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SIGNATURE GEORGE C. BOWEN
TITLE TREASURER
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SHAREHOLDER MEETING
On March 6, 1997, a special shareholder meeting was held at which
the eleven Trustees identified below were elected, the selection of
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as the independent certified public accountants
and auditors of the Fund for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1996
was ratified (Proposal No. 1), the proposed changes to certain of the
Fund's fundamental investment policies was approved (Proposal No. 2),
the proposed change in the Investment Advisory Agreement between the
Fund and OppenheimerFunds, Inc. was approved (Proposal No. 3), the
Fund's Class B 12b-1 Distribution and Service Plan was approved by
Class B shareholders (Proposal No. 4), and the Fund's Class C 12b-1
Distribution and Service Plan was approved by Class C shareholders
(Proposal No. 5) as described in the Fund's proxy statement for that
meeting. The following is a report of the votes cast:
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Robert G. Galli 11,253,871.448 246,747.379 558,388 11,500,618.827
Leon Levy 11,203,229.913 297,388.914 558,388 11,500,618.827
Benjamin Lipstein 11,197,133.782 303,485.045 558,388 11,500,618.827
Bridget A. Macaskill 11,256,812.337 243,806.490 558,388 11,500,618.827
Elizabeth Moynihan 11,241,337.324 259,281.503 558,388 11,500,618.827
Kenneth A. Randall 11,273,072.084 227,546.743 558,388 11,500,618.827
Edward V. Regan 11,273,698.840 226,919.987 558,388 11,500,618.827
Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. 11,255,535.799 245,083.028 558,388 11,500,618.827
Donald W. Spiro 11,224,018.248 276,600.579 558,388 11,500,618.827
Pauline Trigere 11,177,490.513 323,128.314 558,388 11,500,618.827
Clayton K. Yeutter 11,240,495.627 260,123.200 558,388 11,500,618.827
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Proposal No. 2 9,183,461.857 412,290.120 863,922.725 1,779,281 10,459,674.702
Proposal No. 3 10,308,932.225 295,359.382 904,804.998 558,388 11,509,096.605
Proposal No. 4 324,274.123 6,197.510 12,654.165 15,827 343,125.798
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