of $200,000 or more.


q     

Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the purchases are made:


1)     through a broker, dealer, bank or registered investment adviser that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases, or

2)     by a direct rollover of a distribution from a qualified Retirement Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.

q     

Purchases of Class A shares by Retirement Plans that have any of the following record-keeping arrangements:


1)     The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual funds, other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Management, L.P. ("MLIM"), that are made available under a Service Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual fund’s principal underwriter or distributor, and (b) funds advised or managed by MLIM (the funds described in (a) and (b) are referred to as "Applicable Investments").

2)     The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a daily valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are provided under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement Plan and Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $5 million or more of its assets (excluding assets invested in money market funds) invested in Applicable Investments.

3)     The record keeping for a Retirement Plan is handled under a service agreement with Merrill Lynch and on the date the plan sponsor signs that agreement, the Plan has 500 or more eligible employees (as determined by the Merrill Lynch plan conversion manager).

II.     

Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds


A.     

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


Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the Distributor on such purchases):

q     

The Manager or its affiliates.


q     

Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their "immediate families") of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their employees. The term "immediate family" refers to one’s spouse, children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, parents-in-law, brothers and sisters, sons- and daughters-in-law, a sibling’s spouse, a spouse’s siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; relatives by virtue of a remarriage (step-children, step-parents, etc.) are included.


q     

Registered management investment companies, or separate accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the Distributor for that purpose.


q     

Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor, if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement plans for their employees.


q     

Employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers or brokers described above or financial institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with such dealers or brokers (and which are identified as such to the Distributor) or with the Distributor. The purchaser must certify to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the purchase is for the purchaser’s own account (or for the benefit of such employee’s spouse or minor children).


q     

Dealers, brokers, banks or registered investment advisers that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor providing specifically for the use of shares of the Fund in particular investment products made available to their clients. Those clients may be charged a transaction fee by their dealer, broker, bank or advisor for the purchase or sale of Fund shares.


q     

Investment advisers and financial planners who have entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor and who charge an advisory, consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.


q     

"Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts, if the purchases are made through a broker or agent or other financial intermediary that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.


q     

Clients of investment advisers or financial planners (that have entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who buy shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without sales charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master account of their investment adviser or financial planner on the books and records of the broker, agent or financial intermediary with which the Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each of these investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or financial intermediary for purchasing shares.


q     

Directors, trustees, officers or full-time employees of OpCap Advisors or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension, profit sharing or other benefit plan which beneficially owns shares for those persons.


q     

Accounts for which Oppenheimer Capital (or its successor) is the investment adviser (the Distributor must be advised of this arrangement) and persons who are directors or trustees of the company or trust which is the beneficial owner of such accounts.


q     

A unit investment trust that has entered into an appropriate agreement with the Distributor.


q     

Dealers, brokers, banks, or registered investment advisers that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares to defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer, broker or investment adviser provides administration services.


q     

Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund those plans (including, for example, plans qualified or created under sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case if those purchases are made through a broker, agent or other financial intermediary that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.


q     

A TRAC-2000 401(k) plan (sponsored by the former Quest for Value Advisors) whose Class B or Class C shares of a Former Quest for Value Fund were exchanged for Class A shares of that Fund due to the termination of the Class B and Class C TRAC-2000 program on November 24, 1995.


q     

A qualified Retirement Plan that had agreed with the former Quest for Value Advisors to purchase shares of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds at net asset value, with such shares to be held through DCXchange, a sub-transfer agency mutual fund clearinghouse, if that arrangement was consummated and share purchases commenced by December 31, 1996.


q     

Effective March 1, 2007, purchases of Class A shares by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a contingent deferred sales charge prior to March 1, 2001. That included plans (other than IRA or 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans) that: 1) bought shares costing $500,000 or more, 2) had at the time of purchase 100 or more eligible employees or total plan assets of $500,000 or more, or 3) certified to the Distributor that it projects to have annual plan purchases of $200,000 or more.


q     

Effective October 1, 2005, taxable accounts established with the proceeds of Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Plans.


q     

Purchases by former shareholders of Atlas Strategic Income Fund of the Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund that is available for exchange to shareholders of Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund.


B.     

Waivers of the Class A Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Transactions.


1.     

Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are not subject to sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the Distributor on such purchases):


q     

Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.


q     

Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other distributions reinvested from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds or unit investment trusts for which reinvestment arrangements have been made with the Distributor.


q     

Shares purchased by certain Retirement Plans that are part of a retirement plan or platform offered by banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors or insurance companies, or serviced by recordkeepers.


q     

Shares purchased by the reinvestment of loan repayments by a participant in a Retirement Plan for which the Manager or an affiliate acts as sponsor.


q     

Shares purchased in amounts of less than $5.


2.     

Class A shares issued and purchased in the following transactions are not subject to sales charges (a dealer concession at the annual rate of 0.25% is paid by the Distributor on purchases made within the first 6 months of plan establishment):


q     

Retirement Plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets.


q     

Retirement Plans with a single plan sponsor that have $5 million or more in aggregate assets invested in Oppenheimer funds.


C.     

Waivers of the Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge for Certain Redemptions.


The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that would otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed in the following cases:

q     

To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually to no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.


q     

Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or involuntary redemptions of small accounts (please refer to "Shareholder Account Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).


q     

For distributions from Retirement Plans, deferred compensation plans or other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:


1)     Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must occur after the participant’s account was established.

2)     To return excess contributions.

3)     To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.

4)     

Hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.7


5)     Under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

6)     To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.

7)     To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.

8)     For loans to participants or beneficiaries.

9)     Separation from service.8

10)     Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary of the Manager) if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.

11)     Plan termination or "in-service distributions," if the redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.

q     

For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.


q     

For distributions from retirement plans that have $10 million or more in plan assets and that have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.


q     

For distributions from retirement plans which are part of a retirement plan product or platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance companies or record keepers which have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.


q     

At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the contingent deferred sales charge may be waived for redemptions of shares requested by the shareholder of record within 60 days following the termination by the Distributor of the selling agreement between the Distributor and the shareholder of record's broker-dealer of record for the account.


III.     

Waivers of Class B, Class C and Class N Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds


The Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges will not be applied to shares purchased in certain types of transactions or redeemed in certain circumstances described below.

 

A.     Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.

The Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges will be waived for redemptions of shares in the following cases:

q     

Shares redeemed involuntarily, as described in "Shareholder Account Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.


q     

Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the death or disability of the last surviving shareholder. The death or disability must have occurred after the account was established, and for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of disability by the Social Security Administration.


q     

The contingent deferred sales charges are generally not waived following the death or disability of a grantor or trustee for a trust account. The contingent deferred sales charges will only be waived in the limited case of the death of the trustee of a grantor trust or revocable living trust for which the trustee is also the sole beneficiary. The death or disability must have occurred after the account was established, and for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code).


q     

Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.


q     

At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the contingent deferred sales charge may be waived for redemptions of shares requested by the shareholder of record within 60 days following the termination by the Distributor of the selling agreement between the Distributor and the shareholder of record's broker-dealer of record for the account.


q     

Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an independent record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.


q     

Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust from accounts of clients of financial institutions that have entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor for this purpose.


q     

Redemptions of Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund in amounts of $1 million or more requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor and submitted more than 12 months after the Retirement Plan’s first purchase of Class C shares, if the redemption proceeds are invested to purchase Class N shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.


q     

Distributions9 from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:


1)     Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must occur after the participant’s account was established in an Oppenheimer fund.

2)     To return excess contributions made to a participant’s account.

3)     To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.

4)     To make hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.10
5)     To make distributions required under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
6)     To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
7)     To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
8)     For loans to participants or beneficiaries.11
9)     On account of the participant’s separation from service.12
10)     Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary of the Manager) offered as an investment option in a Retirement Plan if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
11)     Distributions made on account of a plan termination or "in-service" distributions, if the redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
12)     For distributions from a participant’s account under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age 59½, as long as the aggregate value of the distributions does not exceed 10% of the account’s value, adjusted annually.
13)     Redemptions of Class B shares under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan for an account other than a Retirement Plan, if the aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the account’s value, adjusted annually.
14)     For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.

q     

Redemptions of Class B shares or Class C shares under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan from an account other than a Retirement Plan if the aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the account’s value annually.


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

The contingent deferred sales charge is also waived on Class B and Class C shares sold or issued in the following cases:

q     

Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.


q     

Shares sold to registered management investment companies or separate accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the Distributor for that purpose.


q     

Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.


q     

Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in Section I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and retirement plans established by them for their employees.


IV.     

Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former Quest for Value Funds


The initial and contingent deferred sales charge rates and waivers for Class A, Class B and Class C shares described in the Prospectus or Statement of Additional Information of the Oppenheimer funds are modified as described below for certain persons who were shareholders of the former Quest for Value Funds. To be eligible, those persons must have been shareholders on November 24, 1995, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment adviser to those former Quest for Value Funds. Those funds include:

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund, Inc.          Oppenheimer Small- & Mid- Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund               Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund     

     These arrangements also apply to shareholders of the following funds when they merged (were reorganized) into various Oppenheimer funds on November 24, 1995:

Quest for Value U.S. Government Income Fund     Quest for Value New York Tax-Exempt Fund

Quest for Value Investment Quality Income Fund     Quest for Value National Tax-Exempt Fund

Quest for Value Global Income Fund     Quest for Value California Tax-Exempt Fund

     All of the funds listed above are referred to in this Appendix as the "Former Quest for Value Funds." The waivers of initial and contingent deferred sales charges described in this Appendix apply to shares of an Oppenheimer fund that are either:

q     

acquired by such shareholder pursuant to an exchange of shares of an Oppenheimer fund that was one of the Former Quest for Value Funds, or


q     

purchased by such shareholder by exchange of shares of another Oppenheimer fund that were acquired pursuant to the merger of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds into that other Oppenheimer fund on November 24, 1995.


A.     Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

n     

Reduced Class A Initial Sales Charge Rates for Certain Former Quest for Value Funds Shareholders.


Purchases by Groups and Associations. The following table sets forth the initial sales charge rates for Class A shares purchased by members of "Associations" formed for any purpose other than the purchase of securities. The rates in the table apply if that Association purchased shares of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds or received a proposal to purchase such shares from OCC Distributors prior to November 24, 1995.

Number of Eligible Employees or Members

Initial Sales Charge as a % of Offering Price

Initial Sales Charge as a % of Net Amount Invested

Concession as % of Offering Price

9 or Fewer

2.50%

2.56%

2.00%

At least 10 but not more than 49

2.00%

2.04%

1.60%

     For purchases by Associations having 50 or more eligible employees or members, there is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares, but those shares are subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge described in the applicable fund’s Prospectus.
 

     Purchases made under this arrangement qualify for the lower of either the sales charge rate in the table based on the number of members of an Association, or the sales charge rate that applies under the Right of Accumulation described in the applicable fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. Individuals who qualify under this arrangement for reduced sales charge rates as members of Associations also may purchase shares for their individual or custodial accounts at these reduced sales charge rates, upon request to the Distributor.

n     

Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders. Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A initial or contingent deferred sales charges:


·     

Shareholders who were shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on February 28, 1991 and who acquired shares of any of the Former Quest for Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the AMA Family of Funds.


·     

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


·     


n     

Waiver of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge in Certain Transactions. The Class A contingent deferred sales charge will not apply to redemptions of Class A shares purchased by the following investors who were shareholders of any Former Quest for Value Fund:


     Investors who purchased Class A shares from a dealer that is or was not permitted to receive a sales load or redemption fee imposed on a shareholder with whom that dealer has a fiduciary relationship, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations adopted under that law.
 

B.     Class A, Class B and Class C Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers.

n     

Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest for Value Fund or into which such fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection with:


·     

withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan holding only either Class B or Class C shares if the annual withdrawal does not exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value, adjusted annually, and


·     

liquidation of a shareholder’s account if the aggregate net asset value of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum value of such accounts.


n     

Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased on or After March 6, 1995 but Prior to November 24, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest For Value Fund or into which such Former Quest for Value Fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased on or after March 6, 1995, but prior to November 24, 1995:


·     

redemptions following the death or disability of the shareholder(s) (as evidenced by a determination of total disability by the U.S. Social Security Administration);


·     

withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan (but only for Class B or Class C shares) where the annual withdrawals do not exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value; adjusted annually, and


·     

liquidation of a shareholder’s account if the aggregate net asset value of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum account value.


A shareholder’s account will be credited with the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge paid on the redemption of any Class A, Class B or Class C shares of the Oppenheimer fund described in this section if the proceeds are invested in the same Class of shares in that fund or another Oppenheimer fund within 90 days after redemption.

V.     

Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts, Inc.


The initial and contingent deferred sale charge rates and waivers for Class A and Class B shares described in the respective Prospectus (or this Appendix) of the following Oppenheimer funds (each is referred to as a "Fund" in this section):

Oppenheimer U. S. Government Trust,
Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund,
Oppenheimer Value Fund and

are modified as described below for those Fund shareholders who were shareholders of the following funds (referred to as the "Former Connecticut Mutual Funds") on March 1, 1996, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:

Connecticut Mutual Liquid Account     Connecticut Mutual Total Return Account

Connecticut Mutual Government Securities Account     CMIA LifeSpan Capital Appreciation Account

Connecticut Mutual Income Account     CMIA LifeSpan Balanced Account
Connecticut Mutual Growth Account     CMIA Diversified Income Account

A.     Prior Class A CDSC and Class A Sales Charge Waivers.

n     

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. Certain shareholders of a Fund and the other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds are entitled to continue to make additional purchases of Class A shares at net asset value without a Class A initial sales charge, but subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge that was in effect prior to March 18, 1996 (the "prior Class A CDSC"). Under the prior Class A CDSC, if any of those shares are redeemed within one year of purchase, they will be assessed a 1% contingent deferred sales charge on an amount equal to the current market value or the original purchase price of the shares sold, whichever is smaller (in such redemptions, any shares not subject to the prior Class A CDSC will be redeemed first).


Those shareholders who are eligible for the prior Class A CDSC are:

1)     persons whose purchases of Class A shares of a Fund and other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds were $500,000 prior to March 18, 1996, as a result of direct purchases or purchases pursuant to the Fund’s policies on Combined Purchases or Rights of Accumulation, who still hold those shares in that Fund or other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and

2)     persons whose intended purchases under a Statement of Intention entered into prior to March 18, 1996, with the former general distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds to purchase shares valued at $500,000 or more over a 13-month period entitled those persons to purchase shares at net asset value without being subject to the Class A initial sales charge

Any of the Class A shares of a Fund and the other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds that were purchased at net asset value prior to March 18, 1996, remain subject to the prior Class A CDSC, or if any additional shares are purchased by those shareholders at net asset value pursuant to this arrangement they will be subject to the prior Class A CDSC.

n     

Class A Sales Charge Waivers. Additional Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased without a sales charge, by a person who was in one (or more) of the categories below and acquired Class A shares prior to March 18, 1996, and still holds Class A shares:


1)     any purchaser, provided the total initial amount invested in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more, including investments made pursuant to the Combined Purchases, Statement of Intention and Rights of Accumulation features available at the time of the initial purchase and such investment is still held in one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds or a Fund into which such Fund merged;

2)     any participant in a qualified plan, provided that the total initial amount invested by the plan in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more;

3)     Directors of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds and members of their immediate families;

4)     employee benefit plans sponsored by Connecticut Mutual Financial Services, L.L.C. ("CMFS"), the prior distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and its affiliated companies;

5)     one or more members of a group of at least 1,000 persons (and persons who are retirees from such group) engaged in a common business, profession, civic or charitable endeavor or other activity, and the spouses and minor dependent children of such persons, pursuant to a marketing program between CMFS and such group; and

6)     an institution acting as a fiduciary on behalf of an individual or individuals, if such institution was directly compensated by the individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, provided the institution had an agreement with CMFS.

Purchases of Class A shares made pursuant to (1) and (2) above may be subject to the Class A CDSC of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds described above.

Additionally, Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased without a sales charge by any holder of a variable annuity contract issued in New York State by Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company through the Panorama Separate Account which is beyond the applicable surrender charge period and which was used to fund a qualified plan, if that holder exchanges the variable annuity contract proceeds to buy Class A shares of the Fund.

B.     Class A and Class B Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers.

In addition to the waivers set forth in the Prospectus and in this Appendix, above, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A and Class B shares of a Fund and exchanges of Class A or Class B shares of a Fund into Class A or Class B shares of a Former Connecticut Mutual Fund provided that the Class A or Class B shares of the Fund to be redeemed or exchanged were (i) acquired prior to March 18, 1996 or (ii) were acquired by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Connecticut Mutual Fund. Additionally, the shares of such Former Connecticut Mutual Fund must have been purchased prior to March 18, 1996:

1)     by the estate of a deceased shareholder;

2)     upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code;

3)     for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or beneficiaries from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b)(7)of the Code, or from IRAs, deferred compensation plans created under Section 457 of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;

4)     

as tax-free returns of excess contributions to such retirement or employee benefit plans;


5)     in whole or in part, in connection with shares sold to any state, county, or city, or any instrumentality, department, authority, or agency thereof, that is prohibited by applicable investment laws from paying a sales charge or concession in connection with the purchase of shares of any registered investment management company;

6)     in connection with the redemption of shares of the Fund due to a combination with another investment company by virtue of a merger, acquisition or similar reorganization transaction;

7)     in connection with the Fund’s right to involuntarily redeem or liquidate the Fund;

8)     in connection with automatic redemptions of Class A shares and Class B shares in certain retirement plan accounts pursuant to an Automatic Withdrawal Plan but limited to no more than 12% of the original value annually; or

9)     as involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law, or under procedures set forth in the Fund’s Articles of Incorporation, or as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund.

VI.     

Special Reduced Sales Charge for Former Shareholders of Advance America Funds, Inc.


Shareholders of Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals, Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust, Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund and Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund who acquired (and still hold) shares of those funds as a result of the reorganization of series of Advance America Funds, Inc. into those Oppenheimer funds on October 18, 1991, and who held shares of Advance America Funds, Inc. on March 30, 1990, may purchase Class A shares of those four Oppenheimer funds at a maximum sales charge rate of 4.50%.

VII.     

Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund


Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (referred to as the "Fund" in this section) may sell Class M shares at net asset value without any initial sales charge to the classes of 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:

q     

the Manager and its affiliates,


q     

present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their "immediate families" as defined in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement plans established by them or the prior investment adviser of the Fund for their employees,


q     

registered management investment companies or separate accounts of insurance companies that had an agreement with the Fund’s prior investment adviser or distributor for that purpose,


q     

dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor, if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement plans for their employees,


q     

employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers or brokers described in the preceding section or financial institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with those dealers or brokers (and whose identity is made known to the Distributor) or with the Distributor, but only if the purchaser certifies to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the purchaser meets these qualifications,


q     

dealers, brokers, or registered investment advisers that had entered into an agreement with the Distributor or the prior distributor of the Fund specifically providing for the use of Class M shares of the Fund in specific investment products made available to their clients, and


q     

dealers, brokers or registered investment advisers that had entered into an agreement with the Distributor or prior distributor of the Fund’s shares to sell shares to defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer, broker, or investment adviser provides administrative services.


Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III

Internet Website:
     www.oppenheimerfunds.com

Investment Adviser
     
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
     Two World Financial Center
     225 Liberty Street, 11
th Floor
     New York, New York 10281-1008
 

Distributor
     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
     Two World Financial Center
     225 Liberty Street, 11
th Floor
     New York, New York 10281-1008
 

Transfer Agent
     OppenheimerFunds Services
     P.O. Box 5270
     Denver, Colorado 80217
     1.800.CALL.OPP (225.5677)
 

Custodian Bank

     JPMorgan Chase Bank
     4 Chase MetroTech Center

     Brooklyn, New York 11245

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

KPMG llp

707 Seventeenth Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Counsel

K&L Gates LLP
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100
Chicago, Illinois 60602

1234

PX0771.001.1209

1 In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act, the term "Independent Trustees" in this Statement of Additional Information refers to those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Fund and who do not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the distribution plan or any agreement under the plan.

2 Certain waivers also apply to Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund.

3 In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a continuously-offered closed-end fund, references to contingent deferred sales charges mean the Fund’s Early Withdrawal Charges and references to "redemptions" mean "repurchases" of shares.

4 An "employee benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement, whether or not it is "qualified" under the Internal Revenue Code, under which Class N shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds are purchased by a fiduciary or other administrator for the account of participants who are employees of a single employer or of affiliated employers. These may include, for example, medical savings accounts, payroll deduction plans or similar plans. The fund accounts must be registered in the name of the fiduciary or administrator purchasing the shares for the benefit of participants in the plan.

5 The term "Group Retirement Plan" means any qualified or non-qualified retirement plan for employees of a corporation or sole proprietorship, members and employees of a partnership or association or other organized group of persons (the members of which may include other groups), if the group has made special arrangements with the Distributor and all members of the group participating in (or who are eligible to participate in) the plan purchase shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other financial institution designated by the group. Such plans include 457 plans, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE plans and 403(b) plans other than plans for public school employees. The term "Group Retirement Plan" also includes qualified retirement plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans and IRAs that purchase shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other financial institution that has made special arrangements with the Distributor.

6 However, that concession will not be paid on purchases of shares in amounts of $1 million or more (including any right of accumulation) by a Retirement Plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class C shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds held by the Plan for more than one year.

7 This provision does not apply to IRAs.

8 This provision only applies to qualified retirement plans and 403(b)(7) custodial plans after your separation from service in or after the year you reached age 55.

9 The distribution must be requested prior to Plan termination or the elimination of the Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.

10 This provision does not apply to IRAs.

11 This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans and loans from the OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single K retirement plan.

12 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.

 

 

OPPENHEIMER PRINCIPAL PROTECTED TRUST III
 

FORM N-1A

PART C
 
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 23. - Exhibits

(a)     Declaration of Trust dated 3/18/04: Previously filed with Registrant's Initial Registration Statement, 4/15/04, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(b)     By-Laws dated as of 3/18/04: Previously filed with Registrant's Initial Registration Statement, 4/15/04, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(c)     Specimen Class A Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, 10/4/04, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
(d)     Investment Advisory Agreement dated 6/28/04: Previously filed with Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, 10/4/04, and incorporated herein by reference.
 

(e)      (i)      General Distributor's Agreement dated 6/28/04: Previously filed with Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, 10/4/04, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     Form of Dealer Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No.33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(iii)     Form of Broker Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No.33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(iv)     Form of Agency Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No.33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

      (v)     Form of Trust Company Fund/SERV Purchase Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer High Yield Fund (Reg. No. 2-62076), (10/26/01), and incorporated herein by reference.
 
     (vi)     Form of Trust Company Agency Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No.33-17850), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)     Form of Oppenheimer Funds Compensation Deferral Plan, As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer International Bond Fund (Reg. No. 33-58383), (12/20/07), and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)     Global Custody Agreement dated August 16, 2002: Previously filed with Post-Effective

Amendment No. 51 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund (Reg. No. 2-69719), (10/23/06), and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)     (i) Financial Warranty Agreement among Merrill Lynch Bank USA, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and the Registrant dated September 24, 2004: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, 10/25/05, and incorporated herein by reference.

     (ii) Assignment and Consent Agreement among Merrill Lynch Bank USA, Main Place Funding, LLC, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and the Registrant dated June 30, 2009: Filed herewith.
 

(iii) Financial Warranty No. 2009-4 issued by Main Place Funding, LLC to Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III on behalf of its series Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III dated June 30, 2009: filed herewith.

(iv) Amended and Restated Service Agreement among OppenheimerFunds, Inc., the Registrant, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and Main Place Funding, LLC dated June 30, 2009: Filed herewith.

(i)     Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 9/23/04: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 4, 12/28/07, and incorporated herein by reference.

(j)     (i)     Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, with respect to Registrant’s audited financial statements: Filed herewith.

(ii)     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, with respect to the audited financial statements of Main Place Funding, LLC: Filed herewith.

(k)     (i)     Audited financial statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 12/31/08: Filed herewith.
 
     (ii)     Unaudited Financial Statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 3/31/09: Filed herewith.
 
     (iii)     Unaudited Financial Statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 6/30/09: Filed herewith.
 
     (iv)     Unaudited Financial Statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 9/30/09: Filed herewith.

(l)     

Investment Letter dated September 24, 2004 from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to Registrant: Previously filed with Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, 10/4/04, and incorporated herein by reference.


(m)     (i)     Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement for Class A shares for Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, 12/5/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class B shares for Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, 12/5/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

(iii)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class C shares for Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, 12/5/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

(iv)     Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class N shares for Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III dated 10/28/05: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, 12/5/06, and incorporated herein by reference.

       (n)     Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 updated through 9/17/09: Previously filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund (Reg. No. 333-78269), (10/2/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(o)     Powers of Attorney dated August 26, 2009 for all Trustees/Directors and Officers: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund (Reg. No. 333-128848), (11/20/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(p)     Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated August 30, 2007 under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Previously filed with the Initial Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Investor Fund (Reg. No. 333-146105), (09/14/07), and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 24. - Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund

None.
 

Item 25. - Indemnification

Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seventh of Registrant’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit 23(a) to this Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 26. - Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser

 

(a)     OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser of the Registrant; it and certain subsidiaries and affiliates act in the same capacity to other investment companies, including without limitation those described in Parts A and B hereof and listed in Item 31(b) below.
 
(b)     There is set forth below information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each officer and director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is, or at any time during the past two fiscal years has been, engaged for his/her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.

Name and Current Position with OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Other Business and Connections During the Past Two Years

Timothy L. Abbuhl,

Vice President

Treasurer of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Patrick Adams
Vice President

None

Robert Agan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholders Services, Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Carl Algermissen,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation.

Victor Alino,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Manager at Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals (April 2006 – December 2008).

Michael Amato,
Vice President

None

Nicole Andersen,
Assistant Vice President

None

Raymond Anello,
Vice President

Formerly Portfolio Manager of Dividend Strategy/Sector Analyst for Energy/Utilities at RS Investments (June 2007- April 2009).

Janette Aprilante,
Vice President & Secretary

Secretary (since December 2001) of: Centennial Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since June 2003), Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since January 2005), OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. (since June 2003) and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since June 2003). Assistant Secretary of OFI Trust Company (since December 2001).

Hany S. Ayad,
Vice President

None

Paul Aynsley,
Vice President

Formerly Vice President at Kepler Equities (December 2006 – February 2008)

James F. Bailey,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2006).

Robert Baker,
Vice President

None

John Michael Banta,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Barnes,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adam Bass,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kevin Baum,
Senior Vice President

None

Jeff Baumgartner,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Marc Baylin,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Todd Becerra,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kathleen Beichert,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Emanuele Bergagnine, Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Robert Bertucci, Assistant Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Rajeev Bhaman,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Craig Billings,
Vice President

None

Mark Binning, Assistant Vice President

None

Julie Blanchard,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Fund Accounting Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (April 2006 – February 2008).

Beth Bleimehl,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa I. Bloomberg,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

Veronika Boesch,
Vice President

None

Chad Boll,
Vice President

None

Antulio N. Bomfim,
Vice President

None

Michelle Borre Massick,
Vice President

None

Lori E. Bostrom,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

John Boydell,
Vice President

None

Richard Britton,
Vice President

None

Garrett C. Broadrup,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Michael Bromberg,
Assistant Vice President

None

Holly Broussard,
Vice President

None

Roger Buckley,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager in Finance (May 2006 – February 2008) at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Joy Budzinski,
Vice President

None

Carla Buffulin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stephanie Bullington,
Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Burke,

Vice President

None

Mark Burns,
Vice President

None

JoAnne Butler,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christine Calandrella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Camarella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Dale Campbell,
Assistant Vice President

None

William Carey,
Executive Vice President

Formerly Managing Director of distribution and relationship management in the Institutional Retirement, Philanthropy and Investments Group of Bank of America.

Debra Casey,
Vice President

None

Lisa Chaffee,
Vice President

None

Ronald Chibnik,
Vice President

None

Patrick Sheng Chu,
Assistant Vice President

None

Brett Clark,
Vice President

None

Jennifer Clark,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2006 – February 2008). Assistant Vice President at Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., and OFI Private Investments Inc.

H.C. Digby Clements,
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Thomas Closs,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Cole,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (May 2006 – January 2008).

Eric Compton,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gerald James Concepcion,
Assistant Vice President

None

Cheryl Corrigan,
Assistant Vice President

None

Scott Cottier,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

William Couch,
Assistant Vice President

None

Geoffrey Craddock
Senior Vice President

Formerly Senior Vice President and Head of Market Risk Management for CIBC.

Terry Crady,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly IT Development Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Jerry Cubbin,
Vice President

Formerly a Consultant at National Australia Bank, (May 2009 – October 2009), a Consultant at Magnitude Capital, (November 2008 – May 2009) and a Managing Director at Brown Brothers Harriman (March 2001 – July 2008).

George Curry,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Kevin Dachille,
Vice President

None

Rushan Dagli,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

John Damian,
Senior Vice President

None

Jason Davis,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Robert Dawson,
Assistant Vice President

None

John Delano,
Vice President

None

Kendra Delisa,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alessio de Longis,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Sr. Research Analyst (February 2008 – April 2009) and Intermediate Research Analyst (February 2006 – February 2008).

Damaris De Los Santos,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Senior Account Executive (July 2003 – February 2008).

Richard Demarco, Assistant Vice President

None

Craig P. Dinsell,
Executive Vice President

None

Randall C. Dishmon,
Vice President

None

Rebecca K. Dolan,
Vice President

None

Steven D. Dombrower,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Andrew Donahue,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2007 – June 2009).

Alicia Dopico,
Vice President

None

Andrew Doyle,
Senior Vice President

Formerly First Vice President, head of Global Wealth Management Rewards and Information Services at Bank of America (March 2006 – March 2009).

Thomas Doyle,
Assistant Vice President

None

Bruce C. Dunbar,
Senior Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Intermediate Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (August 2004 – May 2009).

Brian Dvorak,
Vice President

None

Richard Edmiston,
Vice President

None

Taylor Edwards,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Peter Ellman,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Christopher Emanuel,
Vice President

None

Daniel R. Engstrom,
Vice President

None

James Robert Erven,
Assistant Vice President

None

George R. Evans,
Senior Vice President & Director of International Equities

None

Kathy Faber,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Falicia,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary (as of July 2004) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Rachel Fanopoulos,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Farkas,
Vice President and Associate Counsel

None

Kristie Feinberg,
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., Centennial Asset Management Corp., OFI Institutional Asset Management Inc. and OFI Institutional Asset Management; Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

William Ferguson,
Assistant Vice President

None

Emmanuel Ferreira,
Vice President

None

Steven Fling,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Foxhoven,
Senior Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Arnella Forde,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Managing Editor / Communications Consultant at Franklin Templeton Investments (September 2007 – March 2009), and Managing Editor at SourceMedia (July 2002 – September 2007).

Colleen M. Franca,
Vice President

None

Debbie Francis,
Assistant Vice President

Previously employed at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (August 2007 – August 2009).

Dominic Freud,
Vice President

None

Hazem Gamal,
Vice President

None

Charles Gapay,
Assistant Vice President

None

Anthony W. Gennaro, Jr.,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager for media, internet and telecom and a co-portfolio manager for mid-cap portfolios with the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – April 2009.)

Timothy Gerlach,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alan C. Gilston,
Vice President

None

Jacqueline Girvin-Harkins,
Assistant Vice President

None

William F. Glavin, Jr.,
Chief Executive Officer

Formerly Executive Vice President and co-Chief Operating Officer of MassMutual Financial Group.

Jill E. Glazerman,
Senior Vice President

None

Kevin Glenn,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Tax Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (December 2006 – February 2008).

Manind Govil,
Senior Vice President

Formerly portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009).

Raquel Granahan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Robert B. Grill,
Senior Vice President

None

Marilyn Hall,
Vice President

None

Cheryl Hampton,
Vice President

Formerly Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund and Hedge Fund Operations at Calamos Advisors LLC (March 2007 - September 2009).

Kelly Haney,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jason Harubin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Steve Hauenstein,
Assistant Vice President

None

Thomas B. Hayes,
Vice President

None

Bradley Hebert,
Assistant Vice President

Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (October 2004 – February 2008).

Heidi Heikenfeld,
Assistant Vice President

None

Annika Helgerson,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kenneth Herold,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel Herrmann,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Benjamin Hetrick,
Assistant Vice President

Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (May 2006 – December 2007).

Dennis Hess,
Vice President

None

Joseph Higgins,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Dorothy F. Hirshman,
Vice President

None

Daniel Hoelscher,
Assistant Vice President

None

Eivind Holte,
Vice President

None

Craig Holloway,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lucienne Howell,
Vice President

None

Brian Hourihan,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since April 2006) and Trinity Investment Management Corporation.

Edward Hrybenko, Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Jason Hubersberger, Vice President

None

Kevin Andrew Huddleston, Assistant Vice President

None

Scott T. Huebl,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Douglas Huffman,
Assistant Vice President

None

Margaret Hui, Vice President

None

Dana Hunter, Assistant Vice President

None

John Huttlin, Vice President

Senior Vice President (Director of the International Division) (since January 2004) of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Director (since June 2003) of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited.

James G. Hyland,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kelly Bridget Ireland,
Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives,
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

Frank V. Jennings,
Senior Vice President

None

Lisa Kadehjian, Assistant Vice President

None

Charles Kandilis, Assistant Vice President

None

Rezo Kanovich, Vice President

None

Amee Kantesaria, Vice President and Assistant Counsel

None

Thomas W. Keffer,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Sean Keller,
Vice President

None

James Kennedy,
Senior Vice President

None

Michael Keogh,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

John Kiernan,
Vice President & Marketing Compliance Manager

None

Audrey Kiszla,
Vice President

None

Daniel Kohn,
Vice President

None

Samuel Koren,
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Formerly Managing Director of the Litigation and Regulatory Group at Bear, Stearns; Attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Martin S. Korn,
Senior Vice President

None

Michael Kotlartz,
Vice President

None

Brian Kramer,
Vice President

None

Magnus Krantz,
Vice President

Formerly an Analyst at RS Investments (December 2005 - May 2009).

Alexander Kurinets,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gloria LaFond,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa Lamentino,
Vice President

None

Tracey Lange,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Eric Larson,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Equity Trader at RS Investments (from October 2006 – May 2009).

Gayle Leavitt,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christopher M. Leavy,

Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, Equities

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., and Trinity Investment Management Corporation

Young-Sup Lee,
Vice President

Formerly a Vice President at Morgan Stanley (July 2006- July 2008).

Randy Legg,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Michael Leskinen,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Sector Analyst (December 2007 – Feb 2009) and Portfolio Manager (August 2006 – December 2007) at ING Investment Management.

Michael S. Levine,
Vice President

None

Brian Levitt,
Vice President

None

Justin Leverenz,
Vice President

None

Bill Levey,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly an attorney at Seward & Kissel LLP (September 2005 – April 2009).

Gang Li,
Vice President

None

Shanquan Li,
Vice President

None

Julie A. Libby,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Daniel Lifshey,
Assistant Vice President

None

Mitchell J. Lindauer,
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel

None

Bill Linden,
Vice President

None

Malissa B. Lischin,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Justin Livengood,
Vice President

None

Christina Loftus,
Vice President

None

David P. Lolli,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel G. Loughran,
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Patricia Lovett,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Senior Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc.

Misha Lozovik,
Vice President

None

Dongyan Ma,
Assistant Vice President

None

Aaron Magid,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Maley,
Vice President

None

Daniel Martin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jerry Mandzij,
Vice President

None

Dana Mangnuson,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Marketing Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

William T. Mazzafro,
Vice President

None

Melissa Mazer,
Vice President

None

Trudi McCanna,
Vice President

None

Neil McCarthy,
Vice President

None

Elizabeth McCormack,
Vice President

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Joseph McDonnell,
Vice President

None

Joseph McGovern,
Vice President

None

William McNamara,
Vice President

None

Mary McNamee,
Vice President

None

Michael Medev,
Assistant Vice President

None

Krishna Memani,
Senior Vice President

Formerly Managing Director and Head of the U.S. and European Credit Analyst Team at Deutsche Bank Securities (June 2006 through January 2009).

Jay Mewhirter,
Vice President

None

Andrew J. Mika, Senior Vice President

None

Jan Miller, Assistant Vice President

None

Scott Miller, Vice President

Formerly Assistant Vice President at AXA Distributors, LLC (July 2005 – February 2008).

Rejeev Mohammed, Assistant Vice President

None

David Moore, Vice President

Formerly Vice President at RNK Capital (June 2004 - September 2008).

Sarah Morrison,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jill Mulcahy,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

John V. Murphy,
Chairman & Director

Chief Executive Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (from June 2001 until December 2008); President and Management Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; President and Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Chairman and Director of Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.; Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, Tremont Group Holdings, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments Inc.; Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Director of DLB Acquisition Corporation; a member of the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors.

Suzanne Murphy,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Thomas J. Murray,
Vice President

None

Christina Nasta,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Paul Newman,
Assistant Vice President

None

William Norman,
Assistant Vice President

None

James B. O’Connell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew O’Donnell,
Vice President

None

Lisa Ogren,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Tony Oh,
Vice President

None

John J. Okray,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Kristina Olson,
Senior Vice President

None

Lerae A. Palumbo,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kim Pascalau,
Assistant Vice President

None

David P. Pellegrino,
Senior Vice President

None

Robert H. Pemble,
Vice President

None

Lori L. Penna,
Vice President

None

Brian Petersen,
Vice President

Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Marmeline Petion-Midy,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Pfeffer,
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation since February 2004.

James F. Phillips,
Senior Vice President

None

Gary Pilc,
Vice President

None

Jeaneen Pisarra,
Vice President

None

Christine Polak,
Vice President

None

Sergei Polevikov,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jeffrey Portnoy,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Preuss,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christopher Proctor,
Vice President

None

Ellen Puckett,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jodi Pullman,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Product Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (January 2007 – February 2008).

Paul Quarles,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael E. Quinn,
Vice President

None

Julie S. Radtke,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Ram,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – May 2009) and Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Strategies.

Norma J. Rapini,
Assistant Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Jill Reiter,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jason Reuter,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2006 – February 2008).

Eric Rhodes,
Vice President

None

Maria Ribeiro De Castro,
Vice President

None

Grace Roberts,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Robertson,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; President and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation.

Robert Robis,
Vice President

None

Antoinette Rodriguez,
Vice President

None

Lucille Rodriguez,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stacey Roode,
Senior Vice President

None

Jeffrey S. Rosen,
Vice President

None

Richard Royce,
Vice President

None

Erica Rualo,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adrienne Ruffle,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Kim Russomanno,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gerald Rutledge,
Vice President

None

Julie Anne Ryan,
Vice President

None

Sean Ryan,
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Counsel

Formerly an associate at Sidley Austin, LLP.

Timothy Ryan,
Vice President

None

Matthew Torpey,
Assistant Vice President

None

Rohit Sah,
Vice President

None

Gary Salerno,
Assistant Vice President

None

Valerie Sanders,
Vice President

None

Carlos Santiago
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Legal Disclosure and Paralegal Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Kurt Savallo,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Senior Business Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Mary Beth Schellhorn,
Assistant Vice President

None

Ellen P. Schoenfeld,
Vice President

None

Kathleen Schmitz,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation. Formerly Fund Accounting Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (November 2004 – February 2008).

Patrick Schneider,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jeffrey Schwartz,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager in Fund Operations at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (Sept 2006 – May 2009).

Scott A. Schwegel,
Assistant Vice President

None

Allan P. Sedmak,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Severski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Lead IS Engineer at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2006 – May 2009).

Jennifer L. Sexton,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Asutosh Shah,
Vice President

None

Kamal Shah,
Vice President

None

Navin Sharma,
Vice President

None

Tammy Sheffer,
Vice President

None

William Sheppard,
Vice President

Formerly an Investment Analyst (October 2004 – March 2008).

Mary Dugan Sheridan,
Vice President

None

Nicholas Sherwood,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (February 2006 – February 2008).

Joel Simon,
Vice President

Formerly Assistant Vice President at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (1999-2009).

David C. Sitgreaves,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Skatrud,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kevin Smith,
Vice President

None

Jan Smith,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds Inc. (May 2005 – June 2009).

Paul Snogren,
Assistant Vice President

None

Louis Sortino,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Astrid Yee-Sobraques,
Vice President

Formerly a manager at GE Corporate (September 2005 – September 2008).

Keith J. Spencer,
Senior Vice President

None

Marco Antonio Spinar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alice Stein,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

Director and Vice President at Morgan Stanley Investment Management from (2004 – 2008).

Brett Stein,
Vice President

None

Richard A. Stein,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Jennifer Stevens,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Stewart,
Assistant Vice President

None

Peter Strzalkowski,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management, Inc.

Agata Strzelichowski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly an associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. (December 2005 – July 2008).

Amy Sullivan,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (January 2006-March 2008).

Michael Sussman,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Brian C. Szilagyi,
Assistant Vice President

None

Vincent Toner,
Vice President

None

Melinda Trujillo,
Vice President

None

Leonid Tsvayg,
Assistant Vice President

None

Keith Tucker,
Vice President

None

Angela Uttaro,
Assistant Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Mark S. Vandehey,
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. and OFI Trust Company and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Maureen Van Norstrand,
Vice President

None

Nancy Vann,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Raman Vardharaj,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager and a senior quantitative analyst at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 - May 2009).

Rene Vecka,
Assistant Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Elaine Villas-Obusan,
Assistant Vice President

None

Ryan Virag,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jake Vogelaar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Phillip F. Vottiero,
Senior Vice President

None

Mark Wachter,
Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (March 2005 – February 2008).

Lisa Walsh,
Assistant Vice President

None

Darren Walsh,
Executive Vice President

President and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

Richard Walsh,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments.

Thomas Waters,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Margaret Weaver,
Vice President

None

Jerry A. Webman,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Christopher D. Weiler,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Christine Wells,
Vice President

None

Joseph J. Welsh,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Adam Wilde,
Assistant Vice President

None

Troy Willis,

Assistant Vice President,
Rochester Division

None

Mitchell Williams,
Vice President

None

Martha Willis,
Executive Vice President

Formerly Executive Vice President of Investment Product Management at Fidelity Investments.

Julie Wimer,
Assistant Vice President

None

Donna M. Winn, Senior Vice President

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Director & President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Brian W. Wixted,

Senior Vice President

Treasurer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; OppenheimerFunds International Ltd., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., OppenheimerFunds plc and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Carol E. Wolf,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc; serves on the Board of the Colorado Ballet.

Meredith Wolff,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Oliver Wolff,
Assistant Vice President

None

Caleb C. Wong,
Vice President

None

Edward C. Yoensky,
Assistant Vice President

None

Geoff Youell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lucy Zachman,
Vice President

None

Robert G. Zack, Executive Vice President &

General Counsel

General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; General Counsel and Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc.; Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Trust Company; Director and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds International Limited; Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited ; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings Inc.; Director of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Ltd.

Anna Zatulovskaya,
Assistant Vice President

None

Sara Zervos,
Vice President

None

Ronald Zibelli, Jr.
Vice President

Formerly Managing Director and Small Cap Growth Team Leader at Merrill Lynch.

Matthew Ziehl,
Vice President

Formerly a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (from October 2006 - May 2009)

The Oppenheimer Funds include the following:

Centennial Government Trust

Centennial Money Market Trust

Limited Term New York Municipal Fund (a series of Rochester Portfolio Series)

OFI Tremont Core Strategies Hedge Fund

Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals

Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund

Oppenheimer Baring SMA International Fund

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Integrity Funds)

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund

Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Global Fund

Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund

Oppenheimer Global Value Fund

Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund

Oppenheimer International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund

Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund

Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund

Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund)

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.)

Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Master International Value Fund, LLC

Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust (3 series):

Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series (4 series)

Active Allocation Fund

Equity Investor Fund

Conservative Investor Fund

Moderate Investor Fund

Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Principal

Protected Trust)

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II (a series of Oppenheimer Principal

Protected Trust II)

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III (a series of Oppenheimer Principal

Protected Trust III)

Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds (3 series)

Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund

Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund

Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund

Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund

Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Double Tax-Free Municipals

Oppenheimer Rochester General Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Select Value Fund

Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund

Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc. (1 series):

Oppenheimer Value Fund

Oppenheimer SMA Core Bond Fund

Oppenheimer SMA International Bond Fund

Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (11 series):

Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA

Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA

Oppenheimer MidCap Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA

Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (3 series):

Growth Portfolio

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA

Total Return Portfolio

Rochester Fund Municipals

The address of the Oppenheimer funds listed above, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program is 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.

The address of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and OFI Trust Company is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

The address of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. is 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The address of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Ltd., is One Silk Road, London, England EC27 8HQ

The address of Trinity Investment Management Corporation is 301 North Spring Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823.

The address of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited is 13th Floor, Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong.
 

Item 27. Principal Underwriter

(a)     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. is the Distributor of the Registrant's shares. It is also the Distributor of each of the other registered open-end investment companies for which OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser, as described in Part A and Part B of this Registration Statement and listed in Item 31(b) above (except Panorama Series Fund, Inc.) and for MassMutual Institutional Funds.
 
(b)     The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter are:

Name & Principal
Business Address

Position & Office
with Underwriter

Position and Office
with Registrant

Timothy Abbhul(1)

Vice President and Treasurer

None

Robert Agan(1)

Vice President

None

Anthony Allocco(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Janette Aprilante(2)

Secretary

None

James Barker
1723 W. Nelson Street
Chicago, IL 60657

Vice President

None

Kathleen Beichert(1)

Senior Vice President

None

Rocco Benedetto(2)

Vice President

None

Christopher Bergeron

Vice President

None

Rick Bettridge

11504 Flowering Plum Lane

Highland, UT 84003

Vice President

None

David A. Borrelli
105 Black Calla Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94583

Vice President

None

Jeffrey R. Botwinick

4431 Twin Pines Drive
Manlius, NY 13104

Vice President

None

Sarah Bourgraf(1)

Vice President

None

Bryan Bracchi

1124 Hampton Dr.
Allen, TX.

75013

Vice President

None

Joshua Broad(2)

Vice President

None

Ken Broadsky(2)

Vice President

None

Kevin E. Brosmith
5 Deer Path

South Natlick, MA 01760

Senior Vice President

None

Jeffrey W. Bryan
1048 Malaga Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Vice President

None

Ross Burkstaller

211 Tulane Drive SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Vice President

None

Robert Caruso
15 Deforest Road
Wilton, CT 06897

Vice President

None

Michael Camarella(3)

Assistant Vice President

None

William Carey(2)

President and Director

None

Donelle Chisolm(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Andrew Chronofsky

Vice President

None

Angelanto Ciaglia(2)

Vice President

None

Melissa Clayton(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Craig Colby(2)

Vice President

None

Kent Colwell(1)

Vice President

None

Rodney Constable(1)

Vice President

None

Neev Crane
1530 Beacon Street,

Apt. #1403
Brookline, MA 02446

Vice President

None

Michael Daley
40W387 Oliver Wendell Holmes St
St. Charles, IL 60175

Vice President

None

Fredrick Davis

14431 SE 61st Street

Bellevue, WA 98006

Vice President

None

John Davis(2)

Vice President

None

Stephen J. Demetrovits(2)

Vice President

None

Mark Demitry(3)

Vice President

None

Steven Dombrower
13 Greenbrush Court
Greenlawn, NY 11740

Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy(2)

Vice President

None

Beth Arthur Du Toit(1)

Vice President

None

Paul Eck

3055 Forest Ridge Court
Fairlawn, OH. 44333

Vice President

None

Kent M. Elwell
35 Crown Terrace
Yardley, PA 19067

Vice President

None

Gregg A. Everett
4328 Auston Way
Palm Harbor, FL 34685-4017

Vice President

None

George R. Fahey

9511 Silent Hills Lane
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Eric C. Fallon
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02458

Vice President

None

Kristie Feinberg(2)

Assistant Treasurer

None

James Fereday

Vice President

None

Joseph Fernandez
1717 Richbourg Park Drive
Brentwood, TN 37027

Vice President

None

Mark J. Ferro
104 Beach 221
st Street
Breezy Point, NY 11697

Senior Vice President

None

Eric P. Fishel
725 Boston Post Rd., #12
Sudbury, MA 01776

Vice President

None

Patrick W. Flynn
14083 East Fair Avenue
Englewood, CO 80111

Senior Vice President

None

John (“J”) Fortuna(2)

Vice President

None

Jayme D. Fowler
3818 Cedar Springs Road, #101-349
Dallas, TX 75219

Vice President

None

Diane Frankenfield(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Marcus Franz(3)

Vice President

None

Jerry Fraustro(2)

Vice President

None

William Friebel

2919 St. Albans Forest Circle
Glencoe, MO 63038

Vice President

None

Alyson Frost(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Greg Fulginite
515 N. Bemiston Ave.
St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Vice President

None

William Gahagan(2)

Vice President

None

Charlotte Gardner(1)

Vice President

None

David Goldberg(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Gottesman
255 Westchester Way
Birmingham, MI 48009

Vice President

None

Raquel Granahan(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Robert Grill(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Grossjung
4002 N. 194
th Street
Elkhorn, NE 68022

Vice President

None

Michael D. Guman
3913 Pleasant Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103

Vice President

None

James E. Gunter

603 Withers Circle
Wilmington, DE 19810

Vice President

None

Kevin J. Healy(2)

Vice President

None

Kenneth Henry(2)

Vice President

None

Wendy G. Hetson(2)

Vice President

None

Jennifer Hoelscher(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Edward Hrybenko(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Amy Huber(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Brian F. Husch
37 Hollow Road
Stonybrook, NY 11790

Vice President

None

Patrick Hyland(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Keith Hylind(2)

Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives(1)

Vice President & Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Shonda Rae Jaquez(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Johnson(1)

Vice President

None

Eric K. Johnson

8588 Colonial Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Elyse Jurman
5486 NW 42 Ave
Boca Raton, FL 33496

Vice President

None

Thomas Keffer(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Michael Keogh(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Kiley(2)

Vice President

None

Richard Klein
4820 Fremont Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55419

Senior Vice President

None

Brent A. Krantz

61500 Tam McArthur Loop
Bend, OR 97702

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Kristenson(2)

Vice President

None

David T. Kuzia

10258 S. Dowling Way

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Vice President

None

Tracey Lange(2)

Vice President

None

John Laudadio

Vice President

None

Jesse Levitt(2)

Vice President

None

Julie Libby(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric J. Liberman

27 Tappan Ave., Unit West
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

Vice President

None

Malissa Lischin(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Christina Loftus(2)

Vice President

None

Thomas Loncar

1401 North Taft Street,

Apt. 726
Arlington, VA 22201

Vice President

None

Peter Maddox(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Malik
546 Idylberry Road
San Rafael, CA 94903

Vice President

None

Steven C. Manns

1627 N. Hermitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

Vice President

None

Todd A. Marion

24 Midland Avenue
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Vice President

None

LuAnn Mascia(2)

Vice President

None

Michael McDonald

11749 S Cormorant Circle

Parker, CO 80134

Vice President

None

John C. McDonough
533 Valley Road

New Canaan, CT 06840

Senior Vice President

None

Kent C. McGowan
9510 190
th Place SW

Edmonds, WA 98020

Vice President

None

Brian F. Medina

3009 Irving Street

Denver, CO 80211

Vice President

None

William Meerman
4939 Stonehaven Drive
Columbus, OH 43220

Vice President

None

Mark Mezzanotte
16 Cullen Way
Exeter, NH 03833

Vice President

None

Clint Modler(1)

Vice President

None

Robert Moser

9650 East Aspen Hill Circle

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Vice President

None

David W. Mountford

7820 Banyan Terrace
Tamarac, FL 33321

Vice President

None

James Mugno(2)

Vice President

None

Matthew Mulcahy(2)

Vice President

None

Wendy Jean Murray
32 Carolin Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Vice President

None

Janet Oleary(2)

Vice President

None

John S. Napier

17 Hillcrest Ave.
Darien, CT 06820

Vice President

None

Christina Nasta(2)

Vice President

None

Kevin P. Neznek(2)

Vice President

None

Christopher Nicholson(2)

Vice President

None

Chad Noel

Vice President

None

Timothy O’Connell(2)

Vice President

None

Alan Panzer
6755 Ridge Mill Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328

Vice President

None

Maria Paster(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Donald Pawluk(2)

Vice President

None

Brian C. Perkes
6 Lawton Ct.

Frisco, TX 75034

Vice President

None

Wayne Perry

3900 Fairfax Drive Apt 813

Arlington, VA 22203

Vice President

None

Charles K. Pettit(2)

Vice President

None

Aaron Pisani(1)

Vice President

None

Rachel Powers(1)

Vice President

None

Nicole Pretzel(2)

Vice President

None

Minnie Ra

100 Dolores Street, #203

Carmel, CA 93923

Vice President

None

Dustin Raring
27 Blakemore Drive
Ladera Ranch, CA 92797

Vice President

None

Michael A. Raso

3 Vine Place

Larchmont, NY 10538

Vice President

None

Richard E. Rath
46 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301

Vice President

None

Ramsey Rayan(2)

Vice President

None

William J. Raynor(4)

Vice President

None

Corry Read(2)

Vice President

None

David R. Robertson(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Ian M. Roche
7070 Bramshill Circle
Bainbridge, OH 44023

Vice President

None

Michael Rock

9016 Stourbridge Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078

Vice President

None

Stacy Roode(2)

Vice President

None

Thomas Sabow
6617 Southcrest Drive
Edina, MN 55435

Vice President

None

John Saunders
2251 Chantilly Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Vice President

None

Thomas Schmitt

40 Rockcrest Rd

Manhasset, NY 11030

Vice President

None

William Schories
3 Hill Street
Hazlet, NJ 07730

Vice President

None

Jennifer Sexton(2)

Vice President

None

Eric Sharp
862 McNeill Circle

Woodland, CA 95695

Vice President

None

Debbie A. Simon
55 E. Erie St., #4404

Chicago, IL 60611

Vice President

None

Bryant Smith

Vice President

None

Christopher M. Spencer
2353 W 118
th Terrace
Leawood, KS 66211

Vice President

None

John A. Spensley

375 Mallard Court
Carmel, IN 46032

Vice President

None

Michael Staples

4255 Jefferson St Apt 328

Kansas City, MO 64111

Vice President

None

Alfred St. John(2)

Vice President

None

Bryan Stein
8 Longwood Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043

Vice President

None

Wayne Strauss(3)

Assistant Vice President

None

Brian C. Summe
2479 Legends Way

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Vice President

None

Kenneth Sussi(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Sussman(2)

Vice President

None

George T. Sweeney
5 Smokehouse Lane

Hummelstown, PA 17036

Senior Vice President

None

James Taylor(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Temple(2)

Vice President

None

Troy Testa

Vice President

None

David G. Thomas
16628 Elk Run Court

Leesburg, VA 20176

Vice President

None

Mark S. Vandehey(1)

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vincent Vermette(2)

Vice President

None

Teresa Ward(1)

Vice President

None

Janeanne Weickum(1)

Vice President

None

Michael J. Weigner
4905 W. San Nicholas Street

Tampa, FL 33629

Vice President

None

Donn Weise
3249 Earlmar Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Vice President

None

Chris G. Werner

98 Crown Point Place

Castle Rock, CO 80108

Vice President

None

Ryan Wilde(1)

Vice President

None

Julie Wimer(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Donna Winn(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Peter Winters
911 N. Organce Ave, Apt. 514
Orlando, FL 32801

Vice President

None

Patrick Wisneski(1)

Vice President

None

Meredith Wolff(2)

Vice President

None

Michelle Wood(2)

Vice President

None

Cary Patrick Wozniak
18808 Bravata Court
San Diego, CA 92128

Vice President

None

John Charles Young
3914 Southwestern
Houston, TX 77005

Vice President

None

Jill Zachman(2)

Vice President

None

Robert G. Zack(2)

General Counsel & Director

Vice President & Secretary

Steven Zito(1)

Vice President

None

(1)6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924

(2)Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1008

(3)350 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14623

(4)Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02210

(c)     Not applicable.

Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records

The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. at its offices at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.

Item 29. Management Services

Not applicable

Item 30. Undertakings

During the Warranty Period, the Registrant hereby undertakes to mail notices to current shareholders promptly after the happening of significant events related to the Financial Warranty issued by Main Place Funding, LLC (or any successors or substituted entities thereto) to the Fund under the Financial Warranty Agreement. These significant events include (i) the termination of the Financial Warranty Agreement; (ii) a default under the Financial Warranty Agreement that has a material adverse effect on a shareholder’s right to receive his or her Warranted Amount on the Maturity Date; or (iii) the insolvency of Main Place Funding, LLC (or any successors or substituted entities thereto).
 
The Registrant hereby undertakes to update its registration statement on an annual basis under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) to include updated audited financial statements for Main Place Funding, LLC
(or any successors or substituted entities thereto), as applicable. Main Place Funding, LLC has represented to Registrant that its audited financial statements to be included in Registrant’s Registration Statement, as it may be amended from time to time, have been and will be prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and U.S. GAAP, as if Main Place Funding, LLC was required to file Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Further, the Registrant undertakes under such circumstances to include as an exhibit to its registration statement as it relates to the Fund, the consent of the independent auditors of Main Place Funding, LLC (or such successors or substituted entities), as applicable, regarding such financial statements.
 
In the event that a Warranty Provider to the Fund is an entity other than Main Place Funding, LLC
(“Substitute Warranty Provider”), and such Substitute Warranty Provider files Forms 10-K under the Exchange Act then Registrant hereby undertakes to incorporate by reference in its Statement of Additional Information on an annual basis under the 1940 Act updated audited financial statements for the Substitute Warranty Provider included in such Forms 10-K under the Exchange Act. In the event that at any time during the Warranty Period during which the Registrant is required to file amendments to its Registration Statement under the 1940 Act the Substitute Warranty Provider ceases to file a Form 10-K pursuant to the Exchange Act or if any other Substitute Warranty Provider is not required to file a Form 10-K pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Registrant undertakes to update its Registration Statement on an annual basis under the 1940 Act to include updated audited financial statements for the then-current Substitute Warranty Provider (or any successors or substituted entities thereto) and will obtain a representation from said Substitute Warranty Provider (or any successors or substituted entities thereto) that its audited financial statements provided to Registrant for inclusion in Registrant’s Registration Statement, as it may be amended from time to time, have been and will be prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and U.S. GAAP covering the periods that would be required if the Substitute Warranty Provider was required to file Form 10-K under the Exchange Act. Any Substitute Warranty Provider’s audited financial statements will also be incorporated by reference in Registrant’s Statement of Additional Information. Further, the Registrant undertakes under any circumstances described in this paragraph to include as an exhibit to its Registration Statement as it relates to the Fund, the consent of the independent auditors of the Substitute Warranty Provider (or such successors or substituted entities), as applicable, regarding such financial statements.
 
During the Warranty Period, the Registrant hereby undertakes to include in the Registrant’s annual and semiannual reports (with respect to the Fund) to shareholders, an offer to supply the most recent annual and/or quarterly report of Main Place Funding, LLC, or any Substitute Warranty Provider to the Financial Warranty or Financial Warranty Agreement, free of charge, upon a shareholder’s request.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 28th day of December, 2009.

 

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III

 

                                                                By:     John V. Murphy*

                                                                           John V. Murphy, President
                                                                           Principal Executive Officer and Trustee

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated:
 

Signatures                                                Title                                                               Date

William L. Armstrong*                             Chairman of the                                              December 28, 2009
William L. Armstrong                               Board of Trustees
 
 

John V. Murphy*                                       President, Principal                                        December 28, 2009
John V. Murphy                                         Executive Officer and Trustee

 

Brian W. Wixted*                                     Treasurer, Principal                                        December 28, 2009
Brian W. Wixted                                       Financial & Accounting Officer

 

George C. Bowen*                                    Trustee                                                            December 28, 2009
George C. Bowen
 
 

Edward L. Cameron*                                 Trustee                                                            December 28, 2009
Edward L. Cameron
 
 

Jon S. Fossel*                                             Trustee                                                           December 28, 2009
Jon S. Fossel
 

 

Sam Freedman*                                           Trustee                                                           December 28, 2009
Sam Freedman

 

Richard F. Grabish*                                    Trustee                                                            December 28, 2009
Richard F. Grabish

 

Beverly L. Hamilton*                                  Trustee                                                            December 28, 2009
Beverly L. Hamilton
 
 

Robert J. Malone*                                        Trustee                                                           December 28, 2009

Robert J. Malone
 
 

F. William Marshall, Jr.*                             Trustee                                                            December 28, 2009
F. William Marshall, Jr.

*By:     /s/ Mitchell J. Lindauer     
            Mitchell J. Lindauer, Attorney-in-Fact


OPPENHEIMER PRINCIPAL PROTECTED TRUST III

Post-Effective Amendment No. 7
 
Registration Statement No. 333-114495

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.           Description

 

23(h)(ii)                Assignment and Consent Agreement

 

23(h)(iii)               Financial Warranty

23(h)(iv)               Amended and Restated Service Agreement

23(j)(i)                 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Registrant
 

23(j)(ii)                Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Main Place Funding, LLC

23(k)(i)                 Audited financial statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 12/31/08
 

23(k)(ii)                Unaudited Financial Statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 3/31/09
 

23(k)(iii)               Unaudited Financial Statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 6/30/09
 

23(k)(iv)               Unaudited Financial Statements of Main Place Funding, LLC as of 9/30/09