485APOS 1 body.htm N1A, PROSPECTUS, SAI, PART C Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
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Oppenheimer                 Champion                 Income                 Fund
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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                      6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

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

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                                    Robert G. Zack, Esq.
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                                   OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
                        Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street,
                              11th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1008
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                          (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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Oppenheimer
Champion Income Fund




Prospectus dated January 27, 2006


                                          Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund is
                                          a mutual fund. It seeks high current
                                          income by investing mainly in
                                          high-yield, lower-rated fixed-income
                                          securities as its primary goal. The
                                          Fund secondarily seeks capital
                                          growth when consistent with its main
                                          goal.
                                             This Prospectus contains
                                          important information about the
                                          Fund's objectives, its investment
                                          policies, strategies and risks. It
                                          also contains important information
                                          about how to buy and sell shares of
                                          the Fund and other account features.
                                          Please read this Prospectus
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has not approved or disapproved the       account.
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ABOUT THE FUND

                    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
                    How the Fund is Managed


                    ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

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

                    Special Investor Services
                    AccountLink
                    PhoneLink
                    OppenheimerFunds Internet Website
                    Retirement Plans

                    How to Sell Shares
                    Checkwriting
                    By Mail
                    By Telephone

                    How to Exchange Shares
                    Shareholder Account Rules and Policies
                    Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes
                    Financial Highlights

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The Fund's Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

WHAT ARE THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES?  The Fund's primary objective is to
seek a high level of current  income by investing in a  diversified  portfolio
of  high-yield,   lower-rated,   fixed-income   securities   that  the  Fund's
investment  Manager,  OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.,  believes do not involve  undue
risk.  The  Fund's  secondary   objective  is  to  seek  capital  growth  when
consistent with its primary objective.

WHAT DOES THE FUND MAINLY INVEST IN? The Fund invests mainly in a variety of
high-yield fixed-income debt securities of domestic and foreign issuers for
high current income. These securities primarily include:
o     Lower-grade bonds and notes of corporate issuers.
o     Foreign corporate and government bonds.
o     "Structured" notes.

      Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 60% of its
total assets in high-yield, lower-grade, fixed-income securities, commonly
called "junk bonds." Lower-grade debt securities are those rated below "Baa"
by Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") or lower than "BBB" by Standard &
Poor's Rating Services ("S&P") or comparable ratings by other
nationally-recognized rating organizations (or, in the case of unrated
securities, determined by the Manager to be comparable to securities rated
below investment grade). See Appendix A to the Statement of Additional
Information for a description of the bond ratings.

      The remainder of the Fund's assets may be held in other debt
securities, cash or cash equivalents, in rights or warrants, or invested in
common stocks and other equity securities when the Manager believes those are
consistent with the Fund's objectives. Investments in high-yield securities
and equity securities may provide opportunities for capital growth while also
providing income to the Fund.

      The Fund's foreign investments currently focus on debt securities of
issuers in developed markets. The Fund also uses certain derivative
investments, primarily "structured notes," to try to enhance income or to try
to manage investment risks. These investments are more fully explained in
"About the Fund's Investments," below.

HOW DO THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS DECIDE WHAT SECURITIES TO BUY OR SELL? In
selecting securities for the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers analyze the
overall investment opportunities and risks in different market sectors,
industries and countries. The overall strategy is to build a broadly
diversified portfolio of debt securities to help moderate the special risks
of investing in high-yield debt instruments. The portfolio managers currently
use a "bottom up" approach, focusing on the performance of individual
securities before considering industry trends. They evaluate an issuer's
liquidity, financial strength and earnings power and also consider the
factors below (which may vary in particular cases and may change over time),
looking for:
o     Changes in the business cycle that might affect corporate profits,
o     Corporate sectors that in the portfolio managers' views are currently
      undervalued in the marketplace,
o     Issuers with earnings growth rates that are faster than the growth rate
      of the overall economy,
o     Securities or sectors that will help the overall diversification of the
      portfolio, and
o     Issuers with improvements in relative cash flows and liquidity to help
      them meet their obligations.

      The portfolio  managers  monitor changes in the factors listed above and
any changes in those factors may trigger a decision to sell a security.

WHO IS THE FUND DESIGNED FOR? The Fund is designed primarily for investors
seeking high current income from a fund that invests mainly in lower-grade
domestic and foreign fixed-income debt securities. Those investors should be
willing to assume the greater risks of short-term share price fluctuations
that are typical for a fund that invests mainly in high-yield domestic and
foreign fixed-income debt securities, which also have special credit risks.
Since the Fund's income level will fluctuate, it is not designed for
investors needing an assured level of current income. The Fund is intended to
be a long-term investment and may be appropriate as a part of a retirement
plan portfolio. The Fund is not a complete investment program.

Main Risks of Investing in the Fund

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

CREDIT RISK. Debt securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the
risk that the issuer of a security might not make interest and principal
payments on the security as they become due. If the issuer fails to pay
interest, the Fund's income might be reduced, and if the issuer fails to
repay principal, the value of that security and of the Fund's shares might be
reduced. High-yield, lower-grade debt securities are especially subject to
risks of default. A downgrade in an issuer's credit rating or other adverse
news about an issuer can reduce a security's market value.
Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. Because the Fund can invest without
      limit in securities below investment grade to seek high income, the
      Fund's credit risks are greater than those of funds that buy only
      investment-grade securities. Lower-grade debt securities may be subject
      to greater market fluctuations and greater risks of loss of income and
      principal than investment-grade debt securities. Securities that are
      (or that have fallen) below investment grade are exposed to a greater
      risk that the issuers of those securities might not meet their debt
      obligations. These risks can reduce the Fund's share prices and the
      income it earns.

      While investment-grade securities are subject to risks of non-payment
      of interest and principal, generally, higher yielding lower-grade
      bonds, whether rated or unrated, have greater risks than
      investment-grade securities. The market for lower-grade securities may
      be less liquid, especially during times of general economic distress,
      and therefore they may be harder to value and to sell at an acceptable
      price.

INTEREST RATE RISKS. The values of debt securities are subject to change when
prevailing interest rates change. When interest rates fall, the values of
already-issued debt securities generally rise. When interest rates rise, the
values of already-issued debt securities generally fall, and they may sell at
a discount from their face amount. The magnitude of these fluctuations will
often be greater for longer-term debt securities than for shorter-term debt
securities, and at times the Fund's average portfolio maturity may be
relatively long-term. The Fund's share prices can go up or down when interest
rates change because of the effect of the changes on the value of the Fund's
investments in debt securities. Also, if interest rates fall, the Fund's
investments in new securities at lower yields will reduce the Fund's income.

RISKS OF FOREIGN INVESTING. The Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in
foreign securities. It can buy securities of governments and companies in
both developed markets and emerging markets. The Fund currently does not
intend to invest more than 25% of its net assets in foreign securities but
may invest significant amounts of its assets in those securities. While
foreign securities offer special investment opportunities, they are subject
to special risks that can reduce the Fund's share prices and returns.

      The change in value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will
affect the U.S. dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign
currency. Currency rate changes can also affect the distributions the Fund
makes from the income it receives from foreign securities. Foreign investing
can result in higher transaction and operating costs for the Fund. Foreign
issuers are not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements
that U.S. companies are subject to. The value of foreign investments may be
affected by exchange control regulations, expropriation or nationalization of
a company's assets, foreign taxes, delays in settlement of transactions,
changes in governmental economic or monetary policy in the U.S. or abroad, or
other political and economic factors.

      Additionally, if a fund invests a significant amount of its assets in
foreign securities, it might expose the fund to "time-zone arbitrage"
attempts by investors seeking to take advantage of the differences in value
of foreign securities that might result from events that occur after the
close of the foreign securities market on which a foreign security is traded
and the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") that day, when the
Fund's net asset value is calculated. If such time-zone arbitrage were
successful, it might dilute the interests of other shareholders. However, the
Fund's use of "fair value pricing" to adjust the closing market prices of
foreign securities under certain circumstances, to reflect what the Manager
and the Board believe to be their fair value, and the imposition of
redemption fees, may help deter those activities.

RISKS OF DERIVATIVE INVESTMENTS. The Fund can use derivatives to seek
increased income or to try to hedge investment and interest rate risks. In
general terms, a derivative investment is an investment contract whose value
depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest
rate or index. Options, futures, interest rate swaps, structured notes, and
mortgage-related securities are examples of derivatives the Fund can use.

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

HOW RISKY IS THE FUND OVERALL? The risks described above collectively form
the overall risk profile of the Fund and can affect the value of the Fund's
investments, its investment performance and prices of its shares. These risks
mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund. When you redeem your
shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them. There is
no assurance that the Fund will achieve its objectives.

      In the short term, the values of high-yield debt securities can
fluctuate substantially because of interest rate changes and perceptions
about the high-yield market among investors. Foreign debt securities can be
volatile, and the price of the Fund's shares can go up and down substantially
because of events affecting foreign markets or issuers. Defaults by issuers
of lower-grade securities could reduce the Fund's income and share prices.

      Debt securities are subject to credit and interest rate risks that can
affect their values and the share prices of the Fund. In the OppenheimerFunds
spectrum, the Fund is likely to be more volatile and has more risks than
funds that focus on investing in U.S. government securities and
investment-grade bonds.

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An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
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The Fund's Past Performance

The bar chart and table below show one measure of the risks of investing in
the Fund, by showing changes in the Fund's performance (for its Class A
shares) from year to year for the last 10 calendar years and by showing how
the average annual total returns of the Fund's shares, both before and after
taxes, compared to those of broad-based market indices 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 401(k) plans or
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 December 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, 2005 through December 31, 2005, the cumulative
return (not annualized) before taxes for Class A shares was [o]%.

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return (not annualized)
before taxes for a calendar quarter was 9.31% (2nd Qtr `03) and the lowest
return (not annualized) before taxes for a calendar quarter was -6.46% (3rd
Qtr `98).

Average Annual Total Returns      1 Year         5 Years          10 Years
for    the    periods    ended                 (or life of      (or life of
December 31, 2004                            class, if less)  class, if less)
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Class A Shares (inception
11/16/1987)                       4.02%           4.18%            6.70%
  Return Before Taxes             1.59%           0.75%            3.05%
  Return After Taxes on
  Distributions                   2.55%           1.36%            3.39%
  Return After Taxes on
  Distributions and Sale of
  Fund Shares
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Merrill Lynch High Yield          10.76%          7.32%            8.46%
Master Index
(reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
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Lehman Brothers Corporate
Bond Index
(reflects no deduction for        5.24%           8.63%            8.41%
fees, expenses or taxes)
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Class B Shares (inception         3.40%           4.15%            6.13%
10/02/1995)
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Class C Shares (inception         7.41%           4.43%            6.41%
12/01/1993)
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Class N Shares (inception         7.88%           5.65%             N/A
3/1/2001)

The Fund's average annual total returns include applicable sales charges: for
Class A, the current maximum initial sales charge of 4.75%; for Class B, the
contingent deferred sales charge of 5% (1-year) and 2% (5-year); and for
Class C and Class N, the 1% contingent deferred sales charge for the 1-year
period. Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares 72 months after
purchase, Class B "life-of-class" performance does not include any contingent
deferred sales charge and uses Class A performance for the period after
conversion. 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 Class A shares
is compared to the Merrill Lynch High Yield Master Index, an unmanaged index
of below-investment grade debt securities of U.S. corporate issuers, and the
Lehman Brothers Corporate Bond Index, an index of non-convertible U.S.
investment-grade corporate bonds. The indices performance includes
reinvestment of income but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses
or taxes. The Fund's investments vary from those in the indices.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables are provided to help you understand the fees and
expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The Fund pays a
variety of expenses directly for management of its assets, administration,
distribution of its shares and other services. Those expenses are subtracted
from the Fund's assets to calculate the Fund's net asset values per share.
All shareholders therefore pay those expenses indirectly. Shareholders pay
other transaction expenses directly, such as sales charges. The numbers below
are based on the Fund's expenses during its fiscal year ended September 30,
2005.

Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):
                                 Class A     Class B     Class C     Class N
                                 Shares      Shares      Shares      Shares
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on    4.75%       None        None        None
Purchases (as % of offering
price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge
(Load) (as % of the lower of
the                              None(1)    5.00%(2)    1.00%(3)    1.00%(4)
original offering price or
redemption proceeds)
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Redemption Fee as a
percentage of total               2.00%       2.00%       2.00%       2.00%
redemption proceeds)(5)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets):
(% of average daily net assets)
                                 Class A     Class B     Class C     Class N
                                 Shares      Shares      Shares      Shares
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Management Fees                   0.60%       0.60%       0.60%       0.60%
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Distribution   and/or  Service    0.24%       1.00%       1.00%       0.50%
(12b-1) Fees
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Other Expenses                    0.24%       0.22%       0.22%       0.45%
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Total     Annual     Operating    1.08%       1.82%       1.82%       1.55%
Expenses

Expenses may vary in future years. "Other expenses" include transfer agent
fees, custodial fees, and accounting and legal expenses that the Fund pays.
The "Other Expenses" in the table are based on, among other things, the fees
the Fund would have paid if the transfer agent had not waived a portion of
its fee under a voluntary undertaking to the Fund to limit these fees to
0.35% of average daily net assets per fiscal year for all classes That
undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time. After the waiver, the
actual "Other Expenses" and "Total Annual Operating Expenses" as percentages
of average daily net assets were 0.38% and 1.48% for Class N shares. Class A,
Class B and Class C were the same as shown above.

1. A contingent deferred sales charge may apply to redemptions of investments
of $1 million or more ($500,000 for certain retirement plan accounts) of
Class A shares. See "How to Buy Shares" for details.
2. Applies to redemptions in first year after purchase. The contingent
deferred sales charge declines to 1% in the sixth year and is eliminated
after that.
3. Applies to shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
4. Applies to shares redeemed within 18 months of a retirement plan's first
purchase of Class N shares.
5. The redemption fee applies to the proceeds of Fund shares that are
redeemed (either by selling or exchanging to another Oppenheimer fund) within
30 days of their purchase. See "How to Sell Shares" for more information on
when the redemption fee will apply.

EXAMPLES. The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of
investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The
examples assume that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for
the time periods indicated and reinvest your dividends and distributions.

      The first example assumes that you redeem all of your shares at the end
of those periods. The second example assumes that you keep your shares. Both
examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that
the class's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be
higher or lower because expenses will vary over time. Based on these
assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

If shares are redeemed:       1 Year       3 Years       5 Years      10 Years
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Class A Shares                 $580          $804        $1,045        $1,736
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Class B Shares                 $687          $878        $1,194      $1,779(1)
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Class C Shares                 $287          $578         $994         $2,156
Class N Shares                 $259          $493         $851         $1,860

If shares are not             1 Year       3 Years       5 Years      10 Years
redeemed:
Class A Shares                 $580          $804        $1,045        $1,736
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Class B Shares                 $187          $578         $994       $1,779(1)
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Class C Shares                 $187          $578         $994         $2,156
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Class N Shares                 $159          $493         $851         $1,860
 In the first example,  expenses  include the initial sales charge for Class A
 and the  applicable  Class B, Class C and Class N contingent  deferred  sales
 charges.  In the  second  example,  the Class A  expenses  include  the sales
 charge,  but Class B, Class C and Class N expenses do not include  contingent
 deferred sales charges.
 1.  Class B  expenses  for years 7 through  10 are based on Class A  expenses
 since Class B shares automatically  convert to Class A shares 72 months after
 purchase.

About the Fund's Investments

THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RISKS. The allocation of the
Fund's portfolio among different types of investments will vary over time
based upon the Manager's evaluation of economic and market trends. However,
under normal market conditions, the Fund emphasizes investments in
high-yield, lower-grade, fixed-income securities. The Fund has no
requirements as to the range of maturities of the debt securities it can buy
or as to the market capitalization of the issuers of those securities.

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What Is A "Debt" Security? A debt
security is essentially a loan by
the buyer to the issuer of the
debt security. The issuer promises
to pay back the principal amount
of the loan and normally pays
interest, at a fixed or variable
rate, on the debt while it is
outstanding.
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      The Manager does not rely solely on ratings of debt securities by
rating organizations when selecting investments for the Fund. The Fund can
buy unrated securities. The Manager assigns a rating to an unrated security
that is equivalent to what the Manager believes are comparable rated
securities.

      The Fund can invest some of its assets in other types of debt
securities, as well as common stocks and other equity securities of foreign
and U.S. companies when consistent with the Fund's goals. The Fund's
portfolio might not always include all of the different types of investments
described below. The  contains more
detailed information about the Fund's investment policies and risks.

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

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

HIGH-YIELD, LOWER-GRADE DEBT SECURITIES. The Fund invests at least 60% of its
total assets in high-yield, lower-grade, fixed-income securities of U.S. and
foreign issuers, including bonds, debentures, notes, preferred stocks, loan
participation interests and structured notes, and asset-backed securities,
among others, to seek high current income. There are no limits on the amount
of the Fund's assets that can be invested in debt securities rated below
investment grade.

      The Fund can invest in securities rated as low as "C" or "D" or which
may be in default at the time the Fund buys them. While securities rated
"Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by S&P are considered "investment grade," they have
some speculative characteristics.

      To the extent that a fund invests significantly in high yield bonds,
because those securities may be traded infrequently, investors may seek to
trade fund shares based on their knowledge or understanding of the value of
those types of securities (this is sometimes referred to as "price
arbitrage"). The Fund impose a 2% redemption fee in certain circumstances to
attempt to deter such price arbitrage. Such price arbitrage, if otherwise
successful, might interfere with the efficient management of a fund's
portfolio to a greater degree than would be the case for funds that invest in
more liquid securities, because the fund may have difficulty selling those
securities at advantageous times or prices to satisfy the liquidity
requirements created by large and/or frequent trading activity. Successful
price arbitrage activities might also dilute the value of fund shares held by
other shareholders.

FOREIGN SECURITIES. The Fund can buy a variety of debt securities issued by
foreign governments and companies, as well as "supra-national" entities, such
as the World Bank. They include bonds, debentures and notes, including
derivative investments.
Special Risks of Emerging Markets. The Fund can buy securities in emerging
      and developing markets. They may offer special investment opportunities
      but investments in these countries present risks not found in more
      mature markets. Those securities might be more difficult to sell at an
      acceptable price and their prices may be more volatile than securities
      of issuers in more developed markets. Settlements of trades may be
      subject to greater delays so that the Fund may not receive the proceeds
      of a sale of a security on a timely basis.

DERIVATIVE INVESTMENTS. The Fund can invest in a number of different kinds of
"derivative" investments. Options, futures, interest rate swaps, structured
notes, and mortgage-related securities are "derivative investments" the Fund
can use. In addition to using some derivatives to hedge investment risks, the
Fund can use other derivative investments because they offer the potential
for increased income and principal value. Some derivative investments held by
the Fund may be illiquid.
"Structured Notes." The Fund can buy "structured" notes, which are
      specially-designed debt investments with principal payments or interest
      payments that are linked to the value of an index (such as a currency
      or securities index) or commodity. The terms of the instrument may be
      "structured" by the purchaser (the Fund) and the borrower issuing the
      note.

      The values of these notes will fall or rise in response to the changes
      in the values of the underlying security or index. They are subject to
      both credit and interest rate risks and therefore the Fund could
      receive more or less than it originally invested when the notes mature
      or it might receive less interest than the stated coupon payment if the
      underlying investment or index does not perform as anticipated. Their
      values may be very volatile and they may have a limited trading market,
      making it difficult for the Fund to sell its investment at an
      acceptable price.

CAN THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES 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 are those that cannot be changed
without the approval of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting shares.
The Fund's objectives are fundamental policies. Investment restrictions that
are fundamental policies are listed in the Statement of Additional
Information. An investment policy or technique is not fundamental unless this
Prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information says that it is.

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. To seek its investment objectives, the Fund can
also use some or all the investment techniques and strategies described
below. The Fund might not always use all of them. These techniques have
risks, although some are designed to help reduce overall investment or market
risks.
Common Stocks and Other Equity Securities. The Fund can invest in common
       stocks and other equity securities, including warrants and rights,
       preferred stock and convertible securities, when consistent with the
       Fund's objectives.
Preferred Stocks. Unlike common stock, preferred stock typically has a stated
      dividend rate. When interest rates rise, the value of preferred stock
      having a fixed dividend rate tends to fall. The rights to payment of
      dividends on preferred stock generally is subordinate to the rights of
      a company's debt securities. Preferred stock dividends may be
      cumulative (they remain a liability of the company until paid) or
      non-cumulative.
o     Risks of Investing in Stocks. Stocks fluctuate in price, and their
      short-term volatility at times may be great. To the extent that the
      Fund invests in equity securities, the value of the Fund's portfolio
      will be affected by changes in the stock markets. Market risk can
      affect the Fund's net asset values per share, which will fluctuate as
      the values of the Fund's portfolio securities change. The prices of
      individual stocks do not all move in the same direction uniformly or at
      the same time. Different stock markets may behave differently from each
      other.

      Other factors can affect a particular stock's price, such as poor
      earnings reports by the issuer, loss of major customers, major
      litigation against the issuer, or changes in government regulations
      affecting the issuer or its industry. When interest rates rise, the
      value of preferred stock having a fixed dividend rate tends to fall.
Loans of Portfolio Securities.  The Fund has entered into a Securities Lending
      Agreement  with  JP  Morgan  Chase.   Under  that  agreement   portfolio
      securities  of the Fund may be  loaned  to  brokers,  dealers  and other
      financial  institutions.  The Securities Lending Agreement provides that
      loans  must  be  adequately  collateralized  and  may be  made  only  in
      conformity with the Fund's  Securities  Lending  Guidelines,  adopted by
      the Fund's Board of  Trustees.  The value of the  securities  loaned may
      not exceed 25% of the value of the Fund's net assets.
Other Derivative Investments. In addition to purchasing structured notes, the
       Fund can use other types of derivative investments to seek its
       objectives.
o     Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund can buy interests in pools of
      residential or commercial mortgages, in the form of collateralized
      mortgage obligations ("CMOs") and other "pass-through" mortgage
      securities. They may be issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or
      its agencies and instrumentalities or by private issuers. CMOs that are
      U.S. government securities have collateral to secure payment of
      interest and principal. They may be issued in different series, each
      having different interest rates and maturities. The collateral is
      either in the form of mortgage pass-through certificates issued or
      guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or instrumentality or mortgage
      loans insured by a U.S. government agency.

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

      If prepayments of mortgages underlying a CMO occur faster than expected
      when interest rates fall, the market value and yield of the CMO could
      be reduced. Additionally, the Fund might have to reinvest the
      prepayment proceeds in other securities paying interest at lower rates,
      which could reduce the Fund's yield. The impact of prepayments on the
      price of a security may be difficult to predict and may increase the
      volatility of the price. Additionally, the Fund may buy
      mortgage-related securities at a premium. Accelerated prepayments on
      those securities could cause the Fund to lose a portion of its
      principal investment represented by the premium the Fund paid.

      When interest rates rise rapidly, and if prepayments occur more slowly
      than expected, a short- or medium-term CMO can in effect become a
      long-term security, subject to greater fluctuations in value. These
      prepayment risks can make the prices of CMOs very volatile when
      interest rates change. The prices of longer-term debt securities tend
      to fluctuate more than those of shorter-term debt securities. That
      volatility will affect the Fund's share prices.
o     Private-Issuer Mortgage-Backed Securities. CMOs and other
      mortgage-related securities issued by private issuers are not U.S.
      government securities, and are subject to greater credit risks than
      mortgage-related securities that are U.S. government securities. The
      Fund can invest in mortgage-backed securities issued by private
      issuers. Primarily these include multi-class debt or pass-through
      certificates secured by mortgage loans. They may be issued by banks,
      savings and loans, mortgage bankers and other non-governmental issuers.
      Private issuer mortgage-backed securities are subject to the credit
      risks of the issuers (as well as interest rate risks and prepayment
      risks), although in some cases they may be supported by insurance or
      guarantees.
o     Zero-Coupon and "Stripped" Securities. The Fund can buy government and
      corporate zero-coupon bonds that pay no interest. They are issued at a
      substantial discount from their face value. The Fund also can buy
      "stripped" securities that are the separate income or principal
      components of a debt security. Some CMOs or other mortgage-related
      securities may be stripped, with each component having a different
      proportion of principal or interest payments. One class might receive
      all the interest and the other all the principal payments.

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

      The values of interest-only and principal-only mortgage-related
      securities are also very sensitive to prepayments of underlying
      mortgages and changes in interest rates. When prepayments tend to fall,
      the timing of the cash flows to these securities increases, making them
      more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The market for some of
      these securities may be limited, making it difficult for the Fund to
      dispose of its holdings at an acceptable price.
Participation Interests in Loans. These securities represent an undivided
      fractional interest in a loan obligation by a borrower. They are
      typically purchased from banks or dealers that have made the loan or
      are members of the loan syndicate. The loans may be to foreign or U.S.
      companies. They are subject to the risk of default by the borrower as
      well as credit risks of the servicing agent of the participation
      interest, which can cause the Fund to lose money on its investment. The
      Fund can also buy interests in trusts and other entities that hold loan
      obligations. In that case the Fund will be subject to the trust's
      credit risks. The Fund does not invest more than 5% of its net assets
      in participation interests of any one borrower.
Hedging. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options
      and forward contracts. These are all referred to as "hedging
      instruments." The Fund is not required to use hedging instruments to
      seek its objectives. The Fund will not use hedging instruments for
      speculative purposes, and has limits on its use of them.

      The Fund could buy and sell options, futures and forward contracts for
      a number of purposes. It might do so to try to manage its exposure to
      the possibility that the prices of its portfolio securities may
      decline, or to establish a position in the securities market as a
      temporary substitute for purchasing individual securities. It might do
      so to try to manage its exposure to changing interest rates. The Fund
      can use forward contracts and currency options to try to manage foreign
      currency risks on the Fund's foreign investments.

      Hedging has risks. Options trading involves the payment of premiums and
      has special tax effects on the Fund. There are also special risks in
      particular hedging strategies. If a covered call written by the Fund is
      exercised on an investment that has increased in value, the Fund will
      be required to sell the investment at the call price and will not be
      able to realize any profit if the investment has increased in value
      above the call price. In writing a put, there is a risk that the Fund
      may be required to buy the underlying security at a disadvantageous
      price.

      If the Manager used a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judged
      market conditions incorrectly, the strategy could reduce the Fund's
      return. The Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its
      futures and options positions were not correlated with its other
      investments or if it could not close out a position because of an
      illiquid market.
"When-Issued"  and  "Delayed-Delivery"  Transactions.  The Fund  can  purchase
      securities on a "when-issued"  basis and may purchase or sell securities
      on a  "delayed-delivery"  basis.  These terms refer to  securities  that
      have  been  created  and for  which a market  exists,  but which are not
      available for immediate  delivery.  There might be a risk of loss to the
      Fund if the  value of the  security  declines  prior  to the  settlement
      date.
Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments may be illiquid because they
      do not have an active trading market, making it difficult to value them
      or dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. Restricted
      securities may have terms that limit their resale to other investors or
      may require registration under applicable securities laws before they
      may be sold publicly. The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net
      assets in illiquid or restricted securities. The Board can increase
      that limit to 15%. Certain restricted securities that are eligible for
      resale to qualified institutional purchasers may not be subject to that
      limit. The Manager monitors holdings of illiquid securities on an
      ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to maintain
      adequate liquidity.
Portfolio Turnover. The Fund may engage in short-term trading to try to
      achieve its objectives. Portfolio turnover affects brokerage costs,
      although the Fund does not pay for brokerage on most of its portfolio
      transactions. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells its
      portfolio investments, it must generally pay those gains out to
      shareholders, increasing their taxable distributions. Increased
      portfolio turnover creates higher brokerage and transaction costs for
      the Fund (and may reduce performance). The Financial Highlights table
      at the end of this Prospectus shows the Fund's portfolio turnover rates
      during prior fiscal years.
Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. In times of adverse or unstable
      market, economic or political conditions, the Fund can invest up to
      100% of its assets in temporary investments that are inconsistent with
      the Funds' principal investment strategies. Generally they would be
      cash or cash equivalents, such as U.S. Treasury Bills and other
      short-term U.S. government obligations or high-grade commercial paper.
      The Fund can also hold these types of securities pending the investment
      of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or portfolio securities or to
      meet anticipated redemptions of Fund shares. To the extent the Fund
      invests defensively in these securities, it might not achieve its
      investment objectives.

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 (the
"SEC") no later than 60 days after the close of its first and third fiscal
quarters. These required filings are publicly available at the SEC.
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.

How the Fund Is Managed

THE MANAGER. The Manager chooses the Fund's investment program and handles
its day-to-day business. The Manager carries out its duties, subject to the
policies established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, under an investment
advisory agreement that states the Manager's responsibilities. The agreement
sets the fees the Fund pays to the Manager and describes the expenses that
the Fund is responsible to pay to conduct its business.

      The Manager has been an investment advisor since January 1960. The
Manager and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates managed more than $190
billion in assets as of September 30, 2005, including other Oppenheimer funds
with more than 6 million shareholder accounts. The Manager is located at Two
World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York
10281-1008.
Advisory Fees. Under the Fund's investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays
      the Manager an advisory fee at an annual rate that declines as the
      Fund's assets grow: 0.70% of the first $250 million of average annual
      net assets of the Fund, 0.65% of the next $250 million, 0.60% of the
      next $500 million, and 0.55% of average annual net assets in excess of
      $1 billion. The Fund's management fee for its last fiscal year ended
      September 30, 2004 was 0.60% of average annual net assets for each
      class of shares.

      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 September 30, 2005.
Portfolio Manager. The Fund's portfolio is managed by Dimitrios Kourkoulakos.
      Mr. Kourkoulakos is the Fund's lead portfolio manager and has been the
      person primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
      Fund's portfolio since June 2002. Mr. Kourkoulakos has been a Vice
      President of the Manager since December 2001 and is an officer of other
      portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. He was formerly a High
      Yield Analyst from 1998 to 2001 and a Securities Analyst from 1995 to
      1998 of the Manager.

      The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information
      about the Portfolio Manager's compensation, other accounts he manages
      and his ownership of Fund shares.
Pending  Litigation.  A  consolidated  amended  complaint  has  been  filed as
      putative  derivative and class actions against the Manager,  Distributor
      and  Transfer   Agent,   as  well  as  51  of  the   Oppenheimer   funds
      (collectively  the "funds")  including  the Fund,  30 present and former
      Directors  or Trustees  and 8 present and former  officers of certain of
      the funds.  This complaint,  initially filed in the U.S.  District Court
      for the  Southern  District  of New York on January 10, 2005 and amended
      on March 4,  2005,  consolidates  into a single  action  and  amends six
      individual   previously-filed   putative  derivative  and  class  action
      complaints.  Like those prior complaints, the complaint alleges that the
      Manager  charged  excessive  fees  for  distribution  and  other  costs,
      improperly  used assets of the funds in the form of  directed  brokerage
      commissions  and  12b-1  fees to pay  brokers  to  promote  sales of the
      funds,  and failed to properly  disclose  the use of fund assets to make
      those  payments  in  violation  of the  Investment  Company  Act and the
      Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Also, like those prior complaints,  the
      complaint  further alleges that by permitting  and/or  participating  in
      those actions,  the  Directors/Trustees  and the officers breached their
      fiduciary duties to Fund shareholders  under the Investment  Company Act
      and at common law. The  complaint  seeks  unspecified  compensatory  and
      punitive  damages,   rescission  of  the  funds'   investment   advisory
      agreements,  an accounting of all fees paid,  and an award of attorneys'
      fees and litigation expenses.

      The  defendants  believe  the claims  asserted  in these law suits to be
      without merit,  and intend to defend the suits  vigorously.  The Manager
      and the  Distributor do not believe that the pending  actions are likely
      to have a  material  adverse  effect on the Fund or on their  ability to
      perform their respective investment advisory or distribution  agreements
      with the Fund.

ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

How to Buy Shares

You can buy shares several ways, as described below. The Fund's Distributor,
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., may appoint servicing agents to accept
purchase (and redemption) orders. The Distributor, in its sole discretion,
may reject any purchase order for the Fund's shares.
Buying Shares Through Your Dealer. You can buy shares through any dealer,
      broker or financial institution that has a sales agreement with the
      Distributor. Your dealer will place your order with the Distributor on
      your behalf. A broker or dealer may charge for that service.
Buying Shares Through the Distributor. Complete an OppenheimerFunds new
      account application and return it with a check payable to
      "OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc." Mail it to P.O. Box 5270, Denver,
      Colorado 80217. If you don't list a dealer on the application, the
      Distributor will act as your agent in buying the shares. Class B, Class
      C or Class N shares may not be purchased by an investor directly from
      the Distributor without the investor designating another registered
      broker-dealer. However, we recommend that you discuss your investment
      with a financial advisor before you make a purchase to be sure that the
      Fund is appropriate for you.
o     Paying by Federal Funds Wire. Shares purchased through the Distributor
      may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. The minimum investment is
      $2,500. Before sending a wire, call the Distributor's Wire Department
      at 1.800.225.5677 to notify the Distributor of the wire and to receive
      further instructions.
o     Buying Shares Through OppenheimerFunds AccountLink. With AccountLink,
      you pay for shares by electronic funds transfers from your bank
      account. Shares are purchased for your account by a transfer of money
      from your bank account through the Automated Clearing House (ACH)
      system. You can provide those instructions automatically, under an
      Asset Builder Plan, described below, or by telephone instructions using
      OppenheimerFunds PhoneLink, also described below. Please refer to
      "AccountLink," below for more details.
o     Buying Shares Through Asset Builder Plans. You may purchase shares of
      the Fund automatically each month from your account at a bank or other
      financial institution under an Asset Builder Plan with AccountLink.
      Details are in the Asset Builder application and the Statement of
      Additional Information.

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT YOU MUST INVEST? In most cases, you can buy Fund
shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional
investments at any time with as little as $50. There are reduced minimums
available under the following special investment plans:
o     If you establish one of the many types of retirement plan accounts that
      OppenheimerFunds offers, more fully described below under "Special
      Investor Services," you can start your account with as little as $500.
o     By using an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Exchange Plan (details are
      in the Statement of Additional Information), or government allotment
      plan, you can make subsequent investments (after making the initial
      investment of $500) for as little as $50. For any type of account
      established under one of these plans prior to November 1, 2002, the
      minimum additional investment will remain $25.
o     The minimum investment requirement does not apply to reinvesting
      dividends from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds (a list of them
      appears in the Statement of Additional Information, or you can ask your
      dealer or call the Transfer Agent), or reinvesting distributions from
      unit investment trusts that have made arrangements with the Distributor.

AT WHAT PRICE ARE SHARES SOLD? Shares are sold at their offering price which
is the net asset value per share plus any initial sales charge that applies.
The offering price that applies to a purchase order is based on the next
calculation of the net asset value per share that is made after the
Distributor receives the purchase order at its offices in Colorado, or after
any agent appointed by the Distributor receives the order.
Net Asset Value. The Fund calculates the net asset value of each class of
      shares as of the close of the NYSE, on each day the NYSE is open for
      trading (referred to in this Prospectus as a "regular business day").
      The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, but may close
      earlier on some days. All references to time in this Prospectus mean
      "Eastern time."

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

      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, a significant event occurs that the
      Manager learns of and believes in the exercise of its judgment will
      cause a material change in the value of that security from the closing
      price of the security on the principal market on which it is traded,
      the Manager will use its best judgment to determine a fair value for
      that security.

      The Manager believes that foreign securities values may be affected by
      volatility that occurs in U.S. markets on a trading day after the close
      of foreign securities markets. The Manager's fair valuation procedures
      therefore include a procedure whereby foreign securities prices may be
      "fair valued" to take those factors into account.
The Offering Price. To receive the offering price for a particular day, the
      Distributor or its designated agent must receive your order, in good
      order, by the time the NYSE closes that day. If your order is received
      on a day when the NYSE is closed or after it has closed, the order will
      receive the next offering price that is determined after your order is
      received.
Buying Through a Dealer. If you buy shares through a dealer, your dealer must
      receive the order by the close of the NYSE and transmit it to the
      Distributor so that it is received before the Distributor's close of
      business on a regular business day (normally 5:00 p.m.) to receive that
      day's offering price, unless your dealer has made alternative
      arrangements with the Distributor. Otherwise, the order will receive
      the next offering price that is determined.

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WHAT CLASSES OF SHARES DOES THE FUND OFFER? The Fund offers investors four
different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject
to different expenses and will likely have different share prices. When you
buy shares, be sure to specify the class of shares. If you do not choose a
class, your investment will be made in Class A shares.
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Class A Shares. If you buy Class A shares, you pay an initial sales charge
      (on investments up to $1 million for regular accounts or lesser amounts
      for certain retirement plans). The amount of that sales charge will
      vary depending on the amount you invest. The sales charge rates are
      listed in "How Can You Buy Class A Shares?" below.
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Class B Shares. If you buy Class B shares, you pay no sales charge at the
      time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge.
      If you sell your shares within 6 years of buying them, you will
      normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. That contingent
      deferred sales charge varies depending on how long you own your shares,
      as described in "How Can You Buy Class B Shares?" below.
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Class C Shares. If you buy Class C shares, you pay no sales charge at the
      time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge.
      If you sell your shares within 12 months of buying them, you will
      normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described
      in "How Can You Buy Class C Shares?" below.
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Class N Shares. If you buy Class N shares (available only through certain
      retirement plans), you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but
      you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge. If you sell your
      shares within 18 months of the retirement plan's first purchase of
      Class N shares, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%,
      as described in "How Can You Buy Class N Shares?" below.

WHICH CLASS OF SHARES SHOULD YOU CHOOSE? Once you decide that the Fund is an
appropriate investment for you, the decision as to which class of shares is
best suited to your needs depends on a number of factors that you should
discuss with your financial advisor. Some factors to consider are how much
you plan to invest and how long you plan to hold your investment. If your
goals and objectives change over time and you plan to purchase additional
shares, you should re-evaluate those factors to see if you should consider
another class of shares. The Fund's operating costs that apply to a class of
shares and the effect of the different types of sales charges on your
investment will vary your investment results over time.

      The discussion below is not intended to be investment advice or a
recommendation, because each investor's financial considerations are
different. The discussion below assumes that you will purchase only one class
of shares and not a combination of shares of different classes. Of course,
these examples are based on approximations of the effects of current sales
charges and expenses projected over time, and do not detail all of the
considerations in selecting a class of shares. You should analyze your
options carefully with your financial advisor before making that choice.
How Long Do You Expect to Hold Your Investment? While future financial needs
      cannot be predicted with certainty, knowing how long you expect to hold
      your investment will assist you in selecting the appropriate class of
      shares. Because of the effect of class-based expenses, your choice will
      also depend on how much you plan to invest. For example, the reduced
      sales charges available for larger purchases of Class A shares may,
      over time, offset the effect of paying an initial sales charge on your
      investment, compared to the effect over time of higher class-based
      expenses on shares of Class B, Class C or Class N. For retirement plans
      that qualify to purchase Class N shares, Class N shares will generally
      be more advantageous than Class B and Class C shares.
   o  Investing for the Shorter Term. While the Fund is meant to be a
      long-term investment, if you have a relatively short-term investment
      horizon (that is, you plan to hold your shares for not more than six
      years), you should most likely invest in Class A or Class C shares
      rather than Class B shares. That is because of the effect of the Class
      B contingent deferred sales charge if you redeem within six years, as
      well as the effect of the Class B asset-based sales charge on the
      investment return for that class in the short-term. Class C shares
      might be the appropriate choice (especially for investments of less
      than $100,000), because there is no initial sales charge on Class C
      shares, and the contingent deferred sales charge does not apply to
      amounts you sell after holding them one year.

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

      If you invest $1 million or more, in most cases Class A shares will be
      the most advantageous choice, no matter how long you intend to hold
      your shares. For that reason, the Distributor normally will not accept
      purchase orders of more than $100,000 of Class B shares or $1 million
      or more of Class C shares from a single investor. Dealers or other
      financial intermediaries purchasing shares for their customers in
      omnibus accounts are responsible for compliance with those limits.

o     Investing for the Longer Term.  If you are investing  less than $100,000
      for the  longer-term,  for example for retirement,  and do not expect to
      need  access to your money for seven  years or more,  Class B shares may
      be appropriate.
Are There  Differences  in Account  Features  That Matter to You? Some account
      features  may  not  be  available  to  Class  B,  Class  C and  Class  N
      shareholders.  Other  features  may  not be  advisable  (because  of the
      effect of the  contingent  deferred  sales  charge) for Class B, Class C
      and Class N shareholders.  Therefore,  you should  carefully  review how
      you plan to use your  investment  account before deciding which class of
      shares to buy.

      Additionally, the dividends payable to Class B, Class C and Class N
      shareholders will be reduced by the additional expenses borne by those
      classes that are not borne by Class A shares, such as the Class B,
      Class C and Class N asset-based sales charge described below and in the
      Statement of Additional Information. Also, checkwriting is not
      available on accounts subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
How Do Share Classes Affect Payments to Your Broker? A financial advisor may
      receive different compensation for selling one class of shares than for
      selling another class. It is important to remember that Class B, Class
      C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges and asset-based sales
      charges have the same purpose as the front-end sales charge on sales of
      Class A shares: to compensate the Distributor for concessions and
      expenses it pays to dealers and financial institutions for selling
      shares. The Distributor may pay additional compensation from its own
      resources to securities dealers or financial institutions based upon
      the value of shares of the Fund owned by the dealer or financial
      institution for its own account or for its customers.

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

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

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 Amount of Purchase       Front-End Sales   Front-End Sales   Concession As a
                                              Charge As a
                            Charge As a      Percentage of
                           Percentage of      Net Amount       Percentage of
                           Offering Price      Invested       Offering Price
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 Less than $50,000             4.75%             4.98%             4.00%
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 $50,000 or more but           4.50%             4.71%             3.75%
 less than $100,000
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 $100,000 or more but          3.50%             3.63%             2.75%
 less than $250,000
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 $250,000 or more but          2.50%             2.56%             2.00%
 less than $500,000
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 $500,000 or more but          2.00%             2.04%             1.60%
 less than $1 million
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Due to rounding, the actual sales charge for a particular transaction may be
higher or lower than the rates listed above.

SPECIAL SALES CHARGE ARRANGEMENTS AND WAIVERS. Appendix C to the Statement of
Additional Information details the conditions for the waiver of sales charges
that apply in certain cases, and the special sales charge rates that apply to
purchases of shares of the Fund by certain groups, or under specified
retirement plan arrangements or in other special types of transactions. To
receive a waiver or special sales charge rate, you must advise the
Distributor when purchasing shares or the Transfer Agent when redeeming
shares that a special condition applies.
Can You Reduce Class A Sales Charges? You and your spouse may be eligible to
buy Class A shares of the Fund at reduced sales charge rates set forth in the
table above under the Fund's "Right of Accumulation" or a "Letter of Intent."
The Fund reserves the right to modify or to cease offering these programs at
any time.
o     Right of Accumulation. To qualify for the reduced Class A sales charge
         that would apply to a larger purchase than you are currently making
         (as shown in the table above), you can add the value of any Class A,
         Class B or Class C shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds
         that you or your spouse currently own, or are currently purchasing,
         to the value of your Class A share purchase. Your Class A shares of
         Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on
         which you have not paid a sales charge will not be counted for this
         purpose. In totaling your holdings, you may count shares held in
         your individual accounts (including IRAs and 403(b) plans), your
         joint accounts with your spouse, or accounts you or your spouse hold
         as trustees or custodians on behalf of your children who are minors.
         A fiduciary can count all shares purchased for a trust, estate or
         other fiduciary account that has multiple accounts (including
         employee benefit plans for the same employer). If you are buying
         shares directly from the Fund, you must inform the Distributor of
         your eligibility and holdings at the time of your purchase in order
         to qualify for the Right of Accumulation. If you are buying shares
         through your financial intermediary you must notify your
         intermediary of your eligibility for the Right of Accumulation at
         the time of your purchase.

         To count shares of eligible Oppenheimer funds held in accounts at
         other intermediaries under this Right of Accumulation, you may be
         requested to provide the Distributor or your current intermediary
         with a copy of all account statements showing your current holdings
         of the Fund or other eligible Oppenheimer funds, including
         statements for accounts held by you and your spouse or in retirement
         plans or trust or custodial accounts for minor children as described
         above. The Distributor or intermediary through which you are buying
         shares will calculate the value of your eligible Oppenheimer fund
         shares, based on the current offering price, to determine which
         Class A sales charge rate you qualify for on your current purchase
o     Letters of Intent. You may also qualify for reduced Class A sales
         charges by submitting a Letter of Intent to the Distributor. A
         Letter of Intent is a written statement of your intention to
         purchase a specified value of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of
         the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds over a 13-month period. The
         total amount of your intended purchases of Class A, Class B and
         Class C shares will determine the reduced sales charge rate that
         will apply to your Class A share purchases of the Fund during that
         period. You can choose to include purchases made up to 90 days
         before the date that you submit a Letter. Your Class A shares of
         Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves on
         which you have not paid a sales charge will not be counted for this
         purpose. Submitting a Letter of Intent does not obligate you to
         purchase the specified amount of shares. You may also be able to
         apply the Right of Accumulation to these purchases.

         If you do not complete the Letter of Intent, the front-end sales
         charge you paid on your purchases will be recalculated to reflect
         the actual value of shares you purchased. A certain portion of your
         shares will be held in escrow by the Fund's Transfer Agent for this
         purpose. Please refer to "How to Buy Shares - Letters of Intent" in
         the Fund's Statement of Additional Information for more complete
         information.
Other Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers. The Fund and the
Distributor offer other opportunities to purchase shares without front-end or
contingent deferred sales charges under the programs described below. The
Fund reserves the right to amend or discontinue these programs at any time
without prior notice.
o     Dividend Reinvestment. Dividends and/or capital gains distributions
         received by a shareholder from the Fund may be reinvested in shares
         of the Fund or any of the other Oppenheimer funds without a sales
         charge, at the net asset value per share in effect on the payable
         date. You must notify the Transfer Agent in writing to elect this
         option and must have an existing account in the fund selected for
         reinvestment.
o     Exchanges of Shares. Shares of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of
         certain other Oppenheimer funds at net asset value per share at the
         time of exchange, without sales charge, and shares of the Fund can
         be purchased by exchange of shares of certain other Oppenheimer
         funds on the same basis. Please refer to "How to Exchange Shares" in
         this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information for
         more details, including a discussion of circumstances in which sales
         charges may apply on exchanges.
o     Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months of a redemption of certain
         Class A and Class B shares, the proceeds may be reinvested in Class
         A shares of the Fund, or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into
         which shares of the Fund may be exchanged, without a sales charge.
         This privilege applies to redemptions of Class A shares that were
         subject to an initial sales charge or Class A or Class B shares that
         were subject to a contingent deferred sales charge when redeemed.
         The investor must ask the Transfer Agent or financial intermediary
         for that privilege at the time of reinvestment and must identify the
         account from which the redemption was made.
o     Other Special Reductions and Waivers. The Fund and the Distributor
         offer additional arrangements to reduce or eliminate front-end sales
         charges or to waive contingent deferred sales charges for certain
         types of transactions and for certain classes of investors
         (primarily retirement plans that purchase shares in special programs
         through the Distributor). These are described in greater detail in
         Appendix C to the Statement of Additional Information, which may be
         ordered by calling 1.800.225.5677 or through the OppenheimerFunds
         website, at www.oppenheimerfunds.com (follow the hyperlinks: "Access
         Accounts and Services" - "Forms & Literature" - "Order Literature" -
         "Statements of Additional Information"). A description of these
         waivers and special sales charge arrangements is also available for
         viewing on the OppenheimerFunds website (follow the hyperlinks:
         "Research Funds" - "Fund Documents" - "View a description . . .").
         To receive a waiver or special sales charge rate under these
         programs, the purchaser must notify the Distributor (or other
         financial intermediary through which shares are being purchased) at
         the time of purchase, or notify the Transfer Agent at the time of
         redeeming shares for those waivers that apply to contingent deferred
         sales charges.
o     Purchases by Certain Retirement Plans. There is no initial sales charge
         on purchases of Class A shares of the Fund by retirement plans that
         have $5 million or more in plan assets. In that case the Distributor
         may pay from its own resources, at the time of sale, concessions in
         an amount equal to 0.25% of the purchase price of Class A shares
         purchased within the first six months of account establishment by
         those retirement plans to dealers of record, subject to certain
         exceptions described in "Retirement Plans" in the Statement of
         Additional Information.

         There is also no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares
         of the Fund by certain retirement plans that are part of a
         retirement plan or platform offered by banks, broker-dealers,
         financial advisors, insurance companies or recordkeepers. No
         contingent deferred sales charge is charged upon the redemption of
         such shares.
Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. There is no initial sales charge on
      purchases of Class A shares of any one or more of the Oppenheimer funds
      aggregating $1 million or more, or on purchases of Class A shares by
      certain retirement plans that satisfied certain requirements prior to
      March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement accounts"). However, those
      Class A shares may be subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales
      charge, as described below. Retirement plans holding shares of
      Oppenheimer funds in an omnibus account(s) for the benefit of plan
      participants in the name of a fiduciary or financial intermediary
      (other than OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single DB Plus plans) are not
      permitted to make initial purchases of Class A shares subject to a
      contingent deferred sales charge.

      The Distributor pays dealers of record concessions in an amount equal
      to 1.0% of purchases of $1 million or more other than purchases by
      grandfathered retirement accounts. For grandfathered retirement
      accounts, the concession is 0.75% of the first $2.5 million of
      purchases plus 0.25% of purchases in excess of $2.5 million. In either
      case, the concession will not be paid on purchases of shares by
      exchange or that were previously subject to a front-end sales charge
      and dealer concession.

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOW CAN YOU BUY CLASS C SHARES? Class C shares are sold at net asset value
per share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class C shares are
redeemed within a holding period of 12 months from the beginning of the
calendar month of their purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%
will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. The Class C contingent
deferred sales charge is paid to compensate the Distributor for its expenses
of providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the
sale of Class C shares.

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

      Class N shares are sold at net asset value without an initial sales
charge. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0% will be imposed upon the
redemption of Class N shares, if:
o     The group retirement plan is terminated or Class N shares of all
      Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan
      and Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first
      purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund, or
o     With respect to an IRA or 403(b) plan, Class N shares are redeemed
      within 18 months of the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any
      Oppenheimer fund.

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

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. With respect to Class A shares
      subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge purchased by
      grandfathered retirement accounts, the Distributor pays the 0.25%
      service fee to dealers in advance for the first year after the shares
      are sold by the dealer. The Distributor retains the first year's
      service fee paid by the Fund. After the shares have been held by
      grandfathered retirement accounts for a year, the Distributor pays the
      service fee to dealers periodically.
Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The
      Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C
      and Class N shares to pay the Distributor for its services and costs in
      distributing Class B, Class C and Class N shares and servicing
      accounts. Under the plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual
      asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class B and Class C shares and
      0.25% on Class N shares. The Distributor also receives a service fee of
      0.25% per year under the Class B, Class C and Class N plans.

      The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and
      Class C expenses by 1.0% and increase Class N expenses by 0.50% of the
      net assets per year of the respective class. Because these fees are
      paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these
      fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more
      than other types of sales charges.

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

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

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

      The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 0.75% of the
      purchase price of Class N shares to dealers from its own resources at
      the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
      amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
      Class N shares is therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor
      normally retains the asset-based sales charge on Class N shares. See
      the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

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

      For Class C shares purchased through the OppenheimerFunds Recordkeeper
      Pro program, the Distributor will pay the Class C asset-based sales
      charge to the dealer of record in the first year after the purchase of
      such shares in lieu of paying the dealer a sales concession at the time
      of purchase. The Distributor will use the service fee it receives from
      the Fund on those shares to reimburse FASCorp for providing personal
      services to the Class C accounts holding those shares.

      In addition, the Manager and the Distributor may make substantial
      payments to dealers or other financial intermediaries and service
      providers for distribution and/or shareholder servicing activities, out
      of their own resources, including the profits from the advisory fees
      the Manager receives from the Fund. Some of these distribution-related
      payments may be made to dealers or financial intermediaries for
      marketing, promotional or related expenses; these payments are often
      referred to as "revenue sharing." In some circumstances, those types of
      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. You should ask your dealer or
      financial intermediary for more details about any such payments it
      receives.

Special Investor Services

ACCOUNTLINK. You can use our AccountLink feature to link your Fund account
with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial institution. It must be an
Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:
    o transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by telephone (through
      a service representative or by PhoneLink) or automatically under Asset
      Builder Plans, or
    o have the Transfer Agent send redemption proceeds or transmit dividends
      and distributions directly to your bank account. Please call the
      Transfer Agent for more information.

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

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

PHONELINK. PhoneLink is the OppenheimerFunds automated telephone system that
enables shareholders to perform a number of account transactions
automatically using a touch-tone phone. PhoneLink may be used on
already-established Fund accounts after you obtain a Personal Identification
Number (PIN), by calling the PhoneLink number, 1.800.225.5677.
Purchasing Shares. You may purchase shares in amounts up to $100,000 by
      phone, by calling 1.800.225.5677. You must have established AccountLink
      privileges to link your bank account with the Fund to pay for these
      purchases.
Exchanging Shares. With the OppenheimerFunds Exchange Privilege, described
      below, you can exchange shares automatically by phone from your Fund
      account to another OppenheimerFunds account you have already
      established by calling the special PhoneLink number.
Selling Shares. You can redeem shares by telephone automatically by calling
      the PhoneLink number and the Fund will send the proceeds directly to
      your AccountLink bank account. Please refer to "How to Sell Shares,"
      below for details.

CAN YOU SUBMIT TRANSACTION REQUESTS BY FAX? You may send requests for certain
types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier).
Please call 1.800.225.5677 for information about which transactions may be
handled this way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are subject to the
same rules and restrictions as written and telephone requests described in
this Prospectus.

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

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

RETIREMENT PLANS. You may buy shares of the Fund for your retirement plan
account. If you participate in a plan sponsored by your employer, the plan
trustee or administrator must buy the shares for your plan account. The
Distributor also offers a number of different retirement plans that
individuals and employers can use:
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). These include regular IRAs, Roth IRAs,
      SIMPLE IRAs and rollover IRAs.
SEP-IRAs. These are Simplified Employee Pension Plan IRAs for small business
      owners or self-employed individuals.
403(b)(7) Custodial Plans. These are tax-deferred plans for employees of
      eligible tax-exempt organizations, such as schools, hospitals and
      charitable organizations.
401(k) Plans. These are special retirement plans for businesses.
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. These plans are designed for businesses and
      self-employed individuals.
      Please call the Distributor for OppenheimerFunds retirement plan
documents, which include applications and important plan information.

How to Sell Shares

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

Redemption Fee. The Fund imposes a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund
      shares that are redeemed within 30 days of their purchase. The fee also
      applies in the case of shares redeemed in exchange transactions. The
      redemption fee is collected by the Transfer Agent and paid to the Fund.
      It is intended to help offset the trading, market impact, and
      administrative costs associated with short-term money movements into
      and out of the Fund, and to help deter excessive short term trading.
      The fee is imposed to the extent that Fund shares redeemed exceed Fund
      shares that have been held more than 30 days. For shares of the Fund
      that were acquired by exchange, the holding period is measured from the
      date the shares were acquired in the exchange transaction. Shares held
      the longest will be redeemed first.

      The redemption fee is not imposed on shares:
o     held in omnibus accounts of a financial intermediary, such as a
      broker-dealer or a retirement plan fiduciary (however, shares held in
      retirement plans that are not in omnibus accounts,
      Oppenheimer-sponsored retirement plans such as IRAs, and 403(b)(7)
      plans are subject to the fee), if those institutions have not
      implemented the system changes necessary to be capable of processing
      the redemption fee;
o     held by investors in certain asset allocation programs that offer
      automatic re-balancing or wrap-fee or similar fee-based programs and
      that have been identified to the Distributor and the Transfer Agent;
o     redeemed for rebalancing transactions under the OppenheimerFunds
      Portfolio Builder program;
o     redeemed pursuant to an OppenheimerFunds automatic withdrawal plan;
o     redeemed due to the death or disability of the shareholder;
o     redeemed as part of an automatic dividend exchange election established
      in advance of the exchange;
o     redeemed to pay fees assessed by the Fund or the Transfer Agent against
      the account;
o     redeemed from accounts for which the dealer, broker or financial
      institution of record has entered into an agreement with the
      Distributor that permits such redemptions without the imposition of
      these fees, such as asset allocation programs;
o     redeemed for conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares or pursuant
      to fund mergers; and
o     involuntary redemptions resulting from failure to meet account minimums.

Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund
      from fraud, the following redemption requests must be in writing and
      must include a signature guarantee (although there may be other
      situations that also require a signature guarantee):
   o  You wish to redeem more than $100,000 and receive a check.
   o  The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the
      account statement.
   o  The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your
      account statement,
   o  Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different owner
      or name.
   o  Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an Executor) other than
      the owners.
Where Can You Have Your Signature Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will accept
      a guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions,
      including:
o     a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,
o     a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,
o     a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities
      or government securities, or
o     a U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities
      association or a clearing agency.
      If you are signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership or other
      business or as a fiduciary, you must also include your title in the
      signature.
Retirement Plan Accounts. There are special procedures to sell shares in an
      OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account. Call the Transfer Agent for a
      distribution request form. Special income tax withholding requirements
      apply to distributions from retirement plans. You must submit a
      withholding form with your redemption request to avoid delay in getting
      your money and if you do not want tax withheld. If your employer holds
      your retirement plan account for you in the name of the plan, you must
      ask the plan trustee or administrator to request the sale of the Fund
      shares in your plan account.
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.

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

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

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

HOW DO YOU SELL SHARES BY TELEPHONE? You and your dealer representative of
record may also sell your shares by telephone. To receive the redemption
price calculated on a particular regular business day, your call must be
received by the Transfer Agent by the close of the NYSE that day, which is
normally 4:00 p.m., but may be earlier on some days. You may not redeem
shares held in an OppenheimerFunds-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 30 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 for that  service.  If your
shares are held in the name of your dealer,  you must redeem them through your
dealer.

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

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

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

How to Exchange Shares

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. 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 prospectus of the selected fund must offer the exchange privilege.
   o  When you establish an account, you must hold the shares you buy for at
      least seven days before you can exchange them. After your account is
      open for seven days, you can exchange shares on any regular business
      day, subject to the limitations described below.
   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.

      A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is not charged when you
exchange shares of the Fund for shares of another Oppenheimer fund. However,
if you exchange your shares during the applicable CDSC holding period, the
holding period will carry over to the fund shares that you acquire.
Similarly, if you acquire shares of the Fund in exchange for shares of
another Oppenheimer fund that are subject to a CDSC holding period, that
holding period will carry over to the acquired shares of the Fund. In either
of these situations, a CDSC may be imposed if the acquired shares are
redeemed before the end of the CDSC holding period that applied to the
exchanged shares.

      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.

o     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.

o     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.

o     Exchanges of Client Accounts by Financial Advisers. The Fund and the
      Transfer Agent permit dealers and financial intermediaries to submit
      exchange requests on behalf of their customers (unless the customer has
      revoked that authority). The Distributor and/or the Transfer Agent have
      agreements with a number of financial intermediaries that permit them
      to submit exchange orders in bulk on behalf of their clients. Those
      intermediaries are required to follow the exchange policies stated in
      this Prospectus and to comply with additional, more stringent
      restrictions. Those additional restrictions include limitations on the
      funds available for exchanges, the requirement to give advance notice
      of exchanges to the Transfer Agent, and limits on the amount of client
      assets that may be invested in a particular fund. A fund or the
      Transfer Agent may limit or refuse bulk exchange requests submitted by
      such financial intermediaries if, in the Transfer Agent's judgment,
      exercised in its discretion, the exchanges would be disruptive to any
      of the funds involved in the transaction.

o     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. The Fund assesses a 2% fee on the proceeds of Fund shares
      that are redeemed or exchanged within 30 days after their purchase in
      certain circumstances. Further details are provided under "How to Sell
      Shares."

o     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.

o     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.

o     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, they 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:

o     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.

o     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 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.

o     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.

o     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.

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


Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More information about the Fund's policies and procedures for buying, 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.
The offering of shares may be suspended during any period in which the
      determination of net asset value is suspended, and the offering may be
      suspended by the Board of Trustees at any time the Board believes it is
      in the Fund's best interest to do so.
Telephone transaction privileges for purchases, redemptions or exchanges may
      be modified, suspended or terminated by the Fund at any time. The Fund
      will provide you notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable
      law. If an account has more than one owner, the Fund and the Transfer
      Agent may rely on the instructions of any one owner. Telephone
      privileges apply to each owner of the account and the dealer
      representative of record for the account unless the Transfer Agent
      receives cancellation instructions from an owner of the account.
The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data concerning
      transactions and has adopted other procedures to confirm that telephone
      instructions are genuine, by requiring callers to provide tax
      identification numbers and other account data or by using PINs, and by
      confirming such transactions in writing. The Transfer Agent and the
      Fund will not be liable for losses or expenses arising out of telephone
      instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.
Redemption or transfer requests will not be honored until the Transfer Agent
      receives all required documents in proper form. From time to time, the
      Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain of the requirements
      for redemptions stated in this Prospectus.
Dealers that perform account transactions for their clients by participating
      in NETWORKING through the National Securities Clearing Corporation are
      responsible for obtaining their clients' permission to perform those
      transactions, and are responsible to their clients who are shareholders
      of the Fund if the dealer performs any transaction erroneously or
      improperly.
The redemption price for shares will vary from day to day because the value
      of the securities in the Fund's portfolio fluctuates. The redemption
      price, which is the net asset value per share, will normally differ for
      each class of shares. The redemption value of your shares may be more
      or less than their original cost.
Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is forwarded by
      check, or through AccountLink 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 10 days from the date the shares were purchased. That delay may be
      avoided if you purchase shares by Federal Funds wire or certified
      check, or arrange with your bank to provide telephone or written
      assurance to the Transfer Agent that your purchase payment has cleared.
Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Fund if the
      account value has fallen below $200 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.
Federal regulations may require the Fund to obtain your name, your date of
      birth (for a natural person), your residential street address or
      principal place of business and your Social Security Number, Employer
      Identification Number or other government issued identification when
      you open an account. Additional information may be required in certain
      circumstances or to open corporate accounts. The Fund or the Transfer
      Agent may use this information to attempt to verify your identity. The
      Fund may not be able to establish an account if the necessary
      information is not received. The Fund may also place limits on account
      transactions while it is in the process of attempting to verify your
      identity. Additionally, if the Fund is unable to verify your identity
      after your account is established, the Fund may be required to redeem
      your shares and close your account.
"Backup withholding" of federal income tax may be applied against taxable
      dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds (including exchanges)
      if you fail to furnish the Fund your correct, certified Social Security
      or Employer Identification Number when you sign your application, or if
      you under-report your income to the Internal Revenue Service.
To avoid sending duplicate copies of materials to households, the Fund will
      mail only one copy of each prospectus, annual and semi-annual report
      and annual notice of the Fund's privacy policy to shareholders having
      the same last name and address on the Fund's records. The consolidation
      of these mailings, called householding, benefits the Fund through
      reduced mailing expense.

      If you want to receive multiple copies of these materials, you may call
      the Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677. You may also notify the Transfer
      Agent in writing. Individual copies of prospectuses, reports and
      privacy notices will be sent to you commencing within 30 days after the
      Transfer Agent receives your request to stop householding.

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

DIVIDENDS.  The Fund intends to declare dividends separately for each class of
shares from net  investment  income each  regular  business  day and pay those
dividends  monthly.  Daily  dividends  will not be  declared  or paid on newly
purchased  shares  until  Federal  Funds  are  available  to the Fund from the
purchase  payment  for shares.  Dividends  and  distributions  paid to Class A
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 each year. The Fund may make supplemental
distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end of its fiscal
year. There can be no assurance that the Fund will pay any capital gains
distributions in a particular year.

WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE FOR RECEIVING DISTRIBUTIONS? When you open your
account, specify on your application how you want to receive your dividends
and distributions. You have four options:
Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest all
      dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the
      Fund.
Reinvest Dividends or Capital Gains. You can elect to reinvest some
      distributions (dividends, short-term capital gains or long-term capital
      gains distributions) in the Fund while receiving the other types of
      distributions by check or having them sent to your bank account through
      AccountLink.
Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive a check for all
      dividends and capital gains distributions or have them sent to your
      bank through AccountLink.
Reinvest Your Distributions in Another OppenheimerFunds Account. You can
      reinvest all distributions in the same class of shares of another
      OppenheimerFunds account you have established.

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

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

      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.
Avoid "Buying a Distribution." If you buy shares on or just before the Fund
      declares a capital gains distribution, you will pay the full price for
      the shares and then receive a portion of the price back as a taxable
      capital gain.
Remember, There May be Taxes on Transactions. Because the Fund's share prices
      fluctuate, you may have a capital gain or loss when you sell or
      exchange your shares. A capital gain or loss is the difference between
      the price you paid for the shares and the price you received when you
      sold them. Any capital gain is subject to capital gains tax.
Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases, distributions made by the
      Fund may be considered a non-taxable return of capital to shareholders.
      If that occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.

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

Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's
financial performance for since inception. 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 ____________________ the
Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along
with the Fund's financial statements, is included in the Statement of
Additional Information, which is available upon request.



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


      Graphic material included in the Prospectus of Oppenheimer Champion
Income Fund under the heading "Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31
each year)":

      A bar chart will be included in the Prospectus of Oppenheimer Champion
Income Fund (the "Fund") depicting the annual total returns of a hypothetical
investment in Class A shares of the Fund for each of the last ten calendar
years, without deducting sales charges. Set forth below are the relevant data
points that will appear in the bar chart:

Calendar      Annual
Year          Total
Ended         Returns

12/31/95      14.69%
12/31/96      13.40%
12/31/97      11.91%
12/31/98       0.44%
12/31/99       6.58%
12/31/00      -4.34%
12/31/01       1.64%
12/31/02      -3.61%
12/31/03      25.92%
12/31/04       9.21%



Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924
1.800.225.5677

Statement of Additional Information dated January 27, 2006

This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus. This document
contains additional information about the Fund and supplements information in
the Prospectus dated January 27, 2006. It should be read together with the
Prospectus. You can obtain the Prospectus by writing to the Fund's Transfer
Agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217,
or by calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number shown above, or by
downloading it from the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at
www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

Contents
                                                                        Page
About the Fund
Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks
    The Fund's Investment Policies...................................
    Other Investment Techniques and Strategies.......................
    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.......................................
Performance of the Fund..............................................

About Your Account
How To Buy Shares....................................................
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: Ratings Definitions......................................   A-1
Appendix B: Industry Classifications.................................   B-1
Appendix C: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers............   C-1




                                      4
ABOUT THE FUND

Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks

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

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

      In selecting securities for the Fund's portfolio, the Manager evaluates
the merits of particular securities primarily through the exercise of its own
investment analysis. That process may include, among other things, evaluation
of the issuer's historical operations, prospects for the industry of which
the issuer is part, the issuer's financial condition, its pending product
developments and business (and those of competitors), the effect of general
market and economic conditions on the issuer's business, and legislative
proposals that might affect the issuer.

      Additionally, in analyzing a particular issuer, the Manager may
consider the trading activity in the issuer's securities, present and
anticipated cash flow, estimated current value of its assets in relation to
their historical cost, the issuer's experience and managerial expertise,
responsiveness to changes in interest rates and business conditions, debt
maturity schedules, current and future borrowing requirements, and any change
in the financial condition of an issuer and the issuer's continuing ability
to meet its future obligations. The Manager also may consider anticipated
changes in business conditions, levels of interest rates of bonds as
contrasted with levels of cash dividends, industry and regional prospects,
the availability of new investment opportunities and the general economic,
legislative and monetary outlook for specific industries, the nation and the
world.

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

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

      The Fund's debt investments mainly include high-yield,
non-investment-grade bonds (commonly referred to as "junk bonds").
Investment-grade bonds are bonds rated at least "Baa" by Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., ("Moody's) at least "BBB" by Standard & Poor's Rating Services
("Standard & Poor's") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch, Inc.") or that have comparable
ratings by another nationally-recognized rating organization.

      In making investments in debt securities, the Manager may rely to some
extent on the ratings of ratings organizations or it may use its own research
to evaluate a security's credit-worthiness. If securities the Fund buys are
unrated, they are assigned a rating by the Manager of comparable quality to
bonds having similar yield and risk characteristics within a rating category
of a rating organization.

      The Fund does not have investment policies establishing specific
maturity ranges for the Fund's investments, and they may be within any
maturity range (short, medium or long) depending on the Manager's evaluation
of investment opportunities available within the debt securities markets.
Generally, however, it is expected that the Fund's average portfolio maturity
will be of a longer average maturity. The Fund may shift its investment focus
to securities of longer maturity as interest rates decline and to securities
of shorter maturity as interest rates rise.

      o Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in
value of debt securities resulting from the inverse relationship between
price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend
to reduce the market value of already-issued debt 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.

      While the changes in value of the Fund's portfolio securities after
they are purchased will be reflected in the net asset value of the Fund's
shares, those changes normally do not affect the interest income paid by
those securities (unless the security's interest is paid at a variable rate
pegged to particular interest rate changes). However, those price
fluctuations will be reflected in the valuations of the securities, and
therefore the Fund's net asset values will be affected by those fluctuations.

      o Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. The Fund can invest without
limit in lower-grade debt securities, and the Fund will normally invest 60%
or more of its assets in these securities to seek the Fund's main objective.
Lower-grade securities tend to offer higher yields than investment-grade
securities, but also are subject to greater risks of default by the issuer in
its obligations to pay interest and/or repay principal on the maturity of the
security.

      "Lower-grade" debt securities are those rated below "investment grade,"
which means they have a rating lower than "Baa" by Moody's or lower than
"BBB" by Standard & Poor's or Fitch, Inc., or similar ratings by other rating
organizations. If they are unrated, and are determined by the Manager to be
of comparable quality to debt securities rated below investment grade, they
are considered part of the Fund's portfolio of lower-grade securities. The
Fund can invest in securities rated as low as "C" or "D" or which may be in
default at the time the Fund buys them.

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

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

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

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

      The Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in foreign securities.
While it currently limits investment in foreign securities to 25% of its net
assets, the Fund expects from time to time to have substantial investments in
foreign securities. These primarily will be debt securities issued or
guaranteed by foreign companies or governments, including supra-national
entities. "Foreign securities" include equity and debt securities of
companies organized under the laws of countries other than the United States
and debt securities issued or guaranteed by governments other than the U.S.
government or by foreign supra-national entities. They may be traded on
foreign securities exchanges or in the foreign over-the-counter markets.

      Securities of foreign issuers that are represented by American
Depository Receipts or that are listed on a U.S. securities exchange or
traded in the U.S. over-the-counter markets are not considered "foreign
securities" for the purpose of the Fund's investment allocations, because
they are not subject to many of the special considerations and risks,
discussed below, that apply to foreign securities traded and held abroad.

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


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

      o Foreign Debt Obligations. The debt obligations of foreign governments
and entities may or may not be supported by the full faith and credit of the
foreign government. The Fund may buy securities issued by certain
"supra-national" entities, which include entities designated or supported by
governments to promote economic reconstruction or development, international
banking organizations and related government agencies. Examples are the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (commonly called the
"World Bank"), the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development
Bank.

      The governmental members of these supra-national entities are
"stockholders" that typically make capital contributions and may be committed
to make additional capital contributions if the entity is unable to repay its
borrowings. A supra-national entity's lending activities may be limited to a
percentage of its total capital, reserves and net income. There can be no
assurance that the constituent foreign governments will continue to be able
or willing to honor their capitalization commitments for those entities.

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

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

      o Risks of Foreign Investing. Investments in foreign securities may
offer special opportunities for investing but also present special additional
risks and considerations not typically associated with investments in
domestic securities. Some of these additional risks are:
o       reduction of income by foreign taxes;
o       fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in
             currency rates or currency control regulations (for example,
             currency blockage);
o       transaction charges for currency exchange;
o       lack of public information about foreign issuers;
o       lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting
             standards in foreign countries comparable to those applicable to
             domestic issuers;
o       less volume on foreign exchanges than on U.S. exchanges;
o       greater volatility and less liquidity on foreign markets than in the
             U.S.;
o       less governmental regulation of foreign issuers, stock exchanges and
             brokers than in the U.S.;
o       greater difficulties in commencing lawsuits;
o       higher brokerage commission rates than in the U.S.;
o       increased risks of delays in settlement of portfolio transactions or
             loss of certificates for portfolio securities;
o       possibilities in some countries of expropriation, confiscatory
             taxation, political, financial or social instability or adverse
             diplomatic developments; and
o       unfavorable differences between the U.S. economy and foreign
             economies.

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

      o Special Risks of Emerging Markets. Emerging and developing markets
abroad may also offer special opportunities for investing but have greater
risks than more developed foreign markets, such as those in Europe, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There may be even less liquidity in their
securities markets, and settlements of purchases and sales of securities may
be subject to additional delays. They are subject to greater risks of
limitations on the repatriation of income and profits because of currency
restrictions imposed by local governments. Those countries may also be
subject to the risk of greater political and economic instability, which can
greatly affect the volatility of prices of securities in those countries. The
Manager will consider these factors when evaluating securities in these
markets, because the selection of those securities must be consistent with
the Fund's investment objectives.

      o Passive Foreign Investment Companies. Some securities of corporations
domiciled outside the U.S. which the Fund may purchase, may be considered
passive foreign investment companies ("PFICs") under U.S. tax laws. PFICs are
those foreign corporations which generate primarily passive income. They tend
to be growth companies or "start-up" companies. For federal tax purposes, a
corporation is deemed a PFIC if 75% or more of the foreign corporation's
gross income for the income year is passive income or if 50% or more of its
assets are assets that produce or are held to produce passive income. Passive
income is further defined as any income to be considered foreign personal
holding company income within the subpart F provisions defined by IRCss.954.

      Investing in PFICs involves the risks associated with investing in
foreign securities, as described above. There are also the risks that the
Fund may not realize that a foreign corporation it invests in is a PFIC for
federal tax purposes. Federal tax laws impose severe tax penalties for
failure to properly report investment income from PFICs. Following industry
standards, the Fund makes every effort to ensure compliance with federal tax
reporting of these investments. PFICs are considered foreign securities for
the purposes of the Fund's minimum percentage requirements or limitations of
investing in foreign securities.

      Subject to the limits under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"Investment Company Act"), the Fund may invest in foreign mutual funds which
are also deemed PFICs (since nearly all of the income of a mutual fund is
generally passive income). Investing in these types of PFICs may allow
exposure to various countries because some foreign countries limit, or
prohibit, all direct foreign investment in the securities of companies
domiciled therein.

      In addition to bearing their proportionate share of a fund's expenses
(management fees and operating expenses), shareholders will also indirectly
bear similar expenses of such entities. Additional risks of investing in
other investment companies are described below under "Investment in Other
Investment Companies."

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies.

In seeking its objectives, the Fund may from time to time use the types of
investment strategies and investments described below. It is not required to
use all of these strategies at all times, and at times may not use them.

      |X| Investments in Other Equity Securities. The Fund can invest limited
amounts of its assets in securities other than debt securities, including
certain types of equity securities of both foreign and U.S. companies. Those
equity securities include preferred stocks (described below), common stocks,
rights and warrants, and securities convertible into common stock. Certain
equity securities may be selected because they may provide dividend income.

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

      o Convertible Securities. While some convertible securities are a form
of debt security, in some cases their conversion feature (allowing conversion
into equity securities) causes the Manager to regard them more as "equity
equivalents." In those cases the rating assigned to the security has less
impact on the Manager's investment decision with respect to them than in the
case of non-convertible debt fixed-income securities. Convertible securities
are subject to the credit risks and interest rate risks described above in
"Debt Securities."

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

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

      o Rights and Warrants. The Fund cannot invest more than 5% of its total
assets in warrants or rights. That limit does not apply to warrants and
rights the Fund has acquired as part of units of securities or that are
attached to other securities that the Fund buys. The Fund does not expect
that it will have significant investments in warrants and rights. Warrants
basically are options to purchase equity securities at specific prices valid
for a specific period of time. Their prices do not necessarily move parallel
to the prices of the underlying securities. Rights are similar to warrants,
but normally have a short duration and are distributed directly by the issuer
to its shareholders. Rights and warrants have no voting rights, receive no
dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer.

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

      The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the
market's perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness
of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the
financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected
if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. The risks of investing in
asset-backed securities are ultimately related to payment of consumer loans
by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, the
Fund would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans
in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to
prepayments, which may shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed
securities and may lower their return, in the same manner as in the case of
mortgage-backed securities and CMOs, described below. Unlike mortgage-backed
securities, asset-backed securities typically do not have the benefit of a
security interest in the underlying collateral.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      |X| "Stripped" Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund can invest in
stripped mortgage-related securities that are created by segregating the cash
flows from underlying mortgage loans or mortgage securities to create two or
more new securities. Each has a specified percentage of the underlying
security's principal or interest payments. These are a form of derivative
investment.

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

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

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

      o U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (maturities
of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (maturities of from one to
ten years), and Treasury bonds (maturities of more than 10 years). Treasury
securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States as to
timely payments of interest and repayments of principal. They also can
include U. S. Treasury securities that have been "stripped" by a Federal
Reserve Bank, zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities described below, and
Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities ("TIPS").

      o Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities. The Fund can buy these U.S.
Treasury securities, called "TIPS," that are designed to provide an
investment vehicle that is not vulnerable to inflation. The interest rate
paid by TIPS is fixed. The principal value rises or falls semi-annually based
on changes in the published Consumer Price Index. If inflation occurs, the
principal and interest payments on TIPS are adjusted to protect investors
from inflationary loss. If deflation occurs, the principal and interest
payments will be adjusted downward, although the principal will not fall
below its face amount at maturity.

      o Obligations Issued or Guaranteed by U.S. Government Agencies or
Instrumentalities. These include direct obligations and mortgage-related
securities that have different levels of credit support from the government.
Some are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such
as Government National Mortgage Association pass-through mortgage
certificates (called "Ginnie Maes"). Some are supported by the right of the
issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury under certain circumstances, such as
Federal National Mortgage Association bonds ("Fannie Maes"). Others are
supported only by the credit of the entity that issued them, such as Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation obligations ("Freddie Macs").

      o U.S. Government Mortgage-related Securities. The Fund can invest in a
variety of mortgage-related securities that are issued by U.S. government
agencies or instrumentalities, some of which are described below.

      o GNMA (Ginnie Mae) Certificates. The Government National Mortgage
Association ("GNMA") is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the
United States within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
GNMA's principal programs involve its guarantees of privately-issued
securities backed by pools of mortgages. Ginnie Maes are debt securities
representing an interest in one or a pool of mortgages that are insured by
the Federal Housing Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or
guaranteed by the Veterans Administration.

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

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

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

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

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

      o Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) Certificates. FHLMC, a
corporate instrumentality of the United States, issues FHLMC Certificates
representing interests in mortgage loans. FHLMC guarantees to each registered
holder of a FHLMC Certificate timely payment of the amounts representing a
holder's proportionate share in:
(i)     interest payments less servicing and guarantee fees,
(ii)    principal prepayments, and
(iii)   the ultimate collection of amounts representing the holder's
               proportionate interest in principal payments on the mortgage
               loans in the pool represented by the FHLMC Certificate, in
               each case whether or not such amounts are actually received.

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

      o Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Certificates.
Fannie Mae, a federally-chartered and privately-owned corporation, issues
Fannie Mae Certificates which are backed by a pool of mortgage loans. Fannie
Mae guarantees to each registered holder of a Fannie Mae Certificate that the
holder will receive amounts representing the holder's proportionate interest
in scheduled principal and interest payments, and any principal prepayments,
on the mortgage loans in the pool represented by such Certificate, less
servicing and guarantee fees, and the holder's proportionate interest in the
full principal amount of any foreclosed or other liquidated mortgage loan. In
each case the guarantee applies whether or not those amounts are actually
received. The obligations of Fannie Mae under its guarantees are obligations
solely of Fannie Mae and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities other than Fannie
Mae.

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

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

      Because zero-coupon securities pay no interest and compound
semi-annually at the rate fixed at the time of their issuance, their value is
generally more volatile than the value of other debt securities that pay
interest. Their value may fall more dramatically than the value of
interest-bearing securities when interest rates rise. When prevailing
interest rates fall, zero-coupon securities tend to rise more rapidly in
value because they have a fixed rate of return.

      The Fund's investment in zero-coupon securities may cause the Fund to
recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives
any cash payments on the zero-coupon investment. To generate cash to satisfy
those distribution requirements, the Fund may have to sell portfolio
securities that it otherwise might have continued to hold or to use cash
flows from other sources such as the sale of Fund shares.

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

      |X| Participation Interests. The Fund can invest in participation
interests, subject to the Fund's limitation on investments in illiquid
investments. A participation interest is an undivided interest in a loan made
by the issuing financial institution in the proportion that the buyers
participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the loan. Not
more than 5% of the Fund's net assets can be invested in participation
interests of the same borrower. The issuing financial institution may have no
obligation to the Fund other than to pay the Fund the proportionate amount of
the principal and interest payments it receives.

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

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

      The interest rate on a floating rate demand note is adjusted
automatically according to a stated prevailing market rate, such as a bank's
prime rate, the 91-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, or some other standard. The
instrument's rate is adjusted automatically each time the base rate is
adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate demand note is also based on a
stated prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at specified
intervals. Generally, the changes in the interest rate on such securities
reduce the fluctuation in their market value. As interest rates decrease or
increase, the potential for capital appreciation or depreciation is less than
that for fixed-rate obligations of the same maturity. The Manager may
determine that an unrated floating rate or variable rate demand obligation
meets the Fund's quality standards by reason of being backed by a letter of
credit or guarantee issued by a bank that meets those quality standards.

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

      |X| "When-Issued" and "Delayed-Delivery" Transactions. The Fund may
invest in securities on a "when-issued" basis and may purchase or sell
securities on a "delayed-delivery" (or "forward-commitment") basis.
When-issued and delayed-delivery are terms that refer to securities whose
terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which
are not available for immediate delivery.

      When such transactions are negotiated, the price (which is generally
expressed in yield terms) is fixed at the time the commitment is made.
Delivery and payment for the securities normally take place at a later date.
The securities are subject to change in value from market fluctuations during
the period until settlement. The value at delivery may be less than the
purchase price. For example, changes in interest rates in a direction other
than that expected by the Manager before settlement will affect the value of
such securities and may cause a loss to the Fund. During the period between
purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and no
interest accrues to the Fund from the investment until it receives the
security at settlement.

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

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

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

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

      |X| Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can acquire securities subject to
repurchase agreements. It might do so for liquidity purposes to meet
anticipated redemptions of Fund shares, or pending the investment of the
proceeds from sales of Fund shares, or pending the settlement of portfolio
securities transactions, or for temporary defensive purposes, as described
below.

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

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

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

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

      |X| Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Under the policies and
procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Manager
determines the liquidity of certain of the Fund's investments. To enable the
Fund to sell its holdings of a restricted security not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, the Fund may have to cause those securities to be
registered. The expenses of registering restricted securities may be
negotiated by the Fund with the issuer at the time the Fund buys the
securities. When the Fund must arrange registration because the Fund wishes
to sell the security, a considerable period may elapse between the time the
decision is made to sell the security and the time the security is registered
so that the Fund could sell it. The Fund would bear the risks of any downward
price fluctuation during that period.

      The Fund may also acquire restricted securities through private
placements. Those securities have contractual restrictions on their public
resale. Those restrictions might limit the Fund's ability to dispose of the
securities and might lower the amount the Fund could realize upon the sale.

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

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

      |X| Loans of Portfolio Securities. The Fund may lend its portfolio
securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions pursuant to
the Securities Lending Agreement (the "Securities Lending Agreement") with JP
Morgan Chase, subject to the restrictions stated in the Prospectus. Under the
Securities Lending Agreement and applicable regulatory requirements (which
are subject to change), the loan collateral must, on each business day, be at
least equal to the value of the loaned securities and must consist of cash,
bank letters of credit or securities of the U.S. Government (or its agencies
or instrumentalities), or other cash equivalents in which the Fund is
permitted to invest. To be acceptable as collateral, letters of credit must
obligate a bank to pay to JP Morgan Chase, as agent, amounts demanded by the
Fund if the demand meets the terms of the letter. Such terms of the letter of
credit and the issuing bank must be satisfactory to JP Morgan Chase and the
Fund. The Fund will receive, pursuant to the Securities Lending Agreement,
80% of all annual net income (i.e., net of rebates to the Borrower) from
securities lending transactions. JP Morgan Chase has agreed, in general, to
guarantee the obligations of borrowers to return loaned securities and to be
responsible for expenses relating to securities lending. The Fund will be
responsible, however, for risks associated with the investment of cash
collateral, including the risk that the issuer of the security in which the
cash collateral has been invested defaults. The Securities Lending Agreement
may be terminated by either JP Morgan Chase or the Fund on 30 days' written
notice. The terms of the Fund's loans must also meet applicable tests under
the Internal Revenue Code and permit the Fund to reacquire loaned securities
on five business days' notice or in time to vote on any important matter. The
Fund will lend its portfolio securities in conformity with the Fund's
Securities Lending Guidelines, as adopted by the Fund's Board.

      |X| Derivatives. The Fund can invest in a variety of derivative
investments to seek income or for hedging purposes. Some derivative
investments the Fund can use are the hedging instruments described below in
this Statement of Additional Information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      |X| Hedging. Although the Fund does not anticipate the extensive use of
hedging instruments, the Fund can use hedging instruments. It is not
obligated to use them in seeking its objective. To attempt to protect against
declines in the market value of the Fund's portfolio, to permit the Fund to
retain unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities that have
appreciated, or to facilitate selling securities for investment reasons, the
Fund could:
o       sell futures contracts,
o       buy puts on such futures or on securities, or
o       write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls may also
            be used to increase the Fund's income, but the Manager does not
            expect to engage extensively in that practice.

      The Fund can use hedging to establish a position in the securities
market as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities. In
that case the Fund would normally seek to purchase the securities and then
terminate that hedging position. The Fund might also use this type of hedge
to attempt to protect against the possibility that its portfolio securities
would not be fully included in a rise in value of the market. To do so the
Fund could:
o       buy futures, or
o       buy calls on such futures or on securities.

      The Fund's strategy of hedging with futures and options on futures will
be incidental to the Fund's activities in the underlying cash market. The
particular hedging instruments the Fund can use are described below. The Fund
may employ new hedging instruments and strategies when they are developed, if
those investment methods are consistent with the Fund's investment objective
and are permissible under applicable regulations governing the Fund.

      o Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts that relate to
debt securities (these are referred to as "interest rate futures"),
broadly-based securities indices (stock index futures and bond index
futures), foreign currencies, commodities and an individual stock ("single
stock futures"). An interest rate future obligates the seller to deliver (and
the purchaser to take) cash or a specified type of debt security to settle
the futures transaction. Either party could also enter into an offsetting
contract to close out the position.

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

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

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

      The Fund can invest a portion of its assets in commodity futures
contracts. Commodity futures may be based upon commodities within five main
commodity groups: (1) energy, which includes crude oil, natural gas, gasoline
and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes cattle and hogs; (3)
agriculture, which includes wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and
cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel,
tin and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold, platinum and
silver. The Fund may purchase and sell commodity futures contracts, options
on futures contracts and options and futures on commodity indices with
respect to these five (5) main commodity groups and the individual
commodities within each group, as well as other types of commodities.

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

      At any time prior to expiration of the future, the Fund may elect to
close out its position by taking an opposite position, at which time a final
determination of variation margin is made and any additional cash must be
paid by or released to the Fund. Any loss or gain on the future is then
realized by the Fund for tax purposes. All futures transactions (except
forward contracts) are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the
exchange on which the contracts are traded.

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

            o Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can buy and sell
exchange-traded and over-the-counter put options and call options, including
index options, securities options, currency options, commodities options and
options on the types of futures described above. If the Fund sells a call
option, it must be covered. That means the Fund must own the security subject
to the call while the call is outstanding, or, for certain types of calls,
the call must be covered by segregating liquid assets to enable the Fund to
satisfy its obligations if the call is exercised. There is no limit on the
amount of the Fund's total assets may be subject to covered calls the Fund
writes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

         o Writing Put Options. The Fund can buy and sell exchange-traded and
over-the-counter put options and call options, including index options,
securities options, currency options, commodities options and options on the
types of futures described above. A put option on securities gives the
purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the obligation to buy, the
underlying investment at the exercise price during the option period. A put
written on debt securities must be covered by segregated liquid assets and
the Fund cannot write puts if, as a result, more than 50% of the Fund's net
assets would be required to be segregated to cover such put options.

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

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


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

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

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

      o Purchasing Calls and Puts. The Fund can buy and sell exchange-traded
and over-the-counter put options and call options, including index options,
securities options, currency options, commodities options and options on
futures. When the Fund buys a call (other than in a closing purchase
transaction), it pays a premium. The Fund then has the right to buy the
underlying investment from a seller of a corresponding call on the same
investment during the call period at a fixed exercise price.

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

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

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

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

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

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

      o Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund can buy
and sell exchange-traded and over-the-counter put options and call options,
including index options, securities options, currency options, commodities
options and options on futures. The Fund could use these calls and puts to
try to protect against declines in the dollar value of foreign securities and
increases in the dollar cost of foreign securities the Fund wants to acquire.

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

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

      The Fund could write a call on a foreign currency to provide a hedge
against a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a security which the Fund owns
or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency
underlying the option. That decline might be one that occurs due to an
expected adverse change in the exchange rate. This is known as a
"cross-hedging" strategy. In those circumstances, the Fund covers the option
by maintaining cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid, high grade
debt securities in an amount equal to the exercise price of the option, in a
segregated account with the Fund's custodian bank.

      o Risks of Hedging with Options and Futures. The use of hedging
instruments requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques
that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management. If
the Manager uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judges market
conditions incorrectly, hedging strategies may reduce the Fund's return. The
Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its futures and options
positions were not correlated with its other investments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      o Swaption Transactions. The Fund may enter into a swaption
transaction, which is a contract that grants the holder, in return for
payment of the purchase price (the "premium") of the option, the right, but
not the obligation, to enter into an interest rate swap at a preset rate
within a specified period of time, with the writer of the contract. The
writer of the contract receives the premium and bears the risk of unfavorable
changes in the preset rate on the underlying interest rate swap. Unrealized
gains/losses on swaptions are reflected in investment assets and investment
liabilities in the Fund's statement of financial condition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      |X| Portfolio Turnover. "Portfolio turnover" describes the rate at
which the Fund traded its portfolio securities during its last fiscal year.
For example, if a fund sold all of its securities during the year, its
portfolio turnover rate would have been 100%. The Fund's portfolio turnover
rate will fluctuate from year to year, and the Fund may have a portfolio
turnover rate of more than 100% annually.

      Increased portfolio turnover can result in higher brokerage and
transaction costs for the Fund, which may reduce its overall performance.
Additionally, the realization of capital gains from selling portfolio
securities may result in distributions of taxable long-term capital gains to
shareholders, since the Fund will normally distribute all of its capital
gains realized each year, to avoid excise taxes under the Internal Revenue
Code.

      |X| Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. When market conditions
are unstable, or the Manager believes it is otherwise appropriate to reduce
holdings in stocks, the Fund can invest in a variety of debt securities for
defensive purposes. The Fund can also purchase these securities for liquidity
purposes to meet cash needs due to the redemption of Fund shares, or to hold
while waiting to reinvest cash received from the sale of other portfolio
securities. The Fund's temporary defensive investments can include the
following short-term (maturing in one year or less) dollar-denominated debt
obligations:
o       obligations issued or guaranteed by the U. S. government or its
            instrumentalities or agencies,
o       commercial paper (short-term, unsecured promissory notes) rated in
            the highest rating category by an established rating
            organization,
o       debt obligations of domestic or foreign corporate issuers rated "Baa"
            or higher by Moody's or "BBB" or higher by Standard & Poor's,
o       certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances and other bank
            obligations, and
o       repurchase agreements.

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

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

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

Other Investment Restrictions

      |X| What Are "Fundamental Policies"? Fundamental policies are those
policies that the Fund has adopted to govern its investments that can be
changed only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund's outstanding voting
securities. Under the Investment Company Act, a "majority" vote is defined as
the vote of the holders of the lesser of:
o       67% or more of the shares present or represented by proxy at a
            shareholder meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the
            outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy, or
o       more than 50% of the outstanding shares.

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

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

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

      o The Fund cannot invest 25% or more of its total assets in any one
industry. That limit does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by the
U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities. Under this policy,
utilities are divided into "industries" according to the services they
provide (for example, gas, gas transmission, electric and telephone utilities
will be considered to be in separate industries).

      o The Fund cannot borrow money in excess of 33 1/3% of the value of its
total assets. The Fund may borrow only from banks and/or affiliated
investment companies and only as a temporary measure for extraordinary or
emergency purposes. The Fund cannot make any investment at a time during
which its borrowings exceed 5% of the value of its assets. With respect to
this fundamental policy, the Fund can borrow only if it maintains a 300%
ratio of assets to borrowings at all times in the manner set forth in the
Investment Company Act.

      o 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 inter-fund lending program with other affiliated
funds, provided that no such loan may be made if, as a result, the aggregate
of such loans would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets (taken at
market value at the time of such loans), and (d) through repurchase
agreements.

      o The Fund cannot invest in real estate. However, the Fund can purchase
debt securities secured by real estate or interests in real estate, or issued
by companies, including real estate investment trusts, that invest in real
estate or interests in real estate.

      o The Fund cannot invest in commodities or commodity contracts.
However, the Fund may buy and sell any of the hedging instruments permitted
by its other investment policies, whether or not the hedging instrument is
considered a commodity or commodity contract, subject to the restrictions and
limitations on such investments specified in the Prospectus and this
Statement of Additional Information.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

o       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 semi-annual and annual reports to
            shareholders, or in its Statements of Investments on Form N-Q,
            which are publicly available at the SEC. In addition, the top 10
            or more holdings are posted on the OppenheimerFunds' website at
            www.oppenheimerfunds.com in the "Fund Profiles" section. 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 with a
            15-day lag.

      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 10 or more 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:

o       The third-party recipient must first submit a request for release of
            Fund portfolio holdings, explaining the business reason for the
            request;
o       Senior officers (a Senior Vice President or above) in the Manager's
            Portfolio and Legal departments must approve the completed
            request for release of Fund portfolio holdings; and
o       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:

o       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),
o       The Fund's certified public accountants and independent registered
            public accounting firm,
o       Members of the Fund's Board and the Board's legal counsel,
o       The Fund's custodian bank,
o       A proxy voting service designated by the Fund and its Board,
o       Rating/ranking organizations (such as Lipper and Morningstar),
o       Portfolio pricing services retained by the Manager to provide
            portfolio security prices, and
o       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:

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

o       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,
o       Response to regulatory requests for information (the SEC, NASD, state
            securities regulators, and/or foreign securities authorities,
            including without limitation requests for information in
            inspections or for position reporting purposes),
o       To potential sub-advisers of portfolios (pursuant to confidentiality
            agreements),
o       To consultants for retirement plans for plan sponsors/discussions at
            due diligence meetings (pursuant to confidentiality agreements),
o       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.

      The Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund and the Manager, Distributor,
and Transfer Agent (the "CCO") 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 Funds 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 during
the previous calendar quarter 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:



A.G. Edwards & Sons
ABG Securities
ABN AMRO
Advest
AG Edwards
American Technology Research
Auerbach Grayson
Banc of America Securities
Barclays
Baseline
Bear Stearns
Belle Haven
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas
BS Financial Services
Buckingham Research Group
Caris & Co.
CIBC World Markets
Citigroup
Citigroup Global Markets
Collins Stewart
Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
Credit Agricole Cheuvreux N.A. Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston
Daiwa Securities
Davy
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank Securities
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
Emmet & Co
Empirical Research
Enskilda Securities
Essex Capital Markets
Exane BNP Paribas
Factset
Fidelity Capital Markets
Fimat USA Inc.
First Albany
First Albany Corporation
Fixed Income Securities
Fortis Securities
Fox-Pitt, Kelton
Friedman, Billing, Ramsey
Fulcrum Global Partners
Garp Research
George K Baum & Co.
Goldman
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
HSBC Securities Inc
ING Barings
ISI Group
Janney Montgomery
Jefferies
Jeffries & Co.
JP Morgan
JP Morgan Securities
JPP Eurosecurities
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Keijser Securities
Kempen & Co. USA Inc.
Kepler Equities/Julius Baer Sec
KeyBanc Capital Markets
Leerink Swan
Legg Mason
Lehman
Lehman Brothers
Lipper
Loop Capital Markets
MainFirst Bank AG
Makinson Cowell US Ltd
Maxcor Financial
Merrill
Merrill Lynch
Midwest Research
Mizuho Securities
Morgan Stanley
Morningstar
Natexis Bleichroeder
Ned Davis Research Group
Nomura Securities
Pacific Crest
Pacific Crest Securities
Pacific Growth Equities
Petrie Parkman
Pictet
Piper Jaffray Inc.
Plexus
Prager Sealy & Co.
Prudential Securities
Ramirez & Co.
Raymond James
RBC Capital Markets
RBC Dain Rauscher
Research Direct
Robert W. Baird
Roosevelt & Cross
Russell Mellon
Ryan Beck & Co.
Sanford C. Bernstein
Scotia Capital Markets
SG Cowen & Co.
SG Cowen Securities
Soleil Securities Group
Standard & Poors
Stone & Youngberg
SWS Group
Taylor Rafferty
Think Equity Partners
Thomas Weisel Partners
UBS
Wachovia
Wachovia Corp
Wachovia Securities
Wescott Financial
William Blair
Yieldbook


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How the Fund is Managed

Organization and History. The Fund is an open-end, diversified management
investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of
beneficial interest. The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust
in October 1987.

|X|     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:

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

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

|X|     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.

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

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

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

      The Board of Trustees has an Audit Committee, a Review Committee and a
Governance Committee. The Audit Committee is comprised solely of Trustees who
are not "interested persons" under the Investment Company Act (the
"Independent Trustees"). The members of the Audit Committee are Edward L.
Cameron (Chairman), George C. Bowen, Robert J. Malone and F. William Marshall,
Jr. The Audit Committee held [o] meetings during the Fund's fiscal year ended
September 30, 2005. 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 and
non-audit services by the Fund's independent Auditors, including tax services,
that are not prohibited by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to the Fund, the Manager
and certain affiliates of the Manager.

      The Review Committee is comprised solely of Independent Trustees. The
members of the Review Committee are Jon S. Fossel (Chairman), Robert G. Avis,
Sam Freedman and Beverly L. Hamilton. The Review Committee held [o] meetings
during the Fund's fiscal year ended September 30, 2005. 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 Fund's
investment performance as well as the policies and procedures adopted by the
Fund to comply with the Investment Company Act and other applicable law.

      The Governance Committee is comprised solely of Independent Trustees.
The members of the Governance Committee are, Robert J. Malone (Chairman),
William Armstrong, Beverly L. Hamilton and F. William Marshall, Jr. The
Governance Committee held [o] meetings during the Fund's fiscal year ended
September 30, 2005. 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 Codes 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. The
Governance Committee will consider if a different process should be
recommended to the Board.

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
"Board II Funds"):

                                           Oppenheimer   Principal   Protected
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves                  Trust II
                                           Oppenheimer   Principal   Protected
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund            Trust III
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund           Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
                                           Oppenheimer  Senior  Floating  Rate
Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.              Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund                Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds                Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund        Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund
                                           Centennial  California  Tax  Exempt
Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.        Trust
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund   Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund     Centennial Money Market Trust
                                           Centennial   New  York  Tax  Exempt
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund                 Trust
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust      Centennial Tax Exempt Trust

      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.

      Messrs. Gillespie, Kourkoulakos, Murphy, Petersen, Vandehey, Vottiero,
Wixted and Zack and Mss. Bloomberg and Ives, who are officers of the Fund,
hold the same offices with one or more of the other Board II Funds. As of [o]
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 Board II Funds. In addition,
none of the Independent Trustees (nor any of their immediate family members)
own 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 Board II 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.

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                                    Independent Trustees
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Name, Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5         Dollar     Aggregate
                                                                                   Dollar
                                                                                  Range of
                                                                                   Shares
                                                                      Range of   Beneficially
                                                                       Shares     Owned in
with the Fund,       Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held;  Beneficially     All
Length of Service,   Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex         Owned in   Supervised
Age                  Currently Overseen                               the Fund      Funds
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William L.           Chairman of the following private mortgage     None         Over
Armstrong,           banking companies: Cherry Creek Mortgage                    $100,000
Chairman of the      Company (since 1991), Centennial State
Board of Trustees    Mortgage Company (since 1994), and The El
since 2003, Trustee  Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993); Chairman
since 2000           of the following private companies:
Age: 68              Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984) and
                     Broadway Ventures (since 1984); Director of
                     the following: Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil
                     and gas drilling/production company) (since
                     1992), Campus Crusade for Christ (since 1991)
                     and The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation,
                     Inc. (non-profit organization) (since 2002);
                     former Chairman of the following: Transland
                     Financial Services, Inc. (private mortgage
                     banking company) (1997-2003), Great Frontier
                     Insurance (insurance agency) (1995-2000),
                     Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real
                     estate brokerage) (1994-2000) and Frontier
                     Title (title insurance agency) (1995-2000);
                     former Director of the following:
                     UNUMProvident (insurance company)
                     (1991-2004), Storage Technology Corporation
                     (computer equipment company) (1991-2003) and
                     International Family Entertainment
                     (television channel) (1992-1997); U.S.
                     Senator (January 1979-January 1991). Oversees
                     38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Robert G. Avis,      Director and President of A.G. Edwards         None         Over
Trustee since 1993   Capital, Inc. (General Partner of private                   $100,000
Age: 74              equity funds) (until February 2001);
                     Chairman, President and Chief Executive
                     Officer of A.G. Edwards Capital, Inc. (until
                     March 2000); Director of A.G. Edwards & Sons,
                     Inc. (brokerage company) (until 2000) and
                     A.G. Edwards Trust Company (investment
                     adviser) (until 2000); Vice Chairman and
                     Director of A.G. Edwards, Inc. (until March
                     1999); Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards & Sons,
                     Inc. (until March 1999); Chairman of A.G.
                     Edwards Trust Company (until March 1999) and
                     A.G.E. Asset Management (investment adviser)
                     (until March 1999). Oversees 38 portfolios in
                     the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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George C. Bowen,     Assistant Secretary and Director of            $10,001-$50,0Over
Trustee since 1998   Centennial Asset Management Corporation                     $100,000
Age: 69              (December 1991-April 1999); President,
                     Treasurer and Director of Centennial Capital
                     Corporation (June 1989-April 1999); Chief
                     Executive Officer and Director of MultiSource
                     Services, Inc. (March 1996-April 1999); Mr.
                     Bowen held several positions with the Manager
                     and with subsidiary or affiliated companies
                     of the Manager (September 1987-April 1999).
                     Oversees 38 portfolios in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Edward L. Cameron,   Member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon       None         Over
Trustee since 2000   (George Washington historical site) (since                  $100,000
Age: 67              June 2000); Director of Genetic ID, Inc.
                     (biotech company) (March 2001-May 2002);
                     Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                     (accounting firm) (July 1974-June 1999);
                     Chairman of Price Waterhouse LLP Global
                     Investment Management Industry Services Group
                     (July 1994-June 1998). Oversees 38 portfolios
                     in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Jon S. Fossel,       Director of UNUMProvident (insurance company)  None         Over
Trustee since 1990   (since June 2002); Director of Northwestern                 $100,000
Age: 63              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); Chairman and Director
                     (until October 1996) and President and Chief
                     Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the
                     Manager; President, Chief Executive Officer
                     and Director of the following: Oppenheimer
                     Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (parent holding
                     company of the Manager), Shareholders
                     Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial
                     Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees
                     38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Sam Freedman,        Director of Colorado Uplift (charitable        None         Over
Trustee since 1996   organization) (since September 1984). Mr.                   $100,000
Age: 65              Freedman held several positions with the
                     Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated
                     companies of the Manager (until October
                     1994). Oversees 38 portfolios in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Beverly L. Hamilton, Trustee of Monterey Institute for              None         Over
Trustee since 2002   International Studies (educational                          $100,000
Age: 59              organization) (since February 2000); Director
                     of The California Endowment (philanthropic
                     organization) (since April 2002); Director of
                     Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula
                     (since February 2002); Director of American
                     Funds' Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc.
                     (mutual fund) (since October 1991); President
                     of ARCO Investment Management Company
                     (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the
                     investment committees of The Rockefeller
                     Foundation and The University of Michigan;
                     Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston's
                     Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital
                     fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of
                     MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment
                     company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML
                     Series Investment Fund (investment company)
                     (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the
                     investment committee of Hartford Hospital
                     (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever
                     (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Oversees
                     38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Robert J. Malone,    Director of Jones International University     None         Over
Trustee since 2002   (educational organization) (since August                    $100,000
Age: 61              2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
                     Director of Steele Street State Bank
                     (commercial banking) (since August 2003);
                     Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable
                     organization) (since 1986); Trustee of the
                     Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit
                     organization) (since 2000); Former Chairman
                     of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S.
                     Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank)
                     (July 1996-April 1999); Director of
                     Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate
                     investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of
                     Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2001-July 2004); and
                     Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and
                     gas exploration) (1997-February 2004).
                     Oversees 38 portfolios in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.
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F. William           Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly   None         Over
Marshall, Jr.,       MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment                 $100,000
Trustee since 2000   company) (since 1996) and MML Series
Age: 63              Investment Fund (investment company) (since
                     1996), the Springfield Library and Museum
                     Association (museums) (since 1995) and the
                     Community Music School of Springfield (music
                     school) (since 1996); Chairman and Trustee
                     (since 2003) and Chairman of the Investment
                     Committee (since 1994) of the Worcester
                     Polytech Institute (private university);
                     President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds
                     (private charitable fund) (since January
                     1999); Chairman of SIS & Family Bank, F.S.B.
                     (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank)
                     (January 1999-July 1999); Member of the
                     Investment Committee of the Community
                     Foundation of Western Massachusetts
                     (1998-2003); and Executive Vice President of
                     Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc.
                     (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999).
                     Oversees 40 portfolios in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.*
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*  Includes two open-end investment companies: MassMutual Select Funds and
   MML Series Investment Fund. In accordance with the instructions for 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.

The address of Mr. Murphy is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street,
11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008. Mr. Murphy serves as a Trustee for
an indefinite term and as an officer for an annual term, or until his
resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Murphy is an "Interested
Trustee" because he is affiliated with the Manager by virtue of his positions
as an officer and director of the Manager, and as a shareholder of its parent
company. Mr. Murphy was elected as a Trustee of the Fund with the
understanding that in the event he ceases to be the chief executive officer
of the Manager, he will resign as a Trustee of the Fund and the other Board
II Funds (defined below) for which he is a director or trustee.

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                              Interested Trustee and Officer
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Name, Position(s)    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5        Dollar     Aggregate
                                                                                  Dollar
                                                                                 Range Of
                                                                                  Shares
                                                                     Range of   Beneficially
                                                                      Shares     Owned in
Held with the Fund,  Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held;  Beneficially    All
Length of Service,   Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex        Owned in   Supervised
Age                  Currently Overseen                              the Fund      Funds
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                                                                    As of December 31, 2004
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John V. Murphy,      Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and          None        Over
President and        Director (since June 2001) and President                   $100,000
Trustee since 2001   (since September 2000) of the Manager;
Age: 56              President and director or trustee of other
                     Oppenheimer funds; President and Director of
                     OAC and of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings,
                     Inc. (holding company subsidiary of the
                     Manager) (since July 2001); Director of
                     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
                     (subsidiary of the Manager) (since November
                     2001); 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,
                     Trinity Investment Management Corporation and
                     Tremont Capital Management, Inc. (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); Member of the Investment
                     Company Institute's Board of Governors (since
                     October 3, 2003); Chief Operating Officer of
                     the Manager (September 2000-June 2001);
                     President and Trustee of MML Series
                     Investment Fund and MassMutual Select Funds
                     (open-end investment companies) (November
                     1999-November 2001); Director of C.M. Life
                     Insurance Company (September 1999-August
                     2000); President, Chief Executive Officer and
                     Director of MML Bay State Life Insurance
                     Company (September 1999-August 2000);
                     Director of Emerald Isle Bancorp and Hibernia
                     Savings Bank (wholly-owned subsidiary of
                     Emerald Isle Bancorp) (June 1989-June 1998).
                     Oversees 77 portfolios as an officer and
                     director or trustee and 10 additional
                     portfolios as an officer in the
                     OppenheimerFunds complex.
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The addresses of the officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs.
Gillespie, Kourkoulakos and Zack and Ms. Bloomberg, Two World Financial
Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Messrs.
Petersen, Vandehey, Vottiero and Wixted and Ms. Ives, 6803 S. Tucson Way,
Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each officer serves for an annual term or
until his or her resignation, retirement death or removal.

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                               Other Officers of the Fund
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Name, Position(s)      Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Held with the Fund,
Length of Service, Age
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Dimitrios              Vice President of the Manager since December 2001; High Yield
Kourkoulakos, Vice     Analyst (1998-2001) and a Securities Analyst (1995-1998) of the
President and          Manager. An officer of 3 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
Portfolio Manager      complex
since 2002
Age: 39
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Mark S. Vandehey,      Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the
Vice President and     Manager (since March 2004); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds
Chief Compliance       Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and
Officer since 2004     Shareholder Services, Inc. (since June 1983); Vice President and
Age: 55                Director of Internal Audit of the Manager (1997-February 2004).
                       An officer of 87 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Brian W. Wixted,       Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Manager (since March
Treasurer since 1999   1999); Treasurer of the following: HarbourView Asset Management
Age: 46                Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder
                       Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management Corporation,
                       and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since March 1999),
                       OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since March 2000),
                       OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc
                       (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.
                       (since November 2000), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program
                       (since June 2003); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI
                       Trust Company (trust company subsidiary of the Manager) (since
                       May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of the following: OAC (since
                       March 1999), Centennial Asset Management Corporation (March
                       1999-October 2003) and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (April
                       2000-June 2003); Principal and Chief Operating Officer of
                       Bankers Trust Company-Mutual Fund Services Division (March
                       1995-March 1999). An officer of 87 portfolios in the
                       OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Brian Petersen,        Assistant Vice President of the Manager (since August 2002);
Assistant Treasurer    Manager/Financial Product Accounting of the Manager (November
since 2004             1998-July 2002). An officer of 87 portfolios in the
Age: 35                OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Philip F. Vottiero,    Vice President/Fund Accounting of the Manager (since March
Assistant Treasurer    2002); Vice President/Corporate Accounting of the Manager (July
since 2002             1999-March 2002); Chief Financial Officer of Sovlink Corporation
Age: 42                (April 1996-June 1999). An officer of 87 portfolios in the
                       OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Robert G. Zack,        Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General
Secretary since 2001   Counsel (since March 2002) of the Manager; General Counsel and
Age: 57                Director of the Distributor (since December 2001); General
                       Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since
                       December 2001); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of
                       HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001);
                       Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001);
                       Assistant Secretary (since September 1997) and Director (since
                       November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and
                       OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer
                       Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since December 2002); Director of
                       Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001);
                       Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of
                       Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services,
                       Inc. (since December 2001); Senior Vice President, General
                       Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. and OFI
                       Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of
                       OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since June 2003); Senior Vice
                       President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset
                       Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Director of
                       OppenheimerFunds (Asia) Limited (since December 2003); Senior
                       Vice President (May 1985-December 2003), Acting General Counsel
                       (November 2001-February 2002) and Associate General Counsel (May
                       1981-October 2001) of the Manager; Assistant Secretary of the
                       following: Shareholder Services, Inc. (May 1985-November 2001),
                       Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (November 1989-November
                       2001), and OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. (September
                       1997-November 2001). An officer of 87 portfolios in the
                       OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Lisa I. Bloomberg,     Vice President and Associate Counsel of the Manager (since May
Assistant Secretary    2004); First Vice President (April 2001-April 2004), Associate
since 2004             General Counsel (December 2000-April 2004), Corporate Vice
Age: 37                President (May 1999-April 2001) and Assistant General Counsel
                       (May 1999-December 2000) of UBS Financial Services Inc.
                       (formerly, PaineWebber Incorporated). An officer of 87
                       portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Kathleen T. Ives,      Vice President (since June 1998) and Senior Counsel and
Assistant Secretary    Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Manager; Vice
since 2001             President (since 1999) and Assistant Secretary (since October
Age: 40                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); Assistant Counsel of the Manager (August 1994-October
                       2003). An officer of 87 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds
                       complex.
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Phillip S. Gillespie,  Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the Manager
Assistant Secretary    (since September 2004); First Vice President (2000-September
since 2004             2004), Director (2000-September 2004) and Vice President
Age: 41                (1998-2000) of Merrill Lynch Investment Management. An officer
                       of 87 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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      Remuneration of Trustees. The Trustees 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 September 30, 2005. The total compensation, including
accrued retirement benefits, from the Fund and fund complex represents
compensation received for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if
applicable) of the boards of the Fund and other funds in the OppenheimerFunds
complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2004.


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Name of Trustee and Other Fund    Aggregate Compensation    Total Compensation
                                                            From the Fund and
Position(s) (as applicable)          From the Fund(1)        Fund Complex(2)
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William L. Armstrong                      $5,828                 $178,000
Chairman of the Board and
Governance Committee Member
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Robert G. Avis                            $3,879                 $118,500
Review Committee Member
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George C. Bowen                           $3,879                 $118,500
Audit Committee Member
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Edward L. Cameron                         $4,453                 $136,000
Audit Committee Chairman
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Jon S. Fossel                             $4,453                 $136,000
Review Committee Chairman
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Sam Freedman                              $3,879                 $118,500
Review Committee Member
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Beverly Hamilton                        $3,900(3)              $152,355(5)
Review Committee Member and
Governance Committee Member
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Robert J. Malone                        $4,476(4)                $121,726
Governance Committee Chairman
and
Audit Committee Member
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F. William Marshall, Jr.                  $3,879               $167,500(6)
Audit Committee Member and
Governance Committee Member
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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.      Includes $3,900 deferred by Ms. Hamilton under the "Deferred
   Compensation Plan" described below.
4.      Includes $4,476 deferred by Mr. Malone under the "Deferred
   Compensation Plan" described below.
5.      Includes $36,654 deferred by Ms. Hamilton under a deferred
   compensation plan for serving as a Trustee for MassMutual Institutional
   Funds and MML Series Investment Fund (until June 30, 2004).
6.      Includes $49,000 compensation paid to Mr. Marshall for serving as a
   Trustee for MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund.

|X|     Deferred Compensation Plan For Trustees. The Board of Trustees has
adopted a Deferred Compensation 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.

|X|     Major Shareholders. As of [o], 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:

                                TO BE UPDATED

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

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

      The Code of Ethics is an exhibit to the Fund's registration statement
filed with the SEC and can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public
Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information about the hours
of operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at
1.202.942.8090. The Code of Ethics can also be viewed as part of the Fund's
registration statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's Internet
website at www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained, after paying a duplicating
fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address:
publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section,
Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

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

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

        The Fund 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.

|X|     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 is employed by the Manager and is the person who is
principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's
portfolio. Other members of the Manager's Fixed Income Portfolio Team provide
the portfolio managers with counsel and support in managing the Fund's
portfolio.

      The agreement requires the Manager, at its expense, to provide the Fund
with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It also requires the
Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and
clerical personnel required to provide effective 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:

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        Fiscal Year ended    Management Fees Paid to OppenheimerFunds,
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              2003                           $8,851,794
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              2004                          $10,167,241
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              2005                           $9,797,699
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      The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment
advisory agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss the Fund sustains
for any investment, adoption of any investment policy, or the purchase, sale
or retention of any security.

      The agreement permits the Manager to act as investment advisor 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
advisor or general distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as
investment advisor to the Fund, the Manager may withdraw the right of the
Fund to use the name "Oppenheimer" as part of its name.

 Portfolio Manager. The Fund's portfolio is managed by Dimitrios Kourkoulakos
(referred to as the "Portfolio Manager"). He is the person responsible for
the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments.


     Other Accounts Managed. In addition to managing the Fund's
investment portfolio, Mr. Kourkoulakos also manages other investment
portfolios and other accounts on behalf of the Manager or its affiliates. The
following table provides information regarding the other portfolios and
accounts managed by Mr. Kourkoulakos as of September 30, 2005. No account has
a performance-based advisory fee:


                                   Registered     Other Pooled
                                   Investment      Investment       Other
                                    Companies       Vehicles      Accounts
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                                        3             None            1
      Accounts Managed
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                                    $3,518.2          None          $95+
      Total Assets Managed*
      * In millions.
      + In thousands.

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

       Compensation of the Portfolio Managers. 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, their compensation is based primarily on the investment performance
results of the funds and accounts they manage, rather than on the financial
success of the Manager. This is intended to align the portfolio managers' and
analysts' interests with the success of the funds and accounts and their
investors. 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
September 30, 2005, 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 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, to help the Manager attract and retain talent.
The annual discretionary bonus is determined by senior management of the
Manager and is based on a number of factors, including a fund's pre-tax
performance for periods of up to five years, measured against an appropriate
benchmark selected by management. The Lipper benchmark with respect to the
Fund is Lipper - High Current Yield Funds. Other factors 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 managed by the Portfolio Manager. The compensation
structure of the other funds managed by the Portfolio Manager is the same as
the compensation structure of the Fund, described above.

      Ownership of Fund Shares. As of September 30, 2005, the
Portfolio Manager did not beneficially own any shares of the Fund.

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

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

    Under the investment advisory agreement, in choosing brokers to execute
portfolio transactions for the Fund, the Manager may select brokers (other
than affiliates) that provide brokerage and/or research services to the Fund
and/or the other accounts over which the Manager or its affiliates have
investment discretion. The 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      The Board of Trustees permits the Manager to use stated commissions on
secondary fixed-income agency trades to obtain research if the broker
represents to the Manager that: (i) the trade is not from or for the broker's
own inventory, (ii) the trade was executed by the broker on an agency basis
at the stated commission, and (iii) the trade is not a riskless principal
transaction. The Board of Trustees permits the Manager to use 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
supplements the research activities of the Manager. That research provides
additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager to
obtain market information for the valuation of securities that are either
held in the Fund's portfolio or are being considered for purchase. The
Manager provides information to the Board about the commissions paid to
brokers furnishing such services, together with the Manager's representation
that the amount of such commissions was reasonably related to the value or
benefit of such services.

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  Fiscal Year Ended 9/30:     Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund(1)
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           2003                                   $60,998
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           2004                                   $95,712
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           2005                                   $[o](2)
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1. Amounts do not include spreads or commissions on principal transactions on
a net trade basis.
2. In the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, the amount of transactions
directed to brokers for research services was $[o] and the amount of the
commissions paid to broker-dealers for those services was $[o].

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.

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Fiscal      Aggregate         Class A
  Year   Front-End Sales  Front-End Sales
Ended       Charges on        Charges
 9/30:    Class A Shares    Retained by
                           Distributor(1)
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  2003      $1,993,951        $470,639
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  2004      $2,206,628        $620,840
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  2005      $1,409,670        $414,011
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1. Includes amounts retained by a broker-dealer that is an affiliate or a
parent of the Distributor.

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Fiscal    Concessions on   Concessions on   Concessions on   Concessions on
Year      Class A Shares   Class B Shares   Class C Shares   Class N Shares
Ended      Advanced by      Advanced by      Advanced by      Advanced by
 9/30:    Distributor(1)   Distributor(1)   Distributor(1)   Distributor(1)
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  2003       $374,623        $1,885,890        $417,010         $68,578
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  2004       $149,184        $1,290,389        $366,512         $88,016
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  2005       $116,477         $581,149         $211,957         $51,723
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1. 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.




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Fiscal       Class A          Class B          Class C          Class N
            Contingent       Contingent       Contingent       Contingent
Year      Deferred Sales   Deferred Sales   Deferred Sales   Deferred Sales
Ended        Charges          Charges          Charges          Charges
 9/30:     Retained by      Retained by      Retained by      Retained by
           Distributor      Distributor      Distributor      Distributor
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  2003       $170,615        $1,438,542        $35,767          $34,667
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  2004       $63,539         $1,044,894        $41,193          $10,373
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  2005       $17,748          $875,328         $25,989          $15,839
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Distribution and Service Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class
A shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N
shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act. Under those plans the
Fund pays the Distributor for all or a portion of its costs incurred in
connection with the distribution and/or servicing of the shares of the
particular class. Each plan has been approved by a vote of the Board of
Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees(1), 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.

      Financial intermediaries, brokers and dealers may receive other
payments from the Distributor or the Manager from their own resources in
connection with the promotion and/or sale of shares of the Fund, including
payments to defray expenses incurred in connection with educational seminars
and meetings. The Manager or Distributor may share expenses incurred by
financial intermediaries in conducting training and educational meetings
about aspects of the Fund for employees of the intermediaries or for hosting
client seminars or meetings at which the Fund is discussed. In their sole
discretion, the Manager and/or the Distributor may increase or decrease the
amount of payments they make from their own resources for these purposes.

      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.

|X|     Class A Service Plan Fees. Under the Class A service plan, the
Distributor currently uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers,
dealers and other financial institutions (they are referred to as
"recipients") for personal services and account maintenance services they
provide for their customers who hold Class A shares. The services include,
among others, answering customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in
establishing and maintaining accounts in the Fund, making the Fund's
investment plans available and providing other services at the request of the
Fund or the Distributor. 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 Board has set the rate at that level. 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 the special arrangement described below, regarding
grandfathered retirement accounts. The Distributor makes payments to
recipients periodically at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average
annual net assets consisting of Class A shares held in the accounts of the
recipients or their customers.

      With respect to purchases of Class A shares subject to a contingent
deferred sales charge by certain retirement plans that purchased such shares
prior to March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement accounts"), the Distributor
currently intends to pay the service fee to recipients in advance for the
first year after the shares are purchased. During the first year the shares
are sold, the Distributor retains the service fee to reimburse itself for the
costs of distributing the shares. After the first year shares are
outstanding, the Distributor makes service fee payments to recipients
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 A shares purchased by grandfathered
retirement accounts 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.

      For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 payments under the Class A
plan totaled $2,431,873, of which $7,638 was retained by the Distributor
under the arrangement described above, regarding grandfathered retirement
accounts, and included $82,965 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.

|X|     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 an investor directly from the Distributor
without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer. If the
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:
o       pays sales concessions to authorized brokers and dealers at the time
         of sale and pays service fees as described above,
o       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,
o       employs personnel to support distribution of Class B, Class C and
         Class N shares,
o       bears the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses
         (other than those furnished to current shareholders) and state "blue
         sky" registration fees and certain other distribution expenses,
o       may not be able to adequately compensate dealers that sell Class B,
         Class C and Class N shares without receiving payment under the plans
         and therefore may not be able to offer such Classes for sale absent
         the plans,
o       receives payments under the plans consistent with the service fees
         and asset-based sales charges paid by other non-proprietary funds
         that charge 12b-1 fees,
o       may use the payments under the plan to include the Fund in various
         third-party distribution programs that may increase sales of Fund
         shares,
o       may experience increased difficulty selling the Fund's shares if
         payments under the plan are discontinued because most competitor
         funds have plans that pay dealers for rendering distribution
         services as much or more than the amounts currently being paid by
         the Fund, and
o       may not be able to continue providing, at the same or at a lesser
         cost, the same quality distribution sales efforts and services, or
         to obtain such services from brokers and dealers, if the plan
         payments were to be discontinued.

        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 any of the Class B, Class C or Class N plans is terminated by
the Fund, the Board of Trustees may allow the Fund to continue payments of
the asset-based sales charge to the Distributor for distributing shares
before the plan was terminated.

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     Distribution Fees Paid to the Distributor for the Year Ended 9/30/05
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Class:          Total         Amount        Distributor's    Distributor's
                                            Aggregate        Unreimbursed
                                            Unreimbursed     Expenses as %
                Payments      Retained by   Expenses         Of Net Assets
                Under Plan    Distributor   Under Plan       Of Class
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Class B Plan    $3,625,858(1) $2,770,220    $20,757,330      6.99%
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Class C Plan    $2,365,720(2) $287,888      $8,037,009       3.67%
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Class N Plan    $150,798(3)   $85,326       $408,088         1.34%
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1. Includes $34,957 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.
2. Includes $51,469 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.
3. Includes $6,780 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.

      All payments under the Class B, Class C and Class N plans are subject
to the limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. on payments of asset-based sales charges and
service fees.

Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to
illustrate its 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:
o       Yields and total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical
         account in the Fund over various periods and do not show the
         performance of each shareholder's account. Your account's
         performance will vary from the model performance data if your
         dividends are received in cash, or you buy or sell shares during the
         period, or you bought your shares at a different time and price than
         the shares used in the model.
o       The Fund's performance returns may not reflect the effect of taxes on
         dividends and capital gains distributions.
o       An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other
         government agency.
o       The principal value of the Fund's shares, its yields and total
         returns are not guaranteed and normally will fluctuate on a daily
         basis.
o       When an investor's shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or
         less than their original cost.
o       Yields and total returns for any given past period represent
         historical performance information and are not, and should not be
         considered, a prediction of future yields or returns.

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

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

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

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

Standardized Yield  = 2[( a - b +1)(6) -1 ]
                          ------
                           cd

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

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

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

  Dividend Yield = dividends paid x 12/maximum offering price (payment date)

      The maximum offering price for Class A shares includes the current
maximum initial sales charge. The maximum offering price for Class B, Class C
and Class N shares is the net asset value per share, without considering the
effect of contingent deferred sales charges. The Class A dividend yield may
also be quoted without deducting the maximum initial sales charge.



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 The Fund's Yields for the 30-Day Periods Ended September 30, 2005
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Class of        Standardized Yield            Dividend Yield
Shares
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               Without       After        Without         After
                Sales        Sales         Sales          Sales
               Charge        Charge        Charge        Charge
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  Class A       6.72%        6.39%         6.81%          6.48%
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  Class B       5.97%         N/A          6.07%           N/A
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  Class C       5.97%         N/A          6.07%           N/A
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  Class N       6.31%         N/A          6.40%           N/A
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      |X|   Total Return Information. There are different types of "total
returns" to measure the Fund's performance. Total return is the change in
value of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over a given period, assuming
that all dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested in
additional shares and that the investment is redeemed at the end of the
period. Because of differences in expenses for each class of shares, the
total returns for each class are separately measured. The cumulative total
return measures the change in value over the entire period (for example, ten
years). An average annual total return shows the average rate of return for
each year in a period that would produce the cumulative total return over the
entire period. However, average annual total returns do not show actual
year-by-year performance. The Fund uses standardized calculations for its
total returns as prescribed by the SEC. The methodology is discussed below.

         In calculating total returns for Class A shares, the current maximum
sales charge of 4.75% (as a percentage of the offering price) is deducted
from the initial investment ("P" 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 period, and total returns for the
periods prior to 03/01/01 (the inception date for Class N shares) are based
on the Fund's Class A returns, adjusted to reflect the higher Class N 12b-1
fees.

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

ERV  l/n  - 1  = Average Annual Total
               Return
 P

o       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:

           - 1 = Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on
ATVD  l/n      Distributions)
 P

o       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:

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

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

 ERV - P   = Total Return
-----------
    P

o       Total Returns at Net Asset Value. From time to time the Fund may also
quote a cumulative or an average annual total return "at net asset value"
(without deducting sales charges) for Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N
shares. Each is based on the difference in net asset value per share at the
beginning and the end of the period for a hypothetical investment in that
class of shares (without considering front-end or contingent deferred sales
charges) and takes into consideration the reinvestment of dividends and
capital gains distributions.

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       The Fund's Total Returns for the Periods Ended September 30, 2005
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Class of  Cumulative Total              Average Annual Total Returns
             Returns (10
              years or
 Shares    life-of-class)
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                                 1-Year            5-Year           10-Year
                                                (or life of       (or life of
                                               class if less)   class if less)
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          After    Without  After    Without  After    Without After    Without
          Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales   Sales    Sales
           Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge  Charge   Charge   Charge
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Class      76.09%   84.88%   0.63%    5.65%    4.35%    5.37%   5.82%    6.34%
  A(1)
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Class      76.30%   76.30%   -0.08%   4.87%    4.31%    4.60%   5.84%    5.84%
  B(2)
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Class      71.46%   71.46%   3.88%    4.86%    4.60%    4.60%   5.54%    5.54%
  C(3)
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Class      25.18%   25.18%   4.24%    5.23%    5.02%    5.02%    N/A      N/A
  N(4)
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1.      Inception of Class A: November 16, 1987
2.      Inception of Class B: October 2, 1995
3.      Inception of Class C: December 1, 1993
4.      Inception of Class N: March 1, 2001

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   Average Annual Total Returns for Class A(1) Shares (After Sales Charge)
                   For the Periods Ended September 30, 2005
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                                 1-Year          5-Year           10-Year
                                              (or life of       (or life of
                                             class if less)   class if less)
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After Taxes on Distributions     -1.63            1.17             2.28
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After Taxes on                    0.40            1.69             2.71
Distributions and
Redemption of Fund Shares
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   1. Inception of Class A: November 16, 1987

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales
literature the total return performance of a hypothetical investment account
that includes shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds. The combined
account may be part of an illustration of an asset allocation model or
similar presentation. The account performance may combine total return
performance of the Fund and the total return performance of other Oppenheimer
funds included in the account. Additionally, from time to time, the Fund's
advertisements and sales literature may include, for illustrative or
comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about general or
specific market and economic conditions. That may include, for example,
o       information about the performance of certain securities or
         commodities markets or segments of those markets,
o       information about the performance of the economies of particular
         countries or regions,
o       the earnings of companies included in segments of particular
         industries, sectors, securities markets, countries or regions,
o       the availability of different types of securities or offerings of
         securities,
o       information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product
         of the United States or other countries or regions,
o       comparisons of various market sectors or indices to demonstrate
         performance, risk, or other characteristics of the Fund.

ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

How to Buy Shares

Additional information is presented below about the methods that can be used
to buy shares of the Fund. Appendix C contains more information about the
special sales charge arrangements offered by the Fund, and the circumstances
in which sales charges may be reduced or waived for certain classes of
investors.

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

AccountLink. When shares are purchased through AccountLink, each purchase
must be at least $50 and shareholders must invest at least $500 before an
Asset Builder Plan (described below) can be established on a new account.
Accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 will remain at $25 for
additional purchases. Shares will be purchased on the regular business day
the Distributor is instructed to initiate the Automated Clearing House
("ACH") transfer to buy the shares. Dividends will begin to accrue on shares
purchased with the proceeds of ACH transfers on the business day the Fund
receives Federal Funds for the purchase through the ACH system before the
close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"). The NYSE normally closes
at 4:00 p.m., but may close earlier on certain days. If Federal Funds are
received on a business day after the close of the NYSE, the shares will be
purchased and dividends will begin to accrue on the next regular business
day. The proceeds of ACH transfers are normally received by the Fund three
days after the transfers are initiated. If the proceeds of the ACH transfer
are not received on a timely basis, the Distributor reserves the right to
cancel the purchase order. The Distributor and the Fund are not responsible
for any delays in purchasing shares resulting from delays in ACH
transmissions.

Reduced Sales Charges. As discussed in the Prospectus, a reduced sales charge
rate may be obtained for Class A shares under Right of Accumulation and
Letters of Intent because of the economies of sales efforts and reduction in
expenses realized by the Distributor, dealers and brokers making such sales.
No sales charge is imposed in certain other circumstances described in
Appendix C to this Statement of Additional Information 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 Limited Term Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals  Oppenheimer Main Street Fund
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund                 Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund
Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund                Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund     Oppenheimer MidCap Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund     Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund           Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
                                          Oppenheimer   Principal  Protected  Main
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund          Street Fund
                                          Oppenheimer   Principal  Protected  Main
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund   Street Fund II
                                          Oppenheimer   Principal  Protected  Main
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund       Street Fund III
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund   Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund
                                          Oppenheimer  Quest  Capital  Value Fund,
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund                Inc.
                                          Oppenheimer  Quest  International  Value
Oppenheimer Dividend Growth Fund          Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund          Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund    Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund               Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.             Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund
                                          Oppenheimer      Rochester      National
Oppenheimer Global Fund                   Municipals
Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund     Oppenheimer Select Value Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund  Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund                   Oppenheimer Small- & Mid- Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund               Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund       Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund
Oppenheimer   International   Diversified
Fund                                      Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund     Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer  International  Small Company
Fund                                      Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer International Value Fund      Rochester Fund Municipals
Oppenheimer   Limited   Term   California
Municipal Fund                            Oppenheimer Portfolio Series:
                                            Active Allocation Fund
                                            Aggressive Investor Fund
                                            Conservative Investor Fund
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund    Moderate Investor Fund

And the following money market funds:

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves                 Centennial Money Market Trust
Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.       Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust    Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust


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

Letters of Intent. Under a Letter of Intent ("Letter"), you can 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 during a 13-month period. The total amount of your purchases of Class
A, Class B and Class C shares will determine the sales charge rate that
applies to your Class A share purchases during that period. You can choose to
include purchases that you made up to 90 days before the date of the Letter.
Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund and Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
on which you have not paid a sales charge and any Class N shares you
purchase, or may have purchased, will not be counted towards satisfying the
purchases specified in a Letter.

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

        Each purchase of Class A shares under the Letter will be made at the
offering price (including the sales charge) that would apply to a single
lump-sum purchase of shares in the amount intended to be purchased under the
Letter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Asset Builder Plans. As explained in the Prospectus, you must initially
establish your account with $500. Subsequently, you can establish an Asset
Builder Plan to automatically purchase additional shares directly from a bank
account for as little as $50. 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 C to this Statement of Additional Information. Certain
special sales charge arrangements described in that Appendix apply to
retirement plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") or an independent
record keeper that has a contract or special arrangement with Merrill Lynch.
If on the date the plan sponsor signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping
service agreement the plan has less than $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 has $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 has $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 level accounts of a retirement plan. While such compensation
may act to reduce the record keeping fees charged by the retirement plan's
record keeper, that compensation arrangement may be terminated at any time,
potentially affecting the record keeping fees charged by the retirement
plan's record keeper.

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

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

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

      The Distributor will not accept 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 an investor
directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another
registered broker-dealer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

      The methodology for calculating the net asset value, dividends and
distributions of the Fund's share classes recognizes two types of expenses.
General expenses that do not pertain specifically to any one class are
allocated pro rata to the shares of all classes. The allocation is based on
the percentage of the Fund's total 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:
o       A fund account whose shares were acquired after September 30th of the
            prior year;
o       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;
o       Accounts of shareholders who elect to access their account documents
            electronically via eDoc Direct;
o       A fund account that has only certificated shares and, has a balance
            below $500 and is being escheated;
o       Accounts of shareholders that are held by broker-dealers under the
            NSCC Fund/SERV system;
o       Accounts held under the Oppenheimer Legacy Program and/or holding
            certain Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;
o       Omnibus accounts holding shares pursuant to the Pinnacle, Ascender,
            Custom Plus, Recordkeeper Pro and Pension Alliance Retirement
            Plan programs; and
o       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.

      To access account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please
visit the Service Center on our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or call
1.888.470.0862 for instructions.

      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 Statement of Additional Information
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 European and
Asian 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.

      |X|   Securities Valuation. The Fund's Board of Trustees has
established procedures for the valuation of the Fund's securities. In general
those procedures are as follows:
o       Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange or on NASDAQ(R)
are valued as follows:
(1)     if last sale information is regularly reported, they are valued at
               the last reported sale price on the principal exchange on
               which they are traded or on NASDAQ(R), as applicable, on that
               day, or
(2)     if last sale information is not available on a valuation date, they
               are valued at the last reported sale price preceding the
               valuation date if it is within the spread of the closing "bid"
               and "asked" prices on the valuation date or, if not, at the
               closing "bid" price on the valuation date.
o       Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally
are valued in one of the following ways:
(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.
o       Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity in excess of 60
days are valued based on the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices
determined by a portfolio pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of
Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the
security on the basis of reasonable inquiry.
o       The following securities are valued at the mean between the "bid" and
"asked" prices determined by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board
of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the
security on the basis of reasonable inquiry:
(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.
o       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.
o       Securities (including restricted securities) not having
readily-available market quotations are valued at fair value determined under
the Board's procedures. If the Manager is unable to locate two market makers
willing to give quotes, a security may be priced at the mean between the
"bid" and "asked" prices provided by a single active market maker (which in
certain cases may be the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available).

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

      The closing prices in the 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 or on NASDAQ(R), as applicable, as
determined by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees or by the
Manager. If there were no sales that day, they shall be valued at the last
sale price on the preceding trading day if it is within the spread of the
closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the principal exchange or on NASDAQ(R)on
the valuation date. If not, the value shall be the closing bid price on the
principal exchange or on NASDAQ(R)on the valuation date. If the put, call or
future is not traded on an exchange or on NASDAQ(R), 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.

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

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

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:
o       Class A shares purchased subject to an initial sales charge or Class
         A shares on which a contingent deferred sales charge was paid, or
o       Class B shares that were subject to the Class B contingent deferred
         sales charge when redeemed.

      The reinvestment may be made without sales charge only in Class A
shares of the Fund or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of
the Fund are exchangeable as described in "How to Exchange Shares" below.
Reinvestment will be at the net asset value next computed after the Transfer
Agent receives the reinvestment order. The shareholder must ask the Transfer
Agent for that privilege at the time of reinvestment. This privilege does not
apply to Class C, 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.

        Any capital gain that was realized when the shares were redeemed is
taxable, and reinvestment will not alter any capital gains tax payable on
that gain. If there has been a capital loss on the redemption, some or all of
the loss may not be tax deductible, depending on the timing and amount of the
reinvestment. Under the Internal Revenue Code, if the redemption proceeds of
Fund shares on which a sales charge was paid are reinvested in shares of the
Fund or another of the Oppenheimer funds within 90 days of payment of the
sales charge, the shareholder's basis in the shares of the Fund that were
redeemed may not include the amount of the sales charge paid. That would
reduce the loss or increase the gain recognized from the redemption. However,
in that case the sales charge would be added to the basis of the shares
acquired by the reinvestment of the redemption proceeds.

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

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

Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board of Trustees has the right to cause
the involuntary redemption of the shares held in any account if the aggregate
net asset value of those shares is less than $500 or such lesser amount as
the Board may fix. The Board will not cause the involuntary redemption of
shares in an account if the aggregate net asset value of such shares has
fallen below the stated minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations. If
the Board exercises this right, it may also fix the requirements for any
notice to be given to the shareholders in question (not less than 30 days).
The Board may alternatively set requirements for the shareholder to increase
the investment, or set other terms and conditions so that the shares would
not be involuntarily redeemed.

Transfers of Shares. A transfer of shares to a different registration is not
an event that triggers the payment of sales charges. Therefore, shares are
not subject to the payment of a contingent deferred sales charge of any class
at the time of transfer to the name of another person or entity. It does not
matter whether the transfer occurs by absolute assignment, gift or bequest,
as long as it does not involve, directly or indirectly, a public sale of the
shares. When shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge are
transferred, the transferred shares will remain subject to the contingent
deferred sales charge. It will be calculated as if the transferee shareholder
had acquired the transferred shares in the same manner and at the same time
as the transferring shareholder.

      If less than all shares held in an account are transferred, and some
but not all shares in the account would be subject to a contingent deferred
sales charge if redeemed at the time of transfer, the priorities described in
the Prospectus under "How to Buy Shares" for the imposition of the Class B,
Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charge will be followed in
determining the order in which shares are transferred.

Distributions From Retirement Plans. Requests for distributions from
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, 403(b)(7) custodial
plans, 401(k) plans or pension or profit-sharing plans should be addressed to
"Trustee, OppenheimerFunds Retirement Plans," c/o the Transfer Agent at its
address listed in "How To Sell Shares" in the Prospectus or on the back cover
of this Statement of Additional Information. The request must:
(1)     state the reason for the distribution;
(2)     state the owner's awareness of tax penalties if the distribution is
         premature; and
(3)     conform to the requirements of the plan and the Fund's other
         redemption requirements.

      Participants (other than self-employed plan sponsors) in
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored pension or profit-sharing plans with shares of the
Fund held in the name of the plan or its fiduciary may not directly request
redemption of their accounts. The plan administrator or fiduciary must sign
the request.

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

Special Arrangements for Repurchase of Shares from Dealers and Brokers. The
Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized
dealers or brokers on behalf of their customers. Shareholders should contact
their broker or dealer to arrange this type of redemption. The repurchase
price per share will be the net asset value next computed after the
Distributor receives an order placed by the dealer or broker. However, if the
Distributor receives a repurchase order from a dealer or broker after the
close of the 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. Additionally, the order must
have been transmitted to and received by the Distributor prior to its close
of business that day (normally 5:00 p.m.).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to Exchange Shares

As stated in the Prospectus, shares of a particular class of Oppenheimer
funds having more than one class of shares may be exchanged only for shares
of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds. Shares of Oppenheimer funds
that have a single class without a class designation are deemed "Class A"
shares for this purpose. You can obtain a current list showing which funds
offer which classes of shares by calling the Distributor.

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

   The following funds only offer Class A shares:
   Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust    Centennial New York Tax Exempt
                                             Trust
   Centennial Government Trust               Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
   Centennial Money Market Trust

   The following funds do not offer Class N shares:
   Limited Term New York Municipal Fund      Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals           Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main
                                             Street Fund II
   Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York             Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal
   Municipals                                Fund
   Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund     Oppenheimer Rochester National
                                             Municipals
   Oppenheimer International Value Fund      Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
   Oppenheimer Limited Term California       Rochester Fund Municipals
   Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal
   Fund
   Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.

   The following funds do not offer Class Y shares:
   Limited Term New York Municipal Fund     Oppenheimer Limited Term California
                                            Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals          Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer Balanced Fund                Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund    Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main
                                            Street Fund
   Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund          Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main
                                            Street Fund II
   Oppenheimer Cash Reserves                Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main
                                            Street Fund III
   Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund         Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value Fund,
                                            Inc.
   Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund  Oppenheimer Quest International Value
                                            Fund, Inc.
   Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund  Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals
   Oppenheimer Dividend Growth Fund         Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
   Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund


o       Oppenheimer  Money Market Fund,  Inc.  only offers Class A and Class Y
   shares.
o       Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund may not be exchanged
      for shares of any other fund.
o       Class B and Class C shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves are generally
      available only by exchange from the same class of shares of other
      Oppenheimer funds or through OppenheimerFunds-sponsored 401(k) plans.
o       Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund may be
      exchanged only for Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds. They may
      not be acquired by exchange of shares of any class of any other
      Oppenheimer funds except Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market
      Fund or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves acquired by exchange of Class M
      shares.
o       Class A shares of Oppenheimer funds may be exchanged at net asset
      value for shares of any money market fund offered by the Distributor.
      Shares of any money market fund purchased without a sales charge may be
      exchanged for shares of Oppenheimer funds offered with a sales charge
      upon payment of the sales charge. They may also be used to purchase
      shares of Oppenheimer funds subject to an early withdrawal charge or
      contingent deferred sales charge.
o       Shares of the Fund acquired by reinvestment of dividends or
      distributions from any of the other Oppenheimer funds or from any unit
      investment trust for which reinvestment arrangements have been made
      with the Distributor may be exchanged at net asset value for shares of
      any of the Oppenheimer funds.
o       Shares of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund may be
      exchanged at net asset value for shares of any of the Oppenheimer
      funds. However, shareholders are not permitted to exchange shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds for shares of Oppenheimer Principal Protected
      Main Street Fund until after the expiration of the warranty period
      (8/5/2010).
o       Shares of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II may be
      exchanged at net asset value for shares of any of the Oppenheimer
      funds. However, shareholders are not permitted to exchange shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds for shares of Oppenheimer Principal Protected
      Main Street Fund II until after the expiration of the warranty period
      (3/3/2011).
o       Shares of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III may be
      exchanged at net asset value for shares of any of the Oppenheimer
      funds. However, shareholders are not permitted to exchange shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds for shares of Oppenheimer Principal Protected
      Main Street Fund III until after the expiration of the warranty period
      (12/16/2011).

      The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any
time. Although the Fund may impose these changes at any time, it will provide
you with notice of those changes whenever it is required to do so by
applicable law. It may be required to provide 60 days' notice prior to
materially amending or terminating the exchange privilege. That 60 day notice
is not required in extraordinary circumstances.

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

o       When Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund (other than Rochester
National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals) acquired by exchange of
Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A
contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within 18 months measured from
the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged
Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on
the redeemed shares.

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

o       If any Class A shares of another Oppenheimer fund that are exchanged
for Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund are subject to
the Class A contingent deferred sales charge of the other Oppenheimer fund at
the time of exchange, the holding period for that Class A contingent deferred
sales charge will carry over to the Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior
Floating Rate Fund acquired in the exchange. The Class A shares of
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired in that exchange will be
subject to the Class A Early Withdrawal Charge of Oppenheimer Senior Floating
Rate Fund if they are repurchased before the expiration of the holding period.

o       When Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves and Oppenheimer
Money Market Fund, Inc. acquired by exchange of Class A shares of any
Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales
charge are redeemed within the Class A holding period of the fund from which
the shares were exchanged, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge of
the fund from which the shares were exchanged is imposed on the redeemed
shares.

o       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.

o       With respect to Class B shares of Limited Term California Municipal
Fund, Limited-Term Government Fund, 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.

o       With respect to Class B shares of 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.

o       With respect to Class C shares, the Class C contingent deferred sales
charge is imposed on Class C shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed
within 12 months of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class C shares.

o       With respect to Class N shares, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge
will be imposed if the retirement plan (not including IRAs and 403(b) plans)
is terminated or Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an
investment option of the plan and Class N shares are redeemed within 18
months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer
fund or with respect to an individual retirement plan or 403(b) plan, Class N
shares are redeemed within 18 months of the plan's first purchase of Class N
shares of any Oppenheimer fund.

o       When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are redeemed to effect an
exchange, the priorities described in "How To Buy Shares" in the Prospectus
for the imposition of the Class B, Class C or Class N contingent deferred
sales charge will be followed in determining the order in which the shares
are exchanged. Before exchanging shares, shareholders should take into
account how the exchange may affect any contingent deferred sales charge that
might be imposed in the subsequent redemption of remaining shares.

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

      |X|   Limits on Multiple Exchange Orders. The Fund reserves the right
to reject telephone or written exchange requests submitted in bulk by anyone
on behalf of more than one account.

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

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

        When you exchange some or all of your shares from one fund to
another, any special account feature such as an Asset Builder Plan or
Automatic Withdrawal Plan, will be switched to the new fund account unless
you tell the Transfer Agent not to do so. However, special redemption and
exchange features such as Automatic Exchange Plans and Automatic Withdrawal
Plans cannot be switched to an account in Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate
Fund.

      In connection with any exchange request, the number of shares exchanged
may be less than the number requested if the exchange or the number requested
would include shares subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this
Statement of Additional Information, or would include shares covered by a
share certificate that is not tendered with the request. In those cases, only
the shares available for exchange without restriction will be exchanged.

      The different Oppenheimer funds available for exchange have different
investment objectives, policies and risks. A shareholder should assure that
the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment and should be
aware of the tax consequences of an exchange. For federal income tax
purposes, an exchange transaction is treated as a redemption of shares of one
fund and a purchase of shares of another. "Reinvestment Privilege," above,
discusses some of the tax consequences of reinvestment of redemption proceeds
in such cases. The Fund, the Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are unable
to provide investment, tax or legal advice to a shareholder in connection
with an exchange request or any other investment transaction.

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

Dividends and Distributions. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and there
can be no assurance as to the payment of any dividends or the realization of
any capital gains. The dividends and distributions paid by a class of shares
will vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the composition
of the Fund's portfolio, and expenses borne by the Fund or borne separately
by a class. Dividends are calculated in the same manner, at the same time,
and on the same day for each class of shares. However, dividends on Class B,
Class C and Class N shares are expected to be lower than dividends on Class A
shares. That is because of the effect of the asset-based sales charge on
Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Those dividends will also differ in
amount as a consequence of any difference in the net asset values of the
different classes of shares.

        Dividends, distributions and proceeds of the redemption of Fund
shares represented by checks returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal
Service as undeliverable will be invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money
Market Fund, Inc. Reinvestment will be made as promptly as possible after the
return of such checks to the Transfer Agent, to enable the investor to earn a
return on otherwise idle funds. Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state
escheatment laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to
shareholders or their representatives for compliance with those laws in good
faith.

Tax Status of the Fund's Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions of Shares.
The federal tax treatment of the Fund's dividends and capital gains
distributions is briefly highlighted in the Prospectus. The following is only
a summary of certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the
Fund and its shareholders.

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

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

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

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

      To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must derive at
least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with
respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of
stock or securities or foreign currencies (to the extent such currency gains
are directly related to the regulated investment company's principal business
of investing in stock or securities) and certain other income.

      In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, the Fund
must satisfy an asset diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated
investment company. Under that test, at the close of each quarter of the
Fund's taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets must
consist of cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government
securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and
securities of other issuers. As to each of those issuers, the Fund must not
have invested more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets in
securities of each such issuer and the Fund must not hold more than 10% of
the outstanding voting securities of each such issuer. No more than 25% of
the value of its total assets may be invested in the securities of any one
issuer (other than U.S. government securities and securities of other
regulated investment companies), or in two or more issuers which the Fund
controls and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses.
For purposes of this test, obligations issued or guaranteed by certain
agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government are treated as U.S.
government securities.

      Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies. Under the Internal
Revenue Code, by December 31 each year, the Fund must distribute 98% of its
taxable investment income earned from January 1 through December 31 of that
year and 98% of its capital gains realized in the period from November 1 of
the prior year through October 31 of the current year. If it does not, the
Fund must pay an excise tax on the amounts not distributed. It is presently
anticipated that the Fund will meet those requirements. To meet this
requirement, in certain circumstances the Fund might be required to liquidate
portfolio investments to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise tax
liability. However, the Board of Trustees and the Manager might determine in
a particular year that it would be in the best interests of shareholders for
the Fund not to make such distributions at the required levels and to pay the
excise tax on the undistributed amounts. That would reduce the amount of
income or capital gains available for distribution to shareholders.

      Taxation of Fund Distributions. The Fund anticipates distributing
substantially all of its investment company taxable income for each taxable
year. Those distributions will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income
and treated as dividends for federal income tax purposes.

        Special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code govern the
eligibility of the Fund's dividends for the dividends-received deduction for
corporate shareholders. Long-term capital gains distributions are not
eligible for the deduction. The amount of dividends paid by the Fund that may
qualify for the deduction is limited to the aggregate amount of qualifying
dividends that the Fund derives from portfolio investments that the Fund has
held for a minimum period, usually 46 days. A corporate shareholder will not
be eligible for the deduction on dividends paid on Fund shares held for 45
days or less. To the extent the Fund's dividends are derived from gross
income from option premiums, interest income or short-term gains from the
sale of securities or dividends from foreign corporations, those dividends
will not qualify for the deduction.

      The Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net
capital gain for each taxable year. The Fund currently intends to distribute
any such amounts. If net long term capital gains are distributed and
designated as a capital gain distribution, it will be taxable to shareholders
as a long-term capital gain and will be properly identified in reports sent
to shareholders in January of each year. Such treatment will apply no matter
how long the shareholder has held his or her shares or whether that gain was
recognized by the Fund before the shareholder acquired his or her shares.

      If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will be
subject to tax on it at the 35% corporate tax rate. If the Fund elects to
retain its net capital gain, the Fund will provide to shareholders of record
on the last day of its taxable year information regarding their pro rata
share of the gain and tax paid. As a result, each shareholder will be
required to report his or her pro rata share of such gain on their tax return
as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for his/her
pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain, and will increase the tax
basis for his/her shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less
the tax credit.

      Investment  income that may be  received  by the Fund from  sources
within  foreign  countries  may be subject to foreign  taxes  withheld at
the source.  The United  States has entered into tax  treaties  with many
foreign  countries  which  entitle  the Fund to a  reduced  rate  of,  or
exemption  from,  taxes on such  income.  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 listed above. Reinvestment
will be made without sales charge at the net asset value per share in effect
at the close of business on the payable date of the dividend or distribution.
To elect this option, the shareholder must notify the Transfer Agent in
writing and must have an existing account in the fund selected for
reinvestment. Otherwise the shareholder first must obtain a prospectus for
that fund and an application from the Distributor to establish an account.
Dividends and/or distributions from shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds
may be invested in shares of this Fund on the same basis.

Additional Information About the Fund

The Distributor. The Fund's shares are sold through dealers, brokers and
other financial institutions that have a sales agreement with
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., a subsidiary of the Manager that acts as
the Fund's Distributor. The Distributor also distributes shares of the other
Oppenheimer funds and is sub-distributor for funds managed by a subsidiary of
the Manager.

The Transfer Agent. OppenheimerFunds Services, the Fund's Transfer Agent, is
a division of the Manager. It is responsible for maintaining the Fund's
shareholder registry and shareholder accounting records, and for paying
dividends and distributions to shareholders. It also handles shareholder
servicing and administrative functions. It serves as the Transfer Agent for
an annual per account fee. It also acts as shareholder servicing agent for
the other Oppenheimer funds. Shareholders should direct inquiries about their
accounts to the Transfer Agent at the address and toll-free numbers shown on
the back cover.

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


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                                  Appendix A

                             RATINGS DEFINITIONS

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

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's")

LONG-TERM RATINGS: BONDS AND PREFERRED STOCK ISSUER RATINGS

Aaa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Aaa" are judged to be the best quality.
They carry the smallest degree of investment risk. Interest payments are
protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is
secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, the
changes that can be expected are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally
strong position of such issues.

Aa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Aa" are judged to be of high quality by
all standards. Together with the "Aaa" group, they comprise what are
generally known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds
because margins of protection may not be as large as with "Aaa" securities or
fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may
be other elements present which make the long-term risk appear somewhat
larger than that of "Aaa" securities.

A: Bonds and preferred stock rated "A" possess many favorable investment
attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium grade obligations.
Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate but
elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some
time in the future.

Baa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Baa" are considered medium-grade
obligations; that is, they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured.
Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but
certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically
unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding
investment characteristics and have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Ba" are judged to have speculative
elements. Their future cannot be considered well-assured. Often the
protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and
thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future.
Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

B: Bonds and preferred stock rated "B" generally lack characteristics of the
desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of
maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may
be small.

Caa: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Caa" are of poor standing. Such issues
may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to
principal or interest.
Ca: Bonds and preferred stock rated "Ca" represent obligations which are
speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other
marked shortcomings.

C: Bonds and preferred stock rated "C" are the lowest class of rated bonds
and can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any
real investment standing.

Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification from "Aa" through "Caa." The modifier "1" indicates that the
obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the
modifier "2" indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier "3" indicates a
ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category. Advanced refunded
issues that are secured by certain assets are identified with a # symbol.

PRIME RATING SYSTEM (SHORT-TERM RATINGS - TAXABLE DEBT)
These ratings are opinions of the ability of issuers to honor senior
financial obligations and contracts. Such obligations generally have an
original maturity not exceeding one year, unless explicitly noted.

Prime-1: Issuer has a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term
debt obligations.

Prime-2: Issuer has a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt
obligations. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may be more
subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while appropriate, may
be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is
maintained.

Prime-3: Issuer has an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term
obligations. The effect of industry characteristics and market compositions
may be more pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result
in changes in the level of debt protection measurements and may require
relatively high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is
maintained.

Not Prime: Issuer does not fall within any Prime rating category.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("Standard & Poor's"), a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

LONG-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS
Issue credit ratings are based in varying degrees, on the following
considerations:
o       Likelihood of payment-capacity and willingness of the obligor to meet
      its financial commitment on an obligation in accordance with the terms
      of the obligation;
o       Nature of and provisions of the obligation; and
o       Protection afforded by, and relative position of, the obligation in
      the event of bankruptcy, reorganization, or other arrangement under the
      laws of bankruptcy and other laws affecting creditors' rights.
   The issue ratings definitions are expressed in terms of default risk. As
such, they pertain to senior obligations of an entity. Junior obligations are
typically rated lower than senior obligations, to reflect the lower priority
in bankruptcy, as noted above.

AAA: An obligation  rated "AAA" have the highest rating assigned by Standard &
Poor's.  The  obligor's  capacity  to meet  its  financial  commitment  on the
obligation is extremely strong.

AA: An obligation  rated "AA" differ from the highest rated  obligations  only
in small degree.  The obligor's  capacity to meet its financial  commitment on
the obligation is very strong.

A: An  obligation  rated "A" are  somewhat  more  susceptible  to the  adverse
effects of changes in circumstances  and economic  conditions than obligations
in  higher-rated  categories.  However,  the  obligor's  capacity  to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation is still strong.

BBB:  An  obligation  rated  "BBB"  exhibit  adequate  protection  parameters.
However,  adverse  economic  conditions  or  changing  circumstances  are more
likely to lead to a weakened  capacity  of the  obligor to meet its  financial
commitment on the obligation.

BB, B, CCC, CC, and C
An obligation rated `BB', `B', `CCC', `CC', and `C' are regarded as having
significant speculative characteristics. `BB' indicates the least degree of
speculation and `C' the highest. While such obligations will likely have some
quality and protective characteristics, these may be outweighed by large
uncertainties or major exposures to adverse conditions.

BB: An obligation  rated "BB" are less  vulnerable  to  nonpayment  than other
speculative  issues.   However,  they  face  major  ongoing  uncertainties  or
exposure to adverse business,  financial,  or economic  conditions which could
lead to the obligor's  inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation.

B: An obligation  rated "B" are more vulnerable to nonpayment than obligations
rated "BB",  but the obligor  currently has the capacity to meet its financial
commitment  on  the  obligation.  Adverse  business,  financial,  or  economic
conditions  will likely impair the obligor's  capacity or  willingness to meet
its financial commitment on the obligation.

CCC: An obligation  rated "CCC" are currently  vulnerable to  nonpayment,  and
are dependent upon favorable business,  financial, and economic conditions for
the obligor to meet its financial  commitment on the obligation.  In the event
of adverse business,  financial,  or economic  conditions,  the obligor is not
likely  to  have  the  capacity  to  meet  its  financial  commitment  on  the
obligation.

CC: An obligation rated "CC" are currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C:  Subordinated  debt or preferred stock  obligations rated "C" are currently
highly  vulnerable  to  nonpayment.  The "C"  rating  may be  used to  cover a
situation where a bankruptcy  petition has been filed or similar action taken,
but  payments  on this  obligation  are  being  continued.  A "C" also will be
assigned to a preferred  stock issue in arrears on  dividends  or sinking fund
payments, but that is currently paying.

D: An obligation rated "D" are in payment default.  The "D" rating category is
used when payments on an  obligation  are not made on the date due even if the
applicable  grace period has not expired,  unless  Standard & Poor's  believes
that such payments will be made during such grace period.  The "D" rating also
will be used  upon the  filing of a  bankruptcy  petition  or the  taking of a
similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

The ratings from "AA" to "CCC" may be modified by the addition of a plus (+)
or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating
categories.

c: The `c' subscript is used to provide additional information to investors
that the bank may terminate its obligation to purchase tendered bonds if the
long-term credit rating of the issuer is below an investment-grade level
and/or the issuer's bonds are deemed taxable.

p: The letter `p' indicates that the rating is provisional. A provisional
rating assumes the successful completion of the project financed by the debt
being rated and indicates that payment of debt service requirements is
largely or entirely dependent upon the successful, timely completion of the
project. This rating, however, while addressing credit quality subsequent to
completion of the project, makes no comment on the likelihood of or the risk
of default upon failure of such completion. The investor should exercise his
own judgment with respect to such likelihood and risk.

Continuance of the ratings is contingent upon Standard & Poor's receipt of an
executed copy of the escrow agreement or closing documentation confirming
investments and cash flows.

r: The `r' highlights derivative, hybrid, and certain other obligations that
Standard & Poor's believes may experience high volatility or high variability
in expected returns as a result of noncredit risks. Examples of such
obligations are securities with principal or interest return indexed to
equities, commodities, or currencies; certain swaps and options; and
interest-only and principal-only mortgage securities. The absence of an `r'
symbol should not be taken as an indication that an obligation will exhibit
no volatility or variability in total return.

N.R. Not rated.

Debt obligations of issuers outside the United States and its territories are
rated on the same basis as domestic corporate and municipal issues. The
ratings measure the creditworthiness of the obligor but do not take into
account currency exchange and related uncertainties.

Bond Investment Quality Standards

Under present commercial bank regulations issued by the Comptroller of the
Currency, bonds rated in the top four categories (`AAA', `AA', `A', `BBB',
commonly known as investment-grade ratings) generally are regarded as
eligible for bank investment. Also, the laws of various states governing
legal investments impose certain rating or other standards for obligations
eligible for investment by savings banks, trust companies, insurance
companies, and fiduciaries in general

SHORT-TERM ISSUE CREDIT RATINGS
Short-term ratings are generally assigned to those obligations considered
short-term in the relevant market. In the U.S., for example, that means
obligations with an original maturity of no more than 365 days-including
commercial paper.

A-1: A short-term obligation rated "A-1" is rated in the highest category by
Standard & Poor's. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are
designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity
to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

A-2: A short-term obligation rated "A-2" is somewhat more susceptible to the
adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than
obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to
meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.
A-3: A short-term obligation rated "A-3" exhibits adequate protection
parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances
are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.

B: A short-term obligation rated "B" is regarded as having significant
speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet
its financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing
uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet
its financial commitment on the obligation.

C: A short-term obligation rated "C" is currently vulnerable to nonpayment
and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions
for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

D: A short-term obligation rated "D" is in payment default. The "D" rating
category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due
even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless Standard & Poor's
believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The "D"
rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the
taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

NOTES:
A Standard & Poor's note rating reflects the liquidity factors and market
access risks unique to notes. Notes due in three years or less will likely
receive a note rating. Notes maturing beyond three years will most likely
receive a long-term debt rating. The following criteria will be used in
making that assessment:
o       Amortization schedule-the larger the final maturity relative to other
      maturities, the more likely it will
      be treated as a note; and
o       Source of payment-the more dependent the issue is on the market for
      its refinancing, the more likely
      it will be treated as a note.

SP-1: Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue with a very
strong capacity to pay debt service is given a (+) designation.

SP-2: Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some
vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the
notes.

SP-3: Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.

Fitch, Inc.
International credit ratings assess the capacity to meet foreign currency or
local currency commitments. Both "foreign currency" and "local currency"
ratings are internationally comparable assessments. The local currency rating
measures the probability of payment within the relevant sovereign state's
currency and jurisdiction and therefore, unlike the foreign currency rating,
does not take account of the possibility of foreign exchange controls
limiting transfer into foreign currency.

INTERNATIONAL LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency
ratings.

Investment Grade:

AAA: Highest Credit Quality. "AAA" ratings denote the lowest expectation of
credit risk. They are assigned only in the case of exceptionally strong
capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly
unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA: Very High Credit Quality. "AA" ratings denote a very low expectation of
credit risk. They indicate a very strong capacity for timely payment of
financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to
foreseeable events.

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

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

Speculative Grade:

BB: Speculative. "BB" ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit
risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over
time. However, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow
financial commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not
investment grade.


B: Highly Speculative. "B" ratings indicate that significant credit risk is
present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are
currently being met. However, capacity for continued payment is contingent
upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

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

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

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

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

INTERNATIONAL SHORT-TERM CREDIT RATINGS
The following ratings scale applies to foreign currency and local currency
ratings. A short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for
most obligations, or up to three years for U.S. public finance securities,
and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity necessary to meet financial
commitments in a timely manner.

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

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

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

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

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

D: Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.




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                                  Appendix B

                           Industry Classifications

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



                                     C-2
                                  Appendix C

        OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class
A shares(1) of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales charge
that may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.(2) That
is because of the economies of sales efforts realized by OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc., (referred to in this document as the "Distributor"), or by
dealers or other financial institutions that offer those shares to certain
classes of investors.

Not all waivers apply to all funds. For example, waivers relating to
Retirement Plans do not apply to Oppenheimer municipal funds, because shares
of those funds are not available for purchase by or on behalf of retirement
plans. Other waivers apply only to shareholders of certain funds.

For the purposes of some of the waivers described below and in the Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Oppenheimer funds,
the term "Retirement Plan" refers to the following types of plans:
          1) plans created or qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of
             the Internal Revenue Code,
         2) non-qualified deferred compensation plans,
         3) employee benefit plans(3)
         4) Group Retirement Plans(4)
         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
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Purchases of Class A Shares of Oppenheimer Funds That Are Not Subject to
Initial Sales Charge but May Be Subject to the Class A Contingent Deferred
Sales Charge (unless a waiver applies).

        There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of
any of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these
purchases may be subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge if
redeemed within 18 months (24 months in the case of Oppenheimer Rochester
National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals) of the beginning of the
calendar month of their purchase, as described in the Prospectus (unless a
waiver described elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the redemption).
Additionally, on shares purchased under these waivers that are subject to the
Class A contingent deferred sales charge, the Distributor will pay the
applicable concession described in the Prospectus under "Class A Contingent
Deferred Sales Charge."(5) This waiver provision applies to:
|_|     Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.
|_|     Purchases of Class A shares by a Retirement Plan that was permitted
         to purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a
         contingent deferred sales charge prior to March 1, 2001. That
         included plans (other than IRA or 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans) that:
         1) bought shares costing $500,000 or more, 2) had at the time of
         purchase 100 or more eligible employees or total plan assets of
         $500,000 or more, or 3) certified to the Distributor that it
         projects to have annual plan purchases of $200,000 or more.
|_|     Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the
         purchases are made:
         1) through a broker, dealer, bank or registered investment adviser
            that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those
            purchases, or
         2) by a direct rollover of a distribution from a qualified
            Retirement Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made
            special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|     Purchases of Class A shares by Retirement Plans that have any of the
         following record-keeping arrangements:
         1) The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner &
            Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the
            Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
            record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan
            must have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual
            funds, other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch
            Investment Management, L.P. ("MLIM"), that are made available
            under a Service Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual
            fund's principal underwriter or distributor, and (b) funds
            advised or managed by MLIM (the funds described in (a) and (b)
            are referred to as "Applicable Investments").
         2) The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a
            daily valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are
            provided under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement
            Plan and Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
            record keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan
            must have $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):
|_|     The Manager or its affiliates.
|_|     Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and
         their "immediate families") of the Fund, the Manager and its
         affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their
         employees. The term "immediate family" refers to one's spouse,
         children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, parents-in-law,
         brothers and sisters, sons- and daughters-in-law, a sibling's
         spouse, a spouse's siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews;
         relatives by virtue of a remarriage (step-children, step-parents,
         etc.) are included.
|_|     Registered management investment companies, or separate accounts of
         insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the
         Distributor for that purpose.
|_|     Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor,
         if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement
         plans for their employees.
|_|     Employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of
         dealers or brokers described above or financial institutions that
         have entered into sales arrangements with such dealers or brokers
         (and which are identified as such to the Distributor) or with the
         Distributor. The purchaser must certify to the Distributor at the
         time of purchase that the purchase is for the purchaser's own
         account (or for the benefit of such employee's spouse or minor
         children).
|_|     Dealers, brokers, banks or registered investment advisors that have
         entered into an agreement with the Distributor providing
         specifically for the use of shares of the Fund in particular
         investment products made available to their clients. Those clients
         may be charged a transaction fee by their dealer, broker, bank or
         advisor for the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
|_|     Investment advisors and financial planners who have entered into an
         agreement for this purpose with the Distributor and who charge an
         advisory, consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares
         for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
|_|     "Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts, if the
         purchases are made through a broker or agent or other financial
         intermediary that has made special arrangements with the Distributor
         for those purchases.
|_|     Clients of investment advisors or financial planners (that have
         entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who
         buy shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without
         sales charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master
         account of their investment advisor or financial planner on the
         books and records of the broker, agent or financial intermediary
         with which the Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each
         of these investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or
         financial intermediary for purchasing shares.
|_|     Directors, trustees, officers or full-time employees of OpCap
         Advisors or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension,
         profit sharing or other benefit plan which beneficially owns shares
         for those persons.
|_|     Accounts for which Oppenheimer Capital (or its successor) is the
         investment advisor (the Distributor must be advised of this
         arrangement) and persons who are directors or trustees of the
         company or trust which is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
|_|     A unit investment trust that has entered into an appropriate
         agreement with the Distributor.
|_|     Dealers, brokers, banks, or registered investment advisers that have
         entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares to
         defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer,
         broker or investment adviser provides administration services.
|_|     Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to
         fund those plans (including, for example, plans qualified or created
         under sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue
         Code), in each case if those purchases are made through a broker,
         agent or other financial intermediary that has made special
         arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|     A TRAC-2000 401(k) plan (sponsored by the former Quest for Value
         Advisors) whose Class B or Class C shares of a Former Quest for
         Value Fund were exchanged for Class A shares of that Fund due to the
         termination of the Class B and Class C TRAC-2000 program on November
         24, 1995.
|_|     A qualified Retirement Plan that had agreed with the former Quest for
         Value Advisors to purchase shares of any of the Former Quest for
         Value Funds at net asset value, with such shares to be held through
         DCXchange, a sub-transfer agency mutual fund clearinghouse, if that
         arrangement was consummated and share purchases commenced by
         December 31, 1996.
|_|     Effective October 1, 2005, taxable accounts established with the
         proceeds of Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Plans.
|_|     Clients of Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. who purchase Class A shares of
         the Fund between August 19, 2005 and November 16, 2005 with the
         proceeds of shares redeemed form other mutual funds, as a part of
         the Edward Jones "Free Switch" program, may purchase those shares at
         net asset value and no concession will be paid by the Distributor on
         such purchases.

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

1.      Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are
   not subject to sales charges (and no concessions are paid by the
   Distributor on such purchases):
|_|     Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset
         acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.
|_|     Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other
         distributions reinvested from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds or
         unit investment trusts for which reinvestment arrangements have been
         made with the Distributor.
|_|     Shares purchased by certain Retirement Plans that are part of a
         retirement plan or platform offered by banks, broker-dealers,
         financial advisors or insurance companies, or serviced by
         recordkeepers.
|_|     Shares purchased by the reinvestment of loan repayments by a
         participant in a Retirement Plan for which the Manager or an
         affiliate acts as sponsor.
|_|     Shares purchased in amounts of less than $5.

2.      Class A shares issued and purchased in the following transactions are
   not subject to sales charges (a dealer concession at the annual rate of
   0.25% is paid by the Distributor on purchases made within the first 6
   months of plan establishment):
|_|     Retirement Plans that have $5 million or more in plan assets.
|_|     Retirement Plans with a single plan sponsor that have $5 million or
         more in aggregate assets invested in Oppenheimer funds.

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

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that
would otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are
redeemed in the following cases:
|_|     To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually
         to no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.
|_|     Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or involuntary
         redemptions of small accounts (please refer to "Shareholder Account
         Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
|_|     For distributions from Retirement Plans, deferred compensation plans
         or other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
         1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal
            Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or
            disability must occur after the participant's account was
            established.
         2) To return excess contributions.
         3) To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
4)      Hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.(6)
         5) Under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in the
            Internal Revenue Code, or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or
            separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         6) To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         7) To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in
            Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
         8) For loans to participants or beneficiaries.
         9) Separation from service.(7)
         10)      Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a
            mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a
            subsidiary of the Manager) if the plan has made special
            arrangements with the Distributor.
         11)      Plan termination or "in-service distributions," if the
            redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an
            OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
|_|     For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that
         have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing
         this waiver.
|_|     For distributions from retirement plans that have $10 million or more
         in plan assets and that have entered into a special agreement with
         the Distributor.
|_|     For distributions from retirement plans which are part of a
         retirement plan product or platform offered by certain banks,
         broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance companies or record
         keepers which have entered into a special agreement with the
         Distributor.
III.     Waivers of Class B, Class C and Class N Sales Charges of Oppenheimer
                                         Funds
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The Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges will not
be applied to shares purchased in certain types of transactions or redeemed
in certain circumstances described below.

A. Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.

The Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges will be
waived for redemptions of shares in the following cases:
|_|     Shares redeemed involuntarily, as described in "Shareholder Account
         Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.
|_|     Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the
         death or disability of the last surviving shareholder. The death or
         disability must have occurred after the account was established, and
         for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of
         disability by the Social Security Administration.
|_|     The contingent deferred sales charges are generally not waived
         following the death or disability of a grantor or trustee for a
         trust account. The contingent deferred sales charges will only be
         waived in the limited case of the death of the trustee of a grantor
         trust or revocable living trust for which the trustee is also the
         sole beneficiary. The death or disability must have occurred after
         the account was established, and for disability you must provide
         evidence of a determination of disability (as defined in the
         Internal Revenue Code).
|_|     Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record has
         entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this
         waiver.
|_|     Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records
         are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an
         independent record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.
|_|     Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
         from accounts of clients of financial institutions that have entered
         into a special arrangement with the Distributor for this purpose.
|_|     Redemptions 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.
|_|     Distributions(8) from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit
         plans for any of the following purposes:
         1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal
            Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or
            disability must occur after the participant's account was
            established in an Oppenheimer fund.
         2) To return excess contributions made to a participant's account.
         3) To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
         4) To make hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.(9)
         5) To make distributions required under a Qualified Domestic
            Relations Order or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or
            separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         6) To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         7) To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in
            Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
         8) For loans to participants or beneficiaries.(10)
         9) On account of the participant's separation from service.(11)
         10)      Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a
            mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a
            subsidiary of the Manager) offered as an investment option in a
            Retirement Plan if the plan has made special arrangements with
            the Distributor.
         11)      Distributions made on account of a plan termination or
            "in-service" distributions, if the redemption proceeds are rolled
            over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
         12)      For distributions from a participant's account under an
            Automatic Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age 59 1/2,
            as long as the aggregate value of the distributions does not
            exceed 10% of the account's value, adjusted annually.
         13)      Redemptions of Class B shares under an Automatic Withdrawal
            Plan for an account other than a Retirement Plan, if the
            aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the
            account's value, adjusted annually.
         14)      For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by
            broker-dealers that have entered into a special arrangement with
            the Distributor allowing this waiver.
|_|     Redemptions of Class B shares or Class C shares under an Automatic
         Withdrawal Plan from an account other than a Retirement Plan if the
         aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the
         account's value annually.

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

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

IV.         Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain
     Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former Quest for Value Funds
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The initial and contingent deferred sales charge rates and waivers for Class
A, Class B and Class C shares described in the Prospectus or Statement of
Additional Information of the Oppenheimer funds are modified as described
below for certain persons who were shareholders of the former Quest for Value
Funds. To be eligible, those persons must have been shareholders on November
24, 1995, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment advisor to those
former Quest for Value Funds. Those funds include:
   Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.           Oppenheimer Small- & 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:
|_|     acquired by such shareholder pursuant to an exchange of shares of an
         Oppenheimer fund that was one of the Former Quest for Value Funds,
         or
|_|     purchased by such shareholder by exchange of shares of another
         Oppenheimer fund that were acquired pursuant to the merger of any of
         the Former Quest for Value Funds into that other Oppenheimer fund on
         November 24, 1995.

A. Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

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

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

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                      Initial Sales       Initial Sales Charge   Concession as
Number of Eligible    Charge as a % of    as a % of Net Amount   % of Offering
Employees or Members  Offering Price      Invested               Price
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9 or Fewer                   2.50%                2.56%              2.00%
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At  least  10 but not        2.00%                2.04%              1.60%
more than 49
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        For purchases by Associations having 50 or more eligible employees or
members, there is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares, but
those shares are subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge
described in the applicable fund's Prospectus.

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

|X|     Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders. Class A
shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A
initial or contingent deferred sales charges:
o       Shareholders who were shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on
            February 28, 1991 and who acquired shares of any of the Former
            Quest for Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the AMA Family
            of Funds.
o       Shareholders who acquired shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund
            by merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.

|X|     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.

|X|     Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995.
In the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived
for redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund.
The shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value
Fund into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former
Quest for Value Fund or into which such fund merged. Those shares must have
been purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection with:
o       withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan holding only either
            Class B or Class C shares if the annual withdrawal does not
            exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value, adjusted
            annually, and
o       liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset
            value of shares held in the account is less than the required
            minimum value of such accounts.

|X|     Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased on or After March 6, 1995
but Prior to November 24, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent
deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or
Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by
the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from
an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest For Value Fund or into which such
Former Quest for Value Fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased on
or after March 6, 1995, but prior to November 24, 1995:
o       redemptions following the death or disability of the shareholder(s)
            (as evidenced by a determination of total disability by the U.S.
            Social Security Administration);
o       withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan (but only for Class B
            or Class C shares) where the annual withdrawals do not exceed 10%
            of the initial value of the account value; adjusted annually, and
o       liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset
            value of shares held in the account is less than the required
            minimum account value.
      A shareholder's account will be credited with the amount of any
contingent deferred sales charge paid on the redemption of any Class A, Class
B or Class C shares of the Oppenheimer fund described in this section if the
proceeds are invested in the same Class of shares in that fund or another
Oppenheimer fund within 90 days after redemption.
V.          Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain
          Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual
                            Investment Accounts, Inc.
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The initial and contingent deferred sale charge rates and waivers for Class A
and Class B shares described in the respective Prospectus (or this Appendix)
of the following Oppenheimer funds (each is referred to as a "Fund" in this
section):
   Oppenheimer U. S. Government Trust,
   Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund,
   Oppenheimer Value Fund and
   Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
are modified as described below for those Fund shareholders who were
shareholders of the following funds (referred to as the "Former Connecticut
Mutual Funds") on March 1, 1996, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the
investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:
   Connecticut Mutual Liquid Account         Connecticut Mutual Total Return
   Account
   Connecticut Mutual Government Securities 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.

|X|     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.

|X|     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.
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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
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Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (referred to as the "Fund" in this
section) may sell Class M shares at net asset value without any initial sales
charge to the classes of investors listed below who, prior to March 11, 1996,
owned shares of the Fund's then-existing Class A and were permitted to
purchase those shares at net asset value without sales charge:
|_|     the Manager and its affiliates,
|_|     present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and
         their "immediate families" as defined in the Fund's Statement of
         Additional Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates,
         and retirement plans established by them or the prior investment
         advisor of the Fund for their employees,
|_|     registered management investment companies or separate accounts of
         insurance companies that had an agreement with the Fund's prior
         investment advisor or distributor for that purpose,
|_|     dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor,
         if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement
         plans for their employees,
|_|     employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of
         dealers or brokers described in the preceding section or financial
         institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with those
         dealers or brokers (and whose identity is made known to the
         Distributor) or with the Distributor, but only if the purchaser
         certifies to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the
         purchaser meets these qualifications,
|_|     dealers, brokers, or registered investment advisors that had entered
         into an agreement with the Distributor or the prior distributor of
         the Fund specifically providing for the use of Class M shares of the
         Fund in specific investment products made available to their
         clients, and
|_|     dealers, brokers or registered investment advisors that had entered
         into an agreement with the Distributor or prior distributor of the
         Fund's shares to sell shares to defined contribution employee
         retirement plans for which the dealer, broker, or investment advisor
         provides administrative services.



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Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund

Internet Website:
      www.oppenheimerfunds.com

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

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

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

Custodian Bank
      JPMorgan Chase Bank
      4 Chase Metro Tech Center
      Brooklyn, New York 11245

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
      Deloitte & Touche LLP
      555 Seventeenth Street
      Denver, Colorado 80202

Counsel to the Funds
      Myer, Swanson, Adams & Wolf, P.C.
      1600 Broadway
      Denver, Colorado 80202

Counsel to the Independent Trustees
      Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC
      70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100
      Chicago, Illinois 60602






(1) In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act, the term
"Independent Trustees/Directors" 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.
(1) Certain waivers also apply to Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible
Securities Fund.
(2) In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a
continuously-offered closed-end fund, references to contingent deferred sales
charges mean the Fund's Early Withdrawal Charges and references to
"redemptions" mean "repurchases" of shares.
(3) An "employee benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement, whether or not
it is "qualified" under the Internal Revenue Code, under which Class N shares
of an Oppenheimer fund or funds are purchased by a fiduciary or other
administrator for the account of participants who are employees of a single
employer or of affiliated employers. These may include, for example, medical
savings accounts, payroll deduction plans or similar plans. The fund accounts
must be registered in the name of the fiduciary or administrator purchasing
the shares for the benefit of participants in the plan.
(4) The term "Group Retirement Plan" means any qualified or non-qualified
retirement plan for employees of a corporation or sole proprietorship,
members and employees of a partnership or association or other organized
group of persons (the members of which may include other groups), if the
group has made special arrangements with the Distributor and all members of
the group participating in (or who are eligible to participate in) the plan
purchase shares of an Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment
dealer, broker or other financial institution designated by the group. Such
plans include 457 plans, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE plans and 403(b) plans
other than plans for public school employees. The term "Group Retirement
Plan" also includes qualified retirement plans and non-qualified deferred
compensation plans and IRAs that purchase shares of an Oppenheimer fund or
funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other financial
institution that has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
(5) However, that concession will not be paid on purchases of shares in
amounts of $1 million or more (including any right of accumulation) by a
Retirement Plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of
Class C shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds held by the Plan for more
than one year.
(6) This provision does not apply to IRAs.
(7) This provision 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.
(8) The distribution must be requested prior to Plan termination or the
elimination of the Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.
(9) This provision does not apply to IRAs.
(10) This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans
and loans from the OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single K retirement plan.
(11) This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the
participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.





                                     C-1
                       OPPENHEIMER CHAMPION INCOME FUND

                                  FORM N-1A

                                    PART C

                              OTHER INFORMATION

Item 23.  Exhibits

(a)   (i) Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated 10/24/00:
Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 22, 11/16/00,
and incorporated herein by reference.

      (ii) Amendment No. 1 dated 1/25/02 to the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust dated 10/24/00: Previously filed with Registrant's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 24, 1/25/02, and incorporated herein by
reference.

      (iii) Amendment No. 2 dated 4/16/02 to the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust dated 10/24/00: Previously filed with Registrant's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25, 11/22/02, and incorporated herein by
reference.

      (iv) Amendment No. 3 dated 8/27/02 to the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust dated 10/24/00: Previously filed with Registrant's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25, 11/22/02, and incorporated herein by
reference.

(b)   Amended and Restated By-Laws dated as of 10/24/00: Previously filed
with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 24, 1/25/02, and incorporated
herein by reference.

(c)   (i) Specimen Class A Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 24, 1/25/02, and incorporated
herein by reference.

      (ii) Specimen Class B Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 24, 1/25/02, and incorporated
herein by reference.

      (iii) Specimen Class C Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 24, 1/25/02, and incorporated
herein by reference.

      (iv) Specimen Class N Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 24, 1/25/02, and incorporated
herein by reference.

(d)   Investment Advisory Agreement dated 1/1/05: Filed herewith.

(e)   (i) General Distributor's Agreement dated 10/13/92: Previously filed
with Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registrant's Registration Statement,
1/28/93, and refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 13,
1/24/95, pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by
reference.

(ii)  Form of Dealer 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.

(iii) Form of Broker 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.

(iv)  Form of Agency 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.

(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. 45 to the
Registration Statement of Oppenheimer High Yield Fund (Reg. No. 2-62076),
10/26/01, and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)   Form of Deferred Compensation Plan for Disinterested
Trustees/Directors: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to
the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer High Yield Fund (Reg. No. 2-62076),
10/27/98, and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)   (i)  Global Custody Agreement dated August 16, 2002: Previously filed
with Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to the Registration Statement of
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (Reg. No. 2-93177), 4/28/03, and
incorporated herein by reference.

      (ii) Amendment dated October 2, 2003 to the Global Custody Agreement
dated August 16, 2002: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II (Reg.
333-108093), 11/6/03, and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)   Not applicable.

(i)   Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 9/30/87: Previously filed with
Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2, 10/6/87, and refiled with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 13, 1/24/95, pursuant to Item 102
of Regulation S-T and incorporated herein by reference.

(j)   Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's Consent: To be filed by
Post-Effective Amendment.

(k)   Not applicable.

(l)   Investment Letter dated 10/1/87 from Champion Asset Management
Corporation to Registrant: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1, 4/28/88, and incorporated herein by reference.

(m)   (i) Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement for Class A shares
dated 4/26/04: Filed herewith

      (ii) Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement
for Class B shares dated 2/24/98: Filed herewith

      (iii) Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement
for Class C shares dated 2/23/04: Filed herewith.

      (iv) Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class N shares
dated 10/24/00 under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940:
Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 25, 11/22/02,
and incorporated herein by reference.

(n)   Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 updated through
8/11/05: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the
Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund (Reg. No.
333-40186), 9/27/05, and incorporated herein by reference.

(o)    Powers of Attorney dated December 13, 2004 for all Trustees/Directors
and Officers: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to the
Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, 2/25/05, and
incorporated herein by reference.

(p)   Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated
February 1, 2005 under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940:
Previously filed with the Initial Registration Statement of Oppenheimer
Dividend Growth Fund (Reg. No. 333-122902), 2/18/05, 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 Seven 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 26(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.

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Name  and   Current   Position
with OppenheimerFunds, Inc.    Other Business and Connections During the Past
                               Two Years
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Timothy L. Abbuhl,             Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Emeline S. Adwers,             None
Vice President
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Robert Agan,                   Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.,  Shareholder Financial Services,  Inc., OFI
                               Private  Investments,  Inc. and Centennial  Asset
                               Management Corporation;  Senior Vice President of
                               Shareholders Services, Inc.
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Carl Algermissen,              Formerly  Associate  Counsel and Legal Compliance
Vice President & Associate     Officer at Great  West-Life  & Annuity  Insurance
Counsel                        Co.  (February  2004-October  2004);   previously
                               with   INVESCO    Funds   Group,    Inc.    (June
                               1993-December  2003),  most  recently  as  Senior
                               Staff Attorney.
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Michael Amato,                 None
Assistant Vice President
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Erik Anderson,                 None
Assistant Vice President
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Tracey Beck Apostolopoulos,    None
Assistant Vice President
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Janette Aprilante,             Secretary     (since     December    2001)    of:
Vice President & Secretary     OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,  Inc.,  Centennial
                               Asset   Management    Corporation,    Oppenheimer
                               Partnership  Holdings,   Inc.,  Oppenheimer  Real
                               Asset  Management,  Inc.,  Shareholder  Financial
                               Services,  Inc.,  Shareholder Services,  Inc. and
                               OppenheimerFunds  Legacy Program;  (since January
                               2005)   of    Trinity    Investment    Management
                               Corporation.  Secretary  (since  June  2003)  of:
                               HarbourView  Asset  Management  Corporation,  OFI
                               Private  Investments,  Inc. and OFI Institutional
                               Asset  Management,   Inc.   Assistant   Secretary
                               (since December 2001) of OFI Trust Company.
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Hany S. Ayad,                  None
Assistant Vice President
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Robert Baker,                  None
Vice President
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Michael Baldwin,               Formerly   Managing  Director  at  Deutsche  Bank
Executive Vice President       (March 2001 - March 2005)
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John Michael Banta,            None
Assistant Vice President
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Joanne Bardell,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Kevin Baum,                    None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Jeff Baumgartner,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Marc Baylin,                   Formerly  Portfolio  Manager at J.P. Morgan (June
Vice President                 2002-August 2005.
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Todd Becerra,                  None
Assistant Vice President
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Lalit K. Behal                 Assistant    Secretary   of   HarbourView   Asset
Assistant Vice President       Management Corporation.
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Kathleen Beichert,             Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Gerald Bellamy,                Assistant  Vice  President  of OFI  Institutional
Assistant Vice President       Asset Management, Inc.
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Erik S. Berg,                  None
Assistant Vice President
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Robert Bertucci                None
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division
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Rajeev Bhaman,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Craig Billings,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Mark Binning,                  None
Assistant Vice President
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Robert J. Bishop,              Treasurer     (since     October     2003)     of
Vice President                 OppenheimerFunds     Distributor,     Inc.    and
                               Centennial Asset Management Corporation.
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Beth Bleimehl,                 None
Assistant Vice President
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John R. Blomfield,             None
Vice President
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Lisa I. Bloomberg,             Formerly   First  Vice  President  and  Associate
Vice President & Associate     General  Counsel of UBS  Financial  Services Inc.
Counsel                        (May 1999-May 2004).
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Veronika Boesch,               Formerly  (until  February  2004) an  independent
Assistant Vice President       consultant/coach in organizational development.
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Chad Boll,                     None
Vice President
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Antulio N. Bomfim,             None
Vice President
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John C. Bonnell,               Vice  President of  Centennial  Asset  Management
Vice President                 Corporation.  Formerly  a  Portfolio  Manager  at
                               Strong Financial Corporation (May 1999-May 2004).
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Michelle Borre Massick,        None
Vice President
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Lori E. Bostrom,               Formerly Vice President and Corporate  Counsel at
Vice President & Senior        Prudential   Financial   Inc.   (October  2002  -
Counsel                        November 2004).
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Lisa Bourgeois,                Assistant    Vice    President   of   Shareholder
Assistant Vice President       Services, Inc.
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John Boydell,                  None
Vice President
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Michael Bromberg,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Lowell Scott Brooks,           Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Joan Brunelle,                 None
Vice President
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Kristine Bryan-Levin,          Formerly  Senior Vice President at Brown Brothers
Vice President                 Harriman (November 2002 - May 2005)
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Paul Burke,                    None
Assistant Vice President
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Mark Burns,                    None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Geoffrey Caan,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Catherine Carroll,             None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debra Casey,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Maria Castro,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Lisa Chaffee,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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May Chen,                      Formerly  Assistant  Vice President of Enterprise
Assistant Vice President       Services at MassMutual  Financial Group (May 2002
                               - April 2005)
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Charles Chibnik,               None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patrick Sheng Chu,             None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Brett Clark,                   None
Assistant Vice President
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H.C. Digby Clements,           None
Vice President: Rochester
Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Peter V. Cocuzza,              None
Vice President
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Gerald James Concepcion,       Formerly  (until  November 2004) an RIA Marketing
Assistant Vice President       Associate of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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Robert Corbett,                None
Vice President
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Susan Cornwell,                Vice  President of  Centennial  Asset  Management
Vice President                 Corporation,   Shareholder   Financial  Services,
                               Inc.  ,   OppenheimerFunds   Legacy  Program  and
                               OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,  Inc.; Senior Vice
                               President of Shareholder Services, Inc.
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Scott Cottier,                 None
Vice President: Rochester
Division
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Laura Coulston,                None
Assistant Vice President
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Julie C. Cusker,               None
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division
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George Curry,                  Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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John Damian,                   None
Vice President
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Richard Demarco,               None
Assistant Vice President
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Craig P. Dinsell,              None
Executive Vice President
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Randall C. Dishmon,            None
Vice President
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Rebecca K. Dolan               None
Vice President
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Steven D. Dombrower,           Senior    Vice    President    of   OFI   Private
Vice President                 Investments,     Inc.;    Vice    President    of
                               OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
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Thomas Doyle,                  None
Assistant Vice President
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Bruce C. Dunbar,               None
Senior Vice President
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Brian Dvorak,                  None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Richard Edmiston,              None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Daniel R. Engstrom,            None
Vice President
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James Robert Erven             None
Assistant Vice President
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George R. Evans,               None
Senior Vice President and
Director of International
Equities
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Edward N. Everett,             None
Vice President
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Kathy Faber,                   None
Assistant Vice President
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David Falicia,                 Assistant   Secretary   (as  of  July   2004)  of
Assistant Vice President       HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.
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Kristie Feinberg,              None
Assistant Vice President
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Emmanuel Ferreira,             None
Vice President
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Ronald H. Fielding,            Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Senior Vice President;         Inc.;  Director of ICI Mutual Insurance  Company;
Chairman of the Rochester      Governor of St. John's  College;  Chairman of the
Division                       Board of  Directors  of  International  Museum of
                               Photography at George Eastman House.
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Bradley G. Finkle,             Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.      Formerly      Head     of      Business
                               Management/Proprietary  Distribution at Citigroup
                               Asset Management (August 1986-September 2004).
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Brian Finley,                  None
Assistant Vice President
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John E. Forrest,               Senior   Vice   President   of   OppenheimerFunds
Senior Vice President          Distributor, Inc.
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Jordan Hayes Foster,           Vice   President  of  OFI   Institutional   Asset
Vice President                 Management, Inc.
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David Foxhoven,                Assistant  Vice  President  of   OppenheimerFunds
Vice President                 Legacy Program.
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Colleen M. Franca,             None
Assistant Vice President
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Dominic Freud,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Dan Gagliardo,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hazem Gamal,                   None
Vice President
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Seth Gelman,                   Formerly  an  Associate  in the Asset  Management
Vice President                 Legal   Department   at   Goldman   Sachs  &  Co.
                               (February 2003-August 2004).
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Timothy Gerlach,               None
Assistant Vice President
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Subrata Ghose,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Charles W. Gilbert,            None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Phillip S. Gillespie,          Formerly  First Vice  President of Merrill  Lynch
Senior Vice President &        Investment Management (2001 to September 2004).
Deputy General Counsel
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Alan C. Gilston,               None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Jill E. Glazerman,             None
Senior Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Benjamin J. Gord,              Vice  President of HarbourView  Asset  Management
Vice President                 Corporation  and  of  OFI   Institutional   Asset
                               Management, Inc.
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Laura Granger,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Leyla Greengard,               None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Robert B. Grill,               None
Senior Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Robert Haley,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Marilyn Hall,                  None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Kelly Haney,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Steve Hauenstein,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Robert W. Hawkins,             Formerly an  Associate  at Shearman  and Sterling
Assistant Vice President and   LLP  (July  2004-August  2005)  and  Dechert  LLP
Assistant Counsel              (September 2000-June 2004).
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Thomas B. Hayes,               None
Vice President
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Jennifer Heathwood,            None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Dennis Hess,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Joseph Higgins,                Vice   President  of  OFI   Institutional   Asset
Vice President                 Management, Inc.
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Dorothy F. Hirshman,           None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Daniel Hoelscher,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Edward Hrybenko,               Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Scott T. Huebl,                Assistant  Vice  President  of   OppenheimerFunds
Vice President                 Legacy Program.
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Margaret Hui,                  None
Vice President
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John Huttlin,                  Senior   Vice   President    (Director   of   the
Vice President                 International  Division)  (since January 2004) of
                               OFI   Institutional   Asset   Management,   Inc.;
                               Director  (since  June 2003) of  OppenheimerFunds
                               (Asia) Limited
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James G. Hyland,               None
Assistant Vice President
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Steve P. Ilnitzki,             Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Senior Vice President          Inc.;   Senior  Vice  President  of  OFI  Private
                               Investments, Inc.
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Kelly Bridget Ireland,         Vice   President    (since   January   2004)   of
Vice President                 OppenheimerFunds   Distributor   Inc.   Formerly,
                               Director  of  INVESCO  Distributors  Inc.  (April
                               2000-December 2003).
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Kathleen T. Ives,              Vice   President  and   Assistant   Secretary  of
Vice President, Senior         OppenheimerFunds     Distributor,     Inc.    and
Counsel and Assistant          Shareholder  Services,  Inc.; Assistant Secretary
Secretary                      of  Centennial  Asset   Management   Corporation,
                               OppenheimerFunds  Legacy Program and  Shareholder
                               Financial Services, Inc.
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William Jaume,                 Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Vice President                 Management   Corporation  and  OFI  Institutional
                               Asset  Management,  Inc.;  Director  of OFI Trust
                               Company.
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Frank V. Jennings,             None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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John Jennings,                 None
Vice President
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John Michael Johnson,          None
Assistant Vice President
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Lisa Kadehjian,                Formerly Vice President,  Compensation Manager at
Assistant Vice President       The  Bank  of New  York  (November  1996-November
                               2004).
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Charles Kandilis,              None
Assistant Vice President
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Lynn Oberist Keeshan,          Assistant  Treasurer of  OppenheimerFunds  Legacy
Senior Vice President          Program
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Thomas W. Keffer,              None
Senior Vice President
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Christina J. Keller,           Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Michael Keogh,                 Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Martin S. Korn,                Formerly  a  Senior  Vice  President  at  Bank of
Senior Vice President          America   (Wealth   and   Investment   Management
                               Technology Group) (March 2002-August 2004).
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Dimitrios Kourkoulakos,        None
Senior Vice President
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Brian Kramer,                  None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Paul Kunz,                     None
Assistant Vice President
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Lisa Lamentino,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tracey Lange,                  Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Jeffrey P. Lagarce,            President  and  Chief  Marketing  Officer  of OFI
Senior Vice President          Institutional   Asset  Management,   Inc.  as  of
                               January    2005.    Formerly    Executive    Vice
                               President-Head  of Fidelity  Tax-Exempt  Services
                               Business   at   Fidelity    Investments   (August
                               1996-January 2005).
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John Latino,                   None
Assistant Vice President
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Kristina Lawrence,             Formerly     Assistant    Vice    President    of
Vice President                 OppenheimerFunds,   Inc.   (November   2002-March
                               2004).
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Gayle Leavitt,                 None
Assistant Vice President
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Christopher M. Leavy,          None
Senior Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Randy Legg,                    Formerly   an   associate    with   Dechert   LLP
Vice President & Assistant     (September 1998-January 2004).
Counsel
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Laura Leitzinger,              Senior Vice  President of  Shareholder  Services,
Vice President                 Inc.;  Vice  President of  Shareholder  Financial
                               Services, Inc.
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Justin Leverenz,               Formerly,   a   research/technology   analyst  at
Vice President                 Goldman Sachs, Taiwan (May 2002-May 2004)
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Michael S. Levine,             None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Gang Li,                       None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shanquan Li,                   None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie A. Libby,                Formerly   Executive  Vice  President  and  Chief
Senior Vice President          Operating Officer at Fred Alger Management,  Inc.
                               (July 1996 - February 2005)
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Daniel Lifshey,                Formerly a  Marketing  Manager at PIMCO  Advisors
Assistant Vice President       (January 2002-September 2004).
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Mitchell J. Lindauer,          None
Vice President & Assistant
General Counsel
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Bill Linden,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Malissa B. Lischin,            Assistant  Vice  President  of   OppenheimerFunds
Vice President                 Distributor, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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David P. Lolli,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Daniel G. Loughran             None
Vice President: Rochester
Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patricia Lovett,               Vice   President   of    Shareholder    Financial
Vice President                 Services,  Inc.  and  Senior  Vice  President  of
                               Shareholder Services, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Steven Lucaccini,              Formerly  Director and High Yield  Analyst at UBS
Assistant Vice President       Global Asset  Management  (November  2001 - April
                               2005)
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Dongyan Ma,                    None
Assistant Vice President
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Steve Macchia,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Mark H. Madden,                Formerly   Senior  Vice   President   and  Senior
Vice President                 Portfolio Manager with Pioneer Investments,  Inc.
                               (July 1990-July 2004).
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kathleen Mandzij,              Formerly   Marketing   Manager   -  Sales   Force
Assistant Vice President       Marketing     (March     2003-June    2004)    of
                               OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Jerry Mandzij,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angelo G. Manioudakis          Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Senior Vice President          Management  Corporation and of OFI  Institutional
                               Asset Management, Inc.
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LuAnn Mascia,                  Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Susan Mattisinko,              Assistant    Secretary   of   HarbourView   Asset
Vice President & Associate     Management  Corporation,  OppenheimerFunds Legacy
Counsel                        Program,  OFI  Private  Investments,   Inc.,  OFI
                               Institutional Asset Management,  Inc., Centennial
                               Asset  Management  Corporation,  Oppenheimer Real
                               Asset  Management,  Inc.  and Trinity  Investment
                               Management Corporation.
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Elizabeth McCormack,           Vice   President  and   Assistant   Secretary  of
Vice President                 HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.
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Joseph McGovern,               None
Assistant Vice President
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Charles L. McKenzie,           Chairman of the Board, Director,  Chief Executive
Senior Vice President          Officer  and  President  of  OFI  Trust  Company;
                               Chairman,   Chief   Executive   Officer,   Senior
                               Managing    Director    and   Director   of   OFI
                               Institutional   Asset  Management,   Inc.;  Chief
                               Executive  Officer,  President,  Senior  Managing
                               Director  and  Director  of   HarbourView   Asset
                               Management Corporation;  Chairman,  President and
                               Director   of   Trinity   Investment   Management
                               Corporation
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Michael Medev,                 None
Assistant Vice President
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Lucienne Mercogliano,          None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Jason Meshnick,                Formerly  Financial  Analyst  at Wall  Street  On
Assistant Vice President       Demand (April 2003 - May 2005)
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Andrew J. Mika,                None
Senior Vice President
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Jan Miller,                    Formerly a Supervisor at Janus (May  2004-October
Assistant Vice President       2004  and  a   Manager   at   Invesco   (February
                               1994-February 2004).
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Nikolaos D. Monoyios,          None
Senior Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Charles Moon,                  Vice  President of HarbourView  Asset  Management
Vice President                 Corporation  and  of  OFI   Institutional   Asset
                               Management, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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John V. Murphy,                President and Management  Director of Oppenheimer
Chairman, President, Chief     Acquisition  Corp.;  President  and  Director  of
Executive Officer & Director   Oppenheimer   Partnership   Holdings,   Inc.  and
                               Oppenheimer   Real   Asset   Management,    Inc.;
                               Chairman  and Director of  Shareholder  Services,
                               Inc. and Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.;
                               Director   of   Centennial    Asset    Management
                               Corporation,  OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.,
                               Institutional  Asset  Management,  Inc.,  Trinity
                               Investment   Management   Corporation,    Tremont
                               Capital  Management,   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.
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Meaghan Murphy,                Formerly  Marketing  Professional,  RFP Writer at
Assistant Vice President       JP Morgan  Fleming Asset  Management  (May 2002 -
                               October 2004).
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Suzanne Murphy,                Formerly  (until December 2003) a Vice President,
Vice President                 Senior Marketing Manager with Citigroup.
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Thomas J. Murray,              None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Kenneth Nadler,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Christina Nasta,               Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
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Richard Nichols,               None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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William Norman,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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James B. O'Connell,            Formerly   a   Senior    Designer    Manager   of
Assistant Vice President       OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.  (April  2002 -  December
                               2004).
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Matthew O'Donnell,             None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John O'Hare,                   None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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John J. Okray,                 Formerly   Vice   President,    Head   of   Trust
Vice President                 Operations at Lehman Brothers (June  2004-October
                               2004)  prior to which  he was an  Assistant  Vice
                               President,   Director   of  Trust   Services   at
                               Cambridge Trust Company (October 2002-June 2004).
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Lerae A. Palumbo,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony Parish,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David P. Pellegrino,           None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allison C. Pells,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert H. Pemble,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lori L. Penna,                 Formerly  an RFP  Manager/Associate  at  JPMorgan
Vice President                 Chase & Co. (June 2001-September 2004).
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Brian Petersen,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Marmeline Petion-Midy,         Formerly a Senior Financial  Analyst with General
Assistant Vice President       Motors,  NY Treasurer's  Office (July  2000-Augut
                               2004).
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David Pfeffer,                 Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Senior Vice President and      Management   Corporation   since  February  2004.
Chief Financial Officer        Formerly,  Director and Chief  Financial  Officer
                               at   Citigroup   Asset    Management    (February
                               2000-February 2004).
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James F. Phillips,             None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scott Phillips,                Formerly   Vice   President   at  Merrill   Lynch
Vice President                 Investment Management (June 2000-July 2004).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Gary Pilc,                     None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Piper,                    None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nicolas Pisciotti,             Formerly  Assistant  Vice President at ING (April
Assistant Vice President       2002 - May 2005)
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Jason Pizzorusso,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Poiesz,                  Formerly  a Senior  Portfolio  Manager at Merrill
Senior Vice President, Head    Lynch (October 2002-May 2004).
of Growth Equity Investments
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Sergei Polevikov,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey Portnoy,               None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Raghaw Prasad,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Preuss,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ellen Puckett,                 Formerly   Sennior  Program  Manager  at  Dendant
Assistant Vice President       Telecommunications (May 2002-September 2004).
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Jane C. Putnam,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Quarles,                  Formerly a  Principal  at AIM  Management  Group,
Assistant Vice President       Inc. (October 1997-October 2004).
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael E. Quinn,              None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Julie S. Radtke,               None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norma J. Rapini,               None
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corry E. Read,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marc Reinganum,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jill Reiter,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Claire Ring,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Robertson,               Senior   Vice   President   of   OppenheimerFunds
Senior Vice President          Distributor, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Robis,                  Formerly  a  Proprietary  Trader  at J.P.  Morgan
Assistant Vice President       Chase & Co. (May 2004-May 2005).
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antoinette Rodriguez,          None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stacey Roode,                  None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeffrey S. Rosen,              None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stacy Roth,                    None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
James H. Ruff,                 President   and   Director  of   OppenheimerFunds
Executive Vice President       Distributor,    Inc.   and    Centennial    Asset
                               Management Corporation;  Executive Vice President
                               of OFI Private Investments, Inc.
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Adrienne Ruffle,               Formerly an Associate  with Sidley Austin Brown &
Assistant Vice President and   Wood LLP (September 2002-February 2005).
Assistant Counsel
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Kim Russomanno,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Timothy Ryan,                  Formerly   a   research   analyst  in  the  large
Vice President                 equities group at Credit Suisse Asset  Management
                               (August 2001-June 2004)
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Rohit Sah,                     None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Valerie Sanders,               None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karen Sandler,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rudi W. Schadt,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ellen P. Schoenfeld,           None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maria Schulte,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scott A. Schwegel,             None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allan P. Sedmak                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jennifer L. Sexton,            Senior    Vice    President    of   OFI   Private
Vice President                 Investments, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nava Sharma,                   None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bonnie Sherman,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David C. Sitgreaves,           None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edward James Sivigny           None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enrique H. Smith,              None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Louis Sortino,                 None
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith J. Spencer,              None
Senior Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marco Antonio Spinar,          None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard A. Stein,              None
Vice President: Rochester
Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur P. Steinmetz,           Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Senior Vice President          Management Corporation.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Jennifer Stevens,              None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John P. Stoma,                 Senior   Vice   President   of   OppenheimerFunds
Senior Vice President          Distributor, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Deborah A. Sullivan,           Secretary of OFI Trust Company.
Vice President & Assistant
Counsel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Michael Sussman,               Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Brian C. Szilagyi,             Director of Financial  Reporting  and  Compliance
Assistant Vice President       at First Data Corporation (April 2003-June 2004).
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Matthew Tartaglia,             None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Martin Telles,                 Senior   Vice   President   of   OppenheimerFunds
Senior Vice President          Distributor, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Paul Temple,                   None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeaneen Terrio,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vincent Toner,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leonid Tsvayg,                 None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Tucker,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cameron Ullyat,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angela Uttaro,                 None
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark S. Vandehey,              Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Senior Vice President and      Inc.,  Centennial  Asset  Management  Corporation
Chief Compliance Officer       and Shareholder  Services,  Inc.; Chief Financial
                               Officer   of   HarbourView    Asset    Management
                               Corporation,  Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,
                               Inc.,  Oppenheimer Real Asset  Management,  Inc.,
                               Shareholder     Financial     Services,     Inc.,
                               OppenheimerFunds   Legacy  Program,  OFI  Private
                               Investments,  Inc.,  OFI  Trust  Company  and OFI
                               Institutional  Asset  Management,  Inc.  Formerly
                               (until    March   2004)   Vice    President    of
                               OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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Maureen Van Norstrand,         None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Nancy Vann,                    Formerly  Assistant  General  Counsel  at Reserve
Vice President and Assistant   Management  Company,   Inc.  (April  to  December
Counsel                        2004);  attorney  at Sidley  Austin  Brown & Wood
                               LLP (October 1997 - April 2004).
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Rene Vecka,                    None
Assistant Vice President,
Rochester Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Vincent Vermette,              Assistant  Vice  President  of   OppenheimerFunds
Assistant Vice President       Distributor, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phillip F. Vottiero,           None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lisa Walsh,                    None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Teresa M. Ward,                Vice President of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Vice President                 Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Jerry A. Webman,               Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Senior Vice President          Management Corporation.
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Christopher D. Weiler,         None
Vice President: Rochester
Division
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Adam Weiner,                   None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Barry D. Weiss,                Vice  President of HarbourView  Asset  Management
Vice President                 Corporation  and of Centennial  Asset  Management
                               Corporation.
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Melissa Lynn Weiss,            None
Vice President & Associate
Counsel
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Christine Wells,               None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joseph J. Welsh,               Vice  President of HarbourView  Asset  Management
Vice President                 Corporation.
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Diederick Wermolder,           Director of  OppenheimerFunds  International Ltd.
Senior Vice President          and  OppenheimerFunds  plc  and  OppenheimerFunds
                               (Asia) Limited;  Senior Vice President  (Managing
                               Director of the  International  Division)  of OFI
                               Institutional Asset Management, Inc..
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Catherine M. White,            Assistant  Vice  President  of   OppenheimerFunds
Assistant Vice President       Distributor,   Inc.;   member  of  the   American
                               Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA) since 1995.
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Annabel Whiting,               None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
William L. Wilby,              None
Senior Vice President and
Senior Investment Officer,
Director of Equities
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Donna M. Winn,                 President,  Chief Executive  Officer and Director
Senior Vice President          of OFI Private  Investments,  Inc.;  Director and
                               President  of  OppenheimerFunds  Legacy  Program;
                               Senior   Vice   President   of   OppenheimerFunds
                               Distributor, Inc.
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Philip Witkower,               Senior   Vice   President   of   OppenheimerFunds
Senior Vice President          Distributor, Inc.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian W. Wixted,               Treasurer   of   HarbourView   Asset   Management
Senior Vice President and      Corporation;    OppenheimerFunds    International
Treasurer                      Ltd.,  Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc.,
                               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.
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Carol E. Wolf,                 Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Senior Vice President          Management  Corporation  and of Centennial  Asset
                               Management  Corporation;  serves  on the Board of
                               the Colorado Ballet.
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Meredith Wolff,                None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oliver Wolff,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kurt Wolfgruber,               Director  of Tremont  Capital  Management,  Inc.,
Executive Vice President,      HarbourView Asset Management  Corporation and OFI
Chief Investment Officer and   Institutional Asset Management,  Inc. (since June
Director                       2003)
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Caleb C. Wong,                 None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edward C. Yoensky,             None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucy Zachman,                  None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert G. Zack                 General Counsel and Director of  OppenheimerFunds
Executive Vice President and   Distributor,  Inc.; General Counsel of Centennial
General Counsel                Asset   Management   Corporation;   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.  and OFI Trust  Company;  Vice
                               President    and    Director    of    Oppenheimer
                               Partnership   Holdings,    Inc.;   Director   and
                               Assistant Secretary of  OppenheimerFunds  plc and
                               OppenheimerFunds  International  Ltd.;  Secretary
                               and General  Counsel of  Oppenheimer  Acquisition
                               Corp.;   Director  of   Oppenheimer   Real  Asset
                               Management,   Inc.  and  OppenheimerFunds  (Asia)
                               Limited);   Vice  President  of  OppenheimerFunds
                               Legacy Program.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Neal A. Zamore,                None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mark D. Zavanelli,             None
Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alex Zhou,                     None
Assistant Vice President
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur J. Zimmer,              Senior  Vice  President  of   HarbourView   Asset
Senior Vice President          Management Corporation.
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The Oppenheimer Funds include the following:

Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust
Centennial Money Market Trust
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Limited Term New York Municipal Fund (a series of Rochester Portfolio Series)
OFI Tremont Core Strategies Hedge Fund
OFI Tremont Market Neutral Hedge Fund
Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals
Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (a series of Bond Fund Series)
Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Integrity Funds)
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
Oppenheimer Dividend Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Fund
Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund
Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund
Oppenheimer International Large-Cap Core Fund (a series of Oppenheimer
International Large-
     Cap Core Trust)
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund
Oppenheimer International Value Fund (a series of Oppenheimer International
Value Trust)
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 MidCap Fund
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
     Aggressive Investor Fund
     Conservative Investor Fund
     Moderate Investor 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 Capital Value Fund, Inc.
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, Inc.
Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund
Oppenheimer Select Value Fund
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc. (2 series):
     Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
     Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Tremont Market Neutral Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer Tremont Opportunity Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (11 series):
     Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA
     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 Money Fund/VA
     Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA
     Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA
Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (4 series):
     Government Securities Portfolio
     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., OppenheimerFunds Services,
Centennial Asset Management Corporation, Centennial Capital Corp.,
Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. 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 Partnership Holdings,
Inc., Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OFI Private Investments, Inc., OFI
Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and Oppenheimer Trust Company is Two
World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York
10281-1008.

The address of Tremont Advisers, Inc. is 555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite
206-C, Rye, New York 10580.

The address of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. is Bloc C, Irish Life
Center, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.

The address of Trinity Investment Management Corporation is 301 North Spring
Street, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823.

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 26(b) above (except Panorama Series
Fund, Inc.) and for MassMutual Institutional Funds.

(b)   The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter
are:

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Name & Principal                Position & Office         Position and Office
Business Address                with Underwriter          with Registrant
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Timothy Abbhul(1)               Vice President            None
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Robert Agan(1)                  Vice President            None
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Janette Aprilante(2)            Secretary                 None
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James Barker                    Vice President            None
2901B N. Lakewood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
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Kathleen Beichert(1)            Vice President            None
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Rocco Benedetto(2)              Assistant Vice President  None
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Robert J. Bishop(1)             Treasurer                 None
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Douglas S. Blankenship          Vice President            None
10407 Cromdale Manor Ct.
Springs, TX 77379
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Tracey Blinzler(1)              Assistant Vice President  None
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David A. Borrelli               Vice President            None
105 Black Calla Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94583
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Jeffrey R. Botwinick(2)         Vice President            None
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Michelle Brennan(2)             Vice President            None
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L. Scott Brooks(2)              Vice President            None
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Kevin E. Brosmith               Senior Vice President     None
5 Deer Path
South Natlick, MA 01760
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Jeffrey W. Bryan                Vice President            None
1048 Malaga Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
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Patrick Campbell(1)             Assistant Vice President  None
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Andrew Chonofsky                Vice President            None
300 West Fifth Street, Apt. 118
Charlotte, NC 28202
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Melissa Clayton(2)              Assistant Vice President  None
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Susan Cornwell(1)               Vice President            None
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Neev Crane                      Vice President            None
1530 Beacon Street, Apt. #1403
Brookline, MA 02446
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Julian C. Curry                 Vice President            None
5801 Nicholson Lane, Suite 420
North Bethesda, MD 20852
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Jeffrey D. Damia(2)             Vice President            None
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John Davis(2)                   Vice President            None
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Stephen J. Demetrovits(2)       Vice President            None
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Joseph A. DiMauro               Vice President            None
522 Lakeland Avenue
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
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Steven Dombrower(2)             Vice President            None
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George P. Dougherty             Vice President            None
328 Regency Drive
North Wales, PA 19454
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Ryan C. Drier                   Vice President            None
3307 Park Ridge Lane NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
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Cliff H. Dunteman               Vice President            None
N 53 W 27761 Bantry Road
Sussex, WI 53089-45533
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Hillary Eigen(2)                Assistant Vice President  None
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John Eiler(2)                   Vice President            None
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Kent M. Elwell                  Vice President            None
35 Crown Terrace
Yardley, PA 19067
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Gregg A. Everett                Vice President            None
4328 Auston Way
Palm Harbor, FL 34685-4017
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George R. Fahey(1)              Senior Vice President     None
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Eric C. Fallon                  Vice President            None
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02458
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Deanna Farrugia(1)              Vice President            None
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Joseph Fernandez                Vice President            None
1717 Richbourg Park Drive
Brentwood, TN 37027
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Mark J. Ferro(2)                Senior Vice President     None
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Ronald H. Fielding(3)           Vice President            None
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Bradley Finkle(2)               Vice President            None
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Eric P. Fishel                  Vice President            None
725 Boston Post Rd., #12
Sudbury, MA 01776
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Patrick W. Flynn (1)            Senior Vice President     None
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John E. Forrest(2)              Senior Vice President     None
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John ("J") Fortuna(2)           Vice President            None
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Jayme Fowler(2)                 Vice President            None
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Lucio Giliberti                 Vice President            None
6 Cyndi Court
Flemington, NJ 08822
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Raquel Granahan(2)              Vice President            None
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Ralph Grant                     Senior Vice President     None
10 Boathouse Close
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
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Kahle Greenfield(2)             Vice President            None
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Michael D. Guman                Vice President            None
3913 Pleasant Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103
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James E. Gunther                Vice President            None
178 Canterbury Turn
Lancaster, PA 17601
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Kevin J. Healy(2)               Vice President            None
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Kevin Hennessey                 Vice President            None
8634 Forest Run Lane
Orlando, FL 32836
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Elyse R. Jurman Herman          Vice President            None
5486 NW 42 Avenue
Boca Raton, FL 33496
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Suzanne Heske                   Vice President            None
4146 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
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Wendy G. Hetson(2)              Vice President            None
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William E. Hortz(2)             Vice President            None
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Edward Hrybenko(2)              Vice President            None
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Brian F. Husch(2)               Vice President            None
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Stephen Ilnitzki(2)             Vice President            None
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Kathleen T. Ives(1)             Vice President &          Assistant Secretary
                                Assistant Secretary
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Shonda Rae Jaquez(2)            Assistant Vice President  None
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Nivan Jaleeli                   Vice President            None
13622 E. Geronimo Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
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Eric K. Johnson(1)              Vice President            None
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Mark D. Johnson                 Vice President            None
15792 Scenic Green Court
Chesterfield, MO 63017
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Christina J. Keller(2)          Vice President            None
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Michael Keogh(2)                Vice President            None
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Lisa Klassen(1)                 Assistant Vice President  None
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Richard Klein                   Senior Vice President     None
4820 Fremont Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55419
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Richard Knott(1)                Senior Vice President     None
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Brent A. Krantz                 Senior Vice President     None
61500 Tam McArthur Loop
Bend, OR 97702
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David T. Kuzia                  Vice President            None
19102 Miranda Circle
Omaha, NE 68130
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Tracey Lange(2)                 Vice President            None
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Paul R. LeMire                  Assistant Vice President  None
7 Cormorant Drive
Middletown, NJ 07748
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Eric J. Liberman(2)             Vice President            None
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Malissa Lischin(2)              Assistant Vice President  None
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James V. Loehle(2)              Vice President            None
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Thomas Loncar(1)                Vice President            None
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Montana W. Low                  Vice President            None
1636 N. Wells Street, Apt. 3411
Chicago, IL 60614
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Craig Lyman                     Vice President            None
3930 Swenson St. #502
Las Vegas, NV 89119
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John J. Lynch                   Vice President            None
6325 Bryan Parkway
Dallas, TX 75214
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Michael Malik                   Vice President            None
546 Idylberry Road
San Rafael, CA 94903
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Steven C. Manns                 Vice President            None
1627 N. Hermitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
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Todd A. Marion(2)               Vice President            None
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LuAnn Mascia(2)                 Vice President            None
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Theresa-Marie Maynier           Vice President            None
2421 Charlotte Drive
Charlotte, NC 28203
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John C. McDonough               Vice President            None
2 Leland Ct.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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Kent C. McGowan                 Vice President            None
9510 190th Place SW
Edmonds, WA 98020
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Brian F. Medina(1)              Vice President            None
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Daniel Melehan                  Vice President            None
906 Bridgeport Court
San Marcos, CA 92069
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Mark Mezzanotte                 Vice President            None
16 Cullen Way
Exeter, NH 03833
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Clint Modler(1)                 Vice President            None
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Robert Moser((1))               Vice President            None
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David W. Mountford              Vice President            None
7820 Banyan Terrace
Tamarac, FL 33321
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Gzim Muja                       Vice President            None
269 S. Beverly Dr. #807
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
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John V. Murphy(2)               Director                  President & Trustee
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Wendy Jean Murray               Vice President            None
32 Carolin Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
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John S. Napier                  Vice President            None
17 Hillcrest Ave.
Darien, CT 06820
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Christina Nasta(2)              Vice President            None
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Kevin P. Neznek(2)              Vice President            None
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Bradford Norford                Vice President            None
3914 Easton Sq. Pl.
Columbus, OH 43219
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Alan Panzer                     Vice President            None
6755 Ridge Mill Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328
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Michael Park(2)                 Vice President            None
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Brian C. Perkes                 Vice President            None
6 Lawton Ct.
Frisco, TX 75034
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Charles K. Pettit(2)            Vice President            None
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Elaine M. Puleo-Carter(2)       Senior Vice President     None
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Minnie Ra                       Vice President            None
100 Dolores Street, #203
Carmel, CA 93923
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Dusting Raring                  Vice President            None
27 Blakemore Drive
Ladera Ranch, CA 92797
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Michael A. Raso(2)              Vice President            None
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Richard Rath                    Vice President            None
46 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301
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Ruxandra Risko(2)               Vice President            None
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David R. Robertson(2)           Senior Vice President     None
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Nicole Robbins(2)               Vice President            None
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Ian M. Roche                    Vice President            None
7070 Bramshill Circle
Bainbridge, OH 44023
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Kenneth A. Rosenson             Vice President            None
24753 Vantage Pt. Terrace
Malibu, CA 90265
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James H. Ruff(2)                President & Director      None
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Matthew Rutig                   Vice President            None
199 North Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877
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William R. Rylander             Vice President            None
85 Evergreen Road
Vernon, CT 06066
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Thomas Sabow                    Vice President            None
6617 Southcrest Drive
Edina, MN 55435
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John Saunders                   Vice President            None
911 North Orange Avenue #401
Orlando, FL 32801
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Jill Schmitt(2)                 Vice President            None
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Thomas Schmitt(2)               Vice President            None
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William Schories(2)             Vice President            None
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Charles F. Scully               Vice President            None
125 Cypress View Way
Apex, NC 27502
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Eric Sharp                      Vice President            None
862 McNeill Circle
Woodland, CA 95695
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William Sheluck(2)              Vice President            None
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Debbie A. Simon                 Vice President            None
55 E. Erie St., #4404
Chicago, IL 60611
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Bryant Smith(1)                 Vice President            None
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Douglas Bruce Smith             Vice President            None
8927 35th Street W.
University Place, WA 98466
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John Spensley                   Vice President            None
2000 Rhettsbury Street
Carmel, IN 46032
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Alfred St. John(2)              Vice President            None
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Bryan Stein                     Vice President            None
8 Longwood Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043
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John Stoma(2)                   Senior Vice President     None
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Wayne Strauss(3)                Assistant Vice President  None
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Brian C. Summe                  Vice President            None
2479 Legends Way
Crestview Hills, KY 41017
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Michael Sussman(2)              Vice President            None
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George T. Sweeney               Senior Vice President     None
5 Smokehouse Lane
Hummelstown, PA 17036
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James Taylor(2)                 Assistant Vice President  None
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Martin Telles(2)                Senior Vice President     None
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David G. Thomas                 Vice President            None
16628 Elk Run Court
Leesburg, VA 20176
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Barrie L. Tiedemann             Vice President            None
2592 S. Belvoir Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
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Mark S. Vandehey(1)             Vice President and Chief  Vice President and
                                Compliance Officer        Chief Compliance
                                                          Officer
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Vincent Vermete(2)              Assistant Vice President  None
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Elaine Villas(2)                Assistant Vice President  None
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Cynthia Walloga(2)              Vice President            None
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Kenneth Lediard Ward            Vice President            None
1400 Cottonwood Valley Circle
N.
Irving, TX 75038
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Teresa Ward(1)                  Vice President            None
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Michael J. Weigner              Vice President            None
4905 W. San Nicholas Street
Tampa, FL 33629
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Donn Weise                      Vice President            None
3249 Earlmar Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90064
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Chris Werner(1)                 Vice President            None
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Catherine White(2)              Assistant Vice President  None
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Donna Winn(2)                   Senior Vice President     None
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Philip Witkower(2)              Senior Vice President     None
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Meredith Wolff(2)               Assistant Vice President  None
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Cary Patrick Wozniak            Vice President            None
18808 Bravata Court
San Diego, CA 92128
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John Charles Young              Vice President            None
3914 Southwestern
Houston, TX 77005
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Robert G. Zack(2)               General Counsel &         Vice President &
                                Director                  Secretary
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(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

(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

Not applicable.





                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant 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 November, 2005.

                        OPPENHEIMER CHAMPION INCOME FUND

                        By: /s/ John V. Murphy*
                        ----------------------------------------------
                        John V. Murphy, President,
                        Principal Executive Officer & Trustee

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on
the dates indicated:

Signatures                   Title                       Date

/s/ William L. Armstrong*    Chairman of the             November 28, 2005
---------------------------  Board of Trustees
William L. Armstrong

/s/ John V. Murphy*          President, Principal        November 28, 2005
------------------------     Executive Officer & Trustee
John V. Murphy

/s/ Brian W. Wixted*         Treasurer, Principal        November 28, 2005
-------------------------    Financial &
Brian W. Wixted              Accounting Officer

/s/ Robert G. Avis*          Trustee                     November 28, 2005
---------------------
Robert G. Avis

/s/ George Bowen*            Trustee                     November 28, 2005
----------------------
George Bowen

/s/ Edward Cameron*          Trustee                     November 28, 2005
------------------------
Edward Cameron

/s/ Jon S. Fossel*           Trustee                     November 28, 2005
--------------------
Jon S. Fossel

/s/ Sam Freedman*            Trustee                     November 28, 2005
---------------------
Sam Freedman

/s/ Beverly L. Hamilton*     Trustee                     November 28, 2005
-------------------------
Beverly L. Hamilton

/s/ Robert J. Malone*        Trustee                     November 28, 2005
-----------------------
Robert J. Malone

/s/ F. William Marshall, Jr.*                            Trustee  November
28, 2005
----------------------------
F. William Marshall, Jr.

*By:  /s/ Mitchell J. Lindauer
        -----------------------------------------
        Mitchell J. Lindauer, Attorney-in-Fact




                       OPPENHEIMER CHAMPION INCOME FUND

                     Registration Statement No. 33-16494

                       Post-Effective Amendment No. 28


                                EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.    Description

23(d)          Investment Advisory Agreement