UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM N-PX

 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY



Investment Company Act file number:                                    811-21918

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:                      Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund

Address of principal executive offices:                                6803 South Tucson Way
                                                                       Centennial, CO 80112

Name and address of agent for service:                                 Two World Financial Center
                                                                       225 Liberty Street
                                                                       New York, NY 10281-1008

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:                    303-768-3200

Date of fiscal year end:                                               5/31

Date of reporting period:                                              07/01/2006-06/30/2007

Item 1.           Proxy Voting Record


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ICA File Number: 811-21918
Reporting Period: 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2007
Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund









============================= ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND =============================


ACE LTD.

Ticker:       ACE            Security ID:  G0070K103
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 30, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: BRIAN DUPERREAULT   For       For        Management
2     ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: ROBERT M. HERNANDEZ For       For        Management
3     ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: PETER MENIKOFF      For       For        Management
4     ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: ROBERT RIPP         For       For        Management
5     ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: DERMOT F. SMURFIT   For       For        Management
6     RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF        For       For        Management
      PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE
      INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
      FIRM OF ACE LIMITED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
      ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2007


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ALLSTATE CORP., THE

Ticker:       ALL            Security ID:  020002101
Meeting Date: MAY 15, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 16, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     Elect Director F. Duane Ackerman          For       For        Management
2     Elect Director James G. Andress           For       For        Management
3     Elect Director Robert D. Beyer            For       For        Management
4     Elect Director W. James Farrell           For       For        Management
5     Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg          For       For        Management
6     Elect Director Ronald T. LeMay            For       For        Management
7     Elect Director Edward M. Liddy            For       For        Management
8     Elect Director J. Christopher Reyes       For       For        Management
9     Elect Director H. John Riley, Jr.         For       For        Management
10    Elect Director Joshua I. Smith            For       For        Management
11    Elect Director Judith A. Sprieser         For       For        Management
12    Elect Director Mary Alice Taylor          For       For        Management
13    Elect Director Thomas J. Wilson           For       For        Management
14    Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
15    Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management


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CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC.

Ticker:       CNP            Security ID:  15189T107
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 26, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Michael E. Shannon         For       Withhold   Management
1.2   Elect Director Donald R. Campbell         For       Withhold   Management
1.3   Elect Director Milton Carroll             For       Withhold   Management
1.4   Elect Director Peter S. Wareing           For       Withhold   Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Declassify the Board of Directors         Against   For        Shareholder
4     Other Business                            None      Against    Management


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CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.

Ticker:       CHK            Security ID:  165167107
Meeting Date: JUN 8, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 16, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Frank Keating              For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Merrill A. Miller, Jr.     For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Frederick B. Whittemore    For       For        Management
2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       Against    Management
3     Amend Non-Employee Director Stock Option  For       For        Management
      Plan


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CHEVRON CORPORATION

Ticker:       CVX            Security ID:  166764100
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     Elect Director Samuel H. Armacost         For       For        Management
2     Elect Director Linnet F. Deily            For       For        Management
3     Elect Director Robert E. Denham           For       For        Management
4     Elect Director Robert J. Eaton            For       For        Management
5     Elect Director Sam Ginn                   For       For        Management
6     Elect Director Franklyn G. Jenifer        For       For        Management
7     Elect Director Sam Nunn                   For       For        Management
8     Elect Director David J. O'Reilly          For       For        Management
9     Elect Director Donald B. Rice             For       For        Management
10    Elect Director Peter J. Robertson         For       For        Management
11    Elect Director Kevin W. Sharer            For       For        Management
12    Elect Director Charles R. Shoemate        For       For        Management
13    Elect Director Ronald D. Sugar            For       For        Management
14    Elect Director Carl Ware                  For       For        Management
15    Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
16    Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management
17    Adopt Human Rights Policy                 Against   Abstain    Shareholder
18    Adopt Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction   Against   Abstain    Shareholder
      Goals
19    Adopt Animal Welfare Policy               Against   Abstain    Shareholder
20    Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   For        Shareholder
21    Approve/Amend Terms of Existing Poison    Against   Against    Shareholder
      Pill
22    Report on Market Specific Environmental   Against   Abstain    Shareholder
      Laws


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CIT GROUP INC

Ticker:       CIT            Security ID:  125581108
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 19, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Jeffrey M. Peek            For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Gary C. Butler             For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director William M. Freeman         For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Susan Lyne                 For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director Marianne Miller Parrs      For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director Timothy M. Ring            For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director John R. Ryan               For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Seymour Sternberg          For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Peter J. Tobin             For       For        Management
1.10  Elect Director Lois M. Van Deusen         For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management


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CONOCOPHILLIPS

Ticker:       COP            Security ID:  20825C104
Meeting Date: MAY 9, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     Elect Director James E. Copeland, Jr.     For       For        Management
2     Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein      For       For        Management
3     Elect Director Ruth R. Harkin             For       For        Management
4     Elect Director William R. Rhodes          For       For        Management
5     Elect Director J. Stapleton Roy           For       For        Management
6     Elect Director William E. Wade, Jr.       For       For        Management
7     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
8     Report on Political Contributions         Against   Abstain    Shareholder
9     Report on Renewable Energy Sources        Against   Abstain    Shareholder
10    Require Director Nominee Qualifications   Against   Against    Shareholder
11    Report on Environmental Damage from       Against   Abstain    Shareholder
      Drilling in the National Petroleum
      Reserve
12    Report on Indigenous Peoples Rights       Against   Abstain    Shareholder
      Policies
13    Report on Community Impact of Operations  Against   Abstain    Shareholder


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COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP.

Ticker:       CFC            Security ID:  222372104
Meeting Date: JUN 13, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 16, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Henry G. Cisneros          For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Robert J. Donato           For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Harley W. Snyder           For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive   Against   Against    Shareholder
      Officers' Compensation


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CSX CORP.

Ticker:       CSX            Security ID:  126408103
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director D.M. Alvarado              For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director E.E. Bailey                For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Sen. J.B. Breaux           For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director S.T. Halverson             For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director E.J. Kelly, III            For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director R.D. Kunisch               For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director S.J. Morcott               For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director D.M. Ratcliffe             For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director W.C. Richardson            For       For        Management
1.10  Elect Director F.S. Royal, M.D.           For       For        Management
1.11  Elect Director D.J. Shepard               For       For        Management
1.12  Elect Director M.J. Ward                  For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Limit Executive Compensation              Against   Against    Shareholder
4     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder
      of Directors
5     Submit Severance Agreement (Change in     Against   For        Shareholder
      Control) to shareholder Vote
6     Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter -- Call     Against   For        Shareholder
      Special Meetings


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CUMMINS , INC.

Ticker:       CMI            Security ID:  231021106
Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 19, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     Elect Director Robert J. Darnall          For       For        Management
2     Elect Director John M. Deutch             For       For        Management
3     Elect Director Alexis M. Herman           For       For        Management
4     Elect Director F. Joseph Loughrey         For       For        Management
5     Elect Director William I. Miller          For       For        Management
6     Elect Director Georgia R. Nelson          For       For        Management
7     Elect Director Theodore M. Solso          For       For        Management
8     Elect Director Carl Ware                  For       For        Management
9     Elect Director J. Lawrence Wilson         For       For        Management
10    Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
11    Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       For        Management
12    Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       For        Management


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DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE

Ticker:       DOW            Security ID:  260543103
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Arnold A. Allemang         For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Jacqueline K. Barton       For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director James A. Bell              For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Jeff M. Fettig             For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director Barbara H. Franklin        For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director John B. Hess               For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director Andrew N. Liveris          For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Geoffery E. Merszei        For       For        Management
1.9   WITHDRAWN                                 None      Withhold   Management
1.10  Elect Director James M. Ringler           For       For        Management
1.11  Elect Director Ruth G. Shaw               For       For        Management
1.12  Elect Director Paul G. Stern              For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management
4     Report on Remediation Policies in Bhopal  Against   Abstain    Shareholder
5     Report on Genetically Modified Organisms  Against   Abstain    Shareholder
6     Report on Environmental Remediation       Against   Abstain    Shareholder
7     Evaluate Potential Links Between Company  Against   Abstain    Shareholder
      Products and Asthma


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DUKE ENERGY CORP.

Ticker:       DUK            Security ID:  26441C105
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 26, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William Barnet, III        For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director G. Alex Bernhardt, Sr.     For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Michael G. Browning        For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Phillip R. Cox             For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director Ann Maynard Gray           For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director James H. Hance, Jr         For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director James T. Rhodes            For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director James E. Rogers            For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Mary L. Schapiro           For       For        Management
1.10  Elect Director Dudley S. Taft             For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management


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EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.

Ticker:       EMN            Security ID:  277432100
Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 15, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1     Elect Director Renee J. Hornbaker         For       For        Management
2     Elect Director Thomas H. McLain           For       For        Management
3     Elect Director Peter M. Wood              For       For        Management
4     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
5     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For        Management
6     Establish SERP Policy                     Against   For        Shareholder


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FPL GROUP, INC.

Ticker:       FPL            Security ID:  302571104
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 26, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat           For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Robert M. Beall, II        For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director J. Hyatt Brown             For       Withhold   Management
1.4   Elect Director James L. Camaren           For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director J. Brian Ferguson          For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director Lewis Hay, III             For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director Toni Jennings              For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Oliver D. Kingsley, Jr.    For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Rudy E. Schupp             For       For        Management
1.10  Elect Director Michael H. Thaman          For       For        Management
1.11  Elect Director Hansel E. Tookes, II       For       For        Management
1.12  Elect Director Paul R. Tregurtha          For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Approve Non-Employee Director Stock       For       For        Management
      Option Plan


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HASBRO, INC.

Ticker:       HAS            Security ID:  418056107
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 6, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Basil L. Anderson          For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Alan R. Batkin             For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Frank J. Biondi, Jr.       For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director John M. Connors, Jr.       For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director Michael W.O. Garrett       For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director E. Gordon Gee              For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director Jack M. Greenberg          For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Alan G. Hassenfeld         For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Claudine B. Malone         For       For        Management
1.10  Elect Director Edward M. Philip           For       For        Management
1.11  Elect Director Paula Stern                For       For        Management
1.12  Elect Director Alfred J. Verrecchia       For       For        Management
2     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                  For       For        Management
3     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
4     Prepare Sustainability Report             Against   Abstain    Shareholder


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HESS CORP

Ticker:       HES            Security ID:  42809H107
Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director N.F. Brady                 For       Withhold   Management
1.2   Elect Director J.B. Collins               For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director T.H. Kean                  For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director F.A. Olsen                 For       Withhold   Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Declassify the Board of Directors         None      For        Shareholder


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MATTEL, INC.

Ticker:       MAT            Security ID:  577081102
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 30, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Michael J. Dolan           For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Robert A. Eckert           For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Frances D. Fergusson       For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Tully M. Friedman          For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director Dominic Ng                 For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director Andrea L. Rich             For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director Ronald L. Sargent          For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Dean A. Scarborough        For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Christopher A. Sinclair    For       For        Management
1.10  Elect Director G. Craig Sullivan          For       For        Management
1.11  Elect Director Kathy Brittain White       For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Company Specific- Approve Majority Vote   For       For        Management
      and Eliminate Cumulative Voting
4     Approve Executive Incentive Bonus Plan    For       For        Management
5     Limit Executive Compensation              Against   Against    Shareholder
6     Separate Chairman and CEO Positions       Against   Against    Shareholder
7     Report Progress on Improving Work and     Against   Abstain    Shareholder
      Living Conditions
8     Pay for Superior Performance              Against   For        Shareholder


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NORDSTROM, INC.

Ticker:       JWN            Security ID:  655664100
Meeting Date: MAY 22, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 14, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Phyllis J. Campbell        For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Enrique Hernandez, Jr.     For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Jeanne P. Jackson          For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Robert G. Miller           For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director Blake W. Nordstrom         For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director Erik B. Nordstrom          For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director Peter E. Nordstrom         For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Philip G. Satre            For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Alison A. Winter           For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management


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NUCOR CORP.

Ticker:       NUE            Security ID:  670346105
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Daniel R. DiMicco          For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director James D. Hlavacek          For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Raymond J. Milchovich      For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Require a Majority Vote for the Election  Against   Against    Shareholder
      of Directors


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STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.

Ticker:       HOT            Security ID:  85590A401
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 21, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Bruce W. Duncan            For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Adam Aron                  For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Charlene Barshefsky        For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Jean-Marc Chapus           For       Withhold   Management
1.5   Elect Director Lizanne Galbreath          For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director Eric Hippeau               For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director Stephen R. Quazzo          For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Thomas O. Ryder            For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Kneeland C. Youngblood     For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Amend and Restatement of Charter          For       For        Management


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TEMPLE-INLAND INC.

Ticker:       TIN            Security ID:  879868107
Meeting Date: MAY 4, 2007    Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 27, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Donald M. Carlton          For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director E. Linn Draper, Jr.        For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Kenneth M. Jastrow, II     For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director James A. Johnson           For       For        Management
2     Company Specific-- Majority Vote for the  For       For        Management
      Election of Director
3     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement     For       For        Management
4     Authorize Board to Fill Vacancies         For       For        Management
5     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management


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TEREX CORP.

Ticker:       TEX            Security ID:  880779103
Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 23, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ronald M. DeFeo            For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director G. Chris Andersen          For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Paula H.J. Cholmondeley    For       For        Management
1.4   Elect Director Don DeFosset               For       For        Management
1.5   Elect Director William H. Fike            For       For        Management
1.6   Elect Director Donald P. Jacobs           For       For        Management
1.7   Elect Director David A. Sachs             For       For        Management
1.8   Elect Director Oren G. Shaffer            For       For        Management
1.9   Elect Director Helge H. Wehmeier          For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management
3     Increase Authorized Common Stock          For       Against    Management
4     Approve Nonqualified Employee Stock       For       For        Management
      Purchase Plan


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VULCAN MATERIALS CO.

Ticker:       VMC            Security ID:  929160109
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 16, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Douglas J. McGregor        For       For        Management
1.2   Elect Director Donald B. Rice             For       For        Management
1.3   Elect Director Vincent J. Trosino         For       For        Management
2     Ratify Auditors                           For       For        Management


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XL CAPITAL LTD

Ticker:       XL             Security ID:  G98255105
Meeting Date: APR 27, 2007   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 8, 2007

#     Proposal                                  Mgt Rec   Vote Cast  Sponsor
1.1   Elect  Director Joseph Mauriello          For       For        Management
1.2   Elect  Director Eugene M. Mcquade         For       For        Management
1.3   Elect  Director Robert S. Parker          For       For        Management
1.4   Elect  Director Alan Z. Senter            For       For        Management
2     TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF              For       For        Management
      PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, NEW YORK, NEW
      YORK TO ACT AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
      PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR
      THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2007.
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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant):               Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund

By (Signature and Title)*:  /s/ John V. Murphy
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                            John V. Murphy, President

Date:  August 17, 2007

*By:   /s/ Randy Legg
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       Randy Legg, Attorney in Fact