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SIGNATURE GEORGE C. BOWEN
TITLE TREASURER
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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SUBSEQUENT EVENT
At a shareholder meeting on June 20, 1997, shareholders of Oppenheimer Fund
approved a reorganization of Oppenheimer Fund with and into Oppenheimer Multiple
Strategies Fund. Shareholders of Oppenheimer Fund received shares of Oppenheimer
Multiple Strategies Fund and Oppenheimer Fund was liquidated. The reorganization
occurred on June 20, 1997.