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

Registration No. 33-23223
File No. 811-5582

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933     [X]

Pre-Effective Amendment No. __     [ ]
 
Post-Effective Amendment No. 31     [X]
 

and/or

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

Amendment No. 30     [X]

OPPENHEIMER CASH RESERVES

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(303) 768-3200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Robert G. Zack, Esq.
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

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

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

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Oppenheimer
Cash Reserves

NYSE Ticker Symbols
Class A CRSXX
Class B CRBXX
Class C CSCXX
Class N CSNXX
Prospectus dated November 27, 2009

As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved the Fund's securities nor has it determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to represent otherwise.

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves is a money market mutual fund. Its goal is to seek the maximum current income that is consistent with stability of principal. The Fund invests in short-term, high-quality "money market" instruments.
     This prospectus contains important information about the Fund's objective, 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 carefully before you invest and keep it for future reference about your account.





Table of contents

THE FUND SUMMARY

Investment Objective

3

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

3

Principal Investment Stategies

4

Principal Risks

4

The Fund's Past Performance

6

Investment Adviser

7

Portfolio Manager

7

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

7

Taxes

7

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

7

MORE ABOUT THE FUND

About the Fund's Investments

9

How the Fund is Managed

14

ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

About Your Account

16

Choosing a Share Class

17

The Price of Fund Shares

21

How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares

23

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

37

Financial Highlights

39




Inside Front Cover

To Summary Prospectus

THE FUND SUMMARY

Investment Objective

Investment Objective. The Fund seeks the maximum current income that is consistent with stability of principal.  The Fund is a money market fund.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold or redeem shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your spouse invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in certain funds in the Oppenheimer family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section "About Your Account" beginning on page 16 of the prospectus, and in the sections "How to Buy Shares" beginning on page 23 and "Appendix A" in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Class N Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on purchases (as % of offering price) None None None None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as % of the lower of the original offering price or redemption proceeds) None 5% 1% 1%


 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Class A Shares Class B Shares Class C Shares Class N Shares
Management Fees 0.44% 0.44% 0.44% 0.44%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.20% 0.75% 0.75% 0.50%
Other Expenses 0.29% 0.29% 0.26% 0.27%
Total Annual Operating Expenses 0.93% 1.48% 1.45% 1.21%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement1 0.08% 0.45% 0.43% 0.18%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement 0.85% 1.03% 1.02% 1.03%


1. The Fund's investment adviser has voluntarily agreed to limit the Fund's management fee so that the fees do not exceed an annual rate of 0.40% of the average annual net assets for each class of shares. The investment adviser has also agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. Each undertaking may be amended or withdrawn after one year from the date of this prospectus.

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.  The examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.  Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

 

If shares are redeemed If shares are not redeemed
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Class A Shares $ 95 $ 298 $ 517 $ 1,148 $ 95 $ 298 $ 517 $ 1,148
Class B Shares $ 652 $ 771 $ 1,014 $ 1,493 $ 152 $ 471 $ 814 $ 1,493
Class C Shares $ 249 $ 462 $ 798 $ 1,748 $ 149 $ 462 $ 798 $ 1,748
Class N Shares $ 224 $ 386 $ 669 $ 1,475 $ 124 $ 386 $ 669 $ 1,475


Principal Investment Stategies

Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund is a money market fund that invests in a variety of money market instruments to seek current income. Money market instruments are short-term, high-quality dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by the U.S. government, domestic and foreign corporations and financial institutions, and other entities. Money market instruments include bank obligations, repurchase agreements, commercial paper, and other short-term corporate and governmental debt obligations.
       To be considered "high-quality," a debt instrument must be rated in one of the two highest credit-quality categories for short-term securities by a nationally-recognized rating service or, if a security is unrated, it must be determined by the Fund's investment manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager"), under the supervision of the Fund's Board, to be of comparable quality to rated securities in one of those two categories.

Principal Risks

Principal Risks.  All investments carry risks to some degree. The Fund's investments are subject to changes in their value from a number of factors. However, the Fund's investments must meet strict standards set by its Board of Trustees and special rules under Federal law for money market funds. Those requirements include maintaining high credit quality, a short average maturity and diversification of the Fund's investments among issuers. Those provisions are designed to help minimize credit risks, to reduce the effects of changes in prevailing interest rates and to reduce the effect on the Fund's portfolio of a default by any one issuer. Since income on short-term securities tends to be lower than income on longer-term debt securities, the Fund's yield will likely be lower than the yield on longer-term fixed-income funds.

Even so, there are risks that an issuer of an obligation that the Fund holds might have its credit rating downgraded or might default on its obligations, or that interest rates might rise sharply, causing the value of the Fund's investments to fall. Also, there is the risk that the value of your investment could be eroded over time by the effects of inflation, or that poor security selection could cause the Fund to underperform other funds that have a similar objective. If there is an unexpectedly high demand for the redemption of Fund shares, the Fund might need to sell portfolio securities prior to their maturity, possibly at a loss. As a result, there is a risk that the Fund's shares could fall below $1.00 per share.

Interest Rate Risk. The values of debt securities usually 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. The values of longer-term debt securities usually change more when interest rates change than the values of shorter-term debt securities.

Credit Risk. Debt securities are also subject to credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer of a security might not make principal or interest payments on the security when they are due. If the issuer fails to pay interest, the Fund's income might be reduced, and if the issuer fails to pay interest or repay principal, the value of the security might fall.

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

Who Is the Fund Designed For? The Fund is designed for investors who want to earn income at money market rates while seeking to preserve the value of their investment and maintaining easy access to their investment through checkwriting and wire redemption privileges. The Fund will invest in a variety of money market instruments to seek current income and stability of principal and to try to maintain a stable share price of $1.00. The Fund is not a complete investment program.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.



 

The Fund's Past Performance

The Fund's Past Performance. The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing the Fund's average annual returns for 1, 5 and 10 year periods. The Fund's past investment performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information is available by calling the toll-free number on the back of this prospectus and on the Fund's website at: https://www.oppenheimerfunds.com/fund/investors/overview/CashReserves.




During the period shown, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 1.40% (4th qtr 00) and the lowest return for a calendar quarter was 0.03% (2nd qtr 04). For the period from January 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 the cumulative return was 0.14%.

The following table shows the average annual total returns of each class of the Fund's shares before taxes.

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended December 31, 2008 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years (or life of class, if less)
Class A Shares (inception 01/03/89) 2.42% 2.78% 2.81%
Class B Shares (inception 08/17/93) (2.85%) 2.19% 2.56%
Class C Shares (inception 12/01/93) 1.15% 2.52% 2.44%
Class N Shares (inception 03/01/01) 1.13% 2.53% 2.00%


The Fund's performance reflects income reinvestment and all applicable fees and sales charges.

The total returns are not the Fund's current yield. The Fund's yield more closely reflects the Fund's current earnings. To obtain the Fund's current 7-day yield information, please call the Transfer Agent toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

Investment Adviser

Investment Adviser. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the Fund's investment adviser (the "Manager").

Portfolio Manager

Portfolio Manager.  Carol E. Wolf has been a portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund since July 1998.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares.  In most cases, you can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional investments with as little as $50. For certain plans and retirement accounts, the minimum initial investment is $500 and, for some, the minimum additional investment is $25. For certain fee based programs the minimum initial investment is $250.

Shares may be purchased through a financial intermediary or the Distributor or redeemed through a financial intermediary or the transfer agent on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. Shareholders may purchase or redeem shares by mail, through the website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or by calling 800.225.5677. Share transactions may be made by check, by Federal funds wire or directly from or into your bank account.  The Fund also offers a checkwriting privilege.

Taxes

Taxes.  The Fund intends to declare dividends from its net investment income on each regular business day and to pay those dividends to shareholders monthly. To maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share, the Fund might withhold dividends or make distributions from capital or capital gains. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred account, Fund distributions are subject to federal income tax and may be subject to state or local taxes, whether taken in cash or reinvested. The Fund normally holds its securities to maturity and therefore will not usually pay capital gains. The Fund may realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio securities, however, in which case it may make distributions out of any net short-term or long-term capital gains annually.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries. If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund, the Manager, or their related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

MORE ABOUT THE FUND

About the Fund's Investments

The allocation of the Fund's portfolio among different types of investments will vary over time and the Fund's portfolio might not always include all of the different types of investments described below. The Statement of Additional Information contains more detailed information about the Fund's investment policies and risks.

THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS. The following strategies and types of investments are the ones that the Fund considers to be the most important in seeking to achieve its investment objective and the following risks are those the Fund expects its portfolio to be subject to as a whole.

 

MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS. The Fund invests in securities meeting the quality, maturity, diversification and other standards that apply to money market funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). Money market instruments are high-quality, short-term, dollar-denominated debt instruments. They may have fixed, variable or floating interest rates. All of the Fund's money market investments must meet the requirements of the Investment Company Act and the special standards set by the Fund's Board. The following is a brief description of the types of money market instruments the Fund may invest in.

  • U.S. Government Securities. These include obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities. Some are direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury and are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States. Securities issued by some agencies and instrumentalities of the Government are also supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Securities issued by certain other U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities are supported only by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury and some are supported only by the credit of the particular instrumentality.
  • Bank Obligations. The Fund can buy bank obligations including time deposits, certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, including dollar-denominated obligations of foreign banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks or foreign branches of U.S. banks. These obligations must be denominated in U.S. dollars, even if issued by a foreign bank or branch.
  • Obligations of Foreign Banks and Foreign Branches of U.S. Banks. These securities have investment risks different from obligations of domestic branches of U.S. banks. Risks that may affect a foreign bank's or branch's ability to pay its debt include:
    -political and economic developments in the country in which the bank or
    -branch is located,
    -imposition of withholding taxes on interest income payable on the securities,
    -seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits,
    -the establishment of exchange control regulations, or
    -the adoption of other governmental restrictions that might affect the payment of principal and interest on those securities.
    Additionally, not all of the U.S. and state banking laws and regulations that apply to domestic banks and branches apply to foreign branches of U.S. banks. Those U.S. and state regulations also generally do not apply to foreign banks.
  • Commercial Paper. Commercial paper is a short-term, unsecured promissory note of a domestic or foreign company or other financial firm. The Fund may buy commercial paper.
  • Corporate Debt Obligations. The Fund can invest in other short-term corporate debt obligations, besides commercial paper.
  • Floating Rate and Variable Rate Notes. The Fund can purchase notes with floating or variable interest rates. Variable interest rates are adjustable at stated periodic intervals. Floating interest rates are adjusted automatically according to a specified market rate or benchmark, such as the prime rate of a bank. If the maturity of a note is greater than 397 days, it may be purchased only if it has a demand feature. That feature must permit the Fund to recover the principal amount of the note on not more than thirty days' notice at any time, or at specified times not exceeding 397 days from purchase.
  • Asset-Backed Securities. The Fund can invest in asset-backed investments. These are fractional interests in pools of consumer loans and other trade receivables, which are the obligations of a number of different parties. The income from the underlying pool is passed through to investors, such as the Fund. These investments might be supported by a credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, a guarantee or a preference right. However, the credit enhancement typically applies only to a fraction of the security's value. If the issuer of the security has no security interest in the related collateral, there is the risk that the Fund could lose money if the issuer defaults.
  • Guaranteed Obligations. The Fund may invest in obligations other than those listed above if they are guaranteed as to their principal and interest by a corporation whose commercial paper may be purchased by the Fund or by a domestic bank. The bank must meet credit criteria set by the Fund's Board of Trustees.
  • Other Money Market Instruments. The Fund may also buy other money market instruments that its Board approves from time to time. They must be U.S. dollar-denominated short-term investments that the Manager must determine to have minimal credit risks.

 

CREDIT QUALITY, MATURITY AND DIVERSIFICATION STANDARDS. The Fund's investments must meet standards set by the Board and the standards prescribed for money market funds under the Investment Company Act.

     Credit Quality. In general, the Fund buys only "high-quality" investments that the Manager believes present minimal credit risk at the time of purchase. Those investments must be:

  • rated in one of the two highest short-term rating categories by two nationally-recognized rating organizations, or
  • if only one rating organization has rated the investment, rated in one of that rating organization's two highest rating categories, or
  • unrated investments that the Manager, subject to the supervision of the Fund's Board, determines are comparable in quality to instruments rated in the two highest rating categories. The Manager may consider certain guarantees, letters of credit or other credit enhancements when making this determination.

Instruments rated in the second highest rating category may not represent more than 5% of the Fund's total assets.

     Maturity. A security's maturity must not exceed 397 days (13 months) at the time of purchase, unless if they are subject to repurchase agreements or demand features that permit the Fund to recover the principal amount of the security on not more than thirty days' notice at any time, or at specified times not exceeding 397 days from purchase. The Fund must maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of not more than 90 days. As a non-fundamental policy, the Fund will seek to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of not more than 75 days and a weighted average life to maturity of portfolio securities of not more than 120 days.

     Diversification. The Fund generally may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer in the highest short-term credit rating category or more than 1% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer in the second highest short-term credit rating category. This limitation does not apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities.

     Liquidity. As a non-fundamental policy, the Fund will seek to maintain at least 5% of its net assets measured on a daily basis, and 20% of its net assets measured on a weekly basis, in cash or securities that can be sold and settled for cash within either one business day or five business days, respectively.

 

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS.  The Fund can also use the investment techniques and strategies described below. The Fund might not use all of these techniques or strategies or might only use them from time to time.

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund may also enter into repurchase agreements. In a repurchase transaction, the Fund buys a security and simultaneously sells it back to the vendor for delivery at a future date. Repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized. However, if the seller fails to pay the repurchase 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. If the default on the part of the seller is due to its bankruptcy, the Fund's ability to liquidate the collateral may be delayed or limited.

     The Fund will not enter into a repurchase agreement that will cause more than 10% of its net assets to be subject to repurchase agreements maturing in more than 7 days. There is no limit on the amount of the Fund's net assets that may be subject to repurchase agreements of 7 days or less.

Illiquid Securities. Investments that do not have an active trading market, or that have legal or contractual limitations on their resale, are generally referred to as "illiquid" securities. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value or to sell promptly at an acceptable price or may require registration under applicable securities laws before they can be sold publicly. Securities that have limitations on their resale are referred to as "restricted securities." Certain restricted securities that are eligible for resale to qualified institutional purchasers may not be regarded as illiquid.

The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net assets in illiquid or restricted securities.  The Manager monitors the Fund's holdings of illiquid securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any of those securities to maintain adequate liquidity.

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

 

CHANGES TO THE FUND'S INVESTMENT POLICIES. The Fund's fundamental investment policies cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting shares; however, the Fund's Board can change non-fundamental policies without a shareholder vote. Significant policy changes will be described in supplements to this prospectus. The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other investment restrictions that are fundamental policies are listed in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information. An investment policy is not fundamental unless this prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information states that it is.

 

 

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Fund's portfolio holdings, as of the most recent prior close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), are posted on the Fund's website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com on each business day. Therefore, the Fund's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than one business day after the close of trading on the NYSE on each day on which the NYSE is open.

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

How the Fund is Managed

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

The Manager has been an investment adviser since 1960. The Manager and a subsidiary managed funds with nearly 6 million shareholder accounts as of September 30, 2009. The Manager is located at Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Advisory Fees. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Manager an advisory fee, calculated on the daily net assets of the Fund, at an annual rate that declines on additional assets as the Fund grows: 0.500% of the first $250 million of average annual net assets, 0.475% of the next $250 million, 0.450% of the next $250 million, 0.425% of the next $250 million, and 0.400% of net assets in excess of $1 billion.

The Manager has voluntarily agreed to limit the Fund's management fee so that the fees do not exceed an annual rate of 0.40% of the average annual net assets for each class of shares. The Manager has also agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. Each of those undertakings may be amended or withdrawn after one year from the date of this prospectus.

The Fund's advisory fee for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009 was  0.44% of average annual net assets for each class of shares. Until March 31, 2009, the Fund's distributor had agreed to reduce Class B and Class C distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees by 0.25% of the average annual assets for each class of shares. Effective April 1, 2009, until June 30, 2009, the Fund's distributor agreed to reduce the distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees by 0.50% for Class B and Class C shares and by 0.25% for Class N shares of the average annual net assets for each respective class of shares. Effective July 1, 2009, the distributor voluntarily agreed to set the fee rate it is entitled to receive under the Distribution and/or Service Plans for Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class N shares at 0.00% The Fund's transfer agent has voluntairly agreed to limit its fees to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class. The undertakings by the Fund's distributor and transfer agent may be amended or withdrawn at any time. For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the transfer agent fees did not exceed the expense limitation. The Fund's management fee and other annual operating expenses may vary in future years.

A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees' approval of the Fund's investment advisory and sub-advisory contracts is available in the Fund's Semi-Annual Report to shareholders for the six-month period ended January 31, 2009.

Portfolio Manager. The Fund's portfolio is managed by Carol E. Wolf who is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments. She has been a Vice President and a portfolio manager of the Fund since July 1998.

Ms. Wolf has been a Senior Vice President of the Manager since September 2000 and of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation since June 2003. She was Vice President of the Manager from June 1990 through June 2000. Ms. Wolf is an officer and portfolio manager of other funds for which the Manager or an affiliate serves as investment adviser.

The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio manager's compensation, other accounts she manages and her ownership of Fund shares.

MORE ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

About Your Account

Where Can You Buy Fund Shares? Oppenheimer funds may be purchased either directly or through a variety of "financial intermediaries" that offer Fund shares to their clients. Financial intermediaries include securities dealers, financial advisors, brokers, banks, trust companies, insurance companies and the sponsors of fund "supermarkets," fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs or college and retirement savings programs.

WHAT CLASSES OF SHARES DOES THE FUND OFFER? The Fund offers four different classes of shares. Only Class A shares may be purchased directly from the Distributor by an individual investor. Class B, Class C and Class N shares are generally available only by exchange or through certain retirement plans. The different classes of shares represent investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to different expenses and may have different share prices. When you buy shares, be sure to specify the class of shares you wish to purchase. If you do not choose a class, your investment will be made in Class A shares.

Class A Shares. If you buy Class A shares, there is no initial sales charge on your purchase. See "About Class A Shares" below.


 

Class B Shares. Class B shares are available only by exchange or for purchase by certain retirement plan sponsors. If you buy Class B shares, you will pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an asset-based sales charge (distribution fee) over a period of approximately six years. If you sell your shares within six years after buying them, you will normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. The amount of the contingent deferred sales charge varies depending on how long you own your shares, as described in "About Class B Shares" below.


 

Class C Shares. Class C shares are available only by exchange or for purchase by certain retirement sponsors. If you buy Class C shares, you will pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an ongoing asset-based sales charge. If you sell your shares within 12 months after buying them, you will normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described in "About Class C Shares" below.


 

Class N Shares. Class N shares are available only by exchange or through certain retirement plans. If you buy Class N shares, you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but you will pay an ongoing asset-based sales charge. If you sell your shares within 18 months after the retirement plan's first purchase of Class N shares, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described in "About Class N Shares" below.



 

Certain sales charge waivers may apply to purchases or redemptions of Fund shares. More information about those waivers is available in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information, or by clicking on the hyperlink "Sales Charge Waivers" under the heading "Fund Information" on the OppenheimerFunds website at "www.oppenheimerfunds.com."

 

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT? In most cases, you can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional investments with as little as $50. The minimum additional investment requirement does not apply to reinvested dividends from the Fund or from other Oppenheimer funds or to omnibus account purchases. A $25 minimum applies to additional investments through an Asset Builder Plan, an Automatic Exchange Plan or a government allotment plan established before November 1, 2002. Reduced initial minimums are available in certain circumstances, including under the following investment plans:

  • For most types of retirement accounts that OppenheimerFunds offers, the minimum initial investment is $500.
  • For certain retirement accounts that have automatic investments through salary deduction plans, there is no minimum initial investment.
  • For an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Exchange Plan or a government allotment plan, the minimum initial investment is $500.
  • For certain fee-based programs that have an agreement with the Distributor, a minimum initial investment of $250 applies.

Minimum Account Balance. A $12 annual "minimum balance fee" is assessed on Fund accounts 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 for information about the circumstances under which this fee will not be assessed. Small accounts may be involuntarily redeemed by the Fund if the value has fallen below $200 for reasons other than a decline in the market value of the shares.

Choosing a Share Class

 

CHOOSING A SHARE CLASS. 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. Two of the factors to consider are how much you plan to invest and, while future financial needs cannot be predicted with certainty, 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 each of the factors to see if you should consider a different class of shares.

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. 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.

  • Only Class A shares are available for a direct purchase by an individual investor.
  • Class B, Class C and Class N shares are only available by exchange from the same share class of other Oppenheimer funds or by purchase by retirement plan administrators or plan sponsors on behalf of plan participants in qualified retirement plans.
  • The Fund's operating costs that apply to a share class and the effect of the different sales charges on your investment will affect your investment results over time. For example, the net asset value and the dividends of Class B, Class C, and Class N shares will be reduced by additional expenses borne by those classes such as the asset-based sales charge.
  • The Distributor normally will not accept purchase orders of more than $100,000 for Class B shares or $1 million or more for 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.
  • Checkwriting is not available on accounts subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

Are There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You? Some account features may not be available for all share classes. Other features may not be advisable because of the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. Therefore, you should carefully review how you plan to use your investment account before deciding which class of shares to buy.

How Do Share Classes Affect Payments to Your Financial Intermediary? The Class B, Class C, and Class N contingent deferred sales charges and asset-based sales charges have the same purpose: to compensate the Distributor for concessions and expenses it pays to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries for selling Fund shares. Those financial intermediaries may receive different compensation for selling different classes of shares. The Manager or Distributor may also pay dealers or other financial intermediaries additional amounts from their own resources based on the value of Fund shares held by the intermediary for its own account or held for its customers' accounts. For more information about those payments, see "Payments to Financial Intermediaries and Service Providers" below.

 

ABOUT CLASS A SHARES. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value of the shares (described below) without any initial sales charge. The Fund does not charge a fee when you redeem Class A shares that you bought directly or by reinvesting dividends or distributions from another Oppenheimer fund. You generally will not pay a fee when you redeem Class A shares of this Fund you bought by exchanging Class A shares of another Oppenheimer fund. However, a contingent deferred sales charge may apply if the exchanged Class A shares were subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge when you exchange them into this Fund.

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. There is no initial sales charge on Class A shares. However, Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds may be subject to a 1.0% contingent deferred sales charge if they are redeemed within an 18 month "holding period" measured from the beginning of the calendar month in which they were purchased (except for shares in certain retirement plans described below). That sales charge is calculated on the lesser of the original net asset value of the redeemed shares or the aggregate net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption.

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge does not apply to shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions and will not exceed the aggregate amount of the concessions the Distributor pays on all of your purchases of Class A shares, of all Oppenheimer funds, that are subject to the contingent deferred sales charge. There is also no contingent deferred sales charge on any group retirement plan shares purchased after March 1, 2007 or certain retirement plans that are offered through banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance companies or recordkeepers.

If you redeem Class A shares of the Fund that were acquired by exchanging Class A shares that were subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge when you exchanged them, you may pay that contingent deferred sales charge if:

(i)  you redeem those shares within 24 months of the purchase date of the shares you exchanged, if you initially purchased shares of either Rochester Fund Municipals or Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals prior to October 22, 2007 or
(ii)  you redeem those shares within 18 months of the purchase date of the shares of the fund you exchanged, if you initially purchased Class A shares of any other Oppenheimer fund, or
(iii)  you redeem shares that were purchased by exchange of shares that were purchased prior to March 1, 2007 by "grandfathered" retirement plans that were established prior to March 1, 2001 within 18 months after the initial purchase.

In some cases, Class A purchases may qualify for a sales charge waiver, as described in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

ABOUT CLASS B SHARES. You can acquire Class B shares by exchanging Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds. Direct purchases are only permitted by plan administrators or plan sponsors on behalf of plan participants in qualified retirement plans.

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 in which they were purchased, a contingent deferred sales charge will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Class B shares are also subject to an asset based sales charge described under "Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans" below. The Class B contingent deferred sales charge and asset based sales charge are paid to compensate the Distributor for providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B shares.

The amount of the Class B contingent deferred sales charge will depend on the number of years since you invested, according to the following schedule:

Years since Beginning of Month in Which Purchase Order was Accepted Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on Redemptions in That Year (As % of Amount Subject to Charge)
0-1 5.0%
1-2 4.0%
2-3 3.0%
3-4 3.0%
4-5 2.0%
5-6 1.0%
More than 6 None


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

Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares six years (72 months) after you purchase them. This conversion eliminates the Class B asset-based sales charge, however, the shares will be subject to the ongoing Class A fees and expenses. 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 to Class A shares, all other Class B shares that were acquired by reinvesting dividends and distributions on the converted shares will also convert. For further information on the conversion feature and its tax implications, see "Class B Conversion" in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

ABOUT CLASS C SHARES. Class C shares are sold, without an initial sales charge, only by exchange of Class C shares of other Oppenheimer funds, except that direct purchases are permitted by plan administrators or plan sponsors on behalf of participants in qualified retirement plans. If Class C shares are redeemed within a holding period of 12 months from the beginning of the calendar month in which they were purchased, a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may be deducted from the redemption proceeds. Class C shares are also subject to an asset based sales charge, described under "Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans" below. The Class C contingent deferred sales charge and asset based sales charge are paid to compensate the Distributor for providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class C shares.

 

ABOUT CLASS N SHARES. Class N shares are offered for sale only by exchange or to individual retirement plans (including rollover 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) held in omnibus accounts 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 in which Class N shares are available for purchase.

Class N shares are sold at net asset value without an initial sales charge. Class N shares are subject to an asset based sales charge, described under "Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans" below. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% will be imposed on the redemption of Class N shares, if:

  • The group retirement plan is terminated, or Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan, and the Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund; or
  • Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after an IRA or 403(b) 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. For more information about buying and selling shares through a retirement plan, see the section "Investment Plans and Services - Retirement Plans" below.

The Price of Fund Shares

 

THE PRICE OF FUND SHARES. Shares may be purchased at their offering price which is the net asset value per share. The net asset value per share will normally remain fixed at $1.00 per share. However, there is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. Shares are redeemed at their net asset value per share less any contingent deferred sales charge that applies. The net asset value that applies to a purchase or redemption order is the next one calculated after the Distributor receives the order, in proper form as described in this prospectus, or after any agent appointed by the Distributor receives the order. Your financial intermediary can provide you with more information regarding the time you must submit your purchase order and whether the intermediary is an authorized agent for the receipt of purchase and redemption orders.

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.

The net asset value for a class of shares is determined by dividing the value of the net assets of the class by the number of outstanding shares of that class. Under a policy adopted by the Fund's Board, the Fund uses the amortized cost method to value its securities to determine net asset value, subject to the Board's review. A security's valuation may differ depending on the method used for determining value.

Fair Value Pricing. 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 value is calculated that day, an event occurs that the Manager learns of and believes in the exercise of its judgment will cause a material change in the value of that security, that security may be valued by another method that the Board believes would more accurately reflect the security's fair value. 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.

The Fund's use of fair value pricing procedures involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

Foreign Securities. 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.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. 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 their applicable contingent deferred sales charge holding period, the contingent deferred sales charge generally will usually be deducted from the redemption proceeds. In some circumstances you may be eligible for one of the waivers described in "Sales Charge Waivers" below and in the "Sales Charge Waivers" Appendix to the Statement of Additional Information. You must advise the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary of your eligibility for a waiver when you place your redemption request.

       A contingent deferred sales charge will be based on the net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption or the original net asset value, whichever is lower. A contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed on:

  • any increase in net asset value over the initial purchase price,
  • shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions, or
  • shares eligible for a sales charge waiver (see "Sales Charge Waivers" below).

The Fund redeems shares in the following order:

  • shares acquired by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions,
  • other shares that are not subject to the contingent deferred sales charge, and
  • shares held the longest during the holding period.

     You are not charged a contingent deferred sales charge when you exchange shares of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds. However, if you exchange your shares within the applicable holding period, your original holding period will carry over to the shares you acquire, even if the new fund has a different holding period.

 

SALES CHARGE WAIVERS. The Fund and the Distributor offer the following opportunities to purchase shares without contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund reserves the right to amend or discontinue these programs at any time without prior notice.

  • Dividend Reinvestment. Dividends or capital gains distributions may be reinvested in shares of the Fund, or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund may be exchanged, without a sales charge.
  • Exchanges of Shares. You won't pay a sales charge on exchanges of shares except for exchanges of Class A shares of the Fund or Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. on which you have not paid a sales charge.
  • Reinvestment Privilege. You won't pay a sales charge if you reinvest the proceeds from a redemption of Class A or Class B shares, on which you had paid an initial or contingent deferred sales charge, in Class A shares of any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund may be exchanged within six months after the redemption. This reinvestment privilege does not apply to reinvestment purchases made through automatic investment options and you must advise the Distributor, the Transfer Agent or your financial intermediary that you qualify for the waiver at the time you submit your purchase order.

In addition, the "Sales Charge Waivers" Appendix to the Statement of Additional Information provides detailed information about certain other contingent deferred sales charge waivers and arrangements. A description of those sales charge waivers and arrangements is available for viewing on the OppenheimerFunds website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com (follow the hyperlink "Sales Charge Waivers," under the heading "Fund Information") and may also be ordered by calling 1.800.225.5677. You must advise the Distributor, the Transfer Agent or your financial advisor that you qualify for one of those waivers at the time you submit your purchase order or redemption request.

How to Buy, Sell and Exchange Shares

 

HOW TO BUY SHARES. You can buy shares in several ways. The Distributor has appointed certain financial intermediaries, including brokers, dealers and others, as servicing agents to accept purchase and redemption orders. The Distributor or servicing agent must receive your order, in proper form, by the close of the NYSE for you to receive that day's offering price. 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. To be in proper form, your purchase order must comply with the procedures described below. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may reject any purchase order for the Fund's shares.

Buying Shares Through a Financial Intermediary. You can buy shares through any servicing agent (a broker, dealer, or other financial intermediary) that has a sales agreement with the Distributor. Your servicing agent will place your order with the Distributor on your behalf. A servicing agent may charge a processing fee for that service. Your account information will be shared with the financial intermediary designated as the dealer of record for the account.

Guaranteed Payment Procedures. Some broker-dealers may have arrangements with the Distributor to enable them to place purchase orders for shares on a regular business day with a guarantee that the Fund's custodian bank will receive Federal Funds to pay for the shares by 2:00 p.m. on the next regular business day. The shares will start to accrue dividends starting on the day the Federal Funds are received by 2:00 p.m.

Buying Shares Through the Distributor. 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. If you want to purchase shares directly from the Distributor, complete an OppenheimerFunds new account application and return it with a check payable in U.S. dollars to "OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc." Mail it to the address on the back cover. If you do not list a dealer on your application, the Distributor is designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as your agent to purchase the shares and Class A shares are your only purchase option. Class B, Class C or Class N shares may be purchased only by exchange or by purchase through retirement plans. They may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor. However, if a current investor no longer has another broker-dealer of record for an existing Class B, Class C or Class N account, the Distributor is automatically designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as your agent to purchase those Fund shares by exchange. If you submit a purchase request to the Distributor without designating the fund you wish to invest in, your investment will be made in Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. This policy does not apply to purchases by or for certain retirement plans or accounts. For more information regarding undesignated investments, please call the Transfer Agent at the number on the back cover of this prospectus.

Involuntary Redemptions. In some circumstances, involuntary redemptions may be made to repay the Distributor for losses from the cancellation of share purchase orders.

Identification Requirements. 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 to open a corporate account or in certain other circumstances. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may use this information 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 verifying 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.

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

 

HOW TO SELL SHARES. You can generally redeem (sell) some or all of your shares on any regular business day. Your shares will be redeemed at the next net asset value calculated after your order is received by the Transfer Agent or your authorized financial intermediary, in proper form, less any applicable sales charge or other fees. To be in proper form, your redemption order must comply with the procedures described below. The Fund lets you redeem your shares by writing a letter, by wire, by using the Fund's checkwriting privilege, by telephone or on the internet. You can also set up an Automatic Withdrawal Plan to redeem shares on a regular basis. The redemption of Fund shares may be suspended under certain circumstances described in the Statement of Additional Information. 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 your financial intermediary or the Transfer Agent for assistance.

Redemption Price. The redemption price for shares will normally remain fixed at $1.00 per share. However, there is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. Shares are redeemed at their net asset value per share less any contingent deferred sales charge that applies. The redemption price of your shares may be more or less than their original cost.

Payment Delays. The Transfer Agent may delay processing redemption payments for recently purchased shares 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.

Redemptions "In-Kind." Shares may be "redeemed in-kind" under certain circumstances (such as a lack of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions). That means that the redemption proceeds will be paid in 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 securities are converted into cash.

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.

 

THE OPPENHEIMERFUNDS EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE. You can exchange all or part of your Fund shares for shares of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds that offer the exchange privilege. For example, you can exchange Class A shares of the Fund only for Class A shares of another fund. You can obtain a list of the Oppenheimer funds that are currently available for exchanges by calling a service representative at the telephone number on the back of this prospectus. The funds available for exchange can change from time to time. 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.

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 its transaction and administrative costs and/or affect its performance, depending on various factors, such as the size of the Fund, the nature of its investments, the amount of Fund assets a 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 or redemption transactions, the Fund might be required to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable times to meet those transaction requests, and the Fund's brokerage or administrative expenses might be increased. Therefore, the Manager and the Fund's Board have adopted the following policies and procedures to detect and prevent frequent and/or excessive exchanges or purchase and redemption activity, while addressing the needs of investors who seek liquidity in their investment and the ability to exchange shares as their investment needs change. There is no guarantee that those policies and procedures, described below, will be sufficient to identify and deter all excessive short-term trading.

 

Limitations on Frequent Exchanges

30-Day Hold. If a direct shareholder exchanges shares of another Oppenheimer fund account for shares of the Fund, his or her Fund account will be "blocked" from exchanges into any other fund for a period of 30 calendar days from the date of the exchange, subject to certain exceptions described below. Likewise, if a Fund shareholder exchanges Fund shares for shares of another eligible Oppenheimer fund, that fund account will be "blocked" from further exchanges for 30 calendar days. 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 $2,000 from one fund into another fund in which the shareholder already owned shares worth $10,000, then, following the exchange, the full account balance ($12,000 in this example) would be blocked from exchanges into another fund for a period of 30 calendar days. A shareholder whose account is registered on the Fund's books showing the name, address and tax ID number of the beneficial owner is a "direct shareholder."

Exceptions to 30-Day Hold

  • Exchanges Into Money Market Funds. A direct shareholder will be permitted to exchange shares of a stock or bond fund for shares of the Fund or another money market fund that offers an exchange privilege at any time, even if the shareholder has exchanged shares into the stock or bond fund during the prior 30 days. However, all of the shares held in the Fund or the other money market fund would then be blocked from further exchanges into another fund for 30 calendar days.
  • Dividend Reinvestments and Class B Share Conversions. The reinvestment of dividends or distributions from one fund to purchase shares of another fund and the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares will not be considered exchanges for purposes of imposing the 30-day limit.
  • Asset Allocation Programs. Investment programs by Oppenheimer "funds-of-funds" that entail rebalancing investments in underlying Oppenheimer funds will not be subject to these limits. However, 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 also be subject to the 30-day limit.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Limitations on Exchanges in Omnibus Accounts. If you hold your Fund shares through a financial advisor or other firm such as a broker-dealer, a bank, an insurance company separate account, an investment adviser, an administrator or a trustee of a retirement plan that holds your shares in an account under its name (these are sometimes referred to as "omnibus" or "street name" accounts), that financial intermediary may impose its own restrictions or limitations to discourage short-term or excessive trading. You should consult your financial intermediary to find out what trading restrictions, including limitations on exchanges, may apply. The Fund, the Distributor, the Manager and the Transfer Agent encourage those financial intermediaries to apply the Fund's policies to their customers who invest indirectly in the Fund. However, the Transfer Agent may not be able to detect excessive short-term trading activity in accounts maintained in "omnibus" or "street name" form where the underlying beneficial owners are not identified. 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 the account activity, and to confirm to the Transfer Agent and the Fund that appropriate action has been taken to curtail any excessive trading activity.

Other Limitations on Exchanges. There are a number of other special conditions and limitations that apply to certain types of exchanges. Those conditions and circumstances are described in the section "How to Exchange Shares" in the Statement of Additional Information. For information about sales charges that may apply to exchanges of shares see the sections "Contingent Deferred Sales Charges" and "Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers" above.

Requirements for Exchanges of Shares. To exchange shares of the Fund, you must meet several conditions. The Fund may amend the following requirements at any time:

  • Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale in your state of residence.
  • The selected fund must offer the exchange privilege.
  • You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the selected fund.
  • Generally, exchanges may be made only between identically registered accounts, unless all account owners send written exchange instructions with a signature guarantee.
  • Before exchanging into a fund, you should obtain its prospectus and should read it carefully.

Timing of Exchange Transactions. 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 in order to receive that day's net asset value on the exchanged shares. For requests received after the close of the NYSE the shares being exchanged will be valued at the next net asset value calculated after the request is received. The Transfer Agent may delay transmitting the proceeds from an exchange for up to five business days, however, if it determines, in its discretion, that an earlier transmittal of the redemption proceeds would be detrimental to either the fund from which shares are being exchanged or the fund into which the exchange is being made. The exchange proceeds will be invested in the new fund at the next net asset value calculated after the proceeds are received. In the event that a delay in the reinvestment of proceeds occurs, the Transfer Agent will notify you or your financial intermediary.

Taxes on Exchanges. 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. Therefore, an exchange may result in a capital gain or loss for tax purposes.

Since shares of this Fund normally maintain a $1.00 net asset value, in most cases you should not realize a capital gain or loss when you sell or exchange your shares. Please refer to "How to Exchange Shares" in the Statement of Additional Information for more details.

 

OTHER LIMITS ON SHARE TRANSACTIONS. The Fund may impose other limits on transactions that it believes would be disruptive and may refuse any purchase or exchange order.

  • Right to Refuse Purchase and Exchange 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.
  • Right to Terminate or Suspend Account Privileges. 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 policies outlined in this prospectus. As part of the Transfer Agent's procedures to detect and deter excessive trading activity, 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. The Transfer Agent may send a written warning to a shareholder that the Transfer Agent believes may be engaging in disruptive or excessive trading activity; however, the Transfer Agent reserves the right to suspend or terminate the ability to purchase or exchange shares, with or without warning, for any account that the Transfer Agent determines, in the exercise of its discretion, has engaged in such trading activity.

HOW TO SUBMIT SHARE TRANSACTION REQUESTS. Share transactions may be requested by telephone or internet, in writing, through your financial intermediary, or by establishing one of the Investor Services plans described below. Certain transactions may also be submitted by fax. If an account has more than one owner, the Fund and the Transfer Agent may rely on instructions from any one owner or from the financial intermediary's representative of record for the account, unless that authority has been revoked.

Internet and Telephone Transaction Requests. Purchase, redemption and exchange requests may be submitted on the OppenheimerFunds internet website, www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Those requests may also be made by calling the telephone number on the back cover and either speaking to a service representative or accessing PhoneLink, the OppenheimerFunds automated telephone system that enables shareholders to perform certain account transactions automatically using a touch-tone phone.

You will need to obtain a user I.D. and password to execute transactions through PhoneLink or on the internet. Some internet and telephone transactions require the Oppenheimer AccountLink feature, described below, that links your Fund account with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial institution. The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data concerning transactions.

The following policies apply to internet and telephone transactions:

  • Purchases through AccountLink that are submitted through PhoneLink or on the internet are limited to $100,000.
  • Purchases through AccountLink that are submitted by calling a service representative are limited to $250,000.
  • Redemptions that are submitted by telephone or on the internet and request the proceeds to be paid by check, must be made payable to all owners of record of the shares and must be sent to the address on the account statement. Telephone or internet redemptions paid by check may not exceed $100,000 in any seven-day period. This service is not available within 15 days of changing the address on an account.
  • Redemptions by telephone or on the internet that are sent to your bank account through AccountLink are not subject to any dollar limits.
  • Exchanges submitted by telephone or on the internet 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 redeemed or exchanged by telephone or on the internet.
  • Shares held in an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored qualified retirement plan account may not be redeemed or exchanged by telephone or on the internet.

     The Transfer Agent has adopted procedures to confirm that telephone and internet instructions are genuine. Callers are required to provide service representatives with tax identification numbers and other account data and PhoneLink and internet users are required to use PIN numbers. The Transfer Agent will also send you written confirmations of share transactions. The Transfer Agent and the Fund will not be liable for losses or expenses that occur from telephone or internet instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

Telephone or internet transaction privileges may be modified, suspended or terminated by the Fund at any time. The Fund will provide you notice of such changes whenever it is required to do so by applicable law. 

Purchases and Redemptions by Federal Funds Wire.  Shares purchased through the Distributor may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. Redemption proceeds may also be transmitted by wire. The minimum wire purchase or redemption is $2,500. There is a $10 fee for each wire redemption request. Before sending a wire purchase, call the Distributor's Wire Department at 1.800.225.5677 to notify the Distributor of the wire and to receive further instructions. To set up wire redemptions on your account or to arrange for a wire redemption, call the Transfer Agent at the telephone number on the back of this prospectus for information.

Written Transaction Requests. You can send purchase, exchange or redemption requests to the Transfer Agent at the address on the back cover. Your request must include:

  • The Fund's name;
  • For existing accounts, the Fund account number (from your account statement);
  • For new accounts, a completed account application; 
  • For purchases, a check payable to the Fund or to OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.;
  • For redemptions, any special payment instructions;
  • For redemptions or exchanges, the dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed or exchanged;
  • For redemptions or exchanges, any share certificates that have been issued (exchanges or redemptions of shares for which certificates have been issued cannot be processed until the Transfer Agent receives the certificates);
  • For individuals, the names and signatures of all registered owners exactly as they appear in the account registration;
  • For corporations, partnerships or other businesses or as a fiduciary, the name of the entity as it appears in the account registration and the names and titles of any individuals signing on its behalf; and
  • Other documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure that the person purchasing, redeeming or exchanging shares is properly identified and has proper authorization to carry out the transaction.

Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund from fraud, certain redemption requests must be in writing and must include a signature guarantee. A notary public seal will not be accepted for these requests (other situations might also require a signature guarantee):

  • You wish to redeem more than $100,000 and receive a check;
  • The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the account statement;
  • The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your account statement;
  • Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different owner or name; or 
  • 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 signature guarantee from a number of financial institutions, including:

  • a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,
  • a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,
  • a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities or government securities, or
  • a U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities association or a clearing agency.

Fax Requests. You may send requests for certain types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax. Please call the number on the back of this prospectus for information about which transactions may be handled this way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are subject to the same rules and restrictions as the written, telephone and internet requests described in this prospectus.  However, requests that require a signature guarantee may not be submitted by fax. 

Submitting Transaction Requests Through Your Financial Intermediary. You can submit purchase, redemption or exchange requests through any broker, dealer or other financial intermediary that has a special agreement with the Distributor. The broker, dealer or other intermediary will place the order with the Distributor on your behalf. A broker or dealer may charge a processing fee for that service. If your shares are held in the name of your financial intermediary, you must redeem them through that intermediary.

Intermediaries 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 intermediary performs any transaction erroneously or improperly.

Client Account Exchanges by Financial Intermediaries. The Fund and the Transfer Agent permit brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries to submit exchange requests on behalf of their customers, unless that authority has been revoked. The Fund or the Transfer Agent may limit or refuse 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.

 

Checkwriting. To write checks against your Fund account, you may request that privilege on your account application. To establish checkwriting privileges for an existing account, contact the Transfer Agent for signature cards. The signature cards must be signed (with a signature guarantee) by all owners on the account and returned to the Transfer Agent. Shareholders with joint accounts may choose to have checks paid with only one owner's signature. If you previously signed a signature card to establish checkwriting in another Oppenheimer fund with the same registration, simply call the Transfer Agent (at the number on the back cover) to request checkwriting for this Fund. Checks will be sent to you when all of the required information is received.

  • Checks may be written to the order of whomever you wish, but may not be cashed at the bank the checks are payable through or by the Fund's custodian bank.
  • Checks must be written for at least $500. Checks will not be accepted if they are written for less than $500, including checks that indicate a $100 minimum.
  • Checks cannot be paid if they are written for more than your account value. Remember, your account may fluctuate in value and you should not write a check close to the total account value.
  • If your Fund account number has changed, don't use your existing checks. New checks will be sent to you.
  • 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 5 business days.
  • Checkwriting privileges are not available for accounts holding shares that are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
  • Checkwriting privileges are not available for shares that are held in a retirement account.

Options for Receiving Redemption Proceeds

  • By Check. The Fund will normally send redemption proceeds by check to the address on your account statement.
  • By AccountLink. If you have linked your Fund account to your bank account with AccountLink (described below), you may have redemption proceeds transferred directly into your account. Normally the transfer to your bank is initiated on the bank business day after the redemption. You will not receive dividends on the proceeds of redeemed shares while they are waiting to be transferred.
  • By Wire. You can arrange to have redemption proceeds sent by Federal Funds wire to an account at a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system. The redemption proceeds will normally be transmitted on the next bank business day after the shares are redeemed. You will not receive dividends on the proceeds of redeemed shares while they are waiting to be transmitted.

 

INVESTMENT PLANS AND 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 that is an Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:

  • transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by internet, by telephone or automatically through an Asset Builder Plan. The purchase payment will be debited from your bank account. 
  • have the Transfer Agent send redemption proceeds or dividends and distributions directly to your bank account. 

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

Asset Builder Plan. Under an Asset Builder Plan, you may purchase shares of the Fund automatically. An Asset Builder Plan is available only if you have established AccountLink with a bank or other financial institution. Payments to purchase Fund shares will be debited from your linked account.

To establish an Asset Builder Plan at the time you initially purchase Fund shares, complete the "Asset Builder Plan" information on the account application. To add an Asset Builder Plan to an existing account, use the Asset Builder Enrollment Form. You may change the amount of your Asset Builder payment or you can terminate your 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 the requested changes. For more details, see the account application, the Asset Builder Enrollment Form and the Statement of Additional Information. Those documents are available by contacting the Distributor or may be downloaded from our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering Asset Builder Plans at any time without prior notice.

Automatic Redemption and Exchange Plans. The Fund has several plans that enable you to redeem shares automatically or exchange them for shares of another Oppenheimer fund on a regular basis. Please call the Transfer Agent or consult the Statement of Additional Information for details.

Retirement Plans. The Distributor offers a number of different retirement plans that individuals and employers can use. The procedures for buying, selling, exchanging and transferring shares, and the account features applicable to other share classes, generally do not apply to Class N shares offered through a group retirement plan. However, the time that transaction requests must be received in order to purchase, redeem or exchange shares at the net asset value calculated on any business day is the same for all share classes. Purchase, redemption, exchange and transfer requests for a group retirement plan must be submitted by the plan administrator, not by plan participants. Retirement plans that hold shares of Oppenheimer funds in an omnibus account for the benefit of plan participants (other than OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Single DB Plus plans) are not permitted to make initial purchases of Class A shares that would be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Class B shares are not offered to new omnibus group retirement plans. The types of retirement plans that the Distributor offers include:

  • 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 employees of businesses.
  • Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. These plans are designed for businesses and self-employed individuals.

Retirement Plan Accounts. To open an OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account, please call the Distributor for a distribution request form and for other retirement plan documents, which include applications and important plan information. 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.

Less Paper, Less Waste. To avoid sending duplicate copies of Fund 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 lower printing costs and reduced mailing expense.

If you prefer to receive multiple copies of these materials, you may call the Transfer Agent at the number on the back of this prospectus or you may notify the Transfer Agent in writing. Multiple 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.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) PLANS

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A shares that reimburses the Distributor for a portion of the costs of maintaining accounts and providing services to Class A shareholders. The Fund makes these payments quarterly, calculated at an annual rate of up to 0.20% of the Class A shares daily net assets. Effective July 1, 2009, the Distributor had voluntarily agreed to set that rate at 0%. When applicable, the Distributor uses the fees to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial intermediaries for providing personal service and maintaining the accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares.

 

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 costs and services in distributing those shares and in maintaining accounts and providing shareholder services. Under the plans, the Fund generally pays the Distributor an asset based sales charge calculated at an annual rate of 0.75% of the daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the daily net assets of Class N shares. The Distributor is entitled to receive a service fee of 0.25% per year under the Class B and Class C plans, but the Board of Trustees has not authorized the Fund to pay the service fees on Class B and Class C shares at this time. The Distributor is entitled to receive a service fee of 0.25% per year under the Class N plan. Beginning July 1, 2009, the Distributor has voluntarily decreased the rates for asset-based sales charges and service fees for Class B, Class C and Class N shares to 0.00%.


If the Class B and Class C asset-based sales charge and service fee were assessed at the maximum permitted rates, they would increase Class B and Class C annual expenses by 1.00% and would increase the Class N annual expenses by 0.50% calculated on the daily net assets of the class. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an on going basis, if they were charged then over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.


If the service fees were currently charged, the Distributor would use them to compensate dealers for maintaining accounts and providing personal services to Class B, Class C, and Class N shareholders. In that case, the Distributor would normally pay dealers the 0.25% Class N service fees in advance for the first year after shares were purchased and then pay that fee periodically.


Class B Shares: At the time of a Class B share purchase, the Distributor generally pays dealers a sales concession of 1.00% of the purchase price from its own resources. The Distributor normally retains the Class B asset based sales charge. Class B shares are not offered to new omnibus group retirement plans. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.


Class C Shares: At the time of a Class C share purchase, the Distributor generally pays dealers a sales concession of 0.25% of the purchase price from its own resources. The Distributor normally retains the asset based sales charge on Class C share purchases during the first year and then pays that fee to the dealer as an ongoing concession. For Class C shares purchases in certain omnibus group retirement plans or through the OppenheimerFunds Record(k)eeper Pro program, the Distributor would normally pay the dealer the asset based sales charge during the first year instead of paying a sales concession at the time of purchase. The Distributor would normally pay the service fees it receives on those shares to the dealer or to FASCore, LLC for providing shareholder services to those accounts. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions to these arrangements.


Class N Shares: At the time of a Class N share purchase, the Distributor generally pays dealers a sales concession of 0.50% of the purchase price from its own resources. The Distributor normally retains the asset based sales charge on Class N shares. For Class N shares purchased in certain omnibus group retirement plans the Distributor would normally offer to pay the dealer the asset based sales charge and service fee during the first year instead of paying a sales concession and the first year's service fees at the time of purchase. See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions to these arrangements.

 

PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. The Manager and the Distributor, in their discretion, may also make payments to brokers, dealers and other financial intermediaries or to service providers for distribution and/or shareholder servicing activities. Those payments are made out of the Manager's and/or the Distributor's own resources and/or assets, including from the revenues or profits derived from the advisory fees the Manager receives from the Fund. Those cash payments, which may be substantial, are paid to many firms having business relationships with the Manager and Distributor and are in addition to any distribution fees, servicing fees, or transfer agency fees paid directly or indirectly by the Fund to these financial intermediaries and any commissions the Distributor pays to these firms out of the sales charges paid by investors. Payments by the Manager or Distributor from their own resources are not reflected in the tables in the "Fees and Expenses of the Fund" section of this prospectus because they are not paid by the Fund.

      The financial intermediaries that may receive those payments include firms that offer and sell Fund shares to their clients, or provide shareholder services to the Fund, or both, and receive compensation for those activities. The financial intermediaries that may receive payments include your securities broker, dealer or financial advisor, sponsors of fund "supermarkets," sponsors of fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, sponsors of college and retirement savings programs, banks, trust companies and other intermediaries offering products that hold Fund shares, and insurance companies that offer variable annuity or variable life insurance products.

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

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

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

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

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. The Fund intends to declare dividends from its net investment income on each regular business day and to pay those dividends to shareholders monthly. To maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share, the Fund might withhold dividends or make distributions from capital or capital gains. Newly-purchased shares normally will begin to accrue dividends starting on the business day after the Fund receives Federal Funds for your purchase payment.

The Fund normally holds its securities to maturity and therefore will not usually pay capital gains. The Fund may realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio securities, however, in which case it may make distributions out of any net short-term or long-term capital gains annually. The Fund may also make supplemental distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end of its fiscal year. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot guarantee that it will pay any dividends or capital gains distributions in a particular year.

Dividends and distributions are paid separately for each share class. The dividends and capital gains distributions paid on Class A shares will generally be higher than those on Class B, Class C and Class N shares, since those share classes normally have higher expenses than Class A shares.

Options for Receiving Dividends and Distributions. When you open your Fund account, you can specify on your application how you want to receive distributions of dividends and capital gains. To change that option, you must notify the Transfer Agent. There are four payment options available:

  • Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest all dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the Fund.
  • Reinvest Only Dividends or Capital Gains. You can elect to reinvest some types of distributions in the Fund while receiving the other types of distributions by check or having them sent to your bank account through AccountLink. Different treatment is available for distributions of dividends, short-term capital gains and long-term capital gains.
  • Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive all dividends and capital gains distributions by check or have them sent to your bank through AccountLink.
  • Reinvest Your Distributions in Another Oppenheimer Fund. You can reinvest all of your dividends and capital gains distributions in another Oppenheimer fund that is available for exchanges. You must have an existing account in the same share class in the selected fund.

 

TAXES. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred retirement account, you should be aware of the following tax consequences of investing in the Fund. Fund distributions, whether taken in cash or in additional shares, are subject to federal income tax and may be subject to state or local taxes. Distributions paid from short-term capital gains and net investment income are taxable as ordinary income and distributions from net long-term capital gain are taxable as long-term capital gains no matter how long you have held your shares. The Fund expects that its distributions will consist primarily of ordinary income.  In taxable years beginning before 2011, long-term capital gains of individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers are taxed at a special reduced rate.

In the case of individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers, for taxable years beginning before 2011, certain dividends (including certain dividends from foreign corporations) are taxable at the lower rate applicable to long-term capital gains. In the case of certain corporations, some dividends are eligible for the dividends-received deduction. To the extent the Fund's distributions are paid from these types of dividends, and provided certain other shareholder level requirements are satisfied, the Fund's individual and non-corporate shareholders will be eligible to claim the reduced tax rate for the distributions and the Fund's corporate shareholders will be eligible to claim the dividends-received deduction.

After the end of each calendar year the Fund will send you and the Internal Revenue Service statements showing the amount of any taxable distributions you received in the previous year and will separately identify any portion of these distributions that qualify for taxation as long-term capital gains or for any other special tax treatment.

The Fund has qualified and intends to qualify each year to be taxed as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code by satisfying certain income, asset diversification and income distribution requirements, but reserves the right not to so qualify. In each year that it qualifies as a regulated investment company, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on its income that it distributes to shareholders.

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

    By law, your dividends and redemption proceeds will be subject to a withholding tax if you are not a corporation and have not provided a taxpayer identification number or social security number or if the number you have provided is incorrect.

Avoid "Buying a Distribution." The Fund normally holds its securities to maturity and therefore will not usually pay capital gains. However, if you buy shares just before the Fund declares a capital gains distribution, you will pay the full price for the shares, and then receive a portion of the price back as a taxable dividend or capital gain.

Taxes on Transactions. Because the Fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 per share net asset value, it is unlikely that you will 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 receive when you sell or exchange 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, resulting in a reduction in the basis in their shares. If this occurs, the Fund will notify you.

This information is only a summary of certain federal income tax information about your investment. You are encouraged to consult your tax adviser about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation and about any changes to the Internal Revenue Code that may occur from time to time. Additional information about the tax effects of investing in the Fund is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

Financial Highlights

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

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class A      Year Ended July 31, 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Per Share Operating Data
Net asset value, beginning of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income1 .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Net realized gain (loss) --2 -- --2 -- --
Total from investment operations .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Distributions from net realized gain -- -- --2 -- --
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Net asset value, end of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Total Return3 1.02% 3.45% 4.54% 3.55% 1.44%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $657,312 $558,480 $440,693 $445,571 $417,176
Average net assets (in thousands) $688,120 $521,970 $432,909 $403,664 $399,517
Ratios to average net assets:4
Net investment income 0.97% 3.33% 4.45% 3.48% 1.46%
Total expenses 0.93% 0.94% 1.03% 1.10% 1.13%
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses 0.85% 0.89% 0.97% 0.99% 1.01%

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2. Less than $0.005 per share.
3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected on total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.




 

Class B      Year Ended July 31, 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Per Share Operating Data
Net asset value, beginning of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income1 .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Net realized gain (loss) --2 -- --2 -- --
Total from investment operations .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Distributions from net realized gain -- -- --2 -- --
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Net asset value, end of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Total Return3 0.84% 3.18% 4.29% 3.29% 1.20%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $208,508 $155,422 $105,041 $149,571 $146,132
Average net assets (in thousands) $222,601 $131,647 $112,029 $130,319 $175,995
Ratios to average net assets:4
Net investment income 0.76% 3.02% 4.20% 3.21% 1.14%
Total expenses 1.48% 1.45% 1.52% 1.55% 1.56%
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses 1.03% 1.15% 1.21% 1.23% 1.24%

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2. Less than $0.005 per share.
3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected on total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.




 

Class C      Year Ended July 31, 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Per Share Operating Data
Net asset value, beginning of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income1 .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Net realized gain (loss) --2 -- --2 -- --
Total from investment operations .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Distributions from net realized gain -- -- --2 -- --
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Net asset value, end of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Total Return3 0.84% 3.19% 4.22% 3.24% 1.16%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $416,717 $318,517 $194,558 $169,106 $118,410
Average net assets (in thousands) $454,642 $271,236 $151,581 $126,260 $107,761
Ratios to average net assets:4
Net investment income 0.75% 3.00% 4.14% 3.23% 1.20%
Total expenses 1.45% 1.44% 1.59% 1.67% 1.65%
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses 1.02% 1.14% 1.27% 1.28% 1.29%

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2. Less than $0.005 per share.
3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected on total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.




 

Class N      Year Ended July 31, 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Per Share Operating Data
Net asset value, beginning of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income1 .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Net realized gain (loss) --2 -- --2 -- --
Total from investment operations .01 .03 .04 .03 .01
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Distributions from net realized gain -- -- --2 -- --
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders (.01) (.03) (.04) (.03) (.01)
Net asset value, end of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Total Return3 0.84% 3.17% 4.28% 3.26% 1.15%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $332,176 $279,361 $253,631 $234,809 $220,744
Average net assets (in thousands) $333,117 $256,809 $234,641 $221,369 $143,516
Ratios to average net assets:4
Net investment income 0.78% 3.06% 4.19% 3.20% 1.47%
Total expenses 1.21% 1.22% 1.27% 1.35% 1.40%
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses 1.03% 1.17% 1.21% 1.26% 1.28%

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2. Less than $0.005 per share.
3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales ccharges are not reflected on total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.




INFORMATION AND SERVICES

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. This document includes additional information about the Fund's investment policies, risks, and operations. It is incorporated by reference into this prospectus (it is legally part of this prospectus).
ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS. The Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports provide additional information about the Fund's investments and performance. The Annual Report includes a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.

How to Request More Information

You can request the above documents, the notice explaining the Fund's privacy policy, and other information about the Fund, without charge, by:

Telephone: Call OppenheimerFunds Services toll-free: 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677)
Mail: Use the following address for regular mail:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270
Use the following address for courier or express mail:
OppenheimerFunds Services
12100 East Iliff Avenue
Suite 300
Aurora, Colorado 80014
Internet: You may request documents, and read or download certain documents at www.oppenheimerfunds.com


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 1.202.551.8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR database on the SEC's 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. 20549-1520.

No one has been authorized to provide any information about the Fund or to make any representations about the Fund other than what is contained in this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell shares of the Fund, nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund, to any person in any state or other jurisdiction where it is unlawful to make such an offer.


 


 

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Oppenheimer

Cash Reserves

NYSE Ticker Symbols
Class A CRSXX
Class B CRBXX
Class C CSCXX
Class N CSNXX
November 27, 2009

Statement of Additional Information
This document contains additional information about Oppenheimer Cash Reserves (the "Fund") and supplements information in the Prospectus dated, November 27, 2009.

This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus.  It should be read together with the prospectus, which may be obtained by writing to the Fund's transfer agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217, or by calling the transfer agent at the toll-free number shown below, or by downloading it from the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

Oppenheimer Cash Rerserves

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





Table of contents

About the Fund

Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks

3

The Fund's Main Investment Policies

3

Other Investments and Investment Strategies

6

Investment Restrictions

7

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

8

Organization and History

11

How the Fund is Managed

12

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees

12

Trustees and Officers of the Fund

12

The Manager

22

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

25

Distribution and Service Arrangements

25

Payments to Fund Intermediaries

29

Performance of the Fund

32

About Your Account

About Your Account

35

How to Buy Shares

36

How to Sell Shares

38

How to Exchange Shares

41

Distributions and Taxes

43

Additional Information About the Fund

48

Appendix A: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

Appendix A

50

Appendix B: Ratings Definitions

Appendix B

58

Financial Information About the Fund

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

61

Financial Statements

Financial Statements

62




Inside Front Cover

To Summary Prospectus

Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks

The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the main risks of the Fund are described in the Prospectus. This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") contains supplemental information about those policies and risks and the types of securities in which the Fund can invest. Additional information is also provided about the strategies that the Fund may use to try to achieve its investment objective.

The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the techniques and strategies that the Fund uses in selecting portfolio securities may vary over time. The Fund is not required to use all of the investment techniques and strategies described below in seeking its investment objective. It may use some of the investment techniques and strategies only at some times or it may not use them at all.

The Fund's Main Investment Policies

The Fund's Investment Policies. The Fund's objective is to seek the maximum current income that is consistent with stability of principal. The Fund will not make investments with the objective of seeking capital growth. However, the value of the securities held by the Fund may be affected by changes in general interest rates. Because the current value of debt securities varies inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates, if interest rates increase after a security is purchased, that security would normally decline in value. Conversely, if interest rates decrease after a security is purchased, its value would rise. However, those fluctuations in value will not generally result in realized gains or losses to the Fund since the Fund does not usually intend to dispose of securities prior to their maturity. A debt security held to maturity is redeemable by its issuer at full principal value plus accrued interest.

The Fund may sell securities prior to their maturity, to attempt to take advantage of short-term market variations, or because of a revised credit evaluation of the issuer or other considerations. The Fund may also do so to generate cash to satisfy redemptions of Fund shares. In such cases, the Fund may realize a capital gain or loss on the security.

Portfolio Quality, Maturity and Diversification. Under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act") the Fund uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities to determine the Fund's net asset value per share. Rule 2a-7 places restrictions on a money market fund's investments. Under that Rule, the Fund may purchase only those securities that the Manager, under Board-approved procedures, has determined have minimal credit risks and are "Eligible Securities." The rating restrictions described in the Prospectus and this SAI do not apply to banks in which the Fund's cash is kept.

An "Eligible Security" is one that has a remaining maturity of 397 calendar days or less and has been rated in one of the two highest short-term rating categories by any two "nationally-recognized statistical rating organizations." That term is defined in Rule 2a-7 and they are referred to as "Rating Organizations" in this SAI. If only one Rating Organization has rated that security, it must have been rated in one of the two highest rating categories by that Rating Organization. An unrated security that is judged by the Manager, subject to review by the Fund's Board of Directors, to be of comparable quality to Eligible Securities rated by Rating Organizations may also be an "Eligible Security."

Rule 2a-7 permits the Fund to purchase any number of "First Tier Securities." These are Eligible Securities that have been rated in the highest rating category for short-term debt obligations by at least two Rating Organizations. If only one Rating Organization has rated a particular security, it must have been rated in the highest rating category by that Rating Organization. Comparable unrated securities may also be First Tier Securities.

Under Rule 2a-7, the Fund may invest only up to 5% of its total assets in "Second Tier Securities." Those are Eligible Securities that are not "First Tier Securities." In addition, the Fund may not invest more than: 

  • 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer (other than the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities); provided, however, that the Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the First Tier Securities of a single issuer for a period of up to three business days after the acquisition thereof; provided, further, that the Fund may not invest in the securities of more than one issuer in accordance with the foregoing proviso at any time; or
  • 1% of its total assets or $1 million (whichever is greater) in Second Tier Securities of any one issuer.

             Under Rule 2a-7, the Fund must maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of not more than 90 days, and the maturity of any single portfolio investment may not exceed 397 days. The Board regularly reviews reports from the Manager to show the Manager's compliance with the Fund's procedures and with the Rule.

            If a security's credit rating is downgraded, the Manager and/or the Board may have to reassess the security's credit risk. If a security has ceased to be a First Tier Security, the Manager will promptly reassess whether the security continues to present minimal credit risk. If the Manager becomes aware that any Rating Organization has downgraded its rating of a Second Tier Security or rated an unrated security below its second highest rating category, the Fund's Board shall promptly reassess whether the security presents minimal credit risk and whether it is in the best interests of the Fund to dispose of it.

            If the Fund disposes of the security within five days of the Manager learning of the downgrade, the Manager will provide the Board with subsequent notice of such downgrade. If a security is in default, or ceases to be an Eligible Security, or is determined no longer to present minimal credit risks, the Board must determine whether it would be in the best interests of the Fund to dispose of the security.

            The Rating Organizations must be designated as nationally-recognized statistical rating organizations by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Appendix A to this SAI contains descriptions of the rating categories of certain of those Rating Organizations. Ratings at the time of purchase will determine whether securities may be acquired under the restrictions described above.

U.S. Government Securities. U.S. government securities are obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities. They include Treasury Bills (which mature within one year of the date they are issued) and Treasury Notes and Bonds (which are issued with longer maturities). All Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

            U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities that issue or guarantee securities include, but are not limited to, the Federal Housing Administration, Farmers Home Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Small Business Administration, Government National Mortgage Association, General Services Administration, Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Maritime Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the District of Columbia Armory Board.

           Securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities are not always backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Some, such as securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), are backed by the right of the agency or instrumentality to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Others, such as securities issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac"), are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality and not by the Treasury. If the securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the purchaser must look principally to the agency issuing the obligation for repayment and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States if the issuing agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.

          Among the U.S. government securities that may be purchased by the Fund are "mortgage-backed securities" of Fannie Mae, Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie Mae") and Freddie Mac. Timely payment of principal and interest on Ginnie Mae pass-through securities are guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States. These mortgage-backed securities include "pass-through" securities and "participation certificates." Both types of securities are similar, in that they represent pools of mortgages that are assembled by a vendor who sells interests in the pool. Payments of principal and interest by individual mortgagors are "passed through" to the holders of the interests in the pool. Another type of mortgage-backed security is the "collateralized mortgage obligation." It is similar to a conventional bond and is secured by groups of individual mortgages.

Time Deposits and Other Bank Obligations. The types of "banks" whose securities the Fund may buy include commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations, which may or may not be members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Fund may also buy securities of "foreign banks" that are payable in U.S. dollars and are:

  • foreign branches of U.S. banks (which may be issuers of "Eurodollar" money market instruments),
  • U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks (which may be issuers of "Yankee dollar" instruments), or
  • foreign branches of foreign banks.

The Fund may invest in fixed time deposits. These are non-negotiable deposits in a bank for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. They may or may not be subject to withdrawal penalties. However, the Fund's investments in time deposits that are subject to penalties (other than time deposits maturing in less than seven days) are subject to the 10% investment limitation for investing in illiquid securities, set forth in "Illiquid and Restricted Securities" in the Prospectus and this SAI. The Fund will buy bank obligations only from a domestic bank with total assets of at least $2.0 billion or from a foreign bank with total assets of at least $3.0 billion. Those asset requirements apply only at the time the obligations are acquired.

The Fund will buy bank obligations only from a domestic bank with total assets of at least $2.0 billion or from a foreign bank with total assets of at least $30.0 billion. Those asset requirements apply only at the time the obligations are acquired.

Investment in "foreign banks" as defined above may involve different risks from the risks of investing in obligations of U.S. banks. Such risks include adverse political and economic developments, the possible imposition of withholding taxes on interest income payable on such obligations, the possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits and the possible establishment of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws or restrictions which might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest. Generally, the issuers of such obligations are subject to fewer U.S. regulatory requirements than are applicable to U.S. banks. Additionally, not all of the U.S. and state banking laws and regulations that apply to domestic banks and that are designed to protect depositors and investors apply to foreign branches of domestic banks. None of those U.S. and state regulations apply to foreign banks. Foreign branches or subsidiaries of U.S. banks and foreign banks may be subject to less stringent reserve requirements than U.S. banks. U.S. branches or subsidiaries of foreign banks are subject to the reserve requirements of the state in which they are located. There may be less publicly available information about a U.S. branch or subsidiary of a foreign bank or a foreign bank than about a U.S. bank, and such branches or subsidiaries or banks may not be subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial record keeping standards and requirements as U.S. banks. Evidence of ownership of obligations of foreign branches or subsidiaries of U.S. banks or of foreign banks may be held outside of the United States and the Fund may be subject to the risks associated with the holding of such property overseas. Any such obligations of the Fund held overseas will be held by foreign branches of the custodian for the Fund's portfolio securities or by other U.S. or foreign banks under subcustodian arrangements complying with the requirements of the Investment Company Act. 

Floating Rate/Variable Rate Obligations. The Fund may invest in instruments with floating or variable interest rates. The interest rate on a floating rate obligation is based on a stated prevailing market rate, such as a bank's prime rate, the 90-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, the rate of return on commercial paper or bank certificates of deposit, or some other standard. The rate on the investment is adjusted automatically each time the market rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate obligation is also based on a stated prevailing market rate but is adjusted automatically at a specified interval of not less than one year. Some variable rate or floating rate obligations in which the Fund may invest have a demand feature entitling the holder to demand payment of an amount approximately equal to the amortized cost of the instrument or the principal amount of the instrument plus accrued interest at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding 397 days. These notes may or may not be backed by bank letters of credit.

Variable rate demand notes may include master demand notes, which are obligations that permit the Fund to invest fluctuating amounts in a note. The amount may change daily without penalty, pursuant to direct arrangements between the Fund, as the note purchaser, and the issuer of the note. The interest rates on these notes fluctuate from time to time. The issuer of this type of obligation normally has a corresponding right in its discretion, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the obligation plus accrued interest. The issuer must give a specified number of days' notice to the holders of those obligations. Generally, the changes in the interest rate on those 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 having the same maturity.

Because these types of obligations are direct lending arrangements between the note purchaser and issuer of the note, these instruments generally will not be traded. Generally, there is no established secondary market for these types of obligations, although they are redeemable from the issuer at face value. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, the Fund's right to redeem them is dependent on the ability of the note issuer to pay principal and interest on demand. These types of obligations usually are not rated by credit rating agencies. The Fund may invest in obligations that are not rated only if the Manager determines at the time of investment that the obligations are of comparable quality to the other obligations in which the Fund may invest. The Manager, on behalf of the Fund, will monitor the creditworthiness of the issuers of the floating and variable rate obligations in the Fund's portfolio on an ongoing basis.

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 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. These securities are subject to prepayment risks and the risk of default by the issuer as well as by the borrowers of the underlying loans in the pool. 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, a holder 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. A purchaser of an asset-backed security 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-related securities.

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.

Other Investments and Investment Strategies

The Fund may also use the following types of investments and investment strategies.

Insured Bank Obligations. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insures the deposits of banks and savings and loan associations up to $100,000 per investor. Within the limits set forth in the Prospectus, the Fund may purchase bank obligations that are fully insured as to principal by the FDIC. To remain fully insured as to principal, these investments must currently be limited to $100,000 per bank. If the principal amount and accrued interest together exceed $100,000, then the accrued interest in excess of that $100,000 will not be insured.

Bank Loan Participation Agreements. The Fund may invest in bank loan participation agreements, subject to the investment limitation set forth in the Prospectus as to investments in illiquid securities. Participation agreements provide an undivided interest in a loan made by the bank issuing the participation interest in the proportion that the buyer's investment bears to the total principal amount of the loan. Under this type of arrangement, the issuing bank may have no obligation to the buyer other than to pay principal and interest on the loan if and when received by the bank. Thus, the Fund must look to the creditworthiness of the borrower, which is obligated to make payments of principal and interest on the loan. If the borrower fails to pay scheduled principal or interest payments, the Fund may experience a reduction in income. 

Loans of Portfolio Securities. Securities lending pursuant to a Securities Lending Agency Agreement (the "Securities Lending Agreement") with Goldman Sachs Bank USA, doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending ("Goldman Sachs"), may be used to attempt to increase income. Loans of portfolio securities are subject to the restrictions stated in the Prospectus and must comply with all applicable regulations and with the Fund's Securities Lending Procedures adopted by the Board. The terms of any loans must also meet applicable tests under the Internal Revenue Code.

There are certain risks in connection with securities lending, including possible delays in receiving additional collateral to secure a loan, or a delay or expenses in recovery of the loaned securities. Goldman Sachs has agreed, in general, to guarantee the obligations of borrowers to return loaned securities and to be responsible for certain expenses relating to securities lending. Under the Securities Lending Agreement, the Fund's securities lending procedures and applicable regulatory requirements (which are subject to change), the Fund must receive collateral from the borrower consisting of cash, bank letters of credit or securities of the U.S. Government (or its agencies or instrumentalities). On each business day, the amount of collateral that the Fund has received must at least equal the value of the loaned securities. If the Fund receives cash collateral from the borrower, the Fund may invest that cash in certain high quality, short-term investments, including money market funds advised by the Manager, as specified in its securities lending procedures. The Fund will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral, including the risk that the Fund may lose money on the investment or may fail to earn sufficient income to meet its obligations to the borrower.

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

These loans are limited to not more than 10% of the value of the Fund's net assets and are subject to other conditions described above. The Fund presently does not intend to lend its securities, but if it does, the value of securities loaned is not expected to exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets.

Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may engage in reverse repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements may be acquired for temporary defensive purposes, to maintain liquidity to meet anticipated share redemptions, pending the investment of the proceeds from sales of shares, or pending the settlement of portfolio securities transactions. In a repurchase transaction, the purchaser 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. Vendors must meet credit requirements set by the Manager from time to time.

The majority of repurchase transactions run from day to day and delivery pursuant to the resale typically occurs within one to five days of the purchase. Repurchase agreements that have a maturity beyond seven days are subject to limits on illiquid investments. There is no limit on the amount of assets that may be subject to repurchase agreements having maturities of seven days or less. 

Repurchase agreements are considered "loans" under the Investment Company Act and are collateralized by the underlying security. 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 repurchase price on the delivery date, there may be costs incurred in disposing of the collateral and losses if there is a delay in the 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(s), along with the affiliated entities managed by the Manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint repurchase agreement accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements secured by U.S. Government securities. Securities 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.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Generally, an illiquid asset is an asset that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the price at which it has been valued. Under the policies and procedures established by the Board, the Manager determines the liquidity of portfolio investments. The Manager monitors holdings of illiquid and restricted securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to maintain adequate liquidity. Among the types of illiquid securities are repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days.

Restricted securities acquired through private placements have contractual restrictions on their public resale that might limit the ability to value or to dispose of the securities and might lower the price that could be realized on a sale. To sell a restricted security that is not registered under applicable securities laws, the securities might need to be registered. The expense of registering restricted securities may be negotiated with the issuer at the time of purchase. If the securities must be registered in order to be sold, a significant period may elapse between the time the decision is made to sell the security and the time the security is registered. There is a risk of downward price fluctuation during that period.

Limitations that apply to purchases of restricted securities do not limit purchases of restricted securities that are eligible for sale to qualified institutional buyers 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 the 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, holdings of that security may be considered to be illiquid.

Investment Restrictions

Fundamental Policies. The Fund has adopted policies and restrictions to govern its investments. Under the Investment Company Act, fundamental policies are those policies that that can be changed only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, which is defined as the vote of the holders of the lesser of:

  • 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
  • more than 50% of the outstanding shares.

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

Other Fundamental Investment Restrictions. The following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund.

  • The Fund cannot invest in commodities or commodity contracts;
  • The Fund cannot invest in real estate; however, the Fund may purchase debt securities issued by companies which invest in real estate or interests therein;
  • The Fund cannot purchase securities on margin or make short sales of securities;
  • The Fund cannot invest in or hold securities of any issuer if those officers and trustees or directors of the Fund or its Manager who beneficially own individually more than ½ of 1% of the securities of such issuer together own more than 5% of the securities of such issuer;
  • The Fund cannot underwrite securities of other companies except insofar as the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the disposition of portfolio securities;
  • The Fund cannot invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities of companies that have operated less than three years, including the operations of predecessors;
  • 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;
  • With respect to 75% of its assets, the Fund cannot purchase securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer (except the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities), if more than 5% of the Fund's total assets would be invested in securities of that issuer or Fund would then own more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities;
  • The Fund cannot concentrate investments to the extent of 25% of its assets in any industry, except for obligations of foreign banks or foreign branches of domestic banks, time deposits, other bank obligations and U.S. government securities as described in the Prospectus and SAI;
  • The Fund cannot make loans, except that the Fund may purchase debt instruments and repurchase agreements as described in the Prospectus and SAI, and the Fund may lend its portfolio securities as described under "Loans of Portfolio Securities" in the SAI; or
  • The Fund cannot borrow money in excess of 10% of the value of its total assets or make any investment when borrowings exceed 5% of the value of its total assets; it may borrow only as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes; no assets of the Fund may be pledged, mortgaged or assigned to secure a debt.

Unless the Prospectus or this SAI states that a percentage restriction applies on an ongoing basis, it applies only at the time the Fund makes an investment. That means the Fund is not required to sell securities to meet the percentage limits if the value of the investment increases in proportion to the size of the Fund. Percentage limits on borrowing and investments in illiquid securities apply on an ongoing basis.

Non-Fundamental Restrictions. The Fund has additional operating policies that are not "fundamental," and which can be changed by the Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

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 processes, 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 a portfolio manager is trading on the Fund's behalf.

The Fund, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent have therefore adopted policies and procedures regarding the dissemination of information about the Fund's portfolio holdings by employees, officers and directors or trustees of the Fund, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent. These policies are designed to assure that non-public information about the Fund's portfolio securities holdings 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. It is a violation of the Code of Ethics for any covered person to release holdings in contravention of the portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures adopted by the Fund.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policies. The Fund, the Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent and their affiliates and subsidiaries, employees, officers, and directors or trustees, 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. Until publicly disclosed, the Fund's portfolio holdings are proprietary, confidential business information. After they are publicly disclosed, the Fund's portfolio holdings may be released in any appropriate manner.

The Fund's portfolio holdings, as of the most recent prior close of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), are posted on the Fund's website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com on each business day. Therefore, the Fund's portfolio holdings are made publicly available no later than one business day after the close of trading on the NYSE on each day on which the NYSE is open. The Fund's portfolio holdings are also made publicly available no later than 60 days after the close of each of the Fund's fiscal quarters in its semi-annual and annual report to shareholders, or in its Statements of Investment on Form N-Q. Those documents are publicly available at the SEC.

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

  • Employees of the Fund's Manager, Distributor and Transfer Agent who need to have access to such information (as determined by senior officers of such entities);
  • The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm;
  • Members of the Fund's Board and the Board's legal counsel;
  • The Fund's custodian bank;
  • A proxy voting service designated by the Fund and its Board;
  • Rating/ranking organizations (such as Lipper, Inc. and Morningstar, Inc.);
  • Portfolio pricing services retained by the Manager to provide portfolio security prices; and
  • Dealers, to obtain bids (price quotations if securities are not priced by the Fund's regular pricing services).

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

  • Response to legal process in litigation matters, such as responses to subpoenas or in class action matters where the Fund may be part of the plaintiff class (and seeks recovery for losses on a security) or a defendant;
  • Response to regulatory requests for information (from the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), state securities regulators, and/or foreign securities authorities, including without limitation requests for information in inspections or for position reporting purposes);
  • To potential sub-advisers of portfolios (pursuant to confidentiality agreements);
  • To consultants for retirement plans for plan sponsors/discussions at due diligence meetings (pursuant to confidentiality agreements);
  • Investment bankers in connection with merger discussions (pursuant to confidentiality agreements).

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

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

Any permitted release of otherwise non-public portfolio holdings information must be in accordance with the then-current policy on approved methods for communicating confidential information.

The Chief Compliance Officer (the "CCO") of the Fund and the Manager, Distributor, and Transfer Agent shall oversee the compliance by the Manager, Distributor, Transfer Agent, and their personnel with these policies and procedures. The CCO reports to the Fund's Board any material violation of these policies and procedures during the previous calendar quarter and makes 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 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:

Advisor Asset Management Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc. Needham & Company
Alforma Capital Markets Fraser Mackenzie Neue Zurcher Bank
Altrushare Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Nomura Securities International, Inc.
Altus Investment Management FTN Equity Capital Markets Corporation Numis Securities Inc.
American Technology Research Garp Research & Securities Oddo Securities
Auerbach Grayson & Company George K. Baum & Company Omgeo LLC
Banc of America Securities GMP Securities L.P. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
Barclays Capital Goldman Sachs & Company Pacific Crest
Barnard Jacobs Mellet Good Morning Securities Paradigm Capital
BB&T Capital Markets Goodbody Stockbrokers Petercam/JPP Eurosecurities
Belle Haven Investments, Inc. Handelsbanken Markets Securities Piper Jaffray Company
Beltone Financial Helvea Inc. Prager Sealy & Company
Bergen Capital Hewitt R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.
Bloomberg HJ Sims & Co., Inc. Ramirez & Company
BMO Capital Markets Howard Weil Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
BNP Paribas HSBC Securities RBC Capital Markets
Brean Murray Carret & Company Hyundai Securities America, Inc. RBC Dain Rauscher
Brown Brothers Harriman & Company ICICI Securities Inc. Redburn Partners
Buckingham Research Group Interactive Data Renaissance Capital
Cabrera Capital Intermonte RiskMetrics Group
Callan Associates Investec Robert W. Baird & Company
Cambridge Associates Janco Partners Rocaton
Canaccord Adams, Inc. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Rogers Casey
Caris & Company Jefferies & Company Roosevelt & Cross
Carnegie Jennings Capital Inc. Royal Bank of Scotland
Cazenove Jesup & Lamont Securities Russell/Mellon
Cheuvreux JMP Securities RV Kuhns
Citigroup Johnson Rice & Company Sal Oppenheim
Cleveland Research Company JPMorgan Chase Salman Partners
CLSA Kaupthing Securities Inc. Samsung Securities
Cogent Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Sandler Morris Harris Group
Collins Stewart Keijser Securities N.V. Sandler O'Neill & Partners
Commerzbank Kempen & Co. USA Inc. Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, LLC
Contrarian Capital Management, LLC Kepler Capital Markets Santander Securities
Cormark Securities KeyBanc Capital Markets Scotia Capital
Cowen & Company KPMG LLP Seattle-Northwest Securities
Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC Kotak Mahindra Inc. Sidoti & Company LLC
Credit Suisse Lazard Capital Siebert Brandford Shank & Company
Crews & Associates LCG Associates Simmons & Company
D.A. Davidson & Company Lebenthal & Company Societe Generale
Daewoo Securities Company, Ltd. Leerink Swann Standard & Poor's
Dahlman Rose & Company Lipper Sterne Agee
Daiwa Securities Loop Capital Markets Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
Davy Macquarie Securities Stone & Youngberg
DeMarche MainFirst Bank AG SunGard
DEPFA First Albany Corporation MassMutual Suntrust Robinson Humphrey
Desjardins Securities Mediobanca Securities USA LLC SWS Group, Inc.
Deutsche Bank Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc. Thomas Weisel Partners
Dougherty and Company LLC Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd. ThomsonReuters LLC
Dowling Partners Mesirow Financial Troika Dialog
Dresdner Kleinwort MF Global Securities UBS
Duncan Williams Mirae Asset Securities UOB Kay Hian (U.S.) Inc.
Dundee Securities Mitsubishi Financial Securities Vining & Sparks
DZ Financial Markets Mizuho Securities USA Vontobel Securities Ltd.
Edelweiss Securities Ltd. ML Stern Wachovia Securities Corporation
Emmet & Co., Inc. Morgan Keegan Watson Wyatt
Empirical Research Morgan Stanley Wedbush Morgan Securities
Enam Securities Morningstar Weeden & Company
Enskilda Securities Motil Oswal Securities West LB
Evaluation Associates MSCI Barra WH Mell & Associates
Exane M&T Securities William Blair & Company
FactSet Research Systems Multi-Bank Securities Wilshire
FBR Capital Markets & Co. Murphy & Durieu Winchester Capital Partners, LLC
Fidelity Capital Markets National Bank Financial Ziegler Capital Markets Group
First Miami Securities Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.


Organization and History

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 1988.

Classes of Shares. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Board") is authorized, without shareholder approval, to:

  • create new series and classes of shares;
  • reclassify unissued shares into additional series and classes; and
  • 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.

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 certain retirement plans may purchase Class N shares. Each class of shares:

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

Each share of each class:

  • represents an interest in the Fund proportionately equal to the interest of each other share of the same class;
  • is freely transferable;
  • has one vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally;
  • may be voted in person or by proxy at shareholder meetings; and
  • does not have cumulative voting rights, preemptive rights or subscription rights.

Shareholder Meetings. As a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund is not required to hold regular annual meetings of shareholders and does not plan to do so. The Fund may hold shareholder meetings from time to time, however, on important matters or when required to do so by the Investment Company Act, or other applicable law.

Shareholders have the right, upon a vote or declaration in writing of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund, to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the Fund's Declaration of Trust. The Trustees will call a meeting of shareholders to vote on the removal of a Trustee upon the written request of the record holders of 10% of its outstanding shares.

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

Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Fund's Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder and 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. The Fund's contractual arrangements state that any person doing business with the Fund (and each shareholder of the Fund) agrees under its Declaration of Trust to look solely to the assets of the Fund for satisfaction of any claim or demand that may arise out of any dealings with the Fund. Additionally, the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any such person, to the extent permitted by law. Although Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a business trust (such as the Fund) to be held personally liable as a "partner" under certain circumstances, 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.

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 Audit Committee held 5 meetings during the Fund's fiscal year ended July 31, 2009. The Review Committee held 5 meetings during the Fund's fiscal year ended July 31, 2009. The Governance Committee held 3 meetings during the Fund's fiscal year ended July 31, 2009.

The members of the Audit Committee are George C. Bowen (Chairman), Edward L. Cameron, Robert J. Malone and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Audit Committee furnishes the Board with recommendations regarding the selection of the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm (also referred to as the "independent Auditors"). Other main functions of the Audit Committee, outlined in the Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to: (i) reviewing the scope and results of financial statement audits and the audit fees charged; (ii) reviewing reports from the Fund independent Auditors regarding the Fund 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 independent Auditors and the Independent Directors; (vi) reviewing the independence of the Fund independent Auditors; and (vii) pre-approving the provision of any audit or non-audit services by the Fund independent Auditors, including tax services, that are not prohibited by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to the Fund, the Manager and certain affiliates of the Manager.

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

The members of the Governance Committee are Robert J. Malone (Chairman), William Armstrong, Edward L. Cameron, Beverly L. Hamilton and F. William Marshall, Jr. The Governance Committee has adopted a charter setting forth its duties and responsibilities. Among other duties, the Governance Committee reviews and oversees the Fund governance guidelines and the nomination of Directors/Trustees, including Independent Directors/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 Director/Trustee it will recommend to the Board and the 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 or its affiliates in selecting nominees. The full Board elects new Directors/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 correspondence electronically at www.oppenheimerfunds.com under the caption "contact us" or by mail to the Fund at the address on the front cover of this SAI.

Trustees and Officers of the Fund

Except for Mr. Murphy, each of the Trustees is an Independent Trustee. All of the Trustees are also directors or trustees of the following Oppenheimer funds (referred to as "Board II Funds"):

Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust II
Oppenheimer Champion Income Oppenheimer Principal Protected Trust III
Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc. Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Panarama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund Centennial Government Trust
Oppneheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. Centennial Money Market Trust
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund


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

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

As of November 6, 2009, the Trustees and officers of the Fund, as a group, owned less than 1% of any class of shares of the Fund beneficially or of record. 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 Fund. In addition, none of the Independent Trustees (nor any of their immediate family members) owns securities of either the Manager or the Distributor or of any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or the Distributor.

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.

 

Each Independent Director has served the Fund in the following capacities from the following dates:
Position(s) Length of Service
William L. Armstrong Board Chairman and Trustee Since 2003; 2000
George C. Bowen Trustee Since 1998
Edward L. Cameron Trustee Since 2000
Jon S. Fossel Trustee Since 1990
Sam Freedman Trustee Since 1996
Beverly L. Hamilton Trustee Since 2002
Robert J. Malone Trustee Since 2002
F. William Marshall, Jr. Trustee Since 2000


 

Independent Trustees
Name, Age, Position(s) Principal Occupations(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeship/Directorships Held Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex
William L. Armstrong (72), Chairman of the Board of Trustees President, Colorado Christian University (since 2006); Chairman, Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (since 1991), Chairman, Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994), Chairman, The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993); Chairman, Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984); Chairman, Broadway Ventures (since 1984); Director of Helmerich Payne, Inc. (oil and gas drilling/production company) (since 1992), former Director of Campus Crusade for Christ (non-profit) (1991-2008); former Director, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2002-2006); former Chairman of: Transland Financial Services, Inc. (private mortgage banking company) (1997-2003), Great Frontier Insurance (1995-2000), Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate brokerage) (1994-2000) and Frontier Title (title insurance agency) (1995-2000); former Director of the following: UNUMProvident (insurance company) (1991-2004), Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment company) (1991-2003) and International Family Entertainment (television channel) (1992-1997); U.S. Senator (January 1979-January 1991). 38
George C. Bowen (73), Trustee Assistant Secretary and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (December 1991-April 1999); President, Treasurer and Director of Centennial Capital Corporation (June 1989-April 1999); Chief Executive Officer and Director of MultiSource Services, Inc. (March 1996-April 1999); Mr. Bowen held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (September 1987-April 1999). 38
Edward L. Cameron (71), Trustee Member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon (George Washington historical site) (June 2000 – June 2006); Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (accounting firm) (July 1974-June 1999); Chairman of Price Waterhouse LLP Global Investment Management Industry Services Group (accounting firm) (July 1994-June 1998). 38
Jon S. Fossel (67), Trustee Chairman of the Board (since 2006) and Director (since June 2002) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (since November 2004); Director of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (October 1999-October 2003); Director of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (non-profit organization) (February 1998-February 2003 and February 2005-February 2007); Chairman and Director (until October 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the Manager; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (parent holding company of the Manager), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). 38
Sam Freedman (69), Trustee Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (until October 1994). 38
Beverly L. Hamilton (63), Trustee Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (since December 2005); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005) and Vice Chairman (since 2006) of American Funds' Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston's Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). 38
Robert J. Malone (65), Trustee Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2008); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (since 2006); Director of Jones International University (educational organization) (since August 2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (since August 2003); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since 1986); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996-April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2001-July 2004); and Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004). 38
F. William Marshall, Jr. (67), Trustee Trustee Emeritas of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996) and MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (since January 1999); Former Trustee of WPI (1985-2008); Former Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Former Chairman of the Investment Committee of WPI (1994-2008); Chairman of SIS Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SIS Bancorp. (1993-1999).* 40*
*

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




Mr. Murphy has served as an Interested Trustee of the Fund since 2001.

Both as a Trustee and as an officer, he serves for an indefinite 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. The address of Mr. Murphy is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

 

Interested Trustee and Officer
Name, Age, Position(s) Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex
John V. Murphy (60) Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer Chairman and Director of the Manager (since June 2001); Chief Executive Officer of the Manager (June 2001-December 2008); President of the Manager (September 2000-February 2007); President and director or trustee of other Oppenheimer funds; President and Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (the Manager's parent holding company) and of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (holding company subsidiary of the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (subsidiary of the Manager) (November 2001-December 2006); Chairman and Director of Shareholder Services, Inc. and of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (transfer agent subsidiaries of the Manager) (since July 2001); President and Director of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of the following investment advisory subsidiaries of the Manager: OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Trinity Investment Management Corporation (since November 2001), HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since July 2001); President (since November 2001) and Director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OAC's parent company) (since February 1997); Director of DLB Acquisition Corporation (holding company parent of Babson Capital Management LLC) (since June 1995); Vice Chairman of the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors (since October 2009); Chairman (October 2007-September 2009) and Member of the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors (since October 2003). 98


The addresses of the officers in the charts below are as follows: for Messrs. Edwards, Keffer and Zack and Mss. Bloomberg and Ruffle, Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281, for Messrs. Legg, Petersen, Vandehey and Wixted and Mss. Bullington, Ives and Wolf, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Each officer serves for an indefinite term or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

 

Each of the Officers has served the Fund in the following capacities from the following dates:
Position(s) Length of Service
Carol E. Wolf Vice President and Portfolio Manager Since 1998
John V. Murphy President and Principal Executive Officer Since 2001
Thomas W. Keffer Chief Business Officer Since 2009
Mark S. Vandehey Vice President and Chief
Compliance Officer
Since 2004
Brian W. Wixted Treasurer and Principal Financial
& Accounting Officer
Since 2000
Brian Petersen Assistant Treasurer Since 2004
Stephanie Bullington Assistant Treasurer Since 2008
Robert G. Zack Secretary Since 2001
Kathleen T. Ives Assistant Secretary Since 2001
Lisa I. Bloomberg Assistant Secretary Since 2004
Taylor V. Edwards Assistant Secretary Since 2008
Randy G. Legg Assistant Secretary Since 2008
Adrienne M. Ruffle Assistant Secretary Since 2008


 

Other Information about the Officers of the Fund
Name, Age, Position(s) Principal Occupation(s) During the Last 5 Years Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex
Carol E. Wolf (57), Vice President and Portfolio Manager Senior Vice President of the Manager (since June 2000) and of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since June 2003); Vice President of the Fund (since June 1998); Vice President of the Manager (June 1990-June 2000). 9


 

Other Information about the Officers of the Fund
Name, Age, Position(s) Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years Portfolios Overseen in Fund Complex
Thomas W. Keffer (54) Chief Business Officer Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1997); Director of Investment Brand Management of the Manager (since November 1997); Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since December 1997). 98
Mark S. Vandehey (59) Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2004); Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2004); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since June 1983). 98
Brian W. Wixted (50) Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer Senior Vice President of the Manager (since March 1999); Treasurer of the Manager and the following: HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (March 1999-June 2008), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (March 2000-June 2008), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2000), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since June 2003); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (trust company subsidiary of the Manager) (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of the following: OAC (March 1999-June 2008). 98
Brian Petersen (39) Assistant Treasurer Vice President of the Manager (since February 2007); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (August 2002-February 2007); Manager/Financial Product Accounting of the Manager (November 1998-July 2002). 98
Stephanie Bullington (32) Assistant Treasurer Assistant Vice President of the Manager (since October 2005); Assistant Vice President of ButterField Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, part of The Bank of N.T. Butterfield Son Limited (Butterfield) (February 2004-June 2005). 98
Robert G. Zack (61) Secretary Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (since March 2002) of the Manager; General Counsel and Director of the Distributor (since December 2001); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Assistant Secretary (since September 1997) and Director (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since December 2002); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. and OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since June 2003); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001). 98
Kathleen T. Ives (44) Assistant Secretary Senior Vice President (since May 2009), Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Manager; Vice President (since 1999) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Distributor; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since October 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since 1999); Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Vice President of the Manager (June 1998-May 2009); Senior Counsel of the Manager (October 2003-May 2008). 98
Lisa I. Bloomberg (41) Assistant Secretary Vice President (since 2004) and Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008); of the Manager; Associate Counsel of the Manager (May 2004-May 2008); First Vice President (April 2001-April 2004), Associate General Counsel (December 2000-April 2004) of UBS Financial Services, Inc. 98
Taylor V. Edwards (42) Assistant Secretary Vice President (since February 2007) and Associate Counsel (since May 2009) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (January 2006-January 2007) and Assistant Counsel (January 2006-April 2009) of the Manager; Formerly an Associate at Dechert LLP (September 2000-December 2005). 98
Randy G. Legg (44) Assistant Secretary Vice President (since June 2005) and Associate Counsel (since January 2007) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President (February 2004-June 2005) and Assistant Counsel (February 2004-January 2007) of the Manager. 98
Adrienne M. Ruffle (32) Assistant Secretary Vice President (since February 2007) and Assistant Counsel (since February 2005) of the Manager; Assistant Vice President of the Manager (February 2005-February 2007); Associate (September 2002-February 2005) at Sidley Austin LLP. 98


Trustees Share Ownership. The chart below shows 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").

 

As of December 31, 2008
Dollar Range of Shares
Beneficially Owned in the Fund
Aggregate Dollar Range Of Shares
Beneficially Owned in Supervised Funds
Independent Trustees
William M. Armstrong None Over $100,000
George C. Bowen None Over $100,000
Edward L. Cameron None Over $100,000
Jon S. Fossel None Over $100,000
Sam Freedman None Over $100,000
Beverly L. Hamilton None Over $100,000
Robert J. Malone None Over $100,000
F. William Marshall $1-$10,000 Over $100,000
Interested Trustee
John V. Murphy None Over $100,000


Remuneration of the Officers and Trustees. The officers and the interested Trustee of the Fund, who are affiliated with the Manager, receive no salary or fee from the Fund. The Independent Trustees' total compensation from the Fund and fund complex represents compensation, including accrued retirement benefits, for serving as a Trustee and member of a committee (if applicable) of the Boards of the Fund and other funds in the OppenheimerFunds complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2008.

 

Name and Other Fund Position(s) (as applicable) Aggregate Compensation From the Fund1 Total Compensation From the Fund and Fund Complex2
Fiscal Year Ended July 31, 2009 Year Ended December 31, 2008
William L. Armstrong $2,729 $261,000
Chairman of the Board and Governance Committee Member
George C. Bowen $2,183 $208,800
Audit Committee Member
Edward L. Cameron $1,819 $174,000
Audit Committee Chairman
Jon S. Fossel $1,746 $174,000
Review Committee Chairman
Sam Freedman $2,092 $200,100
Review Committee Member
Beverly Hamilton $1,7533 $165,300
Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member
Robert J. Malone $1,978 $200,100
Governance Committee Chairman and Audit Committee Member
F. William Marshall, Jr. $1,819 $297,7504
Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member


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-Adviser 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 $1,753 deferred by Ms. Hamilton under the "Compensation Deferral Plan" described below.
4. Includes $123,750 compensation paid to Mr. Marshall for serving as a Trustee for MassMutual Select Funds and MML Series Investment Fund.

Compensation Deferral Plan. The Board of Trustees has adopted a Compensation Deferral Plan for Independent Trustees that enables them to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees they are entitled to receive from certain Funds. 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 on the amount of compensation deferred and the performance of the selected funds.

Deferral of the Trustees' fees under the plan will not materially affect a Fund's assets, liabilities or net income per share. The plan will not obligate a 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, a fund may invest in the funds selected by the Trustee under the plan without shareholder approval for the limited purpose of determining the value of the Trustee's deferred compensation account.

Major Shareholders. As of November 6, 2009, the only persons or entities who owned of record, or who were known by the Fund to own beneficially, 5% or more of any class of the Fund's outstanding shares were:

 

Name Address % Owned Share Class
Orchard Trust Co LLC FBO Oppen RecordkeeperPro, 8515 E. Orchard Rd., Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002 16.65% N


The Manager

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

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 portfolio managers and certain other employees ("covered persons") that could 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/or other funds advised by the Manager. The Code of Ethics does permit personnel subject to the Code to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund, subject to a number of restrictions and controls. Compliance with the Code of Ethics is carefully monitored and enforced by the Manager.

The Code of Ethics is an exhibit to the Fund's registration statement filed with the SEC. It can be viewed as part of the Fund's registration statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and can be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.

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 principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio.

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

The Fund pays expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the advisory agreement. The advisory agreement lists examples of expenses paid by the Fund. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, fees to certain Board members, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees paid by the Fund to the Manager are calculated at the rates described in the Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the Fund as a whole. The fees are allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of the Fund's net assets represented by that class. The management fees paid by the Fund to the Manager during its last three fiscal years were:

Fiscal Year ended 07/31 Management Fees Paid to OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
2007 $3,725,199
2008 $4,727,680
2009 $7,407,595


The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment advisory agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss the Fund sustains in connection with matters to which the agreement relates.

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

Pending Litigation. During 2009, a number of complaints have been filed in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds ("Defendant Funds") advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor - excluding the Fund. The complaints naming the Defendant Funds also name certain officers, trustees and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The complaints against the Defendant Funds raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund's investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.

A complaint has been brought in state court against the Manager, the Distributor and another subsidiary of the Manager (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan Trust, and other complaints have been brought in state court against the Manager and that subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. All of these complaints allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses.

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

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

Portfolio Manager. The Fund is managed by Carol E. Wolf (the "Portfolio Manager") who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's investments.

  • Other Accounts Managed. In addition to managing the Fund's investment portfolio, Ms. Wolf also manages other investment portfolios and accounts on behalf of the Manager or its affiliates. The following table provides information regarding those other portfolios and accounts as of July 31, 2009. No portfolio or account has an advisory fee based on performance:

 

Portfolio Manager Registered Investment Companies Managed Total Assets in Registered Investment Companies Managed1 Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed Total Assets in Other Pooled Investment Vehicles Managed1 Other Accounts Managed Total Assets in Other Accounts Managed1,2
Carol E. Wolf 6 $14,700 2 $800 0 $0


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

As indicated above, the Portfolio Manager also manages other funds and accounts. 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. At times, those responsibilities could potentially 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 they 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 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.

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

The base pay component of each portfolio manager is reviewed regularly to ensure that it reflects the performance of the individual, is commensurate with the requirements of the particular portfolio, reflects any specific competence or specialty of the individual manager, and is competitive with other comparable positions. The annual discretionary bonus is determined by senior management of the Manager and is based on a number of factors, including a fund's pre-tax performance for periods of up to five years, measured against an appropriate benchmark selected by management. Approximately 40% is based on three and five year data, with longer periods weighted more heavily. Below median performance in all three periods results in an extremely low, and in some cases no, performance based bonus. Other factors considered include management quality (such as style consistency, risk management, sector coverage, team leadership and coaching) and organizational development. The Portfolio Manager's compensation is not based on the total value of the Fund's portfolio assets, although the Fund's investment performance may increase those assets. The compensation structure is also intended to be internally equitable and serve to reduce potential conflicts of interest between the Fund and other funds and accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager.

The benchmark for Ms. Wolf with respect to the Fund is the iMoney 1st Tier Retail Prime Funds. The compensation structure of the other funds and accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers are generally the same as the compensation structure of the Fund, described above.

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

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

Portfolio Transactions. Portfolio decisions are based upon recommendations and judgment of the Manager subject to the overall authority of the Board. Most purchases made by the Fund are principal transactions at net prices, so the Fund incurs little or no brokerage costs. The Fund deals directly with the selling or purchasing principal or market maker without incurring charges for the services of a broker on its behalf unless the Manager determines that a better price or execution may be obtained by using the services of a broker. Purchases of portfolio securities from underwriters include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter, and purchases from dealers include a spread between the bid and asked prices.

The Fund seeks to obtain prompt execution of orders at the most favorable net price. If broker/dealers are used for portfolio transactions, transactions may be directed to brokers for their execution and 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. Investment research received for the commissions of those other accounts may be useful both to the Fund and one or more of such other accounts. Investment research services may be supplied to the Manager by a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades are placed. It may include information and analyses on particular companies and industries as well as market or economic trends and portfolio strategy, receipt of market quotations for portfolio evaluations, analytical software and similar products and services. If a research service also assists the Manager in a non-research capacity (such as bookkeeping or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or component that provides assistance to the Manager in the investment decision-making process may be paid in commission dollars.

The research services provided by brokers broaden the scope and supplement the research activities of the Manager. That research provides additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager obtain market information for the valuation of securities held in the Fund's portfolio or being considered for purchase.

The Fund's policy of investing in short-term debt securities with maturity of less than one year results in high portfolio turnover and may increase the Fund's transaction costs. However, since brokerage commissions, if any, are small, high turnover does not have an appreciable adverse effect upon the income of the Fund. There were no commissions paid during the last three fiscal years of the Fund.

 

Distribution and Service Arrangements

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 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.

Concessions Advanced by Distributor
Fiscal Year Ended 07/31: Concessions on Class B Shares Advanced by Distributor* Concessions on Class C Shares Advanced by Distributor* Concessions on Class N Shares Advanced by Distributor*
2007 $103,803 $32,983 $67,078
2008 $108,409 $33,531 $23,539
2009 $51,262 $47,593 $41,015


* 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.

 

Contingent Deferred Sales Charges
Fiscal Year Ended 07/31: Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor Class B Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor Class C Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor Class N Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Retained by Distributor
2007 $5,094 $39,610 $5,955 $15,271
2008 $108,552 $65,395 $19,059 $1,858
2009 $75,261 $132,302 $41,716 $9,337


Distribution and Service (12b-1) 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, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on that plan. The Independent Trustees are not "interested persons" of the Fund and do not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the distribution plan or any agreement under the plan, in accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act.

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.

A plan continues in effect from year to year only if the Fund's Board and its Independent Trustees vote annually to approve its continuance at an in person meeting called for that purpose. 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 the Class of shares to which it applies.

The Board and the Independent Trustees must approve all material amendments to a plan. An amendment to materially increase the amount of payments to be made under a plan must also be approved by shareholders of any affected class. Because Class B shares of the Fund automatically convert into Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the shareholders of both Class A and Class B, voting separately by class, must approve a proposed amendment to the Class A plan that would materially increase payments under that plan.

At least quarterly while the plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund will provide the Board with separate written reports on the plans for its review. The reports will 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.

While each plan is in effect, the Independent Trustees of the Fund will select and nominate any other Independent Trustees. This does not prevent the involvement of others in the selection and nomination process as long as the final decision is made by a majority of the Independent Trustees.

No payment will be made to any recipient for any share class unless, during the applicable period, the aggregate net asset value of Fund shares of the class held by the recipient (for itself and its customers) exceeds a minimum amount that may be set by a majority of the Independent Trustees from time to time.

Class A Service Plan. Under the Class A service plan, the Distributor currently uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers, dealers and other financial institutions (referred to as "recipients") for personal and account maintenance services they provide for their customers who hold Class A shares. Those services may include answering customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in establishing and maintaining Fund accounts, 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 the Fund to reimburse the Distributor at an annual rate of up to 0.20% of the Class A average net assets. The Distributor makes payments to recipients periodically at an annual rate of not more than 0.20% of the Class A average net assets held in the accounts of the recipient or it customers. Effective July 1, 2009, the Distributor voluntarily reduced the Class A service fee to 0%. That voluntary waiver can be removed at any time.

The Distributor does not receive or retain the service fee for Class A share accounts for which the Distributor is listed as the broker-dealer of record. While the plan permits the Board to authorize payments to the Distributor to reimburse itself for those services, the Board has not yet done so, except with respect to shares purchased prior to March 1, 2007 by certain group retirement plans that were established prior to March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement plans").

Prior to March 1, 2007, the Distributor paid the 0.20% first year service fee for grandfathered retirement plans in advance and retained the service fee paid by the Fund with respect to those shares for the first year. After those shares are held for a year, the Distributor pays the ongoing service fees to recipients on a periodic basis. If those shares were redeemed within the first year after their purchase, the recipient of the service fees on those shares was obligated to repay the Distributor a pro rata portion of the advance payment of the fees. If those shares were redeemed within 18 months, they were subject to a CDSC. For Class A shares purchased in grandfathered retirement plans on or after March 1, 2007, the Distributor does not make any payment in advance and does not retain the service fee for the first year and the shares are not subject to a CDSC.

For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009 payments under the Class A service plan totaled $1,349,455, of which $98 was retained by the Distributor under the arrangement described above, regarding grandfathered retirement accounts, including $130,257 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.

Class B, Class C and Class N Distribution and Service Plans. Under the Class B, Class C and Class N Distribution and Service Plans (each a "Plan" and together the "Plans"), the Fund pays the asset-based sales charge (the "distribution fee") to the Distributor for its services in distributing Class B, Class C and Class N shares. The distribution fee allows investors to buy Class B, Class C and Class N shares without a front-end sales charge, while allowing the Distributor to compensate dealers that sell those shares. The Distributor may use the service fees it receives under the Plans to pay recipients for providing services similar to the services provided under the Class A service plan, described above.

Payments under the Plans are made in recognition that the Distributor:

  • pays sales concessions to authorized brokers and dealers at the time of sale or as an ongoing concession,
  • pays the service fees in advance or periodically, as described below,
  • may finance payment of sales concessions or the advance of the service fee payments to recipients under the Plans, or may provide such financing from its own resources or from the resources of an affiliate,
  • employs personnel to support distribution of Class B, Class C and Class N shares,
  • bears the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses (other than those furnished to current shareholders) and certain other distribution expenses,
  • may not be able to adequately compensate dealers that sell Class B, Class C and Class N shares without receiving payment under the Plans and therefore may not be able to offer such Classes for sale absent the Plans,
  • receives payments under the Plans consistent with the service and distribution fees paid by other non-proprietary funds that charge 12b-1 fees,
  • may use the payments under the Plan to include the Fund in various third-party distribution programs that might increase sales of Fund shares,
  • may experience increased difficulty selling the Fund's shares if Plan payments were discontinued, because most competitor funds have plans that pay dealers as much or more for distribution services than the amounts currently being paid by the Fund, and
  • may not be able to continue providing the same quality of distribution efforts and services, or to obtain such services from brokers and dealers, if Plan payments were discontinued.

Distribution fees on Class B and Class N shares are generally retained by the Distributor. If a dealer has a special agreement with the Distributor, the Distributor may pay the Class B or Class N distribution fees to recipients periodically in lieu of paying the sales concession in advance at the time of purchase. The Distributor retains the distribution fee on Class C shares during the first year and then pays it as an ongoing concession to recipients.

Service fees for the first year after Class B, Class C and Class N shares are purchased are generally paid to recipients in advance. After the first year, the Distributor pays the service fees to recipients periodically. Under the Plans, the Distributor is permitted to retain the service fees or to pay recipients the service fee on a periodic basis, without payment in advance. If a recipient has a special agreement with the Distributor, the Distributor may pay the Class B or Class N service fees to recipients periodically in lieu of paying the first year fee in advance. If Class B, Class C or Class N shares are redeemed during the first year after their purchase, a recipient of service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay a pro rata portion of the advance payment to the Distributor. Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify for the advance service fee payment.

Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer. If a current investor no longer has another broker-dealer of record for an existing account, the Distributor is automatically designated as the broker-dealer of record, but solely for the purpose of acting as the investor's agent to purchase the shares. In those cases, the Distributor retains the distribution fees 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 distribution and service fees under each Plan 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. If paid at the full permitted rates, the distribution and service fees would increase the annual Class B and Class C expenses by 0.75% and increase the annual Class N expenses by 0.50% of net assets. Effective July 1, 2009, the Distributor has voluntarily reduced the rates for Class B, Class C, and Class N shares to 0%. That voluntary waiver can be removed at any time.

 

Distribution and Service Fees Paid to the Distributor for the Fiscal Year Ended 07/31/09
Class: Total Payments Under Plan Amount Retained by Distributor Amount Paid to Affiliate Distributor's Aggregate Unreimbursed Expenses Under Plan Distributor's Unreimbursed Expenses as % of Net Assets of Class
Class B Plan $1,666,683 $1,666,683 $0 $0 0.00%
Class C Plan $3,404,233 $1,839,500 $56,815 $1,764,804 0.42%
Class N Plan $1,648,264 $233,443 $64,187 $10,136,878 3.05%


All payments under the Plans are subject to the limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of FINRA on payments of distribution and service fees.

Payments to Fund Intermediaries

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

 

Types of payments to financial intermediaries may include, without limitation, the following:

The Fund, or an investor buying or selling Fund shares may pay:

  • ongoing asset-based distribution and/or service fees (described in the section "About the Fund - Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans" above);
  • shareholder servicing expenses that are paid from Fund assets to reimburse the Manager or the Distributor for Fund expenses they incur for providing omnibus accounting, recordkeeping, networking, sub-transfer agency or other administrative or shareholder services (including retirement plan and 529 plan administrative services fees).

In addition, the Manager or Distributor may, at their discretion, make the following types of payments from their own respective resources, which may include profits the Manager derives from investment advisory fees paid by the Fund. These payments are often referred to as "revenue sharing" payments, and may include:

  • Compensation for marketing support, support provided in offering the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds through certain trading platforms and programs, and transaction processing or other services;
  • Other compensation to the extent the payment is not prohibited by law or by any self-regulatory agency, such as FINRA. Payments are made based on the guidelines established by the Manager and Distributor, subject to applicable law.

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

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

  • transactional support, one-time charges for setting up access for the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds on particular trading systems, and paying the intermediary's networking fees;
  • program support, such as expenses related to including the Oppenheimer funds in retirement plans, college savings plans, fee-based advisory or wrap fee programs, fund "supermarkets", bank or trust company products or insurance companies' variable annuity or variable life insurance products;
  • placement on the dealer's list of offered funds and providing representatives of the Distributor with access to a financial intermediary's sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives; or
  • firm support, such as business planning assistance, advertising, or educating a financial intermediary's sales personnel about the Oppenheimer funds and shareholder financial planning needs.

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

For the year ended December 31, 2008, the following financial intermediaries and/or their affiliates (which in some cases are broker-dealers) offered shares of the Oppenheimer funds and received revenue sharing or similar distribution-related payments from the Manager or the Distributor for marketing or program support:

1st Global Capital Company GE Life & Annuity Company National Planning Corporation
Advantage Capital Corporation Genworth Financial, Inc. Nationwide Investment Services, Inc.
Aegon USA GlenBrook Life and Annuity Company New England Securities, Inc.
Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company Great West Life Insurance Company New York Life Insurance & Annuity Company
AG Edwards & Sons, Inc. GWFS Equities, Inc. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc.
AIG Financial Advisors Hartford Life Insurance Company PFS Investments, Inc.
AIG Life Variable Annuity Company HD Vest Investment Services, Inc. Park Avenue Securities LLC
Allianz Life Insurance Company Hewitt Associates LLC Pershing LLC
Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Company HSBC Securities USA, Inc. Phoenix Life Insurance Company
Allstate Life Insurance Company IFMG Securities, Inc. Plan Member Securities
American General Annuity Insurance Company ING Financial Advisers LLC Prime Capital Services, Inc.
American Enterprise Life Insurance Company ING Financial Advisers LLC Primevest Financial Services, Inc.
American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. Invest Financial Corporation Protective Life Insurance Company
Ameritas Life Insurance Company Investment Centers of America Prudential Investment Management Services LLC
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Jefferson Pilot Life Insurance Company Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Annuity Investors Life Insurance Company Jefferson Pilot Securities Corporation Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Associated Securities Corporation John Hancock Life Insurance Company RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.
AXA Advisors LLC JP Morgan Securities, Inc. Riversource Life Insurance Company
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.
Banc of America Investment Services Legend Equities Company Securities America, Inc.
CCO Investment Services Corporation Lincoln Benefit National Life Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Cadaret Grant & Company, Inc. Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation Signator Investments, Inc.
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. SII Investments, Inc.
Chase Investment Services Corporation Linsco Private Ledger Financial Sorrento Pacific Financial LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company State Farm VP Management Corporation
CitiStreet Advisors LLC Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated Sun Life Annuity Company Ltd.
Citizen's Bank of Rhode Island Merrill Lynch Insurance Group Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Columbus Life Insurance Company MetLife Investors Insurance Company Sun Life Insurance & Annuity Company of New York
Commonwealth Financial Network MetLife Investors Insurance Company - Security First Sun Life Insurance Company
Compass Group Investment Advisors MetLife Securities, Inc. Sun Trust Securities, Inc.
CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc. Minnesota Life Insurance Company Thrivent Financial Services, Inc.
CUNA Mutual Insurance Society MML Investor Services, Inc. UBS Financial Services, Inc.
CUSO Financial Services, LLP Mony Life Insurance Company Union Central Life Insurance Company
E*TRADE Clearing LLC Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. Uvest
Edward D. Jones & Company Multi-Financial Securities Corporation Valic
Essex National Securities, Inc. Mutual Service Corporation Wachovia Securities, Inc.
Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company NFP Securities, Inc. Walnut Street Securities, Inc.
Financial Network NRP Financial, Inc. Waterstone Financial Group
Financial Services Corporation Nathan & Lewis Securities, Inc. Wells Fargo Investments
GE Financial Assurance National Planning Holdings, Inc. Wescom Financial Services


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

 

1st Global Capital Company Geller Group Northwest Plan Services, Inc.
AG Edwards & Sons, Inc. Great West Life Insurance Company NY Life Benefits
ACS HR Solutions H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc. Oppenheimer & Co, Inc.
ADP Hartford Life Insurance Company Peoples Securities, Inc.
Administrative Management Group HD Vest Investment Services Pershing LLC
Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Company Hewitt Associates LLC PFPC
Alliance Benefit Group HSBC Brokerage USA, Inc. Plan Administrators, Inc.
American Diversified Distributors ICMA - RC Services Plan Member Securities
American Funds Independent Plan Coordinators Primevest Financial Services, Inc.
American Stock & Transfer Ingham Group Princeton Retirement Services
American United Life Insurance Company Interactive Retirement Systems Principal Life Insurance Company
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Intuition Prudential Investment Management Services LLC
Ameritrade, Inc. Invesmart PSMI Group, Inc.
Ascensus Invest Financial Corporation Quads Trust Company
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Benefit Administration, Inc. JJB Hillard W. L. Lyons, Inc. Reliance Trust Company
Benefit Plans Administration John Hancock Life Insurance Company Reliastar Life Insurance Company
Benetech, Inc. JP Morgan Securities, Inc. Robert W. Baird & Company
Boston Financial Data Services July Business Services RSM McGladrey
Ceridian Kaufman & Goble Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Legend Equities Company Scottrade, Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Lehman Brothers, Inc. SII Investments, Inc.
CitiStreet Liberty Funds Distributor, Inc. Southwest Securities, Inc.
City National Investments Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. Standard Insurance Company
Clark Consulting Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Stanley, Hunt, Dupree & Rhine
Columbia Management Linsco Private Ledger Financial Stanton Group, Inc.
CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc. Marshall & Ilsley Trust Company, Inc. Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.
DA Davidson & Company Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Daily Access. Com, Inc. Matrix Settlement & Clearance Services Sun Trust Securities, Inc.
Davenport & Company, LLC Mercer HR Services Symetra Financial Corporation
David Lerner Associates, Inc. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated T. Rowe Price
Digital Retirement Solutions, Inc. Mesirow Financial, Inc. The 401k Company
Diversified Investment Advisors Inc. MetLife Securities, Inc. The Retirement Plan Company, LLC
DR, Inc. MFS Investment Management Transamerica Retirement Services
Dyatech, LLC Mid Atlantic Capital Company TruSource Union Bank of CA
E*TRADE Clearing LLC Milliman USA UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Edward D. Jones & Company Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Unified Fund Services
ERISA Administrative Services, Inc. Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. Union Bank
ExpertPlan.com Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance Company US Clearing Company
FASCore, LLC Nathan & Lewis Securities, Inc. USAA Investment Management Company
Ferris Baker Watts, Inc. National City Bank USI Consulting Group
Fidelity National Deferred Company Valic Retirement Services
First Clearing LLC National Financial Vanguard Group
First Clearing LLC National Planning Corporation Wachovia Securities, Inc.
First Southwest Company Nationwide Life Insurance Company Wedbush Morgan Securities
First Trust - Datalynx Newport Retirement Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Investments
Wilmington Trust


Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Calculations. The Fund uses a variety of terms to illustrate its investment performance. Those terms include "yield," "compounded effective yield" and "average annual total return." An explanation of how yields and 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 web site at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. The Fund's performance would have been lower in the absence of the fee waivers described in the Prospectus. Those fee waivers may be withdrawn at any time.

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. If the fund shows total returns in addition to its yields, the returns must be for the 1-, 5- and 10-year periods ending as of the most recent calendar quarter prior to the publication of the advertisement (or its submission for publication).

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 comparisons with other investments:

  • Yields and total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in the Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each shareholder's account. Your account's performance will vary from the model performance data if your dividends are received in cash, or you buy or sell shares during the period, or you bought your shares at a different time than the shares used in the model.
  • An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.
  • The Fund's yield is not fixed or guaranteed and will fluctuate.
  • 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.

Yields. The Fund's current yield is calculated for a seven-day period of time as follows. First, a base period return is calculated for the seven-day period by determining the net change in the value of a hypothetical pre-existing account having one share at the beginning of the seven-day period. The change includes dividends declared on the original share and dividends declared on any shares purchased with dividends on that share, but such dividends are adjusted to exclude any realized or unrealized capital gains or losses affecting the dividends declared. Next, the base period return is multiplied by 365/7 to obtain the current yield to the nearest hundredth of one percent.

The compounded effective yield for a seven-day period is calculated by
(1) adding 1 to the base period return (obtained as described above),
(2) raising the sum to a power equal to 365 divided by 7, and
(3) subtracting 1 from the result.


The yield as calculated above may vary for accounts less than approximately $100 in value due to the effect of rounding off each daily dividend to the nearest full cent. The calculation of yield under either procedure described above does not take into consideration any realized or unrealized gains or losses on the Fund's portfolio securities which may affect dividends. Therefore, the return on dividends declared during a period may not be the same on an annualized basis as the yield for that period.

Total Return Information. "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 will differ and are measured separately.

There are different types of "total returns." "Cumulative total return" measures the change in value over the entire period (for example, ten years). "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 the methodology prescribed by the SEC to calculate its standardized total returns.

In calculating the Fund's total returns, the following sales charges are applied unless the returns are shown at "net asset value" as described below:

  • For Class B shares, the CDSC for the applicable period is deducted: 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% CDSC is deducted for returns for the one-year period.
  • For Class N shares, the 1.0% CDSC is deducted for returns for the one-year and life of class periods, as applicable.

 

The Fund's returns are calculated based on the change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formulas below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formulas)

  • Average Annual Total Return. The "average annual total return" for each class is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a specified number of years that, assuming all dividends are reinvested, results in an Ending Redeemable Value ("ERV") according to the following formula:


 


 

  • Cumulative Total Return. The "cumulative total return" measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment over an entire period of years using 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 according to the following formula:


 


The Fund's Total Returns for the Periods Ended 07/31/09
Average Annual Total Returns
10 Years or life of class, if less 10-Years (or life of class)
Class
of
Shares
After
Sales
Charge
Without
Sales
Charge
After
Sales
Charge
Without
Sales
Charge
After
Sales
Charge
Without
Sales
Charge
After
Sales
Charge
Without
Sales
Charge
Yield
(7 days
ended
07/31/09)
Compounded
Effective Yield (7 days ended 7/31/09)
Class A1 29.01% 29.01% 1.02% 1.02% 2.79% 2.79% 2.58% 2.58% 0.01% 0.01%
Class B2 26.19% 26.19% (4.16%) 0.84% 2.19% 2.55% 2.35% 2.35% 0.01% 0.01%
Class C3 24.77% 24.77% (0.16%) 0.84% 2.52% 2.52% 2.24% 2.24% 0.01% 0.01%
Class N4 16.84% 16.84% (0.17%) 0.84% 2.53% 2.53% 1.87% 1.87% 0.01% 0.01%


1. Inception of Class A shares: 1/3/89
2. Inception of Class B shares: 8/17/93. Because Class B convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the 10-Year return for Class B uses Class A performance for the period after conversion
3. Inception of Class C shares: 12/1/93
4. Inception of Class N Shares: 3/1/01
5. The amounts shown in the table reflect a voluntary reduction in the management fee for the Fund effective December 6, 2002, as well as a decrease in the asset-based sales charge on Class B and Class C shares, from 0.75% to 0.50% of average daily net assets per annum, effective January 1, 2003, and from 0.50% to 0% effective July 1, 2009. The voluntary management fee waivers may be removed at any time and the full asset-based sales charge permitted under each plan may be reinstated at any time without advance notice. The Distributor's sales concession rates on Class B, Class C and Class N shares prior to January 20, 2003, were higher than the current rates (shown on page 14 of the Prospectus).

Other Performance Comparisons.  Yield information may be useful to investors in reviewing the Fund's performance. The Fund may make comparisons between its yield and that of other investments, by citing various indices such as The Bank Rate Monitor National Index (provided by Bank Rate MonitorTM) which measures the average rate paid on bank money market accounts, NOW accounts and certificates of deposits by the 100 largest banks and thrifts in the top ten metropolitan areas. When comparing the Fund's yield with that of other investments, investors should understand that certain other investment alternatives such as certificates of deposit, U.S. government securities, money market instruments or bank accounts may provide fixed yields and may be insured or guaranteed.

From time to time, the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in other newspapers and periodicals, such as The New York Times, which may include performance quotations from other sources.

From time to time, the Fund's Manager may publish rankings or ratings of the Manager (or the Transfer Agent) or 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 investor/shareholder services by third parties may compare the services of the Oppenheimer funds to those of other mutual fund families selected by the rating or ranking services. They may be based on the opinions of the rating or ranking service itself, based on its research or judgment, or based on surveys of investors, brokers, shareholders or others.

 

About Your Account

The Fund's Prospectus describes how to buy, sell and exchange shares of the Fund and certain other Oppenheimer funds. The information below provides further details about the Fund's policies regarding those share transactions. It should be read in conjunction with the information in the Prospectus. Appendix A of this SAI provides 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 investors and certain types of purchases or redemptions.

Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share. The net asset value ("NAV") per share for each class of shares of the Fund is determined by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. The NAV is determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on each day that the NYSE is open. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, but may close earlier on some other days (for example, in case of weather emergencies or on days falling before a U.S. holiday). All references to time in this SAI mean "Eastern time." The NYSE's most recent annual announcement (which is subject to change) states that it will close on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day), Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. It may also close on other days.

The Fund's Board of Trustees has adopted the amortized cost method to value the Fund's portfolio securities. Under the amortized cost method, a security is valued initially at its cost and its valuation assumes a constant amortization of any premium or accretion of any discount, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the security. This method does not take into consideration any unrealized capital gains or losses on securities. While this method provides certainty in valuing securities, in certain periods the value of a security determined by amortized cost may be higher or lower than the price the Fund would receive if it sold the security.

The Fund's Board of Trustees has established procedures reasonably designed to stabilize the Fund's net asset value at $1.00 per share. Those procedures include a review of the Fund's portfolio holdings by the Board of Trustees, at intervals it deems appropriate, to determine whether the Fund's net asset value calculated by using available market quotations deviates from $1.00 per share based on amortized cost.

The Board of Trustees will examine the extent of any deviation between the Fund's net asset value based upon available market quotations and amortized cost. If the Fund's net asset value were to deviate from $1.00 by more than 0.5%, Rule 2a-7 requires the Board of Trustees to consider what action, if any, should be taken. If they find that the extent of the deviation may cause a material dilution or other unfair effects on shareholders, the Board of Trustees will take whatever steps it considers appropriate to eliminate or reduce the dilution, including, among others, withholding or reducing dividends, paying dividends from capital or capital gains, selling portfolio instruments prior to maturity to realize capital gains or losses or to shorten the average maturity of the portfolio, or calculating net asset value per share by using available market quotations.

During periods of declining interest rates, the daily yield on shares of the Fund may tend to be lower (and net investment income and dividends higher) than those of a fund holding the identical investments as the Fund but which used a method of portfolio valuation based on market prices or estimates of market prices. During periods of rising interest rates, the daily yield of the Fund would tend to be higher and its aggregate value lower than that of an identical portfolio using market price valuation.

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

For calculating the Fund's net asset value, dividends and distributions, the Fund differentiates between 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. Those expenses are first allocated based on the percentage of the Fund's total assets that is represented by the assets of each share class. Such general expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and audit fees, Board compensation, custodian expenses, share issuance costs, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses, such as litigation costs. Then the expenses allocated to a share class are allotted equally to each outstanding share within a given class.

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.

How to Buy Shares

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

Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund Oppenheimer Portfolio Series:
Oppenheimer Baring SMA International Fund Active Allocation Fund
Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund Equity Investor Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Conservative Investor Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund Moderate Investor Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund
Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc. Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc. Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund
Oppenheimer Global Fund Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund
Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Global Value Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Select Value Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund Oppenheimer Small- & Mid- Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer LifeCycle Funds: Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund Rochester Fund Municipals
Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund
Money Market Funds:
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund Centennial Money Market Trust
Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.


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 Distributor will not accept a purchase order of more than $100,000 for Class B shares or a purchase order of $1 million or more to purchase Class C shares on behalf of a single investor (not including dealer "street name" or omnibus accounts).

Class B, Class C or Class N shares may not be purchased by a new investor directly from the Distributor without the investor designating another registered broker-dealer.

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 B, Class C and Class N shares of the Fund may only be acquired by exchange of Class B, Class C and Class N shares, respectively, of other Oppenheimer funds or directly through qualified retirement plans. 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.

Class B Conversion. Under current interpretations of applicable federal income tax law by the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"), 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.

Availability of Class N Shares. In addition to the types of retirement plans which may purchase Class N shares that are described in the Prospectus, Class N shares also are offered to the following:

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

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

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

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.

Share Certificates. 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.

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.

AccountLink. Shares purchased through AccountLink will be purchased at the net asset value calculated on the same regular business day if the Distributor is instructed to initiate the Automated Clearing House ("ACH") transfer to buy the shares before the close of the NYSE. The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m., but may close earlier on certain days. If the Distributor is instructed to initiate the ACH transfer after the close of the NYSE, the shares will be purchased on the next regular business day.

Dividends will begin to accrue on the shares purchased through the ACH system on the business day the Fund receives Federal Funds before the close of the NYSE. The proceeds of ACH transfers are normally received by the Fund three days after a transfer is initiated. If Federal Funds are received on a business day after the close of the NYSE, dividends will begin to accrue on the next regular business day. If the proceeds of an 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.

The minimum purchase through AccountLink is generally $50, however for accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 the minimum purchase is $25.

Asset Builder Plans. As indicated in the Prospectus, you normally must establish your Fund account with $1,000 or more. However, you can open a Fund account for as little as $500 if you establish an Asset Builder Plan at the time of your initial share purchase to automatically purchase additional shares directly from a bank account.

An Asset Builder Plan is available only if your bank is an ACH member and you establish AccountLink. Under an Asset Builder Plan, payments to purchase shares of the Fund will be debited from your bank account automatically. Normally the debit will be made two business days prior to the investment dates you select on your application. Neither the Distributor, the Transfer Agent nor the Fund will be responsible for any delays in purchasing shares that result from delays in ACH transmissions.

To establish an Asset Builder Plan at the time you initially purchase Fund shares, complete the "Asset Builder Plan" information on the Account Application. To establish an Asset Builder Plan for an existing account, use the Asset Builder Enrollment Form. The Account Application and the Asset Builder Enrollment Form are available by contacting the Distributor or may be downloaded from our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Before you establish a new Fund account under the Asset Builder Plan, you should obtain a prospectus of the selected Fund and read it carefully.

You may change the amount of your Asset Builder payment or you can terminate your 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 minimum additional purchase under an Asset Builder Plan is $50, except that for Asset Builder Plans established prior to November 1, 2002, the minimum additional purchase is $25. Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan payments are subject to the redemption restrictions for recent purchases described in the Prospectus. An Asset Builder Plan may not be used to buy shares for OppenheimerFunds employer-sponsored qualified retirement accounts. The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering Asset Builder Plans at any time without prior notice.

Electronic Document Delivery. To access your account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit our website homepage at www.oppenheimerfunds.com and click the hyperlink "Sign Up for Electronic Document Delivery (eDocs Direct)" under the heading "I want to..." in the left hand column, or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions.

How to Sell Shares

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.

Receiving Redemption Proceeds by Federal Funds Wire. The Fund would normally authorize a Federal Funds wire of redemption proceeds to be made on its next regular business day following the redemption. A Federal Funds wire may be delayed if the Fund's custodian bank is not open for business on that day. In that case, the wire will not be transmitted until the next business day on which the bank and the Fund are both open for business. No dividends will be paid on the proceeds of redeemed shares awaiting transfer by Federal Funds wire.

Redeeming Shares Through Brokers or Dealers. The Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized brokers or dealers 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 next net asset value computed after the Distributor or the broker or dealer receives the order. A repurchase will be processed at that day's net asset value if the order was received by the broker or dealer from its customer prior to the time the close of the NYSE. Normally, the NYSE closes at 4:00 p.m., but may do so earlier on some days.

For accounts redeemed through a broker-dealer, payment will ordinarily be made within three business days after the shares are redeemed. However, the Distributor must receive the required redemption documents in proper form, with the signature(s) of the registered shareholder(s) guaranteed as described in the Prospectus.

Payments "In Kind." As stated in the Prospectus, payment for redeemed shares is ordinarily made in cash. Under certain circumstances, however, the Board may determine that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the remaining shareholders for the Fund to pay for the redeemed shares 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 Fund's portfolio. The Fund will value securities used to pay a redemption in kind using the same method described above under "Determination of Net Asset Value Per Share." That valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined. If shares are redeemed in kind, the redeeming shareholder might incur brokerage or other costs in selling the securities for cash.

The Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the Investment Company Act. Under that rule, redemptions by a shareholder, of up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund during any 90-day period, must be redeemed solely in cash.

Distributions From Retirement Plans. Participants in OppenheimerFunds-sponsored pension or profit-sharing plans (other than self-employed plan sponsors), whose shares of the Fund are held in the name of the plan or its fiduciary, may not request redemption of their accounts directly. The plan administrator or fiduciary must submit the request.

Requests for distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA's, SEP-IRA's, SIMPLE IRA's, 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 on the back cover of this SAI. The request must:

  1. state the reason for the distribution;
  2. if the distribution is premature, state the owner's awareness of tax penalties; and
  3. conform to the requirements of the plan and the Fund's other redemption requirements.

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 for determining whether a distribution satisfies the conditions of applicable tax laws and they will not be responsible for any tax penalties assessed in connection with a distribution.

Automatic Withdrawal Plans. Under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan, investors who own Fund shares can authorize the Transfer Agent to redeem shares automatically on a monthly, quarterly, semi annual or annual basis. The minimum periodic redemption amount under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan is $50. Shareholders having AccountLink privileges may have Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments deposited to their designated bank account. Payments may also be made by check, payable to all shareholders of record and sent to the address of record for the account. Automatic withdrawals may be requested by telephone for amounts up to $1,500 per month if the payments are to be made by checks sent to the address of record for the account. Telephone requests are not available if the address on the account has been changed within the prior 15 days.

Fund shares will be redeemed as necessary to meet the requested withdrawal payments. Shares will be redeemed at the net asset value per share determined on the redemption date, which is normally three business days prior to the payment receipt date requested by the shareholder. The Fund cannot guarantee receipt of a payment on the date requested. Depending on 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.

A shareholder whose Class B, Class C or Class N account is subject to a CDSC should usually not establish an automatic withdrawal plan because of the imposition of the CDSC on the withdrawals. If a CDSC does apply to a redemption, the amount of the check or payment will be reduced accordingly. Distributions of capital gains from accounts subject to an Automatic Withdrawal Plan must be reinvested in Fund shares. Dividends on shares held in the account may be paid in cash or reinvested. Required minimum distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored retirement plans may not be arranged on this basis.

The shareholder may change the amount, the payment interval, the address to which checks are to be mailed, the designated bank account for AccountLink payments or may terminate a plan at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent. A signature guarantee may be required for certain changes. The requested change will usually be put into effect approximately two weeks after such notification is received. The shareholder may redeem all or any part of the shares in the account by written notice to the Transfer Agent. That notice must be in proper form in accordance with the requirements in the then-current Fund Prospectus.

The Transfer Agent will administer the Automatic Withdrawal Plan as agent for the shareholder(s) who executed the plan authorization and application submitted to the Transfer Agent. Neither the Fund nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability for any action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to administer the plan. Any share certificates must be surrendered unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with the plan application to be eligible for automatic withdrawal payments. If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the shareholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to act as agent in administering the plan.

The Transfer Agent will terminate a plan upon its receipt of evidence, satisfactory to it, that the shareholder has died or is legally incapacitated. The Fund may also give directions to the Transfer Agent to terminate a plan. Shares that have not been redeemed at the time a plan is terminated will be held in an account in the name of the shareholder. Share certificates will not be issued for any such shares and all dividends will be reinvested in the account unless and until different instructions are received, in proper form, from the shareholder, his or her executor or guardian, or another authorized person.

The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering these plans at any time without prior notice. By requesting an Automatic Withdrawal Plan, the shareholder agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans. 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.

Transfers of Shares. A shareholder will not be required to pay a CDSC when Fund shares are transferred to registration in the name of another person or entity. The transfer may occur 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 CDSC are transferred, the CDSC will continue to apply to the transferred shares and will be calculated as if the transferee had acquired the shares in the same manner and at the same time as the transferring shareholder.

If less than all of the shares held in an account are transferred, and some but not all shares in the account would be subject to a CDSC if redeemed at that time, the priorities for the imposition of the CDSC described in the Prospectus will be followed in determining the order in which the shares are transferred.

Minimum Balance Fee. As stated in the Prospectus, a $12 annual "Minimum Balance Fee" is assessed on each Fund account with a share balance of less than $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 Minimum Balance Fee. These exceptions are subject to change:

  • A fund account whose shares were acquired after September 30th of the prior year;
  • 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 Class A share account balance may become subject to the Minimum Balance Fee;
  • Accounts of shareholders who elect to access their account documents electronically via eDoc Direct (to access account documents electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit our website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com and click the hyperlink "Sign Up for Electronic Document Delivery (eDocs Direct)" under the heading "I Want To," or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions);
  • A fund account that has only certificated shares and, has a balance below $500 and is being escheated;
  • Accounts of shareholders that are held by broker-dealers under the NSCC Fund/SERV system in Networking level 1 and 3 accounts;
  • Accounts held under the Oppenheimer Legacy Program and/or holding certain Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds;
  • Omnibus accounts holding shares pursuant to the Pinnacle, Ascender, Custom Plus, Recordkeeper Pro and Pension Alliance Retirement Plan programs;
  • A fund account that falls below the $500 minimum solely due to market fluctuations within the 12-month period preceding the date the fee is deducted; and
  • Accounts held in the OppenheimerFunds Portfolio Builder Program which is offered through certain broker/dealers to qualifying shareholders.

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 good faith compliance with those laws.

The Fund reserves the authority to modify Minimum Balance Fee in its discretion.

Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months after redeeming Class A or Class B shares, a shareholder may reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds without a sales charge if:

  • An initial sales charge was paid on the redeemed Class A shares or a Class A CDSC was paid when the shares were redeemed; or
  • The Class B CDSC was paid on the redeemed Class B shares.

The reinvestment may only be made in Class A shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of the Fund are exchangeable, as described in "How to Exchange Shares" below. This privilege does not apply to Class C, Class N or Class Y shares or to purchases made through automatic investment options. The Fund may amend, suspend or cease offering this reinvestment privilege at any time for shares redeemed after the date of the amendment, suspension or cessation. The shareholder must request the reinvestment privilege from the Transfer Agent or his or her financial intermediary at the time of purchase.

Reinvestment will be at the next net asset value computed after the Transfer Agent receives the reinvestment order. 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 was 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 after the 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, the sales charge would be added to the basis of the shares acquired with the redemption proceeds.

How to Exchange Shares

Shares of the Fund (including shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends or distributions from other Oppenheimer funds or from a unit investment trust) may be exchanged for shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds at net asset value without the imposition of a sales charge, however a CDSC may apply to the acquired shares as described below. Shares of certain money market funds purchased without a sales charge may be exchanged for shares of other Oppenheimer funds offered with a sales charge upon payment of the sales charge. Exchanges into another Oppenheimer fund must meet any applicable minimum investment requirements of that fund.

As stated in the Prospectus, shares of a particular class of Oppenheimer funds having more than one class of shares may be exchanged only for shares of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds. Shares of Oppenheimer funds that have a single class without a class designation are deemed "Class A" shares for this purpose. The prospectus of each of the Oppenheimer funds indicates which share class or classes that fund offers and provides information about limitations on the purchase of particular share classes, as applicable for the particular fund. Shareholders that own more than one class of shares of the Fund must specify which class of shares they wish to exchange.

You can obtain a current list of the share classes offered by the funds by calling the toll-free phone number on the first page of this SAI.

The different Oppenheimer funds that are available for exchange have different investment objectives, policies and risks. A shareholder should determine whether the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment goals 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. Some of the tax consequences of reinvesting redemption proceeds are discussed in "Reinvestment Privilege," above. 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.

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 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, however that notice is not required in extraordinary circumstances.

How Exchanges Affect Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. A CDSC is imposed on exchanges of shares in the following cases:

  • The Class A CDSC is imposed on the redemption of Class A shares acquired by the exchange of Class A shares that are subject to a Class A CDSC, if the acquired shares are redeemed within 18 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month in which the exchanged Class A shares were purchased.
  • The Class A CDSC is imposed on the redemption of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals acquired prior to October 22, 2007 by the exchange of Class A shares that are subject to a Class A CDSC, if the acquired shares are redeemed within 24 months measured from the beginning of the calendar month in which the exchanged Class A shares were purchased.
  • An Early Withdrawal Charge is imposed on Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired by the exchange of Class A shares that are subject to a CDSC, if the acquired shares are repurchased before the expiration of the holding period that was applicable to the exchanged shares.
  • The Class A CDSC is imposed on the redemption of Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves and Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. acquired by the exchange of Class A shares that are subject to a Class A CDSC, if the acquired shares are redeemed within the holding period applicable to the exchanged Class A shares.
  • The Class B CDSC is imposed on Class B shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within six years of the initial purchase of the exchanged shares, except:

(1)With respect to Class B shares of Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund, Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund, Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund, Limited Term New York Municipal Fund and Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired by exchange, the Class B CDSC is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.

(2)With respect to Class B shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves acquired by the exchange of Class B shares of Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund, the Class B CDSC is imposed on the acquired shares if they are redeemed within five years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.

  • The Class C CDSC is imposed on Class C shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within 12 months of the initial purchase of the exchanged shares.
  • A 1% Class N CDSC will be imposed on Class N shares held in retirement plans (not including IRAs and 403(b) plans) if the retirement plan is terminated or if Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan, if the shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund.
  • A 1% Class N CDSC will be imposed on Class N shares held in IRA's or 403(b) plans if they are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund.

When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are exchanged, the priorities for the imposition of the CDSC described in "How To Buy Shares" in the Prospectus will be followed in determining the order in which the shares are exchanged. Before exchanging shares, shareholders should consider how the exchange may affect any CDSC that might be imposed on the subsequent redemption of remaining shares.

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.

Automatic Exchange Plans. Under an Automatic Exchange Plan, shareholders can authorize the Transfer Agent to exchange shares of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds automatically on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. The minimum amount that may be exchanged to each other fund account is $50. Instructions regarding the exchange amount, the selected fund(s) and the exchange interval should be provided on the OppenheimerFunds account application or by signature-guaranteed instructions. Any requested changes will usually be put into effect approximately two weeks after notification of a change is received. Exchanges made under these plans are subject to the restrictions that apply to exchanges as set forth in this SAI and in "How to Exchange Shares" in the Prospectus.

The Transfer Agent will administer the Automatic Exchange Plan as agent for the shareholder(s). Neither the Fund nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability for any action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to administer the plan. Any share certificates must be surrendered unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with the plan application to be eligible for automatic exchanges. If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the shareholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to act as agent in administering the plan.

The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering automatic exchanges at any time without prior notice. By requesting an Automatic Exchange Plan, the shareholder agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans. These provisions may be amended from time to time and any amendments will automatically apply to existing Plans.

Processing Exchange Requests. Shares to be exchanged are redeemed at the net asset value calculated on the regular business day the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request in proper form before the close of the NYSE (the "Redemption Date"). Normally, shares of the fund to be acquired are purchased on the Redemption Date, but such purchases may be delayed by up to five business days if it is determined that either fund 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, any special features of your account that are available in the new fund (such as an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Withdrawal Plan) will be applied to the new fund account unless you tell the Transfer Agent not to do so.

Shares that are subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this SAI and shares covered by a share certificate that is not tendered will not be exchanged. If an exchange request includes such shares, only the shares available without restrictions will be exchanged.

Distributions and Taxes

Dividends and Other Distributions. The Fund does not have a fixed rate for dividends or other distributions ("distributions") and cannot assure the payment of any distributions. The distributions made by the Fund will vary depending on market conditions, the composition of the Fund's portfolio and Fund expenses. The Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains at least annually, and may sometimes pay a special distribution near the end of the calendar year in order to comply with federal tax requirements.

Distributions are calculated in the same manner, at the same time, and on the same day for each class of shares but will normally differ in amount. Distributions on Class B, Class C and Class N shares are expected to be lower than distributions on Class A shares and Class Y shares because of the effect of the asset-based sales charge on Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Whether they are reinvested in Fund shares or received in cash, distributions are taxable to shareholders, as discussed below, 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.

Returned checks for the proceeds of redemptions are invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. If a dividend check or a check representing an automatic withdrawal payment is returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as undeliverable, it will be reinvested in shares of the Fund. Reinvestments will be made as promptly as possible after the return of such checks to the Transfer Agent. Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state escheatment laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to shareholders or their representatives for compliance with those laws in good faith.

Taxes. The federal tax treatment of the Fund and distributions to shareholders is briefly highlighted in the Prospectus. The following is only a summary of certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and its shareholders. The tax discussion in the Prospectus and this SAI is based on tax laws in effect on the date of the Prospectus and SAI. Those laws and regulations may be changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, sometimes with retroactive effect. State and local tax treatment may differ from the treatment under the Internal Revenue Code as described below.

Before purchasing Fund shares, investors are urged to consult their tax advisers with reference to their own particular tax circumstances as well as the consequences of federal, state, local and any other jurisdiction's tax rules affecting an investment in the Fund.

Qualification and Taxation as a Regulated Investment Company. The Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As long as the Fund qualifies as a RIC, the Fund may deduct the amount of investment company taxable income and net capital gains that it distributes to its shareholders, thereby eliminating Fund-level corporate income tax that would otherwise be imposed on such income. Qualification as a RIC also allows the Fund, under certain conditions, to characterize the distributions made to its shareholders as composed of specific types of tax-favored income such as corporate dividends, capital gains and tax-exempt interest.

Even though the Fund expects to continue to qualify as a RIC, to the extent that it distributes less than all of its income, the Fund may still be subject to a corporate income tax and an excise tax. In addition, any investment income received from a foreign source may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, although the rate of any such withholding tax may be reduced under an income tax treaty if the Fund qualifies for the benefits of the treaty. If possible, the Fund will operate so as to qualify for such reduced rates, Any foreign withholding taxes will reduce the Fund's income and capital gain. The Fund may also be subject to corporate income tax and a penalty on distributions or gains from "passive foreign investment companies" (described below) even if those amounts are distributed to the Fund's shareholders.

Qualifying as a RIC. To qualify as a RIC, the Fund must be a domestic corporation that is either registered under the Investment Company Act as a management company or unit investment trust or is otherwise described in the Internal Revenue Code as having a specific status under the Investment Company Act. The Fund must also satisfy certain tests with respect to (i) the composition of its gross income, (ii) the composition of its assets and (iii) the amount of its dividend distributions.

Gross Income Test. To qualify as a RIC, the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to loans of securities, gains from the sale or other disposition of securities or foreign currencies, and certain other income derived with respect to its business of investing in such securities or currencies (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts), and net income derived from interests in certain "qualified publicly traded partnerships."

Asset Test. In addition, at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, the Fund must satisfy two asset tests. First, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets must consist of securities of other issuers ("Other Issuers"), U.S. Government securities, securities of other RIC's and cash or cash items (including receivables). The securities of an Other Issuer are not counted towards satisfying the 50% test if the Fund either invests more than 5% of the value of the Fund's assets in the securities of that Other Issuer or holds more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that Other Issuer. Second, no more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets may be invested in (1) the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and the securities of other RIC's), (2) the securities of two or more issuers (other than the securities of other RIC's) that the Fund controls and that are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses, or (3) the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships. For purposes of these tests, obligations issued or guaranteed by certain agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government are treated as U.S. Government securities.

Dividend Distributions Test. During the taxable year or, under specified circumstances, within 12 months after the close of the taxable year, the Fund must distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income for the taxable year, which is generally its net investment income and the excess of its net short-term capital gain minus its net long-term capital loss.

Failure to Qualify. If the Fund failed to qualify as a RIC, it would then be unable to deduct from its taxable income the dividend distributions made to its shareholders and therefore those amounts would be subject to a Fund-level corporate income tax. In addition, the Fund would not be able to characterize the distributions made to its shareholders as anything other than ordinary corporate distributions. To the extent the Fund had "earnings and profits" (as determined for tax purposes), distributions to its shareholders would be taxable as ordinary dividend income. In the case of individuals, those distributions would qualify for the maximum 15% tax rate on dividend income (for taxable years beginning before 2011) and, in the case of corporations, they would qualify for the dividends-received deduction.

Portfolio Investments Subject to Special Tax Rules. The Fund may engage in transactions and investments that are subject to special tax rules under the Internal Revenue Code. These special tax rules may, among other things, change the character of, or accelerate, the Fund's income, defer or disallow the Fund's deductions and losses, and compel the Fund to report as taxable income mere increases in the value of its assets. For example, the Fund may invest in foreign currencies or securities denominated in foreign currencies. Under certain circumstances losses from foreign securities could be capital losses but gains from foreign currencies are ordinary income. Because capital losses cannot be deducted against ordinary income, this mismatch in character may negatively affect the character and amount of the Fund's distributions. Or part of an "interest" payment from a high yield debt obligation may be characterized for tax purposes as a dividend and, therefore, eligible for the dividends-received deduction available to corporations.

Certain positions in the Fund's portfolio may have to be "marked-to-market," (that is, treated as if they were sold and repurchased on the last day of the Fund's taxable year). Such "deemed sales" under the mark-to-market rules may alter the character, amount and timing of distributions to shareholders by requiring the Fund to make distributions in order to satisfy the RIC dividend distributions test even though the deemed sales generate no cash. The Fund will monitor its transactions, and seek to make appropriate tax elections and appropriate entries in its books and records in order to reduce the effect of the mark-to-market rules while remaining qualified for treatment as a RIC.

Passive Foreign Investment Companies. If the Fund invests in a "passive foreign investment company" ("PFIC"), then the Fund may be subject to special rules meant to discourage U.S. taxpayers from investing in foreign companies as a way of deferring taxable income. Under those rules, any income from a PFIC distribution or the sale of PFIC shares is allocated to the current taxable year and to prior taxable years. Income allocated to the current year is treated as part of the year's income. Income allocated to a prior taxable year is taxed at the highest corporate rate for that year (regardless of the Fund's actual income or tax rate for that prior year). For each prior taxable year, the Fund must pay both the amount of tax so computed and a penalty that is calculated as if the amount of tax was due but unpaid for the prior taxable year. Liability for such taxes and penalties would reduce the investment return of the Fund.

If a PFIC is willing to provide the Fund with certain necessary reporting information annually (which the Internal Revenue Code does not compel), the Fund may elect to treat a PFIC as a "qualified electing fund" ("QEF") and, in lieu of the tax consequences described above, the Fund would be required to include in each year's income a portion of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the PFIC, even if they are not distributed to the Fund. Those amounts would be treated as taxable income for purposes of the 90% dividends distributions test and the excise tax mentioned above.

Alternatively, the Fund may make a mark-to-market election that will result in the Fund being treated as if it had sold and repurchased its PFIC stock at the end of each year. In that case, the Fund would report any gains as ordinary income and would deduct any losses as ordinary losses to the extent of previously recognized gains. The election must be made separately for each PFIC owned by the Fund and, once made, would be effective for all subsequent taxable years, unless revoked with the consent of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"). By making the election, the Fund might be able to mitigate the adverse tax consequences with respect to its ownership of shares in a PFIC, but in any particular year it could be required to recognize income in excess of the distributions it received from the PFIC and the proceeds from dispositions of the PFIC's stock. The amounts so included would be treated as taxable income for purposes of the 90% dividends distributions test and for excise tax purposes (discussed below).

Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies. Under the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund must pay an annual, non-deductible excise tax unless, by December 31st each year, it distributes (1) 98% of its taxable investment income earned from January 1 through December 31, (2) 98% of its capital gain net income realized in the period from November 1 of the prior year through October 31 of the current year and (3) undistributed amounts from prior years. It is presently anticipated that the Fund will meet these distribution requirements, although to do so the Fund might be required to liquidate portfolio investments in certain circumstances. In some years, the Board and the Manager may determine that it would be in the shareholders' best interests for the Fund to pay the excise tax on undistributed amounts rather than making the required level of distributions. In that event, the tax may reduce the amount available for shareholder distributions.

Taxation of Fund Distributions. The Fund anticipates distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain for each taxable year. The Fund's distributions will be treated as dividends to the extent paid from the Fund's earnings and profits (as determined under the Internal Revenue Code). Distributions in excess of the Fund's earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of each shareholder's basis in his or her shares, and any remaining amounts will be treated as gain from the sale of those shares, as discussed below. Shareholders will be notified if at the end of the fiscal year, any part of an earlier distribution is re-characterized as a non-taxable return of capital.

Special Characteristics of Certain Distributions. Different types of Fund earnings may have different federal income tax characteristics, including different types of capital gains and different types of ordinary income. For example, the Fund's ordinary income may be composed of dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction or that qualify for the special maximum tax rate on "qualified dividend income" as described below. The Fund may also generate foreign tax credits. The Fund will allocate the tax characteristics of its earnings among its distributions as prescribed by the IRS. The percentage of each distribution that corresponds to a particular type of income will be based on how much of that income the Fund earns for the entire taxable year rather than how much of that income the Fund has earned at time of the distribution. Those percentages normally will be determined after the close of the Fund's taxable year. The Fund will provide a statement to shareholders shortly after the end of each year indicating the amount and character of distributions made during the preceding calendar year.

Distributions Derived from Dividends. For the Fund's corporate shareholders to claim the dividends-received deduction against the Fund's distributions, both the Fund and its corporate shareholders must satisfy special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. If a dividend the Fund receives on a stock held in its portfolio otherwise qualifies for the dividends-received deduction, the Fund still (1) must hold the stock for a minimum number of days during a specified period that includes the stock's ex-dividend date, (2) cannot enter into certain positions that reduce the risk of holding the stock and (3) cannot debt finance the stock. Similarly, distributions of otherwise qualifying dividends will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction in the hands of a corporate shareholder of the Fund unless the corporate shareholder (1) holds the Fund's shares for at least 46 days during a specified period that includes the portfolio stock's ex-dividend date and (2) does not debt finance its investment in the Fund's shares. To the extent the Fund's distributions are derived from items such as option premiums, interest income, gains from the sale of securities, or dividends from foreign corporations, those distributions will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction.

Special rules also apply to regular dividends paid to a non-corporate shareholder during the shareholder's taxable years beginning before 2011. Provided that the shareholder receiving the dividend satisfies certain holding period and other requirements, those dividends may be subject to tax at the reduced rates generally applicable to long-term capital gains for individuals (currently a maximum rate of 15%). Dividends subject to these special rules are not actually treated as capital gains, however. They are not included in the computation of the shareholder's net capital gain and generally cannot be offset by capital losses. For a taxable year of the Fund, (i) if 95% or more of the Fund's gross income is attributable to qualified dividend income (defined below), then the special maximum rate will apply to 100% of the regular dividends paid to the shareholder during such year and (ii) if less than 95% of the Fund's gross income is attributable to qualified dividend income, then the special maximum rate will only apply to the portion of the regular dividends designated by the Fund as qualified dividend income. Gross income, for these purposes, does not include gains attributable to the sale or other disposition of stocks and securities, except to the extent the net short-term capital gain from such sales and dispositions exceeds the net long-term capital loss from such sales and dispositions.

"Qualified dividend income" generally means dividends received by the Fund with respect to the stock of a U.S. corporation or qualified foreign corporation. It also includes dividends received with respect to the stock of a foreign corporation provided the stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities market. In each case, however, the Fund must hold the stock for a minimum number of days during a specified period that includes the stock's ex-dividend date and cannot enter into certain positions that reduce the risk of holding the stock. Qualified dividend income does not include "payments in lieu of dividends" received in securities lending transactions or dividends received from a real estate investment trust ("REIT") or another RIC, except to the extent such dividends were paid from qualified dividend income received and designated by such REIT or RIC. If a shareholder elects to treat Fund dividends as investment income for purposes of the limitation on the deductibility of investment interest, such dividends will not be treated as qualified dividend income.

Ordinary Income Dividends. Distributions from income earned by the Fund from one or more of the following sources will be treated as ordinary income to the shareholder:

  • certain taxable temporary investments (such as certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements, commercial paper and obligations of the U.S. Government, or its agencies and instrumentalities);
  • income from loans of portfolio securities;
  • income or gains from options or futures;
  • any net short-term capital gain; and
  • any market discount accrual on tax-exempt bonds.

Capital Gain Distributions. The Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net capital gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss). Currently, the Fund intends to distribute these gains. Distributed net capital gain that is properly designated will be taxable to the Fund's shareholders as long-term capital gains, and in the case of non-corporate shareholders, will qualify for the maximum tax rate of 15% for taxable years beginning before 2011. The amount of distributions designated as net capital gain will be reported to shareholders shortly after the end of each year. Such treatment will apply no matter how long the shareholder has held Fund shares and even if the gain was recognized by the Fund before the shareholder acquired Fund shares.

If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain for a taxable year, the Fund will be subject to tax on such gain at the highest corporate tax rate. Each shareholder of record on the last day of such taxable year will be informed of his or her portion of both the gain and the tax paid, will be required to report the gain as long-term capital gain, will be able to claim the tax paid as a refundable credit, and will increase the basis of his or her shares by the amount of the capital gain reported minus the tax credit.

Foreign Source Income. Investment income that the Fund may receive from sources within foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes withheld at the source. If more than 50% of the value of the Fund's total assets at the close of any taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations the Fund may elect to treat any foreign income and withholding taxes it pays as having been paid by its shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long as the Fund continues to qualify as a RIC. If the Fund makes that election, the amount of foreign income taxes paid by the Fund will be included in the income of its shareholders and each shareholder will be entitled (subject to certain limitations) to either credit the amount against the shareholder's U.S. federal income tax due, or deduct the amount from his or her U.S. taxable income. The Fund may qualify for and make this election in some, but not necessarily all, of its taxable years.

Shortly after any year for which it makes such an election, the Fund will report to its shareholders the amount per share of such foreign tax that must be included in each shareholder's gross income and the amount that will be available for deduction or credit. In general, a shareholder may elect each year whether to claim deductions or credits for foreign taxes. However, no deductions for foreign taxes may be claimed by a non corporate shareholder who does not itemize deductions. If a shareholder elects to credit foreign taxes, the amount of credit that may be claimed in any year can not exceed the same proportion of the U.S. tax against which such credit is taken as the shareholder's taxable income from foreign sources bears to his or her entire taxable income, unless the shareholder is an individual all of whose gross income from non-U.S. sources is qualified passive income and whose creditable foreign taxes for the taxable year do not exceed $300 ($600 for a joint return).

As a general rule, if the Fund has made the appropriate election, a shareholder may treat as foreign source income the portion of any dividend paid by the Fund which represents income derived from sources within foreign countries, as well as the shareholder's proportionate share of the taxes paid to those countries. Capital gains realized by the Fund on the sale of foreign securities and other foreign currency gains of the Fund are considered to be U.S.-source income and, therefore, any portion of the tax credit passed through to shareholders that is attributable to such gains or distributions might not be usable by a shareholder who does not have other foreign source income.

Tax Consequences of Share Redemptions. If all or a portion of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is redeemed, the shareholder will recognize a gain or loss on the redeemed shares equal to the difference between the proceeds of the redeemed shares and the shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the shares. In general, any gain or loss from the redemption of shares of the Fund will be considered capital gain or loss if the shares were held as a capital asset and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares were held for more than one year. Any capital loss arising from the redemption of shares held for six months or less, however, 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. There are limits on the deductibility of capital losses in any year.

All or a portion of any loss on redeemed shares may be disallowed if the shareholder purchases other shares of the Fund within 30 days before or after the redemption (including purchases through the reinvestment of dividends). In that case, the basis of the acquired shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. If a shareholder exercises the exchange privilege within 90 days after acquiring Fund shares, any loss that the shareholder recognizes on the exchange will be reduced, or any gain will be increased, to the extent that sales charge paid on the exchanged shares reduces any charges the shareholder would have incurred on the purchase of the new shares in the absence of the exchange privilege. Such sales charge will be treated as an amount paid for the new shares.

Taxation of Foreign Shareholders. Under the Internal Revenue Code, taxation of a foreign shareholder depends primarily on whether the foreign shareholder'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. "Foreign shareholders" include, but are not limited to, a nonresident alien individual, a foreign trust, a foreign estate, a foreign corporation, or a foreign partnership.

If a foreign shareholder fails to provide a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status, the Fund will be required to withhold U.S. tax on ordinary income dividends, capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares. Provided the Fund obtains a proper certification of foreign status, ordinary income dividends that are paid by the Fund to foreign shareholders and that are not "effectively connected income," will be subject to a U.S. withholding tax. The tax rate may be reduced if the foreign person's country of residence has an income tax treaty with the United States allowing for a reduced tax rate on ordinary income dividends paid by the Fund. If the ordinary income dividends from the Fund are effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, then the foreign shareholder may claim an exemption from the U.S. withholding tax described above provided the Fund obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. Any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted to the U.S. Treasury and all income and any tax withheld is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in the early part of each year with a copy sent to the IRS. Capital gain dividends are not subject to U.S. withholding tax unless the recipient is a nonresident alien who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year in which the dividends are received. A foreign individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more generally loses his or her status as a nonresident alien.

For taxable years of the Fund beginning before January 1, 2010, properly designated dividends are generally exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax on foreign persons provided such dividends (i) are derived from the Fund's "qualified net interest income" (generally, the Fund's U.S. source interest income, other than certain contingent interest and interest from obligations of a corporation or partnership in which the Fund is a 10% or greater shareholder, reduced by expenses that are allocable to such income) or (ii) are derived from the Fund's "qualified short-term capital gains" (generally, the excess of the Fund's net short-term capital gain over the Fund's net long-term capital loss for such taxable year). In order to qualify for this exemption from withholding, a shareholder that is a foreign person must comply with applicable certification requirements relating to its non-U.S. status. However, depending on its circumstances, the Fund may designate some, all, or none of its potentially eligible dividends as interest-related dividends or as short-term capital gain dividends, and/or treat such dividends, in whole or in part, as ineligible for this exemption from withholding on foreign persons. In the case of shares held through an intermediary, the intermediary may withhold even if the Fund designates the payment as qualified net interest income or qualified short-term capital gain. Shareholders that are foreign persons should contact their intermediaries with respect to the application of these rules to their accounts.

The tax consequences to foreign persons entitled to claim the benefits of an applicable income tax treaty may be different from those described in this SAI. Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences of an investment in the Fund, including the applicability of the U.S. withholding taxes described above.

Additional Information About the Fund

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

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

The Custodian. Citibank, N.A. is the custodian of the Fund's assets. The custodian's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the Fund's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to and from the Fund. It is the practice of the Fund to deal with the custodian in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the custodian may have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Fund's cash balances with the custodian in excess of $250,000 are not protected by the federal deposit insurance corporation ("FDIC"). The FDIC protected amount will fall to $100,000 on January 1, 2014 unless the higher limit is extended by legislation. Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.

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

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

Appendix A

OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A shares of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") that may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.1 That is because of the economies of sales efforts realized by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., (referred to in this document as the "Distributor"), or by dealers or other financial institutions that offer those shares to certain classes of investors. Not all waivers apply to all funds.

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

  1. plans created or qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code,
  2. non-qualified deferred compensation plans,
  3. employee benefit plans,2
  4. Group Retirement Plans,3
  5. 403(b)(7) custodial plan accounts, and 
  6. Individual Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), including traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans

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

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

I. Applicability of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Cases

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

There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases may be subject to the Class A CDSC if redeemed within 18 months (24 months in the case of shares of Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals purchased prior to October 22, 2007) of the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, as described in the Prospectus (unless a waiver described elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the redemption). Additionally, on shares purchased under these waivers that are subject to the Class A CDSC, the Distributor will pay the applicable concession described in the Prospectus under "Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge."4 This waiver provision applies to:

  • Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.
  • Purchases of Class A shares, prior to March 1, 2007, by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a CDSC 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 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 advisers that have entered into an agreement with the Distributor providing specifically for the use of shares of the Fund in particular investment products made available to their clients. Those clients may be charged a transaction fee by their dealer, broker, bank or advisor for the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
  • Investment advisers and financial planners who have entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor and who charge an advisory, consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
  • "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 advisers or financial planners (that have entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who buy shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without sales charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master account of their investment adviser or financial planner on the books and records of the broker, agent or financial intermediary with which the Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each of these investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or financial intermediary for purchasing shares.
  • 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 adviser (the Distributor must be advised of this arrangement) and persons who are directors or trustees of the company or trust which is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
  • 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 March 1, 2007, purchases of Class A shares by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a CDSC 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.
  • Effective October 1, 2005, taxable accounts established with the proceeds of Required Minimum Distributions from Retirement Plans.
  • Purchases of Class A shares by former shareholders of Atlas Strategic Income Fund in any Oppenheimer fund into which shareholders of Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund may exchange.
  • Purchases prior to June 15, 2008 by former shareholders of Oppenheimer Tremont Market Neutral Fund, LLC or Oppenheimer Tremont Opportunity Fund, LLC, directly from the proceeds from mandatory redemptions.

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

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

  • 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 CDSC is also waived if shares that would otherwise be subject to the CDSC 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.5
  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.6
  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.
  • At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the CDSC may be waived for redemptions of shares requested by the shareholder of record within 60 days following the termination by the Distributor of the selling agreement between the Distributor and the shareholder of record's broker-dealer of record for the account.

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

The Class B, Class C and Class N CDSCs 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 CDSCs 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 CDSCs are generally not waived following the death or disability of a grantor or trustee for a trust account. The CDSCs 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.
  • At the sole discretion of the Distributor, the CDSC may be waived for redemptions of shares requested by the shareholder of record within 60 days following the termination by the Distributor of the selling agreement between the Distributor and the shareholder of record's broker-dealer of record for the account.
  • 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 B shares by a Retirement Plan that is either created or qualified under Section 401(a) or 401(k) (excluding owner-only 401(k) plans) of the Internal Revenue Code or that is a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, either (1) purchased after June 30, 2008, or (2) beginning on July 1, 2011, held longer than three years.
  • Redemptions by owner-only 401(k) plans of Class B shares purchased after June 30, 2008.
  • 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.
  • Distributions7 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.5
  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.8
  9. On account of the participant's separation from service.9
  10. Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary of the Manager) offered as an investment option in a Retirement Plan if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
  11. Distributions made on account of a plan termination or "in-service" distributions, if the redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
  12. For distributions from a participant's account under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age 59½, as long as the aggregate value of the distributions does not exceed 10% of the account's value, adjusted annually.
  13. Redemptions of Class B shares under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan for an account other than a Retirement Plan, if the aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the account's value, adjusted annually.
  14. For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that have entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.
  • 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 CDSC 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

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

  • Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund, Inc.
  • Oppenheimer Small- Mid- Cap Value Fund
  • Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund
  • Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund, Inc.
  • Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

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

  • Quest for Value U.S. Government Income Fund
  • Quest for Value New York Tax-Exempt Fund
  • Quest for Value Investment Quality Income Fund
  • Quest for Value National Tax-Exempt Fund
  • Quest for Value Global Income Fund
  • Quest for Value California Tax-Exempt Fund

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

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

A. Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

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

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

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


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

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

  • Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders. Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A initial or CDSCs:
  1. 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.
  2. Shareholders who acquired shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.
  • Waiver of Class A CDSC in Certain Transactions. The Class A CDSC will not apply to redemptions of Class A shares purchased by the following investors who were shareholders of any Former Quest for Value Fund:
  1. Investors who purchased Class A shares from a dealer that is or was not permitted to receive a sales load or redemption fee imposed on a shareholder with whom that dealer has a fiduciary relationship, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations adopted under that law.

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

  • Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995. In the following cases, the CDSC 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:
  1. 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
  2. liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset value of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum value of such accounts.
  • Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased on or After March 6, 1995 but Prior to November 24, 1995. In the following cases, the CDSC 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:
  1. 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);
  2. 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
  3. 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 CDSC paid on the redemption of any Class A, Class B or Class C shares of the Oppenheimer fund described in this section if the proceeds are invested in the same Class of shares in that fund or another Oppenheimer fund within 90 days after redemption.

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

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

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

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

  • Connecticut Mutual Liquid Account
  • Connecticut Mutual Total Return Account
  • Connecticut Mutual Government Securities Account
  • CMIA LifeSpan Capital Appreciation Account
  • Connecticut Mutual Income Account
  • CMIA LifeSpan Balanced Account
  • Connecticut Mutual Growth Account
  • CMIA Diversified Income Account

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

  • Class A CDSC. 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 CDSC 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% CDSC on an amount equal to the current market value or the original purchase price of the shares sold, whichever is smaller (in such redemptions, any shares not subject to the prior Class A CDSC will be redeemed first).

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

  1. persons whose purchases of Class A shares of a Fund and other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds were $500,000 prior to March 18, 1996, as a result of direct purchases or purchases pursuant to the Fund's policies on Combined Purchases or Rights of Accumulation, who still hold those shares in that Fund or other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and
  2. persons whose intended purchases under a Statement of Intention entered into prior to March 18, 1996, with the former general distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds to purchase shares valued at $500,000 or more over a 13-month period entitled those persons to purchase shares at net asset value without being subject to the Class A initial sales charge.

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

  • Class A Sales Charge Waivers. Additional Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased without a sales charge, by a person who was in one (or more) of the categories below and acquired Class A shares prior to March 18, 1996, and still holds Class A shares:
  1. any purchaser, provided the total initial amount invested in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more, including investments made pursuant to the Combined Purchases, Statement of Intention and Rights of Accumulation features available at the time of the initial purchase and such investment is still held in one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds or a Fund into which such Fund merged;
  2. any participant in a qualified plan, provided that the total initial amount invested by the plan in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more;
  3. Directors of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds and members of their immediate families;
  4. employee benefit plans sponsored by Connecticut Mutual Financial Services, L.L.C. ("CMFS"), the prior distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and its affiliated companies;
  5. one or more members of a group of at least 1,000 persons (and persons who are retirees from such group) engaged in a common business, profession, civic or charitable endeavor or other activity, and the spouses and minor dependent children of such persons, pursuant to a marketing program between CMFS and such group; and
  6. an institution acting as a fiduciary on behalf of an individual or individuals, if such institution was directly compensated by the individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, provided the institution had an agreement with CMFS.

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

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

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

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

  1. by the estate of a deceased shareholder;
  2. upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code;
  3. for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or beneficiaries from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b)(7)of the Code, or from IRAs, deferred compensation plans created under Section 457 of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;
  4. as tax-free returns of excess contributions to such retirement or employee benefit plans;
  5. in whole or in part, in connection with shares sold to any state, county, or city, or any instrumentality, department, authority, or agency thereof, that is prohibited by applicable investment laws from paying a sales charge or concession in connection with the purchase of shares of any registered investment management company;
  6. in connection with the redemption of shares of the Fund due to a combination with another investment company by virtue of a merger, acquisition or similar reorganization transaction;
  7. in connection with the Fund's right to involuntarily redeem or liquidate the Fund;
  8. in connection with automatic redemptions of Class A shares and Class B shares in certain retirement plan accounts pursuant to an Automatic Withdrawal Plan but limited to no more than 12% of the original value annually; or
  9. as involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law, or under procedures set forth in the Fund's Articles of Incorporation, or as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund.

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

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

Footnotes to Appendix A:

1.

In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a continuously-offered closed-end fund, references to CDSCs mean the Fund's Early Withdrawal Charges and references to "redemptions" mean "repurchases" of shares.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

This provision does not apply to IRAs.

6.

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.

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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




Appendix B

Ratings Definitions

Below is a description of the two highest rating categories for Short Term Debt and Long Term Debt by the "Nationally-Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations" which the Manager evaluates in purchasing securities on behalf of the Fund. The ratings descriptions are based on information supplied by the ratings organizations to subscribers.

SHORT-TERM DEBT RATINGS.

 

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

The following rating designations for commercial paper (defined by Moody's as promissory obligations not having original maturity in excess of nine months), are judged by Moody's to be investment grade, and indicate the relative repayment capacity of rated issuers:

Prime-1: Superior capacity for repayment. Capacity will normally be evidenced by the following characteristics: (a) leading market positions in well-established industries; (b) high rates of return on funds employed; (c) conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection; (d) broad margins in earning coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation; and (e) well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

Prime-2: Strong capacity for repayment. This will normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, will be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Moody's ratings for state and municipal short-term obligations are designated "Moody's Investment Grade" ("MIG"). Short-term notes which have demand features may also be designated as "VMIG". These rating categories are as follows:

MIG 1/VMIG 1: Denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.

MIG 2/VMIG 2: Denotes strong credit quality. Margins of protection are ample although not as large as in the preceding group.

 

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

The following ratings by Standard and Poor's for commercial paper (defined by Standard and Poor's as debt having an original maturity of no more than 365 days) assess the likelihood of payment:

A-1: Obligation is rated in the highest category. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, a plus (+) sign designation indicates the obligor's capacity to meet its financial obligation is extremely strong.

A-2: Obligation is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

Standard and Poor's ratings for Municipal Notes due in three years or less:

SP-1: Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess 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.

Standard and Poor's assigns "dual ratings" to all municipal debt issues that have a demand or double feature as part of their provisions. The first rating addresses the likelihood of repayment of principal and interest. as due, and the second rating addresses only the demand feature. With short-term demand debt, Standard and Poor's note rating symbols are used with the commercial paper symbols (for example, "SP-1+/A-1+").



 

Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch")

Fitch assigns the following short-term ratings to debt obligations that are payable on demand or have original maturities of generally up to three years, including commercial paper, certificates of deposit, medium-term notes, and municipal and investment notes:

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.



 

Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited ("DBRS")

R-1: Short term debt rated "R-1 (high)" is of the highest credit quality, and indicates an entity which possesses unquestioned ability to repay current liabilities as they fall due. Entities rated in this category normally maintain strong liquidity positions, conservative debt levels and profitability which is both stable and above average. Companies achieving an "R-1 (high)" rating are normally leaders in structurally sound industry segments with proven track records, sustainable positive future results and no substantial qualifying negative factors. Given the extremely tough definition which DBRS has established for an "R-1 (high)," few entities are strong enough to achieve this rating. Short term debt rated "R-1 (middle)" is of superior credit quality and, in most cases, ratings in this category differ from "R-1 (high)" credits to only a small degree. Given the extremely tough definition which DBRS has for the "R-1 (high)" category (which few companies are able to achieve), entities rated "R-1 (middle)" are also considered strong credits which typically exemplify above average strength in key areas of consideration for debt protection. Short term debt rated "R-1 (low)" is of satisfactory credit quality. The overall strength and outlook for key liquidity, debt and profitability ratios is not normally as favorable as with higher rating categories, but these considerations are still respectable. Any qualifying negative factors which exist are considered manageable, and the entity is normally of sufficient size to have some influence in its industry.

R-2: Short term debt rated "R-2" is of adequate credit quality and within the three subset grades (high, middle, low), debt protection ranges from having reasonable ability for timely repayment to a level which is considered only just adequate. The liquidity and debt ratios of entities in the "R-2" classification are not as strong as those in the "R-1" category, and the past and future trend may suggest some risk of maintaining the strength of key ratios in these areas. Alternative sources of liquidity support are considered satisfactory; however, even the strongest liquidity support will not improve the commercial paper rating of the issuer. The size of the entity may restrict its flexibility, and its relative position in the industry is not typically as strong as the "R-1 credit". Profitability trends, past and future, may be less favorable, earnings not as stable, and there are often negative qualifying factors present which could also make the entity more vulnerable to adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.



 

LONG TERM DEBT RATINGS.

These ratings are relevant for securities purchased by the Fund with a remaining maturity of 397 days or less, or for rating issuers of short-term obligations.

Moody's

Bonds (including municipal bonds) are rated as follows:

Aaa: Judged to be the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as "gilt edged." 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: 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.

Moody's applies numerical modifiers "1," "2" and "3" in its "Aa" rating classification. 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.



 

Standard and Poor's

Bonds (including municipal bonds maturing beyond three years) are rated as follows:

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

AA: Bonds rated "AA" differ from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. A strong capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.



 

Fitch

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.

Because bonds rated in the "AAA" and "AA" categories are not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable future developments, short-term debt of these issuers is generally rated "F-1+".

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves, including the statement of investments, as of July 31, 2009, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit. The accompanying financial statements and financial highlights of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves for the years ended prior to August 1, 2008 were audited by other auditors whose report dated September 12, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements and financial highlights.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2009, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves as of July 31, 2009, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG llp
Denver, Colorado

September 17, 2009
| OPPENHEIMER CASH RESERVES

 




 

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS July 31, 2009
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Certificates of Deposit—30.3%
               
Yankee Certificates of Deposit—30.3%
               
Bank of Montreal, Chicago, 0.34%, 9/16/09
  $ 30,000,000     $ 30,000,000  
Bank of Nova Scotia, Houston, TX:
               
0.896%, 9/4/091
    17,000,000       17,000,000  
0.937%, 9/8/091
    25,000,000       25,000,000  
BNP Paribas, New York:
               
0.34%, 9/11/09
    20,000,000       20,000,000  
0.34%, 9/23/09
    18,000,000       18,000,000  
0.34%, 10/8/09
    5,000,000       5,000,000  
0.36%, 8/19/09
    5,000,000       5,000,000  
0.43%, 8/13/09
    30,000,000       30,000,000  
Calyon, New York, 0.25%, 8/24/09
    10,500,000       10,500,000  
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 0.25%, 9/2/09
    8,000,000       8,000,000  
National Australia Bank, New York:
               
0.34%, 11/2/09
    14,500,000       14,500,000  
0.37%, 12/1/09
    15,000,000       15,000,000  
0.41%, 8/6/09
    11,900,000       11,900,000  
Nordea Bank Finland plc, New York:
               
0.31%, 9/9/09
    18,000,000       18,000,000  
0.31%, 9/10/09
    15,000,000       15,000,000  
Rabobank Nederland NV, New York:
               
0.65%, 2/18/10
    1,500,000       1,500,000  
0.72%, 7/26/10
    15,000,000       15,000,000  
0.90%, 6/21/10
    26,000,000       26,000,000  
0.95%, 6/23/10
    5,500,000       5,500,000  
Royal Bank of Canada, New York:
               
0.90%, 9/4/09
    25,000,000       25,000,000  
1.186%, 8/7/091
    17,000,000       17,000,000  
Societe Generale, New York:
               
0.28%, 9/15/09
    30,000,000       30,000,000  
0.605%, 8/3/09
    10,000,000       10,000,003  
0.605%, 8/5/09
    1,500,000       1,500,001  
Toronto Dominion Bank, New York:
               
0.90%, 9/30/09
    20,000,000       20,000,000  
1.15%, 8/20/09
    9,500,000       9,500,740  
1.47%, 11/12/09
    20,000,000       20,000,000  
1.50%, 11/3/09
    31,000,000       31,000,000  
Westpac Banking Corp., New York:
               
0.32%, 9/29/09
    30,000,000       30,000,000  
0.33%, 9/17/09
    5,000,000       5,000,000  
 
             
 
               
Total Certificates of Deposit
(Cost $489,900,744)
            489,900,744  
 
               
Direct Bank Obligations—12.2%
               
CBA (Delaware) Finance:
               
0.25%, 9/25/09
    10,000,000       9,996,181  
0.28%, 10/30/09
    10,000,000       9,993,000  
0.32%, 8/31/09
    10,000,000       9,997,333  
0.35%, 8/21/09
    12,000,000       11,997,667  
0.45%, 8/4/09
    35,000,000       34,998,658  
Danske Corp., 0.25%, 8/18/092
    15,300,000       15,298,194  
National Australia Funding (Delaware), Inc., 0.39%, 1/7/102
    14,000,000       13,975,885  
Scotiabanc, Inc., 0.26%, 10/23/092
    13,200,000       13,192,087  
Societe Generale North America, Inc., 0.25%, 9/21/09
    23,700,000       23,691,606  
Toronto Dominion Bank, New York, 0.90%, 9/14/09
    11,900,000       11,900,000  
U.S. Bank NA, 0.90%, 8/21/09
    11,000,000       11,000,000  
Westpac Banking Corp., 0.32%, 10/1/092
    31,300,000       31,283,028  
 
             
 
               
Total Direct Bank Obligations
(Cost $197,323,639)
            197,323,639  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Short-Term Notes—56.0%
               
Commercial Banks—4.0%
               
HSBC USA, Inc., 1.306%, 8/14/091
  $ 65,000,000     $ 64,987,473  
Diversified Financial Services—2.3%
               
General Electric Capital Services:
               
0.31%, 10/23/09
    25,000,000       24,982,132  
0.37%, 8/31/09
    12,500,000       12,496,146  
 
             
 
            37,478,278  
 
               
Food Products—1.3%
               
Nestle Capital Corp.:
               
0.50%, 3/15/102
    20,000,000       19,924,667  
0.51%, 3/16/102
    1,700,000       1,694,533  
 
             
 
            21,619,200  
 
               
Insurance—1.4%
               
Jackson National Life Global Funding, Series 2004-6, 0.398%, 8/15/091,3
    5,000,000       5,000,000  
United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., 0.809%, 12/28/091
    18,000,000       18,000,000  
 
             
 
            23,000,000  
 
               
Leasing & Factoring—2.9%
               
American Honda Finance Corp.:
               
0.763%, 9/18/091,4
    23,000,000       23,000,000  
0.811%, 8/26/091,4
    23,000,000       23,004,644  
 
             
 
            46,004,644  
 
               
Municipal—7.0%
               
Anchor Holdings II LLC Nts., Series 2001, 2.25%, 8/15/091
    5,740,000       5,740,000  
Atmore, AL Special Purpose Wts., Industrial Park Project, Series 04B, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    3,160,000       3,160,000  
Berkley Realty Co. LLC Bonds, Series 2002A, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    2,840,000       2,840,000  
Berks Medical Realty LP Revenue Bonds, Series 2001, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    3,885,000       3,885,000  
Birmingham, AL Industrial Development Board Solid Waste Revenue Bonds, American Cast Iron, Series 2000, 0.69%, 8/1/091
    2,900,000       2,900,000  
Capital One Funding Corp. Nts., Series 2000B, 0.67%, 8/3/091
    5,266,000       5,266,000  
Cincinnati Baseball Museum Nts., Series 2004, 1.40%, 8/3/091
    9,220,000       9,220,000  
Columbus, GA Development Authority Revenue Bonds, MAC Property LLC Project, Series 2007, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    1,675,000       1,675,000  
CT Development Authority Industrial Development Bonds, Latex Foam International Project, Series 2002, 0.65%, 8/1/091
    1,845,000       1,845,000  
Dothan, AL Industrial Development Board Bonds, Dunbarton Project, Series 1999, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    2,975,000       2,975,000  
FL Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center LLC Bonds, Series 2001, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    2,800,000       2,800,000  
IA Finance Authority Bonds, M.H. Eby, Inc. Project, 0.80%, 8/3/091
    1,985,000       1,985,000  
Intrepid Museum Foundation Revenue Bonds, Series 2006, 0.435%, 8/3/091
    7,080,000       7,080,000  
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    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Municipal Continued
               
Mission Economic Development Corp. Bonds, CMI Project, Series 07, 0.65%, 8/3/091
  $ 2,785,000     $ 2,785,000  
Mountain Agency, Inc. (The) Securities, Series 2003, 1.90%, 8/3/091
    11,845,000       11,845,000  
MS Business Finance Corp. Revenue Bonds, Signal International LLC Project, Series 2004, 1%, 8/3/091
    1,600,000       1,600,000  
NJ Economic Development Authority Bonds, MZR Real Estate, Series 2007B, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    3,640,000       3,640,000  
Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority Bonds, East Ocean View Project, Series 2002, 0.70%, 8/3/091
    1,115,000       1,115,000  
Polk Cnty., FL Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds, Watson Clinic, Series 1999, 0.60%, 8/1/091
    2,350,000       2,350,000  
Raleigh, NC Certificates of Participation, Series 2008, 0.40%, 8/3/091
    3,750,000       3,750,000  
Rickenbacker Port Authority Economic Development Revenue Bonds, YMCA of Central Ohio, Series 2002, 0.50%, 8/3/091
    7,000,000       7,000,000  
Ridgewood Associates Bonds, Series 2005, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    3,710,000       3,710,000  
Ross Sinclaire Real Estate Trust LLC Nts., 2%, 8/3/091
    2,280,000       2,280,000  
San Antonio, TX Special Facilities Bonds, Cessna Aircraft Project, Series 1995, 0.70%, 8/1/091
    2,300,000       2,300,000  
Savanna, IL Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Metform Corp., Series 1994A, 0.50%, 8/3/091
    4,300,000       4,300,000  
Summit Country Day School (The), Inc. Nts., Series 2003, 2.25%, 8/3/091
    3,995,000       3,995,000  
Tennis For Charity, Inc. Bonds, Series 2004, 0.87%, 8/3/091
    1,640,000       1,640,000  
Warren Cnty., KY Industrial Building Revenue Bonds, Pan-Ostan Co. Project, Series 2006, 2%, 8/3/091
    1,000,000       1,000,000  
Westchester Cnty. Industrial Development Agency Bonds, BWP Distributors, Inc., Series 1997, 0.65%, 8/3/091
    1,735,000       1,735,000  
Winston-Salem, NC Certificates of Participation, Series 1992, 0.65%, 8/5/091
    6,250,000       6,250,000  
 
             
 
            112,666,000  
 
               
Personal Products—3.8%
               
Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA:
               
0.996%, 5/7/101,2
    10,000,000       10,000,000  
1.224%, 2/8/101,2
    18,000,000       18,000,000  
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc:
               
0.40%, 8/3/092
    6,000,000       5,999,867  
0.40%, 10/27/092
    7,000,000       6,993,233  
0.53%, 9/11/092
    5,150,000       5,146,891  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Personal Products Continued
               
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc: Continued
               
0.55%, 9/3/092
  $ 15,000,000     $ 14,992,438  
 
             
 
            61,132,429  
 
               
Pharmaceuticals—3.0%
               
Roche Holdings, Inc., 1.661%, 2/25/101
    47,500,000       47,500,000  
Receivables Finance—25.2%
               
Barton Capital Corp.:
               
0.30%, 8/3/092
    11,200,000       11,199,811  
0.31%, 10/7/092
    11,000,000       10,993,654  
0.35%, 8/12/092
    14,033,000       14,031,499  
Chariot Funding, LLC:
               
0.30%, 10/7/094
    9,000,000       8,994,975  
0.30%, 10/15/094
    11,500,000       11,492,813  
0.32%, 9/21/094
    8,200,000       8,196,283  
Fairway Finance Corp.:
               
0.33%, 10/14/092
    1,700,000       1,698,847  
0.34%, 10/6/092
    15,000,000       14,990,650  
0.34%, 10/7/092
    10,000,000       9,993,672  
0.37%, 9/14/092
    12,800,000       12,794,212  
0.37%, 9/17/092
    10,751,000       10,745,807  
Falcon Asset Securitization Co. LLC, 0.35%, 8/10/092
    7,800,000       7,799,318  
Gemini Securitization Corp.:
               
0.35%, 9/28/092
    6,100,000       6,096,560  
0.37%, 9/24/092
    7,000,000       6,996,115  
Kitty Hawk Funding Corp.:
               
0.30%, 9/2/092
    5,200,000       5,198,613  
0.38%, 9/22/092
    6,300,000       6,296,542  
Legacy Capital LLC:
               
0.60%, 9/2/09
    15,100,000       15,091,947  
0.65%, 8/6/09
    26,500,000       26,497,608  
Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC:
               
0.60%, 9/1/092
    6,000,000       5,996,900  
0.60%, 9/9/092
    10,200,000       10,193,370  
0.60%, 9/18/092
    22,500,000       22,482,000  
Mont Blanc Capital Corp., 0.23%, 8/5/092
    12,000,000       11,999,600  
Old Line Funding Corp.:
               
0.35%, 9/1/092
    35,700,000       35,689,240  
0.35%, 9/10/092
    12,300,000       12,295,217  
0.35%, 9/15/092
    4,300,000       4,298,226  
0.36%, 8/11/092
    22,500,000       22,497,750  
0.36%, 9/14/092
    5,192,000       5,189,716  
Ranger Funding Co. LLC:
               
0.32%, 10/16/094
    4,700,000       4,696,825  
0.36%, 9/22/094
    20,000,000       19,989,600  
Thunder Bay Funding LLC:
               
0.32%, 10/8/094
    11,000,000       10,993,351  
0.35%, 9/15/094
    14,809,000       14,802,521  
Yorktown Capital LLC:
               
0.34%, 10/14/092
    19,100,000       19,086,651  
0.35%, 9/2/092
    13,148,000       13,144,017  
0.36%, 8/17/092
    4,300,000       4,299,312  
 
             
 
            406,763,222  
 
               
Special Purpose Financial—5.1%
               
FCAR Owner Trust I, 1.15%, 8/3/09
    5,000,000       4,999,681  
Straight-A Funding LLC, Series I:
               
0.33%, 10/20/09
    14,000,000       13,989,733  
0.37%, 9/17/09
    21,000,000       20,989,856  
Ticonderoga Funding LLC:
               
0.26%, 8/31/09
    1,000,000       999,783  
0.34%, 9/2/09
    1,000,000       999,698  
0.36%, 10/5/09
    13,000,000       12,991,550  
0.38%, 9/3/09
    16,300,000       16,294,322  
0.47%, 8/5/09
    11,600,000       11,599,393  
 
             
 
            82,864,016  
 
             
 
               
Total Short-Term Notes (Cost $904,015,262)
            904,015,262  
 
               
U.S. Government Agencies—1.9%
               
Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.86%, 3/12/101 (Cost $30,000,000)
    30,000,000       30,000,000  
 
               
Total Investments, at Value
(Cost $1,621,239,645)
    100.4 %     1,621,239,645  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
    (0.4 )     (6,526,190 )
     
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 1,614,713,455  
     
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Footnotes to Statement of Investments
Short-term notes and direct bank obligations are generally traded on a discount basis; the interest rate shown is the discount rate received by the Fund at the time of purchase. Other securities normally bear interest at the rates shown.
1.   Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.
 
2.   Security issued in an exempt transaction without registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities amount to $442,508,122, or 27.40% of the Fund’s net assets, and have been determined to be liquid pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Trustees.
 
3.   Illiquid security. The aggregate value of illiquid securities as of July 31, 2009 was $5,000,000, which represents 0.31% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 4 of accompanying Notes.
 
4.   Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. These securities amount to $125,171,012 or 7.75% of the Fund’s net assets as of July 31, 2009.
Valuation Inputs
Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
  1)   Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)
 
  2)   Level 2—inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)
 
  3)   Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset).
The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of July 31, 2009 based on valuation input level:
                                 
                    Level 3—        
    Level 1—     Level 2—     Significant        
    Unadjusted     Other Significant     Unobservable        
    Quoted Prices     Observable Inputs     Inputs     Value  
 
Assets Table
                               
Investments, at Value:
                               
Certificates of Deposit
  $     $ 489,900,744     $     $ 489,900,744  
Direct Bank Obligations
          197,323,639             197,323,639  
Short-Term Notes
          904,015,262             904,015,262  
U.S. Government Agencies
          30,000,000             30,000,000  
     
Total Assets
  $     $ 1,621,239,645     $     $ 1,621,239,645  
     
Currency contracts and forwards, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. Futures, if any, are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.
See the accompanying Notes for further discussion of the methods used in determining value of the Fund’s investments, and a summary of changes to the valuation techniques, if any, during the reporting period.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES July 31, 2009
         
Assets
       
Investments, at value (cost $1,621,239,645)—see accompanying statement of investments
  $ 1,621,239,645  
Cash
    1,656,430  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Investments sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis
    3,000,104  
Interest
    1,576,570  
Other
    257,902  
 
     
Total assets
    1,627,730,651  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed
    10,208,358  
Investments purchased
    2,350,077  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
    343,335  
Shareholder communications
    75,182  
Dividends
    4,711  
Trustees’ compensation
    225  
Other
    35,308  
 
     
Total liabilities
    13,017,196  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 1,614,713,455  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets
       
Par value of shares of beneficial interest
  $ 1,614,656  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,613,075,731  
Accumulated net investment income
    12,597  
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
    10,471  
 
     
Net Assets
  $ 1,614,713,455  
 
     
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Net Asset Value Per Share
       
   
Class A Shares:
       
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $657,312,560 and 657,315,874 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 1.00  
   
Class B Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $208,508,278 and 208,462,350 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 1.00  
   
Class C Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $416,716,975 and 416,702,713 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 1.00  
   
Class N Shares:
       
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $332,175,642 and 332,174,634 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
  $ 1.00  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended July 31, 2009
         
Investment Income
       
Interest
  $ 30,527,001  
Other income
    42,633  
 
     
Total investment income
    30,569,634  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    7,407,595  
Distribution and service plan fees:
       
Class A
    1,349,455  
Class B
    1,666,683  
Class C
    3,404,233  
Class N
    1,648,264  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
       
Class A
    1,533,068  
Class B
    502,617  
Class C
    949,889  
Class N
    738,279  
Shareholder communications:
       
Class A
    152,985  
Class B
    58,459  
Class C
    68,276  
Class N
    11,562  
Insurance expenses
    485,147  
Trustees’ compensation
    16,028  
Custodian fees and expenses
    9,432  
Other
    288,830  
 
     
Total expenses
    20,290,802  
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (4,096,087 )
 
     
Net expenses
    16,194,715  
 
       
Net Investment Income
    14,374,919  
 
       
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    10,799  
 
       
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 14,385,718  
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
                 
Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008  
 
Operations
               
Net investment income
  $ 14,374,919     $ 37,373,343  
Net realized gain
    10,799        
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    14,385,718       37,373,343  
 
               
Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders
               
Dividends from net investment income:
               
Class A
    (6,676,883 )     (17,406,527 )
Class B
    (1,682,990 )     (3,981,506 )
Class C
    (3,421,530 )     (8,137,759 )
Class N
    (2,593,516 )     (7,847,551 )
     
 
    (14,374,919 )     (37,373,343 )
 
               
Beneficial Interest Transactions
               
Net increase in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:
               
Class A
    98,827,762       117,787,369  
Class B
    53,084,955       50,380,373  
Class C
    98,196,934       123,958,931  
Class N
    52,813,138       25,729,752  
     
 
    302,922,789       317,856,425  
 
               
Net Assets
               
Total increase
    302,933,588       317,856,425  
Beginning of period
    1,311,779,867       993,923,442  
     
 
               
End of period (including accumulated net investment income of $12,597 and $12,597, respectively)
  $ 1,614,713,455     $ 1,311,779,867  
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
                                         
Class A     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 
Income from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
Net realized gain (loss)
    2           2            
     
Total from investment operations
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
Distributions from net realized gain
                2            
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
     
 
                                       
Total Return3
    1.02 %     3.45 %     4.54 %     3.55 %     1.44 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 657,312     $ 558,480     $ 440,693     $ 445,571     $ 417,176  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 688,120     $ 521,970     $ 432,909     $ 403,664     $ 399,517  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.97 %     3.33 %     4.45 %     3.48 %     1.46 %
Total expenses
    0.93 %     0.94 %     1.03 %     1.10 %     1.13 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    0.85 %     0.89 %     0.97 %     0.99 %     1.01 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Less than $0.005 per share.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class B     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 
Income from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
Net realized gain (loss)
    2           2            
     
Total from investment operations
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
Distributions from net realized gain
                2            
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
     
 
                                       
Total Return3
    0.84 %     3.18 %     4.29 %     3.29 %     1.20 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 208,508     $ 155,422     $ 105,041     $ 149,571     $ 146,132  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 222,601     $ 131,647     $ 112,029     $ 130,319     $ 175,995  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.76 %     3.02 %     4.20 %     3.21 %     1.14 %
Total expenses
    1.48 %     1.45 %     1.52 %     1.55 %     1.56 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.03 %     1.15 %     1.21 %     1.23 %     1.24 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Less than $0.005 per share.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued
                                         
Class C     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 
Income from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
Net realized gain (loss)
    2           2            
     
Total from investment operations
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
Distributions from net realized gain
                2            
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
     
 
                                       
Total Return3
    0.84 %     3.19 %     4.22 %     3.24 %     1.16 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 416,717     $ 318,517     $ 194,558     $ 169,106     $ 118,410  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 454,642     $ 271,236     $ 151,581     $ 126,260     $ 107,761  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.75 %     3.00 %     4.14 %     3.23 %     1.20 %
Total expenses
    1.45 %     1.44 %     1.59 %     1.67 %     1.65 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.02 %     1.14 %     1.27 %     1.28 %     1.29 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Less than $0.005 per share.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Class N     Year Ended July 31,   2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Per Share Operating Data
                                       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 
Income from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income1
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
Net realized gain (loss)
    2           2            
     
Total from investment operations
    .01       .03       .04       .03       .01  
 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
Distributions from net realized gain
                2            
     
Total dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
    (.01 )     (.03 )     (.04 )     (.03 )     (.01 )
 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
     
 
                                       
Total Return3
    0.84 %     3.17 %     4.28 %     3.26 %     1.15 %
 
                                       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 332,176     $ 279,361     $ 253,631     $ 234,809     $ 220,744  
 
Average net assets (in thousands)
  $ 333,117     $ 256,809     $ 234,641     $ 221,369     $ 143,516  
 
Ratios to average net assets:4
                                       
Net investment income
    0.78 %     3.06 %     4.19 %     3.20 %     1.47 %
Total expenses
    1.21 %     1.22 %     1.27 %     1.35 %     1.40 %
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.03 %     1.17 %     1.21 %     1.26 %     1.28 %
1.   Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
 
2.   Less than $0.005 per share.
 
3.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
4.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek the maximum current income that is consistent with stability of principal. The Fund’s investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Manager”).
     The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is the net asset value per share without any initial sales charge. Class B, Class C and Class N shares are sold without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”). Class N shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on those accounts. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, B, C and N have separate distribution and/or service plans. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after the date of purchase.
     The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.
Securities Valuation. Securities are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value. If amortized cost is determined not to approximate market value, the fair value of the portfolio securities will be determined under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
     Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices for an asset that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and unobservable inputs, including the Manager’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as “Level 3.” The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. A table summarizing the Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included following the Statement of Investments.
     In the absence of a readily available unadjusted quoted market price, including for securities whose values have been materially affected by what the Manager identifies as a significant event occurring before the Fund’s assets are valued but after the close of the securities’ respective exchanges, the Manager, acting through its internal valuation committee, in good faith determines the fair valuation of that asset using consistently applied procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees (which reviews those fair
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valuations by the Manager). Those procedures include certain standardized methodologies to fair value securities. Such methodologies include, but are not limited to, pricing securities initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be adjusted for any discounts related to resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
     There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies during the period.
Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund maintains internally designated assets with a market value equal to or greater than the amount of its purchase commitments. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.
As of July 31, 2009, the Fund had purchased securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and sold securities issued on a delayed delivery basis as follows:
         
    When-Issued or  
    Delayed Delivery  
    Basis Transactions  
 
Sold securities
  $ 3,000,104  
Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remain open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends.
The tax components of capital shown in the following table represent distribution requirements the Fund must satisfy under the income tax regulations, losses the Fund may be able to offset against income and gains realized in future years for federal income tax purposes.
                 
Undistributed Net   Undistributed     Accumulated Loss  
Investment Income   Long-Term Gains     Carryforward1,2  
 
$34,045
  $     $  
1.   During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009, the Fund utilized $328 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year.
 
2.   During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008, the Fund did not utilize any capital loss carryforwards.
Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended July 31, 2009 and July 31, 2008 was as follows:
                 
    Year Ended     Year Ended  
    July 31, 2009     July 31, 2008  
 
Distributions paid from:
               
Ordinary income
  $ 14,374,919     $ 37,373,343  
Trustees’ Compensation. The Board of Trustees has adopted a compensation deferral plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustee under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustee in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance to the compensation deferral plan.
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Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually but may be paid at other times to maintain the net asset value per share at $1.00.
Investment Income. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.
Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the 1 Month LIBOR Rate plus 2.00%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.
Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
2. Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
                                 
    Year Ended July 31, 2009     Year Ended July 31, 2008  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  
 
Class A
                               
Sold
    755,765,274     $ 755,765,274       645,598,471     $ 645,598,471  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    6,549,655       6,549,655       16,467,643       16,467,643  
Redeemed
    (663,487,167 )     (663,487,167 )     (544,278,745 )     (544,278,745 )
     
Net increase
    98,827,762     $ 98,827,762       117,787,369     $ 117,787,369  
     
 
                               
Class B
                               
Sold
    249,602,845     $ 249,602,845       197,124,134     $ 197,124,135  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    1,635,344       1,635,344       3,669,161       3,669,161  
Redeemed
    (198,153,234 )     (198,153,234 )     (150,412,915 )     (150,412,923 )
     
Net increase
    53,084,955     $ 53,084,955       50,380,380     $ 50,380,373  
     
 
                               
Class C
                               
Sold
    603,996,260     $ 603,996,260       455,450,231     $ 455,450,725  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    3,316,437       3,316,291       7,444,338       7,443,844  
Redeemed
    (509,115,617 )     (509,115,617 )     (338,935,831 )     (338,935,638 )
     
Net increase
    98,197,080     $ 98,196,934       123,958,738     $ 123,958,931  
     
 
                               
Class N
                               
Sold
    273,681,068     $ 273,681,068       197,386,918     $ 197,386,918  
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested
    2,558,750       2,558,750       7,740,079       7,740,079  
Redeemed
    (223,426,680 )     (223,426,680 )     (179,397,245 )     (179,397,245 )
     
Net increase
    52,813,138     $ 52,813,138       25,729,752     $ 25,729,752  
     
3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:
         
Fee Schedule        
 
Up to $250 million
    0.500 %
Next $250 million
    0.475  
Next $250 million
    0.450  
Next $250 million
    0.425  
Over $1 billion
    0.400  
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Transfer Agent Fees. OppenheimerFunds Services (“OFS”), a division of the Manager, acts as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays OFS a per account fee. For the year ended July 31, 2009, the Fund paid $3,579,446 to OFS for services to the Fund.
Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor’s Agreement with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund’s classes of shares.
Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the “Plan”) for Class A shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.20% of the average annual net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. However, effective July 1, 2009, the Distributor has voluntarily agreed to set the rate at 0.00%. The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers, brokers, banks and other financial institutions periodically for providing personal services and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the “Plans”) for Class B, Class C and Class N shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to compensate the Distributor for its services in connection with the distribution of those shares and servicing accounts. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class B shares and Class C shares and 0.25% on Class N shares. The Distributor is entitled to receive a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan, but the Board of Trustees has not authorized the Fund to pay the service fees on Class B and Class C shares at this time. Beginning July 1, 2009, the Distributor has voluntarily decreased the rates for Class B, Class C, and Class N shares to 0.00% If either the Class B, Class C or Class N plan is terminated by the Fund or by the shareholders of a class, the Board of Trustees and its independent trustees must determine whether the Distributor shall be entitled to payment from the Fund of all or a portion of the service fee and/or asset-based sales charge in respect to shares sold prior to the effective date of such termination. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations. The Distributor determines its uncompensated expenses under the Plans at calendar quarter ends. The Distributor’s aggregate uncompensated expenses under the Plans at June 30, 2009 were as follows:
         
Class C
  $ 1,764,804  
Class N
    10,136,878  
Sales Charges. Contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) do not represent an expense of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of redemptions of Fund shares prior
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates Continued
to remittance. The CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the table below for the period indicated.
                                 
    Class A     Class B     Class C     Class N  
    Contingent     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent  
    Deferred     Deferred     Deferred     Deferred  
    Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges     Sales Charges  
    Retained by     Retained by     Retained by     Retained by  
Year Ended   Distributor     Distributor     Distributor     Distributor  
 
July 31, 2009
  $ 75,261     $ 132,302     $ 41,716     $ 9,337  
Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager has voluntarily agreed to limit the Fund’s management fee to an annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund’s daily net assets for each class of shares. As a result of this limitation, for the year ended July 31, 2009, the Manager waived receipt of management fees from the Fund in the amount of $624,288. In addition, the Manager has voluntarily undertaken to waive fees to the extent necessary to assist the Fund in attempting to maintain a positive yield. As a result, for the year ended July 31, 2009, the Manager waived receipt of management fees from the Fund in the amount of $154,556, $134,908, $173,821 and $116,346 for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class N shares, respectively. There is no guarantee that the Fund will maintain a positive yield. These undertakings may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
     OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees for all classes to 0.35% of average annual net assets per class.
     Until March 31, 2009, the Distributor agreed to reduce Class B and Class C Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees it was entitled to receive by 0.25% of the average annual net assets for each respective class of shares. Effective April 1, 2009 until June 30, 2009, the Distributor agreed to reduce the Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees by 0.50% for Class B and Class C shares and by 0.25% for Class N shares of the average annual net assets for each respective class of shares. Effective July 1, 2009, the Distributor voluntarily agreed to set the fee rate it is entitled to receive under the Distribution and/or Service Plans for Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class N shares at 0.00%. This undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time. As a result of the reductions, for the year ended July 31, 2009, the Distributor waived receipt of Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees from Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class N shares in the amount of $114,204, $794,855, $1,623,898 and $359,211, respectively.
4. Illiquid Securities
As of July 31, 2009, investments in securities included issues that are illiquid. Investments may be illiquid because they do not have an active trading market, making it difficult to value them or dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net assets (determined at the time of purchase and reviewed periodically) in illiquid securities. Securities that are illiquid are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments.
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5. Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds
The Fund’s Board of Trustees has elected for the Fund to participate in the Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds (the “Program”) established by the U.S. Treasury Department. The Treasury Department has accepted the Fund’s application to participate in the Program and entered into a Guarantee Agreement with the Fund dated as of September 19, 2008. The Fund has also notified the Treasury Department of its intent to continue its participation in the Program through September 18, 2009. The Program cannot be extended beyond September 18, 2009.
     Under the Program, shareholders of the Fund as of the close of business on September 19, 2008 may be guaranteed against loss in the event that the Fund’s net asset value falls below $0.995. The Program applies only to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. The number of shares covered by the Program will be the lesser of (a) the number of shares of the Fund owned by the shareholder on September 19, 2008 or (b) the number of shares owned by the shareholder on the date the Fund’s net asset value falls below $0.995. If the number of shares of the Fund a shareholder holds after September 19, 2008 fluctuates during the Program period due to purchases or redemptions of shares, any shares in excess of the amount held as of the close of business on September 19, 2008 will not be covered.
     The Fund paid a fee to participate in the Program’s initial term in the amount equal to 0.01% of the Fund’s net assets as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. The Fund paid a fee to continue its participation in the Program through April 30, 2009 in the amount of 0.015% of the Fund’s net assets as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. The Fund has paid an additional fee to continue its participation in the Program through September 18, 2009 in the amount of 0.015% of the Fund’s net assets as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. Fees paid by the Fund to participate in the Program are shown as “Insurance expense” on the Statement of Operations.
6. Subsequent Events Evaluation
The Fund has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through September 17, 2009, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. This evaluation determined that there are no subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments.
7. Pending Litigation
During 2009, a number of complaints have been filed in federal courts against the Manager, the Distributor, and certain mutual funds (“Defendant Funds”) advised by the Manager and distributed by the Distributor—excluding the Fund. The complaints naming the Defendant Funds also name certain officers, trustees and former trustees of the respective Defendant Funds. The plaintiffs seek class action status on behalf of purchasers of shares of the respective Defendant Fund during a particular time period. The complaints against
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
7. Pending Litigation Continued
the Defendant Funds raise claims under federal securities laws alleging that, among other things, the disclosure documents of the respective Defendant Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions, that such Defendant Fund’s investment policies were not followed, and that such Defendant Fund and the other defendants violated federal securities laws and regulations. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
     A complaint has been brought in state court against the Manager, the Distributor and another subsidiary of the Manager (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan Trust, and other complaints have been brought in state court against the Manager and that subsidiary (but not against the Fund), on behalf of the New Mexico Education Plan Trust. All of these complaints allege breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and violation of state securities laws, and seek compensatory damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
     Other complaints have been filed in 2008 and 2009 in state and federal courts, by investors who made investments through an affiliate of the Manager, against the Manager and certain of its affiliates. Those complaints relate to the alleged investment fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff and his firm (“Madoff ”) and allege a variety of claims, including breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violation of federal and state securities laws and regulations, among others. They seek unspecified damages, equitable relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses. None of the suits have named the Distributor, any of the Oppenheimer mutual funds or any of their independent Trustees or Directors. None of the Oppenheimer funds invested in any funds or accounts managed by Madoff.
     The Manager believes that the lawsuits described above are without legal merit and intends to defend them vigorously. The Defendant Funds’ Boards of Trustees have also engaged counsel to defend the suits vigorously on behalf of those Funds, their boards and the Trustees named in those suits. While it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an outcome in these lawsuits, or whether any costs that the Defendant Funds may bear in defending the suits might not be reimbursed by insurance, the Manager believes that these suits should not impair the ability of the Manager or the Distributor to perform their respective duties to the Fund, and that the outcome of all of the suits together should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer Funds.
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Oppenheimer Cash Reserves

Internet Website
www.oppenheimerfunds.com

Investment Adviser
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
Citibank, N.A.
111 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005

Counsel to the Funds & Independent Directors
K&L Gates LLP
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP
707 Seventeenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202

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OPPENHEIMER CASH RESERVES
 

FORM N-1A

PART C
 
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 23. Exhibits

(a)     (i)     Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated February 2, 2001: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 (9/27/01) (Reg. No. 33-23223), and incorporated herein by reference.
 

(ii)     Amendment No. 1 dated 8/27/02 to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated 2/2/01: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 (9/23/02) (Reg. No. 33-23223), and incorporated herein by reference.

(b)     By-Laws, as amended and restated through October 24, 2000: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 (9/27/01) (Reg. No. 33-23223), and incorporated herein by reference.

(c)     

(i)     Specimen Class A Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 11/26/01, and incorporated herein by reference.


(ii)     

Specimen Class B Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 11/26/01, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Specimen Class C Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 11/26/01, and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     Specimen Class N Share Certificate: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, 11/26/01, and incorporated herein by reference.

(d)     Investment Advisory Agreement dated October 22, 1990: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 3 (2/28/91) and refiled with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 (4/25/95), pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T and incorporated herein by reference.
 

(e)     (i)     General Distributor’s Agreement dated October 13, 1992: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post Effective Amendment No. 10 (4/25/95), and incorporated herein by reference.
 

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

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

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

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

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

(f)     Form of OppenheimerFunds Compensation Deferral Plan, As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund (Reg. No. 333-146105), (5/29/09), and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)     (i)     Global Custodial Services Agreement dated July 15, 2003, as amended July 26, 2007: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund (Reg. No. 333-132778), (7/26/07), and incorporated herein by reference.
 

     (ii)     Amended and Restated Foreign Custody Manager Agreement dated May 31, 2001, as amended July 15, 2003: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer International Large-Cap Core Trust (Reg. No. 333-106014), (8/5/03), and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(h)     Not applicable.

(i)     (i)     Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated November 24, 1999: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 17, (11/24/99), and incorporated herein by reference.
 

(ii)     Opinion and Consent of Counsel for Class N shares dated November 21, 2000: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 19, (11/22/00), and incorporated herein by reference.

(j)     Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent: Filed herewith.

(k)     Not applicable.
 
(l)     Not applicable.
 

(m)     (i)     Amended and Restated Service Plan and Agreement for Class A shares dated October 28, 2005: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 (11/28/07), and incorporated herein by reference.

(ii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class B shares dated October 28, 2005: previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (9/26/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iii)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class C shares dated October 28, 2005: previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (9/26/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


(iv)     

Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class N shares dated October 28, 2005: Previously filed with Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 (9/26/06), and incorporated herein by reference.


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

(o)     Powers of Attorney dated August 20, 2008, for all Trustees/Directors and Officers: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Target Distribution Fund (Reg. No. 333-153032), (10/29/08), and incorporated herein by reference.

(p)     Not applicable [the Registrant is a money market fund].

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

None.
 

Item 25. - Indemnification

Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seventh of Registrant’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit 23(a) to this Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.
 

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

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

(a)     OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser of the Registrant; it and certain subsidiaries and affiliates act in the same capacity to other investment companies, including without limitation those described in Parts A and B hereof and listed in Item 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.


Name and Current Position with OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Other Business and Connections During the Past Two Years

Timothy L. Abbuhl,

Vice President

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

Patrick Adams
Vice President

None

Robert Agan,
Senior Vice President

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

Carl Algermissen,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation.

Victor Alino,
Vice President

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

Michael Amato,
Vice President

None

Nicole Andersen,
Assistant Vice President

None

Raymond Anello,
Vice President

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

Janette Aprilante,
Vice President & Secretary

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

Hany S. Ayad,
Vice President

None

Paul Aynsley,
Vice President

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

James F. Bailey,
Senior Vice President

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

Robert Baker,
Vice President

None

John Michael Banta,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Barnes,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adam Bass,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kevin Baum,
Senior Vice President

None

Jeff Baumgartner,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Marc Baylin,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Todd Becerra,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kathleen Beichert,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Emanuele Bergagnine, Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Robert Bertucci,   Assistant Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Rajeev Bhaman,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Craig Billings,
Vice President

None

Mark Binning,       Assistant Vice President

None

Julie Blanchard,
Assistant Vice President

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

Beth Bleimehl,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa I. Bloomberg,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

Veronika Boesch,
Vice President

None

Chad Boll,
Vice President

None

Antulio N. Bomfim,
Vice President

None

Michelle Borre Massick,
Vice President

None

Lori E. Bostrom,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

John Boydell,
Vice President

None

Richard Britton,
Vice President

None

Garrett C. Broadrup,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Michael Bromberg,
Assistant Vice President

None

Holly Broussard,
Vice President

None

Roger Buckley,
Assistant Vice President

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

Joy Budzinski,
Vice President

None

Carla Buffulin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stephanie Bullington,
Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Burke,
Vice President

None

Mark Burns,
Vice President

None

JoAnne Butler,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christine Calandrella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Camarella,
Assistant Vice President

None

Dale Campbell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Debra Casey,
Vice President

None

Lisa Chaffee,
Vice President

None

Ronald Chibnik,
Vice President

None

Patrick Sheng Chu,
Assistant Vice President

None

Brett Clark,
Vice President

None

Jennifer Clark,
Assistant Vice President

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

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

None

Thomas Closs,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Cole,
Assistant Vice President

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

Eric Compton,

Assistant Vice President

None

Gerald James Concepcion,
Assistant Vice President

None

Cheryl Corrigan,
Assistant Vice President

None

Scott Cottier,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

William Couch,
Assistant Vice President

None

Geoffrey Craddock,
Senior Vice President

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

Terry Crady,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly IT Development Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

George Curry,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Kevin Dachille,
Vice President

None

Rushan Dagli,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

John Damian,
Senior Vice President

None

Jason Davis,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Robert Dawson,
Assistant Vice President

None

John Delano,
Vice President

None

Kendra Delisa,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alessio de Longis, Assistant Vice President

Formerly Sr. Research Analyst (February 2008 – April 2009) and Intermediate Research Analyst (February 2006 – February 2008).

Damaris De Los Santos, Assistant Vice President

Formerly Senior Account Executive (July 2003 – February 2008).

Richard Demarco, Assistant Vice President

None

Craig P. Dinsell,
Executive Vice President

None

Randall C. Dishmon,
Vice President

None

Rebecca K. Dolan,
Vice President

None

Steven D. Dombrower,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Andrew Donohue,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (2007 – June 2009).

Alicia Dopico,
Vice President

None

Andrew Doyle,
Senior Vice President

Formerly First Vice President, head of Global Wealth Management Rewards and Information Services at Bank of America (March 2006 – March 2009).

Thomas Doyle,
Assistant Vice President

None

Bruce C. Dunbar,
Senior Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Intermediate Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2004 – May 2009).

Brian Dvorak,
Vice President

None

Richard Edmiston,
Vice President

None

Taylor Edwards,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Peter Ellman,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Christopher Emanuel,
Vice President

None

Daniel R. Engstrom,
Vice President

None

James Robert Erven,
Assistant Vice President

None

George R. Evans,
Senior Vice President & Director of International Equities

None

Kathy Faber,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Falicia,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Secretary (as of July 2004) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Rachel Fanopoulos,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Farkas,
Vice President and Assistant Counsel

None

Kristie Feinberg,
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., Centennial Asset Management Corp., OFI Institutional Asset Management Inc. and OFI Institutional Asset Management; Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.

William Ferguson,
Assistant Vice President

None

Emmanuel Ferreira,
Vice President

None

Steven Fling,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Foxhoven,
Senior Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Colleen M. Franca,
Vice President

None

Debbie Francis,
Assistant Vice President

Previously employed at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2007-August 2009).

Dominic Freud,
Vice President

None

Hazem Gamal,
Vice President

None

Charles Gapay,
Assistant Vice President

None

Anthony W. Gennaro, Jr.,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager for media, internet and telecom and a co-portfolio manager for mid-cap portfolios with the RS Core Equity Team of RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 – April 2009.

Timothy Gerlach,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alan C. Gilston,
Vice President

None

Jacqueline Girvin-Harkins,
Assistant Vice President

None

William F. Glavin, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer

Formerly Executive Vice President and co-Chief Operating Officer of MassMutual Financial Group.

Jill E. Glazerman,
Senior Vice President

None

Kevin Glenn,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Tax Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (December 2006 – February 2008).

Manind Govil,

Senior Vice President

Formerly portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC.

Raquel Granahan,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Robert B. Grill,
Senior Vice President

None

Marilyn Hall,
Vice President

None

Cheryl Hampton,
Vice President

Formerly Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund and Hedge Fund Operations at Calamos Advisors LLC (March 2007 - September 2009).

Kelly Haney,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jason Harubin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Steve Hauenstein,
Assistant Vice President

None

Thomas B. Hayes,
Vice President

None

Bradley Hebert,
Assistant Vice President

Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (October 2004 – February 2008).

Heidi Heikenfeld,
Assistant Vice President

None

Annika Helgerson,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kenneth Herold,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel Herrmann,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Dennis Hess,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Hetrick,
Assistant Vice President

Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc (May 2006 – December 2007).

Joseph Higgins,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Dorothy F. Hirshman,
Vice President

None

Daniel Hoelscher,
Assistant Vice President

None

Eivind Holte,
Vice President

None

Craig Holloway,
Assistant Vice President

None

Brian Hourihan,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Assistant Secretary of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since April 2006) and Trinity Investment Management Corporation.

Lucienne Howell,
Vice President

None

Edward Hrybenko,   Senior Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Jason Hubersberger,    Vice President

None

Kevin Andrew Huddleston,           Assistant Vice President

None

Scott T. Huebl,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Douglas Huffman, Assistant Vice President

None

Margaret Hui,              Vice President

None

Dana Hunter,         Assistant Vice President

None

John Huttlin,                Vice President

Senior Vice President (Director of the International Division) (since January 2004) of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Director (since June 2003) of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited.

James G. Hyland,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kelly Bridget Ireland,
Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives,
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.

Frank V. Jennings,
Senior Vice President

None

Lisa Kadehjian,     Assistant Vice President

None

Charles Kandilis,   Assistant Vice President

None

Rezo Kanovich,    Assistant Vice President

None

Amee Kantesaria,        Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Thomas W. Keffer,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Sean Keller,
Vice President

None

James Kennedy,
Senior Vice President

None

Michael Keogh,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

John Kiernan,
Vice President & Marketing Compliance Manager

None

Audrey Kiszla,
Vice President

None

Daniel Kohn,
Vice President

None

Samuel Koren,
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

Formerly Managing Director of the Litigation and Regulatory Group at Bear, Stearns; Attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Martin S. Korn,
Senior Vice President

None

Michael Kotlartz,
Vice President

None

Brian Kramer,
Vice President

None

Magnus Krantz,
Vice President

Formerly an Analyst at RS Investments (December 2005 - May 2009).

Alexander Kurinets,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gloria LaFond,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lisa Lamentino,
Vice President

None

Tracey Lange,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and OFI Private Investments Inc.

Eric Larson,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Equity Trader at RS Investments (from October 2006 – May 2009).

Gayle Leavitt,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christopher M. Leavy,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., and Trinity Investment Management Corporation

Young-Sup Lee,
Vice President

Formerly a Vice President at Morgan Stanley (July 2006 – July 2008).

Randy Legg,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Michael Leskinen,
Vice President

Formerly Senior Sector Analyst (December 2007 – February 2009) and Portfolio Manager (August 2006 – December 2007) at ING Investment Management.

Justin Leverenz,
Vice President

None

Bill Levey,
Assistant Vice President
& Assistant Counsel

Formerly an attorney at Seward & Kissel LLP (September 2005 – April 2009).

Michael S. Levine,
Vice President

None

Brian Levitt,
Vice President

None

Gang Li,
Vice President

None

Shanquan Li,
Vice President

None

Julie A. Libby,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Daniel Lifshey,
Assistant Vice President

None

Mitchell J. Lindauer,
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel

None

Bill Linden,
Vice President

None

Malissa B. Lischin,
Vice President

Assistant Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Justin Livengood,
Vice President

None

Christina Loftus,
Vice President

None

David P. Lolli,
Assistant Vice President

None

Daniel G. Loughran
Senior Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Patricia Lovett,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Senior Vice President of Shareholder Services, Inc.

Misha Lozovik,
Vice President

None

Dongyan Ma,
Assistant Vice President

None

Aaron Magid,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Maley,
Vice President

None

Jerry Mandzij,
Vice President

None

Dana Mangnuson,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly a Marketing Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Daniel Martin,
Assistant Vice President

None

Melissa Mazer,
Vice President
& Senior Counsel

None

William T. Mazzafro,
Vice President

None

Trudi McCanna,
Vice President

None

Neil McCarthy,
Vice President

None

Elizabeth McCormack,
Vice President

Vice President and Assistant Secretary of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Joseph McDonnell,
Vice President

None

Joseph McGovern,
Vice President

None

William McNamara,
Vice President

None

Mary McNamee,
Vice President

None

Michael Medev,
Assistant Vice President

None

Krishna Memani,
Senior Vice President

Formerly Managing Director and Head of the U.S. and European Credit Analyst Team at Deutsche Bank Securities (June 2006 through January 2009).

Jay Mewhirter,
Vice President

None

Andrew J. Mika,       Senior Vice President

None

Jan Miller,            Assistant Vice President

None

Scott Miller,                Vice President

Formerly Assistant Vice President at AXA Distributors, LLC (July 2005 – February 2008).

Rejeev Mohammed, Assistant Vice President

None

David Moore,
Vice President

Formerly Vice President at RNK Capital (June 2004 - September 2008).

Sarah Morrison,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jill Mulcahy,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

John V. Murphy,
Chairman & Director

Chief Executive Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (from June 2001 until December 2008); President and Management Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; President and Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Chairman and Director of Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc.; Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, Tremont Group Holdings, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments Inc.; Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Director of DLB Acquisition Corporation; a member of the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors.

Suzanne Murphy,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Thomas J. Murray,
Vice President

None

Christina Nasta,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Paul Newman,
Assistant Vice President

None

William Norman,
Assistant Vice President

None

James B. O’Connell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew O’Donnell,
Vice President

None

Lisa Ogren,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Tony Oh,
Vice President

None

John J. Okray,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

None

Kristina Olson,

Senior Vice President

None

Lerae A. Palumbo,
Assistant Vice President

None

Kim Pascalau,
Assistant Vice President

None

David P. Pellegrino,
Senior Vice President

None

Robert H. Pemble,
Vice President

None

Lori L. Penna,
Vice President

None

Brian Petersen,
Vice President

Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Marmeline Petion-Midy,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Pfeffer,
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation since February 2004.

James F. Phillips,
Senior Vice President

None

Gary Pilc,
Vice President

None

Jeaneen Pisarra,
Vice President

None

Christine Polak,
Vice President

None

Sergei Polevikov,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jeffrey Portnoy,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Preuss,
Assistant Vice President

None

Christopher Proctor,
Vice President

None

Ellen Puckett,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jodi Pullman,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Product Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (January 2007 – February 2008).

Paul Quarles,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael E. Quinn,
Vice President

None

Julie S. Radtke,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Ram,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006-May 2009) and Portfolio Manager Mid Cap Strategies.

Norma J. Rapini,
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Jill Reiter,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jason Reuter,
Assistant Vice President

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

Eric Rhodes,
Vice President

None

Maria Ribeiro De Castro,
Vice President

None

Grace Roberts,
Assistant Vice President

None

David Robertson,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; President and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation.

Robert Robis,
Vice President

None

Antoinette Rodriguez,
Vice President

None

Lucille Rodgriguez,
Assistant Vice President

None

Stacey Roode,
Senior Vice President

None

Jeffrey S. Rosen,
Vice President

None

Richard Royce,
Vice President

None

Erica Rualo,
Assistant Vice President

None

Adrienne Ruffle,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program.

Kim Russomanno,
Assistant Vice President

None

Gerald Rutledge,
Vice President

None

Julie Anne Ryan,
Vice President

None

Timothy Ryan,
Vice President

None

Rohit Sah,
Vice President

None

Gary Salerno,
Assistant Vice President

None

Valerie Sanders,
Vice President

None

Carlos Santiago,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Legal Disclosure and Paralegal Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Kurt Savallo,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Senior Business Analyst at OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Mary Beth Schellhorn,
Assistant Vice President

None

Ellen P. Schoenfeld,
Vice President

None

Kathleen Schmitz,
Assistant Vice President

Assistant Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation. Formerly Fund Accounting Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (November 2004 – February 2008).

Patrick Schneider,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jeffrey Schwartz,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager in Fund Operations at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (Sept 2006 – May 2009).

Scott A. Schwegel,
Assistant Vice President

None

Allan P. Sedmak,
Assistant Vice President

None

Matthew Severski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Lead IS Engineer at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (August 2006 – May 2009).

Jennifer L. Sexton,
Vice President

Senior Vice President of OFI Private Investments Inc.

Asutosh Shah,
Vice President

None

Kamal Shah,
Vice President

None

Navin Sharma,
Vice President

None

Tammy Sheffer,
Vice President

None

William Sheppard,
Vice President

Formerly an Investment Analyst (October 2004 – March 2008).

Mary Dugan Sheridan,
Vice President

None

Nicholas Sherwood,
Assistant Vice President

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

Joel Simon,
Vice President

Formerly Assistant Vice President at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (1999-2009).

David C. Sitgreaves,
Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Skatrud,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jan Smith,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds Inc. (May 2005 – June 2009).

Kevin Smith,
Vice President

None

Paul Snogren,
Assistant Vice President

None

Louis Sortino,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Astrid Yee-Sobraques,
Vice President

Formerly a manager at GE Corporate (September 2005 – September 2008).

Keith J. Spencer,
Senior Vice President

None

Marco Antonio Spinar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Alice Stein,
Vice President & Assistant Counsel

Director and Vice President at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (from 2004 – 2008).

Brett Stein,
Vice President

None

Richard A. Stein,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Arthur P. Steinmetz,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Jennifer Stevens,
Vice President

None

Benjamin Stewart,
Assistant Vice President

None

Peter Strzalkowski,
Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management, Inc.

Agata Strzelichowski,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly an associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. (December 2005 – July 2008).

Amy Sullivan,
Assistant Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (January 2006-March 2008).

Michael Sussman,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Brian C. Szilagyi,
Assistant Vice President

None

Vincent Toner,
Vice President

None

Matthew Torpey,
Assistant Vice President

None

Melinda Trujillo,
Vice President

None

Leonid Tsvayg,
Assistant Vice President

None

Keith Tucker,
Vice President

None

Angela Uttaro,
Assistant Vice President: Rochester Division

None

Mark S. Vandehey,
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Trinity Investment Management Corporation, OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, OFI Private Investments Inc. and OFI Trust Company and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Maureen Van Norstrand,
Vice President

None

Nancy Vann,
Vice President & Associate Counsel

None

Raman Vardharaj,
Vice President

Formerly a sector manager and a senior quantitative analyst at RS Investment Management Co. LLC (October 2006 - May 2009).

Rene Vecka,
Assistant Vice President:

Rochester Division

None

Elaine Villas-Obusan,
Assistant Vice President

None

Ryan Virag,
Assistant Vice President

None

Jake Vogelaar,
Assistant Vice President

None

Phillip F. Vottiero,
Senior Vice President

None

Mark Wachter,
Vice President

Formerly Manager at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (March 2005 – February 2008).

Darren Walsh,
Executive Vice President

President and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.

Lisa Walsh,
Assistant Vice President

None

Richard Walsh,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Private Investments.

Thomas Waters,
Vice President

Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Margaret Weaver,
Vice President

None

Jerry A. Webman,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Christopher D. Weiler,
Vice President:
Rochester Division

None

Christine Wells,
Vice President

None

Joseph J. Welsh,
Senior Vice President

Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.

Adam Wilde,
Assistant Vice President

None

Troy Willis,

Assistant Vice President,
Rochester Division

None

Mitchell Williams,
Vice President

None

Julie Wimer,
Assistant Vice President

None

Donna M. Winn,       Senior Vice President

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of OFI Private Investments Inc.; Director & President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Brian W. Wixted,

Senior Vice President

Treasurer of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; OppenheimerFunds International Ltd., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., OppenheimerFunds plc and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

Carol E. Wolf,
Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice President of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; serves on the Board of the Colorado Ballet.

Meredith Wolff,
Vice President

Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

Oliver Wolff,
Assistant Vice President

None

Caleb C. Wong,
Vice President

None

Edward C. Yoensky,
Assistant Vice President

None

Geoff Youell,
Assistant Vice President

None

Lucy Zachman,
Vice President

None

Robert G. Zack,   Executive Vice President &

General Counsel

General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; General Counsel and Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.; Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., OFI Private Investments Inc.; Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Trust Company; Director and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds International Limited; Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Director and Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings Inc.; Director of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Anna Zatulovskaya,
Assistant Vice President

None

Sara Zervos,
Vice President

None

Ronald Zibelli, Jr.
Vice President

Formerly Managing Director and Small Cap Growth Team Leader at Merrill Lynch.

Matthew Ziehl,
Vice President

Formerly a portfolio manager with RS Investment Management Co. LLC (from October 2006 - May 2009).

The Oppenheimer Funds include the following:
 

Centennial Government Trust

Centennial Money Market Trust
Limited Term New York Municipal Fund (a series of Rochester Portfolio Series)
OFI Tremont Core Strategies Hedge Fund
Oppenheimer Absolute Return Fund
Oppenheimer AMT-Free Municipals
Oppenheimer AMT-Free New York Municipals
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer Baring SMA International Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund
Oppenheimer Commodity Strategy Total Return Fund

Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Integrity Funds)

Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund

Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Fund
Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund
Oppenheimer Global Value Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund
Oppenheimer International Diversified Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund)
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.)
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer Master International Value Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC
Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust (3 series):
Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester National Municipals
Oppenheimer Portfolio Series (4 series)

Active Allocation Fund
Equity Investor Fund
Conservative Investor Fund

Moderate Investor Fund
Oppenheimer Portfolio Series Fixed Income Active Allocation Fund

Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund (a series of Oppenheimer Principal
Protected Trust)
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund II (a series of Oppenheimer Principal
Protected Trust II)
Oppenheimer Principal Protected Main Street Fund III (a series of Oppenheimer Principal
Protected Trust III)
Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds (3 series)
Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Quest International Value Fund
Oppenheimer Real Estate Fund
Oppenheimer Rising Dividends Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Arizona Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Double Tax-Free Municipals
Oppenheimer Rochester General Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Maryland Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Massachusetts Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Michigan Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Minnesota Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester North Carolina Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Rochester Ohio Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Rochester Virginia Municipal Fund

Oppenheimer Select Value Fund
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc. (1 series):

Oppenheimer Value Fund

Oppenheimer SMA Core Bond Fund
Oppenheimer SMA International Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund

Oppenheimer Transition 2010 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2015 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2020 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2025 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2030 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2040 Fund
Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund

Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds (11 series):
Oppenheimer Balanced Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund/VA
Oppenheimer MidCap Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Money Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Value Fund/VA
Panorama Series Fund, Inc. (3 series):
Growth Portfolio
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA
Total Return Portfolio
Rochester Fund Municipals
 
 

The address of the Oppenheimer funds listed above, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program is 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924.

The address of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., OFI Private Investments Inc., OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and OFI Trust Company is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008.

The address of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. is 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland.
 

The address of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Ltd., is One Silk Road, London, England EC27 8HQ

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

The address of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited is 13th Floor, Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong.

Item 27. Principal Underwriter

(a)     OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. is the Distributor of the Registrant's shares. It is also the Distributor of each of the other registered open-end investment companies for which OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser, as described in Part A and Part B of this Registration Statement and listed in Item 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:


Name & Principal
Business Address

Position & Office
with Underwriter

Position and Office
with Registrant

Timothy Abbuhl(1)

Vice President and Treasurer

None

Robert Agan(1)

Vice President

None

Anthony Allocco(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Janette Aprilante(2)

Secretary

None

James Barker
1723 W. Nelson Street
Chicago, IL 60657

Vice President

None

Kathleen Beichert(1)

Senior Vice President

None

Rocco Benedetto(2)

Vice President

None

Christopher Bergeron

Vice President

None

Rick Bettridge

11504 Flowering Plum Lane

Highland, UT 84003

Vice President

None

David A. Borrelli
105 Black Calla Ct.
San Ramon, CA 94583

Vice President

None

Jeffrey R. Botwinick

4431 Twin Pines Drive
Manlius, NY 13104

Vice President

None

Sarah Bourgraf(1)

Vice President

None

Bryan Bracchi

1124 Hampton Dr.

Allen, TX 75013

Vice President

None

Joshua Broad(2)

Vice President

None

Ken Broadsky (2)

Vice President

None

Kevin E. Brosmith
5 Deer Path

South Natlick, MA 01760

Senior Vice President

None

Jeffrey W. Bryan
1048 Malaga Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Vice President

None

Ross Burkstaller

211 Tulane Drive SE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Vice President

None

Michael Camarella(3)

Assistant Vice President

None

Robert Caruso
15 Deforest Road
Wilton, CT 06897

Vice President

None

Donelle Chisolm(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Andrew Chronofsky

Vice President

None

Angelanto Ciaglia(2)

Vice President

None

Melissa Clayton(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Craig Colby(2)

Vice President

None

Kent Colwell (1)

Vice President

None

Rodney Constable(1)

Vice President

None

Neev Crane
1530 Beacon Street, Apt. #1403
Brookline, MA 02446

Vice President

None

Michael Daley
40W387 Oliver Wendell Holmes St
St. Charles, IL 60175

Vice President

None

Fredrick Davis

14431 SE 61st Street

Bellevue, WA 98006

Vice President

None

John Davis(2)

Vice President

None

Stephen J. Demetrovits(2)

Vice President

None

Mark Demitry (3)

Vice President

None

Steven Dombrower
13 Greenbrush Court
Greenlawn, NY 11740

Vice President

None

Robert Dunphy (2)

Vice President

None

Beth Arthur Du Toit(1)

Vice President

None

Paul Eck
3055 Forest Ridge Court
Fairlawn, OH. 44333

Vice President

None

Kent M. Elwell
35 Crown Terrace
Yardley, PA 19067

Vice President

None

Gregg A. Everett
4328 Auston Way
Palm Harbor, FL 34685-4017

Vice President

None

George R. Fahey

9511 Silent Hills Lane
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Eric C. Fallon
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02458

Vice President

None

Kristie Feinberg(2)

Assistant Treasurer

None

James Fereday

Vice President

None

Joseph Fernandez
1717 Richbourg Park Drive
Brentwood, TN 37027

Vice President

None

Mark J. Ferro
104 Beach 221
st Street
Breezy Point, NY 11697

Senior Vice President

None

Eric P. Fishel
725 Boston Post Rd., #12
Sudbury, MA 01776

Vice President

None

Patrick W. Flynn
14083 East Fair Avenue
Englewood, CO 80111

Senior Vice President

None

John (“J”) Fortuna(2)

Vice President

None

Jayme D. Fowler
3818 Cedar Springs Road, #101-349
Dallas, TX 75219

Vice President

None

Diane Frankenfield(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Marcus Franz(3)

Vice President

None

Jerry Fraustro(2)

Vice President

None

William Friebel
2919 St. Albans Forest Circle
Glencoe, MO 63038

Vice President

None

Alyson Frost(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Greg Fulginite
515 N. Bemiston Ave.
St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Vice President

None

William Gahagan(2)

Vice President

None

Charlotte Gardner(1)

Vice President

None

David Goldberg(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Michael Gottesman
255 Westchester Way
Birmingham, MI 48009

Vice President

None

Raquel Granahan(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Robert Grill(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Grossjung
4002 N. 194
th Street
Elkhorn, NE 68022

Vice President

None

Michael D. Guman
3913 Pleasant Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103

Vice President

None

James E. Gunter

603 Withers Circle
Wilmington, DE 19810

Vice President

None

Kevin J. Healy(2)

Vice President

None

Kenneth Henry(2)

Vice President

None

Wendy G. Hetson(2)

Vice President

None

Jennifer Hoelscher(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Edward Hrybenko(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Amy Huber(1)

Assistant Vice President

None

Brian F. Husch
37 Hollow Road
Stonybrook, NY 11790

Vice President

None

Patrick Hyland(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Keith Hylind(2)

Vice President

None

Kathleen T. Ives(1)

Vice President & Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary

Shonda Rae Jaquez(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Johnson(1)

Vice President

None

Eric K. Johnson

8588 Colonial Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124

Senior Vice President

None

Elyse Jurman
5486 NW 42 Ave
Boca Raton, FL 33496

Vice President

None

Thomas Keffer(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Michael Keogh(2)

Vice President

None

Brian Kiley(2)

Vice President

None

Richard Klein
4820 Fremont Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55419

Senior Vice President

None

Richard Knott(1)

President and Director

None

Brent A. Krantz

61500 Tam McArthur Loop
Bend, OR 97702

Senior Vice President

None

Eric Kristenson(2)

Vice President

None

David T. Kuzia

10258 S. Dowling Way
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Vice President

None

Tracey Lange(2)

Vice President

None

John Laudadio

Vice President

None

Jesse Levitt(2)

Vice President

None

Julie Libby(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Eric J. Liberman

27 Tappan Ave., Unit West
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

Vice President

None

Malissa Lischin(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Christina Loftus(2)

Vice President

None

Thomas Loncar

1401 North Taft Street, Apt. 726
Arlington, VA 22201

Vice President

None

Peter Maddox(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Malik
546 Idylberry Road
San Rafael, CA 94903

Vice President

None

Steven C. Manns

1627 N. Hermitage Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622

Vice President

None

Todd A. Marion

24 Midland Avenue
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Vice President

None

LuAnn Mascia(2)

Vice President

None

Michael McDonald

11749 S Cormorant Circle

Parker, CO 80134

Vice President

None

John C. McDonough
533 Valley Road

New Canaan, CT 06840

Senior Vice President

None

Kent C. McGowan
9510 190
th Place SW

Edmonds, WA 98020

Vice President

None

Brian F. Medina

3009 Irving Street

Denver, CO 80211

Vice President

None

William Meerman
4939 Stonehaven Drive
Columbus, OH 43220

Vice President

None

Mark Mezzanotte
16 Cullen Way
Exeter, NH 03833

Vice President

None

Clint Modler(1)

Vice President

None

Robert Moser

9650 East Aspen Hill Circle

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Vice President

None

David W. Mountford

7820 Banyan Terrace
Tamarac, FL 33321

Vice President

None

James Mugno(2)

Vice President

None

Matthew Mulcahy(2)

Vice President

None

Wendy Jean Murray
32 Carolin Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Vice President

None

John S. Napier

17 Hillcrest Ave.
Darien, CT 06820

Vice President

None

Christina Nasta(2)

Vice President

None

Kevin P. Neznek(2)

Vice President

None

Christopher Nicholson(2)

Vice President

None

Chad Noel

Vice President

None

Timothy O’Connell(2)

Vice President

None

Janet Oleary(2)

Vice President

None

Alan Panzer
6755 Ridge Mill Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328

Vice President

None

Maria Paster(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Donald Pawluk(2)

Vice President

None

Brian C. Perkes
6 Lawton Ct.

Frisco, TX 75034

Vice President

None

Wayne Perry

3900 Fairfax Drive Apt 813

Arlington, VA 22203

Vice President

None

Charles K. Pettit(2)

Vice President

None

Aaron Pisani(1)

Vice President

None

Rachel Powers(1)

Vice President

None

Nicole Pretzel(2)

Vice President

None

Minnie Ra

100 Dolores Street, #203

Carmel, CA 93923

Vice President

None

Dustin Raring
27 Blakemore Drive
Ladera Ranch, CA 92797

Vice President

None

Michael A. Raso

3 Vine Place

Larchmont, NY 10538

Vice President

None

Richard E. Rath
46 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301

Vice President

None

Ramsey Rayan(2)

Vice President

None

William J. Raynor(4)

Vice President

None

Corry Read(2)

Vice President

None

David R. Robertson(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Ian M. Roche
7070 Bramshill Circle
Bainbridge, OH 44023

Vice President

None

Michael Rock
9016 Stourbridge Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078

Vice President

None

Stacey Roode(2)

Vice President

None

Thomas Sabow
6617 Southcrest Drive
Edina, MN 55435

Vice President

None

John Saunders
2251 Chantilly Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Vice President

None

Thomas Schmitt

40 Rockcrest Rd

Manhasset, NY 11030

Vice President

None

William Schories
3 Hill Street
Hazlet, NJ 07730

Vice President

None

Jennifer Sexton(2)

Vice President

None

Eric Sharp
862 McNeill Circle

Woodland, CA 95695

Vice President

None

Debbie A. Simon
55 E. Erie St., #4404

Chicago, IL 60611

Vice President

None

Bryant Smith

Vice President

None

Christopher M. Spencer
2353 W 118
th Terrace
Leawood, KS 66211

Vice President

None

John A. Spensley

375 Mallard Court
Carmel, IN 46032

Vice President

None

Michael Staples

4255 Jefferson St Apt 328

Kansas City, MO 64111

Vice President

None

Alfred St. John(2)

Vice President

None

Bryan Stein
8 Longwood Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043

Vice President

None

Wayne Strauss(3)

Assistant Vice President

None

Brian C. Summe
2479 Legends Way

Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Vice President

None

Kenneth Sussi(2)

Vice President

None

Michael Sussman(2)

Vice President

None

George T. Sweeney
5 Smokehouse Lane

Hummelstown, PA 17036

Senior Vice President

None

James Taylor(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Paul Temple(2)

Vice President

None

Troy Testa

Vice President

None

David G. Thomas
16628 Elk Run Court

Leesburg, VA 20176

Vice President

None

Mark S. Vandehey(1)

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Vincent Vermette(2)

Vice President

None

Teresa Ward(1)

Vice President

None

Janeanne Weickum(1)

Vice President

None

Michael J. Weigner
4905 W. San Nicholas Street

Tampa, FL 33629

Vice President

None

Donn Weise
3249 Earlmar Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Vice President

None

Chris G. Werner

98 Crown Point Place

Castle Rock, CO 80108

Vice President

None

Ryan Wilde(1)

Vice President

None

Julie Wimer(2)

Assistant Vice President

None

Donna Winn(2)

Senior Vice President

None

Peter Winters
911 N. Organce Ave, Apt. 514
Orlando, FL 32801

Vice President

None

Patrick Wisneski(1)

Vice President

None

Meredith Wolff(2)

Vice President

None

Michelle Wood(2)

Vice President

None

Cary Patrick Wozniak
18808 Bravata Court
San Diego, CA 92128

Vice President

None

John Charles Young
3914 Southwestern
Houston, TX 77005

Vice President

None

Jill Zachman(2)

Vice President

None

Robert G. Zack(2)

General Counsel & Director

Vice President & Secretary

Steven Zito(1)

Vice President

None

(1)6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, CO 80112-3924

(2)Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1008

(3)350 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14623

(4)Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Avenue, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02210
 
(c)     Not applicable.
 

Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records

The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. at its offices at 6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

Item 29. Management Services

Not applicable
 

Item 30. Undertakings

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 24th day of November, 2009.

OPPENHEIMER CASH RESERVES

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:

William L. Armstrong*     Chairman of the            November 24, 2009
---------------------------     Board of Trustees
William L. Armstrong
 
John V. Murphy*                President, Principal     November 24, 2009
------------------------         Executive Officer & Trustee
John V. Murphy     
 
Brian W. Wixted*              Treasurer, Principal     November 24, 2009
-------------------------        Financial &
Brian W. Wixted                Accounting Officer
 
 
George Bowen*                 Trustee                          November 24, 2009
----------------------
George Bowen
 
Edward Cameron*             Trustee                          November 24, 2009
------------------------
Edward Cameron

Jon S. Fossel*                    Trustee                          November 24, 2009
--------------------
Jon S. Fossel
 
Sam Freedman*                  Trustee                          November 24, 2009
---------------------
Sam Freedman
 
Beverly L. Hamilton*
-------------------------        Trustee                          November 24, 2009
Beverly L. Hamilton
 
Robert J. Malone*
-----------------------          Trustee                           November 24, 2009
Robert J. Malone
 
F. William Marshall, Jr.*     Trustee                        November 24, 2009
----------------------------
F. William Marshall, Jr.
 
*By: /s/ Kathleen T. Ives

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Kathleen T. Ives, Attorney-in-Fact

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OPPENHEIMER CASH RESERVES
 
Post-Effective Amendment No.
31

Registration Statement No. 33-23223

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.      Description

23(j)               Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent

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