Registration No.333-78269
File No. 811-09333
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. 1 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 2 [X]
OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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6803 S. Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code
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303-768-3200
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
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Andrew J. Donohue, Esq.
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OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
[ ] Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] On __________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph(a)(1)
[X] On October 28, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] On __________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Oppenheimer
Main Street Small Cap Fund
Prospectus dated October 28, 2000
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund is a mutual fund
that seeks capital appreciation to make your investment
grow. It emphasizes investments in common stocks and other
equity securities of companies having a small market
capitalization.
This Prospectus contains important information about
the Fund's objective, its investment policies, strategies
and risks. It also contains important information about how
to buy and sell shares of the Fund and other account
features. Please read this Prospectus carefully before you
invest and keep it for future reference about your account.
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.
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE FUND
Risk/Return Summary
The Fund's Past Performance
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Investment Objective, Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks
How the Fund is Managed
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
How to Buy Shares
Class A Shares
Class B Shares
Class C Shares
Class Y Shares
Special Investor Services
AccountLink
PhoneLink
OppenheimerFunds Internet Web Site
Retirement Plans
How to Sell Shares
By Mail
By Telephone
How to Exchange Shares
Shareholder Account Rules and Policies
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes
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RISK/RETURN SUMMARY
What Is the Fund's Investment Objective?
The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
What are The Fund's Objective and Investment Strategies?
The Fund invests mainly in common stocks of small-capitalization U.S. companies
that the Fund's investment manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the "Manager")
believes have favorable growth prospects or are undervalued by the Marketplace.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 65% of its total
assets in common stocks and other equity securities of "growth" and/or "value"
companies having a small market capitalization. The Fund incorporates a blended
style of investing combining both growth and value styles.
HOW DOES THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER SELECT SECURITIES?
In selecting securities for purchase or sale by the Fund, the Fund's portfolio
managers use an investment process that combines quantitative models,
fundamental research about particular securities and individual judgment. While
this process and the inter-relationship of the factors used may change over time
and its implementation may vary in particular cases, in general the selection
process involves the use of:
o Multi-factor quantitative models: These include a group of
"top-down" models that analyze data such as relative valuations,
relative price trends, interest rates and the shape of the yield
curve. These help direct portfolio emphasis by industries and
value or growth styles. A group of "bottom up" models helps to
rank stocks in a universe typically including the 1000 stocks that
follow the largest 1000 stocks in order of market capitalization,
selecting stocks for relative attractiveness by analyzing
fundamental stock and company characteristics.
o Fundamental research: The portfolio managers use internal research
and analysis by other market analysts, with emphasis on current
company news and industry-related events.
o Judgment: The portfolio is then continuously re-balanced by the
portfolio managers, using the quantitative tools and quantitative
factors described above.
In seeking broad diversification of the Fund's portfolio, the portfolio
managers currently search primarily for the following characteristics (although
these may vary over time and in different cases): o Companies with a small
market capitalization, primarily under $2.5 billion.
o Companies with management that has the ability to handle rapid growth. o
Companies between their start-up and emerging growth phases. o Companies with a
history of high earnings and revenue growth.
Who Is the Fund Designed For?
The Fund is designed primarily for investors seeking capital application in
their investment over the long term. Those investors should be willing to assume
the greater risks of short-term share price fluctuations that are typical for a
fund focusing on small-cap stocks. The Fund does not seek current income and the
income from its investments will likely be small, so it is not designed for
investors needing current income. Because of its focus on long-term capital
appreciation, the Fund may be appropriate for part of a retirement plan's
investments. However, the Fund is not a complete investment program.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN Risks of Investing in the Fund?
All investments carry risks to some degree. The Fund's investments in stocks are
subject to changes in their value from a number of factors, including changes in
general stock market movements (this is referred to as "market risk"). Stocks of
growth companies may provide greater opportunities for capital appreciation but
typically may be more volatile than other stocks. That volatility is likely to
be even greater for small-cap companies. There may be changes in value of a
particular stock because of an event affecting the issuer. In the case of
"value" stocks, the Fund may as a result of holding undervalued stocks hold
fewer companies that may become highly valued by the marketplace during times of
rapid market advances. This could cause the Fund to underperform other funds
with a pure growth style of investing.
At times, the Fund may increase the relative emphasis of its investments in a
particular industry. Therefore, it may be subject to the risks that economic,
political, or other events can have a negative effect on the values of
securities of issuers in that industry (this is referred to as "industry risk").
While the Manager and the portfolio managers are experienced in managing and
operating mutual funds, the Fund is a new fund with no operating history.
These risks collectively form the risk profile of the Fund, and can affect the
value of the Fund's investments, its investment performance and its price per
share. These risks mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund. When
you redeem your shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for
them.
The Manager tries to reduce risks by carefully researching securities before
they are purchased. The Fund attempts to reduce its exposure to market risks by
diversifying its investments, that is, by not holding a substantial percentage
of the stock of any one company and by not investing too great a percentage of
the Fund's assets in any one company. Also, the Fund does not concentrate 25% or
more of its assets in its investments in any one industry.
However, changes in the overall market prices of securities can occur at any
time. The share price of the Fund will change daily based on changes in market
prices of securities and market conditions, and in response to other economic
events. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective.
|X| Risks of Investing in Stocks. Because the Fund invests primarily in
common stocks, the value of the Fund's portfolio will be affected by changes in
the stock markets. Market risk will affect the Fund's net asset value per share,
which will fluctuate as the values of the Fund's portfolio securities change.
The prices of individual stocks do not all move in the same direction uniformly
or at the same time. Different stock markets may behave differently from each
other.
Additionally, stocks of issuers in a particular industry may be
affected by changes in economic conditions, government regulations, availability
of basic resources or supplies or other events that affect that industry more
than others. To the extent that the Fund increases the relative emphasis of its
investments in a particular industry, its share prices might fluctuate in
response to events affecting that industry. Other factors can affect a
particular stock's price, such as poor earnings reports by the issuer, loss of
major customers, or major litigation against the issuer.
|X| Special Risks of Small-Cap Stocks. The Fund invests mainly in stock
of small-cap companies, which generally are newer companies. While these stocks
may offer greater opportunities for long-term capital appreciation than larger,
more established companies, they involve substantially greater risks of loss and
price fluctuations. Small-cap companies may have limited product lines or
markets for their products, limited access to financial resources and less depth
in management skill than larger, more established companies.
Small-cap stocks may be less liquid than those of larger issuers. That
means the Fund could have greater difficulty selling a security of a small cap
issuer at an acceptable price, especially in periods of market volatility. That
increases the Fund's potential for losses. Also, it may take a substantial
period of time before the Fund realizes a gain on an investment in a small-cap
company, if it realizes any gain at all.
How Risky is the Fund Overall?
In the short term, small-cap stocks can be volatile. The price of the Fund's
shares can go up and down substantially. The Fund generally does not use
income-producing investments to help cushion the Fund's total return from
changes in stock prices, except for defensive purposes. Its share prices are
likely to fluctuate more than funds that emphasize large capitalization stocks,
or funds that focus on both stocks and bonds. The Fund is an aggressive
investment vehicle designed for investors willing to assume greater risks in the
hope of achieving greater long-term gains.
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An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency.
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The Fund's Past Performance
Because the Fund commenced operations on July 2, 1999, calendar year performance
information for 1999 is not included in this Prospectus. To obtain the Fund's
performance information, you can either contact the Transfer Agent at the
toll-free telephone number on the back cover of this Prospectus to request the
Fund's annual report or visit the OppenheimerFunds Internet web site at
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The Fund pays a variety of expenses directly for management of its assets,
administration, distribution of its shares and other services. Those expenses
are subtracted from the Fund's assets to calculate the Fund's net asset value
per share. All shareholders therefore pay those expenses indirectly.
Shareholders pay other expenses directly, such as sales charges and account
transaction charges. The following tables are provided to help you understand
the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The
numbers below are based on the Fund's expenses during its fiscal period ended
June 30, 2000.
Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):
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Class A Class B Class C Class Y
Shares Shares Shares Shares
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Maximum Sales Charge
(Load) on purchases 5.75% None None None
(as % of offering price)
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Maximum Deferred
Sales Charge
(Load) (as % of the lower None1 5%2 1%3 None
of the original offering
price or redemption
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1. A contingent deferred sales charge may apply to redemptions of investments of $1 million or more ($500,000 for retirement
plan accounts) of Class A shares. See "How to Buy Shares" for details.
2. Applies to redemptions in first year after purchase. The contingent deferred sales charge declines to 1% in the sixth year
and is eliminated after that.
3. Applies to shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets):
(% of average daily net assets)
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Class A Class B Class C Class Y
Shares Shares Shares Shares
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Management Fees % % % %
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Distribution and/or Service % % % None
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Other Expenses % % % %
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Expenses
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Expenses may vary in future years. "Other expenses" include transfer agent fees,
custodial expenses, and accounting and legal expenses that the Fund pays.
Examples. These examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing
in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The examples
assume that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for the time
periods indicated and reinvest your dividends and distributions.
The first example assumes that you redeem all of your shares at the end
of those periods. The second example assumes that you keep your shares. Both
examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the
class's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be higher or
lower because expenses will vary over time. Based on these assumptions your
expenses would be as follows:
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If shares are redeemed: 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years(1)
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Class A Shares $ $ $ $
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Class B Shares $ $ $ $
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Class C Shares $ $ $ $
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Class Y Shares $ $ $ $
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If shares are not redeemed: 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years(1)
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Class A Shares $ $ $ $
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Class B Shares $ $ $ $
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Class C Shares $ $ $ $
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Class Y Shares $ $ $ $
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In the first example, expenses include the initial sales charge for Class A and
the applicable Class B or Class C contingent deferred sales charges. In the
second example, the Class A expenses include the sales charge, but Class B and
Class C expenses do not include the contingent deferred sales charges.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RELATED RISKS.
Investment Objective
The allocation of the Fund's portfolio among different types of investments and
styles of investing will vary over time based upon the evaluation of particular
securities and economic and market trends by the Manager. 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.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Small-Cap Stocks. The Fund invests mainly in a diversified portfolio of common
stocks of smaller companies to seek capital appreciation. Small-cap growth
companies could include, for example, companies that are developing new products
or services, that have relatively favorable prospects, or that are expanding
into new and growing markets. They may be providing new products or services
that can enable them to capture a dominant or important market position. They
may have a special area of expertise or the capability to take advantage of
changes in demographic factors in a more profitable way than larger, more
established companies. Current examples include companies in the fields of
telecommunications, biotechnology, computer software, and new consumer products.
Small-cap value companies are those companies believed to be undervalued by the
marketplace. Current examples may include consumer grade and retail stocks.
The definition of small capitalization issuers used by the Manager is
based on the current market capitalization measurement used by Lipper
Analytical Services, Inc., an independent mutual fund rating company.
The range of assets can change and the Manager may choose another basis
for determining its definition of "small cap."
Investing in Small, Unseasoned Companies. The Fund can invest in small,
unseasoned companies. These are companies that have been in operation
less than three years, including the operations of any predecessors.
Because these companies have a limited operating history and may be
more dependent on the efforts of individual managers, their securities
may have limited liquidity and their prices may be very volatile. The
Fund currently does not intend to invest more than 20% of its net
assets in these securities.
Newer growth companies typically retain a large part of their earnings
for research, development or investment in capital assets. Therefore,
they do not tend to emphasize paying dividends, and may not pay any
dividends for some time after the Fund buys their stock. However, the
Fund does not have current income as a goal.
Can the Fund's Investment Objective and Policies Change? The Fund's Board of
Trustees can change non-fundamental investment policies without shareholder
approval, although significant changes will be described in amendments to this
Prospectus. Fundamental policies are those that cannot be changed without the
approval of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. The Fund's
objective is a fundamental policy. Investment restrictions that are fundamental
policies are listed in the Statement of Additional Information. An investment
policy is not fundamental unless this Prospectus or the Statement of Additional
Information says that it is.
Portfolio Turnover. The Fund can engage in short-term trading to try to achieve
its objective, however, it is not expected to have a portfolio turnover rate in
excess of 150% annually. Portfolio turnover affects brokerage costs the Fund
pays and high portfolio turnover can increase the costs the Fund pays and reduce
the performance of the Fund. If the Fund realizes capital gains when it sells
its portfolio investments, it must generally pay those gains out to
shareholders, increasing their taxable distributions.
Other Investment Strategies. To seek its objective, the Fund can also use the
investment techniques and strategies described below. The Fund might not always
use all of the different types of techniques and investments described below.
These techniques involve certain risks, although some are designed to help
reduce investment or market risks.
Other Investments. The Fund's investments are not limited only to small-cap
issuers. Under normal market conditions, up to 35% of the assets of the Fund can
be invested in securities of mid-size and large capitalization companies, if the
Manager believes they offer opportunities for growth.
Other Equity Securities. While the Fund emphasizes investments in common stocks,
it can also buy preferred stocks and securities convertible into common stock.
They can include domestic or foreign securities. The Fund does not expect to
invest more than 5% of its net assets in preferred stock and not more than 10%
of its net assets in convertible debt securities, although these limits can be
changed by the Manager.
Convertible Securities. Although some convertible securities are debt
securities, the Manager considers some of them to be "equity equivalents"
because they can be converted into common stock. Convertible debt securities are
subject to interest rate risk, which means that their prices vary inversely to
changes in interest rates: the prices of outstanding debt securities tend to
fall when prevailing interest rates rise and to rise when interest rates fall.
They are also subject to "credit risk," which is the risk that the issuer might
default on its obligation to pay interest and to repay principal in a timely
manner.
The Fund can buy rated or unrated convertible debt securities that are
investment grade, which are in the four highest rating categories of national
rating agencies. It can also buy securities that are below investment grade,
which are commonly called "junk bonds" and have greater risks of default than
investment grade securities. If debt securities are convertible, their rating
has less impact on the Manager's investment decision than in the case of other
debt securities.
Preferred Stock. Unlike common stock, preferred stock typically has a stated
dividend rate. Preferred stock dividends may be cumulative (they remain a
liability of the company until they are paid) or non-cumulative. When interest
rates rise, the value of preferred stock having a fixed dividend rate tends to
fall. The right to payment of dividends on preferred stock is generally
subordinate to the rights of a company's debt securities.
Foreign Investing. The Fund can buy securities of companies in any country,
including developed countries and emerging markets. There is no limit on the
amount of the Fund's assets that may be invested in foreign securities. However,
the Fund currently does not expect to invest more than 10% of its net assets in
foreign securities, although it may do so if the Manager believes that foreign
securities offer attractive growth opportunities.
Special Risks of Foreign Investing. While foreign securities offer special
investment opportunities, there are also special risks. The change in value of a
foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S.
dollar value of securities denominated in that foreign currency. Foreign issuers
are not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S.
companies are subject to. The value of foreign investments may be affected by
exchange control regulations, expropriation or nationalization of a company's
assets, foreign taxes, delays in settlement of transactions, changes in
governmental economic or monetary policy in the U.S. or abroad, or other
political and economic factors. Securities in emerging market countries may be
more difficult to sell and their prices may be more volatile.
Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments may be illiquid because there is
no active trading market for them. That may make it difficult for the Fund to
value them or dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. A restricted
security is one that has a contractual restriction on its resale or which cannot
be sold publicly until it is registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The
Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net assets in illiquid or restricted
securities. The Board can increase that limit to 15%. Certain restricted
securities that are eligible for resale to qualified institutional purchasers
may not be subject to that limit. The Manager monitors holdings of illiquid
securities on an ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to
maintain adequate liquidity.
Derivative Investments. The Fund can use derivatives to seek increased returns
or to try to hedge investment risks. In general terms, a derivative investment
is an investment contract whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value
of an underlying asset, interest rate and/or index. Options, futures, and
forward contracts are examples of derivatives the Fund can use. Currently, the
Fund does not intend to use these types of investments to a significant degree.
Special Risks of Derivatives. If the issuer of the derivative does not pay the
amount due, the Fund can lose money on the investment. Also, the underlying
security or investment on which the derivative is based, and the derivative
itself, may not perform the way the Manager expected it to perform. If that
happens, the Fund's share price could decline. Interest rate and stock market
changes in the U.S. and abroad may also influence the performance of
derivatives. Certain derivative investments held by the Fund may be illiquid.
The Fund has limits on the amount of particular types of derivatives it can
hold. However, using derivatives can cause the Fund to lose money on its
investment and/or increase the volatility of its share prices.
Hedging. The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of futures contracts, forward
contracts, and put and call options, including options on futures and securities
indices. These are all referred to as "hedging instruments." The Fund does not
currently anticipate using hedging extensively and does not use hedging
instruments for speculative purposes. It has limits on its use of hedging
instruments and is not required to use them in seeking its objective.
Some of these strategies could hedge the Fund's portfolio against price
fluctuations. Other hedging strategies, such as buying futures and call options,
could tend to increase the Fund's exposure to the securities market. Forward
contracts could be used to try to manage foreign currency risks on the Fund's
foreign investments.
Option trading involves the payment of premiums and has special tax effects on
the Fund. There are also special risks in particular hedging strategies. If the
Manager used a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judged market conditions
incorrectly, the strategy could reduce the Fund's return. The Fund could also
experience losses if the prices of its futures and options positions were not
correlated with its other investments or if it could not close out a position
because of an illiquid market.
Temporary Defensive Investments. In times of unstable or adverse market or
economic conditions, the Fund can invest up to 100% of its assets in temporary
defensive investments. Generally they would be highly-rated commercial paper and
money market instruments, U.S. government securities, and repurchase agreements.
The Fund can also hold these types of securities pending the investment of
proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or portfolio securities or to meet
anticipated redemptions of Fund shares. To the extent the Fund invests
defensively in these securities, it might not achieve its investment objective.
How the Fund Is Managed
The Manager. The Fund's investment Manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., 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 paid by the Fund to the Manager
and describes the expenses that the Fund is responsible to pay to conduct its
business.
The Manager has operated as an investment advisor since January 1960.
The Manager (including subsidiaries and affiliates) managed more than $120
billion in assets as of December 31, 1999, including investment companies,
including other Oppenheimer funds with more than 5 million shareholder accounts.
The Manager is located at Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York
10048-0203.
Portfolio Managers. The portfolio managers of the Fund are Charles Albers
and Mark Zavanelli. Mr. Albers is a Vice President of the Fund, a Senior Vice
President of the Manager and an officer and portfolio manager of other
Oppenheimer funds. Mr. Zavanelli is an Assistant Vice President of the Fund and
of the Manager.
Prior to joining the Manager in April 1998, Mr. Albers was a portfolio
manager at Guardian Investor Services (from 1972), the investment management
subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company. Before joining the Manager in
April 1998, Mr. Zavanelli was President of Waterside Capital Management, a
registered investment advisor (from August 1995), and a financial research
analyst for Elder Research (from June 1997). Prior to that he was a manager of
research services for ZPR Investment Management, Inc., an investment advisor
(from June 1992 to July 1995).
Advisory Fees. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the
Manager an advisory fee at an annual rate that declines on additional assets as
the Fund grows: 0.75% of the first $200 million of average annual net assets of
the Fund, 0.72% of the next $200 million, 0.69% of the next $200 million; 0.66%
of the next $200 million; and 0.60% of average annual net assets in excess of
$800 million.
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
How to Buy Shares
HOW DO YOU BUY SHARES? You can buy shares several ways -
o through any dealer, broker or financial institution that has a sales
agreement with the Fund's Distributor, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., or
o directly through the Distributor, or
o automatically through an Asset Builder Plan under the OppenheimerFunds
AccountLink service.
The Distributor may appoint certain servicing agents to accept purchase (and
redemption) orders. The Distributor, in its sole discretion, may reject any
purchase order for the Fund's shares.
Buying Shares Through Your Dealer. Your dealer will place your order with
the Distributor on your behalf.
Buying Shares Through the Distributor. Complete an OppenheimerFunds New
Account Application and return it with a check payable to "OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc." Mail it to P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217. If you
don't list a dealer on the application, the Distributor will act as your agent
in buying the shares. However, we recommend that you discuss your investment
with a financial advisor before you make a purchase to be sure that the Fund is
appropriate for you.
o Paying Shares by Federal Funds Wire. Shares purchased through the
Distributor may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. The minimum
investment is $2,500. Before sending a wire, call the Distributor's
Wire Department at 1-800-525-7048 to notify the Distributor of the
wire, and to receive further instructions.
o Buying Shares Through OppenheimerFunds AccountLink. With AccountLink,
shares are purchased for your account through the Automated Clearing
House (ACH) system. You can provide those instructions automatically,
under an Asset Builder Plan, described below, or by telephone
instructions using OppenheimerFunds PhoneLink, also described below.
Please refer to "AccountLink," below for more details.
o Buying Shares Through Asset Builder Plans. You may purchase shares of
the Fund (and up to four other Oppenheimer funds) automatically each
month from your account at a bank or other financial institution under
an Asset Builder Plan with AccountLink. Details are in the Asset
Builder Application and the Statement of Additional Information.
How Much Must You Invest? You can buy Fund shares with a minimum initial
investment of $1,000 and make additional investments at any time with as little
as $25. There are reduced minimum investments under special investment plans. o
With Asset Builder Plans, 403(b) plans, Automatic Exchange Plans and military
allotment plans, you can make initial and subsequent investments for as little
as $25. You can make additional purchases of at least $25 through AccountLink.
o Under retirement plans, such as IRAs, pension and profit-sharing plans
and 401(k) plans, you can start your account with as little as $250. If your IRA
is started under an Asset Builder Plan, the $25 minimum applies. Additional
purchases may be as little as $25.
o The minimum investment requirement does not apply to reinvesting
dividends from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds (a list of them appears in
the Statement of Additional Information, or you can ask your dealer or call the
Transfer Agent), or reinvesting distributions from unit investment trusts that
have made arrangements with the Distributor.
At What Price Are Shares Sold? Shares are sold at their offering price (the net
asset value per share plus any initial sales charge that applies). The offering
price that applies to a purchase order is based on the next calculation of the
net asset value per share that is made after the Distributor receives the
purchase order at its offices in Denver, Colorado, or after any agent appointed
by the Distributor receives the order and sends it to the Distributor. Shares
purchased through AccountLink normally will be purchased for your account two
business days after the regular business day on which you instruct the
Distributor to initiate the ACH transfer to buy the shares.
Net Asset Value. The net asset value of each class of shares is determined
as of the close of The New York Stock Exchange, on each day the Exchange is open
for trading (referred to in this Prospectus as a "regular business day"). The
Exchange normally closes at 4:00 P.M., New York time, but may close earlier on
some days. All references to time in this Prospectus mean "New York time."
The net asset value per share is determined by dividing the value of the
Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares of that class
that are outstanding. To determine net asset value, the Fund's Board of Trustees
has established procedures to value the Fund's securities, in general based on
market value. The Board has adopted special procedures for valuing illiquid and
restricted securities and obligations for which market values cannot be readily
obtained. Because some foreign securities trade in markets and on exchanges that
operate on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund's foreign
investments might change significantly on days when investors cannot buy or
redeem shares.
The Offering Price. To receive the offering price for a particular day, in
most cases the Distributor or its designated agent must receive your order by
the time of day The New York Stock Exchange closes that day. If your order is
received on a day when the Exchange is closed or after it has closed, the order
will receive the next offering price that is determined after your order is
received.
Buying Through a Dealer. If you buy shares through a dealer, your dealer
must receive the order by the close of The New York Stock Exchange and transmit
it to the Distributor so that it is received before the Distributor's close of
business on a regular business day (normally 5:00 P.M.) to receive that day's
offering price. Otherwise, the order will receive the next offering price that
is determined.
What Classes of Shares Does the Fund Offer? The Fund offers investors four
different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to
different expenses and will likely have different share prices. When you buy
shares, be sure to specify the class of shares. If you do not choose a class,
your investment will be made in Class A shares.
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Class A Shares. If you buy Class A shares, you pay an initial sales charge
(on investments up to $1 million for regular accounts or $500,000 for
certain retirement plans). The amount of that sales charge will vary
depending on the amount you invest. The sales charge rates are listed
in "How Can I Buy Class A Shares?" below.
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Class B Shares. If you buy Class B shares, you pay no sales charge at the
time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge.
If you sell your shares within six years of buying them, you will
normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. That contingent
deferred sales charge varies depending on how long you own your shares,
as described in "How Can I Buy Class B Shares?" below.
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Class C Shares. If you buy Class C shares, you pay no sales charge at the
time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge.
If you sell your shares within 12 months of buying them, you will
normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1%, as described in
"How Can I Buy Class C Shares?" below.
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Class Y Shares. Class Y shares are offered only to certain institutional
investors that have special agreements with the Distributor.
Which Class of Shares Should You Choose? Once you decide that the Fund is an
appropriate investment for you, the decision as to which class of shares is best
suited to your needs depends on a number of factors that you should discuss with
your financial advisor. Some factors to consider are how much you plan to invest
and how long you plan to hold your investment. If your goals and objectives
change over time and you plan to purchase additional shares, you should
re-evaluate those factors to see if you should consider another class of shares.
The Fund's operating costs that apply to a class of shares and the effect of the
different types of sales charges on your investment will vary your investment
results over time.
The discussion below is not exhaustive and is not intended to be
investment advice or a recommendation, because each investor's financial
considerations are different. You should review these factors with your
financial advisor. The discussion below assumes that you will purchase only one
class of shares, and not a combination of shares of different classes.
How Long Do You Expect to Hold Your Investment? While future financial
needs cannot be predicted with certainty, knowing how long you expect
to hold your investment will assist you in selecting the appropriate
class of shares. Because of the effect of class-based expenses, your
choice will also depend on how much you plan to invest. For example,
the reduced sales charges available for larger purchases of Class A
shares may, over time, offset the effect of paying an initial sales
charge on your investment, compared to the effect over time of higher
class-based expenses on shares of Class B or Class C.
o Investing for the Shorter Term. While the Fund is intended as a
long-term investment, if you have a relatively short-term investment
horizon (that is, you plan to hold your shares for not more than six
years), you should probably consider purchasing Class A or Class C
shares rather than Class B shares. That is because of the effect of the
Class B contingent deferred sales charge if you redeem within six
years, as well as the effect of the Class B asset-based sales charge on
the investment return for that class in the short-term. Class C shares
might be the appropriate choice (especially for investments of less
than $100,000), because there is no initial sales charge on Class C
shares, and the contingent deferred sales charge does not apply to
amounts you sell after holding them one year.
However, if you plan to invest more than $100,000 for the shorter term,
then as your investment horizon increases toward six years, Class C
shares might not be as advantageous as Class A shares. That is because
the annual asset-based sales charge on Class C shares will have a
greater impact on your account over the longer term than the reduced
front-end sales charge available for larger purchases of Class A
shares.
And for investors who invest $1 million or more, in most cases Class A
shares will be the most advantageous choice, no matter how long you
intend to hold your shares. For that reason, the Distributor normally
will not accept purchase orders of $500,000 or more of Class B shares
or $1 million or more of Class C shares from a single investor.
o Investing for the Longer Term. If you are investing less than $100,000
for the longer-term, for example for retirement, and do not expect to
need access to your money for seven years or more, Class B shares may
be appropriate.
Of course, these examples are based on approximations of the effect 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.
Are There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You? Some account
features may not be available to Class B or Class C shareholders.
Other features may not be advisable (because of the effect of the
contingent deferred sales charge) for Class B or Class C shareholders.
Therefore, you should carefully review how you plan to use your
investment account before deciding which class of shares to buy.
Additionally, the dividends payable to Class B and Class C shareholders
will be reduced by the additional expenses borne by those classes that
are not borne by Class A or Class Y shares, such as the Class B and
Class C asset-based sales charge described below and in the Statement
of Additional Information. Share certificates are not available for
Class B and Class C shares, and if you are considering using your
shares as collateral for a loan, that may be a factor to consider.
How Does It Affect Payments to My Broker? A salesperson, such as a broker,
may receive different compensation for selling one class of shares
than for selling another class. It is important to remember that Class
B and Class C contingent deferred sales charges and asset-based sales
charges have the same purpose as the front-end sales charge on sales
of Class A shares: to compensate the Distributor for commissions and
expenses it pays to dealers and financial institutions for selling
shares. The Distributor may pay additional compensation from its own
resources to securities dealers or financial institutions based upon
the value of shares of the Fund owned by the dealer or financial
institution for its own account or for its customers.
Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers. Appendix C to the Statement of
Additional Information details the conditions for the waiver of sales charges
that apply in certain cases, and the special sales charge rates that apply to
purchases of shares of the Fund by certain groups, or under specified retirement
plan arrangements or in other special types of transactions.
How Can I Buy Class A Shares? Class A shares are sold at their offering price,
which is normally net asset value plus an initial sales charge. However, in some
cases, described below, purchases are not subject to an initial sales charge,
and the offering price will be the net asset value. In other cases, reduced
sales charges may be available, as described below or in the Statement of
Additional Information. Out of the amount you invest, the Fund receives the net
asset value to invest for your account.
The sales charge varies depending on the amount of your purchase. A
portion of the sales charge may be retained by the Distributor or allocated to
your dealer as commission. The Distributor reserves the right to pay the entire
commission to dealers. The current sales charge rates and commissions paid to
dealers and brokers are as follows:
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Front-End Sales Charge Front-End Sales Charge Commission As
As a Percentage of As a Percentage of Net Percentage of Offering
Amount of Purchase Offering Price Amount Invested Price
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Less than $25,000 5.75% 6.10% 4.75%
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$25,000 or more but less than 5.50% 5.82% 4.75%
$50,000
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$50,000 or more but less than 4.75% 4.99% 4.00%
$100,000
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$100,000 or more but less than 3.75% 3.90% 3.00%
$250,000
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$250,000 or more but less than 2.50% 2.56% 2.00%
$500,000
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$500,000 or more but less than 2.00% 2.04% 1.60%
$1 million
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Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. There is no initial sales charge
on purchases of Class A shares of any one or more of the Oppenheimer
funds aggregating $1 million or more or for certain purchases by
particular types of retirement plans described in Appendix C to the
Statement of Additional Information. The Distributor pays dealers of
record commissions in an amount equal to 1.0% of purchases of $1
million or more other than by those retirement accounts. For those
retirement plan accounts, the commission is 1.0% of the first $2.5
million, plus 0.50% of the next $2.5 million, plus 0.25% of purchases
over $5 million, calculated on a 12 month basis. In either case, the
commission will be paid only on purchases that were not previously
subject to a front-end sales charge and dealer commission.1
If you redeem any of those shares within 18 months of the end of the
calendar month of their purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge
(called the "Class A contingent deferred sales charge") may be deducted
from the redemption proceeds. That sales charge will be equal to 1.0%
of the lesser of (1) the aggregate net asset value of the redeemed
shares at the time of redemption (excluding shares purchased by
reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions) or (2) the
original net asset value of the redeemed shares. However, the Class A
contingent deferred sales charge will not exceed the aggregate amount
of the commissions the Distributor paid to your dealer on all purchases
of Class A shares of all Oppenheimer funds you made that were subject
to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge.
In determining whether a contingent deferred sales charge is payable
when shares are redeemed, the Fund will first redeem shares that are
not subject to the sales charge, including shares purchased by
reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Then the Fund will redeem
other shares in the order in which you purchased them. The Class A
contingent deferred sales charge is waived in certain cases described
in Appendix C to the Statement of Additional Information. In order to
receive a waiver of the Class A contingent deferred sales charge, you
must notify the Transfer Agent when purchasing shares whether any of
the special conditions apply.
The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is not charged on
exchanges of shares under he Fund's exchange privilege (described
below). However, if the shares acquired by exchange are redeemed within
18 calendar months of the end of the calendar month in which the
exchanged shares were originally purchased, then the sales charge will
apply.
Can You Reduce Class A Sale Charges? You may be eligible to buy Class A
shares at reduced sales charge rates under the Fund's "Right of
Accumulation" or a Letter of Intent, as described in "Reduced Sales
Charges" in the Statement of Additional Information. The Class A
initial and contingent deferred sales charges are not imposed in the
circumstances described in Appendix C to the Statement of Additional
Information.
How Can I Buy Class B Shares? Class B shares are sold at net asset value per
share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class B shares are redeemed
within 6 years of their purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge will be
deducted from the redemption proceeds. The Class B contingent deferred sales
charge is paid to compensate the Distributor for its expenses of providing
distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B
shares.
The contingent deferred sales charge will be based on the lesser of the
net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption or the original
net asset value. The contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed on: o the
amount of your account value represented by an increase in net asset value over
the initial purchase price, o shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends
or capital gains distributions, or o shares redeemed in the special
circumstances described in Appendix C to the Statement of Additional
Information.
To determine whether the contingent deferred sales charge applies to a
redemption, the Fund redeems shares in the following order:
1. shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions,
2. shares held for over 6 years, and
3. shares held the longest during the 6-year period.
The amount of the contingent deferred sales charge will depend on the
number of years since you invested and the dollar amount being redeemed,
according to the following schedule:
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Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on
Years Since Beginning of Month in Which Redemptions in That Year
Purchase Order was Accepted (As % of Amount Subject to Charge)
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0 - 1 5.0%
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1 - 2 4.0%
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2 - 3 3.0%
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3 - 4 3.0%
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4 - 5 2.0%
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5 - 6 1.0%
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6 and following None
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In the table, a "year" is a 12-month period. In applying the sales charge, the
holding period is measured from the day you purchase the shares.
AutomaticConversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert to
Class A shares 72 months after you purchase them. This conversion
feature relieves Class B shareholders of the asset-based sales charge
that applies to Class B shares under the Class B Distribution and
Service Plan, described below. The conversion is based on the relative
net asset value of the two classes, and no sales load or other charge
is imposed. When Class B shares convert, a prorated portion of any
other Class B shares that were acquired by the reinvestment of
dividends and distributions will also convert to Class A shares. For
further information on the conversion feature and its tax implications,
see "Class B Conversion" in the Statement of Additional Information.
How Can I Buy Class C Shares? Class C shares are sold at net asset value per
share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class C shares are redeemed
within 12 months of their purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%
will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. The Class C contingent deferred
sales charge is paid to compensate the Distributor for its expenses of providing
distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class C
shares.
The contingent deferred sales charge will be based on the lesser of the
net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption or the original
net asset value. The contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed on: o the
amount of your account value represented by the increase in net asset value over
the initial purchase price, o shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends
or capital gains distributions, or o shares redeemed in the special
circumstances described in Appendix C to the Statement of Additional
Information.
To determine whether the contingent deferred sales charge applies to a
redemption, the Fund redeems shares in the following order:
1. shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions,
2. shares held for over 12 months, and
3. shares held the longest during the 12-month period.
Who Can Buy Class Y Shares? Class Y shares are sold at net asset value per share
without sales charge directly to institutional investors that have special
agreements with the Distributor for this purpose. They may include insurance
companies, registered investment companies and employee benefit plans. For
example, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of the
Manager, may purchase Class Y shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds (as
well as Class Y shares of funds advised by MassMutual) for asset allocation
programs, investment companies or separate investment accounts it sponsors and
offers to its customers. Individual investors are not able to buy Class Y shares
directly.
An institutional investor that buys Class Y shares for its customers'
accounts may impose charges on those accounts. The procedures for buying,
selling, exchanging and transferring the Fund's other classes of shares and the
special account features available to investors buying those other classes of
shares do not apply to Class Y shares. An exception is that the time those
orders must be received by the Distributor or its agents or by the Transfer
Agent is the same for Class Y as for other share classes. However, those
instructions must be submitted by the institutional investor, not by its
customers for whose benefit the shares are held.
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans.
Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class
A shares. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs
incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares.
Reimbursement is made quarterly at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the
average annual net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. The
Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers, brokers,
banks and other financial institutions quarterly for providing personal
service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class
A shares.
Distribution and Service Plans for Class B and Class C Shares. The Fund has
adopted Distribution and Service Plans for Class B and Class C shares
to pay the Distributor for its services and costs in distributing Class
B and Class C shares and servicing accounts. Under the plans, the Fund
pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% per
year on Class B shares and on Class C shares. The Distributor also
receives a service fee of 0.25% per year under each plan.
The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and
Class C expenses by 1.00% of the net assets per year of the respective
class. Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an
ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your
investment and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.
The Distributor uses the service fees to compensate dealers for
providing personal services for accounts that hold Class B or Class C
shares. The Distributor pays the 0.25% service fees to dealers in
advance for the first year after the shares were sold by the dealer.
After the shares have been held for a year, the Distributor pays the
service fees to dealers on a quarterly basis.
The Distributor currently pays sales commissions of 3.75% of the
purchase price of Class B shares to dealers from its own resources at
the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sales of
Class B shares is therefore 4.00% of the purchase price. The
Distributor retains the Class B asset-based sales charge.
The Distributor currently pays sales commissions of 0.75% of the
purchase price of Class C shares to dealers from its own resources at
the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
Class C shares is therefore 1.00% of the purchase price. The
Distributor pays the asset-based sales charge as an ongoing commission
to the dealer on Class C shares that have been outstanding for a year
or more.
Special Investor Services
AccountLink. You can use our AccountLink feature to link your Fund account
with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial institution. It must be an
Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:
o transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by telephone
(through a service representative or by PhoneLink) or automatically under
Asset Builder Plans, or
o have the Transfer Agent send redemption proceeds or transmit dividends and
distributions directly to your bank account. Please call the Transfer Agent
for more information.
You may purchase shares by telephone only after your account has been
established. To purchase shares in amounts up to $250,000 through a telephone
representative, call the Distributor at 1-800-852-8457. The purchase payment
will be debited from your bank account.
AccountLink privileges should be requested on your Application or your
dealer's settlement instructions if you buy your shares through a dealer. After
your account is established, you can request AccountLink privileges by sending
signature-guaranteed instructions to the Transfer Agent. AccountLink privileges
will apply to each shareholder listed in the registration on your account as
well as to your dealer representative of record unless and until the Transfer
Agent receives written instructions terminating or changing those privileges.
After you establish AccountLink for your account, any change of bank account
information must be made by signature-guaranteed instructions to the Transfer
Agent signed by all shareholders who own the account.
PhoneLink. PhoneLink is the OppenheimerFunds automated telephone system that
enables shareholders to perform a number of account transactions automatically
using a touch-tone phone. PhoneLink may be used on already-established Fund
accounts after you obtain a Personal Identification Number (PIN), by calling the
special PhoneLink number, 1-800-533-3310.
Purchasing Shares. You may purchase shares in amounts up to $100,000 by phone,
by calling 1-800-533-3310. You must have established AccountLink
privileges to link your bank account with the Fund to pay for these
purchases.
Exchanging Shares. With the OppenheimerFunds exchange privilege, described
below, you can exchange shares automatically by phone from your Fund
account to another OppenheimerFunds account you have already
established by calling the special PhoneLink number.
Selling Shares. You can redeem shares by telephone automatically by calling the
PhoneLink number and the Fund will send the proceeds directly to your
AccountLink bank account. Please refer to "How to Sell Shares," below
for details.
Can You Submit Transaction Requests by Fax? You may send requests for certain
types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier). Please
call 1-800-525-7048 for information about which transactions may be handled this
way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are subject to the same rules and
restrictions as written and telephone requests described in this Prospectus.
OppenheimerFunds Internet Web Site. You can obtain information about the Fund,
as well as your account balance, on the OppenheimerFunds Internet web site, at
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Additionally, shareholders listed in the
account registration (and the dealer of record) may request certain account
transactions through a special section of that web site. To perform account
transactions, you must first obtain a personal identification number (PIN) by
calling the Transfer Agent at 1-800-533-3310. If you do not want to have
Internet account transaction capability for your account, please call the
Transfer Agent at 1-800-525-7048. At times, the web site may be inaccessible or
its transactions features may be unavailable.
Automatic Withdrawal and Exchange Plans. The Fund has several plans that enable
you to sell shares automatically or exchange them to another OppenheimerFunds
account on a regular basis. Please call the Transfer Agent or consult the
Statement of Additional Information for details.
Reinvestment Privilege. If you redeem some or all of your Class A or Class B
shares of the Fund, you have up to 6 months to reinvest all or part of the
redemption proceeds in Class A shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds
without paying a sales charge. This privilege applies only to Class A shares
that you purchased subject to an initial sales charge and to Class A or Class B
shares on which you paid a contingent deferred sales charge when you redeemed
them. This privilege does not apply to Class C or Class Y shares. You must be
sure to ask the Distributor for this privilege when you send your payment.
Retirement Plans. You may buy shares of the Fund for your retirement plan
account. If you participate in a plan sponsored by your employer, the plan
trustee or administrator must buy the shares for your plan account. The
Distributor also offers a number of different retirement plans that can be used
by individuals and employers:
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), including regular IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLE
IRAs, rollover IRAs and Education IRAs.
SEP-IRAs, which are Simplified Employee Pensions Plan IRAs for small business
owners or self-employed individuals.
403(b)(7) Custodial Plans, that are tax deferred plans for employees of eligible
tax-exempt organizations, such as schools, hospitals and charitable
organizations.
401(k) Plans, which are special retirement plans for businesses.
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans, designed for businesses and self-employed
individuals.
Please call the Distributor for OppenheimerFunds retirement plan documents,
which include applications and important plan information.
How to Sell Shares
You can sell (redeem) some or all of your shares on any regular business day.
Your shares will be sold at the next net asset value calculated after your order
is received in proper form (which means that it must comply with the procedures
described below) and is accepted by the Transfer Agent. The Fund lets you sell
your shares by writing a letter or by telephone. You can also set up Automatic
Withdrawal Plans to redeem shares on a regular basis. If you have questions
about any of these procedures, and especially if you are redeeming shares in a
special situation, such as due to the death of the owner or from a retirement
plan account, please call the Transfer Agent first, at 1-800-525-7048, for
assistance.
Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund
from fraud, the following redemption requests must be in writing and
must include a signature guarantee (although there may be other
situations that also require a signature guarantee):
o You wish to redeem $100,000 or more and receive a check
o The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the account
statement o The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your
account statement o Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a
different owner or name o Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an
Executor) other than the owners
Where Can I Have My Signature Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will accept a
guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions, including: by
a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association, or by a foreign
bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank, or by a U.S. registered dealer or
broker in securities, municipal securities or government securities, or by a
U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities association or a
clearing agency. If you are signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership or
other business or as a fiduciary, you must also include your title in the
signature.
Retirement Plan Accounts. There are special procedures to sell shares in an
OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account. Call the Transfer Agent for a
distribution request form. Special income tax withholding requirements apply to
distributions from retirement plans. You must submit a withholding form with
your redemption request to avoid delay in getting your money and if you do not
want tax withheld. If your employer holds your retirement plan account for you
in the name of the plan, you must ask the plan trustee or administrator to
request the sale of the Fund shares in your plan account.
How Do I Sell Shares by Mail? Write a letter of instructions that includes: o
Your name o The Fund's name o Your Fund account number (from your account
statement) o The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed o Any special
payment instructions o Any share certificates for the shares you are selling o
The signatures of all registered owners exactly as the account is registered,
and
o Any special documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure proper
authorization of the person asking to sell the shares.
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Use the following address Send courier or express mail requests to:
for requests by mail: OppenheimerFunds Services
OppenheimerFunds Services 10200 E. Girard Avenue, Building D
P.O. Box 5270 Denver, Colorado 80231
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270
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How Do I Sell Shares by Telephone? You and your dealer representative of record
may also sell your shares by telephone. To receive the redemption price on a
regular business day, your call must be received by the Transfer Agent by the
close of The New York Stock Exchange that day, which is normally 4:00 P.M., but
may be earlier on some days. You may not redeem shares held in an
OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account or under a share certificate by
telephone.
o To redeem shares through a service representative, call 1-800-852-8457
o To redeem shares automatically on PhoneLink, call 1-800-533-3310
Whichever method you use, you may have a check sent to the address on
the account statement, or, if you have linked your Fund account to your bank
account on AccountLink, you may have the proceeds sent to that bank account.
Are There Limits on Amounts Redeemed by Telephone?
TelephoneRedemptions Paid by Check. Up to $100,000 may be redeemed by telephone
in any 7-day period. The check must be payable to all owners of record
of the shares and must be sent to the address on the account statement.
This service is not available within 30 days of changing the address on
an account.
TelephoneRedemptions Through AccountLink. There are no dollar limits on
telephone redemption proceeds sent to a bank account designated when
you establish AccountLink. Normally the ACH transfer to your bank is
initiated on the business day after the redemption. You do not receive
dividends on the proceeds of the shares you redeemed while they are
waiting to be transferred.
Can I Sell Shares Through My Dealer? The Distributor has made arrangements to
repurchase Fund shares from dealers and brokers on behalf of their customers.
Brokers or dealers may charge for that service. If your shares are held in the
name of your dealer, you must redeem them through your dealer.
How to Exchange Shares
Shares of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of certain Oppenheimer funds at
net asset value per share at the time of exchange, without sales charge. To
exchange shares, you must meet several conditions: o Shares of the fund selected
for exchange must be available for sale in your state of residence. o The
prospectuses of this Fund and the fund whose shares you want to buy must offer
the exchange privilege. o You must hold the shares you buy when you establish
your account for at least 7 days before you can exchange them. After the
account is open 7 days, you can exchange shares every regular business day.
o You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the fund you purchase by
exchange. o Before exchanging into a fund, you should obtain and read its
prospectus.
Shares of a particular class of the Fund may be exchanged only for shares of the
same class in the other Oppenheimer funds. For example, you can exchange Class A
shares of this Fund only for Class A shares of another fund. In some cases,
sales charges may be imposed on exchange transactions. For tax purposes,
exchanges of shares involve a sale of the shares of the fund you own and a
purchase of the shares of the other fund, which may result in a capital gain or
loss. Please refer to "How to Exchange Shares" in the Statement of Additional
Information for more details.
You can find a list of Oppenheimer funds currently available for
exchanges in the Statement of Additional Information or obtain one by calling a
service representative at 1.800.525.7048. That list can change from time to
time.
How Do You Submit Exchange Requests? Exchanges may be requested in writing
or by telephone: Written Exchange Requests. Submit an OppenheimerFunds Exchange
Request form, signed by all owners of the account. Send it to the Transfer Agent
at the address on the back cover. Exchanges of shares held under certificates
cannot be processed unless the Transfer Agent receives the certificates with the
request.
Telephone Exchange Requests. Telephone exchange requests may be made either
by calling a service representative at 1-800-852-8457, or by using PhoneLink for
automated exchanges by calling 1-800-533-3310. Telephone exchanges may be made
only between accounts that are registered with the same name(s) and address.
Shares held under certificates may not be exchanged by telephone.
Are There Limitations on Exchanges? There are certain exchange policies you
should be aware of:
o Shares are normally redeemed from one fund and purchased from the other
fund in the exchange transaction on the same regular business day on
which the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request that conforms to
the policies described above. It must be received by the close of The
New York Stock Exchange that day, which is normally 4:00 P.M. but may
be earlier on some days. However, either fund may delay the purchase of
shares of the fund you are exchanging into up to seven days if it
determines it would be disadvantaged by a same-day exchange. For
example, the receipt of multiple exchange requests from a "market
timer" might require the Fund to sell securities at a disadvantageous
time or price.
o Because excessive trading can hurt fund performance and harm
shareholders, the Fund reserves the right to refuse any exchange
request that it believes will disadvantage it, or to refuse multiple
exchange requests submitted by a shareholder or dealer.
o The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any
time. The Fund may impose these changes at any time, although it will
provide you notice when it is able to do so or when it is required to
do so.
o If the Transfer Agent cannot exchange all the shares you request
because of a restriction cited above, only the shares eligible for
exchange will be exchanged.
Shareholder Account Rules and Policies
More information about the Fund's policies and procedures for buying, selling,
and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
The offering of shares may be suspended during any period in which the
determination of net asset value is suspended, and the offering may be
suspended by the Board of Trustees at any time the Board believes it
is in the Fund's best interest to do so.
Telephonetransaction privileges for purchases, redemptions or exchanges may
be modified, suspended or terminated by the Fund at any time. If an
account has more than one owner, the Fund and the Transfer Agent may
rely on the instructions of any one owner. Telephone privileges apply
to each owner of the account and the dealer representative of record
for the account unless the Transfer Agent receives cancellation
instructions from an owner of the account.
The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data
concerning transactions and has adopted other procedures to confirm
that telephone instructions are genuine, by requiring callers to
provide tax identification numbers and other account data or by using
PINs, and by confirming such transactions in writing. The Transfer
Agent and the Fund will not be liable for losses or expenses arising
out of telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.
Redemption or transfer requests will not be honored until the Transfer
Agent receives all required documents in proper form. From time to
time, the Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain of the
requirements for redemptions stated in this Prospectus.
Dealers that can perform account transactions for their clients by
participating in NETWORKING through the National Securities Clearing
Corporation are responsible for obtaining their clients' permission to
perform those transactions, and are responsible to their clients who
are shareholders of the Fund if the dealer performs any transaction
erroneously or improperly.
The redemption price for shares will vary from day to day because the
value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio fluctuates. The
redemption price, which is the net asset value per share, will
normally differ for each class of shares. The redemption value of your
shares may be more or less than their original cost.
Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is forwarded by
check or through AccountLink or by Federal Funds wire (as elected by
the shareholder) within seven days after the Transfer Agent receives
redemption instructions in proper form. However, under unusual
circumstances determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
payment may be delayed or suspended. For accounts registered in the
name of a broker-dealer, payment will normally be forwarded within
three business days after redemption.
The Transfer Agent may delay forwarding a check or processing a payment
via AccountLink for recently purchased shares, but only until the
purchase payment has cleared. That delay may be as much as 10 days
from the date the shares were purchased. That delay may be avoided if
you purchase shares by Federal Funds wire or certified check, or
arrange with your bank to provide telephone or written assurance to
the Transfer Agent that your purchase payment has cleared.
Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Fund if the
account value has fallen below $500 for reasons other than the fact
that the market value of shares has dropped. In some cases involuntary
redemptions may be made to repay the Distributor for losses from the
cancellation of share purchase orders.
Shares may be "redeemed in kind" under unusual circumstances (such as a
lack of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions). This
means that the redemption proceeds will be paid with liquid securities
from the Fund's portfolio.
"Backup Withholding" of federal income tax may be applied against taxable
dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds (including exchanges)
if you fail to furnish the Fund your correct, certified Social
Security or Employer Identification Number when you sign your
application, or if you under-report your income to the Internal
Revenue Service.
To avoid sending duplicate copies of materials to households, the Fund
will mail only one copy of each annual and semi-annual report to
shareholders having the same last name and address on the Fund's
records. However, each shareholder may call the Transfer Agent at
1-800-525-7048 to ask that copies of those materials be sent
personally to that shareholder.
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes
Dividends. The Fund intends to declare dividends separately for each class of
shares from net investment income annually and to pay them to shareholders in
December on a date selected by the Board of Trustees. Dividends and other
distributions paid on Class A and Class Y shares will generally be higher than
dividends for Class B and Class C shares, which normally have higher expenses
than Class A and Class Y. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot
guarantee that it will pay any dividends or other distributions.
Capital Gains. The Fund may realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio
securities. If it does, it may make distributions out of any net short-term or
long-term capital gains in December of each year. The Fund may make supplemental
distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end of its fiscal
year. There can be no assurance that the Fund will pay any capital gains
distributions in a particular year.
What Choices Do I Have for Receiving Distributions? When you open your account,
specify on your application how you want to receive your dividends and
distributions. You have four options:
Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest all dividends
and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the Fund.
Reinvest Dividends or Capital Gains. You can elect to reinvest some
distributions (dividends, short-term capital gains or long-term capital
gains distributions) in the Fund while receiving other types of
distributions by check or having them sent to your bank account through
AccountLink.
Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive a check for all
dividends and capital gains distributions or have them sent to your
bank through AccountLink.
Reinvest Your Distributions in Another OppenheimerFunds Account. You can
reinvest all distributions in the same class of shares of another
OppenheimerFunds account you have established.
Taxes. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred retirement account, you
should be aware of the following tax implications of investing in the Fund.
Distributions are subject to federal income tax and may be subject to state or
local taxes. Dividends paid from short-term capital gains and net investment
income are taxable as ordinary income. Long-term capital gains are taxable as
long-term capital gains when distributed to shareholders. It does not matter how
long you have held your shares. Whether you reinvest your distributions in
additional shares or take them in cash, the tax treatment is the same.
Every year the Fund will send you and the IRS a statement showing the
amount of any taxable distribution you received in the previous year. Any
long-term capital gains will be separately identified in the tax information the
Fund sends you after the end of the calendar year.
Avoid "Buying a Dividend". If you buy shares on or just before the
ex-dividend date or just before the Fund declares a capital gain
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.
Remember,There May be Taxes on Transactions. Because the Fund's share price
fluctuates, you may have a capital gain or loss when you sell or
exchange your shares. A capital gain or loss is the difference between
the price you paid for the shares and the price you received when you
sold them. Any capital gain is subject to capital gains tax.
Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases, distributions made by the Fund
may be considered a non-taxable return of capital to shareholders. If
that occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.
This information is only a summary of certain federal income tax
information about your investment. You should consult with your tax adviser
about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation.
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INFORMATION AND SERVICES
For more information on Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
The following additional information about the Fund is available without charge
upon request:
Statement of Additional Information This document includes additional
information about the Fund's investment policies, risks, and operations. It is
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus (which means it is legally part
of this Prospectus).
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports Additional information about the Fund's
investments and performance will be available in the Fund's Annual and
Semi-Annual Reports to shareholders. The Annual Report will include a discussion
of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the
Fund's performance during its last fiscal year.
How to Get More Information:
You can request the Statement of Additional Information, the Annual and
Semi-Annual Reports (when they are available), and other information about the
Fund or your account:
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By Telephone: Call OppenheimerFunds Services toll-free:
1-800-525-7048
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By Mail: Write to:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270
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On the Internet: You can send us a request by e-mail
or read or down-load documents on the
OppenheimerFunds web site:
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com
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You can also obtain copies of the Statement of Additional Information and other
Fund documents and reports by visiting the SEC's Public Reference Room in
Washington, D.C. (Phone 1-800-SEC-0330) or the SEC's Internet web site at
http://www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained upon payment of a duplicating fee by
writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-6009.
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.
The Fund's shares are distributed by:
SEC File No. 811-09333
PR0847.001.1000
Printed on recycled paper.
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Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
1-800-525-7048
Statement of Additional Information dated October 28, 2000
This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus. This
document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements
information in the Prospectus dated October 27, 2000. It should be read together
with the Prospectus. You can obtain the Prospectus by writing to the Fund's
Transfer Agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado
80217, or by calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number shown above, or
by downloading it from the OppenheimerFunds Internet web site at
www.oppenheimerfunds.com.
Contents Page
About the Fund
Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks...........
The Fund's Investment Policies.............................................
Other Investment Techniques and Strategies.................................
Investment Restrictions....................................................
How the Fund is Managed ........................................................
Organization and History...................................................
Trustees and Officers......................................................
The Manager................................................................
Brokerage Policies of the Fund..................................................
Distribution and Service Plans..................................................
Performance of the Fund.........................................................
About Your Account
How To Buy Shares...............................................................
How To Sell Shares..............................................................
How To Exchange Shares..........................................................
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes..............................................
Additional Information About the Fund...........................................
Financial Information About the Fund
Independent Auditors' Report....................................................
Financial Statements............................................................
Appendix A: Ratings Definitions............................................ A-1
Appendix B: Industry Classifications....................................... B-1
Appendix C: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers.................. C-1
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A B O U T T H E F U N D
Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks
The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the
main risks of the Fund are described in the Prospectus. This Statement of
Additional Information contains supplemental information about those policies
and risks and the types of securities that the Fund's investment Manager,
OppenheimerFunds, Inc., can select for the Fund. Additional information is also
provided about the strategies that the Fund may use to try to achieve its
objective.
The Fund's Investment Policies. The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the
techniques and strategies that the Fund's Manager may use in selecting portfolio
securities will vary over time. The Fund is not required to use all of the
investment techniques and strategies described below at all times in seeking its
goal. It may use some of the special investment techniques and strategies at
some times or not at all.
|X| Investments in Small-Cap Equity Securities. The Fund focuses its
investments in equity securities of small cap growth and/or undervalued
companies. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, rights and
warrants, and securities convertible into common stock. The Fund's investments
primarily include stocks of companies having a market capitalization of up to
$2.5 billion.
The Fund can also hold a portion of its assets in securities of issuers
having a larger market capitalization. Although under normal market conditions,
the Fund will invest at least 65% of its total assets in equity securities
having small market capitalization, at times, in the Manager's view, the market
may favor or disfavor securities of issuers of a particular capitalization
range. Therefore the Fund may focus its equity investments in securities of one
or more capitalization ranges, based upon the Manager's judgment of where the
best market opportunities are to seek the Fund's objective.
Current income is not a criterion used to select portfolio securities.
However, certain debt securities may be selected for the Fund's portfolio for
defensive purposes (including debt securities that the Manager believes may
offer some opportunities for capital appreciation when stocks are disfavored).
Other debt securities may be selected because they are convertible into common
stock, as discussed below in "Convertible Securities."
|_| Over-the-Counter Securities. Securities of small
capitalization issuers may be traded on securities exchanges or in the
over-the-counter market. The over-the-counter markets, both in the U.S. and
abroad, may have less liquidity than securities exchanges. That can affect the
price the Fund is able to obtain when it wants to sell a security.
Small-cap companies may offer greater opportunities for capital
appreciation than securities of large, more established companies. However,
these securities also involve greater risks than securities of larger companies.
Securities of small capitalization issuers may be subject to greater price
volatility in general than securities of large-cap and mid-cap companies.
Therefore, to the degree that the Fund has investments in smaller capitalization
companies at times of market volatility, the Fund's share price may fluctuate
more. As noted below, the Fund limits its investments in unseasoned small cap
issuers.
|_| Convertible Securities. While some convertible securities
are a form of debt security, in many cases their conversion feature (allowing
conversion into equity securities) causes them to be regarded by the Manager
more as "equity equivalents." As a result, the rating assigned to the security
has less impact on the Manager's investment decision with respect to convertible
debt securities than in the case of non-convertible fixed debt income
securities. To determine whether convertible securities should be regarded as
"equity equivalents," the Manager examines the following factors: (1) whether,
at the option of the investor, the convertible security can be exchanged for a
fixed number of shares of common
stock of the issuer,
(2) whether the issuer of the convertible securities has restated its
earnings per share of common stock on a fully diluted basis
(considering the effect of conversion of the convertible
securities), and
(3) the extent to which the convertible security may be a defensive
"equity substitute," providing the ability to participate in any
appreciation in the price of the issuer's common stock.
Convertible securities rank senior to common stock in a corporation's
capital structure and therefore are subject to less risk than common stock in
case of the issuer's bankruptcy or liquidation.
The value of a convertible security is a function of its "investment
value" and its "conversion value." If the investment value exceeds the
conversion value, the security will behave more like a debt security, and the
security's price will likely increase when interest rates fall and decrease when
interest rates rise. If the conversion value exceeds the investment value, the
security will behave more like an equity security: it will likely sell at a
premium over its conversion value, and its price will tend to fluctuate directly
with the price of the underlying security.
The Fund has no limitations on the ratings of the convertible debt
securities that it can buy. They can include securities that are investment
grade or below investment grade. Securities that are below investment grade
(whether they are rated by a nationally-recognized rating organization or are
unrated securities that the Manager deems to be below investment grade) have
greater risks of default than investment grade securities. Additionally, debt
securities are subject to interest rate risk. Their values tend to fall when
interest rates rise. The Fund does not anticipate that it will invest a
substantial amount of its assets in these types of securities.
|_| Rights and Warrants. The Fund can invest up to 5% of its
total assets in warrants or rights. That 5% limit does not apply to warrants and
rights the Fund has acquired as part of units of securities or that are attached
to other securities that the Fund buys. Warrants basically are options to
purchase equity securities at specific prices valid for a specific period of
time. Their prices do not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the
underlying securities. Rights are similar to warrants, but normally have a short
duration and are distributed directly by the issuer to its shareholders. Rights
and warrants have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with
respect to the assets of the issuer.
|_| Preferred Stock. Preferred stock, unlike common stock, has
a stated dividend rate payable from the corporation's earnings. Preferred stock
dividends may be cumulative or non-cumulative. "Cumulative" dividend provisions
require all or a portion of prior unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends
can be paid on the issuer's common stock. Preferred stock may be "participating"
stock, which means that it may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated
dividend in certain cases.
If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be
less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline. Preferred
stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions allowing
calls or redemptions prior to maturity, which can also have a negative impact on
prices when interest rates decline. Preferred stock generally has a preference
over common stock on the distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of
liquidation of the corporation. The rights of preferred stock on distribution of
a corporation's assets in the event of a liquidation are generally subordinate
to the rights associated with a corporation's debt securities.
|X| Foreign Securities. Although the Fund intends to focus its
investments in U.S. securities, it can purchase equity securities issued or
guaranteed by foreign companies. "Foreign securities" include equity and debt
securities of companies organized under the laws of countries other than the
United States. They may be traded on foreign securities exchanges or in the
foreign over-the-counter markets.
Securities of foreign issuers that are represented by American
Depository Receipts or that are listed on a U.S. securities exchange or traded
in the U.S. over-the-counter markets are not considered "foreign securities" for
the purpose of the Fund's investment allocations. That is because they are not
subject to many of the special considerations and risks, discussed below, that
apply to foreign securities traded and held abroad.
Investing in foreign securities offers potential benefits not available
from investing solely in securities of domestic issuers. They include the
opportunity to invest in foreign issuers that appear to offer growth potential,
or in foreign countries with economic policies or business cycles different from
those of the U.S., or to reduce fluctuations in portfolio value by taking
advantage of foreign stock markets that do not move in a manner parallel to U.S.
markets. The Fund will hold foreign currency only in connection with the
purchase or sale of foreign securities.
|_| Risks of Foreign Investing. Investments in foreign
securities may offer special opportunities for investing but also present
special additional risks and considerations not typically associated with
investments in domestic securities. Some of these additional risks are:
o reduction of income by foreign taxes;
o fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in currency rates
or currency control regulations (for example, currency blockage);
o transaction charges for currency exchange;
o lack of public information about foreign issuers;
o lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards in
foreign countries comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers;
o less volume on foreign exchanges than on U.S. exchanges;
o greater volatility and less liquidity on foreign markets than in the U.S.;
o less governmental regulation of foreign issuers, stock exchanges and brokers
than in the U.S.;
o greater difficulties in commencing lawsuits;
o higher brokerage commission rates than in the U.S.;
o increased risks of delays in settlement of portfolio transactions or loss of
certificates for portfolio securities;
o possibilities in some countries of expropriation, confiscatory taxation,
political, financial or social instability or adverse diplomatic developments;
and
o unfavorable differences between the U.S. economy and foreign economies.
In the past, U.S. government policies have discouraged certain investments
abroad by U.S. investors, through taxation or other restrictions, and it is
possible that such restrictions could be re-imposed.
|_| Special Risks of Emerging Markets. Emerging and developing
markets abroad may also offer special opportunities for growth investing but
have greater risks than more developed foreign markets, such as those in Europe,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There may be even less liquidity in
their securities markets, and settlements of purchases and sales of securities
may be subject to additional delays. They are subject to greater risks of
limitations on the repatriation of income and profits because of currency
restrictions imposed by local governments. Those countries may also be subject
to the risk of greater political and economic instability, which can greatly
affect the volatility of prices of securities in those countries.
|_| Risks of Conversion to Euro. On January 1, 1999, eleven
countries in the European Union adopted the euro as their official currency.
However, their current currencies (for example, the franc, the mark, and the
lira) will also continue in use until January 1, 2002. After that date, it is
expected that only the euro will be used in those countries. A common currency
is expected to confer some benefits in those markets, by consolidating the
government debt market for those countries and reducing some currency risks and
costs. But the conversion to the new currency will affect the Fund operationally
and also has potential risks, some of which are listed below. Among other
things, the conversion will affect:
o issuers in which the Fund invests, because of changes in
the competitive environment from a consolidated currency
market and greater operational costs from converting to
the new currency. This might depress securities values.
o vendors the Fund depends on to carry out its business,
such as its custodian bank (which holds the foreign
securities the Fund buys), the Manager (which must price
the Fund's investments to deal with the conversion to the
euro) and brokers, foreign markets and securities
depositories. If they are not prepared, there could be
delays in settlements and additional costs to the Fund.
o exchange contracts and derivatives that are outstanding
during the transition to the euro. The lack of currency
rate calculations between the affected currencies and the
need to update the Fund's contracts could pose extra costs
to the Fund.
The Manager has upgraded (at its expense) its computer and bookkeeping
systems to deal with the conversion. The Fund's custodian bank has advised the
Manager of its plans to deal with the conversion, including how it will update
its record keeping systems and handle the redenomination of outstanding foreign
debt. The Fund's portfolio manager will also monitor the effects of the
conversion on the issuers in which the Fund invests. The possible effect of
these factors on the Fund's investments cannot be determined with certainty at
this time, but they may reduce the value of some of the Fund's holdings and
increase its operational costs.
|X| Portfolio Turnover. "Portfolio turnover" describes the rate at
which the Fund traded its portfolio securities during its last fiscal year. For
example, if a fund sold all of its securities during the year, its portfolio
turnover rate would have been 100% annually. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate
will fluctuate from year to year, and the Fund does not expect to have a
portfolio turnover rate of more than 150% annually.
Increased portfolio turnover creates higher brokerage and transaction costs
for the Fund, which may reduce its overall performance. Additionally, the
realization of capital gains from selling portfolio securities may result in
distributions of taxable long-term capital gains to shareholders, since the Fund
will normally distribute all of its capital gains realized each year, to avoid
excise taxes under the Internal Revenue Code.
Other Investment Techniques and Strategies. In seeking its objective, the Fund
from time to time can employ the types of investment strategies and investments
described below. It is not required to use all of these strategies at all times,
and at times may not use them.
|X| Investing in Small, Unseasoned Companies. The Fund can invest in
securities of small, unseasoned companies. These are companies that have been in
operation for less than three years, including the operations of any
predecessors. Securities of these companies may be subject to volatility in
their prices. They might have a limited trading market, which could adversely
affect the Fund's ability to dispose of them and could reduce the price the Fund
might be able to obtain for them. Other investors that own a security issued by
a small, unseasoned issuer for which there is limited liquidity might trade the
security when the Fund is attempting to dispose of its holdings of that
security. In that case the Fund might receive a lower price for its holdings
than might otherwise be obtained. The Fund currently does not intend to invest
more than 20% of its net assets in those securities.
|X| Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can acquire securities subject to
repurchase agreements. It might do so for liquidity purposes to meet anticipated
redemptions of Fund shares, or pending the investment of the proceeds from sales
of Fund shares, or pending the settlement of portfolio securities transactions,
or for temporary defensive purposes, as described below.
In a repurchase transaction, the Fund buys a security from, and
simultaneously resells it to, an approved vendor for delivery on an agreed-upon
future date. The resale price exceeds the purchase price by an amount that
reflects an agreed-upon interest rate effective for the period during which the
repurchase agreement is in effect. Approved vendors include U.S. commercial
banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks, or broker-dealers that have been
designated as primary dealers in government securities. They must meet credit
requirements set by the Fund's Board of Trustees from time to time.
The majority of these transactions run from day to day, and delivery
pursuant to the resale typically occurs within one to five days of the purchase.
Repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days are subject to the
Fund's limits on holding illiquid investments. The Fund will not enter into a
repurchase agreement that causes more than 10% of its net assets to be subject
to repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days (the Board may
increase that limit to 15%). There is no limit on the amount of the Fund's net
assets that may be subject to repurchase agreements having maturities of seven
days or less.
Repurchase agreements, considered "loans" under the Investment Company
Act, are collateralized by the underlying security. The Fund's repurchase
agreements require that at all times while the repurchase agreement is in
effect, the value of the collateral must equal or exceed the repurchase price to
fully collateralize the repayment obligation. However, if the vendor fails to
pay the resale price on the delivery date, the Fund may incur costs in disposing
of the collateral and may experience losses if there is any delay in its ability
to do so. The Manager will monitor the vendor's creditworthiness to confirm that
the vendor is financially sound and will continuously monitor the collateral's
value.
|X| Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Under the policies and
procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Manager determines
the liquidity of certain of the Fund's investments. To enable the Fund to sell
its holdings of a restricted security not registered under the Securities Act of
1933, the Fund may have to cause those securities to be registered. The expenses
of registering restricted securities may be negotiated by the Fund with the
issuer at the time the Fund buys the securities. When the Fund must arrange
registration because the Fund wishes to sell the security, a considerable period
may elapse between the time the decision is made to sell the security and the
time the security is registered so that the Fund could sell it. The Fund would
bear the risks of any downward price fluctuation during that period.
The Fund can also acquire restricted securities through private
placements. Those securities have contractual restrictions on their public
resale. Those restrictions might limit the Fund's ability to dispose of the
securities and might lower the amount the Fund could realize upon the sale.
The Fund has limitations that apply to purchases of restricted
securities, as stated in the Prospectus. Those percentage restrictions do not
limit purchases of restricted securities that are eligible for sale to qualified
institutional purchasers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, if those
securities have been determined to be liquid by the Manager under Board-approved
guidelines. Those guidelines take into account the trading activity for such
securities and the availability of reliable pricing information, among other
factors. If there is a lack of trading interest in a particular Rule 144A
security, the Fund's holdings of that security may be considered to be illiquid.
Illiquid securities include repurchase agreements maturing in more than
seven days and participation interests that do not have puts exercisable within
seven days.
|X| Loans of Portfolio Securities. To raise cash for liquidity
purposes, the Fund can lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and
other types of financial institutions approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees.
These loans are limited to not more than 10% of the value of the Fund's total
assets. The Fund currently does not intend to engage in loans of securities, but
if it does so, such loans will not likely exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets.
There are some risks in connection with securities lending. The Fund
might experience a delay in receiving additional collateral to secure a loan, or
a delay in recovery of the loaned securities if the borrower defaults. The Fund
must receive collateral for a loan. Under current applicable regulatory
requirements (which are subject to change), on each business day the loan
collateral must be at least equal to the value of the loaned securities. It must
consist of cash, bank letters of credit, securities of the U.S. government or
its agencies or instrumentalities, or other cash equivalents in which the Fund
is permitted to invest. To be acceptable as collateral, letters of credit must
obligate a bank to pay amounts demanded by the Fund if the demand meets the
terms of the letter. The terms of the letter of credit and the issuing bank both
must be satisfactory to the Fund.
When it lends securities, the Fund receives amounts equal to the
dividends or interest on loaned securities. It also receives one or more of (a)
negotiated loan fees, (b) interest on securities used as collateral, and (c)
interest on any short-term debt securities purchased with such loan collateral.
Either type of interest may be shared with the borrower. The Fund may also pay
reasonable finder's, custodian and administrative fees in connection with these
loans. The terms of the Fund's loans must meet applicable tests under the
Internal Revenue Code and must permit the Fund to reacquire loaned securities on
five days' notice or in time to vote on any important matter.
|X| Borrowing for Leverage. The Fund has the ability to borrow from
banks on an unsecured basis to invest the borrowed funds in portfolio
securities. This speculative technique is known as "leverage." The Fund may
borrow from banks and/or affiliated investment companies. Under current
regulatory requirements, borrowings can be made only to the extent that the
value of the Fund's assets, less its liabilities other than borrowings, is equal
to at least 300% of all borrowings (including the proposed borrowing). If the
value of the Fund's assets fails to meet this 300% asset coverage requirement,
the Fund will reduce its bank debt within three days to meet the requirement. To
do so, the Fund might have to sell a portion of its investments at a
disadvantageous time. The Fund's policy on borrowing is a fundamental policy.
The Fund will pay interest on these loans, and that interest
expense will raise the overall expenses of the Fund and reduce its returns. If
it does borrow, its expenses will be greater than comparable funds that do not
borrow for leverage. Additionally, the Fund's net asset value per share might
fluctuate more than that of funds that do not borrow. Currently, the Fund does
not contemplate using this technique, but if it does so, it will not likely do
so to a substantial degree. The Fund cannot pledge, mortgage or otherwise
encumber, transfer or assign its assets to secure a debt. However, the use of
escrow or other collateral arrangements in connection with the Fund's policy on
borrowing or hedging instruments is permitted.
|X| Derivatives. The Fund can invest in a variety of derivative
investments to seek income for liquidity needs or for hedging purposes. Some
derivative investments the Fund can use are the hedging instruments described
below in this Statement of Additional Information. However, the Fund does not
use, and does not currently contemplate using, derivatives or hedging
instruments to a significant degree.
Some of the derivative investments the Fund can use include debt
exchangeable for common stock of an issuer or "equity-linked debt securities" of
an issuer. At maturity, the debt security is exchanged for common stock of the
issuer or it is payable in an amount based on the price of the issuer's common
stock at the time of maturity. Both alternatives present a risk that the amount
payable at maturity will be less than the principal amount of the debt because
the price of the issuer's common stock might not be as high as the Manager
expected.
|X| Hedging. The Fund can use hedging to attempt to protect against
declines in the market value of the Fund's portfolio, to permit the Fund to
retain unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities which have
appreciated, or to facilitate selling securities for investment reasons. To do
so, the Fund could:
|_| sell futures contracts,
|_| buy puts on futures or on securities, or
|_| write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls can
also be used to increase the Fund's income, but the Manager does
not expect to engage extensively in that practice.
The Fund might use hedging to establish a position in the securities
market as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities. In that
case, the Fund would normally seek to purchase the securities and then terminate
that hedging position. The Fund might also use this type of hedge to attempt to
protect against the possibility that its portfolio securities would not be fully
included in a rise in value of the market. To do so the Fund could:
|_| buy futures, or
|_| buy calls on such futures or on securities.
The Fund is not obligated to use hedging instruments, even though it is
permitted to use them in the Manager's discretion, as described below. The
Fund's strategy of hedging with futures and options on futures will be
incidental to the Fund's activities in the underlying cash market. The
particular hedging instruments the Fund can use are described below. The Fund
may employ new hedging instruments and strategies when they are developed, if
those investment methods are consistent with the Fund's investment objective and
are permissible under applicable regulations governing the Fund. The Fund cannot
purchase securities on margin. However, the Fund can make margin deposits in
connection with any of the hedging instruments permitted by any of its other
policies.
|_| Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts that
relate to (1) broadly-based stock indices (these are called "stock index
futures"), (2) other broadly-based securities indices (these are referred to as
"financial futures") and (3) foreign currencies (these are referred to as
"forward contracts").
A broadly-based stock index is used as the basis for trading stock
index futures. In some cases an index may be based on stocks of issuers in a
particular industry or group of industries. A stock index assigns relative
values to the common stocks included in the index and its value fluctuates in
response to the changes in value of the underlying stocks. A stock index cannot
be purchased or sold directly. Financial futures are similar contracts based on
the future value of the basket of securities that comprise the index. These
contracts obligate the seller to deliver, and the purchaser to take, cash to
settle the futures transaction. There is no delivery made of the underlying
securities to settle the futures obligation. Either party may also settle the
transaction by entering into an offsetting contract.
No money is paid or received by the Fund on the purchase or sale of a
future. Upon entering into a futures transaction, the Fund will be required to
deposit an initial margin payment with the futures commission merchant (the
"futures broker"). Initial margin payments will be deposited with the Fund's
custodian bank in an account registered in the futures broker's name. However,
the futures broker can gain access to that account only under specified
conditions. As the future is marked to market (that is, its value on the Fund's
books is changed) to reflect changes in its market value, subsequent margin
payments, called variation margin, will be paid to or by the futures broker
daily.
At any time prior to expiration of the future, the Fund may elect to
close out its position by taking an opposite position, at which time a final
determination of variation margin is made and any additional cash must be paid
by or released to the Fund. Any loss or gain on the future is then realized by
the Fund for tax purposes. All futures transactions, except forward contracts,
are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange on which the
contracts are traded.
|_| Put and Call Options. The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of put
options ("puts") and call options ("calls"). The Fund can buy and sell
exchange-traded and over-the-counter put and call options, including index
options, securities options, currency options, commodities options, and options
on the other types of futures described above.
|_| Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can write (that is, sell) calls.
If the Fund sells a call option, it must be covered. That means the Fund must
own the security subject to the call while the call is outstanding, or, for
certain types of calls, the call may be covered by segregating liquid assets to
enable the Fund to satisfy its obligations if the call is exercised. Up to 25%
of the Fund's total assets may be subject to calls the Fund writes.
When the Fund writes a call, it receives cash (a premium). In writing
calls on a security, the Fund agrees to sell the underlying security to a
purchaser of a corresponding call on the same security during the call period at
a fixed exercise price regardless of market price changes during the call
period. The call period is usually not more than nine months. The exercise price
may differ from the market price of the underlying security. The Fund has the
risk of loss that the price of the underlying security may decline during the
call period. That risk may be offset to some extent by the premium the Fund
receives. If the value of the investment does not rise above the call price, it
is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case the
Fund would keep the cash premium and the investment.
When the Fund writes a call on an index, it also receives a premium. If
the buyer of the call exercises it, the Fund will pay an amount of cash equal to
the difference between the closing price of the call and the exercise price,
multiplied by a specified multiple that determines the total value of the call
for each point of difference. If the value of the underlying investment does not
rise above the call price, it is likely that the call will lapse without being
exercised. In that case the Fund would keep the cash premium.
The Fund's custodian bank, or a securities depository acting for the
custodian bank, will act as the Fund's escrow agent, through the facilities of
the Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), as to the investments on which the
Fund has written calls traded on exchanges or as to other acceptable escrow
securities. In that way, no margin will be required for such transactions. OCC
will release the securities on the expiration of the option or when the Fund
enters into a closing transaction.
When the Fund writes an over-the-counter ("OTC") option, it will enter
into an arrangement with a primary U.S. government securities dealer which will
establish a formula price at which the Fund will have the absolute right to
repurchase that OTC option. The formula price will generally be based on a
multiple of the premium received for the option, plus the amount by which the
option is exercisable below the market price of the underlying security (that
is, the option is "in the money"). When the Fund writes an OTC option, it will
treat as illiquid (for purposes of its restriction on holding illiquid
securities) the mark-to-market value of any OTC option it holds, unless the
option is subject to a buy-back agreement by the executing broker.
To terminate its obligation on a call it has written, the Fund may
purchase a corresponding call in a "closing purchase transaction." The Fund will
then realize a profit or loss, depending upon whether the net of the amount of
the option transaction costs and the premium received on the call the Fund wrote
is more or less than the price of the call the Fund purchases to close out the
transaction. The Fund may realize a profit if the call expires unexercised,
because the Fund will retain the underlying security and the premium it received
when it wrote the call. Any such profits are considered short-term capital gains
for federal income tax purposes, as are the premiums on lapsed calls. When
distributed by the Fund they are taxable as ordinary income. If the Fund cannot
effect a closing purchase transaction due to the lack of a market, it will have
to hold the callable securities until the call expires or is exercised.
The Fund may also write calls on a futures contract without owning the
futures contract or securities deliverable under the contract. To do so, at the
time the call is written, the Fund must cover the call by segregating an
equivalent dollar amount of liquid assets on its books. The Fund will identify
additional liquid assets on its books to cover the call if the value of the
identified assets drops below 100% of the current value of the future. Because
of this segregation requirement, in no circumstances would the Fund's receipt of
an exercise notice as to that future require the Fund to deliver a futures
contract. It would simply put the Fund in a short futures position, which is
permitted by the Fund's hedging policies.
|_| Writing Put Options. The Fund can sell put options. A put option on
securities gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the obligation
to buy, the underlying investment at the exercise price during the option
period. The Fund will not write puts if, as a result, more than 50% of the
Fund's net assets would be required to be identified on the Fund's books to
cover such put options.
If the Fund writes a put, the put must be covered by segregated liquid
assets. The premium the Fund receives from writing a put represents a profit, as
long as the price of the underlying investment remains equal to or above the
exercise price of the put. However, the Fund also assumes the obligation during
the option period to buy the underlying investment from the buyer of the put at
the exercise price, even if the value of the investment falls below the exercise
price. If a put the Fund has written expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a
gain in the amount of the premium less the transaction costs incurred. If the
put is exercised, the Fund must fulfill its obligation to purchase the
underlying investment at the exercise price. That price will usually exceed the
market value of the investment at that time. In that case, the Fund may incur a
loss if it sells the underlying investment. That loss will be equal to the sum
of the sale price of the underlying investment and the premium received minus
the sum of the exercise price and any transaction costs the Fund incurred.
When writing a put option on a security, to secure its obligation to
pay for the underlying security the Fund will identify on its books liquid
assets with a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the
underlying securities. The Fund therefore forgoes the opportunity of investing
the identified assets or writing calls against those assets.
As long as the Fund's obligation as the put writer continues, it may be
assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through which the put was sold.
That notice will require the Fund to take delivery of the underlying security
and pay the exercise price. The Fund has no control over when it may be required
to purchase the underlying security, since it may be assigned an exercise notice
at any time prior to the termination of its obligation as the writer of the put.
That obligation terminates upon expiration of the put. It may also terminate if,
before it receives an exercise notice, the Fund effects a closing purchase
transaction by purchasing a put of the same series as it sold. Once the Fund has
been assigned an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase
transaction.
The Fund may decide to effect a closing purchase transaction to realize
a profit on an outstanding put option it has written or to prevent the
underlying security from being put. Effecting a closing purchase transaction
will also permit the Fund to write another put option on the security, or to
sell the security and use the proceeds from the sale for other investments. The
Fund will realize a profit or loss from a closing purchase transaction depending
on whether the cost of the transaction is less or more than the premium received
from writing the put option. Any profits from writing puts are considered
short-term capital gains for federal tax purposes, and when distributed by the
Fund, are taxable as ordinary income.
|_| Purchasing Calls and Puts. The Fund can purchase calls to protect
against the possibility that the Fund's portfolio will not participate in an
anticipated rise in the securities market. When the Fund buys a call (other than
in a closing purchase transaction), it pays a premium. The Fund then has the
right to buy the underlying investment from a seller of a corresponding call on
the same investment during the call period at a fixed exercise price. The Fund
benefits only if it sells the call at a profit or if, during the call period,
the market price of the underlying investment is above the sum of the call price
plus the transaction costs and the premium paid for the call and the Fund
exercises the call. If the Fund does not exercise the call or sell it (whether
or not at a profit), the call will become worthless at its expiration date. In
that case the Fund will have paid the premium but lost the right to purchase the
underlying investment.
The Fund can buy puts whether or not it holds the underlying investment
in its portfolio. When the Fund purchases a put, it pays a premium and, except
as to puts on indices, has the right to sell the underlying investment to a
seller of a put on a corresponding investment during the put period at a fixed
exercise price. Buying a put on securities or futures the Fund owns enables the
Fund to attempt to protect itself during the put period against a decline in the
value of the underlying investment below the exercise price by selling the
underlying investment at the exercise price to a seller of a corresponding put.
If the market price of the underlying investment is equal to or above the
exercise price and, as a result, the put is not exercised or resold, the put
will become worthless at its expiration date. In that case the Fund will have
paid the premium but lost the right to sell the underlying investment. However,
the Fund may sell the put prior to its expiration. That sale may or may not be
at a profit.
When the Fund purchases a call or put on an index or future, it pays a
premium, but settlement is in cash rather than by delivery of the underlying
investment to the Fund. Gain or loss depends on changes in the index in question
(and thus on price movements in the securities market generally) rather than on
price movements in individual securities or futures contracts.
The Fund may buy a call or put only if, after the purchase, the value
of all call and put options held by the Fund will not exceed 5% of the Fund's
total assets.
|_| Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund
can buy and sell calls and puts on foreign currencies. They include puts and
calls that trade on a securities or commodities exchange or in the
over-the-counter markets or are quoted by major recognized dealers in such
options. The Fund could use these calls and puts to try to protect against
declines in the dollar value of foreign securities and increases in the dollar
cost of foreign securities the Fund wants to acquire.
If the Manager anticipates a rise in the dollar value of a foreign
currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated, the increased cost
of those securities may be partially offset by purchasing calls or writing puts
on that foreign currency. If the Manager anticipates a decline in the dollar
value of a foreign currency, the decline in the dollar value of portfolio
securities denominated in that currency might be partially offset by writing
calls or purchasing puts on that foreign currency. However, the currency rates
could fluctuate in a direction adverse to the Fund's position. The Fund will
then have incurred option premium payments and transaction costs without a
corresponding benefit.
A call the Fund writes on a foreign currency is "covered" if the Fund
owns the underlying foreign currency covered by the call or has an absolute and
immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash
consideration (or it can do so for additional cash consideration held in a
segregated account by its custodian bank) upon conversion or exchange of other
foreign currency held in its portfolio.
The Fund could write a call on a foreign currency to provide a hedge
against a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a security which the Fund owns or
has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency underlying the
option. That decline might be one that occurs due to an expected adverse change
in the exchange rate. This is known as a "cross-hedging" strategy. In those
circumstances, the Fund covers the option by identifying on its books liquid
assets in an amount equal to the exercise price of the option.
|_| Risks of Hedging with Options and Futures. The use of
hedging instruments requires special skills and knowledge of investment
techniques that are different than what is required for normal portfolio
management. If the Manager uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judges
market conditions incorrectly, hedging strategies may reduce the Fund's return.
The Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its futures and options
positions were not correlated with its other investments.
The Fund's option activities could affect its portfolio turnover rate
and brokerage commissions. The exercise of calls written by the Fund might cause
the Fund to sell related portfolio securities, thus increasing its turnover
rate. The exercise by the Fund of puts on securities will cause the sale of
underlying investments, increasing portfolio turnover. Although the decision
whether to exercise a put it holds is within the Fund's control, holding a put
might cause the Fund to sell the related investments for reasons that would not
exist in the absence of the put.
The Fund could pay a brokerage commission each time it buys a call or
put, sells a call or put, or buys or sells an underlying investment in
connection with the exercise of a call or put. Those commissions could be higher
on a relative basis than the commissions for direct purchases or sales of the
underlying investments. Premiums paid for options are small in relation to the
market value of the underlying investments. Consequently, put and call options
offer large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered by trading in options
could result in the Fund's net asset value being more sensitive to changes in
the value of the underlying investment.
If a covered call written by the Fund is exercised on an investment
that has increased in value, the Fund will be required to sell the investment at
the call price. It will not be able to realize any profit if the investment has
increased in value above the call price.
An option position may be closed out only on a market that provides
secondary trading for options of the same series, and there is no assurance that
a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular option. The Fund might
experience losses if it could not close out a position because of an illiquid
market for the future or option.
There is a risk in using short hedging by selling futures or purchasing
puts on broadly-based indices or futures to attempt to protect against declines
in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities. The risk is that the prices of
the futures or the applicable index will correlate imperfectly with the behavior
of the cash prices of the Fund's securities. For example, it is possible that
while the Fund has used hedging instruments in a short hedge, the market might
advance and the value of the securities held in the Fund's portfolio might
decline. If that occurred, the Fund would lose money on the hedging instruments
and also experience a decline in the value of its portfolio securities. However,
while this could occur for a very brief period or to a very small degree, over
time the value of a diversified portfolio of securities will tend to move in the
same direction as the indices upon which the hedging instruments are based.
The risk of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the
Fund's portfolio diverges from the securities included in the applicable index.
To compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price of the
portfolio securities being hedged and movements in the price of the hedging
instruments, the Fund might use hedging instruments in a greater dollar amount
than the dollar amount of portfolio securities being hedged. It might do so if
the historical volatility of the prices of the portfolio securities being hedged
is more than the historical volatility of the applicable index.
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets are
subject to distortions, due to differences in the nature of those markets.
First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and
maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit
requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting
transactions which could distort the normal relationship between the cash and
futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on
participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking
delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity
in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing distortion. Third, from
the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the futures market
are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities markets. Therefore,
increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary
price distortions.
The Fund can use hedging instruments to establish a position in the
securities markets as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual
securities (long hedging) by buying futures and/or calls on such futures,
broadly-based indices or on securities. It is possible that when the Fund does
so the market might decline. If the Fund then concludes not to invest in
securities because of concerns that the market might decline further or for
other reasons, the Fund will realize a loss on the hedging instruments that is
not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.
|_| Forward Contracts. Forward contracts are foreign currency
exchange contracts. They are used to buy or sell foreign currency for future
delivery at a fixed price. The Fund uses them to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price
of a security denominated in a foreign currency that the Fund has bought or
sold, or to protect against possible losses from changes in the relative values
of the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency. The Fund may also use "cross-hedging"
where the Fund hedges against changes in currencies other than the currency in
which a security it holds is denominated.
Under a forward contract, one party agrees to purchase, and another
party agrees to sell, a specific currency at a future date. That date may be any
fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties.
The transaction price is set at the time the contract is entered into. These
contracts are traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly among currency
traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.
The Fund may use forward contracts to protect against uncertainty in
the level of future exchange rates. The use of forward contracts does not
eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities
the Fund owns or intends to acquire, but it does fix a rate of exchange in
advance. Although forward contracts may reduce the risk of loss from a decline
in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they limit any potential
gain if the value of the hedged currency increases.
When the Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a
security denominated in a foreign currency, or when it anticipates receiving
dividend payments in a foreign currency, the Fund might desire to "lock-in" the
U.S. dollar price of the security or the U.S. dollar equivalent of the dividend
payments. To do so, the Fund might enter into a forward contract for the
purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in the underlying
transaction, in a fixed amount of U.S. dollars per unit of the foreign currency.
This is called a "transaction hedge." The transaction hedge will protect the
Fund against a loss from an adverse change in the currency exchange rates during
the period between the date on which the security is purchased or sold or on
which the payment is declared, and the date on which the payments are made or
received.
The Fund could also use forward contracts to lock in the U.S. dollar
value of portfolio positions. This is called a "position hedge." When the Fund
believes that foreign currency might suffer a substantial decline against the
U.S. dollar, it could enter into a forward contract to sell an amount of that
foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of the Fund's portfolio
securities denominated in that foreign currency. When the Fund believes that the
U.S. dollar might suffer a substantial decline against a foreign currency, it
could enter into a forward contract to buy that foreign currency for a fixed
dollar amount.
Alternatively, the Fund could enter into a forward contract to sell a
different foreign currency for a fixed U.S. dollar amount if the Fund believes
that the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency to be sold pursuant to its
forward contract will fall whenever there is a decline in the U.S. dollar value
of the currency in which portfolio securities of the Fund are denominated. That
is referred to as a "cross hedge."
The Fund will cover its short positions in these cases by identifying
on its books liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of the
Fund's commitment under forward contracts. The Fund will not enter into forward
contracts or maintain a net exposure to such contracts if the consummation of
the contracts would obligate the Fund to deliver an amount of foreign currency
in excess of the value of the Fund's portfolio securities or other assets
denominated in that currency or another currency that is the subject of the
hedge.
However, to avoid excess transactions and transaction costs, the Fund
may maintain a net exposure to forward contracts in excess of the value of the
Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in foreign currencies if
the excess amount is "covered" by liquid securities denominated in any currency.
The cover must be at least equal at all times to the amount of that excess. As
one alternative, the Fund may purchase a call option permitting the Fund to
purchase the amount of foreign currency being hedged by a forward sale contract
at a price no higher than the forward contract price. As another alternative,
the Fund may purchase a put option permitting the Fund to sell the amount of
foreign currency subject to a forward purchase contract at a price as high or
higher than the forward contact price.
The precise matching of the amounts under forward contracts and the
value of the securities involved generally will not be possible because the
future value of securities denominated in foreign currencies will change as a
consequence of market movements between the date the forward contract is entered
into and the date it is sold. In some cases the Manager might decide to sell the
security and deliver foreign currency to settle the original purchase
obligation. If the market value of the security is less than the amount of
foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver, the Fund might have to
purchase additional foreign currency on the "spot" (that is, cash) market to
settle the security trade. If the market value of the security instead exceeds
the amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver to settle the
trade, the Fund might have to sell on the spot market some of the foreign
currency received upon the sale of the security. There will be additional
transaction costs on the spot market in those cases.
The projection of short-term currency market movements is extremely
difficult, and the successful execution of a short-term hedging strategy is
highly uncertain. Forward contracts involve the risk that anticipated currency
movements will not be accurately predicted, causing the Fund to sustain losses
on these contracts and to pay additional transactions costs. The use of forward
contracts in this manner might reduce the Fund's performance if there are
unanticipated changes in currency prices to a greater degree than if the Fund
had not entered into such contracts.
At or before the maturity of a forward contract requiring the Fund to
sell a currency, the Fund might sell a portfolio security and use the sale
proceeds to make delivery of the currency. In the alternative the Fund might
retain the security and offset its contractual obligation to deliver the
currency by purchasing a second contract. Under that contract the Fund will
obtain, on the same maturity date, the same amount of the currency that it is
obligated to deliver. Similarly, the Fund might close out a forward contract
requiring it to purchase a specified currency by entering into a second contract
entitling it to sell the same amount of the same currency on the maturity date
of the first contract. The Fund would realize a gain or loss as a result of
entering into such an offsetting forward contract under either circumstance. The
gain or loss will depend on the extent to which the exchange rate or rates
between the currencies involved moved between the execution dates of the first
contract and offsetting contract.
The costs to the Fund of engaging in forward contracts varies with
factors such as the currencies involved, the length of the contract period and
the market conditions then prevailing. Because forward contracts are usually
entered into on a principal basis, no brokerage fees or commissions are
involved. Because these contracts are not traded on an exchange, the Fund must
evaluate the credit and performance risk of the counterparty under each forward
contract.
Although the Fund values its assets daily in terms of U.S. dollars, it
does not intend to convert its holdings of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars
on a daily basis. The Fund may convert foreign currency from time to time, and
will incur costs in doing so. Foreign exchange dealers do not charge a fee for
conversion, but they do seek to realize a profit based on the difference between
the prices at which they buy and sell various currencies. Thus, a dealer might
offer to sell a foreign currency to the Fund at one rate, while offering a
lesser rate of exchange if the Fund desires to resell that currency to the
dealer.
|_| Regulatory Aspects of Hedging Instruments. When using
futures and options on futures, the Fund is required to operate within certain
guidelines and restrictions with respect to the use of futures as established by
the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC"). In particular, the Fund
is exempted from registration with the CFTC as a "commodity pool operator" if
the Fund complies with the requirements of Rule 4.5 adopted by the CFTC. The
Rule does not limit the percentage of the Fund's assets that may be used for
futures margin and related options premiums for a bona fide hedging position.
However, under the Rule, the Fund must limit its aggregate initial futures
margin and related options premiums to not more than 5% of the Fund's net assets
for hedging strategies that are not considered bona fide hedging strategies
under the Rule. Under the Rule, the Fund must also use short futures and options
on futures solely for bona fide hedging purposes within the meaning and intent
of the applicable provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Transactions in options by the Fund are subject to limitations
established by the option exchanges. The exchanges limit the maximum number of
options that may be written or held by a single investor or group of investors
acting in concert. Those limits apply regardless of whether the options were
written or purchased on the same or different exchanges or are held in one or
more accounts or through one or more different exchanges or through one or more
brokers. Thus, the number of options that the Fund may write or hold may be
affected by options written or held by other entities, including other
investment companies having the same advisor as the Fund (or an advisor that is
an affiliate of the Fund's advisor). The exchanges also impose position limits
on futures transactions. An exchange may order the liquidation of positions
found to be in violation of those limits and may impose certain other sanctions.
Under the Investment Company Act, when the Fund purchases a future, it
must maintain cash or readily marketable short-term debt instruments in an
amount equal to the market value of the securities underlying the future, less
the margin deposit applicable to it.
|_| Tax Aspects of Certain Hedging Instruments. Certain
foreign currency exchange contracts in which the Fund may invest are treated as
"Section 1256 contracts" under the Internal Revenue Code. In general, gains or
losses relating to Section 1256 contracts are characterized as 60% long-term and
40% short-term capital gains or losses under the Code. However, foreign currency
gains or losses arising from Section 1256 contracts that are forward contracts
generally are treated as ordinary income or loss. In addition, Section 1256
contracts held by the Fund at the end of each taxable year are
"marked-to-market," and unrealized gains or losses are treated as though they
were realized. These contracts also may be marked-to-market for purposes of
determining the excise tax applicable to investment company distributions and
for other purposes under rules prescribed pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
An election can be made by the Fund to exempt those transactions from this
marked-to-market treatment.
Certain forward contracts the Fund enters into may result in
"straddles" for federal income tax purposes. The straddle rules may affect the
character and timing of gains (or losses) recognized by the Fund on straddle
positions. Generally, a loss sustained on the disposition of a position making
up a straddle is allowed only to the extent that the loss exceeds any
unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the straddle. Disallowed
loss is generally allowed at the point where there is no unrecognized gain in
the offsetting positions making up the straddle, or the offsetting position is
disposed of.
Under the Internal Revenue Code, the following gains or losses are
treated as ordinary income or loss:
(1) gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates
that occur between the time the Fund accrues interest or other
receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated
in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such
receivables or pays such liabilities, and
(2) gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of a
foreign currency between the date of acquisition of a debt
security denominated in a foreign currency or foreign currency
forward contracts and the date of disposition.
Currency gains and losses are offset against market gains and losses on
each trade before determining a net "Section 988" gain or loss under the
Internal Revenue Code for that trade, which may increase or decrease the amount
of the Fund's investment income available for distribution to its shareholders.
|X| Temporary Defensive Investments. When market conditions are
unstable, or the Manager believes it is otherwise appropriate to reduce holdings
in stocks, the Fund can invest in a variety of debt securities for defensive
purposes. The Fund can also purchase these securities for liquidity purposes to
meet cash needs due to the redemption of Fund shares, or to hold while waiting
to reinvest cash received from the sale of other portfolio securities. The Fund
can buy:
|_| high-quality (rated in the top rating categories of
nationally-recognized rating organizations or deemed by the Manager to be of
comparable quality), short-term money market instruments, including those issued
by the U. S. Treasury or other government agencies,
|_| commercial paper (short-term, unsecured, promissory notes of domestic
or foreign companies) rated in the top rating category of a nationally
recognized rating organization,
|_| debt obligations of corporate issuers, rated investment grade (rated at
least Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or at least BBB by Standard &
Poor's Corporation, or a comparable rating by another rating organization), or
unrated securities judged by the Manager to have a comparable quality to rated
securities in those categories,
|_| preferred stocks,
|_| certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances of domestic and
foreign banks and savings and loan associations, and
|_| repurchase agreements.
Short-term debt securities would normally be selected for defensive or
cash management purposes because they can normally be disposed of quickly, are
not generally subject to significant fluctuations in principal value and their
value will be less subject to interest rate risk than longer-term debt
securities.
Investment Restrictions
|X| What Are "Fundamental Policies?" Fundamental policies are those
policies that the Fund has adopted to govern its investments that can be changed
only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund's outstanding voting securities.
Under the Investment Company Act, a "majority" vote is defined as the vote of
the holders of the lesser of:
o 67% or more of the shares present or represented by proxy at a
shareholder meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the
outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy, or
o more than 50% of the outstanding shares.
The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other policies
described in the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information are
"fundamental" only if they are identified as such. The Fund's Board of Trustees
can change non-fundamental policies without shareholder approval. However,
significant changes to investment policies will be described in supplements or
updates to the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information, as
appropriate. The Fund's most significant investment policies are described in
the Prospectus.
|X| Does the Fund Have Additional Fundamental Policies?
The following investment restrictions are fundamental policies of
the Fund.
o The Fund cannot buy securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer
if more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in securities of that
issuer or if it would then own more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities.
That restriction applies to 75% of the Fund's total assets. The limit does not
apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities or securities of other investment companies.
o The Fund cannot make loans except (a) through lending of securities,
(b) through the purchase of debt securities or similar evidences of
indebtedness, (c) through an interfund lending program (if applicable) with
other affiliated funds, provided that no such loan may be made if, as a result,
the aggregate of such loans would exceed 33 1/3% of the value of its total
assets (taken at market value at the time of such loans), and (d) through
repurchase agreements.
o The Fund cannot concentrate investments. That means it cannot invest
25% or more of its total assets in companies in any one industry. Obligations of
the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities are not considered to be
part of an "industry" for the purposes of this restriction.
o The Fund cannot invest in real estate or in interests in real estate.
However, the Fund can purchase securities of companies holding real estate or
interests in real estate.
o The Fund cannot underwrite securities of other companies. A permitted
exception is in case it is deemed to be an underwriter under the Securities Act
of 1933 when reselling any securities held in its own portfolio.
o The Fund cannot issue "senior securities," but this does not prohibit
certain investment activities for which assets of the Fund are designated as
segregated, or margin, collateral or escrow arrangements are established, to
cover the related obligations. Examples of those activities include borrowing
money, reverse repurchase agreements, delayed-delivery and when-issued
arrangements for portfolio securities transactions, and contracts to buy or sell
derivatives, hedging instruments, options or futures.
As a non-fundamental policy, the Fund can invest all of its assets in
the securities of a single open-end management investment company for which the
Manager, one of its subsidiaries or a successor is the investment advisor or
sub-advisor. This non-fundamental policy would permit the Fund to adopt a
"master-feeder" or "fund-of-fund" structure. Under a master-feeder structure,
the Fund would be a "feeder" fund and would invest all of its assets in a single
pooled "master fund" in which other feeder funds could also invest. This could
enable the Fund to take advantage of potential operational and cost efficiencies
in the master-feeder structure. The Fund has no present intention of adopting
the master-feeder structure. If it did so, the Prospectus and this Statement of
Additional Information would be revised accordingly.
In a fund-of-funds arrangement, a fund instead of investing in securities of
companies invests in the securities of an investment company. The Fund is a
party to an exemptive order from the SEC permitting it to enter into a
fund-of-funds arrangement. While the Fund does not currently anticipate
participating in a fund-of-funds arrangement, it may do so in the future. A
fund-of-funds arrangement may result in duplication of expenses.
Unless the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information
states that a percentage restriction applies on an on-going basis, it applies
only at the time the Fund makes an investment. The Fund need not sell securities
to meet the percentage limits if the value of the investment increases in
proportion to the size of the Fund.
For purposes of the Fund's policy not to concentrate its investments as
described above, the Fund has adopted the industry classifications set forth in
Appendix A to this Statement of Additional Information. That is not a
fundamental policy.
How the Fund is Managed
Organization and History. The Fund is an open-end, diversified management
investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial
interest. The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust in 1999.
The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is responsible for
protecting the interests of shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Trustees
meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund's activities, review
its performance, and review the actions of the Manager. Although the Fund will
not normally hold annual meetings of its shareholders, it may hold shareholder
meetings from time to time on important matters, and shareholders have the right
to call a meeting to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the
Fund's Declaration of Trust.
|X| Classes of Shares. The Board of Trustees has the power, without
shareholder approval, to divide unissued shares of the Fund into two or more
classes. The Board has done so, and the Fund currently has four classes of
shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y. All classes invest in the same
investment portfolio. Each class of shares:
o has its own dividends and distributions,
o pays certain expenses which may be different for the different classes,
o may have a different net asset value,
o may have separate voting rights on matters in which interests of one class
are different from interests of another class, and
o votes as a class on matters that affect that class alone.
Shares are freely transferable, and each share of each class has one
vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally on
matters submitted to the vote of shareholders. Each share of the Fund represents
an interest in the Fund proportionately equal to the interest of each other
share of the same class.
The Trustees are authorized to create new series and classes of shares.
The Trustees may reclassify unissued shares of the Fund into additional series
or classes of shares. The Trustees also may divide or combine the shares of a
class into a greater or lesser number of shares without changing the
proportionate beneficial interest of a shareholder in the Fund. Shares do not
have cumulative voting rights or preemptive or subscription rights. Shares may
be voted in person or by proxy at shareholder meetings.
|X| Meetings of Shareholders. As a Massachusetts business trust, the
Fund is not required to hold, and does not plan to hold, regular annual meetings
of shareholders. The Fund will hold meetings when required to do so by the
Investment Company Act or other applicable law. It will also do so when a
shareholder meeting is called by the Trustees or upon proper request of the
shareholders.
Shareholders have the right, upon the declaration in writing or vote of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund, to remove a Trustee. The
Trustees will call a meeting of shareholders to vote on the removal of a Trustee
upon the written request of the record holders of 10% of its outstanding shares.
If the Trustees receive a request from at least 10 shareholders stating that
they wish to communicate with other shareholders to request a meeting to remove
a Trustee, the Trustees will then either make the Fund's shareholder list
available to the applicants or mail their communication to all other
shareholders at the applicants' expense. The shareholders making the request
must have been shareholders for at least six months and must hold shares of the
Fund valued at $25,000 or more or constituting at least 1% of the Fund's
outstanding shares, whichever is less. The Trustees may also take other action
as permitted by the Investment Company Act.
|X| Shareholder and Trustee Liability. The Fund's Declaration of Trust
contains an express disclaimer of shareholder or Trustee liability for the
Fund's obligations. It also provides for indemnification and reimbursement of
expenses out of the Fund's property for any shareholder held personally liable
for its obligations. The Declaration of Trust also states that upon request, the
Fund shall assume the defense of any claim made against a shareholder for any
act or obligation of the Fund and shall satisfy any judgment on that claim.
Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a business trust (such as the Fund)
to be held personally liable as a "partner" under certain circumstances.
However, the risk that a Fund shareholder will incur financial loss from being
held liable as a "partner" of the Fund is limited to the relatively remote
circumstances in which the Fund would be unable to meet its obligations.
The Fund's contractual arrangements state that any person doing
business with the Fund (and each shareholder of the Fund) agrees under its
Declaration of Trust to look solely to the assets of the Fund for satisfaction
of any claim or demand that may arise out of any dealings with the Fund.
Additionally, the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any such person,
to the extent permitted by law.
Trustees and Officers of the Fund. The Trustees and officers of the Fund and
their principal occupations and business affiliations during the past five years
are listed below. Trustees denoted with an asterisk (*) below are deemed to be
"interested persons" of the Fund under the Investment Company Act. All of the
Trustees are also trustees, directors or managing general partners of the
following Denver-based Oppenheimer funds2:
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds Centennial America Fund, L. P.
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund Centennial California Tax ExemptTrust
Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc. Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund. Centennial Money Market Trust
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Ms. Macaskill and Messrs. Swain, Bishop, Wixted, Donohue, Farrar and Zack, who
are officers of the Fund, respectively hold the same offices with the other
Denver-based Oppenheimer funds.
James C. Swain*, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee, Age: 66.
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice Chairman of the Manager (since September 1988); formerly President and a
director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation, an investment adviser
subsidiary of the Manager and Chairman of the Board of Shareholder Services,
Inc.
Bridget A. Macaskill*, President and Trustee, Age: 51.
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
President (since June 1991), Chief Executive Officer (since September 1995) and
a director (since December 1994) of the Manager; President, Chief Executive
Officer and a director (since March 2000) of OFI Private Investments, Inc., an
investment adviser subsidiary of the Manager; Chairman and a director of
Shareholder Services, Inc. (since August 1994) and Shareholder Financial
Services, Inc. (since September 1995), transfer agent subsidiaries of the
Manager; President (since September 1995) and a director (since October 1990) of
Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., the Manager's parent holding company; President
(since September 1995) and a director (since November 1989) of Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc., a holding company subsidiary of the Manager;
President and a director (since October 1997) of OppenheimerFunds International
Ltd., an offshore fund management subsidiary of the Manager and of Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc; a director of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation
(since July 1991) and of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since July
1996), investment adviser subsidiaries of the Manager; a director (since April
2000) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, a charitable trust program established
by the Manager; a director of Prudential Corporation plc (a U.K. financial
service company). President and a trustee of other Oppenheimer funds.
William L. Armstrong, Trustee, Age: 63.
11 Carriage Lane, Littleton, Colorado 80121
Chairman of the following private mortgage banking companies: Cherry Creek
Mortgage Company (since 1991), Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994),
The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993), Transland Financial Services, Inc.
(since 1997), and Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984); Chairman of the
following private companies: Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate
brokerage) (since 1994), Frontier Title (title insurance agency) (since 1995)
and Great Frontier Insurance (insurance agency) (since 1995); Director of the
following public companies: Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment
company) (since 1991), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil and gas drilling/production
company) (since 1992), UNUMProvident (insurance company) (since 1991); formerly
Director of the following public companies: International Family Entertainment
(television channel) (1991 - 1997) and Natec Resources, Inc. (air pollution
control equipment and services company) (1991 - 1995); formerly U.S. Senator
(January 1979 - January 1991).
Robert G. Avis*, Trustee, Age: 69.
One North Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Capital, Inc.
(General Partner of private equity funds), formerly, until March 1999, Vice
Chairman and Director of A.G. Edwards and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc. (its brokerage company subsidiary); until March 1999, Chairman of A.G.
Edwards Trust Company and A.G.E. Asset Management (investment advisor); until
March 2000, a Director of A.G. Edwards & Sons and A.G. Edwards Trust Company.
George C. Bowen, Trustee, Age: 63.
9224 Bauer Ct., Lone Tree, Colorado 80124
Formerly (until April 1999) Mr. Bowen held the following positions: Senior Vice
President (since September 1987) and Treasurer (since March 1985) of the
Manager; Vice President (since June 1983) and Treasurer (since March 1985) of
the Distributor; Vice President (since October 1989) and Treasurer (since April
1986) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Senior Vice President (since
February 1992), Treasurer (since July 1991) Assistant Secretary and a director
(since December 1991) of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; President,
Treasurer and a director of Centennial Capital Corporation (since June 1989);
Vice President and Treasurer (since August 1978) and Secretary (since April
1981) of Shareholder Services, Inc.; Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since November 1989); Assistant Treasurer
of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (since March 1998); Treasurer of Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since November 1989); Vice President and Treasurer
of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since July 1996); Treasurer of
OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since
October 1997).
Edward L. Cameron, Trustee, Age: 61.
Spring Valley Road, Morristown, New Jersey 07960
Formerly (from 1974-1999) a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (an
accounting firm) and Chairman, Price Waterhouse LLP Global Investment management
Industry Services Group (from 1994-1998).
Jon S. Fossel, Trustee, Age: 58.
P.O. Box 44, Mead Street, Waccabuc, New York 10597
Formerly (until October 1990) Chairman and a director of the Manager, President
and a director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., the Manager's parent holding
company, and Shareholder Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services,
Inc., transfer agent subsidiaries of the Manager.
Sam Freedman, Trustee, Age: 59.
4975 Lakeshore Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80123
Formerly (until October 1994) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
OppenheimerFunds Services, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director of
Shareholder Services, Inc., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and director of
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Vice President and director of Oppenheimer
Acquisition Corp. and a director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Raymond J. Kalinowski, Trustee, Age: 71.
44 Portland Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63131
Formerly a director of Wave Technologies International, Inc. (a computer
products training company), self-employed consultant (securities matters).
C. Howard Kast, Trustee, Age: 78.
2552 East Alameda, Denver, Colorado 80209
Formerly Managing Partner of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (an accounting firm).
Robert M. Kirchner, Trustee, Age: 78.
7500 E. Arapahoe Road, Englewood, Colorado 80112
President of The Kirchner Company (management consultants).
F. William Marshall, Jr., Age: 58.
87 Ely Road, Longmeadow, MA 01106
Formerly (until 1999) Chairman of SIS & Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank);
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of SIS Bankcorp., Inc. and SIS
Bank (formerly Springfield Institution for Savings) (1993-1999); Executive Vice
President (until 1999) of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc.; Chairman and
Chief Executive Office of Bank of Ireland First Holdings, Inc. and First New
Hampshire Banks (1990-1993); Trustee (since 1996) of MassMutual Institutional
Funds and of MML Series Investment Fund (open-end investment companies).
Charles Albers, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Age: 59.
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Senior Vice President (since April 1998) of the Manager; a Certified Financial
Analyst; formerly a Vice President and portfolio manager for Guardian Investor
Services, the investment management subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance
Company (1972 - April 1998).
Mark Zavanelli, Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 29.
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10048
Assistant Vice President (since May 1998) of the Manager; a Chartered Financial
Analyst; before joining the Manager in May 1998 he was President of Waterside
Capital Management, a registered investment advisor (August 1995 - April 1998),
a financial research analyst for Elder Research (June 1997 - April 1998) and a
manager of research services for ZPR Investment Management, Inc., an investment
advisor (June 1992 - July 1995).
Andrew J. Donohue, Vice President and Secretary, Age: 50.
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Executive Vice President (since January 1993), General Counsel (since October
1991) and a director (since September 1995) of the Manager; Executive Vice
President (since September 1993) and a director (since January 1992) of the
Distributor; Executive Vice President, General Counsel and a director (since
September 1995) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder
Services, Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership
Holdings, Inc., of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since March 2000), and of
PIMCO Trust Company (since May 2000); President and a director of Centennial
Asset Management Corporation (since September 1995) and of Oppenheimer Real
Asset Management, Inc. (since July 1996); Vice President and a director (since
September 1997) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc; a director (since April 2000) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy
Program, a charitable trust program established by the Manager; General Counsel
(since May 1996) and Secretary (since April 1997) of Oppenheimer Acquisition
Corp.; an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, Age: 40.
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Senior Vice President and Treasurer (since March 1999) of the Manager; Treasurer
(since March 1999) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder
Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder
Financial Services, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., of OFI
Private Investments, Inc. (since March 2000) and of OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since May 2000);
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since May 2000) of PIMCO Trust Company;
Assistant Treasurer (since March 1999) of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. and of
Centennial Asset Management Corporation; an officer of other Oppenheimer funds;
formerly Principal and Chief Operating Officer, Bankers Trust Company - Mutual
Fund Services Division (March 1995 - March 1999); Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of CS First Boston Investment Management Corp. (September 1991
- March 1995); and Vice President and Accounting Manager, Merrill Lynch Asset
Management (November 1987 - September 1991).
Robert G. Zack, Assistant Secretary, Age: 52.
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Senior Vice President (since May 1985) and Associate General Counsel (since May
1981) of the Manager, Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since
May 1985), Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since November 1989);
OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since
October 1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 41.
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice President of the Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (since May 1996); an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds; formerly an Assistant Vice President of the
Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (April 1994 - May 1996), and a Fund Controller
for the Manager.
Scott T. Farrar, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 34.
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice President of the Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (since May 1996); Assistant
Treasurer of Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997); an officer
of other Oppenheimer Funds; formerly an Assistant Vice President of the
Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (April 1994 - May 1996), and a Fund Controller
for the Manager.
|_| Remuneration of Trustees. The officers of the Fund and three
Trustees of the Fund (Ms. Macaskill and Messrs. Bowen and Swain) are affiliated
with the Manager and receive no salary or fee from the Fund. The remaining
Trustees of the Fund are expected to receive the compensation shown below from
the Fund with respect to the Fund's fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. The
compensation from all of the Denver-based Oppenheimer funds represents
compensation received as a director, trustee, managing general partner or member
of a committee of the Board during the calendar year 1999.
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Total Compensation
from all Denver-Based
Aggregate Compensation Oppenheimer Funds
Director's Name and Position from Fund (38 Funds)1
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William H. Armstrong $ $14,542
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Robert G. Avis $ $67,998
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William A. Baker $ $69,998
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George Bowen $ $23,879
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Edward L. Cameron $ $2,430
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Jon. S. Fossel
Review Committee Member $ $66,586
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Sam Freedman
Review Committee Member $ $73,998
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Raymond J. Kalinowski
Audit Committee Member $ $73,248
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C. Howard Kast
Chairman, Audit and Review
Committees $ $78,873
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Robert M. Kirchner
Audit Committee Member $ $69,248
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Ned M. Steel $ $67,998
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</TABLE>
1 For the 1999 calendar year.
2. Estimated to be received during the current fiscal year ended June 30, 2000
3. For the 1999 calendar year. Compensation is only from funds on whose
Board a Trustee served, as described above. The Denver-Based
Oppenheimer funds include 30 Oppenheimer funds and variable annuity
funds. Prior to July 1, 1999, Messrs. Freedman and Kalinowski were
members of the Audit and Review Committee and Mr. Kast was Chairman of
that committee.
|_| Deferred Compensation Plan. The Board of Trustees has adopted a
Deferred Compensation Plan for disinterested trustees that enables them to elect
to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees they are entitled to
receive from the Fund. Under the plan, the compensation deferred by a Trustee is
periodically adjusted as though an equivalent amount had been invested in shares
of one or more Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The amount paid to the
Trustee under the plan will be determined based upon the performance of the
selected funds.
Deferral of Trustee's fees under the plan will not materially
affect the Fund's assets, liabilities and net income per share. The plan will
not obligate the Fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any
particular level of compensation to any Trustee. Pursuant to an Order issued by
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the 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 fee account.
|_| Major Shareholders. As of the date of this Statement of
Additional Information, the Manager was the sole initial shareholder of the
Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares.
The Manager. The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a
holding company controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
|X| Code of Ethics. The Fund, the Manager and the Distributor have
a Code of Ethics. It is designed to detect and prevent improper personal trading
by certain employees, including portfolio managers, that would compete with or
take advantage of the Fund's portfolio transactions. Covered persons include
persons with knowledge of the investments and investment intentions of the Fund
and other funds advised by the Manager. The Code of Ethics does permit personnel
subject to the Code to invest in securities, including securities that may be
purchased or held by the Fund, subject to a number of restrictions and controls.
Compliance with the Code of Ethics is carefully monitored and enforced by the
Manager.
|_| The 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 managers of the Fund are employed by the Manager and are the persons
who are principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's
portfolio. Other members of the Manager's Equity Portfolio Department provide
the portfolio managers with counsel and support in managing the Fund's
portfolio.
The agreement requires the Manager, at its expense, to provide the Fund
with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It also requires the
Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and
clerical personnel required to provide effective administration for the Fund.
Those responsibilities include the compilation and maintenance of records with
respect to its operations, the preparation and filing of specified reports, and
composition of proxy materials and registration statements for continuous public
sale of shares of the Fund.
The Fund pays expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the
advisory agreement. The advisory agreement lists examples of expenses paid by
the Fund. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions,
fees to certain Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent
expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs and
non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees paid by
the Fund to the Manager are calculated at the rates described in the Prospectus,
which are applied to the assets of the Fund as a whole. The fees are allocated
to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of the Fund's net
assets represented by that class.
The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment advisory
agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss resulting from a good faith
error or omission on its part with respect to any of its duties under the
agreement.
The agreement permits the Manager to act as investment advisor for any
other person, firm or corporation and to use the name "Oppenheimer" in
connection with other investment companies for which it may act as investment
advisor or general distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as investment
advisor to the Fund, the Manager may withdraw the right of the Fund to use the
name "Oppenheimer" as part of its name.
Brokerage Policies of the Fund
Brokerage Provisions of the Investment Advisory Agreement. One of the duties of
the Manager under the investment advisory agreement is to arrange the portfolio
transactions for the Fund. The advisory agreement contains provisions relating
to the employment of broker-dealers to effect the Fund's portfolio transactions.
The Manager is authorized by the advisory agreement to employ broker-dealers,
including "affiliated" brokers, as that term is defined in the Investment
Company Act. The Manager may employ broker-dealers that the Manager thinks, in
its best judgment based on all relevant factors, will implement the policy of
the Fund to obtain, at reasonable expense, the "best execution" of the Fund's
portfolio transactions. "Best execution" means prompt and reliable execution at
the most favorable price obtainable. The Manager need not seek competitive
commission bidding. However, it is expected to be aware of the current rates of
eligible brokers and to minimize the commissions paid to the extent consistent
with the interests and policies of the Fund as established by its Board of
Trustees.
Under the investment advisory agreement, the Manager may select brokers
(other than affiliates) that provide brokerage and/or research services for the
Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Manager or its affiliates have
investment discretion. The commissions paid to such brokers may be higher than
another qualified broker would charge, if the Manager makes a good faith
determination that the commission is fair and reasonable in relation to the
services provided. Subject to those considerations, as a factor in selecting
brokers for the Fund's portfolio transactions, the Manager may also consider
sales of shares of the Fund and other investment companies for which the Manager
or an affiliate serves as investment advisor.
Brokerage Practices Followed by the Manager. The Manager allocates brokerage for
the Fund subject to the provisions of the investment advisory agreement and the
procedures and rules described above. Generally, the Manager's portfolio traders
allocate brokerage based upon recommendations from the Manager's portfolio
managers. In certain instances, portfolio managers may directly place trades and
allocate brokerage. In either case, the Manager's executive officers supervise
the allocation of brokerage.
Transactions in securities other than those for which an exchange is the primary
market are generally done with principals or market makers. In transactions on
foreign exchanges, the Fund may be required to pay fixed brokerage commissions
and therefore would not have the benefit of negotiated commissions available in
U.S. markets. Brokerage commissions are paid primarily for transactions in
listed securities or for certain fixed-income agency transactions in the
secondary market. Otherwise brokerage commissions are paid only if it appears
likely that a better price or execution can be obtained by doing so. In an
option transaction, the Fund ordinarily uses the same broker for the purchase or
sale of the option and any transaction in the securities to which the option
relates.
Other funds advised by the Manager have investment policies
similar to those of the Fund. Those other funds may purchase or sell the same
securities as the Fund at the same time as the Fund, which could affect the
supply and price of the securities. If two or more funds advised by the Manager
purchase the same security on the same day from the same dealer, the
transactions under those combined orders are averaged as to price and allocated
in accordance with the purchase or sale orders actually placed for each account.
Most purchases of debt obligations are principal transactions at net
prices. Instead of using a broker for those transactions, the Fund normally
deals directly with the selling or purchasing principal or market maker unless
the Manager determines that a better price or execution can be obtained by using
the services of a broker. Purchases of portfolio securities from underwriters
include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to the underwriter.
Purchases from dealers include a spread between the bid and asked prices. The
Fund seeks to obtain prompt execution of these orders at the most favorable net
price.
The investment advisory agreement permits the Manager to allocate
brokerage for research services. The research services provided by a particular
broker may be useful only to one or more of the advisory accounts of the Manager
and its affiliates. The investment research received for the commissions of
those other accounts may be useful both to the Fund and one or more of the
Manager's other accounts. Investment research may be supplied to the Manager by
a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades are placed.
Investment research services include information and analysis on
particular companies and industries as well as market or economic trends and
portfolio strategy, market quotations for portfolio evaluations, information
systems, computer hardware and similar products and services. If a research
service also assists the Manager in a non-research capacity (such as bookkeeping
or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or component that
provides assistance to the Manager in the investment decision-making process may
be paid in commission dollars.
The Board of Trustees permits the Manager to use stated commissions on
secondary fixed-income agency trades to obtain research if the broker represents
to the Manager that: (i) the trade is not from or for the broker's own
inventory, (ii) the trade was executed by the broker on an agency basis at the
stated commission, and (iii) the trade is not a riskless principal transaction.
The Board of Trustees permits the Manager to use concessions on fixed-price
offerings to obtain research, in the same manner as is permitted for agency
transactions.
The research services provided by brokers broadens the scope and
supplements the research activities of the Manager. That research provides
additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager to
obtain market information for the valuation of securities that are either held
in the Fund's portfolio or are being considered for purchase. The Manager
provides information to the Board about the commissions paid to brokers
furnishing such services, together with the Manager's representation that the
amount of such commissions was reasonably related to the value or benefit of
such services.
Distribution and Service Plans
The Distributor. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with the Fund, the
Distributor acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous public
offering of the different classes of shares of the Fund. The Distributor is not
obligated to sell a specific number of shares. Expenses normally attributable to
sales are borne by the Distributor.
Distribution and Service Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A
shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B and Class C shares under
Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act. Under those plans the Fund pays the
Distributor for all or a portion of its costs incurred in connection with the
distribution and/or servicing of the shares of the particular class. Each plan
has been approved by a vote of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of
the Independent Trustees3, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on that plan.
Under the plans, the Manager and the Distributor may make payments to
affiliates, in their sole discretion, from time to time, and may use their own
resources (at no direct cost to the Fund) to make payments to brokers, dealers
or other financial institutions for distribution and administrative services
they perform. The Manager may use its profits from the advisory fee it receives
from the Fund. In their sole discretion, the Distributor and the Manager may
increase or decrease the amount of payments they make from their own resources
to plan recipients.
Unless a plan is terminated as described below, the plan continues in
effect from year to year but only if the Fund's Board of Trustees and its
Independent Trustees specifically vote annually to approve its continuance.
Approval must be by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on continuing the plan. A plan may be terminated at any time by the vote
of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders of a
"majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding shares
of that class.
The Board of Trustees and the Independent Trustees must approve all
material amendments to a plan. An amendment to increase materially the amount of
payments to be made under a plan must be approved by shareholders of the class
affected by the amendment. Because Class B shares of the Fund automatically
convert into Class A shares after six years, the Fund must obtain the approval
of both Class A and Class B shareholders for a proposed material amendment to
the Class A Plan that would materially increase payments under the Plan.
While the Plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund shall provide
separate written reports on the plans to the Board of Trustees at least
quarterly for its review. The Reports shall detail the amount of all payments
made under a plan and the purpose for which the payments were made. Those
reports are subject to the review and approval of the Independent Trustees.
Each Plan states that while it is in effect, the selection and
nomination of those Trustees of the Fund who are not "interested persons" of the
Fund is committed to the discretion of the Independent Trustees. This does not
prevent the involvement of others in the selection and nomination process as
long as the final decision as to selection or nomination is approved by a
majority of the Independent Trustees.
Under the plans for a class, no payment will be made to any recipient
in any quarter in which the aggregate net asset value of all Fund shares of that
class held by the recipient for itself and its customers does not exceed a
minimum amount, if any, that may be set from time to time by a majority of the
Independent Trustees. The Board of Trustees has set no minimum amount of assets
to qualify for payments under the plans.
|_| Class A Service Plan Fees. Under the Class A service plan, the
Distributor currently uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers,
dealers and other financial institutions (they are referred to as "recipients")
for personal services and account maintenance services they provide for their
customers who hold Class A shares. The services include, among others, answering
customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in establishing and maintaining
accounts in the Fund, making the Fund's investment plans available and providing
other services at the request of the Fund or the Distributor. The Class A
service plan permits reimbursements to the Distributor at a rate of up to 0.25%
of average annual net assets of Class A shares. While the plan permits the Board
to authorize payments to the Distributor to reimburse itself for services under
the plan, the Board has not yet done so. The Distributor makes payments to plan
recipients quarterly at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average annual
net assets consisting of Class A shares held in the accounts of the recipients
or their customers.
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 and Class C Service and Distribution Plan Fees. Under each
plan, service fees and distribution fees are computed on the average of the net
asset value of shares in the respective class, determined as of the close of
each regular business day during the period. The Class B and Class C plans
provide for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate for its services,
whether its costs in distributing Class B and Class C shares and servicing
accounts are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund under the plan for
the period for which the fee is paid. The types of services that recipients
provide in return for service fees are similar to the services provided under
the Class A service plan, described above.
The Class B and the Class C Plans permit the Distributor to retain both
the asset-based sales charges and the service fees or to pay recipients the
service fee on a quarterly basis, without payment in advance. However, the
Distributor currently intends to pay the service fee to recipients in advance
for the first year after the shares are purchased. After the first year shares
are outstanding, the Distributor makes service fee payments quarterly on those
shares. The advance payment is based on the net asset value of shares sold.
Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify for the advance service fee payment.
If Class B or Class C shares are redeemed during the first year after their
purchase, the recipient of the service fees on those shares will be obligated to
repay the Distributor a pro rata portion of the advance payment of the service
fee made on those shares.
The Distributor retains the asset-based sales charge on Class B
shares. The Distributor retains the asset-based sales charge on Class C shares
during the first year the shares are outstanding. It pays the asset-based sales
charge as an ongoing commission to the recipient on Class C shares outstanding
for a year or more. If a dealer has a special agreement with the Distributor,
the Distributor will pay the Class B and/or Class C service fee and the
asset-based sales charge to the dealer quarterly in lieu of paying the sales
commissions and service fee in advance at the time of purchase.
The asset-based sales charges on Class B and Class C shares allow
investors to buy shares without a front-end sales charge while allowing the
Distributor to compensate dealers that sell those shares. The Fund pays the
asset-based sales charges to the Distributor for its services rendered in
distributing Class B and Class C shares. The payments are made to the
Distributor in recognition that the Distributor:
o pays sales commissions to authorized brokers and dealers at the time of sale
and pays service fees as described above, o may finance payment of sales
commissions and/or the advance of the service fee payment to recipients under
the plans, or may
provide such financing from its own resources or from the
resources of an affiliate, o employs personnel to support distribution of Class
B and Class C shares, and
o bears the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses
(other than those furnished to current shareholders) and state
"blue sky" registration fees and certain other distribution
expenses.
The Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B and Class C shares
may be more than the payments it receives from the contingent deferred sales
charges collected on redeemed shares and from the Fund under the plans. If
either the Class B or the Class C plan is terminated by the Fund, the Board of
Trustees may allow the Fund to continue payments of the asset-based sales charge
to the Distributor for distributing shares before the plan was terminated. The
plans allow for the carry-forward of distribution expenses, to be recovered from
asset-based sales charges in subsequent fiscal periods.
All payments under the Class B and the Class C plans are subject to the
limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. on payments of asset-based sales charges and service
fees.
Performance of the Fund
Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to
illustrate its investment performance. Those terms include "cumulative total
return," "average annual total return," "average annual total return at net
asset value" and "total return at net asset value." An explanation of how total
returns are calculated is set forth below. You can obtain current performance
information by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent at 1-800-525-7048 or by
visiting the OppenheimerFunds Internet web site at
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com.
The Fund's illustrations of its performance data in advertisements must
comply with rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those rules
describe the types of performance data that may be used and how it is to be
calculated. In general, any advertisement by the Fund of its performance data
must include the average annual total returns for the advertised class of shares
of the Fund. Those returns must be shown for the 1-, 5- and 10-year periods (or
the life of the class, if less) ending as of the most recently ended calendar
quarter prior to the publication of the advertisement (or its submission for
publication).
Use of standardized performance calculations enables an investor to
compare the Fund's performance to the performance of other funds for the same
periods. However, a number of factors should be considered before using the
Fund's performance information as a basis for comparison with other investments:
|_| Total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in the Fund
over various periods and do not show the performance of each shareholder's
account. Your account's performance will vary from the model performance data if
your dividends are received in cash, or you buy or sell shares during the
period, or you bought your shares at a different time and price than the shares
used in the model.
|_| An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other government
agency.
|_| The Fund's performance returns do not reflect the
effect of taxes on dividends and capital gains distributions.
|_| The principal value of the Fund's shares and total returns are not
guaranteed and normally will fluctuate on a daily basis.
|_| When an investor'sshares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than
their original cost
|_| Total returns for any given past period represent historical performance
information and are not, and should not be considered, a prediction of future
returns.
The performance of each class of shares is shown separately, because
the performance of each class of shares will usually be different. That is
because of the different kinds of expenses each class bears. The total returns
of each class of shares of the Fund are affected by market conditions, the
quality of the Fund's investments, the maturity of debt investments, the types
of investments the Fund holds, and its operating expenses that are allocated to
the particular class.
|X| Total Return Information. There are different types of "total
returns" to measure the Fund's performance. Total return is the change in value
of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over a given period, assuming that all
dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested in additional shares
and that the investment is redeemed at the end of the period. Because of
differences in expenses for each class of shares, the total returns for each
class are separately measured. The cumulative total return measures the change
in value over the entire period (for example, ten years). An average annual
total return shows the average rate of return for each year in a period that
would produce the cumulative total return over the entire period. However,
average annual total returns do not show actual year-by-year performance. The
Fund uses standardized calculations for its total returns as prescribed by the
SEC. The methodology is discussed below.
In calculating total returns for Class A shares, the current
maximum sales charge of 5.75% (as a percentage of the offering price) is
deducted from the initial investment ("P") (unless the return is shown without
sales charge, as described below). For Class B shares, payment of the applicable
contingent deferred sales charge is applied, depending on the period for which
the return is shown: 5.0% in the first year, 4.0% in the second year, 3.0% in
the third and fourth years, 2.0% in the fifth year, 1.0% in the sixth year and
none thereafter. For Class C shares, the 1% contingent deferred sales charge is
deducted for returns for the 1-year period. There is no sales charge on Class Y
shares.
|_| Average Annual Total Return. The "average annual total
return" of each class is an average annual compounded rate of return for each
year in a specified number of years. It is the rate of return based on the
change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the
formula below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an
Ending Redeemable Value ("ERV" in the formula) of that investment, according to
the following formula:
1/n
(ERV)
(---) -1 = Average Annual Total Return
( P )
|_| Cumulative Total Return. The "cumulative total return"
calculation measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $1,000
over an entire period of years. Its calculation uses some of the same factors as
average annual total return, but it does not average the rate of return on an
annual basis. Cumulative total return is determined as follows:
ERV - P
------- = Total Return
P
|_| Total Returns at Net Asset Value. From time to time the
Fund may also quote a cumulative or an average annual total return "at net asset
value" (without deducting sales charges) for Class A, Class B or Class C shares.
Each is based on the difference in net asset value per share at the beginning
and the end of the period for a hypothetical investment in that class of shares
(without considering front-end or contingent deferred sales charges) and takes
into consideration the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains
distributions.
Other Performance Comparisons. The Fund compares its performance annually to
that of an appropriate broadly-based market index in its Annual Report to
shareholders. You can obtain that information by contacting the Transfer Agent
at the addresses or telephone numbers shown on the cover of this Statement of
Additional Information. The Fund may also compare its performance to that of
other investments, including other mutual funds, or use rankings of its
performance by independent ranking entities. Examples of these performance
comparisons are set forth below.
|_| Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking
of the performance of its classes of shares by Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.
Lipper is a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service. Lipper
monitors the performance of regulated investment companies, including the Fund,
and ranks their performance for various periods based on categories relating to
investment objectives. The performance of the Fund is ranked by Lipper against
all other growth funds. The Lipper performance rankings are based on total
returns that include the reinvestment of capital gain distributions and income
dividends but do not take sales charges or taxes into consideration. Lipper also
publishes "peer-group" indices of the performance of all mutual funds in a
category that it monitors and averages of the performance of the funds in
particular categories.
|_| Morningstar Ratings and Rankings. From time to time the Fund may
publish the ranking and/or star rating of the performance of its classes of
shares by Morningstar, Inc., an independent mutual fund monitoring service.
Morningstar rates and ranks mutual funds in broad investment categories:
domestic stock funds, international stock funds, taxable bond funds and
municipal bond funds. The Fund is included in the domestic stock funds category.
Morningstar proprietary star ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted
total investment return. Investment return measures a fund's (or class's) one-,
three-, five- and ten-year average annual total returns (depending on the
inception of the fund or class) in excess of 90-day U.S. Treasury bill returns
after considering the fund's sales charges and expenses. Risk is measured by a
fund's (or class's) performance below 90-day U.S. Treasury bill returns. Risk
and investment return are combined to produce star ratings reflecting
performance relative to the other funds in the fund's category. Five stars is
the "highest" ranking (top 10% of funds in a category), four stars is "above
average" (next 22.5%), three stars is "average" (next 35%), two stars is "below
average" (next 22.5%) and one star is "lowest" (bottom 10%). The current star
rating is the fund's (or class's) overall rating, which is the fund's 3-year
rating or its combined 3- and 5-year ranking (weighted 60%/40% respectively), or
its combined 3-, 5-, and 10-year rating (weighted 40%/30%/30%, respectively),
depending on the inception date of the fund (or class). Ratings are subject to
change monthly.
The Fund may also compare its total return ranking to that of other
funds in its Morningstar category, in addition to its star rating. Those total
return rankings are percentages from one percent to one hundred percent and are
not risk-adjusted. For example, if a fund is in the 94th percentile, that means
that 94% of the funds in the same category performed better than it did.
|_| Performance Rankings and Comparisons by Other Entities and
Publications. From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and
sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in newspapers and
other periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron's,
or similar publications. That information may include performance quotations
from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar. The performance of the
Fund's classes of shares may be compared in publications to the performance of
various market indices or other investments, and averages, performance rankings
or other benchmarks prepared by recognized mutual fund statistical services.
Investors may also wish to compare the returns on the Fund's share
classes to the return on fixed-income investments available from banks and
thrift institutions. Those include certificates of deposit, ordinary
interest-paying checking and savings accounts, and other forms of fixed or
variable time deposits, and various other instruments such as Treasury bills.
However, the Fund's returns and share price are not guaranteed or insured by the
FDIC or any other agency and will fluctuate daily, while bank depository
obligations may be insured by the FDIC and may provide fixed rates of return.
Repayment of principal and payment of interest on Treasury securities is backed
by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
From time to time, the Fund may publish rankings or ratings of the
Manager or Transfer Agent, and of the investor services provided by them to
shareholders of the Oppenheimer funds, other than performance rankings of the
Oppenheimer funds themselves. Those ratings or rankings of shareholder and
investor services by third parties may include comparisons of their services to
those provided by other mutual fund families selected by the rating or ranking
services. They may be based upon the opinions of the rating or ranking service
itself, using its research or judgment, or based upon surveys of investors,
brokers, shareholders or others.
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How to Buy Shares
Additional information is presented below about the methods that can be
used to buy shares of the Fund. Appendix C contains more information about the
special sales charge arrangements offered by the Fund, and the circumstances in
which sales charges may be reduced or waived for certain classes of investors.
AccountLink. When shares are purchased through AccountLink, each purchase must
be at least $25. Shares will be purchased two regular business days following
the regular business day you instruct the Distributor to initiate the Automated
Clearing House ("ACH") transfer to buy the shares. Dividends will begin to
accrue on shares purchased with the proceeds of ACH transfers three business
days following the business day the Distributor is instructed to initiate the
ACH transfer before the close of The New York Stock Exchange. The Exchange
normally closes at 4:00 P.M., but may close earlier on certain days. If Federal
Funds are received on a business day after the close of the Exchange, the shares
will be purchased and dividends will begin to accrue on the next regular
business day. The proceeds of ACH transfers are normally received by the Fund 3
days after the transfers are initiated. The Distributor and the Fund are not
responsible for any delays in purchasing shares resulting from delays in ACH
transmissions.
Reduced Sales Charges. As discussed in the Prospectus, a reduced sales charge
rate may be obtained for Class A shares under Right of Accumulation and Letters
of Intent because of the economies of sales efforts and reduction in expenses
realized by the Distributor, dealers and brokers making such sales. No sales
charge is imposed in certain other circumstances described in Appendix C to this
Statement of Additional Information because the Distributor or dealer or broker
incurs little or no selling expenses.
|_| Right of Accumulation. To qualify for the lower sales charge rates
that apply to larger purchases of Class A shares, you and your spouse can add
together:
|_| Class A and Class B shares you purchase for your individual
accounts, or for your joint accounts, or for trust or
custodial accounts on behalf of your children who are minors,
and
|_| current purchases of Class A and Class B shares of the Fund
and other Oppenheimer funds to reduce the sales charge rate
that applies to current purchases of Class A shares, and
|_| Class A and Class B shares of Oppenheimer funds you previously
purchased subject to an initial or contingent deferred sales
charge to reduce the sales charge rate for current purchases
of Class A shares, provided that you still hold your
investment in one of the Oppenheimer funds.
A fiduciary can count all shares purchased for a trust, estate or other
fiduciary account (including one or more employee benefit plans of the same
employer) that has multiple accounts. The Distributor will add the value, at
current offering price, of the shares you previously purchased and currently own
to the value of current purchases to determine the sales charge rate that
applies. The reduced sales charge will apply only to current purchases. You must
request it when you buy shares.
|_| The Oppenheimer Funds. The Oppenheimer funds are those mutual funds
for which the Distributor acts as the distributor or the sub-distributor and
currently include the following:
Oppenheimer Bond Fund Oppenheimer Main Street California Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Main Street Growth&Income Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund Oppenheimer MidCap Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Value Fund Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value Fund,Inc
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund, Inc
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Europe Fund Oppenheimer Quest Small Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Florida Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Fund Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer Insured Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Intermediate Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund Oppenheimer World Bond Fund
Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund Limited-Term New York MunicipalFund
Oppenheimer Large Cap Growth Fund Rochester Fund Municipals
Oppenheimer Limited Term government Fund
And the following money market funds:
Centennial America Fund, L. P. Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Centennial Money Market Trust Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
There is an initial sales charge on the purchase of Class A shares of
each of the Oppenheimer funds except the money market funds. Under certain
circumstances described in this Statement of Additional Information, redemption
proceeds of certain money market fund shares may be subject to a contingent
deferred sales charge.
|_| Letters of Intent. Under a Letter of Intent, if you purchase Class
A shares or Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds
during a 13-month period, you can reduce the sales charge rate that applies to
your purchases of Class A shares. The total amount of your intended purchases of
both Class A and Class B shares will determine the reduced sales charge rate for
the Class A shares purchased during that period. You can include purchases made
up to 90 days before the date of the Letter.
A Letter of Intent is an investor's statement in writing to the
Distributor of the intention to purchase Class A shares or Class A and Class B
shares of the Fund (and other Oppenheimer funds) during a 13-month period (the
"Letter of Intent period"). At the investor's request, this may include
purchases made up to 90 days prior to the date of the Letter. The Letter states
the investor's intention to make the aggregate amount of purchases of shares
which, when added to the investor's holdings of shares of those funds, will
equal or exceed the amount specified in the Letter. Purchases made by
reinvestment of dividends or distributions of capital gains and purchases made
at net asset value without sales charge do not count toward satisfying the
amount of the Letter.
A Letter enables an investor to count the Class A and Class B shares
purchased under the Letter to obtain the reduced sales charge rate on purchases
of Class A shares of the Fund (and other Oppenheimer funds) that applies under
the Right of Accumulation to current purchases of Class A shares. Each purchase
of Class A shares under the Letter will be made at the offering price (including
the sales charge) that applies to a single lump-sum purchase of shares in the
amount intended to be purchased under the Letter.
In submitting a Letter, the investor makes no commitment to purchase
shares. However, if the investor's purchases of shares within the Letter of
Intent period, when added to the value (at offering price) of the investor's
holdings of shares on the last day of that period, do not equal or exceed the
intended purchase amount, the investor agrees to pay the additional amount of
sales charge applicable to such purchases. That amount is described in "Terms of
Escrow," below (those terms may be amended by the Distributor from time to
time). The investor agrees that shares equal in value to 5% of the intended
purchase amount will be held in escrow by the Transfer Agent subject to the
Terms of Escrow. Also, the investor agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Prospectus, this Statement of Additional Information and the Application used
for a Letter of Intent. If those terms are amended, as they may be from time to
time by the Fund, the investor agrees to be bound by the amended terms and that
those amendments will apply automatically to existing Letters of Intent.
If the total eligible purchases made during the Letter of Intent period
do not equal or exceed the intended purchase amount, the commissions previously
paid to the dealer of record for the account and the amount of sales charge
retained by the Distributor will be adjusted to the rates applicable to actual
total purchases. If total eligible purchases during the Letter of Intent period
exceed the intended purchase amount and exceed the amount needed to qualify for
the next sales charge rate reduction set forth in the Prospectus, the sales
charges paid will be adjusted to the lower rate. That adjustment will be made
only if and when the dealer returns to the Distributor the excess of the amount
of commissions allowed or paid to the dealer over the amount of commissions that
apply to the actual amount of purchases. The excess commissions returned to the
Distributor will be used to purchase additional shares for the investor's
account at the net asset value per share in effect on the date of such purchase,
promptly after the Distributor's receipt thereof.
The Transfer Agent will not hold shares in escrow for purchases of
shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds by OppenheimerFunds prototype
401(k) plans under a Letter of Intent. If the intended purchase amount under a
Letter of Intent entered into by an OppenheimerFunds prototype 401(k) plan is
not purchased by the plan by the end of the Letter of Intent period, there will
be no adjustment of commissions paid to the broker-dealer or financial
institution of record for accounts held in the name of that plan.
In determining the total amount of purchases made under a Letter,
shares redeemed by the investor prior to the termination of the Letter of Intent
period will be deducted. It is the responsibility of the dealer of record and/or
the investor to advise the Distributor about the Letter in placing any purchase
orders for the investor during the Letter of Intent period. All of such
purchases must be made through the Distributor.
|_| Terms of Escrow That Apply to Letters of Intent.
1. Out of the initial purchase (or subsequent purchases if
necessary) made pursuant to a Letter, shares of the Fund equal in value up to 5%
of the intended purchase amount specified in the Letter shall be held in escrow
by the Transfer Agent. For example, if the intended purchase amount is $50,000,
the escrow shall be shares valued in the amount of $2,500 (computed at the
offering price adjusted for a $50,000 purchase). Any dividends and capital gains
distributions on the escrowed shares will be credited to the investor's account.
2. If the total minimum investment specified under the Letter is
completed within the thirteen-month Letter of Intent period, the escrowed shares
will be promptly released to the investor.
3. If, at the end of the thirteen-month Letter of Intent period
the total purchases pursuant to the Letter are less than the intended purchase
amount specified in the Letter, the investor must remit to the Distributor an
amount equal to the difference between the dollar amount of sales charges
actually paid and the amount of sales charges which would have been paid if the
total amount purchased had been made at a single time. That sales charge
adjustment will apply to any shares redeemed prior to the completion of the
Letter. If the difference in sales charges is not paid within twenty days after
a request from the Distributor or the dealer, the Distributor will, within sixty
days of the expiration of the Letter, redeem the number of escrowed shares
necessary to realize such difference in sales charges. Full and fractional
shares remaining after such redemption will be released from escrow. If a
request is received to redeem escrowed shares prior to the payment of such
additional sales charge, the sales charge will be withheld from the redemption
proceeds.
4. By signing the Letter, the investor irrevocably constitutes and
appoints the Transfer Agent as attorney-in-fact to surrender for redemption any
or all escrowed shares.
5. The shares eligible for purchase under the Letter (or the holding of
which may be counted toward completion of a Letter) include: (a) Class A shares
sold with a front-end sales charge or subject to a Class A contingent deferred
sales charge, (b) Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds acquired subject to
a contingent deferred sales charge, and (c) Class A or Class B shares acquired
by exchange of either (1) Class A shares of one of the other Oppenheimer funds
that were acquired subject to a Class A initial or contingent deferred sales
charge or (2) Class B shares of one of the other Oppenheimer funds that were
acquired subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
6. Shares held in escrow hereunder will automatically be exchanged for
shares of another fund to which an exchange is requested, as described in the
section of the Prospectus entitled "How to Exchange Shares" and the escrow will
be transferred to that other fund.
Asset Builder Plans. To establish an Asset Builder Plan to buy shares directly
from a bank account, you must enclose a check (the minimum is $25) for the
initial purchase with your application. Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan
payments from bank accounts are subject to the redemption restrictions for
recent purchases described in the Prospectus. Asset Builder Plans are available
only if your bank is an ACH member. Asset Builder Plans may not be used to buy
shares for OppenheimerFunds employer-sponsored qualified retirement accounts.
Asset Builder Plans also enable shareholders of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves to use
their fund account to make monthly automatic purchases of shares of up to four
other Oppenheimer funds.
If you make payments from your bank account to purchase shares of the Fund, your
bank account will be debited automatically. Normally, the debit will be made two
business days prior to the investment dates you selected on your Application.
Neither the Distributor, the Transfer Agent nor the Fund shall be responsible
for any delays in purchasing shares that result from delays in ACH
transmissions.
Before you establish Asset Builder payments, you should obtain a
prospectus of the selected fund(s) from your financial advisor (or the
Distributor) and request an application from the Distributor. Complete the
application and return it. You may change the amount of your Asset Builder
payment or you can terminate these automatic investments at any time by writing
to the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent requires a reasonable period
(approximately 10 days) after receipt of your instructions to implement them.
The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend, or discontinue offering Asset
Builder plans at any time without prior notice.
Retirement Plans. Certain types of Retirement Plans are entitled to purchase
shares of the Fund without sales charge or at reduced sales charge rates, as
described in Appendix C to this Statement of Additional Information. Certain
special sales charge arrangements described in that Appendix apply to retirement
plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. or an independent record keeper that has a contract
or special arrangement with Merrill Lynch. If on the date the plan sponsor
signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping service agreement the plan has less than
$3 million in assets (other than assets invested in money market funds) invested
in applicable investments, then the retirement plan may purchase only Class B
shares of the Oppenheimer funds. Any retirement plans in that category that
currently invest in Class B shares of the Fund will have their Class B shares
converted to Class A shares of the Fund when the Plan's applicable investments
reach $5 million.
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 value of the Fund's shares on
the cancellation date is less than on the purchase date. That loss is equal to
the amount of the decline in the net asset value per share multiplied by the
number of shares in the purchase order. The investor is responsible for that
loss. If the investor fails to compensate the Fund for the loss, the Distributor
will do so. The Fund may reimburse the Distributor for that amount by redeeming
shares from any account registered in that investor's name, or the Fund or the
Distributor may seek other redress.
Classes of Shares. Each class of shares of the Fund represents an interest in
the same portfolio of investments of the Fund. However, each class has different
shareholder privileges and features. The net income attributable to Class B or
Class C shares and the dividends payable on Class B or Class C shares will be
reduced by incremental expenses borne solely by that class. Those expenses
include the asset-based sales charges to which Class B and Class C are subject.
The availability of different classes of shares permits an investor to
choose the method of purchasing shares that is more appropriate for the
investor. That may depend on the amount of the purchase, the length of time the
investor expects to hold shares, and other relevant circumstances. Class A
shares normally are sold subject to an initial sales charge. While Class B and
Class C shares have no initial sales charge, the purpose of the deferred sales
charge and asset-based sales charge on Class B and Class C 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 than another.
The Distributor will not accept any order in the amount of $500,000 or
more for Class B shares or $1 million or more for Class C shares on behalf of a
single investor (not including dealer "street name" or omnibus accounts). That
is because generally it will be more advantageous for that investor to purchase
Class A shares of the Fund.
|_| Under current interpretations of applicable federal income tax law
by the Internal Revenue Service, the conversion of Class B shares to Class A
shares after six years 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.
|_| Allocation of Expenses. The Fund pays expenses related to its daily
operations, such as custodian fees, Trustees' fees, transfer agency fees, legal
fees and auditing costs. Those expenses are paid out of the Fund's assets and
are not paid directly by shareholders. However, those expenses reduce the net
asset value of shares, and therefore are indirectly borne by shareholders
through their investment.
The methodology for calculating the net asset value, dividends and
distributions of the Fund's share classes recognizes two types of expenses.
General expenses that do not pertain specifically to any one class are allocated
pro rata to the shares of all classes. The allocation is based on the percentage
of the Fund's total assets that is represented by the assets of each class, and
then equally to each outstanding share within a given class. Such general
expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and audit fees, printing
and mailing costs of shareholder reports, Prospectuses, Statements of Additional
Information and other materials for current shareholders, fees to unaffiliated
Trustees, custodian expenses, share issuance costs, organization and start-up
costs, interest, taxes and brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses,
such as litigation costs.
Other expenses that are directly attributable to a particular class are
allocated equally to each outstanding share within that class. Examples of such
expenses include distribution and service plan (12b-1) fees, transfer and
shareholder servicing agent fees and expenses and shareholder meeting expenses
(to the extent that such expenses pertain only to a specific class).
Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share. The net asset values per share of
each class of shares of the Fund are determined as of the close of business of
The New York Stock Exchange on each day that the Exchange is open. The
calculation is done by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets attributable
to a class by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. The
Exchange normally closes at 4:00 P.M., New York time, but may close earlier on
some other days (for example, in case of weather emergencies or on days falling
before a holiday). The Exchange's most recent annual announcement (which is
subject to change) states that it will close on New Year's Day, Presidents' Day,
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. It may also close on other days.
Dealers other than Exchange members may conduct trading in certain
securities on days on which the Exchange is closed (including weekends and
holidays) or after 4:00 P.M. on a regular business day. The Fund's net asset
values will not be calculated on those days and the values of some of the Fund's
portfolio securities may change significantly on these days, when shareholders
may not purchase or redeem shares. Additionally, trading on European and Asian
stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets normally is completed before the
close of The New York Stock Exchange.
Changes in the values of securities traded on foreign exchanges or
markets as a result of events that occur after the prices of those securities
are determined, but before the close of The New York Stock Exchange, will not be
reflected in the Fund's calculation of its net asset values that day unless the
Manager determines that the event is likely to effect a material change in the
value of the security. The Manager may make that determination, under procedures
established by the Board.
|_| Securities Valuation. The Fund's Board of Trustees has established
procedures for the valuation of the Fund's securities. In general those
procedures are as follows:
|_| Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange or on NASDAQ are
valued as follows:
(1) if last sale information is regularly reported, they are
valued at the last reported sale price on the principal
exchange on which they are traded or on NASDAQ, as applicable,
on that day, or
(2) if last sale information is not available on a valuation date,
they are valued at the last reported sale price preceding the
valuation date if it is within the spread of the closing "bid"
and "asked" prices on the valuation date or, if not, at the
closing "bid" price on the valuation date.
|_| Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally
are valued in one of the following ways: (1) at the last sale price available to
the pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or (2) at the last sale
price obtained by the Manager from the report of the principal exchange on which
the security is traded at its last trading session on or immediately before the
valuation date, or
(3) at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices obtained from
the principal exchange on which the security is traded or, on
the basis of reasonable inquiry, from two market makers in the
security.
|_| Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity in excess of
60 days are valued based on the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices
determined by a portfolio pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of
Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the
security on the basis of reasonable inquiry.
|_| The following securities are valued at the mean between the "bid"
and "asked" prices determined by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board
of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the
security on the basis of reasonable inquiry:
(1) debt instruments that have a maturity of more than 397 days when issued,
(2) debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and
have a remaining maturity of more than 60 days, and (3) non-money market debt
instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued and which have a
remaining maturity of 60 days or less.
|_| The following securities are valued at cost, adjusted for
amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts: (1) money market debt
securities held by a non-money market fund that had a maturity of less than 397
days when issued that have a remaining maturity of 60 days or less, and
(2) debt instruments held by a money market fund that have a remaining
maturity of 397 days or less.
|_| Securities (including restricted securities) not having
readily-available market quotations are valued at fair value determined under
the Board's procedures. If the Manager is unable to locate two market makers
willing to give quotes, a security may be priced at the mean between the "bid"
and "asked" prices provided by a single active market maker (which in certain
cases may be the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available).
In the case of U.S. government securities, mortgage-backed securities,
corporate bonds and foreign government securities, when last sale information is
not generally available, the Manager may use pricing services approved by the
Board of Trustees. The pricing service may use "matrix" comparisons to the
prices for comparable instruments on the basis of quality, yield and maturity.
Other special factors may be involved (such as the tax-exempt status of the
interest paid by municipal securities). The Manager will monitor the accuracy of
the pricing services. That monitoring may include comparing prices used for
portfolio valuation to actual sales prices of selected securities.
The closing prices in the London foreign exchange market on a
particular business day that are provided to the Manager by a bank, dealer or
pricing service that the Manager has determined to be reliable are used to value
foreign currency, including forward contracts, and to convert to U.S. dollars
securities that are denominated in foreign currency.
Puts, calls, and futures are valued at the last sale price on the
principal exchange on which they are traded or on Nasdaq, as applicable, as
determined by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees or by the
Manager. If there were no sales that day, they shall be valued at the last sale
price on the preceding trading day if it is within the spread of the closing
"bid" and "asked" prices on the principal exchange or on Nasdaq on the valuation
date. If not, the value shall be the closing bid price on the principal exchange
or on Nasdaq on the valuation date. If the put, call or future is not traded on
an exchange or on Nasdaq, it shall be valued by the mean between "bid" and
"asked" prices obtained by the Manager from two active market makers. In certain
cases that may be at the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available.
When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received
is included in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset. An
equivalent credit is included in the liability section. The credit is adjusted
("marked-to-market") to reflect the current market value of the option. In
determining the Fund's gain on investments, if a call or put written by the Fund
is exercised, the proceeds are increased by the premium received. If a call or
put written by the Fund expires, the Fund has a gain in the amount of the
premium. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it will have a
gain or loss, depending on whether the premium received was more or less than
the cost of the closing transaction. If the Fund exercises a put it holds, the
amount the Fund receives on its sale of the underlying investment is reduced by
the amount of premium paid by the Fund.
How to Sell Shares
Information on how to sell shares of the Fund is stated in the
Prospectus. The information below provides additional information about the
procedures and conditions for redeeming shares.
Reinvestment Privilege. Within six months of a redemption, a shareholder may
reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds of:
|_| Class A shares purchased subject to an initial sales charge or Class A
shares on which a contingent deferred sales charge was paid, or
|_| Class B shares that were subject to the Class B contingent deferred
sales charge when redeemed.
The reinvestment may be made without sales charge only in Class A
shares of the Fund or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of
the Fund are exchangeable as described in "How to Exchange Shares" below.
Reinvestment will be at the net asset value next computed after the Transfer
Agent receives the reinvestment order. The shareholder must ask the Transfer
Agent for that privilege at the time of reinvestment. This privilege does not
apply to Class C or Class Y shares. The Fund may amend, suspend or cease
offering this reinvestment privilege at any time as to shares redeemed after the
date of such amendment, suspension or cessation.
Any capital gain that was realized when the shares were redeemed is
taxable, and reinvestment will not alter any capital gains tax payable on that
gain. If there has been a capital loss on the redemption, some or all of the
loss may not be tax deductible, depending on the timing and amount of the
reinvestment. Under the Internal Revenue Code, if the redemption proceeds of
Fund shares on which a sales charge was paid are reinvested in shares of the
Fund or another of the Oppenheimer funds within 90 days of payment of the sales
charge, the shareholder's basis in the shares of the Fund that were redeemed may
not include the amount of the sales charge paid. That would reduce the loss or
increase the gain recognized from the redemption. However, in that case the
sales charge would be added to the basis of the shares acquired by the
reinvestment of the redemption proceeds.
Payments "In Kind". The Prospectus states that payment for shares tendered for
redemption is ordinarily made in cash. However, the Board of Trustees of the
Fund may determine that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the
remaining shareholders of the Fund to make payment of a redemption order wholly
or partly in cash. In that case, the Fund may pay the redemption proceeds in
whole or in part by a distribution "in kind" of liquid securities from the
portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash.
The Fund has elected to be governed by Rule 18f-1 under the Investment
Company Act. Under that rule, the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in
cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund during any
90-day period for any one shareholder. If shares are redeemed in kind, the
redeeming shareholder might incur brokerage or other costs in selling the
securities for cash. The Fund will value securities used to pay redemptions in
kind using the same method the Fund uses to value its portfolio securities
described above under "Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share." That
valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined.
Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board of Trustees has the right to cause the
involuntary redemption of the shares held in any account if the aggregate net
asset value of those shares is less than $500 or such lesser amount as the Board
may fix. The Board will not cause the involuntary redemption of shares in an
account if the aggregate net asset value of such shares has fallen below the
stated minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations. If the Board exercises
this right, it may also fix the requirements for any notice to be given to the
shareholders in question (not less than 30 days). The Board may alternatively
set requirements for the shareholder to increase the investment, or set other
terms and conditions so that the shares would not be involuntarily redeemed.
Transfers of Shares. A transfer of shares to a different registration is not an
event that triggers the payment of sales charges. Therefore, shares are not
subject to the payment of a contingent deferred sales charge of any class at the
time of transfer to the name of another person or entity. It does not matter
whether the transfer occurs by absolute assignment, gift or bequest, as long as
it does not involve, directly or indirectly, a public sale of the shares. When
shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge are transferred, the
transferred shares will remain subject to the contingent deferred sales charge.
It will be calculated as if the transferee shareholder had acquired the
transferred shares in the same manner and at the same time as the transferring
shareholder.
If less than all shares held in an account are transferred, and some
but not all shares in the account would be subject to a contingent deferred
sales charge if redeemed at the time of transfer, the priorities described in
the Prospectus under "How to Buy Shares" for the imposition of the Class B or
Class C contingent deferred sales charge will be followed in determining the
order in which shares are transferred.
Distributions From Retirement Plans. Requests for distributions from
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRAs, 403(b)(7) custodial plans, 401(k) plans or
pension or profit-sharing plans should be addressed to "Trustee,
OppenheimerFunds Retirement Plans," c/o the Transfer Agent at its address listed
in "How To Sell Shares" in the Prospectus or on the back cover of this Statement
of Additional Information. The request must (1) state the reason for the
distribution;
(2) state the owner's awareness of tax penalties if the distribution
is premature; and
(3) conform to the requirements of the plan and the Fund's other
redemption requirements.
Participants (other than self-employed persons) in
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored pension or profit-sharing plans with shares of the
Fund held in the name of the plan or its fiduciary may not directly request
redemption of their accounts. The plan administrator or fiduciary must sign the
request.
Distributions from pension and profit sharing plans are subject to
special requirements under the Internal Revenue Code and certain documents
(available from the Transfer Agent) must be completed and submitted to the
Transfer Agent before the distribution may be made. Distributions from
retirement plans are subject to withholding requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code, and IRS Form W-4P (available from the Transfer Agent) must be
submitted to the Transfer Agent with the distribution request, or the
distribution may be delayed. Unless the shareholder has provided the Transfer
Agent with a certified tax identification number, the Internal Revenue Code
requires that tax be withheld from any distribution even if the shareholder
elects not to have tax withheld. The Fund, the Manager, the Distributor, and the
Transfer Agent assume no responsibility to determine whether a distribution
satisfies the conditions of applicable tax laws and will not be responsible for
any tax penalties assessed in connection with a distribution.
Special Arrangements for Repurchase of Shares from Dealers and Brokers. The
Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized dealers
or brokers on behalf of their customers. Shareholders should contact their
broker or dealer to arrange this type of redemption. The repurchase price per
share will be the net asset value next computed after the Distributor receives
an order placed by the dealer or broker. However, if the Distributor receives a
repurchase order from a dealer or broker after the close of The New York Stock
Exchange on a regular business day, it will be processed at that day's net asset
value if the order was received by the dealer or broker from its customers prior
to the time the Exchange closes. Normally, the Exchange closes at 4:00 P.M., but
may do so earlier on some days. Additionally, the order must have been
transmitted to and received by the Distributor prior to its close of business
that day (normally 5:00 P.M.).
Ordinarily, for accounts redeemed by a broker-dealer under this
procedure, payment will be made within three business days after the shares have
been redeemed upon the Distributor's receipt of the required redemption
documents in proper form. The signature(s) of the registered owners on the
redemption documents must be guaranteed as described in the Prospectus.
Automatic Withdrawal and Exchange Plans. Investors owning shares of the Fund
valued at $5,000 or more can authorize the Transfer Agent to redeem shares
(having a value of at least $50) automatically on a monthly, quarterly,
semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan. Shares will be
redeemed three business days prior to the date requested by the shareholder for
receipt of the payment. Automatic withdrawals of up to $1,500 per month may be
requested by telephone if payments are to be made by check payable to all
shareholders of record. Payments must also be sent to the address of record for
the account and the address must not have been changed within the prior 30 days.
Required minimum distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored retirement plans
may not be arranged on this basis.
Payments are normally made by check, but shareholders having
AccountLink privileges (see "How To Buy Shares") may arrange to have Automatic
Withdrawal Plan payments transferred to the bank account designated on the
Account Application or by signature-guaranteed instructions sent to the Transfer
Agent. Shares are normally redeemed pursuant to an Automatic Withdrawal Plan
three business days before the payment transmittal date you select in the
Account Application. If a contingent deferred sales charge applies to the
redemption, the amount of the check or payment will be reduced accordingly.
The Fund cannot guarantee receipt of a payment on the date requested.
The Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering these
plans at any time without prior notice. Because of the sales charge assessed on
Class A share purchases, shareholders should not make regular additional Class A
share purchases while participating in an Automatic Withdrawal Plan. Class B and
Class C shareholders should not establish withdrawal plans, because of the
imposition of the contingent deferred sales charge on such withdrawals (except
where the contingent deferred sales charge is waived as described in Appendix C
to this Statement of Additional Information.
By requesting an Automatic Withdrawal or Exchange Plan, the shareholder
agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans, as stated below.
These provisions may be amended from time to time by the Fund and/or the
Distributor. When adopted, any amendments will automatically apply to existing
Plans.
|X| Automatic Exchange Plans. Shareholders can authorize the Transfer
Agent to exchange a pre-determined amount of shares of the Fund for shares (of
the same class) of other Oppenheimer funds automatically on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic Exchange Plan. The
minimum amount that may be exchanged to each other fund account is $25.
Instructions should be provided on the OppenheimerFunds Application or
signature-guaranteed instructions. Exchanges made under these plans are subject
to the restrictions that apply to exchanges as set forth in "How to Exchange
Shares" in the Prospectus and below in this Statement of Additional Information.
|X| Automatic Withdrawal Plans. Fund shares will be redeemed as
necessary to meet withdrawal payments. Shares acquired without a sales charge
will be redeemed first. Shares acquired with reinvested dividends and capital
gains distributions will be redeemed next, followed by shares acquired with a
sales charge, to the extent necessary to make withdrawal payments. Depending
upon the amount withdrawn, the investor's principal may be depleted. Payments
made under these plans should not be considered as a yield or income on your
investment.
The Transfer Agent will administer the investor's Automatic Withdrawal
Plan as agent for the shareholder(s) (the "Planholder") who executed the Plan
authorization and application submitted to the Transfer Agent. Neither the Fund
nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability to the Planholder for any
action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to administer the
Plan. Share certificates will not be issued for shares of the Fund purchased for
and held under the Plan, but the Transfer Agent will credit all such shares to
the account of the Planholder on the records of the Fund. Any share certificates
held by a Planholder may be surrendered unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with
the Plan application so that the shares represented by the certificate may be
held under the Plan.
For accounts subject to Automatic Withdrawal Plans, distributions of
capital gains must be reinvested in shares of the Fund, which will be done at
net asset value without a sales charge. Dividends on shares held in the account
may be paid in cash or reinvested.
Shares will be redeemed to make withdrawal payments at the net asset
value per share determined on the redemption date. Checks or AccountLink
payments representing the proceeds of Plan withdrawals will normally be
transmitted three business days prior to the date selected for receipt of the
payment, according to the choice specified in writing by the Planholder. Receipt
of payment on the date selected cannot be guaranteed.
The amount and the interval of disbursement payments and the address to
which checks are to be mailed or AccountLink payments are to be sent may be
changed at any time by the Planholder by writing to the Transfer Agent. The
Planholder should allow at least two weeks' time after mailing such notification
for the requested change to be put in effect. The Planholder may, at any time,
instruct the Transfer Agent by written notice to redeem all, or any part of, the
shares held under the Plan. That notice must be in proper form in accordance
with the requirements of the then-current Prospectus of the Fund. In that case,
the Transfer Agent will redeem the number of shares requested at the net asset
value per share in effect and will mail a check for the proceeds to the
Planholder.
The Planholder may terminate a Plan at any time by writing to the
Transfer Agent. The Fund may also give directions to the Transfer Agent to
terminate a Plan. The Transfer Agent will also terminate a Plan upon its receipt
of evidence satisfactory to it that the Planholder has died or is legally
incapacitated. Upon termination of a Plan by the Transfer Agent or the Fund,
shares that have not been redeemed will be held in uncertificated form in the
name of the Planholder. The account will continue as a dividend-reinvestment,
uncertificated account unless and until proper instructions are received from
the Planholder, his or her executor or guardian, or another authorized person.
To use shares held under the Plan as collateral for a debt, the
Planholder may request issuance of a portion of the shares in certificated form.
Upon written request from the Planholder, the Transfer Agent will determine the
number of shares for which a certificate may be issued without causing the
withdrawal checks to stop. However, should such uncertificated shares become
exhausted, Plan withdrawals will terminate.
If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the
Planholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to act
as agent in administering the Plan.
How to Exchange Shares
As stated in the Prospectus, shares of a particular class of
Oppenheimer funds having more than one class of shares may be exchanged only for
shares of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds. Shares of Oppenheimer funds
that have a single class without a class designation are deemed "Class A" shares
for this purpose. You can obtain a current list showing which funds offer which
classes by calling the Distributor at 1-800-525-7048.
|_| All of the Oppenheimer funds currently offer Class A, B and C
shares except Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc., Centennial Money Market
Trust, Centennial Tax Exempt Trust, Centennial Government Trust, Centennial New
York Tax Exempt Trust, Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust, and Centennial
America Fund, L.P., which only offer Class A shares.
|_| Oppenheimer Main Street California Municipal Fund currently offers
only Class A and Class B shares.
|_| Class B and Class C shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves are
generally available only by exchange from the same class of shares of other
Oppenheimer funds or through OppenheimerFunds-sponsored 401 (k) plans.
|_| Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund may not be exchanged
for shares of any other Fund.
Class A shares of Oppenheimer funds may be exchanged at net asset value
for shares of any money market fund offered by the Distributor. Shares of any
money market fund purchased without a sales charge may be exchanged for shares
of Oppenheimer funds offered with a sales charge upon payment of the sales
charge. They may also be used to purchase shares of Oppenheimer funds subject to
a contingent deferred sales charge.
Shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. purchased with the
redemption proceeds of shares of other mutual funds (other than funds managed by
the Manager or its subsidiaries) redeemed within the 30 days prior to that
purchase may subsequently be exchanged for shares of other Oppenheimer funds
without being subject to an initial or contingent deferred sales charge. To
qualify for that privilege, the investor or the investor's dealer must notify
the Distributor of eligibility for this privilege at the time the shares of
Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. are purchased. If requested, they must
supply proof of entitlement to this privilege.
For accounts established on or before March 8, 1996 holding Class M
shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund, Class M shares can be
exchanged only for Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds. Exchanges to Class
M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund are permitted from Class A
shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves that
were acquired by exchange of Class M shares. No other exchanges may be made to
Class M shares.
Shares of the Fund acquired by reinvestment of dividends or
distributions from any of the other Oppenheimer funds or from any unit
investment trust for which reinvestment arrangements have been made with the
Distributor may be exchanged at net asset value for shares of any of the
Oppenheimer funds.
The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any
time. Although the Fund may impose these changes at any time, it will provide
you with notice of such changes when it is able to do so. It may also be
required to provide 60 days notice prior to materially amending or terminating
the exchange privilege. That 60 day notice is not required in extraordinary
circumstances.
|_| How Exchanges Affect Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. No
contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on exchanges of shares of any class
purchased subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. However, when Class A
shares acquired by exchange of Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds
purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed
within 18 months of the end of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the
exchanged Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is
imposed on the redeemed shares. The Class B contingent deferred sales charge is
imposed on Class B shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed within 6
years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares. The Class C
contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on Class C shares acquired by
exchange if they are redeemed within 12 months of the initial purchase of the
exchanged Class C shares.
When Class B or Class C shares are redeemed to effect an exchange, the
priorities described in "How To Buy Shares" in the Prospectus for the imposition
of the Class B or the Class C contingent deferred sales charge will be followed
in determining the order in which the shares are exchanged. Before exchanging
shares, shareholders should take into account how the exchange may affect any
contingent deferred sales charge that might be imposed in the subsequent
redemption of remaining shares.
If Class B shares of any Oppenheimer fund are exchanged for Class B
shares of Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund or Limited-Term New York
Municipal Fund and are subsequently redeemed from those two funds, they will be
subject to the contingent deferred sales charge of the Oppenheimer fund from
which they were exchanged (which will be at a higher rate). They will not be
subject to the contingent deferred sales charge of Oppenheimer Limited-Term
Government Fund or Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund.
Shareholders owning shares of more than one class must specify which
class of shares they with to exchange.
|_| Limits on Multiple Exchange Orders. The Fund reserves the right to
reject telephone or written exchange requests submitted in bulk by anyone on
behalf of more than one account. The Fund may accept requests for exchanges of
up to 50 accounts per day from representatives of authorized dealers that
qualify for this privilege.
|_| 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. For full or partial exchanges of
an account made by telephone, any special account features such as Asset Builder
Plans and Automatic Withdrawal Plans will be switched to the new account unless
the Transfer Agent is instructed otherwise. If all telephone lines are busy
(which might occur, for example, during periods of substantial market
fluctuations), shareholders might not be able to request exchanges by telephone
and would have to submit written exchange requests.
|_| Processing Exchange Requests. Shares to be exchanged are redeemed
on the regular business day the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request in
proper form (the "Redemption Date"). Normally, shares of the fund to be acquired
are purchased on the Redemption Date, but such purchases may be delayed by
either fund up to five business days if it determines that it would be
disadvantaged by an immediate transfer of the redemption proceeds. The Fund
reserves the right, in its discretion, to refuse any exchange request that may
disadvantage it. For example, if the receipt of multiple exchange requests from
a dealer might require the disposition of portfolio securities at a time or at a
price that might be disadvantageous to the Fund, the Fund may refuse the
request.
In connection with any exchange request, the number of shares exchanged
may be less than the number requested if the exchange or the number requested
would include shares subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this
Statement of Additional Information, or would include shares covered by a share
certificate that is not tendered with the request. In those cases, only the
shares available for exchange without restriction will be exchanged.
The different Oppenheimer funds available for exchange have different
investment objectives, policies and risks. A shareholder should assure that the
fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment and should be aware of
the tax consequences of an exchange. For federal income tax purposes, an
exchange transaction is treated as a redemption of shares of one fund and a
purchase of shares of another. "Reinvestment Privilege," above, discusses some
of the tax consequences of reinvestment of redemption proceeds in such cases.
The Fund, the Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are unable to provide
investment, tax or legal advice to a shareholder in connection with an exchange
request or any other investment transaction.
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes
Dividends and Distributions. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and there can
be no assurance as to the payment of any dividends or the realization of any
capital gains. The dividends and distributions paid by a class of shares will
vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the composition of the
Fund's portfolio, and expenses borne by the Fund or borne separately by a class.
Dividends are calculated in the same manner, at the same time, and on the same
day for each class of shares. However, dividends on Class B and Class C shares
are expected to be lower than dividends on Class A and Class Y shares. That is
because of the effect of the asset-based sales charge on Class B and Class C
shares. Those dividends will also differ in amount as a consequence of any
difference in the net asset values of the different classes of shares.
Dividends, distributions and proceeds of the redemption of Fund shares
represented by checks returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as
undeliverable will be invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
Reinvestment will be made as promptly as possible after the return of such
checks to the Transfer Agent, to enable the investor to earn a return on
otherwise idle funds. Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state escheatment
laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to shareholders or
their representatives for compliance with those laws in good faith.
Tax Status of the Fund's Dividends and Distributions. The Federal tax treatment
of the Fund's dividends and capital gains distributions is briefly highlighted
in the Prospectus.
Special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code govern the
eligibility of the Fund's dividends for the dividends-received deduction for
corporate shareholders. Long-term capital gains distributions are not eligible
for the deduction. The amount of dividends paid by the Fund that may qualify for
the deduction is limited to the aggregate amount of qualifying dividends that
the Fund derives from portfolio investments that the Fund has held for a minimum
period, usually 46 days. A corporate shareholder will not be eligible for the
deduction on dividends paid on Fund shares held for 45 days or less. To the
extent the Fund's dividends are derived from gross income from option premiums,
interest income or short-term gains from the sale of securities or dividends
from foreign corporations, those dividends will not qualify for the deduction.
Under the Internal Revenue Code, by December 31 each year, the Fund
must distribute 98% of its taxable investment income earned from January 1
through December 31 of that year and 98% of its capital gains realized in the
period from November 1 of the prior year through October 31 of the current year.
If it does not, the Fund must pay an excise tax on the amounts not distributed.
It is presently anticipated that the Fund will meet those requirements. However,
the Board of Trustees and the Manager might determine in a particular year that
it would be in the best interests of shareholders for the Fund not to make such
distributions at the required levels and to pay the excise tax on the
undistributed amounts. That would reduce the amount of income or capital gains
available for distribution to shareholders.
The Fund intends to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under
the Internal Revenue Code (although it reserves the right not to qualify). That
qualification enables the Fund to "pass through" its income and realized capital
gains to shareholders without having to pay tax on them. This avoids a double
tax on that income and capital gains, since shareholders normally will be taxed
on the dividends and capital gains they receive from the Fund (unless the Fund's
shares are held in a retirement account or the shareholder is otherwise exempt
from tax). If the Fund qualifies as a "regulated investment company" under the
Internal Revenue Code, it will not be liable for Federal income taxes on amounts
paid by it as dividends and distributions. The Internal Revenue Code contains a
number of complex tests relating to qualification which the Fund might not meet
in any particular year. If it did not so qualify, the Fund would be treated for
tax purposes as an ordinary corporation and receive no tax deduction for
payments made to shareholders.
If prior distributions made by the Fund must be re-characterized as a
non-taxable return of capital at the end of the fiscal year as a result of the
effect of the Fund's investment policies, they will be identified as such in
notices sent to shareholders.
Dividend Reinvestment in Another Fund. Shareholders of the Fund may elect to
reinvest all dividends and/or capital gains distributions in shares of the same
class of any of the other Oppenheimer funds listed above. Reinvestment will be
made without sales charge at the net asset value per share in effect at the
close of business on the payable date of the dividend or distribution. To elect
this option, the shareholder must notify the Transfer Agent in writing and must
have an existing account in the fund selected for reinvestment. Otherwise the
shareholder first must obtain a prospectus for that fund and an application from
the Distributor to establish an account. Dividends and/or distributions from
shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds (other than Oppenheimer Cash Reserves)
may be invested in shares of this Fund on the same basis.
Additional Information About the Fund
The Distributor. The Fund's shares are sold through dealers, brokers and other
financial institutions that have a sales agreement with OppenheimerFunds
Distributor, Inc., a subsidiary of the Manager that acts as the Fund's
Distributor. The Distributor also distributes shares of the other Oppenheimer
funds and is sub-distributor for funds managed by a subsidiary of the Manager.
The Transfer Agent. OppenheimerFunds Services, the Fund's Transfer Agent, is a
division of the Manager. It is responsible for maintaining the Fund's
shareholder registry and shareholder accounting records, and for paying
dividends and distributions to shareholders. It also handles shareholder
servicing and administrative functions. It acts on an "at-cost" basis. 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. The Bank of New York is the custodian of the Fund's assets. The
custodian bank's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the
Fund's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to and
from the Fund. It will be the practice of the Fund to deal with the custodian
bank in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the custodian bank may
have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Fund's cash balances with the
custodian in excess of $100,000 are not protected by Federal deposit insurance.
Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.
Independent Auditors. Deloitte & Touche LLP are the independent auditors of the
Fund. They audit the Fund's financial statements and perform other related audit
services. They also act as auditors for the Manager and certain other funds
advised by the Manager and its affiliates.
Appendix A
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RATINGS DEFINITION
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Below are summaries of the rating definitions used by the nationally-recognized
rating agencies listed below. Those ratings represent the opinion of the agency
as to the credit quality of issues that they rate. The summaries below are based
upon publicly-available information provided by the rating organizations.
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
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Long-Term (Taxable) Bond Ratings
Aaa: Bonds rated Aaa are judged to be the best quality. They carry the smallest
degree of investment risk. Interest payments are protected by a large or by an
exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various
protective elements are likely to change, the changes that can be expected are
most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.
Aa: Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together
with the Aaa group, they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds.
They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not
be as large as with Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be
of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the
long-term risks appear somewhat larger than those of Aaa securities.
A: Bonds rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be
considered as upper-medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to
principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which
suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.
Baa: Bonds rated Baa are considered medium grade obligations; that is, they are
neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal
security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be
lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time.
Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and have speculative
characteristics as well.
Ba: Bonds rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements. Their future cannot
be considered well-assured. Often the protection of interest and principal
payments may be very moderate and not well safeguarded during both good and bad
times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this
class.
B: Bonds rated B generally lack characteristics of desirable investment.
Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of
the contract over any long period of time may be small.
Caa: Bonds rated Caa are of poor standing and may be in default or there may be
present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.
Ca: Bonds rated Ca represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree
and are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.
C: Bonds rated C are the lowest class of rated bonds and can be regarded as
having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.
Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier "1" indicates that the
obligation ranks in the higher end of its category; the modifier "2" indicates a
mid-range ranking and the modifier "3" indicates a ranking in the lower end of
the category.
Short-Term Ratings - Taxable Debt
These ratings apply to the ability of issuers to repay punctually senior debt
obligations having an original maturity not exceeding one year:
Prime-1: Issuer has a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt
obligations.
Prime-2: Issuer has a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt
obligations. Earnings trends and coverage, while sound, may be subject to
variation. Capitalization characteristics, while appropriate, may be more
affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.
Prime-3: Issuer has an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term
obligations. The effect of industry characteristics and market compositions may
be more pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result in
changes in the level of debt protection measurements and may require relatively
high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is maintained.
Not Prime: Issuer does not fall within any Prime rating category.
Standard & Poor's Rating Services
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Long-Term Credit Ratings
AAA: Bonds rated "AAA" have the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor's.
The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is
extremely strong.
AA: Bonds rated "AA" differ from the highest rated obligations only in small
degree. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation is very strong.
A: Bonds rated "A" are somewhat more susceptible to adverse effects of changes
in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated
categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation is still strong.
BBB: Bonds rated BBB exhibit adequate protection parameters. However, adverse
economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a
weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the
obligation.
Bonds rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C are regarded as having significant speculative
characteristics. BB indicates the least degree of speculation and C the highest.
While such obligations will likely have some quality and protective
characteristics, these may be outweighed by large uncertainties or major
exposures to adverse conditions.
BB: Bonds rated BB are less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative
issues. However, these face major uncertainties or exposure to adverse business,
financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's inadequate
capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B: A bond rated B is more vulnerable to nonpayment than an obligation rated BB,
but the obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation.
CCC: A bond rated CCC is currently vulnerable to nonpayment, and is dependent
upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to
meet its financial commitment on the obligation. In the event of adverse
business, financial or economic conditions, the obligor is not likely to have
the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. CC: An
obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.
C: The C rating may used where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar
action has been taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued.
D: Bonds rated D are in default. Payments on the obligation are not being made
on the date due.
The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or
minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories. The
"r" symbol is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant noncredit
risks.
Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings
A-1: Rated in the highest category. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, a plus (+) sign
designation indicates the issuer's capacity to meet its financial obligation is
very strong.
A-2: Obligation is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes
in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating
categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation is satisfactory.
A-3: Exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic
conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened
capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
B: Regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. The obligor
currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's
inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.
C: Currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business,
financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial
commitment on the obligation.
D: In payment default. Payments on the obligation have not been made on the due
date. The rating may also be used if a bankruptcy petition has been filed or
similar actions jeopardize payments on the obligation.
Fitch, Inc.
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International Long-Term Credit Ratings
Investment Grade:
AAA: Highest Credit Quality. "AAA" ratings denote the lowest expectation of
credit risk. They are assigned only in the case of exceptionally strong capacity
for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to
be adversely affected by foreseeable events.
AA: Very High Credit Quality. "AA" ratings denote a very low expectation of
credit risk. They indicate a very strong capacity for timely payment of
financial commitments. This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to
foreseeable events.
A: High Credit Quality. "A" ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The
capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This
capacity may, nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in
economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB: Good Credit Quality. "BBB" ratings indicate that there is currently a low
expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments is considered adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in
economic conditions are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest
investment-grade category.
Speculative Grade:
BB: Speculative. "BB" ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit
risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over
time. However, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow
financial commitments to be met. Securities rates in this category are not
investment grade.
B: Highly Speculative. "B" ratings indicate that significant credit risk is
present, but a limited margin of safety remains. Financial commitments are
currently being met. However, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon
a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.
CCC, CC C: High Default Risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for
meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable
business or economic developments. A "CC" rating indicates that default of some
kind appears probable. "C" ratings signal imminent default.
DDD, DD, and D: Default. The ratings of obligations in this category are based
on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a reorganization or
liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values are highly
speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the following serve as
general guidelines. `DDD' obligations have the highest potential for recovery,
around 90%-100% of outstanding amounts and accrued interest. `DD' indicates
potential recoveries in the range of 50%-90%, and `D' the lowest recovery
potential, i.e., below 50%.
Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their
obligations. Entities rated 'DDD' have the highest prospect for resumption of
performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization
process. Entities rated `DD' and `D' are generally undergoing a formal
reorganization or liquidation process; those rated `DD' are likely to satisfy a
higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated `D' have a
poor prospect for repaying all obligations.
Plus (+) and minus (-) signs may be appended to a rating symbol to denote
relative status within the major rating categories. Plus and minus signs are not
added to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC," nor to short-term
ratings other than "F1" (see below).
International Short-Term Credit Ratings
F1: Highest credit quality. Strongest capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments. May have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally strong credit
feature.
F2: Good credit quality. A satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments, but the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of higher
ratings.
F3: Fair credit quality. Capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is
adequate. However, near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to
non-investment grade.
B: Speculative. Minimal capacity for timely payment of financial commitments,
plus vulnerability to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic
conditions.
C: High default risk. Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting
financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and
economic environment.
D: Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.
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Appendix B
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Industry Classifications
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Aerospace/Defense Food and Drug Retailers
Air Transportation Gas Utilities
Asset-Backed Health Care/Drugs
Auto Parts and Equipment Health Care/Supplies & Services
Automotive Homebuilders/Real Estate
Bank Holding Companies Hotel/Gaming
Banks Industrial Services
Beverages Information Technology
Broadcasting Insurance
Broker-Dealers Leasing & Factoring
Building Materials Leisure
Cable Television Manufacturing
Chemicals Metals/Mining
Commercial Finance Nondurable Household Goods
Communication Equipment Office Equipment
Computer Hardware Oil - Domestic
Computer Software Oil - International
Conglomerates Paper
Consumer Finance Photography
Consumer Services Publishing
Containers Railroads & Truckers
Convenience Stores Restaurants
Department Stores Savings & Loans
Diversified Financial Shipping
Diversified Media Special Purpose Financial
Drug Wholesalers Specialty Printing
Durable Household Goods Specialty Retailing
Education Steel
Electric Utilities Telecommunications - Long Distance
Electrical Equipment Telephone - Utility
Electronics Textile,Apparel & Home Furnishings
Energy Services Tobacco
Entertainment/Film Trucks and Parts
Environmental Wireless Services
Food
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Appendix C
OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers
In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A
shares1 of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales charge that
may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.2 That is because
of the economies of sales efforts realized by OppenheimerFunds Distributor,
Inc., (referred to in this document as the "Distributor"), or by dealers or
other financial institutions that offer those shares to certain classes of
investors.
Not all waivers apply to all funds. For example, waivers relating to Retirement
Plans do not apply to Oppenheimer municipal funds, because shares of those funds
are not available for purchase by or on behalf of retirement plans. Other
waivers apply only to shareholders of certain funds.
For the purposes of some of the waivers described below and in the Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Oppenheimer funds, the
term "Retirement Plan" refers to the following types of plans: (1) plans
qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, (2)
non-qualified deferred compensation plans, (3) employee benefit plans3 (4) Group
Retirement Plans4 (5) 403(b)(7) custodial plan accounts (6) Individual
Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), including traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs,
SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans
The interpretation of these provisions as to the applicability of a special
arrangement or waiver in a particular case is in the sole discretion of the
Distributor or the transfer agent (referred to in this document as the "Transfer
Agent") of the particular Oppenheimer fund. These waivers and special
arrangements may be amended or terminated at any time by a particular fund, the
Distributor, and/or OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (referred to in this document as the
"Manager").
Waivers that apply at the time shares are redeemed must be requested by the
shareholder and/or dealer in the redemption request.
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1. Certain waivers also apply to Class M shares of
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund.
2. In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a
continuously-offered closed-end fund, references to contingent deferred
sales charges mean the Fund's Early Withdrawal Charges and references to
"redemptions" mean "repurchases" of shares.
3. An "employee benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement, whether or not it
is "qualified" under the Internal Revenue Code, under which Class A shares
of an Oppenheimer fund or funds are purchased by a fiduciary or other
administrator for the account of participants who are employees of a single
employer or of affiliated employers. These may include, for example,
medical savings accounts, payroll deduction plans or similar plans. The
fund accounts must be registered in the name of the fiduciary or
administrator purchasing the shares for the benefit of participants in the
plan.
4. The term "Group Retirement Plan" means any qualified or non-qualified
retirement plan for employees of a corporation or sole proprietorship,
members and employees of a partnership or association or other organized
group of persons (the members of which may include other groups), if the
group has made special arrangements with the Distributor and all members of
the group participating in (or who are eligible to participate in) the plan
purchase Class A 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 Class A 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 enabling those plans to purchase Class A shares at net asset
value but subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge. I.
Applicability of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Cases
Purchases of Class A Shares of Oppenheimer Funds That Are Not Subject to Initial
Sales Charge but May Be Subject to the Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
(unless a waiver applies).
There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any
of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases may
be subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within 18
months of the end of the calendar month of their purchase, as described in the
Prospectus (unless a waiver described elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the
redemption). Additionally, on shares purchased under these waivers that are
subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge, the Distributor will
pay the applicable commission 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 by a Retirement Plan (other than an IRA or 403(b)(7) custodial
plan) that: (1) buys shares costing $500,000 or more, or (2) has, at the time of
purchase, 100 or more eligible employees or total plan assets of $500,000 or
more, or (3) certifies 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 Asset
Management, L.P. ("MLAM"), 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 MLAM (the funds described in
(a) and (b) are referred to as "Applicable Investments").
(2) The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a daily valuation
basis by a record keeper whose services are provided under a contract or
arrangement between the Retirement Plan and Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan
sponsor signs the record keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan
must have $3 million or more of its assets (excluding assets invested in money
market funds) invested in Applicable Investments.
(3) The record keeping for a Retirement Plan is handled under a service
agreement with Merrill Lynch and on the date the plan sponsor signs that
agreement, the Plan has 500 or more eligible employees (as determined by the
Merrill Lynch plan conversion manager).
|_| Purchases by a Retirement Plan whose record keeper had a
cost-allocation agreement with the Transfer Agent on or before May 1, 1999.
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II. Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
A. Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges for Certain
Purchasers.
Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class
A sales charges (and no commissions are paid by the Distributor on such
purchases): |_| The Manager or its affiliates.
|_| Present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and
their "immediate families") of the Fund, the Manager and its
affiliates, and retirement plans established by them for their
employees. The term "immediate family" refers to one's spouse,
children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, parents-in-law,
brothers and sisters, sons- and daughters-in-law, a sibling's
spouse, a spouse's siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews;
relatives by virtue of a remarriage (step-children, step-parents,
etc.) are included.
|_| Registered management investment companies, or separate accounts
of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or the
Distributor for that purpose.
|_| Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the
Distributor, if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for
retirement plans for their employees.
|_| Employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of
dealers or brokers described above or financial institutions that
have entered into sales arrangements with such dealers or brokers
(and which are identified as such to the Distributor) or with the
Distributor. The purchaser must certify to the Distributor at the
time of purchase that the purchase is for the purchaser's own
account (or for the benefit of such employee's spouse or minor
children).
|_| Dealers, brokers, banks or registered investment advisors that
have entered into an agreement with the Distributor providing
specifically for the use of shares of the Fund in particular
investment products made available to their clients. Those clients
may be charged a transaction fee by their dealer, broker, bank or
advisor for the purchase or sale of Fund shares.
|_| Investment advisors and financial planners who have entered into
an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor and who charge
an advisory, consulting or other fee for their services and buy
shares for their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
|_| "Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts, if the
purchases are made through a broker or agent or other financial
intermediary that has made special arrangements with the
Distributor for those purchases.
|_| Clients of investment advisors or financial planners (that have
entered into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor)
who buy shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares
without sales charge but only if their accounts are linked to a
master account of their investment advisor or financial planner on
the books and records of the broker, agent or financial
intermediary with which the Distributor has made such special
arrangements . Each of these investors may be charged a fee by the
broker, agent or financial intermediary for purchasing shares.
|_| Directors, trustees, officers or full-time employees of OpCap
Advisors or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension,
profit sharing or other benefit plan which beneficially owns
shares for those persons.
|_| Accounts for which Oppenheimer Capital (or its successor) is the
investment advisor (the Distributor must be advised of this
arrangement) and persons who are directors or trustees of the
company or trust which is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
|_| A unit investment trust that has entered into an appropriate agreement with
the Distributor.
|_| Dealers, brokers, banks, or registered investment advisers that
have entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares
to defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the
dealer, broker or investment adviser provides administration
services.
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Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to
fund those plans (including, for example, plans qualified or
created under sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the
Internal Revenue Code), in each case if those purchases are made
through a broker, agent or other financial intermediary that has
made special arrangements with the Distributor for those
purchases.
|_| A TRAC-2000 401(k) plan (sponsored by the former Quest for Value
Advisors) whose Class B or Class C shares of a Former Quest for
Value Fund were exchanged for Class A shares of that Fund due to
the termination of the Class B and Class C TRAC-2000 program on
November 24, 1995.
|_| A qualified Retirement Plan that had agreed with the former Quest
for Value Advisors to purchase shares of any of the Former Quest
for Value Funds at net asset value, with such shares to be held
through DCXchange, a sub-transfer agency mutual fund
clearinghouse, if that arrangement was consummated and share
purchases commenced by December 31, 1996.
B. Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain
Transactions.
Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are not subject
to sales charges (and no commissions are paid by the Distributor on such
purchases): |_| Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset
acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.
|_| Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other
distributions reinvested from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds
(other than Oppenheimer Cash Reserves) or unit investment trusts
for which reinvestment arrangements have been made with the
Distributor.
|_| Shares purchased through a broker-dealer that has entered into a
special agreement with the Distributor to allow the broker's
customers to purchase and pay for shares of Oppenheimer funds
using the proceeds of shares redeemed in the prior 30 days from a
mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or any of
its subsidiaries) on which an initial sales charge or contingent
deferred sales charge was paid. This waiver also applies to shares
purchased by exchange of shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund,
Inc. that were purchased and paid for in this manner. This waiver
must be requested when the purchase order is placed for shares of
the Fund, and the Distributor may require evidence of
qualification for this waiver.
|_| Shares purchased with the proceeds of maturing principal units of any
Qualified Unit Investment Liquid Trust Series. |_| Shares purchased by the
reinvestment of loan repayments by a participant in a Retirement Plan for which
the Manager or an affiliate acts as sponsor.
C. Waivers of the Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge for Certain
Redemptions.
The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that would
otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed in the
following cases: |_| To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited
annually to no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.
|_| Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or involuntary
redemptions of small accounts (please refer to "Shareholder Account Rules
and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
|_| For distributions from Retirement Plans, deferred compensation plans or
other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
(1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code)
of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must occur after the
participant's account was established.
(2) To return excess contributions.
(3)To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
(4) Hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.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 Retirement Plans having 500 or more
eligible employees, except distributions due to termination of all
of the Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.
|_| For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers
that have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor
allowing this waiver.
III. Waivers of Class B and Class C Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
The Class B and Class C contingent deferred sales charges will not be applied to
shares purchased in certain types of transactions or redeemed in certain
circumstances described below.
A. Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.
The Class B and Class C contingent deferred sales charges will be waived for
redemptions of shares in the following cases: |_| Shares redeemed involuntarily,
as described in "Shareholder Account Rules and Policies," in the applicable
Prospectus. |_| Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following
the death or disability of the last surviving shareholder,
including a trustee of a grantor trust or revocable living trust
for which the trustee is also the sole beneficiary. The death or
disability must have occurred after the account was established,
and for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of
disability by the Social Security Administration.
|_| Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record
has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing
this waiver.
|_| Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose
records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch
or an independent record keeper under a contract with Merrill
Lynch.
|_| Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
from accounts of clients of financial institutions that have
entered into a special arrangement with the Distributor for this
purpose.
|_| Redemptions requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor of
Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund in amounts of $1 million or
more held by the Retirement Plan for more than one year, if the
redemption proceeds are invested in Class A shares of one or more
Oppenheimer funds.
|-|
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Distributions 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.7
(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) Distributions from Retirement Plans having 500 or more eligible employees,
but excluding distributions made because of the Plan's elimination as
investment options under the Plan of all of the Oppenheimer funds that had
been offered.
(13) For distributions from a participant's account under an Automatic
Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age 59 1/2, as long as the
aggregate value of the distributions does not exceed 10% of the account's
value, adjusted annually.
(14) 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.
|_| Redemptions of Class B shares or Class C shares under an Automatic
Withdrawal Plan from an account other than a Retirement Plan if
the aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of
the account's value annually.
B. Waivers for Shares Sold or Issued in Certain Transactions.
The contingent deferred sales charge is also waived on Class B and Class C
shares sold or issued in the following cases: |_| Shares sold to the Manager or
its affiliates. |_| Shares sold to registered management investment companies or
separate accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager or
the Distributor for that purpose.
|_| Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.
|_| Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or
employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in
Section I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and
retirement plans established by them for their employees.
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IV. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former Quest for Value Funds
The initial and contingent deferred sales charge rates and waivers for Class A,
Class B and Class C shares described in the Prospectus or Statement of
Additional Information of the Oppenheimer funds are modified as described below
for certain persons who were shareholders of the former Quest for Value Funds.
To be eligible, those persons must have been shareholders on November 24, 1995,
when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment advisor to those former Quest
for Value Funds. Those funds include:
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Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc. Oppenheimer Quest Small Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund
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 Investment Quality Income Fund
Quest for Value Global Income Fund
Quest for Value New York Tax-Exempt Fund
Quest for Value National Tax-Exempt Fund
Quest for Value California Tax-Exempt Fund
All of the funds listed above are referred to in this Appendix as the
"Former Quest for Value Funds." The waivers of initial and contingent deferred
sales charges described in this Appendix apply to shares of an Oppenheimer fund
that are either:
|_| acquired by such shareholder pursuant to an exchange of shares of an
Oppenheimer fund that was one of the Former Quest for Value Funds, or
|_| purchased by such shareholder by exchange of shares of another
Oppenheimer fund that were acquired pursuant to the merger of any of the Former
Quest for Value Funds into that other Oppenheimer fund on November 24, 1995.
A. Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.
|X| Reduced Class A Initial Sales Charge Rates for Certain Former Quest
for Value Funds Shareholders.
Purchases by Groups and Associations. The following table sets forth the initial
sales charge rates for Class A shares purchased by members of "Associations"
formed for any purpose other than the purchase of securities. The rates in the
table apply if that Association purchased shares of any of the Former Quest for
Value Funds or received a proposal to purchase such shares from OCC Distributors
prior to November 24, 1995.
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Number of Eligible Employees Initial Sales Charge as a Initial Sales Charge as a Commission as % of
or Members % of Offering Price % of Net Amount Invested Offering Price
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9 or Fewer 2.50% 2.56% 2.00%
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At least 10 but not more 2.00% 2.04% 1.60%
than 49
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For purchases by Associations having 50 or more eligible employees or
members, there is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares, but
those shares are subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge
described in the applicable fund's Prospectus.
Purchases made under this arrangement qualify for the lower of either
the sales charge rate in the table based on the number of members of an
Association, or the sales charge rate that applies under the Right of
Accumulation described in the applicable fund's Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information. Individuals who qualify under this arrangement for
reduced sales charge rates as members of Associations also may purchase shares
for their individual or custodial accounts at these reduced sales charge rates,
upon request to the Distributor.
|X| Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders. Class A
shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A
initial or contingent deferred sales charges: |_| Shareholders who were
shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on February 28, 1991 and who acquired
shares of any of the
Former Quest for Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the
AMA Family of Funds.
|_| Shareholders who acquired shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by
merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.
|X| Waiver of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge in Certain
Transactions. The Class A contingent deferred sales charge will not apply to
redemptions of Class A shares purchased by the following investors who were
shareholders of any Former Quest for Value Fund:
Investors who purchased Class A shares from a dealer that is or was not
permitted to receive a sales load or redemption fee imposed on a shareholder
with whom that dealer has a fiduciary relationship, under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations adopted under that law.
B. Class A, Class B and Class C Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers.
|X| Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995.
In the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for
redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The
shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund
into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest
for Value Fund or into which such fund merged. Those shares must have been
purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection with: |_| withdrawals under an
automatic withdrawal plan holding only either Class B or Class C shares if the
annual withdrawal does not exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value,
adjusted annually, and
|_| liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset value
of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum value of such
accounts.
|X| Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased on or After March 6,
1995 but Prior to November 24, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent
deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or
Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by the
merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from an
Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest For Value Fund or into which such
Former Quest for Value Fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased on or
after March 6, 1995, but prior to November 24, 1995:
|_| redemptions following the death or disability of the shareholder(s) (as
evidenced by a determination of total disability by the U.S. Social Security
Administration);
|_| withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan (but only for Class B or
Class C shares) where the annual withdrawals do not exceed 10% of the initial
value of the account value; adjusted annually, and
|_| liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset value
of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum account value.
A shareholder's account will be credited with the amount of any
contingent deferred sales charge paid on the redemption of any Class A, Class B
or Class C shares of the Oppenheimer fund described in this section if the
proceeds are invested in the same Class of shares in that fund or another
Oppenheimer fund within 90 days after redemption.
V. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts, Inc.
The initial and contingent deferred sale charge rates and waivers for Class A
and Class B shares described in the respective Prospectus (or this Appendix) of
the following Oppenheimer funds (each is referred to as a "Fund" in this
section):
o Oppenheimer U. S. Government Trust,
o Oppenheimer Bond Fund,
o Oppenheimer Disciplined Value Fund and
o Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
are modified as described below for those Fund shareholders who were
shareholders of the following funds (referred to as the "Former Connecticut
Mutual Funds") on March 1, 1996, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the
investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:
Connecticut Mutual Liquid Account
Connecticut Mutual Government Securities Account
Connecticut Mutual Income Account
Connecticut Mutual Growth Account
Connecticut Mutual Total Return Account
CMIA LifeSpan Capital Appreciation Account
CMIA LifeSpan Balanced Account
CMIA Diversified Income Account
A. Prior Class A CDSC and Class A Sales Charge Waivers.
|_| Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. Certain shareholders of a
Fund and the other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds are entitled to continue to
make additional purchases of Class A shares at net asset value without a Class A
initial sales charge, but subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales
charge that was in effect prior to March 18, 1996 (the "prior Class A CDSC").
Under the prior Class A CDSC, if any of those shares are redeemed within one
year of purchase, they will be assessed a 1% contingent deferred sales charge on
an amount equal to the current market value or the original purchase price of
the shares sold, whichever is smaller (in such redemptions, any shares not
subject to the prior Class A CDSC will be redeemed first).
Those shareholders who are eligible for the prior Class A CDSC are:
(1) persons whose purchases of Class A shares of a Fund and other
Former Connecticut Mutual Funds were $500,000 prior to March 18,
1996, as a result of direct purchases or purchases pursuant to
the Fund's policies on Combined Purchases or Rights of
Accumulation, who still hold those shares in that Fund or other
Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and
(2) persons whose intended purchases under a Statement of Intention
entered into prior to March 18, 1996, with the former general
distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds to purchase
shares valued at $500,000 or more over a 13-month period
entitled those persons to purchase shares at net asset value
without being subject to the Class A initial sales charge.
Any of the Class A shares of a Fund and the other Former Connecticut
Mutual Funds that were purchased at net asset value prior to March 18, 1996,
remain subject to the prior Class A CDSC, or if any additional shares are
purchased by those shareholders at net asset value pursuant to this arrangement
they will be subject to the prior Class A CDSC.
|_| Class A Sales Charge Waivers. Additional Class A shares of a Fund
may be purchased without a sales charge, by a person who was in one (or more) of
the categories below and acquired Class A shares prior to March 18, 1996, and
still holds Class A shares: (1) any purchaser, provided the total initial amount
invested in the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual
Funds totaled $500,000 or more, including investments made pursuant to the
Combined Purchases, Statement of Intention and Rights of Accumulation features
available at the time of the initial purchase and such investment is still held
in one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds or a Fund into which such
Fund merged;
(2) any participant in a qualified plan, provided that the total initial amount
invested by the plan in the Fund or any one or more of the Former
Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more;
(3) Directors of the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual
Funds and members of their immediate families;
(4) employee benefit plans sponsored by Connecticut Mutual Financial Services,
L.L.C. ("CMFS"), the prior distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual
Funds, and its affiliated companies;
(5) one or more members of a group of at least 1,000 persons (and persons who
are retirees from such group) engaged in a common business, profession,
civic or charitable endeavor or other activity, and the spouses and minor
dependent children of such persons, pursuant to a marketing program between
CMFS and such group; and
(6) an institution acting as a fiduciary on behalf of an individual or
individuals, if such institution was directly compensated by the
individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of the Fund or
any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, provided the
institution had an agreement with CMFS.
Purchases of Class A shares made pursuant to (1) and (2) above may be
subject to the Class A CDSC of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds described
above.
Additionally, Class A shares of a Fund may be purchased without a sales
charge by any holder of a variable annuity contract issued in New York State by
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company through the Panorama Separate Account
which is beyond the applicable surrender charge period and which was used to
fund a qualified plan, if that holder exchanges the variable annuity contract
proceeds to buy Class A shares of the Fund.
B. Class A and Class B Contingent Deferred Sales Charge Waivers.
In addition to the waivers set forth in the Prospectus and in this Appendix,
above, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of
Class A and Class B shares of a Fund and exchanges of Class A or Class B shares
of a Fund into Class A or Class B shares of a Former Connecticut Mutual Fund
provided that the Class A or Class B shares of the Fund to be redeemed or
exchanged were (i) acquired prior to March 18, 1996 or (ii) were acquired by
exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Connecticut Mutual Fund.
Additionally, the shares of such Former Connecticut Mutual Fund must have been
purchased prior to March 18, 1996:
(1) by the estate of a deceased shareholder;
(2) upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the
Internal Revenue Code;
(3) for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or beneficiaries
from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b)(7)of the
Code, or from IRAs, deferred compensation plans created under Section 457
of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;
(4) as tax-free returns of excess contributions to such retirement or employee
benefit plans;
(5) in whole or in part, in connection with shares sold to any state, county,
or city, or any instrumentality, department, authority, or agency thereof,
that is prohibited by applicable investment laws from paying a sales charge
or commission 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 Municipal Bond Fund, Oppenheimer U.S. Government
Trust, Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund and Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund who
acquired (and still hold) shares of those funds as a result of the
reorganization of series of Advance America Funds, Inc. into those Oppenheimer
funds on October 18, 1991, and who held shares of Advance America Funds, Inc. on
March 30, 1990, may purchase Class A shares of those four Oppenheimer funds at a
maximum sales charge rate of 4.50%.
VII. Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of Oppenheimer
Convertible Securities Fund
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (referred to as the "Fund" in this
section) may sell Class M shares at net asset value without any initial sales
charge to the classes of investors listed below who, prior to March 11, 1996,
owned shares of the Fund's then-existing Class A and were permitted to purchase
those shares at net asset value without sales charge: |_| the Manager and its
affiliates, |_| present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees
(and their "immediate families" as defined in the Fund's
Statement of Additional Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its
affiliates, and retirement plans established by them or the prior investment
advisor of the Fund for their employees,
|_| registered management investment companies or separate accounts of
insurance companies that had an agreement with the Fund's prior
investment advisor or distributor for that purpose,
|_| dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the
Distributor, if they purchase shares for their own accounts or for
retirement plans for their employees,
|_| employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of
dealers or brokers described in the preceding section or financial
institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with those
dealers or brokers (and whose identity is made known to the
Distributor) or with the Distributor, but only if the purchaser
certifies to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the
purchaser meets these qualifications,
|_| dealers, brokers, or registered investment advisors that had
entered into an agreement with the Distributor or the prior
distributor of the Fund specifically providing for the use of
Class M shares of the Fund in specific investment products made
available to their clients, and
dealers, brokers or registered investment advisors that had entered into an
agreement with the Distributor or prior distributor of the Fund's shares to sell
shares to defined contribution employee retirement plans for which the dealer,
broker, or investment advisor provides administrative services
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Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund
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Internet Web Site:
www.oppenheimerfunds.com
Investment Advisor
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Two World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048-0203
Distributor
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Two World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048-0203
Transfer Agent
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217
1-800-525-7048
Custodian Bank
The Bank of New York
One Wall Street
New York, New York 10015
Independent Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP
555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3600
Denver, Colorado 80202-3942
Legal Counsel
Myer, Swanson, Adams & Wolf, P.C.
1600 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80202
67890
PX847.1000
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1 No commission will be paid on sales of Class A shares purchased with the
redemption proceeds of shares of another mutual fund offered as an investment
option in a retirement plan in which Oppenheimer funds are also offered as
investment options under a special arrangement with the Distributor, if the
purchase occurs more than 30 days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an
investment option under that plan.
2. Ms. Macaskill and Mr. Bowen are not Trustees or Directors of Oppenheimer
Integrity Funds, Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund, Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
or Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds. Mr. Fossel and Mr. Bowen are not Trustees
of Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust or Managing General Partners of
Centennial America Fund, L.P. 3. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment
Company Act, the term "Independent Directors" in this Statement of Additional
Information refers to those Directors who are not "interested persons" of the
Fund and who do not have any direct or indirect financial interest in the
operation of the distribution plan or any agreement under the plan. 4 However,
that commission 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 does not apply to 403(b)(7)
custodial plans if the participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.
7 This provision does not apply to IRAs.
8 This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans.
9 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the participant
is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.
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OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND
FORM N-1A
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 23. Exhibits
(a) Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated June 22, 1999: Filed
with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(b) By-Laws dated June 22 1999: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(c) (i) Specimen Class A Share Certificate: Filed with initial registration
statement, 5/11/99, and incorporated herein by reference. (ii) Specimen Class B
Share Certificate: Filed with initial registration statement, 5/11/99, and
incorporated herein by reference. (iii) Specimen Class C Share Certificate:
Filed with initial registration statement, 5/11/99, and incorporated herein by
reference. (iv) Specimen Class Y Share Certificate: Filed with initial
registration statement, 5/11/99, and incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Investment Advisory Agreement dated June 22, 1999: Filed with
Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(e) General Distributor's Agreement: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(ii) Form of Dealer Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.:
Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement of Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund (Reg. No. 333-79707), 8/25/99, and
incorporated herein by reference.
(iii) Form of Agency Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.:
Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement of Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund (Reg. No. 333-79707), 8/25/99, and
incorporated herein by reference.
(iv) Form of Broker Agreement of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.:
Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement of Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund (Reg. No. 333-79707), 8/25/99, and
incorporated herein by reference.
(f) Form of Deferred Compensation Plan for Disinterested
Trustees/Directors:
(i) Retirement Plan for Non-Interested Trustees or Directors dated June 7,
1990: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 97 to the Registration
Statement of Oppenheimer Fund (File No. 2-14586), 8/30/90, refiled with
Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 of Oppenheimer Growth Fund (Reg. No. 2-45272),
8/22/94, pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(ii) Form of Deferred Compensation Plan for Disinterested
Trustees/Directors: Filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the
Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund (Reg. No.
2-82590), 10/28/98, and incorporated by reference.
(g) Custody Agreement: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No.
1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(h) Not applicable.
(i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(j) Independent Auditors Consent: To be filed by Amendment.
(k) Not applicable.
(l) Investment Letter from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to Registrant: Filed with
Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(m) (i) Service Plan and Agreement for Class A shares dated June 22, 1999:
Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999, and
incorporated herein by reference.
(ii) Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class B shares dated
June 22, 1999: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1,
1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(iii) Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class C shares dated
June 22, 1999: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1,
1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
(n) Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 updated through
8/24/99: Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund (Reg. No. 333-82579),
8/27/99, and incorporated herein by reference.
(o) Amended and Restated Code of Ethics of the Oppenheimer Funds dated
March 1, 2000 under Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Filed with
Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund (Reg. No. 333-44176),
8/28/00, and incorporated herein by reference..
-- Powers of Attorney (including Certified Board resolutions) for all
Trustees: Filed with Registrant's Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, July 1, 1999,
and incorporated herein by reference.
-- Power of Attorney (including Certified Board resolution) for Brian W.
Wixted: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc. (Reg. No.
2-11052), 4/30/99, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 24. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Fund
None.
Item 25. Indemnification
Reference is made to the provisions of Article Seven of Registrant's
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust filed as Exhibit 23(a) to this
Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, Registrant has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by Registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person, Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
Item 26. Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser
(a) OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment adviser of the Registrant; it and
certain subsidiaries and affiliates act in the same capacity to other investment
companies, including with 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 Other Business and Connections
with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. During the Past Two Years
Charles E. Albers,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio
manager of certain Oppenheimer funds
(since April 1998); a Chartered
Financial Analyst.
Edward Amberger,
Assistant Vice President None.
Janette Aprilante
Assistant Vice President None.
Victor Babin,
Senior Vice President None.
Bruce Bartlett,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager
of certain Oppenheimer funds.
George Batejan,
Executive Vice President/
Chief Information Officer Formerly Senior Vice President
(until May 1998).
Connie Bechtolt,
Assistant Vice President None.
Kathleen Beichert,
Vice President None.
Rajeev Bhaman,
Vice President None.
Mark Binning
Assistant Vice President None.
Robert J. Bishop,
Vice President Vice President of
Mutual Fund Accounting
(since May1996); an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds.
John R. Blomfield,
Vice President None.
Chad Boll,
Assistant Vice President None
Scott Brooks,
Vice President None.
Jeffrey Burns,
Vice President/Assistant Counsel Stradley, Ronen Stevens and Young,
LLP (February 1998-September 1999).
Adele Campbell,
Assistant Vice President & Assistant
Treasurer: Rochester Division Formerly, Assistant Vice President
of Rochester Fund Services, Inc.
Michael A. Carbuto,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager
of certain Oppenheimer funds;
Vice President of Centennial Asset
Management Corporation.
John Cardillo,
Assistant Vice President None.
Elisa Chrysanthis
Assistant Vice President None.
H.C. Digby Clements,
Vice President: Rochester Division None.
O. Leonard Darling,
Executive Vice President
and Chief Investment Officer
Chairman of the Board and a
director (since June 1999)
and Senior Managing
Director(since December
1998) of HarbourView Asset
Management Corporation; a
director (since March 2000)
of OFI Private Investments,
Inc.; Trustee (1993) of
Awhtolia College - Greece;
formerly Chief Executive
Officer of HarbourView
Asset Management Corporation
(December 1998- June 1999).
John Davis
Assistant Vice President EAB Financial
(April 1998-February 1999).
Robert A. Densen,
Senior Vice President None.
Ruggero de'Rossi
Vice President Formerly, Chief Strategist at
ING Barings (July 1998 - March 2000).
Sheri Devereux,
Vice President None.
Max Dietshe
Vice President Deloitte & Touche LLP (1989-1999).
Craig P. Dinsell
Executive Vice President None.
John Doney,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager
of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Andrew J. Donohue,
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Director
Executive Vice President (since September 1993) and a director (since January
1992) of the Distributor; Executive Vice President, General Counsel (since
September 1995) and a director (since August 1994) of HarbourView Asset
Management Corporation, Shareholder Services, Inc., Shareholder Financial
Services, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., of OFI Private
Investments, Inc. (since March 2000), and of PIMCO Trust Company (since May
2000); President and a director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation
(since September 1995) and of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since
July 1996); Vice President and a director (since September 1997) of
OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc; a
director (since April 2000) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, a charitable
trust program established by the Manager; General Counsel (since May 1996) and
Secretary (since April 1997) of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; an officer of
other Oppenheimer funds.
Bruce Dunbar,
Vice President None.
Daniel Engstrom,
Assistant Vice President None.
Armond Erpf
Assistant Vice President None.
George Evans,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Edward N. Everett,
Assistant Vice President None.
George Fahey,
Vice President None.
Leslie A. Falconio,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds
(since 6/99).
Scott Farrar, Vice President Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Millennium Funds
plc (since October 1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Katherine P. Feld,
Vice President, Senior Counsel
and Secretary
Vice President and Secretary of the Distributor; Secretary and Director of
Centennial Asset Management Corporation; Vice President and Secretary of
Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Secretary of HarbourView Asset
Management Corporation, Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., Shareholder
Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc.
Ronald H. Fielding,
Senior Vice President; Chairman:
Rochester Division An officer, Director and/or portfolio manager of certain
Oppenheimer funds; presently he holds the following other positions: Director
(since 1995) of ICI Mutual Insurance Company; Governor (since 1994) of St.
John's College; Director (since 1994 - present) of International Museum of
Photography at George Eastman House..
David Foxhoven,
Assistant Vice President
Formerly Manager, Banking Operations Department (July 1996 - November 1998).
Crystal French
Vice President None.
Dan Gangemi,
Vice President None.
Subrata Ghose
Assistant Vice President
Formerly, Equity Analyst at Fidelity Investments (1995 - March 2000).
Charles Gilbert,
Assistant Vice President None.
Alan Gilston,
Vice President None.
Jill Glazerman,
Vice President None.
Mikhail Goldverg
Assistant Vice President None.
Jeremy Griffiths,
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Director Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Executive Vice
President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; President. Chief
Executive Officer and director of PIMCO Trust Company; director of
OppenheimerFunds, Legacy Program (charitable trust program); Vice President of
OFI Private Investments, Inc. and a Member and Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants.
Robert Grill,
Senior Vice President None.
Robert Guy
Senior Vice President None.
Robert Haley
Assistant Vice President None.
Thomas B. Hayes,
Vice President None.
Dorothy Hirshman,
Assistant Vice President None
Merryl Hoffman,
Vice President and
Senior Counsel None
Merrell Hora,
Assistant Vice President None.
Scott T. Huebl,
Vice President None.
James Hyland,
Assistant Vice President
Formerly Manager of Customer Research for Prudential
Investments (February 1998 - July 1999).
David Hyun, Vice President
Formerly portfolio manager, technology analyst and
research associate at Fred Alger Management, Inc. (August 1993 - June 2000).
Steve Ilnitzki,
Senior Vice President
Formerly Vice President of Product Management at Ameritrade (until March 2000).
Kathleen T. Ives,
Vice President
None.
William Jaume,
Vice President
Senior Vice President (since April 2000) of
HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.
Frank Jennings,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Andrew Jordan,
Assistant Vice President None.
Deborah Kaback
Vice President and Senior Counsel
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Oppenheimer Capital
(April 1989-November 1999).
Lewis Kamman
Vice President
Senior Consultant for Bell Atlantic Network Integration, Inc.
(June 1997-December 1998).
Lynn Oberist Keeshan
Senior Vice President
Formerly (until March 1999)(Vice President, Business Development and Treasury
at Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Thomas W. Keffer,
Senior Vice President None.
Erica Klein,
Assistant Vice President None.
Walter Konops,
Assistant Vice President None.
Avram Kornberg,
Senior Vice President None.
Jimmy Kourkoulakos,
Assistant Vice President. None.
John Kowalik,
Senior Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager for certain OppenheimerFunds.
Joseph Krist,
Assistant Vice President None.
Michael Levine,
Vice President None.
Shanquan Li,
Vice President None.
Mitchell J. Lindauer,
Vice President and Assistant
General Counsel None.
Malissa Lischin
Assistant Vice President
Formerly Associate Manager, Investment Management Analyst at Prudential
(1996 - March 2000).
David Mabry,
Vice President None.
Bridget Macaskill,
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
President (since June 1991), Chief Executive Officer (since September 1995)
and a director (since December 1994) of the Manager; President, Chief Executive
Officer and a director (since March 2000) of OFI Private Investments, Inc., an
investment adviser subsidiary of the Manager; Chairman and a director of
Shareholder Services, Inc. (since August 1994) and Shareholder Financial
Services, Inc. (since September 1995), transfer agent subsidiaries of the
Manager; President (since September 1995) and a director (since October 1990) of
Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., the Manager's parent holding company; President
(since September 1995) and a director (since November 1989) of Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc., a holding company subsidiary of the Manager;
President and a director (since October 1997) of OppenheimerFunds International
Ltd., an offshore fund management subsidiary of the Manager and of Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc; a director of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation
(since July 1991) and of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since July
1996), investment adviser subsidiaries of the Manager; a director (since April
2000) of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program, a charitable trust program established
by the Manager; a director of Prudential Corporation plc (a U.K. financial
service company). President and a trustee of other Oppenheimer funds.
Steve Macchia,
Vice President None.
Philip T. Masterson,
Vice President None.
Loretta McCarthy,
Executive Vice President None.
Lisa Migan,
Assistant Vice President None.
Andrew J. Mika
Senior Vice President
Formerly a Second Vice President for Guardian Investments
(June 1990 - October 1999).
Joy Milan
Assistant Vice President None.
Denis R. Molleur,
Vice President and
Senior Counsel None.
Nikolaos Monoyios,
Vice President A Vice President and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer
funds.
Margaret Mudd
Assistant Vice President
Formerly Vice President - Syndications
of Sanwa Bank California (January 1998 - September 1999).
Kenneth Nadler,
Vice President None.
David Negri,
Senior Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Barbara Niederbrach,
Assistant Vice President None.
Robert A. Nowaczyk,
Vice President None.
Ray Olson,
Assistant Vice President None.
Gina M. Palmieri,
Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds
(since June 1999).
Robert E. Patterson,
Senior Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Frank Pavlak,
Vice President
Formerly. Branch Chief of Investment Company Examinations at U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (January 1981 - December 1998).
James Phillips
Assistant Vice President None.
David Pellegrino
Vice President None.
Jane Putnam,
Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Michael Quinn,
Assistant Vice President None.
Julie Radtke,
Vice President None.
Russell Read,
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President (since March 2000) of HarbourView Asset Management
Corporation; Vice President of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since
August 1996).
Thomas Reedy,
Vice President
Vice President (since April 1999) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation;
an officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
John Reinhardt,
Vice President: Rochester Division None
Jeffrey Rosen,
Vice President None.
Marci Rossell,
Vice President and
Corporate Economist
Economist with Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (April 1996 - March 1999).
Richard H. Rubinstein,
Senior Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Lawrence Rudnick,
Assistant Vice President None.
James Ruff,
Executive Vice President
President and director of the Distributor; Vice President
(since March 2000) of OFI Private Investments, Inc.
Andrew Ruotolo
Executive Vice President
President and director of Shareholder Services, Inc.; formerly Chief Operations
Officer for American International Group (August 1997-September 1999).
Rohit Sah,
Assistant Vice President None.
Valerie Sanders,
Vice President None.
Kenneth Schlupp
Assistant Vice President
Assistant Vice President (since March 2000) of OFI Private Investments, Inc.
Jeff Schneider,
Vice President
Formerly (until May 1999) Director, Personal Decisions International.
Ellen Schoenfeld,
Vice President None.
Allan Sedmak
Assistant Vice President
Jennifer Sexton,
Vice President None.
Martha Shapiro,
Assistant Vice President None.
Christian D. Smith
Senior Vice President
Formerly Co-head of the Municipal Portfolio Management Team, Portfolio Manager
for Prudential Global Asset Management (January 1990 - September 1999).
Connie Song,
Assistant Vice President None.
Richard Soper,
Vice President None.
Keith Spencer,
Vice President None.
Cathleen Stahl,
Vice President
Assistant Vice President & Manager of Women & Investing Program
Richard A. Stein,
Vice President: Rochester Division
Assistant Vice President (since 1995) of Rochester Capitol Advisors, L.P.
Arthur Steinmetz,
Senior Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Jayne Stevlingson,
Vice President None.
Gregg Stitt,
Assistant Vice President None.
John Stoma,
Senior Vice President None.
Kevin Surrett,
Assistant Vice President
Assistant Vice President of Product Development At Evergreen Investor Services,
Inc. (June 1995 - May 1999).
James C. Swain,
Vice Chairman of the Board
Chairman, CEO and Trustee, Director or Managing Partner of the Denver-based
Oppenheimer Funds; formerly, President and Director of Centennial Asset
Management Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Shareholder Services, Inc.
Susan Switzer,
Assistant Vice President None.
Anthony A. Tanner,
Vice President: Rochester Division None.
Paul Temple,
Vice President
Formerly (until May 2000) Director of Product Development at Prudential.
Angela Uttaro,
Assistant Vice President None.
Mark Vandehey,
Vice President None.
Maureen VanNorstrand,
Assistant Vice President None.
Annette Von Brandis,
Assistant Vice President None.
Phillip Vottiero,
Vice President
Chief Financial officer for the Sovlink Group (April 1996 - June 1999).
Teresa Ward,
Vice President None.
Jerry Webman,
Senior Vice President
Senior Investment Officer, Director of Fixed Income.
Barry Weiss,
Assistant Vice President
Fitch IBCA (1996 - January 2000)
Christine Wells,
Vice President None.
Joseph Welsh,
Assistant Vice President None.
William L. Wilby,
Senior Vice President
Senior Investment Officer, Director of International Equities; Senior
Vice President of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation.
Donna Winn,
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President (since March 2000) of OFI Private Investments, Inc.
Brian W. Wixted,
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Treasurer (since March 1999) of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation,
Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management Corporation,
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.,
of OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since March 2000) and of OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since May 2000);
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (since May 2000) of PIMCO Trust Company;
Assistant Treasurer (since March 1999) of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. and of
Centennial Asset Management Corporation; an officer of other Oppenheimer funds;
formerly Principal and Chief Operating Officer, Bankers Trust Company - Mutual
Fund Services Division (March 1995 - March 1999).
Carol Wolf,
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President (since June 2000) of Centennial Asset Management
Corporation; an officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds;
serves on the Board of Chinese Children Adoption International Parents Council,
Supporters of Children, and the Advisory Board of Denver Children's Hospital
Oncology Department.
Kurt Wolfgruber
Senior Vice President
Senior Investment Officer, Director of Domestic Equities; member of the
Investment Product Review Committee and the Executive Committee of HarbourView
Asset Management Corporation; formerly (until April 2000) a Managing Director
and Portfolio Manager at J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.
Caleb Wong,
Vice President
An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds
(since June 1999) .
Robert G. Zack,
Senior Vice President and
Assistant Secretary, Associate
General Counsel
Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since May 1985),
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since November 1989), OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997); an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Jill Zachman,
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division None.
Neal Zamore,
Vice President
Director e-Commerce; formerly (until May 2000) Vice President at GE Capital.
Mark Zavanelli,
Assistant Vice President None.
Arthur J. Zimmer,
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President (since April 1999) of HarbourView Asset Management
Corporation; Vice President of Centennial Asset Management Corporation; an
officer and/or portfolio manager of certain Oppenheimer funds.
Susan Zimmerman,
Vice President None.
The Oppenheimer Funds include the New York-based Oppenheimer Funds, the
Denver-based Oppenheimer Funds and the Oppenheimer Quest /Rochester Funds, as
set forth below:
New York-based Oppenheimer Funds
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund Oppenheimer
Enterprise Fund Oppenheimer Europe Fund Oppenheimer Global Fund Oppenheimer
Global Growth & Income Fund Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund Oppenheimer
Growth Fund Oppenheimer International Growth Fund Oppenheimer International
Small Company Fund Oppenheimer Large Cap Growth Fund Oppenheimer Money Market
Fund, Inc. Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust Oppenheimer Multi-State
Municipal Trust Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund Oppenheimer Municipal Bond
Fund Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Growth Fund Oppenheimer
Trinity Value Fund Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust Oppenheimer World Bond Fund
Quest/Rochester Funds
Limited Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund
Oppenheimer MidCap Fund
Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Quest For Value Funds
Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Rochester Fund Municipals
Denver-based Oppenheimer Funds
Centennial America Fund, L.P. Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust Centennial
Government Trust Centennial Money Market Trust Centennial New York Tax Exempt
Trust Centennial Tax Exempt Trust Oppenheimer Cash Reserves Oppenheimer Champion
Income Fund Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund Oppenheimer High Yield Fund
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Oppenheimer
Limited-Term Government Fund Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Oppenheimer
Main Street Funds, Inc. Oppenheimer Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc. Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds Panorama
Series Fund, Inc.
The address of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., the New York-based Oppenheimer
Funds, the Quest Funds, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., HarbourView Asset
Management Corp., Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc., Oppenheimer
Acquisition Corp. and OFI Private Investments, Inc. is Two World Trade Center,
New York, New York 10048-0203.
The address of the Denver-based Oppenheimer Funds, Shareholder Financial
Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., OppenheimerFunds Services,
Centennial Asset Management Corporation, Centennial Capital Corp., and
Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. is 6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood,
Colorado 80112.
The address of the Rochester-based funds is 350 Linden Oaks, Rochester, New York
14625-2807.
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 B of this Registration Statement and listed
in Item 26(b) above (except Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust and Panorama
Series Fund, Inc.) and for MassMutual Institutional Funds.
(b) The directors and officers of the Registrant's principal underwriter
are:
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Name & Principal Positions & Offices Positions & Offices
Business Address with Underwriter with Registrant
Jason Bach Vice President None
31 Racquel Drive
Marietta, GA 30064
William Beardsley (2) Vice President None
Peter Beebe Vice President None
876 Foxdale Avenue
Winnetka, IL 60093
Douglas S. Blankenship Vice President None
17011 Woodbank
Spring, TX 77379
Peter W. Brennan Senior Vice President None
8826 Amberton Lane
Charlotte, NC 28226
Kevin Brosmith Senior Vice President None.
856 West Fullerton
Chicago, IL 60614
Susan Burton(2) Vice President None
Robert Coli Vice President None
12 White Tail Lane
Bedminster, NJ 07921
William Coughlin Vice President None
1730 N. Clark Street
#3203
Chicago, IL 60614
Daniel Deckman Vice President None
12252 Rockledge Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33428
Stephen Demetrovits Vice President None
Christopher DeSimone Vice President None
5105 Aldrich Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Michael Dickson Vice President None
Joseph DiMauro Vice President None
244 McKinley Avenue
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
Andrew John Donohue(2) Executive Vice Secretary of the
President and Director New York-based
Oppenheimer funds;
Vice President and
Secretary of the
Denver-based
Oppenheimer funds
G. Patrick Dougherty (2) Vice President None
Wendy H. Ehrlich Vice President None
4 Craig Street
Jericho, NY 11753
Kent Elwell Vice President None
35 Crown Terrace
Yardley, PA 19067
George Fahey Vice President None
141 Breon Lane
Elkton, MD 21921
Eric Fallon Vice President None
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02158
Katherine P. Feld(2) Vice President None
& Corporate Secretary
Mark Ferro Vice President None
43 Market Street
Breezy Point, NY 11697
Ronald H. Fielding(3) Vice President None
John ("J") Fortuna(2) Vice President None
Ronald R. Foster Senior Vice President None
11339 Avant Lane
Cincinnati, OH 45249
Victoria Friece(1) Assistant Vice President None
Patricia Gadecki-Wells Vice President None
4734 Highland Place Center
Lakeland, FL 33813
Luiggino Galleto Vice President None
10302 Reisling Court
Charlotte, NC 28277
Michelle Gans Vice President None
8327 Kimball Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
L. Daniel Garrity Vice President None
27 Covington Road
Avondale, GA 30002
Lucio Giliberti Vice President None
78 Metro Vista Drive
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
Ralph Grant(2) Senior Vice President/ None
National Sales Manager
Michael Guman Vice President None
3913 Pleasent Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103
Webb Heidinger Vice President None
138 Gates Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phillip Hemery Vice President None
184 Park Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Edward Hrybenko (2) Vice President None
Richard L. Hymes (2) Vice President None
Byron Ingram(1) Assistant Vice President None
Kathleen T. Ives(1) Vice President None
Eric K. Johnson Vice President None
3665 Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
Mark D. Johnson Vice President None
409 Sundowner Ridge Court
Wildwood, MO 63011
Elyse Jurman Vice President None
1194 Hillsboro Mile, #51
Hillsboro Beach, FL 33062
Michael Keogh(2) Vice President None
Brian Kelly Vice President None
60 Larkspur Road
Fairfield, CT 06430
Richard Klein Senior Vice President None
4820 Fremont Avenue So.
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Brent Krantz Vice President None
2609 SW 149th Place
Seattle, WA 98166
Oren Lane Vice President None
5286 Timber Bend Drive
Brighton, MI 48116
Dawn Lind Vice President None
7 Maize Court
Melville, NY 11747
James Loehle Vice President None
30 Wesley Hill Lane
Warwick, NY 10990
John Lynch (2) Vice President None
Michael Magee Assistant Vice President None
1496 East 32nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11234
Steve Manns Vice President None
1941 W. Wolfram Street
Chicago, IL 60657
Todd Marion Vice President None
3 St. Marks Place
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
LuAnn Mascia(2) Assistant Vice President None
Marie Masters Vice President None
8384 Glen Eagle Drive
Manlius, NY 13104
Theresa-Marie Maynier Vice President None
2421 Charlotte Drive
Charlotte, NC 28203
Anthony Mazzariello Vice President None
704 Beaver Road
Leetsdale, PA 15056
John McDonough Vice President None
3812 Leland Street
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Kent McGowan Vice President None
18424 12th Avenue West
Lynnwood, WA 98037
Laura Mulhall(2) Senior Vice President None
Charles Murray Vice President None
18 Spring Lake Drive
Far Hills, NJ 07931
Wendy Murray Vice President None
32 Carolin Road
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Denise-Marie Nakamura Vice President None
4111 Colony Plaza
Newport, CA 92660
John Nesnay Vice President None
3410 East County Line
#17
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
Chad V. Noel Vice President None
2408 Eagleridge Drive
Henderson, NV 89014
Joseph Norton Vice President None
2518 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Kevin Parchinski Vice President None
8409 West 116th Terrace
Overland Park, KS 66210
Gayle Pereira Vice President None
2707 Via Arboleda
San Clemente, CA 92672
Charles K. Pettit Vice President None
22 Fall Meadow Drive
Pittsford, NY 14534
Bill Presutti Vice President None
130 E. 63rd Street, #10E
New York, NY 10021
Steve Puckett Vice President None
5297 Soledad Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92109
Elaine Puleo(2) Senior Vice President None
Christopher L. Quinson (2) Vice President/ None
Variable Annuities
Minnie Ra Vice President None
100 Delores Street, #203
Carmel, CA 93923
Dustin Raring Vice President None
378 Elm Street
Denver, CO 80220
Michael Raso Vice President None
16 N. Chatsworth Ave.
Apt. 301
Larchmont, NY 10538
Douglas Rentschler Vice President None
677 Middlesex Road
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
Ruxandra Risko(2) Vice President None
Kenneth Rosenson Vice President None
3505 Malibu Country Drive
Malibu, CA 90265
James Ruff(2) President & Director None
William Rylander (2) Vice President None
Alfredo Scalzo Vice President None
19401 Via Del Mar, #303
Tampa, FL 33647
Timothy Schoeffler Vice President None
1717 Fox Hall Road
Washington, DC 77479
Michael Sciortino Vice President None
785 Beau Chene Drive
Mandeville, LA 70471
Eric Sharp Vice President None
862 McNeill Circle
Woodland, CA 95695
Michelle Simone - Ricter(2) Assistant Vice President None
Michelle Sims (2) Vice President None
Timothy J. Stegner Vice President None
794 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80206
Marlo Stil Vice President None
8579 Prestwick Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Peter Sullivan Vice President None
21445 S. E 35th Street
Issaquah, WA 98029
David Sturgis Vice President None
81 Surrey Lane
Boxford, MA 01921
Scott Such(1) Senior Vice President None
Brian Summe Vice President None
239 N. Colony Drive
Edgewood, KY 41017
George Sweeney Senior Vice President None
5 Smokehouse Lane
Hummelstown, PA 17036
Andrew Sweeny Vice President None
5967 Bayberry Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Scott McGregor Tatum Vice President None
704 Inwood
Southlake, TX 76092
David G. Thomas Vice President None
2200 North Wilson Blvd.
Suite 102-176
Arlington, VA 22201
Tanya Valency (2) Assistant Vice President None
Mark Vandehey(1) Vice President None
Brian Villec (2) Vice President None
Andrea Walsh(1) Vice President None
Suzanne Walters(1) Assistant Vice President None
Michael Weigner Vice President None
5722 Harborside Drive
Tampa, FL 33615
Donn Weise Vice President None
3249 Earlmar Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Marjorie Williams Vice President None
6930 East Ranch Road
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Brian W. Wixted (1) Vice President Vice President and
and Treasurer Treasurer of the
Oppenheimer funds
Gregor Yuska (2) Vice President None
(1)6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, CO 80112
(2)Two World Trade Center, New York, NY 10048
(3)350 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14623
(c) Not applicable.
</TABLE>
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, Englewood, 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
County of Arapahoe and State of Colorado on the 29th day of August, 2000.
OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP FUND
By: /s/ James C. Swain
--------------------------------------------
James C. Swain, Chairman
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on
the dates indicated:
Signatures Title Date
s/ James C. Swain Chairman of the
------------------------------------- Board of Trustees
James C. Swain and Principal Executive
Officer August 29, 2000
/s/ Bridget A. Macaskill President
------------------------------------- and Trustee August 29, 2000
Bridget A. Macaskill
/s/ Robert G. Avis Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
Robert G. Avis
/s/ George C. Bowen Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
George C. Bowen
/s/ Jon S. Fossel Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
Jon S. Fossel
/s/ Sam Freedman Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
Sam Freedman
/s/ Raymond J. Kalinowski Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
Raymond J. Kalinowski
/s/ C. Howard Kast Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
C. Howard Kast
/s/ Robert M. Kirchner Trustee August 29, 2000
-------------------------------------
Robert M. Kirchner
/s/ Brian W. Wixted Treasurer & August 29, 2000
------------------------------------- Principal Financial Officer
Brian W. Wixted
* By: /s/ Robert G. Zack
Robert G. Zack, Attorney-In-Fact