Registration No. 33-371
File No. 811-4410
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. __ / /
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 23 /X/
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940 /X/
AMENDMENT NO. 25 /X/
OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY FUND
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
212-323-0200
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(Registrant's Telephone Number)
ANDREW J. DONOHUE, ESQ.
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)
/X/ on January 28, 1999, pursuant to paragraph (b)
/ / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/ / on _______, 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 Discovery Fund
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Prospectus dated January 28, 1999
Oppenheimer Discovery 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 "growth-type" 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.
(OppenheimerFunds logo)
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
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The Fund's Objective and Investment Strategies
Main Risks of Investing in the Fund
The Fund's Past Performance
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
About the Fund's Investments
How the Fund is Managed
About Your Account
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How to Buy Shares
Class A Shares
Class B Shares
Class C Shares
Class Y Shares
Special Investor Services
AccountLink
PhoneLink
OppenheimerFunds 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
Financial Highlights
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About the Fund
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The Fund's Objective and Investment Strategies
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What Is the Fund's Investment Objective? The Fund's objective is capital
appreciation.
What Does the Fund Invest In? The Fund invests mainly in equity securities,
such as common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and other
securities having equity features. It focuses its investments primarily on
equity securities of U.S. companies, but also buys stocks of foreign
companies that the portfolio managers believe have favorable growth
prospects. The Fund emphasizes stocks of issuers that have a market
capitalization of less than $1 billion. While these stocks may be traded on
stock exchanges, in many cases the Fund buys over-the-counter securities,
which entails special risks.
The Fund can also use hedging instruments and certain derivative
investments to try to manage investment risks. These investments are more
fully explained in "About the Fund's Investments," below.
|X| How Does the Manager Decide What Securities to Buy or Sell? In
selecting securities for the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers look for
companies with high growth potential using fundamental analysis of a
company's financial statements, interviews with management and analysis of
the company's operations and product development, as well as the industry of
which the issuer is part. The managers also evaluate research on particular
industries, market trends and general economic conditions. In seeking broad
diversification of the Fund's portfolio, the portfolio managers currently
search primarily for stocks of companies having the following characteristics
(although these factors may change over time and may vary in different
cases):
|_| Companies with small capitalizations, primarily under $1 billion,
o Companies with management that has a proven ability to handle rapid
growth,
o Companies with innovative products or services,
|_| Companies that self-finance expansion rather than adding to their
debt,
|_| Companies with rapidly accelerating earnings and what the
portfolio managers believe are sustainable growth rates.
Who Is the Fund Designed For? The Fund is designed for investors seeking
capital growth 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 an aggressive growth fund focusing on small-cap stock
investments. 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 or preservation of capital. Because of its focus on long-term
growth, the Fund may be appropriate for some portion of a retirement plan
investment. The Fund is not a complete investment program.
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.
Investments in stocks can be volatile and are subject to changes in general
stock market movements (this is referred to as "market risk"). There may be
events or changes affecting particular industries that might be emphasized in
the Fund's portfolio (this is referred to as "industry risk") or a change in
value of a particular stock because of an event affecting the issuer. The
Fund can also buy foreign securities that have special risks not associated
with investments in domestic securities, such as the effects of currency
fluctuations on relative prices.
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 Fund's investment Manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., tries to reduce
risks by carefully researching securities before they are purchased. The Fund
attempts to reduce its exposure to market risks by diversifying its
investments, that is, by not holding a substantial amount of 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 companies 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. Stocks fluctuate in price, and their
short-term volatility at times may be great. Because the Fund invests
primarily in stocks and other equity securities, the value of the Fund's
portfolio will be affected by changes in the stock markets and the special
economic and other factors that might primarily affect the prices of small
cap stocks in the market. 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.
Other factors can affect a particular stock's price, such as poor
earnings reports by the issuer, loss of major customers, major litigation
against the issuer, or changes in government regulations affecting the issuer
or its industry.
|X| Special Risks of Small-Cap Stocks. The Fund focuses its
investments on securities of companies having a market capitalization of up
to $1 billion, which in many cases are newer companies. While they may offer
greater opportunities for capital appreciation than larger, more established
companies, they involve substantially greater risks of loss and price
fluctuations than larger issuers. 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.
Stocks of small-cap growth companies may provide greater opportunities
for capital appreciation but may be more volatile than other stocks. That
volatility is likely to be even greater for small-cap companies, in part
because these securities trade mostly in the over-the-counter market, where
there may be less liquidity. That could make it harder for the Fund to
dispose of a stock at an acceptable price when the managers want to sell it,
especially in periods of market volatility. That factor increases the
potential for losses to the Fund. 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.
|X| Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may buy securities issued by
companies or governments in any country, including developed countries and
underdeveloped countries, but only if they are listed on securities exchanges
or are represented by ADRs in the U.S. That limitation is a fundamental
policy. The Fund has no limits on the amount of its assets that can be
invested in foreign securities, but has adopted a non-fundamental policy
limiting its investments in foreign securities to 25% of its total assets. It
does not currently expect to invest that much in foreign stocks. 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 underdeveloped countries may be more difficult to sell and
their prices may be more volatile.
There may be transaction costs and risks from the conversion of certain
european currencies to the Euro that commenced in January 1999. For example,
brokers and the Fund's custodian bank must convert their computer systems and
records to reflect the Euro value of securities. If they are not prepared,
there could be delays in settlements of securities trades and additional
costs to the Fund.
|X| There Are Special Risks in Using Derivative Investments. The Fund
can use derivatives to seek increased returns or to try to hedge investment
risks, although it is not obligated to use these investments or techniques in
seeking its goal. In general terms, a derivative investment is an investment
contract whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an
underlying asset, interest rate or index. Options, futures, and forward
contracts are examples of derivatives. Currently, the Fund does not use these
types of investments to a significant degree.
If the issuer of the derivative does not pay the amount due, the Fund
can lose money on the investment. Also, the underlying security or investment
on which the derivative is based, and the derivative itself, might not
perform the way the Manager expected it to perform. If that happens, the
Fund's share price could decline. The Fund has limits on the amount of
particular types of derivatives it can hold. However, using derivatives can
cause the Fund to lose money on its investment and/or increase the volatility
of its share prices.
How Risky is the Fund Overall? The Fund focuses its investments on small cap
stocks and other equity securities for long-term growth, and in the short
term, they can be volatile. The price of the Fund's shares can go up and down
substantially. The Fund generally does not use income-oriented investments to
help cushion the Fund's total return from changes in stock prices, except for
defensive purposes. In the OppenheimerFunds spectrum, the Fund is generally a
very aggressive investment vehicle, designed for investors willing to assume
greater risks. It is likely to be subject to greater fluctuations in its
share prices than funds that emphasize large capitalization stocks, or funds
that focus on both stocks and bonds.
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.
The Fund's Past Performance
The bar chart and table below show one measure of the risks of
investing in the Fund, by showing changes in the Fund's performance (for its
Class A shares) from year to year for the last ten calendar years and by
showing how the average annual total returns of the Fund's shares compare to
those of a broad-based market index. The Fund's past investment performance
is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31 each year)
[See appendix to prospectus for data in bar chart showing annual total
returns]
Sales charges are not included in the calculations of return in this bar
chart, and if those charges were included, the returns would be less than
those shown.
During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return (not annualized)
for a calendar quarter was 25.93% (1st Q,'91) and the lowest return (not
annualized) for a calendar quarter was -21.41% (3rd Q,'98).
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Average Annual Total
Returns for the 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
periods (or life of (or life of
ended December 31, 1998 class, if less) class, if less)
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Class A Shares -7.63% 7.29% 14.38%
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Russell 2000 Index -2.55% 11.87% 12.92%
(from 12/31/88)
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Class B Shares -7.43% 10.26% N/A
(inception 4/4/94)
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Russell 2000 Index -2.55% 13.17% N/A
(from 3/31/94)
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Class C Shares -3.68% 7.88% N/A
(inception 10/2/95)
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Russell 2000 Index -2.55% 11.38% N/A
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Class Y Shares -1.73% 12.78% N/A
(inception 6/1/94)
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Russell 2000 Index -2.55% 13.79% N/A
(from 5/31/94)
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The Fund's average annual total returns in the table include the applicable
sales charge for Classes A, B and C shares: for Class A, the current maximum
initial sales charge of 5.75%; for Class B, the contingent deferred sales
charges of 5% (1-year) and 2% (life of class); and for Class C, the 1%
contingent deferred sales charge for the 1-year period. There is no sales
charge for Class Y shares.
The returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account and assume that
all dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in
additional shares. Because the Fund invests primarily in stocks of smaller
capitalization companies, the Fund's performance is compared to the Russell
2000 Index, a capitalization-weighted index of 2000 issuers of mid-cap size.
However, it must be remembered that the index performance reflects the
reinvestment of income but does not consider the effects of capital gains or
transaction costs. The Fund also compares it performance to the S&P 500
Index, an unmanaged index of equity securities that is a measure of the
general domestic stock market, in its Annual Report.
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 year ended September 30, 1998.
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 None1 5%2 1%3 None
lower of the original
offering
price or redemption
proceeds)
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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 0.65% 0.65% 0.65% 0.65%
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Distribution and/or Service 0.24% 1.00% 1.00% None
(12b-1)
Fees
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Other Expenses 0.29% 0.29% 0.27% 0.16%
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Total Annual Operating Expenses 1.18% 1.94% 1.92% 0.81%
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Expenses may vary in future years. "Other expenses" include transfer agent
fees, custodial expenses, and accounting and legal expenses 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 Years1
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Class A Shares $688 $928 $1,187 $1,924
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Class B Shares $697 $909 $1,247 $1,886
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Class C Shares $295 $603 $1,037 $2,243
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Class Y Shares $83 $259 $450 $1,002
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If shares are not 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years1
redeemed:
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Class A Shares $688 $928 $1,187 $1,924
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Class B Shares $197 $609 $1,047 $1,886
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Class C Shares $195 $603 $1,037 $2,243
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Class Y Shares $83 $259 $450 $1,002
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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.
There are no sales charges on Class Y shares.
1. Class B expenses for years 7 through 10 are based on Class A expenses,
since Class B shares automatically convert to Class A after 6 years.
About the Fund's Investments
The Fund's Principal Investment Policies. The composition of the Fund's
portfolio will vary over time based upon the evaluation of economic and
market trends by the Manager. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will
focus its investments on equity securities of U.S. and foreign growth
companies having a market capitalization of up to $1 billion (at the time the
Fund buys the security).
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.
|X| Small-Cap Stock Investments. The Fund currently emphasizes
investments in equity securities, primarily common stocks of U.S. and foreign
companies. Equity securities can also include preferred stocks, warrants and
securities convertible into common stocks, although the Fund typically does
not invest a large amount of its assets in these other types of equity
securities.
What is "Market Capitalization?" In general, the market
capitalization is the value of a company determined by the
total market value of its issued and outstanding common
stock.
Small-cap growth companies tend to be companies that may be developing
new products or services, that have relatively favorable prospects, or that
are expanding into new and growing markets. Current examples include
companies in the fields of telecommunications, biotechnology, computer
software, and new consumer products. While small-cap companies tend to be
newer businesses, they can also be more established businesses that are
entering a growth phase. The Fund's investments are not limited only to
small-cap issuers, and the Fund can invest a portion of its assets in issuers
of mid- and large capitalizations, if the Manager believes they offer
opportunities for growth.
Growth companies might be providing new products or services that could
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.
Growth companies tend to 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. They are selected for the Fund's portfolio because the Manager believes
the price of the stock will increase over the long term.
|_| Cyclical Opportunities. The Fund focuses on seeking growth over the
long term, but might seek to take tactical advantage of short-term market
movements or events affecting particular issuers or industries. The Fund
might seek to take advantage of changes in the business cycle by investing in
companies that are sensitive to those changes if the Manager believes they
have growth potential. For example, when the economy is expanding, companies
in the consumer durables and technology sectors might benefit and could offer
long-term growth opportunities. Other examples of cyclical industries are
insurance and forest products.
|_| Industry Focus. At times, the Fund might increase the relative
emphasis of its investments in a particular industry. Stocks of issuers in a
particular industry may be affected by changes in economic conditions that
affect that industry more than others, or by changes in government
regulations, availability of basic resources or supplies, or other events. To
the extent that the Fund has a greater emphasis on investments in a
particular industry, its share values could fluctuate in response to events
affecting those industries. To some extent that risk may be limited by the
Fund's policy of not concentrating more than 25% of its assets in investments
in any one industry.
|_| Other Equity Securities. While the Fund emphasizes investments in
common stocks, it can also buy preferred stocks, warrants and securities
convertible into common stock. They include securities issued by domestic or
foreign companies. Although convertible securities are debt instruments, the
Manager considers them to be "equity equivalents" because of the conversion
feature and therefore their credit rating has less impact on the investment
decision than in the case of other debt securities. The Fund can buy
convertible securities that are investment grade or below investment grade
(which have greater risks of default).
|X| 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.
|X| Portfolio Turnover. The Fund does not expect to engage in
short-term trading to try to achieve its objective, and its portfolio
turnover rate is not expected to exceed 100% annually. Portfolio turnover
affects brokerage costs the Fund pays. 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. The Financial
Highlights table below shows the Fund's portfolio turnover rates during prior
fiscal years.
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.
|X| 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. These
securities may have limited liquidity, which means that the Fund might not be
able to sell them quickly at an acceptable price. Their prices may be very
volatile, especially in the short term. The Fund currently does not intend to
invest more than 10% of its assets in these securities. Under its fundamental
policies it can increase that amount to as much as 20%.
|X| Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments may be illiquid
because of the absence of an active trading market. That may make it
difficult 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 Fund's 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.
|X| Derivative Investments. The Fund can invest in a number of
different kinds of "derivative" investments. In the broadest sense, options,
futures contracts, and other hedging instruments the Fund might use may be
considered "derivative" investments. In addition to using derivatives for
hedging, the Fund might use other derivative investments because they offer
the potential for increased value.
Markets underlying securities and indices may move in a direction not
anticipated by the Manager. Interest rate and stock market changes in the
U.S. and abroad may also influence the performance of derivatives. As a
result of these risks the Fund could realize less principal or income from
the investment than expected. Certain derivative investments held by the
Fund may be illiquid. The Fund currently does not use derivatives to a
significant degree.
|X| Hedging. The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of futures
contracts, put and call options, forward contracts and options on futures and
broadly-based securities indices. These are all referred to as "hedging
instruments." The Fund does not currently use hedging extensively and is not
required to do so to seek its objective. It does not use hedging instruments
for speculative purposes. It has limits on the extent of its use of hedging
and the types of hedging instruments that it can use.
Some of these strategies could be used to hedge the Fund's portfolio
against price fluctuations. Other hedging strategies, such as buying futures
and call options, could increase the Fund's exposure to the securities
market. Forward contracts can be used to try to manage foreign currency
risks on the Fund's foreign investments. Foreign currency options can be
used to try to protect against declines in the dollar value of foreign
securities the Fund owns, or to protect against an increase in the dollar
cost of buying foreign securities.
Options trading involves the payment of premiums and has special tax
effects on the Fund. There are also special risks in particular hedging
strategies. If the Manager uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or
judges market conditions incorrectly, the strategy could reduce the Fund's
return. The Fund could also experience losses if the price 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 cash equivalents
(such as commercial paper), money market instruments, short-term debt
securities, U.S. government securities, or repurchase agreements and may
include other investment grade debt securities. The Fund may 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 of capital appreciation.
Year 2000 Risks. Because many computer software systems in use today cannot
distinguish the year 2000 from the year 1900, the markets for securities in
which the Fund invests could be detrimentally affected by computer failures
beginning January 1, 2000. Failure of computer systems used for securities
trading could result in settlement and liquidity problems for the Fund and
other investors. That failure could have a negative impact on handling
securities trades, pricing and accounting services. Data processing errors by
government issuers of securities could result in economic uncertainties, and
those issuers may incur substantial costs in attempting to prevent or fix
such errors, all of which could have a negative effect on the Fund's
investments and returns.
The Manager, the Distributor and the Transfer Agent have been working
on necessary changes to their computer systems to deal with the year 2000 and
expect that their systems will be adapted in time for that event, although
there cannot be assurance of success. Additionally, the services they
provide depend on the interaction of their computer systems with those of
brokers, information services, the Fund's Custodian and other parties.
Therefore, any failure of the computer systems of those parties to deal with
the year 2000 may also have a negative effect on the services they provide to
the Fund. The extent of that risk cannot be ascertained at this time.
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 forth 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 adviser since 1959. The
Manager (including subsidiaries) currently manages investment companies,
including other Oppenheimer funds, with assets of more than $95 billion as of
December 31, 1998, and with more than 4 million shareholder accounts. The
Manager is located at Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York
10048-0203.
|X| Portfolio Managers. The portfolio managers of the Fund are Jay W.
Tracey III and Alan Gilston. They are the individuals who are principally
responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio. Messrs.
Tracey and Gilston are assisted by Associate Portfolio Manager Susan Switzer.
Mr. Tracey was the Fund's portfolio manager from October 1991 to
February 1994, and became a portfolio manager of the Fund again in September
1994. He is a Vice President of the Fund and of the Manager, and is an
officer and manager of other Oppenheimer funds. He has been employed by the
Manager since October 1991, except during the period from February through
September 1994, in which he was a managing director of Buckingham Capital
Management.
Mr. Gilston, a Vice President of the Fund and of the Manager, has been
a portfolio manager of the Fund since September 1997. Prior to joining the
Manager in 1997 he was a Vice President and portfolio manager for Schroder
Capital Management International, Inc.
Ms. Switzer, an Assistant Vice President of the Manager, became an
Associate Portfolio Manager of the Fund on January 28, 1999. Prior to
joining the Manager in December, 1997, she was an associate portfolio manager
with Neuberger & Berman LLC. Prior to that she was an analyst with Mitchell
Hutchins Asset Management, Inc.
|X| 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 the
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; 0.60% of the next
$700 million; and 0.58% of average annual net assets in excess of $1.5
billion. The Fund's management fee for its last fiscal year ended September
30, 1998 was 0.65% of average annual net assets for each class of shares.
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About Your Account
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How to Buy Shares
How Are Shares Purchased? You can buy shares several ways -- through any
dealer, broker or financial institution that has a sales agreement with the
Fund's Distributor, or directly through the Distributor, or 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.
|X| Buying Shares Through Your Dealer. Your dealer will place your
order with the Distributor on your behalf.
|X| 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.
|X| Buying 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.
|X| Buying Shares Through OppenheimerFunds AccountLink. With
AccountLink, shares are purchased for your account on the regular business
day the Distributor is instructed by you to initiate the Automated Clearing
House (ACH) transfer to buy the shares. 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.
|X| 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 Can You Invest? You can open a Fund account 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.
|_| 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. Subsequent purchases of at least $25 can be made by
telephone through AccountLink.
|_| 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.
|_| 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.
|_| 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 exchanges that operate on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values
of some of the Fund's foreign investments may change significantly on days
when investors cannot buy or redeem Fund shares.
|_| 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.
|_| 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.
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What Classes of Shares Does the Fund Offer? The Fund offers investors four
different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject
to different expenses and will likely have different share prices. When you
buy shares, be sure to specify the class of shares. If you do not choose a
class, your investment will be made in Class A shares.
|X| 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.
|X| 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,
and 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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|X| 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,
and 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.
|X| 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 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.
|X| 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.
|_| Investing for the Short Term. 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.
|_| 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.
|X| 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 (such as Automatic Withdrawal Plans) 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 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.
|X| 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 B 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 reallow
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 Front-End Sales
Charge As a Charge As a Commission
Percentage of Percentage of Net As Percentage of
Amount of Purchase Offering Price Amount Invested Offering 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 $1 2.00% 2.04% 1.60%
million
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|X| 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 B 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 calendar
year 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 B to the Statement of
Additional Information.
The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is not charged on
exchanges of shares under the 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.
How Can I Reduce Sales Charges for Class A Share Purchases? 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.
|X| Waivers of Class A Sales Charges. The Class A initial and
contingent deferred sales charges are not imposed in the circumstances
described in Appendix B 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.
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:
|_| the amount of your account value represented by an increase in
net asset value over the initial purchase price,
|_| shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital
gains distributions, or
|_| shares redeemed in the special circumstances described in
Appendix B in 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] Redemptions in That Year
Which 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,
all purchases are considered to have been made on the first regular business
day of the month in which the purchase was made.
|X| Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares
automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after you purchase them.
This conversion feature relieves Class B shareholders of the asset-based
sales charge that applies to Class B shares under the Class B Distribution
and Service Plan, described below. The conversion is based on the relative
net asset value of the two classes, and no sales load or other charge is
imposed. When Class B shares convert, any other Class B shares that were
acquired by the reinvestment of dividends and distributions on the converted
shares will also convert to Class A shares. The conversion feature is subject
to the continued availability of a tax ruling described 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:
|_| 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
|_| shares redeemed in the special circumstances described in
Appendix B 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.
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans.
|X| 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.
|X| 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 on-going basis,
over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost
you more than other types of sales charges.
The Distributor uses the service fees to compensate dealers for
providing personal services for accounts that hold Class B 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 commission 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:
|_| transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by telephone
(through a service representative or by PhoneLink) or automatically
under Asset Builder Plans, or
|_| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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 I 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.oppenheimer funds.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.
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 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:
|X| Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), including regular IRAs, Roth
IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, rollover and Education IRAs.
|X| SEP-IRAs, which are Simplified Employee Pensions Plan IRAs for
small business owners or self-employed individuals.
|X| 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans, that are tax deferred plans for
employees of eligible tax-exempt organizations, such as schools, hospitals
and charitable organizations.
|X| 401(k) Plans, which are special retirement plans for businesses.
|X| 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.
|X| 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):
|_| You wish to redeem $50,000 or more and receive a check
|_| The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on
the account statement
|_| The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your
account statement
|_| Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different
owner or name
|_| Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an Executor) other
than the owners
|X| Where Can I Have My Signature Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will
accept a guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions,
including: 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.
|X| 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:
|_| Your name
|_| The Fund's name
|_| Your Fund account number (from your account statement)
|_| The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed
|_| Any special payment instructions
|_| Any share certificates for the shares you are selling
|_| The signatures of all registered owners exactly as the account is
registered, and
|_| 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 for requests by mail:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270
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Send courier or express mail requests to:
OppenheimerFunds Services
10200 E. Girard Avenue, Building D
Denver, Colorado 80231
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.
|_| To redeem shares through a service representative, call
1-800-852-8457
|_| 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?
|X| Telephone Redemptions Paid by Check. Up to $50,000 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.
|X| Telephone Redemptions 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:
|_| Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale
in your state of residence.
|_| The prospectuses of this Fund and the fund whose shares you want to
buy must offer the exchange privilege.
|_| 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.
|_| You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the fund you
purchase by exchange.
|_| 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.
How Do I Submit Exchange Requests? Exchanges may be requested in writing or
by telephone:
|X| 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 share
certificates cannot be processed unless the Transfer Agent receives the
certificates with the request.
|X| 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.
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.
Are There Limitations on Exchanges? There are certain exchange policies you
should be aware of:
|_| 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 and/or price.
|_| 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.
|_| The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at
any time. Although the Fund will attempt to provide you notice whenever it
is reasonably able to do so, it may impose these changes at any time.
|_| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| Telephone Transaction 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is
forwarded by check or through AccountLink (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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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 securities from the
Fund's portfolio.
|X| "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.
|X| 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 dividends to
shareholders in December on a date selected by the Board of Trustees.
Dividends and distributions paid on Class A shares 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. The Fund has no fixed dividend
rate and cannot guarantee that it will pay any dividends or distributions.
Capital Gains. The Fund may realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio
securities. If it does, it may make distributions out of any net short-term
or long-term capital gains 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:
|X| Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest
all dividends and long-term capital gains distributions in additional shares
of the Fund.
|X| Reinvest Long-Term Capital Gains Only. You can elect to reinvest
long-term capital gains distributions in the Fund while receiving dividends
by check or having them sent to your bank account through AccountLink.
|X| Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive a
check for all dividends and long-term capital gains distributions or have
them sent to your bank through AccountLink.
|X| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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.
|X| 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 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.
Financial Highlights
The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's
financial performance for the past five fiscal years. Certain information
reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the
table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an
investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions). This information has been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's
independent auditors, whose report, along with the Fund's financial
statements, is included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is
available on request.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS A
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YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period $51.72 $51.19 $43.65 $35.81 $39.90
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss) (.26) (.08) (.13) -- (.11)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (10.37) 4.12 11.26 9.46 (2.98)
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Total income (loss) from investment
operations (10.63) 4.04 11.13 9.46 (3.09)
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Distributions to shareholders from net
realized gain (.97) (3.51) (3.59) (1.62) (1.00)
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Net asset value, end of period $40.12 $51.72 $51.19 $43.65 $35.81
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TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(4) (20.78)% 9.16% 27.76% 28.03% (7.91)%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $ 945,972 $1,330,172 $1,160,087 $798,065 $613,740
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Average net assets (in thousands) $1,215,780 $1,119,302 $ 937,563 $650,903 $588,642
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Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss) (0.51)% (0.17)% (0.32)% 0.00% (0.34)%
Expenses 1.18% 1.22% 1.22% 1.33% 1.32%
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Portfolio turnover rate(6) 81.5% 68.7% 79.7% 105.9% 83.3%
</TABLE>
1. For the period from June 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
2. For the period from October 2, 1995 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1996.
3. For the period from April 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
4. Assumes a hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the
first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends
and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and
redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the
fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total
returns are not annualized for periods of less than one full year.
5. Annualized.
6. The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period,
divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities owned
during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the time of
acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation. Purchases and
sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) for the period
ended September 30, 1998 were $1,186,464,464 and $1,184,674,648, respectively.
<PAGE>
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS B
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YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994(3)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period $50.15 $50.10 $43.11 $35.65 $35.65
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss) (.55) (.23) (.23) (.21) .03
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (10.05) 3.79 10.81 9.29 (.03)
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Total income (loss) from investment
operations (10.60) 3.56 10.58 9.08 --
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Distributions to shareholders from net
realized gain (.97) (3.51) (3.59) (1.62) --
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Net asset value, end of period $38.58 $50.15 $50.10 $43.11 $35.65
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TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(4) (21.37)% 8.33% 26.77% 27.04% 0.00%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $265,687 $322,736 $193,637 $75,062 $26,491
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Average net assets (in thousands) $319,197 $233,172 $119,895 $43,301 $12,435
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Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss) (1.27)% (0.93)% (1.06)% (0.78)% (1.06)%(5)
Expenses 1.94% 1.97% 1.99% 2.11% 2.36%(5)
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Portfolio turnover rate(6) 81.5% 68.7% 79.7% 105.9% 83.3%
</TABLE>
1. For the period from June 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
2. For the period from October 2, 1995 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1996.
3. For the period from April 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
4. Assumes a hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the
first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends
and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and
redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the
fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total
returns are not annualized for periods of less than one full year.
5. Annualized.
6. The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period,
divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities owned
during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the time of
acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation. Purchases and
sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) for the period
ended September 30, 1998 were $1,186,464,464 and $1,184,674,648, respectively.
<PAGE>
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS C
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YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996(2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period $50.86 $50.73 $43.20
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss) (.55) (.26) (.21)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (10.19) 3.90 11.33
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Total income (loss) from investment
operations (10.74) 3.64 11.12
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Distributions to shareholders from net
realized gain (.97) (3.51) (3.59)
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Net asset value, end of period $39.15 $50.86 $50.73
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TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(4) (21.34)% 8.39% 27.96%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $33,441 $41,720 $17,512
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Average net assets (in thousands) $40,501 $26,361 $ 7,109
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Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss) (1.25)% (0.92)% (1.00)%(5)
Expenses 1.92% 1.94% 2.03%(5)
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Portfolio turnover rate(6) 81.5% 68.7% 79.7%
</TABLE>
1. For the period from June 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
2. For the period from October 2, 1995 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1996.
3. For the period from April 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
4. Assumes a hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the
first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends
and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and
redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the
fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total
returns are not annualized for periods of less than one full year.
5. Annualized.
6. The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period,
divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities owned
during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the time of
acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation. Purchases and
sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) for the period
ended September 30, 1998 were $1,186,464,464 and $1,184,674,648, respectively.
<PAGE>
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS Y
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YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period 52.17 $51.44 $43.74 $35.81 $34.89
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss) (.09) .02 (.02) (.10) .11
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (10.48) 4.22 11.31 9.65 .81
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Total income (loss) from investment
operations (10.57) 4.24 11.29 9.55 .92
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Distributions to shareholders from net
realized gain (.97) (3.51) (3.59) (1.62) --
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Net asset value, end of period $40.63 $52.17 $51.44 $43.74 $35.81
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TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(4) (20.47)% 9.50% 28.09% 28.28% 3.20%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) $39,664 $45,112 $31,619 $9,394 $194
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Average net assets (in thousands) $44,859 $34,811 $18,563 $3,190 $ 39
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Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss) (0.15)% 0.15% (0.04)% 0.03% (0.13)%(5)
Expenses 0.81% 0.89% 0.99% 1.26% 1.41%(5)
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Portfolio turnover rate(6) 81.5% 68.7% 79.7% 105.9% 83.3%
</TABLE>
1. For the period from June 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
2. For the period from October 2, 1995 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1996.
3. For the period from April 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
4. Assumes a hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the
first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends
and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and
redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the
fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total
returns are not annualized for periods of less than one full year.
5. Annualized.
6. The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period,
divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities owned
during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the time of
acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation. Purchases and
sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) for the period
ended September 30, 1998 were $1,186,464,464 and $1,184,674,648, respectively.
<PAGE>
Appendix to Prospectus of
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
Graphic Material included in the Prospectus of Oppenheimer Discovery
Fund (the "Fund") under the heading "Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of
12/31 each year)":
A bar chart will be included in the Prospectus of the Fund depicting
the annual total returns of a hypothetical investment in Class A shares of
the Fund for each of the ten most recent calendar years, without deducting
sales charges. Set forth below are the relevant data points that will appear
on the bar chart.
Calendar Annual
Year Total
Ended Returns
12/31/89 34.03%
12/31/90 -15.05%
12/31/91 72.31%
12/31/92 16.63%
12/31/93 17.84%
12/31/94 -11.18%
12/31/95 36.79%
12/31/96 14.79%
12/31/97 10.36%
12/31/98 -2.00%
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For More Information About Oppenheimer Discovery Fund:
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The following additional information about the Fund is available without
charge upon request:
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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 is
available in the Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to shareholders.
The Annual Report includes a discussion of market conditions and
investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund's performance
during its last fiscal year.
How to Get More Information:
You can request the Statement of Additional Information, the Annual and
Semi-Annual Reports, and other information about the Fund or your account:
By Telephone:
Call OppenheimerFunds Services toll-free:
1-800-525-7048
By Mail:
Write to:
OppenheimerFunds Services
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270
On the Internet:
You can read or down-load documents on the OppenheimerFunds web site:
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com
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:
[logo] OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
SEC File No. 811-4410
PR0500.001.0199
Printed on recycled paper.
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Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
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Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
1-800-525-7048
Statement of Additional Information dated January 28, 1999
This Statement of Additional Information is not a Prospectus. This
document contains additional information about the Fund and supplements
information in the Prospectus dated January 28, 1999. 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: Industry Classifications................................... A-1
Appendix B: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers.............. B-1
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ABOUT THE FUND
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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 Manager uses in selecting portfolio
securities will vary over time. The Fund is not required to use all of the
investment techniques and strategies described below 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 Equity Securities. The Fund focuses its investments
in equity securities of small growth companies. Equity securities include
common stocks, preferred stocks, rights and warrants, and securities
convertible into common stock. The Fund's investments will primarily include
stocks of companies having a market capitalization of up to $1 billion,
generally measured at the time of the Fund's investment. However, the Fund is
not required to sell securities it holds of an issuer if the issuer's
capitalization exceeds $1 billion.
The Fund can also invest a portion of its assets in securities of
issuers having a market capitalization greater than $1 billion. 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 change relative
emphasis on 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).
In general, securities of small-cap 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 such investments in
unseasoned small cap issuers.
|_| Over-the-Counter Securities. Small-cap growth companies that are newer
companies may offer greater opportunities for capital appreciation than
securities of large, more established companies. However, securities of
small-cap companies also involve greater risks than securities of larger
companies. 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 lack of liquidity can affect the price the Fund is able to
obtain when it wants to sell a security, because if there are fewer buyers and
less demand for a particular security, the Fund might not be able to sell it at
an acceptable price or might have to reduce the price in writing to accept in
order to dispose of the security.
In the U.S., the principal over-the-counter market is the NASDAQ Stock
Market, Inc., which is regulated by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. It consists of an electronic quotation system for certain
securities, and a security must have at least two market makers to be
included in NASDAQ. There are other over-the-counter markets in the U.S., as
well as those abroad, as long as a dealer is willing to make a market in a
particular security.
|_| Convertible Securities. While convertible securities are a
form of debt security, in many cases their conversion feature (allowing
conversion into equity securities) causes them to be regarded 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
securities than in the case of non-convertible fixed 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.
|_| Rights and Warrants. The Fund can invest up to 5% of its
total assets in warrants or rights. That 5% limit is a fundamental policy,
but 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.
|X| Foreign Securities. The Fund may purchase equity securities issued
by foreign companies. "Foreign securities" include equity and debt
securities of companies organized under the laws of countries other than the
United States. As a fundamental policy, the Fund can buy foreign securities
only if they are traded on foreign securities exchanges or are represented by
American Depository Receipts listed on a U.S. securities exchange or traded
in the U.S. over-the-counter market.
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.;
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 lire)
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 (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 is upgrading (at its expense) its computer and bookkeeping
systems to deal with the conversion. The Fund's Custodian 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%. The Fund's portfolio turnover
rate will fluctuate from year to year. The Fund currently does not expect to
have a portfolio turnover rate of more than 100% annually.
Increased portfolio turnover creates higher brokerage and transaction
costs for the Fund, which can 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 use the types of investment strategies and
investments described below. It is not required to use all of these
strategies at all times and at times may not use them.
|X| 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 are subject to greater
volatility in their prices. They may have a limited trading market, which may
adversely affect the Fund's ability to dispose of them and can 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
intends to invest not more than 10% of its net assets in those securities,
but as a matter of fundamental policy can increase that limit to 20%. The
Manager might increase that limit, for example, if it believes that these
securities offer better capital appreciation possibilities than those of more
established small-cap companies. These are more speculative securities and
can increase the Fund's overall portfolio risks.
|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. That limit is a fundamental policy. 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 are
not fundamental policies and 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.
|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 25% of the value of the
Fund's total assets. That percentage limit is a fundamental policy. The Fund
currently does not intend to engage in loans of securities in the coming
year, 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 only from banks. 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 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 in the next year but if it does so,
it will not likely be to a substantial degree.
|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 in the coming year and is not obligated
to use them in seeking its objective.
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. Although the Fund does not anticipate the extensive use
of hedging instruments, the Fund can use hedging instruments. It is not
required to do so in seeking its goal. 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, the Fund could:
|_| sell futures contracts,
|_| buy puts on such futures or on securities, or
|_| write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls can
also be used to seek income, but the Manager does not expect to
engage extensively in that practice.
The Fund can use hedging to establish a position in the securities
market as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities. In
that case the Fund would normally seek to purchase the securities and then
terminate that hedging position. The Fund might also use this type of hedge
to attempt to protect against the possibility that its portfolio securities
would not be fully included in a rise in value of the market. To do so the
Fund could:
|_| buy futures, or
|_| buy calls on such futures or on securities.
The Fund's strategy of hedging with futures and options on futures will
be incidental to the Fund's activities in the underlying cash market. The
particular hedging instruments the Fund can use are described below. The
Fund may employ new hedging instruments and strategies when they are
developed, if those investment methods are consistent with the Fund's
investment objective and are permissible under applicable regulations
governing the Fund.
|_| Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts that relate
to (1) broadly-based stock indices (these are referred to as "stock index
futures"), (2) other broadly based securities indices (these are referred to
as "financial futures"), (3) debt securities (these are referred to as
"interest rate futures"), (4) foreign currencies (these are referred to as
"forward contracts"), and (5) commodities (these are referred to as
"commodity futures").
A broadly-based stock index is used as the basis for trading stock
index futures. Sock indices may in some cases be based on stocks of issuers
in a particular industry or group of industries. A stock index assigns
relative values to the 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.
An interest rate future obligates the seller to deliver (and the
purchaser to take) cash or a specified type of debt security to settle the
futures transaction. Either party could also enter into an offsetting
contract to close out the position.
The Fund can invest a portion of its assets in commodity futures
contracts. Commodity futures may be based upon commodities within five main
commodity groups: (1) energy, which includes crude oil, natural gas, gasoline
and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes cattle and hogs; (3)
agriculture, which includes wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and
cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel,
tin and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold, platinum and
silver. The Fund may purchase and sell commodity futures contracts, options
on futures contracts and options and futures on commodity indices with
respect to these five main commodity groups and the individual commodities
within each group, as well as other types of commodities.
No money is paid or received by the Fund on the purchase or sale of a
future. Upon entering into a futures transaction, the Fund will be required
to deposit an initial margin payment with the futures commission merchant
(the "futures broker"). Initial margin payments will be deposited with the
Fund's Custodian bank in an account registered in the futures broker's name.
However, the futures broker can gain access to that account only under
specified conditions. As the future is marked to market (that is, its value
on the Fund's books is changed) to reflect changes in its market value,
subsequent margin payments, called variation margin, will be paid to or by
the futures broker daily.
At any time prior to expiration of the future, the Fund may elect to
close out its position by taking an opposite position, at which time a final
determination of variation margin is made and any additional cash must be
paid by or released to the Fund. Any loss or gain on the future is then
realized by the Fund for tax purposes. All futures transactions (except
forward contracts) are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the
exchange on which the contracts are traded.
|_| Put and Call Options. The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of
put options ("puts") and call options ("calls"). As a fundamental policy, the
Fund can buy and sell only certain types of calls and can buy only certain
types of puts, but cannot sell puts.
|_| Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can write (that is,
sell) covered calls. As a fundamental policy, if the Fund sells a call
option, it must be covered and it must be listed either on a domestic
securities or commodities exchange or on NASDAQ. 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. The
Fund has adopted an operating policy (that is not fundamental) to the effect
that not more than 25% of the Fund's total assets may be subject to calls the
Fund writes.
When the Fund writes a call on a security, it receives cash (a
premium). The Fund agrees to sell the underlying security to a purchaser of a
corresponding call on the same security during the call period at a fixed
exercise price regardless of market price changes during the call period. The
call period is usually not more than nine months. The exercise price may
differ from the market price of the underlying security. The Fund has the
risk of loss that the price of the underlying security may decline during the
call period. That risk may be offset to some extent by the premium the Fund
receives. If the value of the investment does not rise above the call price,
it is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case
the Fund would keep the cash premium and the investment.
When the Fund writes a call on an index, it receives cash (a premium).
If the buyer of the call exercises it, the Fund will pay an amount of cash
equal to the difference between the closing price of the call and the
exercise price, multiplied by a 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, or a securities depository acting for the
Custodian, will act as the Fund's escrow agent, through the facilities of the
Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), as to the investments on which the Fund
has written calls traded on exchanges or as to other acceptable escrow
securities. In that way, no margin will be required for such transactions.
OCC will release the securities on the expiration of the option or when the
Fund enters into a closing transaction.
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. The Fund will segregate
additional liquid assets if the value of the segregated assets drops below
100% of the current value of the future. Because of this segregation
requirement, in no circumstances would the Fund's receipt of an exercise
notice as to that future require the Fund to deliver a futures contract. It
would simply put the Fund in a short futures position, which is permitted by
the Fund's hedging policies.
|_| 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.
As a fundamental policy the Fund cannot buy calls unless they are on
securities, broadly-based stock indices or stock index futures. However, the
Fund is permitted also to buy calls in closing transactions as described
above.
As a fundamental policy, the Fund can buy puts on securities only if it
holds the underlying security in its portfolio, and the Fund can buy puts on
stock index futures and broadly-based stock indices. 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 can 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. That limit is a fundamental policy.
|_| 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 buys or sells an underlying investment in connection
with the exercise of a call or put. Those commissions could be higher on a
relative basis than the commissions for direct purchases or sales of the
underlying investments. Premiums paid for options are small in relation to
the market value of the underlying investments. Consequently, put and call
options offer large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered by trading in
options could result in the Fund's net asset value being more sensitive to
changes in the value of the underlying investment.
If a covered call written by the Fund is exercised on an investment
that has increased in value, the Fund will be required to sell the investment
at the call price. It will not be able to realize any profit if the
investment has increased in value above the call price.
An option position may be closed out only on a market that provides
secondary trading for options of the same series, and there is no assurance
that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular option. The Fund
might experience losses if it could not close out a position because of an
illiquid market for the future or option.
There is a risk in using short hedging by selling futures or purchasing
puts on broadly-based indices or futures to attempt to protect against
declines in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities. The risk is that
the prices of the futures or the applicable index will correlate imperfectly
with the behavior of the cash prices of the Fund's securities. For example,
it is possible that while the Fund has used hedging instruments in a short
hedge, the market may advance and the value of the securities held in the
Fund's portfolio might decline. If that occurred, the Fund would lose money
on the hedging instruments and also experience a decline in the value of its
portfolio securities. However, while this could occur for a very brief period
or to a very small degree, over time the value of a diversified portfolio of
securities will tend to move in the same direction as the indices upon which
the hedging instruments are based.
The risk of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the
Fund's portfolio diverges from the securities included in the applicable
index. To compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price
of the portfolio securities being hedged and movements in the price of the
hedging instruments, the Fund might use hedging instruments in a greater
dollar amount than the dollar amount of portfolio securities being hedged. It
might do so if the historical volatility of the prices of the portfolio
securities being hedged is more than the historical volatility of the
applicable index.
The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets are
subject to distortions, due to differences in the nature of those markets.
First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit
and maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit
requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting
transactions which could distort the normal relationship between the cash and
futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on
participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or
taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery,
liquidity in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing distortion.
Third, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the
futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities
markets. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures
market may cause temporary price distortions.
The Fund can use hedging instruments to establish a position in the
securities markets as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual
securities (long hedging) by buying futures and/or calls on such futures,
broadly-based indices or on securities. It is possible that when the Fund
does so the market might decline. If the Fund then concludes not to invest
in securities because of concerns that the market might decline further or
for other reasons, the Fund will realize a loss on the hedging instruments
that is not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.
|_| 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 limits its exposure in
foreign currency exchange contracts in a particular foreign currency to the
amount of its assets denominated in that currency or a closely-correlated
currency. The Fund can also use "cross-hedging" where the Fund hedges
against changes in currencies other than the currency in which a security it
holds is denominated.
Under a forward contract, one party agrees to purchase, and another
party agrees to sell, a specific currency at a future date. That date may be
any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the
parties. The transaction price is set at the time the contract is entered
into. These contracts are traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly
among currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.
The Fund can use forward contracts to protect against uncertainty in
the level of future exchange rates. The use of forward contracts does not
eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities
the Fund owns or intends to acquire, but it does fix a rate of exchange in
advance. Although forward contracts may reduce the risk of loss from a
decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they limit any
potential gain if the value of the hedged currency increases.
When the Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a
security denominated in a foreign currency, or when it anticipates receiving
dividend payments in a foreign currency, the Fund might desire to "lock-in"
the U.S. dollar price of the security or the U.S. dollar equivalent of the
dividend payments. To do so, the Fund could enter into a forward contract for
the purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in the
underlying transaction, in a fixed amount of U.S. dollars per unit of the
foreign currency. This is called a "transaction hedge." The transaction hedge
will protect the Fund against a loss from an adverse change in the currency
exchange rates during the period between the date on which the security is
purchased or sold or on which the payment is declared, and the date on which
the payments are made or received.
The Fund could also use forward contracts to lock in the U.S. dollar
value of portfolio positions. This is called a "position hedge." When the
Fund believes that foreign currency might suffer a substantial decline
against the U.S. dollar, it could enter into a forward contract to sell an
amount of that foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of the
Fund's portfolio securities denominated in that foreign currency. When the
Fund believes that the U.S. dollar might suffer a substantial decline against
a foreign currency, it could enter into a forward contract to buy that
foreign currency for a fixed dollar amount. Alternatively, the Fund could
enter into a forward contract to sell a different foreign currency for a
fixed U.S. dollar amount if the Fund believes that the U.S. dollar value of
the foreign currency to be sold pursuant to its forward contract will fall
whenever there is a decline in the U.S. dollar value of the currency in which
portfolio securities of the Fund are denominated. That is referred to as a
"cross hedge."
The Fund will cover its short positions in these cases by identifying
to its Custodian bank 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. As a fundamental policy, the Fund limits the sum
of all margin deposits on futures and premiums paid on related options to 5%
of the Fund's total assets. 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 adviser as the Fund (or
an adviser that is an affiliate of the Fund's adviser). 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 company 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 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,
|_| referred 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
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|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:
|_| 67% or more of the shares present or represented by proxy
at a shareholder meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the
outstanding shares are present or represented by proxy, or
|_| more than 50% of the outstanding shares.
The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other policies
described in the Prospectus or this 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.
|_| Does the Fund Have Additional Fundamental Policies? The following
investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund.
|_| The Fund cannot buy securities of 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. The limit does not apply to securities issued by the
U.S. government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
|_| The Fund cannot make short sales of securities except "short
sales against-the-box."
|_| The Fund cannot deviate from the percentage limitations for its
investment policies described as "fundamental policies in this
Statement of Additional Information or in the Prospectus.
|_| The Fund cannot write calls other than covered calls listed on a
securities or commodities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, or calls on
futures contracts that are covered by other futures contracts or
segregated liquid assets.
|_| The Fund can purchase foreign securities only if they are traded
on a domestic or foreign securities exchange or represented by
American Depository Receipts listed on a domestic securities
exchange or traded in the U.S. over-the-counter market.
|_| The Fund cannot invest in commodities or commodity contracts
other than the hedging instruments permitted by its other
fundamental policies, even if a hedging instrument is considered to
be a commodity or a commodity contract.
|_| The Fund cannot buy calls unless (1) the investment to which the
calls relate are securities, broadly-based stock indices or stock
index futures on broadly-based stock indices, or (2) the calls are
purchased to effect closing transactions to terminate an obligation
the Fund has under a call the Fund previously wrote.
|_| The Fund cannot write puts.
|_| The Fund cannot buy puts other than (1) puts on securities it
owns, (2) stock index futures, or (3) broadly-based stock indices.
Puts may be purchase only to protect against the decline in value of
the Fund's entire portfolio or a specific security or stock index
future the Fund owns. After buying a put, the value of all put and
call options held by the Fund must not exceed 5% of the Fund's total
assets (measured at the time of purchase).
|_| The Fund cannot lend money. However, it can invest in
publicly-distributed debt securities that the Fund's investment
policies and restrictions permit it to purchase. The Fund may also
lend its portfolio securities and enter into repurchase agreements.
|_| The Fund cannot concentrate investments. That means it cannot
invest 25% or more of its total assets in companies in any one
industry.
|_| 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.
|_| The Fund cannot purchase securities on margin. However, the Fund
may make margin deposits in connection with any of the hedging
instruments permitted by any of its other fundamental policies.
|_| The Fund cannot invest in or hold securities of any issuer if
officers and Trustees of the Fund or the Manager individually
beneficially own more than 1/2 of 1% of the securities of that
issuer and together own more than 5% of the securities of that
issuer.
|_| The Fund cannot invest in other open-end investment companies or
invest more than 5% of its net assets in closed-end investment
companies, including small business investment companies. The Fund
cannot make any such investment at commission rates in excess of
normal brokerage commissions.
|_| The Fund cannot invest in companies for the purpose of acquiring
control or management of them.
|_| The Fund cannot invest in real estate or in interests in real
estate. However, the Fund can purchase readily-marketable securities
of companies holding real estate or interests in real estate.
|_| The Fund cannot invest in interests in oil, gas or other mineral
exploration or development programs.
The Fund cannot pledge, mortgage or hypothecate any of its assets.
However, this does not prohibit the escrow arrangements contemplated
by the put and call activities of the Fund or other collateral or
margin arrangements in connection with any of the hedging
instruments permitted by any of its other policies.
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.
With respect to the Fund's fundamental policy limiting investments in
other investment companies, as a non-fundamental policy, the Fund further
restricts these investments to open-market purchases of closed-end investment
companies, except if shares are acquired in connection with mergers. The Fund
will not engage in arbitrage transactions. To the extent that the Fund makes
investments in another investment company, the Fund's shareholders may be
subject indirectly to the management fees and costs of that other investment
company.
Unless the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information
states that a percentage restriction applies on an ongoing basis, it applies
only at the time the Fund makes an investment. 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. This 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 1985.
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. The contracts further state that the Trustees shall have no
personal liability to any such person, to the extent permitted by law.
Trustees and Officers of the Fund. The Fund's Trustees and officers and
their principal occupations and business affiliations and occupations 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 Trustees or Directors of the following
New York-based Oppenheimer funds2:
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Large Cap Growth Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal
Trust
Oppenheimer Global Fund Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.
Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund Oppenheimer World Bond Fund
Oppenheimer International Small
Company Fund
Ms. Macaskill and Messrs. Spiro, Donohue, Bowen, Zack, Bishop and
Farrar respectively hold the same offices with the other New York-based
Oppenheimer funds as with the Fund. As of January 4, 1999, the Trustees and
officers of the Fund as a group owned of record or beneficially less than 1%
of each class of shares of the Fund. The foregoing statement does not
reflect ownership of shares of the Fund held of record by an employee benefit
plan for employees of the Manager, other than the shares beneficially owned
under the plan by the officers of the Fund listed above. Ms. Macaskill and
Mr. Donohue are trustees of that plan.
Leon Levy, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Age: 73
280 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
General Partner of Odyssey Partners, L.P. (investment partnership) (since
1982) and Chairman of Avatar Holdings, Inc. (real estate development).
Robert G. Galli, Trustee, Age: 65
19750 Beach Road, Jupiter Island, FL 33469
A Trustee or Director of other Oppenheimer funds. Formerly he held the
following positions: Vice Chairman of the Manager, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
(October 1995 to December 1997); Vice President (June 1990 to March 1994) and
General Counsel of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., the Manager's parent
holding company; Executive Vice President (December 1977 to October 1995),
General Counsel and a director (December 1975 to October 1993) of the
Manager; Executive Vice President and a director (July 1978 to October 1993)
and General Counsel of the Distributor, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.;
Executive Vice President and a director (April 1986 to October 1995) of
HarbourView Asset Management Corporation; Vice President and a director
(October 1988 to October 1993) of Centennial Asset Management Corporation,
(HarbourView and Centennial are investment adviser subsidiaries of the
Manager); and an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Benjamin Lipstein, Trustee, Age: 75
591 Breezy Hill Road, Hillsdale, N.Y. 12529
Professor Emeritus of Marketing, Stern Graduate School of Business
Administration, New York University.
Bridget A. Macaskill,* President and Trustee, Age 50
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10048-0203
President (since June 1991), Chief Executive Officer (since September 1995)
and a Director (since December 1994) of the Manager; President and director
(since June 1991) of HarbourView Asset Management Corp.; Chairman and a
director of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since August 1994), and Shareholder
Financial Services, Inc. (since September 1995) (both are transfer agent
subsidiaries of the Manager); President (since September 1995) and a
director (since October 1990) of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; President
(since September 1995) and a director (since November 1989) of Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc., a holding company subsidiary of the Manager; a
director (since July 1996) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., an
investment advisory 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, an offshore investment company; President and a director or trustee of
other Oppenheimer funds; a director of Hillsdown Holdings plc (a U.K. food
company); a director (until 1998) of NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
Elizabeth B. Moynihan, Trustee, Age: 69
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004
Author and architectural historian; a trustee of the Freer Gallery of Art
(Smithsonian Institute); a member of the Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees of the National Building Museum; a member of the Trustees
Council, Preservation League of New York State.
Kenneth A. Randall, Trustee, Age: 71
6 Whittaker's Mill, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
A director of Dominion Resources, Inc. (electric utility holding company),
Dominion Energy, Inc. (electric power and oil and gas producer), and Prime
Retail, Inc. (real estate investment trust); formerly President and Chief
Executive Officer of The Conference Board, Inc. (international economic and
business research) and a director of Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company,
American Motorists Insurance Company and American Manufacturers Mutual
Insurance Company.
Edward V. Regan, Trustee, Age: 68
40 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016
Chairman of Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York; Senior
Fellow of Jerome Levy Economics Institute, Bard College; a director of RB
Asset (real estate manager); a director of OffitBank; Trustee, Financial
Accounting Foundation (FASB and GASB); formerly New York State Comptroller
and trustee, New York State and Local Retirement Fund.
Russell S. Reynolds, Jr., Trustee, Age: 67
8 Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Retired Founder Chairman of Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. (executive
recruiting); Chairman of Directorship Inc. (corporate governance consulting);
a director of Professional Staff Limited (U.K); a trustee of Mystic Seaport
Museum, International House, and Greenwich Historical Society.
Donald W. Spiro,* Vice Chairman and Trustee, Age: 73
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10048-0203
Chairman Emeritus (since August 1991) and a director (since January 1969) of
the Manager; formerly Chairman of the Manager and the Distributor.
Pauline Trigere, Trustee, Age: 86
498 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of P.T. Concept (design and sale of
women's fashions).
Clayton K. Yeutter, Trustee, Age 68
10475 E. Laurel Lane, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259
Of Counsel, Hogan & Hartson (a law firm); a director of Zurich Financial
Services (financial services), Caterpillar, Inc. (machinery), ConAgra, Inc.
(food and agricultural products), Farmers Insurance Company (insurance), FMC
Corp. (chemicals and machinery) and Texas Instruments, Inc. (electronics);
formerly (in descending chronological order) Counselor to the President
(Bush) for Domestic Policy, Chairman of the Republican National Committee,
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Trade
Representative.
Jay W. Tracey III, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Age: 45
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10048-0203
Vice President of the Manager (since September 1994); Vice President and
portfolio manager of other Oppenheimer funds; formerly a Managing Director of
Buckingham Capital Management (February 1994 - September 1994) prior to which
he was a portfolio manager and Vice President of the Fund and other
Oppenheimer funds and a Vice President of the Manager (July 1991 - February
1994).
Alan Gilston, Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 40
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203
Vice President of the Manager (since September 1997); formerly a Vice
President and portfolio manager for Schroder Capital Management
International, Inc.
Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary, Age: 48
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 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 and General Counsel (since September 1993) and a director (since
January 1992) of the Distributor; Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and a director of HarbourView Asset Management Corp., Shareholder Services,
Inc., Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership
Holdings, Inc. (since September 1995); President and a director of
Centennial Asset Management Corp. (since September 1995); President and a
director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since July 1996);
General Counsel (since May 1996) and Secretary (since April 1997) of
Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.; Vice President of OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October
1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
George C. Bowen, Treasurer, Age: 62
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
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 Corp.; Senior Vice
President (since February 1992), Treasurer (since July 1991) and a director
(since December 1991) of Centennial Asset Management Corp.; 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); a trustee or director and an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds; formerly Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (June
1990 - March 1998).
Robert G. Zack, Assistant Secretary, Age: 50
Two World Trade Center, 34th Floor, New York, NY 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), and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since November
1989); Assistant Secretary (since October 1997) of OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc; an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds.
Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 40
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: 33
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice President of the Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (since May 1996);
Assistant Treasurer of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and 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.
|X| Remuneration of Trustees. The officers of the Fund and certain
Trustees of the Fund (Ms. Macaskill and Mr. Spiro) who are affiliated with
the Manager receive no salary or fee from the Fund. The remaining Trustees
of the Fund received the compensation shown below. The compensation from the
Fund was paid during its fiscal year ended September 30, 1998. The
compensation from all of the New York-based Oppenheimer funds (including the
Fund) was received as a director, trustee or member of a committee of the
boards of those funds during the calendar year 1998.
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Total
Retirement Compensation
Benefits from all
Aggregate Accrued as Part New York based
Trustee's Name Compensation of Fund Oppenheimer
and Other Positions from Fund Expenses Funds (21 Funds)1
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Leon Levy $26,808 $12,441 $162,600
Chairman
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Robert G. Galli $4,846 None $74,875
Study Committee Member2
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Benjamin Lipstein $30,207 $17,789 $140,550
Study Committee
Chairman
Audit Committee Member
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Elizabeth B. Moynihan $8,447 None $99,000
Study Committee Member
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Kenneth A. Randall $16,304 $8,281 $90,800
Audit Committee
Chairman
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Edward V. Regan $7,934 None $89,800
Proxy Committee Chairman
Audit Committee Member
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Russell S. Reynolds, $8,191 $2,253 $67,200
Jr.
Proxy Committee Member
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Pauline Trigere $11,234 $5,932 $60,000
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Clayton K. Yeutter $5,9383 None $67,200
Proxy Committee Member
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1For the 1998 calendar year.
2Reflects fees from 1/1/98 to 9/30/98. Total compensation includes
compensation received for serving as Trustee of 11 other Oppenheimer funds.
3Includes $609 deferred under Deferred Compensation Plan described below.
|X| Retirement Plan for Trustees. The Fund has adopted a retirement
plan that provides for payments to retired Trustees. Payments are up to 80%
of the average compensation paid during a Trustee's five years of service in
which the highest compensation was received. A Trustee must serve as trustee
for any of the New York-based Oppenheimer funds for at least 15 years to be
eligible for the maximum payment. Each Trustee's retirement benefits will
depend on the amount of the Trustee's future compensation and length of
service. Therefore the amount of those benefits cannot be determined at this
time, nor can we estimate the number of years of credited service that will
be used to determine those benefits.
|X| Deferred Compensation Plan for Trustees. 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 Trustees' fees under the plan will not materially affect
the Fund's assets, liabilities or net income per share. The plan will not
obligate the Fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any
particular level of compensation to any Trustee. Pursuant to an Order issued
by the 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.
|X| Major Shareholders. As of January 4, 1999, no person owned of record or
was known by the Fund to own beneficially 5% or more of the Fund's outstanding
Class A, Class B, Class C or Class Y shares except the following: (1) Merrill
Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. ("Merrill Lynch"), 4800 Deer Lake Drive East,
3rd Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484, which was the record owner of
2,066,092.700 Class A shares (equal to 8.59% of the Class A shares then
outstanding), (2) Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. ("Merrill Lynch"),
4800 Deer Lake Drive East, 3rd Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32246-6484, which
was the record owner of 74,341.669 Class C shares (equal to 8.10% of the Class C
shares then outstanding), and (3) Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
("MassMutual"), 1295 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001; whose
Separate Investment Account N3 was the record owner of 1,020,254.438 Class Y
shares (equal to 99.98% of the Class Y shares then outstanding). The Manager has
been advised that Merrill Lynch holds such Class C shares of the Fund for the
benefit of its customers.
The Manager. The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., a
holding company controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
The Manager and the Fund 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. Compliance with the Code of Ethics is carefully monitored and
enforced by the Manager.
|X| The Investment Advisory Agreement. The Manager provides
investment advisory and management services to the Fund under an investment
advisory agreement between the Manager and the Fund. The Manager selects
securities for the Fund's portfolio and handles its day-to-day business. The
portfolio 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 Team
provide the portfolio managers with counsel and support in managing the
Fund's portfolio.
The agreement requires the Manager, at its expense, to provide the Fund
with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It also requires the
Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all administrative and
clerical personnel required to provide effective administration for the Fund.
Those responsibilities include the compilation and maintenance of records
with respect to its operations, the preparation and filing of specified
reports, and composition of proxy materials and registration statements for
continuous public sale of shares of the Fund.
The Fund pays expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the advisory
agreement. The advisory agreement lists examples of expenses paid by the
Fund. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage commissions,
fees to certain Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer
agent expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs
and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees
paid by the Fund to the Manager are calculated at the rates described in the
Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the Fund as a whole. The fees
are allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of
the Fund's net assets represented by that class.
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Management Fees Paid to
Fiscal Year ended 9/30: OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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1996 $7,334,344
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1997 $9,305,515
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1998 $10,540,204
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The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment advisory
agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss 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 adviser for any other
person, firm or corporation and to use the name "Oppenheimer" in connection with
other investment companies for which it may act as investment adviser or general
distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as investment adviser to the
Fund, the Manager may withdraw the right of the Fund to use the name
"Oppenheimer" as part of its name.
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 adviser.
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.
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Fiscal Year Ended 9/30: Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the
Fund1
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1996 $801,028
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1997 $802,536
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1998 $1,598,2842
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1. Amounts do not include spreads or concessions on principal transactions
on a net trade basis.
2. In the fiscal year ended 9/30/98, the amount of transactions directed
to brokers for research services was $124,468,741 and the amount of the
commissions paid to broker-dealers for those services was $278,147.
Distribution and Service Plans
The Distributor. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with the Fund,
the Distributor acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous
public offering of the Fund's classes of shares. The Distributor is not
obligated to sell a specific number of shares. Expenses normally
attributable to sales are borne by the Distributor.
The compensation paid to (or retained by) the Distributor from the sale of
shares or on the redemption of shares during the Fund's three most recent fiscal
years is shown in the table below.
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Aggregate Class A Commissions Commissions Commissions
Fiscal Front-End Front-End on Class A on Class B on Class C
Year Sales Sales Shares Shares Shares
Ended Charges Charges Advanced by Advanced by Advanced by
9/30: on Class A Retained by Distributor1 Distributor1 Distributor1
Shares Distributor
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1996 $4,301,367 $1,402,167 $138,897 $3,211,860 $132,708
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1997 $4,882,365 $1,597,976 $80,262 $4,609,293 $221,073
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1998 $3,039,736 $1,011,310 $213,129 $2,695,452 $142,404
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1. The Distributor advances commission payments to dealers for certain
sales of Class A shares and for sales of Class B and Class C shares from
its own resources at the time of sale.
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Fiscal Year Class A Contingent Class B Contingent Class C Contingent
Ended Deferred Sales Deferred Sales Deferred Sales
9/30 Charges Charges Charges
Retained by Retained by Retained by
Distributor Distributor Distributor
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1998 $11,670 $729,889 $12,055
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Distribution and Service Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class
A shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B 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. Each plan has also
been approved by the holders of a "majority" (as defined in the Investment
Company Act) of the shares of the applicable class. The shareholder votes
for the Class B and Class C plans were cast by the Manager as the sole
initial holder of the shares of those classes of the Fund.
Under the plans, the Manager and the Distributor, in their sole
discretion, from time to time, 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. That approval must be by a "majority" (as defined in
the Investment Company Act) of the shares of each Class, voting separately by
class.
While the Plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund shall provide separate
written reports on the plans to the Board of Trustees at least quarterly for
its review. The Reports shall detail the amount of all payments made under a
plan and the purpose for which the payments were made and in the case of the
Class B plan, the identity of each recipient of a payment. The reports on the
Class B plan and Class C plan shall also include the Distributor's
distribution costs for that quarter and in the case of the Class B plan the
amount of those costs for previous fiscal periods that are unreimbursed.
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 plan 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.
|X| Class A Service Plan. Under the Class A service plan, the
Distributor currently uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers,
dealers and other financial institutions (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. 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.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998 payments under the Class A
Plan totaled $2,961,506, all of which was paid by the Distributor to
recipients. That included $240,476 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's
parent company. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with
respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in
subsequent years. The Distributor may not use payments received the Class A
Plan to pay any of its interest expenses, carrying charges, or other
financial costs, or allocation of overhead.
|X| Class B and Class C Service and Distribution Plan. 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 plan allows the
Distributor to be reimbursed for its services and costs in distributing Class
B shares and servicing accounts. The Class C plan provides for the
Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate, whether the Distributor's
distribution expenses are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund
under the plan during the period for which the fee is paid. The types of
services that recipients provide are similar to the services provided under
the Class A service plan, described above.
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.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998, payments under the Class
B plan totaled $3,193,555 (including $50,781 paid to an affiliate of the
Distributor's parent). The Distributor retained $2,636,653 of the total
amount. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998, payments under the
Class C plan totaled $405,240 (including $6,583 paid to an affiliate of the
Distributor's parent). The Distributor retained $229,172 of the total amount.
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. As of
September 30, 1998, the Distributor had incurred unreimbursed expenses under
the Class B plan in the amount of $8,033,311 (equal to 3.02% of the Fund's
net assets represented by Class B shares on that date) and unreimbursed
expenses under the Class C plan of $435,717 (equal to 1.30% of the Fund's net
assets represented by Class C shares on that date). 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 Class
B plan allows for the carry-forward of unreimbursed 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. The charts below show the
Fund's performance as of the Fund's most recent fiscal year end. You can
obtain current performance information by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent
at 1-800-525-7048 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.
|_| The Fund's performance returns do no reflect the effect of taxes on
dividends and capital gains distributions.
|_| An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other
government agency.
|_| 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's shares 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.
|_| 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.
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The Fund's Total Returns for the Periods Ended 9/30/98
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Cumulative Average Annual Total Returns
Class Total Returns
of (10 years or
Shares Life of Class)
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5-Year 10-Year
1-Year (or (or
life-of-class) life-of-class)
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After Without After Without After Without After Without
Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales
Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge
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Class A 234.82% 255.25% -25.34% -20.78% 4.17% 5.43% 12.84%113.52%1
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Class B 35.18% 37.18% -25.21% -21.37% 6.95%2 7.30%2 N/A N/A
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Class C 9.09% 9.09% -22.11% -21.34% 2.95%3 2.95%3 N/A N/A
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Class Y N/A 47.67% N/A -20.47% N/A 9.42%4 N/A N/A
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1. Inception of Class A: 9/11/86
2. Inception of Class B: 4/4/94
3. Inception of Class C: 10/2/95
4. Inception of Class Y: 6/1/94
Other Performance Comparisons. The Fund compares its performance annually to
that of an appropriate broadly-based market index in its Annual Report to
shareholders. You can obtain that information by contacting the Transfer
Agent at the addresses or telephone numbers shown on the cover of this
Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may also compare its
performance to that of other investments, including other mutual funds, or
use rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. Examples of
these performance comparisons are set forth below.
|X| Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking
of the performance of its classes of shares by Lipper 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. Lipper currently ranks the
Fund's performance against all other small-cap 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.
|X| Morningstar Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the
star ranking of the performance of its classes of shares by Morningstar,
Inc., an independent mutual fund monitoring service. Morningstar ranks
mutual funds in broad investment categories: domestic stock funds,
international stock funds, taxable bond funds and municipal bond funds. The
Fund is ranked among domestic stock funds.
Morningstar star rankings are based on 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 measures a fund's
(or class's) performance below 90-day U.S. Treasury bill returns. Risk and
investment return are combined to produce star rankings reflecting
performance relative to the average fund in a 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 ranking is the fund's (or class's) 3-year ranking or its
combined 3- and 5-year ranking (weighted 60%/40% respectively), or its
combined 3-, 5-, and 10-year ranking (weighted 40%, 30% and 30%,
respectively), depending on the inception date of the fund (or class).
Rankings are subject to change monthly.
The Fund may also compare its performance to that of other funds in its
Morningstar category. In addition to its star rankings, Morningstar also
categorizes and compares a fund's 3-year performance based on Morningstar's
classification of the fund's investments and investment style, rather than
how a fund defines its investment objective. Morningstar's four broad
categories (domestic equity, international equity, municipal bond and taxable
bond) are each further subdivided into categories based on types of
investments and investment styles. Those comparisons by Morningstar are
based on the same risk and return measurements as its star rankings but do
not consider the effect of sales charges.
|X| Performance Rankings and Comparisons by Other Entities and
Publications. From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements
and sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in
newspapers and other periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, Barron's, or similar publications. That information may include
performance quotations from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar.
The performance of the Fund's classes of shares may be compared in
publications to the performance of various market indices or other
investments, and averages, performance rankings or other benchmarks prepared
by recognized mutual fund statistical services.
Investors may also wish to compare the returns on the Fund's share
classes to the return on fixed-income investments available from banks and
thrift institutions. Those include certificates of deposit, ordinary
interest-paying checking and savings accounts, and other forms of fixed or
variable time deposits, and various other instruments such as Treasury bills.
However, the Fund's returns and share price are not guaranteed or insured by
the FDIC or any other agency and will fluctuate daily, while bank depository
obligations may be insured by the FDIC and may provide fixed rates of return.
Repayment of principal and payment of interest on Treasury securities is
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
From time to time, the Fund may publish rankings or ratings of the
Manager or Transfer Agent, and of the investor services provided by them to
shareholders of the Oppenheimer funds, other than performance rankings of the
Oppenheimer funds themselves. Those ratings or rankings of shareholder and
investor services by third parties may include comparisons of their services
to those provided by other mutual fund families selected by the rating or
ranking services. They may be based upon the opinions of the rating or
ranking service itself, using its research or judgment, or based upon surveys
of investors, brokers, shareholders or others.
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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 on the regular business day
the Distributor is instructed to initiate the Automated Clearing House
("ACH") transfer to buy the shares. Dividends will begin to accrue on shares
purchased with the proceeds of ACH transfers on the business day the Fund
receives Federal Funds for the purchase through the ACH system before the
close of The New York Stock Exchange. The 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.
|X| 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
o 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
o 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.
|X| 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 Limited-Term Government Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund Oppenheimer Main Street California
Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income
Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer MidCap Fund
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Value Fund Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund
Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value Fund,
Inc.
Oppenheimer Florida Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund,
Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Fund Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund Oppenheimer Quest Small Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Insured Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Intermediate Municipal Fund Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Oppenheimer World Bond Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer International Small Rochester Fund Municipals
Company Fund
Oppenheimer Large Cap Growth 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.
|X| Terms of Escrow That Apply to Letters of Intent.
1. Out of the initial purchase (or subsequent purchases if necessary)
made pursuant to a Letter, shares of the Fund equal in value up to 5% of the
intended purchase amount specified in the Letter shall be held in escrow by
the Transfer Agent. For example, if the intended purchase amount is $50,000,
the escrow shall be shares valued in the amount of $2,500 (computed at the
offering price adjusted for a $50,000 purchase). Any dividends and capital
gains distributions on the escrowed shares will be credited to the investor's
account
2. If the total minimum investment specified under the Letter is
completed within the 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 (minimum $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 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 automatically debited, normally four to five
business days prior to the investment dates selected in the Application.
Neither the Distributor, the Transfer Agent nor the Fund shall be responsible
for any delays in purchasing shares resulting from delays in ACH
transmissions.
Before initiating Asset Builder payments, obtain a prospectus of the
selected fund(s) from the Distributor or your financial advisor and request
an application from the Distributor, complete it and return it. The amount
of the Asset Builder investment may be changed or the automatic investments
may be terminated at any time by writing to the Transfer Agent. The Transfer
Agent requires a reasonable period (approximately 15 days) after receipt of
such 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 B 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.
|X| Class B Conversion. The conversion of Class B shares to Class A
shares after six years is subject to the continuing availability of a private
letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel or
tax adviser, to the effect that the conversion of Class B shares does not
constitute a taxable event for the shareholder under Federal income tax law.
If such a revenue ruling or opinion is no longer available, the automatic
conversion feature may be suspended, in which event no further conversions of
Class B shares would occur while such suspension remained in effect. Although
Class B shares could then be exchanged for Class A shares on the basis of
relative net asset value of the two classes, without the imposition of a
sales charge or fee, such exchange could constitute a taxable event for the
shareholder, and absent such exchange, Class B shares might continue to be
subject to the asset-based sales charge for longer than six years.
|X| 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 value of some of the Fund's
portfolio securities may change significantly on 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 Board of Trustees 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.
|X| Securities Valuation. The Fund's Board of Trustees has established
procedures for the valuation of the Fund's securities. In general those
procedures are as follows:
|_| 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 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.
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 B below).
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.
|X| How Exchanges Affect Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. No
contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on exchanges of shares of any
class purchased subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. 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. Shareholders owning
shares of more than one class must specify which class of shares they wish to
exchange.
|X| Limits on Multiple Exchange Orders. The Fund reserves the right to
reject telephone or written exchange requests submitted in bulk by anyone on
behalf of more than one account. The Fund may accept requests for exchanges
of up to 50 accounts per day from representatives of authorized dealers that
qualify for this privilege.
|X| Telephone Exchange Requests. When exchanging shares by telephone, a
shareholder must have an existing account in the fund to which the exchange
is to be made. Otherwise, the investors must obtain a Prospectus of that fund
before the exchange request may be submitted. 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.
|X| 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 Fund qualified as a regulated investment company in its
last fiscal year. 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'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 in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the Custodian
may have with the Manager and its affiliates. The Fund's cash balances with
the custodian in excess of $100,000 are not protected by Federal deposit
insurance. Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.
Independent Auditors. KPMG 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 certain other funds advised by the
Manager and its affiliates.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
================================================================================
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statements of investments and assets and
liabilities of Oppenheimer Discovery Fund as of September 30, 1998, and the
related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of
changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended
and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then
ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the
responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and
financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities
owned as of September 30, 1998, by correspondence with the custodian and
brokers; and where confirmations were not received from brokers, we performed
other auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial
highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Oppenheimer Discovery Fund as of September 30, 1998, the
results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net
assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the
financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended,
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
October 21, 1998
<PAGE>
FINANCIALS
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<PAGE>
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS September 30, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET VALUE
SHARES SEE NOTE 1
=============================================================================================================================
<S> <C> <C>
COMMON STOCKS--89.5%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASIC MATERIALS--1.6%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHEMICALS--1.1%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AMCOL International Corp. 260,000 $ 2,957,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Specialty Products, Inc.(1) 400,000 4,900,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minerals Technologies, Inc. 150,000 6,609,375
--------------
14,466,875
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAPER--0.5%
Chesapeake Corp. 200,000 6,937,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONSUMER CYCLICALS--15.2%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AUTOS & HOUSING--1.2%
Champion Enterprises, Inc.(1) 210,000 4,882,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fairfield Communities, Inc.(1) 500,000 5,000,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wilmar Industries, Inc.(1) 247,500 5,259,375
--------------
15,141,875
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT--4.3%
Action Performance Cos., Inc.(1) 170,000 4,590,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp.(1) 400,000 6,950,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cinar Films, Inc., Cl. B(1) 1,150,000 20,628,125
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coach USA, Inc.(1) 360,000 8,887,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 100,000 2,275,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 380,000 6,080,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Luby's Cafeterias, Inc. 235,000 3,789,375
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sodak Gaming, Inc.(1) 370,000 2,312,500
--------------
55,512,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEDIA--2.8%
Emmis Communications Corp., Cl. A(1) 199,100 7,516,025
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Heftel Broadcasting Corp., A Shares(1) 135,000 5,096,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hollinger International, Inc. 315,000 4,528,125
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Penton Media, Inc. 675,000 9,196,875
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Petersen Cos., Inc., Cl. A(1) 200,000 5,700,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.(1) 200,000 3,912,500
--------------
35,949,775
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RETAIL: GENERAL--0.3%
Russell Corp. 158,600 4,163,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RETAIL: SPECIALTY--6.6%
Central Garden & Pet Co.(1) 345,000 6,382,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CompUSA, Inc.(1) 175,000 3,029,687
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar Center, Inc.(1) 450,000 8,437,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Heilig-Meyers Co. 480,000 3,450,000
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET VALUE
SHARES SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
RETAIL: SPECIALTY (CONTINUED)
Kroll-O'Gara Co. (The)(1) 400,000 $ 9,350,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Linens 'N Things, Inc.(1) 610,000 16,775,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Cl. A(1) 725,000 14,500,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.(1) 232,500 8,428,125
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PetsMart, Inc.(1) 625,000 4,335,937
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Renters Choice, Inc.(1) 365,000 9,672,500
--------------
84,361,249
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONSUMER NON-CYCLICALS--21.9%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEVERAGES--0.2%
Celestial Seasonings, Inc.(1) 180,000 2,722,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EDUCATION--2.6%
Education Management Corp.(1) 400,000 14,200,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ITT Educational Services, Inc.(1) 300,000 9,600,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Strayer Education, Inc. 387,900 10,133,887
--------------
33,933,887
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOOD--2.4% Richfood Holdings, Inc. 222,500 3,420,937
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. Foodservice, Inc.(1) 400,000 16,650,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Natural Foods, Inc.(1) 200,000 5,100,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worthington Foods, Inc. 265,000 5,134,375
--------------
30,305,312
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEALTHCARE/DRUGS--2.8%
Boron, LePore & Associates, Inc.(1) 265,000 10,036,875
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Medimmune, Inc.(1) 75,000 4,856,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PathoGenesis Corp.(1) 300,000 10,012,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.(1) 300,000 8,400,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roberts Pharmaceutical Corp.(1) 160,000 3,060,000
--------------
36,365,625
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEALTHCARE/SUPPLIES & SERVICES--13.9%
AmeriSource Health Corp., Cl. A(1) 70,000 3,810,625
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Covance, Inc.(1) 800,000 20,750,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EndoSonics Corp.(1) 325,000 1,543,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Haemonetics Corp.(1) 300,000 5,775,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.(1) 400,000 7,450,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry Schein, Inc.(1) 314,962 10,944,929
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Invacare Corp. 295,000 6,932,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lincare Holdings, Inc.(1) 100,000 3,875,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Medical Manager Corp.(1) 200,000 4,575,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OrthoLogic Corp.(1) 500,000 1,968,750
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET VALUE
SHARES SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
HEALTHCARE/SUPPLIES & SERVICES (CONTINUED)
Parexel International Corp.(1) 250,000 $ 9,750,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.(1) 160,917 7,221,150
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PSS World Medical, Inc.(1) 800,000 14,800,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Renal Care Group, Inc.(1) 450,000 11,531,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Serologicals Corp.(1) 1,040,550 26,143,819
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superior Consultant Holdings Corp.(1) 300,000 13,050,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc.(1) 425,008 10,200,192
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.(1) 500,000 9,000,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VWR Scientific Products Corp.(1) 350,000 8,771,875
--------------
178,093,840
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENERGY--2.6%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENERGY SERVICES & PRODUCERS--2.4%
Core Laboratories NV(1) 263,400 4,543,650
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cross Timbers Oil Co. 737,500 11,108,594
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FX Energy, Inc.(1) 410,000 3,280,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stolt Comex Seaway SA(1) 726,200 6,989,675
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stolt Comex Seaway SA, ADR(1) 263,100 2,269,237
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Western Gas Resources, Inc. 260,000 2,145,000
--------------
30,336,156
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OIL-INTEGRATED--0.2%
Barrett Resources Corp.(1) 150,000 3,028,125
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FINANCIAL--1.8%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL--1.0%
Investors Financial Services Corp. 250,000 12,250,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INSURANCE--0.8%
Annuity & Life RE Holdings Ltd.(1) 500,000 9,875,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INDUSTRIAL--19.8%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS--0.6%
Granite Construction, Inc. 271,500 7,992,281
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES--17.5%
Abacus Direct Corp.(1) 250,000 12,750,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acxiom Corp.(1) 300,000 7,443,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Cl. A(1) 411,700 12,556,850
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
American Disposal Services, Inc.(1) 250,000 9,734,375
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
American Management Systems, Inc.(1) 350,000 9,581,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Borg-Warner Security Corp.(1) 250,000 3,500,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Calgon Carbon Corp. 300,000 2,231,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Cl. A(1) 300,000 10,200,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Parking Corp. 200,000 10,075,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CIBER, Inc.(1) 491,614 9,924,458
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET VALUE
SHARES SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (CONTINUED)
CORT Business Services Corp.(1) 200,000 $ 5,262,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cuno, Inc.(1) 175,000 2,931,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daisytek International Corp.(1) 570,000 12,825,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eagle USA Airfreight, Inc.(1) 390,000 5,460,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eastern Environmental Services, Inc.(1) 400,000 12,100,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Getty Images, Inc.(1) 250,000 4,343,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group Maintenance America Corp.(1) 450,000 6,496,875
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HA-LO Industries, Inc.(1) 255,000 7,458,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IMCO Recycling, Inc. 340,000 4,823,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximus, Inc.(1) 250,000 7,625,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Metzler Group, Inc.(1) 457,650 15,674,512
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Equipment Services, Inc.(1) 600,000 3,675,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NCO Group, Inc.(1) 125,000 3,476,563
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rental Service Corp.(1) 500,000 9,000,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Service Experts, Inc.(1) 332,800 9,256,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stericycle, Inc.(1) 350,000 6,912,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tetra Tech, Inc.(1) 200,000 4,500,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc., Cl. A(1) 75,000 2,662,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
United Rentals, Inc.(1) 303,765 7,271,375
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
West TeleServices Corp.(1) 567,800 5,465,075
--------------
225,217,333
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MANUFACTURING--1.2%
Applied Power, Inc., Cl. A 300,000 8,193,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CompX International, Inc.(1) 300,000 5,175,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SLI, Inc.(1) 147,000 2,269,313
--------------
15,638,063
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSPORTATION--0.5%
Avondale Industries, Inc.(1) 280,000 6,930,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TECHNOLOGY--23.1%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPUTER HARDWARE--2.4%
Network Appliance, Inc.(1) 300,000 15,187,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCM Microsystems, Inc.(1) 150,000 6,581,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zebra Technologies Corp., Cl. A(1) 250,000 8,375,000
--------------
30,143,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPUTER SOFTWARE/SERVICES--15.6%
Aspen Technologies, Inc.(1) 467,900 12,516,325
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Autodesk, Inc. 85,000 2,231,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEA Systems, Inc.(1) 200,000 4,325,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc.(1) 280,000 6,247,500
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET VALUE
SHARES SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
COMPUTER SOFTWARE/SERVICES (CONTINUED)
Cerner Corp.(1) 205,000 $ 5,496,563
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Concord Communications, Inc.(1) 107,500 4,273,125
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Documentum, Inc.(1) 300,000 11,887,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eBay, Inc.(1) 100,000 4,506,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Echelon Corp.(1) 600,000 1,200,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eclipsys Corp.(1) 481,000 11,002,875
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Engineering Animation, Inc.(1) 240,000 11,460,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Entrust Technologies, Inc.(1) 500,000 7,406,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IMNET Systems, Inc.(1) 200,000 4,800,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inso Corp.(1) 190,000 3,633,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legato Systems, Inc.(1) 180,000 9,247,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp.(1) 525,000 3,707,813
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Associates, Inc.(1) 120,640 4,282,738
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Era of Networks, Inc.(1) 300,000 12,225,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ProBusiness Services, Inc.(1) 152,000 5,168,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Progress Software Corp.(1) 210,000 5,433,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rational Software Corp.(1) 585,000 9,835,313
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc.(1) 52,100 1,198,300
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saville Systems Ireland plc, Sponsored ADR(1) 450,000 6,525,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Software AG Systems, Inc.(1) 400,000 6,800,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.(1) 300,000 5,100,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USCS International, Inc.(1) 410,000 13,171,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Veritas Software Corp.(1) 180,000 9,945,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Visio Corp.(1) 700,000 16,843,750
--------------
200,469,802
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ELECTRONICS--2.5%
ATMI, Inc.(1) 430,000 5,966,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pittway Corp., Cl. A 800,000 19,100,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sanmina Corp.(1) 200,000 5,625,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trimble Navigation Ltd.(1) 150,000 1,509,375
--------------
32,200,625
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TELECOMMUNICATIONS-TECHNOLOGY--2.6%
General Cable Corp. 485,000 8,972,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Global Crossings Ltd.(1) 250,000 5,218,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc.(1) 350,000 4,287,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intermedia Communications, Inc.(1) 200,000 4,912,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paging Network, Inc.(1) 400,000 2,412,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.(1) 381,000 7,239,000
--------------
33,042,750
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET VALUE
SHARES SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
UTILITIES--3.5%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GAS UTILITIES--0.3%
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Cl. A 260,000 $ 3,965,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TELEPHONE UTILITIES--3.2%
ICG Communications, Inc.(1) 350,000 5,906,250
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IDT Corp.(1) 150,000 3,450,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IXC Communications, Inc.(1) 130,000 3,867,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Metrocall, Inc.(1) 1,025,000 4,868,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific Gateway Exchange, Inc.(1) 150,000 5,550,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RSL Communications Ltd., Cl. A(1) 300,000 8,137,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Star Telecommunications, Inc.(1) 700,000 8,662,500
--------------
Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,023,613,506) 1,149,485,573
=============================================================================================================================
PREFERRED STOCKS--1.6%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AirNet Communications Corp., Series C(1)(2) 250,000 250,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Candescent Technologies Corp., $2.50 Cv., Series D(1)(2) 1,200,000 11,136,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Candescent Technologies Corp., Series E, Preferred Stock(1)(2) 800,000 7,824,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Candescent Technologies Corp., Series F, Preferred Stock(1)(2) 200,000 1,918,000
--------------
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $10,400,000) 21,128,000
<CAPTION>
UNITS
=============================================================================================================================
<S> <C> <C>
RIGHTS, WARRANTS AND CERTIFICATES--0.0%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Iwerks Entertainment, Inc. Wts., Exp. 7/99 (Cost $0) 16,399 --
<CAPTION>
FACE
AMOUNT
=============================================================================================================================
<S> <C> <C>
SHORT-TERM NOTES--1.9%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Electric Capital Services, 5.52%, 10/15/98(3) (Cost $24,946,333) $25,000,000 24,946,333
=============================================================================================================================
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--7.7%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repurchase agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., 5.40%,
dated 9/30/98, to be repurchased at $98,514,775 on 10/1/98,
collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.25%-10.625%,
8/15/15-8/15/25, with a value of $93,600,416, and U.S. Treasury
Nts., 5.625%, 5/15/08, with a value of $7,826,869 (Cost $98,500,000) 98,500,000 98,500,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE (COST $1,157,459,839) 100.7% 1,294,059,906
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (0.7) (9,296,219)
----------- --------------
NET ASSETS 100.0% $1,284,763,687
=========== ==============
</TABLE>
1. Non-income producing security.
2. Identifies issues considered to be illiquid or restricted--See Note 5 of
Notes to Financial Statements.
3. Short-term notes are generally traded on a discount basis; the interest rate
is the discount rate received by the Fund at the time of purchase.
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<PAGE>
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An affiliated company represents an ownership of at least 5% of the voting
securities of the issuer, and is or was an affiliate, as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended September 30,
1998. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SHARES SHARES
SEPTEMBER 30, GROSS GROSS SEPTEMBER 30,
1997 ADDITIONS REDUCTIONS 1998
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CompX International, Inc.* -- 300,000 -- 300,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EP Medsystems, Inc. 400,000 -- 400,000 --
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HumaScan, Inc. 584,500 -- 584,500 --
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IntelliQuest Information Group, Inc. 490,000 -- 490,000 --
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norland Medical Systems, Inc. 480,000 -- 480,000 --
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPSS, Inc. 412,500 -- 412,500 --
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Silver Diner, Inc. 700,000 -- 700,000 --
</TABLE>
*Not an affiliate as of September 30, 1998.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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<PAGE>
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES September 30, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
==============================================================================================================================
<S> <C>
ASSETS
Investments, at value (cost $1,157,459,839)--see accompanying statement $1,294,059,906
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash 212,584
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Receivables:
Shares of beneficial interest sold 4,759,405
Investments sold 4,564,556
Interest and dividends 195,136
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other 16,645
--------------
Total assets 1,303,808,232
==============================================================================================================================
LIABILITIES
Payables and other liabilities:
Investments purchased 14,432,801
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed 2,640,392
Distribution and service plan fees 871,091
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees 483,639
Trustees' fees--Note 1 263,959
Other 352,663
--------------
Total liabilities 19,044,545
==============================================================================================================================
NET ASSETS $1,284,763,687
==============
==============================================================================================================================
COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS
Paid-in capital $1,104,458,110
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accumulated net investment loss (245,098)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
and foreign currency transactions 43,950,608
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net unrealized appreciation on investments--Note 3 136,600,067
--------------
Net assets $1,284,763,687
==============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
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<S> <C>
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
Class A Shares:
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of
$945,971,761 and 23,578,507 shares of beneficial interest outstanding) $40.12
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of
5.75% of offering price) $42.57
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class B Shares:
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred
sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $265,687,119
and 6,886,432 shares of beneficial interest outstanding) $38.58
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class C Shares:
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred
sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $33,440,655
and 854,197 shares of beneficial interest outstanding) $39.15
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class Y Shares:
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net
assets of $39,664,152 and 976,315 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
$40.63
</TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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<PAGE>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended September 30, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
===============================================================================================================================
<S> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest $ 9,023,101
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dividends 1,802,142
-----------
Total income 10,825,243
===============================================================================================================================
EXPENSES
Management fees--Note 4 10,540,204
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distribution and service plan fees--Note 4:
Class A 2,961,506
Class B 3,193,555
Class C 405,240
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees--Note 4:
Class A 2,820,479
Class B 725,138
Class C 84,651
Class Y 45,255
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shareholder reports 594,477
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trustees' fees and expenses--Note 1 120,208
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Custodian fees and expenses 102,479
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legal, auditing and other professional fees 64,621
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Insurance expenses 19,698
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other 28,208
-----------
Total expenses 21,705,719
===============================================================================================================================
NET INVESTMENT LOSS (10,880,476)
===============================================================================================================================
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments:
Unaffiliated companies 61,312,615
Affiliated companies (13,768,705)
Foreign currency transactions 160,138
-----------
Net realized gain 47,704,048
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:
Investments (378,987,387)
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies (40,749)
------------
Net change (379,028,136)
------------
Net realized and unrealized loss (331,324,088)
================================================================================================================================
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $(342,204,564)
=============
</TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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<PAGE>
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997
===============================================================================================================================
<S> <C> <C>
OPERATIONS
Net investment loss $ (10,880,476) $ (4,321,612)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net realized gain 47,704,048 35,559,232
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation
(379,028,136) 125,204,282
-------------- -------------
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (342,204,564) 156,441,902
================================================================================================================================
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
Distributions from net realized gain:
Class A (24,482,868) (80,609,827)
Class B (6,342,828) (15,203,908)
Class C (799,588) (1,451,890)
Class Y (833,135) (2,352,509)
================================================================================================================================
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from beneficial interest transactions--Note 2:
Class A (108,272,187) 135,425,471
Class B 20,865,114 112,330,605
Class C 1,524,509 20,931,283
Class Y 5,570,069 11,373,727
================================================================================================================================
NET ASSETS
Total increase (decrease) (454,975,478) 336,884,854
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beginning of period 1,739,739,165 1,402,854,311
-------------- --------------
End of period (including accumulated net investment
losses of $245,098 and $939,479, respectively) $1,284,763,687 $1,739,739,165
============== ==============
</TABLE>
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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<PAGE>
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS A
------------------------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
=====================================================================================================================
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period $51.72 $51.19 $43.65 $35.81 $39.90
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
Net investment income (loss) (.26) (.08) (.13) -- (.11)
Net realized and
unrealized gain (loss) (10.37) 4.12 11.26 9.46 (2.98)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total income (loss) from
investment operations (10.63) 4.04 11.13 9.46 (3.09)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distributions to shareholders
from net realized gain (.97) (3.51) (3.59) (1.62) (1.00)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net asset value, end of period $40.12 $51.72 $51.19 $43.65 $35.81
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
=====================================================================================================================
TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(4) (20.78)% 9.16% 27.76% 28.03% (7.91)%
=====================================================================================================================
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period
(in thousands) $ 945,972 $1,330,172 $1,160,087 $798,065 $613,740
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average net assets (in thousands) $1,215,780 $1,119,302 $ 937,563 $650,903 $588,642
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss) (0.51)% (0.17)% (0.32)% 0.00% (0.34)%
Expenses 1.18% 1.22% 1.22% 1.33% 1.32%
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Portfolio turnover rate(6) 81.5% 68.7% 79.7% 105.9% 83.3%
</TABLE>
1. For the period from June 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
2. For the period from October 2, 1995 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1996.
3. For the period from April 4, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
4. Assumes a hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the
first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends
and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and
redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the
fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total
returns are not annualized for periods of less than one full year.
24 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS B
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994(3)
======================================================================
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$50.15 $50.10 $43.11 $35.65 $35.65
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(.55) (.23) (.23) (.21) .03
(10.05) 3.79 10.81 9.29 (.03)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
(10.60) 3.56 10.58 9.08 --
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(.97) (3.51) (3.59) (1.62) --
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
$38.58 $50.15 $50.10 $43.11 $35.65
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
======================================================================
(21.37)% 8.33% 26.77% 27.04% 0.00%
======================================================================
$265,687 $322,736 $193,637 $75,062 $26,491
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
$319,197 $233,172 $119,895 $43,301 $12,435
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(1.27)% (0.93)% (1.06)% (0.78)% (1.06)%(5)
1.94% 1.97% 1.99% 2.11% 2.36%(5)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
81.5% 68.7% 79.7% 105.9% 83.3%
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS C
- -------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996(2)
===========================================
<S> <C> <C>
$50.86 $50.73 $43.20
- -------------------------------------------
(.55) (.26) (.21)
(10.19) 3.90 11.33
------ ------ ------
(10.74) 3.64 11.12
- -------------------------------------------
(.97) (3.51) (3.59)
- -------------------------------------------
$39.15 $50.86 $50.73
====== ====== ======
===========================================
(21.34)% 8.39% 27.96%
===========================================
$33,441 $41,720 $17,512
- -------------------------------------------
$40,501 $26,361 $ 7,109
- -------------------------------------------
(1.25)% (0.92)% (1.00)%(5)
1.92% 1.94% 2.03%(5)
- -------------------------------------------
81.5% 68.7% 79.7%
</TABLE>
5. Annualized.
6. The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period,
divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities
owned during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the
time of acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation.
Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities)
for the period ended September 30, 1998 were $1,186,464,464 and $1,184,674,648,
respectively.
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<PAGE>
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CLASS Y
----------------------------------------------------------------------
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994(1)
=====================================================================================================================
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period $52.17 $51.44 $43.74 $35.81 $34.89
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income (loss) from investment
operations:
Net investment income (loss) (.09) .02 (.02) (.10) .11
Net realized and
unrealized gain (loss) (10.48) 4.22 11.31 9.65 .81
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total income (loss) from
investment operations (10.57) 4.24 11.29 9.55 .92
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Distributions to shareholders
from net realized gain (.97) (3.51) (3.59) (1.62) --
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net asset value, end of period $40.63 $52.17 $51.44 $43.74 $35.81
====== ====== ====== ====== ======
=====================================================================================================================
TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(4) (20.47)% 9.50% 28.09% 28.28% 3.20%
=====================================================================================================================
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period
(in thousands) $39,664 $45,112 $31,619 $9,394 $194
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average net assets (in thousands) $44,859 $34,811 $18,563 $3,190 $39
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss) (0.15)% 0.15% (0.04)% 0.03% (0.13)%(5)
Expenses 0.81% 0.89% 0.99% 1.26% 1.41%(5)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Portfolio turnover rate(6) 81.5% 68.7% 79.7% 105.9% 83.3%
</TABLE>
1. For the period from June 1, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
2. For the period from October 2, 1995 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1996.
3. For the period from April 4, 1994 (inception of offering) to September 30,
1994.
4. Assumes a hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the
first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends
and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and
redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the
fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total
returns are not annualized for periods of less than one full year.
5. Annualized.
6. The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period,
divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities
owned during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the
time of acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation.
Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities)
for the period ended September 30, 1998 were $1,186,464,464 and $1,184,674,648,
respectively.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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<PAGE>
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
================================================================================
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund (the Fund) is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment
company. The Fund's investment objective is capital appreciation. In seeking its
objective, the Fund emphasizes investments in securities of "growth-type"
companies with market capitalization of less than $1 billion, including common
stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, rights, warrants and options.
The Fund's investment advisor is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the Manager). The Fund
offers Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares. Class A shares are sold
with a front-end sales charge. Class B and Class C shares may be subject to a
contingent deferred sales charge. All classes of shares have identical rights to
earnings, assets and voting privileges, except that each class has its own
expenses directly attributable to that class and exclusive voting rights with
respect to matters affecting that class. Classes A, B and C have separate
distribution and/or service plans. No such plan has been adopted for Class Y
shares. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares six years
after the date of purchase. The following is a summary of significant accounting
policies consistently followed by the Fund.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INVESTMENT VALUATION. Portfolio securities are valued at the close of the New
York Stock Exchange on each trading day. Listed and unlisted securities for
which such information is regularly reported are valued at the last sale price
of the day or, in the absence of sales, at values based on the closing bid or
the last sale price on the prior trading day. Long-term and short-term
"non-money market" debt securities are valued by a portfolio pricing service
approved by the Board of Trustees. Such securities which cannot be valued by an
approved portfolio pricing service are valued using dealer-supplied valuations
provided the Manager is satisfied that the firm rendering the quotes is reliable
and that the quotes reflect current market value, or are valued under
consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees to
determine fair value in good faith. Short-term "money market type" debt
securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at cost (or
last determined market value) adjusted for amortization to maturity of any
premium or discount.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the Fund are maintained
in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are
translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange. Amounts related
to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are
translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such
transactions.
The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on
investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes
in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency
gains and losses in the Fund's Statement of Operations.
27 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
================================================================================
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund requires the custodian to take possession, to
have legally segregated in the Federal Reserve Book Entry System or to have
segregated within the custodian's vault, all securities held as collateral for
repurchase agreements. The market value of the underlying securities is
required to be at least 102% of the resale price at the time of purchase. If
the seller of the agreement defaults and the value of the collateral declines,
or if the seller enters an insolvency proceeding, realization of the value of
the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALLOCATION OF INCOME, EXPENSES, GAINS AND LOSSES. Income, expenses (other than
those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated daily to
each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets
represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a
specific class are charged against the operations of that class.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL TAXES. The Fund intends to continue to comply with provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to
distribute all of its taxable income, including any net realized gain on
investments not offset by loss carryovers, to shareholders. Therefore, no
federal income or excise tax provision is required.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRUSTEES' FEES AND EXPENSES. The Fund has adopted a nonfunded retirement plan
for the Fund's independent trustees. Benefits are based on years of service and
fees paid to each trustee during the years of service. During the year ended
September 30, 1998, a provision of $46,696 was made for the Fund's projected
benefit obligations, and payments of $11,314 were made to retired trustees,
resulting in an accumulated liability of $247,252 as of September 30, 1998.
The Board of Trustees has adopted a deferred compensation plan
for independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all
or a portion of annual fees they are entitled to receive from the Fund. Under
the plan, the compensation deferred is periodically adjusted as though an
equivalent amount had been invested for the Trustee 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 Trustees' fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the
Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund's assets, liabilities or net
income per share.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are
recorded on the ex-dividend date.
28 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
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CLASSIFICATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Net investment income (loss)
and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes
primarily because of the recognition of certain foreign currency gains (losses)
as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes. The character of the distributions
made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ
from its ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to
timing of dividend distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are
distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or realized gain
was recorded by the Fund.
The Fund adjusts the classification of distributions to
shareholders to reflect the differences between financial statement amounts and
distributions determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Accordingly,
during the year ended September 30, 1998, amounts have been reclassified to
reflect a decrease in accumulated net investment loss of $11,574,857. Paid-in
capital was decreased by the same amount.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OTHER. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the investments are
purchased or sold (trade date) and dividend income is recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses on investments and unrealized
appreciation and depreciation are determined on an identified cost basis, which
is the same basis used for federal income tax purposes.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
29 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
================================================================================
2. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of no par value shares of beneficial
interest of each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
---------------------------------- ---------------------------------
SHARES AMOUNT SHARES AMOUNT
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A:
Sold 10,639,767 $ 517,992,202 11,525,612 $ 516,255,667
Distributions reinvested 526,371 23,986,669 1,804,573 78,737,385
Redeemed (13,305,219) (650,251,058) (10,273,804) (459,567,581)
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Net increase (decrease) (2,139,081) $(108,272,187) 3,056,381 $ 135,425,471
============ ============= ============ =============
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class B:
Sold 2,633,873 $ 124,120,591 4,023,759 $ 175,948,220
Distributions reinvested 140,314 6,185,059 348,742 14,842,538
Redeemed (2,323,577) (109,440,536) (1,801,954) (78,460,153)
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Net increase 450,610 $ 20,865,114 2,570,547 $ 112,330,605
============ ============= ============ =============
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class C:
Sold 1,067,332 $ 50,776,830 1,235,025 $ 54,325,325
Distributions reinvested 17,282 773,012 33,285 1,434,706
Redeemed (1,050,793) (50,025,333) (793,137) (34,828,748)
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Net increase 33,821 $ 1,524,509 475,173 $ 20,931,283
============ ============= ============ =============
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class Y:
Sold 520,524 $ 25,679,544 646,438 $ 29,225,305
Distributions reinvested 18,108 833,135 53,588 2,352,509
Redeemed (427,078) (20,942,610) (449,978) (20,204,087)
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Net increase 111,554 $ 5,570,069 250,048 $ 11,373,727
============ ============= ============ =============
====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
3. UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES ON INVESTMENTS
As of September 30, 1998, net unrealized appreciation on investments of
$136,600,067 was composed of gross appreciation of $235,073,466, and gross
depreciation of $98,473,399.
30 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
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4. MANAGEMENT FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Management fees paid to the Manager were in accordance with the investment
advisory agreement with the Fund which provides for a fee of 0.75% of the first
$200 million of average annual net assets, 0.72% of the next $200 million,
0.69% of the next $200 million, 0.66% of the next $200 million, 0.60% of the
next $700 million and 0.58% of average annual net assets in excess of $1.5
billion. The Fund's management fee for the year ended September 30, 1998 was
0.65% of average net assets for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares.
For the year ended September 30, 1998, commissions (sales charges paid
by investors) on sales of Class A shares totaled $3,039,736, of which $1,011,310
was retained by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (OFDI), a subsidiary of the
Manager, as general distributor, and by an affiliated broker/dealer. Sales
charges advanced to broker/dealers by OFDI on sales of the Fund's Class B and
Class C shares totaled $2,695,452 and $142,404, respectively, of which $372,665
and $5,994, respectively, was paid to an affiliated broker/dealer. During the
year ended September 30, 1998, OFDI received contingent deferred sales charges
of $729,889 and $12,055, respectively, upon redemption of Class B and Class C
shares, as reimbursement for sales commissions advanced by OFDI at the time of
sale of such shares.
OppenheimerFunds Services (OFS), a division of the Manager, is the
transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund and for other Oppenheimer
funds. OFS's total costs of providing such services are allocated ratably to
these funds.
The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A shares to reimburse OFDI
for a portion of its costs incurred in connection with the personal service and
maintenance of shareholder accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is
made quarterly at an annual rate that may not exceed 0.25% of the average annual
net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. OFDI uses the service fee to reimburse
brokers, dealers, banks and other financial institutions quarterly for providing
personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class
A shares. During the year ended September 30, 1998, OFDI paid $240,476 to an
affiliated broker/dealer as reimbursement for Class A personal service and
maintenance expenses.
31 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
================================================================================
4. MANAGEMENT FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES (CONTINUED)
The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan for Class B shares to
reimburse OFDI for its costs in distributing Class B shares and servicing
accounts. Under the Plan, the Fund pays OFDI an annual asset-based sales charge
of 0.75% per year on Class B shares for its services rendered in distributing
Class B shares. OFDI also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year to reimburse
dealers for providing personal services for accounts that hold Class B shares.
Each fee is computed on the average annual net assets of Class B shares,
determined as of the close of each regular business day. During the year ended
September 30, 1998, OFDI paid $50,781 to an affiliated broker/dealer as
reimbursement for Class B personal service and maintenance expenses and
retained $2,636,653 as reimbursement for Class B sales commissions and service
fee advances, as well as financing costs. If the Plan is terminated by the
Fund, the Board of Trustees may allow the Fund to continue payments of the
asset-based sales charge to OFDI for distributing shares before the Plan was
terminated. As of September 30, 1998, OFDI had incurred excess distribution and
servicing costs of $8,033,311 for Class B.
The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan for Class C shares
to compensate OFDI for its costs in distributing Class C shares and servicing
accounts. Under the Plan, the Fund pays OFDI an annual asset-based sales charge
of 0.75% per year on Class C shares for its services rendered in distributing
Class C shares. OFDI also receives a service fee of 0.25% per year to
compensate dealers for providing personal services for accounts that hold Class
C shares. Each fee is computed on the average annual net assets of Class C
shares, determined as of the close of each regular business day. During the
year ended September 30, 1998, OFDI paid $6,583 to an affiliated broker/dealer
as compensation for Class C personal service and maintenance expenses and
retained $229,172 as compensation for Class C sales commissions and service fee
advances, as well as financing costs. If the Plan is terminated by the Fund,
the Board of Trustees may allow the Fund to continue payments of the
asset-based sales charge to OFDI for distributing shares before the Plan was
terminated. As of September 30, 1998, OFDI had incurred excess distribution and
servicing costs of $435,717 for Class C.
32 Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
<PAGE>
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5. ILLIQUID AND RESTRICTED SECURITIES
As of September 30, 1998, investments in securities included issues that are
illiquid or restricted. Restricted securities are often purchased in private
placement transactions, are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
may have contractual restrictions on resale, and are valued under methods
approved by the Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value. A security may be
considered illiquid if it lacks a readily available market or if its valuation
has not changed for a certain period of time. The Fund intends to invest no
more than 10% of its net assets (determined at the time of purchase and
reviewed periodically) in illiquid or restricted securities. Certain restricted
securities, eligible for resale to qualified institutional investors, are not
subject to that limit. The aggregate value of illiquid or restricted securities
subject to this limitation as of September 30, 1998 was $21,128,000, which
represents 1.64% of the Fund's net assets, of which $9,992,000 is considered
restricted. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
VALUATION
ACQUISITION COST PER UNIT AS OF
SECURITY DATE PER UNIT SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
STOCKS
- ------
AirNet Communications Corp., Series C 7/6/95 $6.00 $1.00
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Candescent Technologies Corp., Series E,
Preferred Stock 4/24/96 5.50 9.78
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Candescent Technologies Corp., Series F,
Preferred Stock 6/11/97 7.50 9.59
==============================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
6. BANK BORROWINGS
The Fund may borrow from a bank for temporary or emergency purposes including,
without limitation, funding of shareholder redemptions provided asset coverage
for borrowings exceeds 300%. The Fund has entered into an agreement which
enables it to participate with other Oppenheimer funds in an unsecured line of
credit with a bank, which permits borrowings up to $400 million, collectively.
Interest is charged to each fund, based on its borrowings, at a rate equal to
the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.35%. Borrowings are payable after such loan is
executed. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro rata share of
the average unutilized amount of the credit facility at a rate of 0.0575% per
annum.
The Fund had no borrowings outstanding during the year ended September
30, 1998.
<PAGE>
Appendix A
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Industry Classifications
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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 - Technology
Electrical Equipment Telephone - Utility
Electronics Textile/Apparel
Energy Services & Producers Tobacco
Entertainment/Film Trucks and Parts
Environmental Wireless Services
Food
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Appendix B
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OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers
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In certain cases, the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of
Class A shares of the Oppenheimer funds or the contingent deferred sales
charge that may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.
That is because of the economies of sales efforts realized by the Distributor
or the dealers or other financial institutions offering those shares to
certain classes of investors or in certain transactions.
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 that were
merged into or became Oppenheimer 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 plans1
(4) Group Retirement Plans2
(5) 403(b)(7) custodial plan accounts
(6) SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans
The interpretation of these provisions as to the applicability of a
waiver in a particular case is determined solely by the Distributor or the
Transfer Agent of the fund. These waivers and special arrangements may be
amended or terminated at any time by the applicable Fund and/or the
Distributor. 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. 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.
2. 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.
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Applicability of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Cases
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Purchases of Class A Shares of Oppenheimer Funds That Are Not Subject to
Initial Sales Charge but May Be Subject to the Class A Contingent Deferred
Sales Charge (unless a waiver applies).
There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any
of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases
may be subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed
within 18 months 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 these purchases the
Distributor will pay the applicable commission described in the Prospectus
under "Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge":
o Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.
o Purchases by a Retirement Plan that:
(1) buys shares costing $500,000 or more, or
(2) has, at the time of purchase, 100 or more eligible participants 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.
o 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).
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Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
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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.
|_| 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.
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 and paid for with 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.
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 original account value.
|_| Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or
involuntary redemptions of small accounts (see "Shareholder Account Rules and
Policies," in the 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) Under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in the Internal
Revenue Code.
(6) To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(7) To establish "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in
Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(8) For retirement distributions or loans to participants or beneficiaries.
(9) Separation from service.
(10) Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual
fund other than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary.
The fund must be one that is 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.
(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 participants, 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.
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Waivers of Class B and Class C Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
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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.
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.
|_| Distributions to participants or beneficiaries from Retirement
Plans, if the distributions are made:
(a) under an Automatic Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age
59-1/2, as long as the payments are no more than 10% of the
account value annually (measured from the date the Transfer Agent
receives the request), or
(b) following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue
Code) of the participant or beneficiary (the death or disability
must have occurred after the account was established).
|_| 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.
|_| Returns of excess contributions to Retirement Plans.
|_| Distributions from Retirement Plans to make "substantially equal
periodic payments" as permitted in Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code
that do not exceed 10% of the account value annually, measured from the date
the Transfer Agent receives the request.
|_| Distributions from OppenheimerFunds prototype 401(k) plans and from
certain Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company prototype 401(k) plans:
(1) for hardship withdrawals;
(2) under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in the Internal
Revenue Code;
(3) to meet minimum distribution requirements as defined in the Internal
Revenue Code;
(4) to make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in Section
72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(5) for separation from service; or
(6) for loans to participants or beneficiaries.
|_| Distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that
have 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.
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.
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Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
Funds Who Were Shareholders of the Former Quest for Value Funds
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The initial and contingent deferred sales charge rates and waivers for
Class A, Class B and Class C shares described in the Prospectus or Statement
of Additional Information of the Oppenheimer funds are modified as described
below for certain persons who were shareholders of the former Quest for Value
Funds. To be eligible, those persons must have been shareholders on November
24, 1995, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment advisor to those
former Quest for Value Funds. Those funds include:
Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.,
Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund,
Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund,
Oppenheimer Quest Small Cap Value Fund and
Oppenheimer Quest Global Value Fund, Inc.
These arrangements also apply to shareholders of the following funds
when they merged 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 and
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.
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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Number of Initial Sales
Eligible Initial Sales Charge as a % Commission
Employees or Charge as a % of of Net Amount as % of
Members Offering Price 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 than 49 2.00% 2.04% 1.60%
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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.
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, 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; 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.
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Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual Investment Accounts, Inc.
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The initial and contingent deferred sale charge rates and waivers
for Class A and Class B shares described in the Prospectus or this Appendix
for Oppenheimer U. S. Government Trust, Oppenheimer Bond Fund, Oppenheimer
Disciplined Value Fund and Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund (each is
included in the reference to "Fund" below) are modified as described below
for those shareholders who were shareholders of 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 and CMIA Diversified Income Account (the "Former Connecticut
Mutual Funds") on March 1, 1996, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the
investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds.
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.
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.
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Special Reduced Sales Charge for Former Shareholders of Advance America
Funds, Inc.
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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%.
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Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
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Internet Web Site:
www.oppenheimerfunds.com
Investment Adviser
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
KPMG LLP
707 Seventeenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
Legal Counsel
Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen Shalov & Wein
114 West 47th Street
New York, New York 10036
67890
PX500.0199
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OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY FUND
FORM N-1A
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 23. Exhibits
(a) Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust made as of July 14, 1995:
Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 17, 7/21/95,
and incorporated herein by reference .
(b) Amended and Restated By-Laws dated 6/4/98: Filed herewith
(c) (i) Specimen Class A Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, 1/15/97, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(ii) Specimen Class B Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, 1/15/97, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(iii) Specimen Class C Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, 1/15/97, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(iv) Specimen Class Y Share Certificate: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, 1/15/97, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(d) (i) Investment Advisory Agreement dated 6/1/92: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 10, 12/3/92, refiled with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, 1/3/95, pursuant to Item 102 of
Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.
(ii) Amendment dated as of 12/14/95 to the Investment Advisory
Agreement dated 6/1/92: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 20, 1/15/97, and incorporated herein by reference.
(e) (i) General Distributor's Agreement dated December 10, 1992:
Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 11, 1/28/93,
refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, 1/13/95, pursuant
to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.
(ii) Prototype OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. Dealer Agreement:
Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 of Oppenheimer Main
Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No. 33-17850), 9/30/94, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(iii) Prototype OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. Broker Agreement:
Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 of Oppenheimer Main
Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No. 33-17850), 9/30/94, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(iv) Prototype OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. Agency Agreement:
Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 of Oppenheimer Main
Street Funds, Inc. (Reg. No. 33-17850), 9/30/94, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(f) (i) Retirement Plan for Non-Interested Trustees or Directors dated
6/7/90: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 97 of Oppenheimer
Fund (Reg. 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 Agreement for Disinterested
Trustees: 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) (i) Custody Agreement dated 6/10/92: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 10, 12/3/92, refiled with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, 1/13/95, pursuant to Item 102
of Regulation S-T and incorporated herein by reference .
(h) Inapplicable.
(i) Opinion and Consent of Counsel dated 8/1/86: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, 1/27/88, refiled with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 16, 1/13/95, pursuant to Item 102
of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by reference.
(j) Independent Auditor's Consent: Filed herewith.
(k) Inapplicable.
(l) Investment Letter from OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to Registrant dated
8/15/86: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 5,
12/1/89, and refiled with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 16,
1/13/95, pursuant to Item 102 of Regulation S-T, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(m) (i) Service Plan and Agreement for Class A shares dated 6/10/93 under
Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940: Previously filed with
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 13, 1/19/94, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(ii) Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class B shares
dated 4/1/94 under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for Class
B Shares: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 15,
3/31/94, and incorporated herein by reference.
(iii) Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement for Class C shares
dated 7/21/95 under Rule 12b-1: Previously filed with Registrant's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 18, 9/27/95, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(n) (i) Financial Data Schedule for Class A Shares: Filed herewith.
(ii) Financial Data Schedule for Class B Shares: Filed herewith.
(iii) Financial Data Schedule for Class C Shares: Filed herewith.
(o) Oppenheimer Funds Multiple Class Plan under Rule 18f-3 as updated
through 8/25/98: Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 70 to
the Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Global Fund (Reg. No. 2-31661),
9/14/98, and incorporated herein by reference.
- -- Powers of Attorney: Previously filed with Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 19, 2/1/96, (Bridget A. Macaskill) and previously filed (all
other Trustees) with Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 12, 1/22/93,
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
registered investment companies as described in Parts A and B hereof and
listed in Item 26(b) below.
(b) There is set forth below information as to any other business,
profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each
officer and director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is, or at any time during the
past two fiscal years has been, engaged for his/her own account or in the
capacity of director, officer, employee, partner or trustee.
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Name and Current Position 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;
formerly, a Vice President and
portfolio manager for Guardian
Investor Services, the investment
management subsidiary of The Guardian
Life Insurance Company (since 1972).
Edward Amberger,
Assistant Vice President Formerly Assistant Vice President,
Securities Analyst for Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter (May 1997 - April 1998); and
Research Analyst (July 1996 - May 1997),
Portfolio Manager (February 1992 - July
1996) and Department Manager (June 1988
to February 1992) for The Bank of New
York.
Mark J.P. Anson,
Vice President Vice President of Oppenheimer Real Asset
Management, Inc. ("ORAMI"); formerly,
Vice President of Equity Derivatives at
Salomon Brothers, Inc.
Peter M. Antos,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; a Chartered
Financial Analyst; Senior Vice President
of HarbourView Asset Management
Corporation ("HarbourView"); prior to
March, 1996 he was the senior equity
portfolio manager for the Panorama Series
Fund, Inc. (the "Company") and other
mutual funds and pension funds managed by
G.R. Phelps & Co. Inc. ("G.R. Phelps"),
the Company's former investment adviser,
which was a subsidiary of Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Company; he was
also responsible for managing the common
stock department and common stock
investments of Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Co.
Lawrence Apolito,
Vice President None.
Victor Babin,
Senior Vice President None.
Bruce Bartlett,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds. Formerly, a
Vice President and Senior Portfolio
Manager at First of America Investment
Corp.
George Batejan,
Executive Vice President,
Chief Information Officer Formerly Senior Vice President, Group
Executive, and Senior Systems Officer for
American International Group (October
1994 - May, 1998).
John R. Blomfield,
Vice President Formerly Senior Product Manager
(November, 1995 - August, 1997) of
International Home Foods and American
Home Products (March, 1994 - October,
1996).
Connie Bechtolt,
Assistant Vice President None.
Kathleen Beichert,
Vice President None.
Rajeev Bhaman,
Vice President Formerly, Vice President (January 1992 -
February, 1996) of Asian Equities for
Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Inc.
Robert J. Bishop,
Vice President Vice President of Mutual Fund Accounting
(since May 1996); an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds; formerly, an
Assistant Vice President of OFI/Mutual
Fund Accounting (April 1994-May 1996),
and a Fund Controller for OFI.
Chad Boll,
Assistant Vice President None
George C. Bowen,
Senior Vice President, Treasurer
and Director Vice President (since June 1983) and
Treasurer (since March 1985) of
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the
"Distributor"); Vice President (since
October 1989) and Treasurer (since April
1986) of HarbourView; Senior Vice
President (since February 1992),
Treasurer (since July 1991)and a director
(since December 1991) of Centennial;
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.
("SSI"); Vice President, Treasurer and
Secretary of Shareholder Financial
Services, Inc. ("SFSI") (since November
1989); Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer
Acquisition Corp. ("OAC") (since March,
1998); Treasurer of Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since
November 1989); Vice President and
Treasurer of ORAMI (since July 1996);
an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Scott Brooks,
Vice President None.
Kevin Brosmith,
Vice President None.
Nancy Bush,
Assistant Vice President
Adele Campbell,
Assistant Vice President & Assistant
Treasurer: Rochester Division Formerly, Assistant Vice President of
Rochester Fund Services, Inc.
Michael Carbuto,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; Vice President
of Centennial.
John Cardillo,
Assistant Vice President None.
Mark Curry,
Assistant Vice President
H.C. Digby Clements,
Vice President:
Rochester Division None.
O. Leonard Darling,
Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer and Senior
Manager of HarbourView Asset Management
Corporation; Trustee (1993 - present) of
Awhtolia College - Greece.
William DeJianne, None.
Assistant Vice President
Robert A. Densen,
Senior Vice President None.
Sheri Devereux,
Assistant Vice President None.
Craig P. Dinsell
Executive Vice President Formerly, Senior Vice President of Human
Resources for Fidelity Investments-Retail
Division (January, 1995 - January, 1996),
Fidelity Investments FMR Co. (January,
1996 - June, 1997) and Fidelity
Investments FTPG (June, 1997 - January,
1998).
Robert Doll, Jr.,
Executive Vice President and
Chief Investment Officer and
Director An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
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 and a director of
HarbourView, SSI, SFSI and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.
since (September 1995); President and a director of Centennial
(since September 1995); President and a director of ORAMI (since
July 1996); General Counsel (since May 1996) and Secretary
(since April 1997) of OAC; Vice President and Director of
OppenheimerFunds International, Ltd. ("OFIL") and Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997); an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds.
Patrick Dougherty, None.
Assistant Vice President
Bruce Dunbar, None.
Vice President
Daniel Engstrom,
Assistant Vice President
George Evans,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
Edward Everett,
Assistant Vice President None.
George Fahey,
Vice President None.
Scott Farrar,
Vice President Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer
Millennium Funds plc (since October
1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer
funds; formerly, an Assistant Vice
President of OFI/Mutual Fund Accounting
(April 1994-May 1996), and a Fund
Controller for OFI.
Leslie A. Falconio,
Assistant Vice President None.
Katherine P. Feld,
Vice President and Secretary Vice President and Secretary of the
Distributor; Secretary of HarbourView,
and Centennial; Secretary, Vice President
and Director of Centennial Capital
Corporation; Vice President and Secretary
of ORAMI.
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. Formerly, he held the following
positions: formerly, Chairman of the
Board and Director of Rochester Fund
Distributors, Inc. ("RFD"); President and
Director of Fielding Management Company,
Inc. ("FMC"); President and Director of
Rochester Capital Advisors, Inc.
("RCAI"); Managing Partner of Rochester
Capital Advisors, L.P., President and
Director of Rochester Fund Services, Inc.
("RFS"); President and Director of
Rochester Tax Managed Fund, Inc.;
Director (1993 - 1997) of VehiCare Corp.;
Director (1993 - 1996) of VoiceMode.
Patricia Foster,
Vice President Formerly, she held the following
positions: An officer of certain former
Rochester funds (May, 1993 - January,
1996); Secretary of Rochester Capital
Advisors, Inc. and General Counsel (June,
1993 - January 1996) of Rochester Capital
Advisors, L.P.
David Foxhoven,
Assistant Vice President
Jennifer Foxson,
Vice President None.
Erin Gardiner,
Assistant Vice President None.
Linda Gardner,
Vice President None.
Alan Gilston,
Vice President Formerly, Vice President (1987-1997) for
Schroder Capital Management International.
Jill Glazerman,
Vice President None.
Robyn Goldstein-Liebler
Assistant Vice President None.
Mikhail Goldverg
Assistant Vice President None.
Jeremy Griffiths,
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(since March, 1998) of Oppenheimer
Acquisition Corp.; a Member and Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants;
formerly, an accountant for Arthur Young
(London, U.K.).
Robert Grill,
Senior Vice President Formerly, Marketing Vice President for
Bankers Trust Company (1993-1996);
Steering Committee Member, Subcommittee
Chairman for American Savings Education
Council (1995-1996).
Caryn Halbrecht,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
Elaine T. Hamann,
Vice President Formerly, Vice President (September, 1989
- January, 1997) of Bankers Trust Company.
Robert Haley
Assistant Vice President Formerly, Vice President of Information
Services for Bankers Trust Company
(January, 1991 - November, 1997).
Thomas B. Hayes,
Vice President None.
Barbara Hennigar,
Executive Vice President and
Chief Executive Officer of
OppenheimerFunds Services,
a division of the Manager President and Director of SFSI; President
and Chief executive Officer of SSI.
Dorothy Hirshman,
Assistant Vice President None.
Merryl Hoffman,
Vice President None.
Nicholas Horsley,
Vice President Formerly, a Senior Vice President and
Portfolio Manager for Warburg, Pincus
Counsellors, Inc. (1993-1997), Co-manager
of Warburg, Pincus Emerging Markets Fund
(12/94 - 10/97), Co-manager Warburg,
Pincus Institutional Emerging Markets
Fund - Emerging Markets Portfolio (8/96 -
10/97), Warburg Pincus Japan OTC Fund,
Associate Portfolio Manager of Warburg
Pincus International Equity Fund, Warburg
Pincus Institutional Fund - Intermediate
Equity Portfolio, and Warburg Pincus EAFE
Fund.
Scott T. Huebl,
Assistant Vice President None.
Richard Hymes,
Vice President None.
Jane Ingalls,
Vice President None.
Kathleen T. Ives,
Vice President None.
Christopher Jacobs,
Assistant Vice President None.
William Jaume,
Vice President
Frank Jennings,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
Susan Katz,
Vice President
Thomas W. Keffer,
Senior Vice President None.
Erica Klein,
Assistant Vice President
Avram Kornberg,
Vice President None.
John Kowalik,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager for
certain OppenheimerFunds; formerly,
Managing Director and Senior Portfolio
Manager at Prudential Global Advisors
(1989 - 1998).
Joseph Krist,
Assistant Vice President None.
Michael Levine,
Vice President None.
Shanquan Li,
Vice President None.
Stephen F. Libera,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager for
certain Oppenheimer funds; a Chartered
Financial Analyst; a Vice President of
HarbourView; prior to March 1996, the
senior bond portfolio manager for
Panorama Series Fund Inc., other mutual
funds and pension accounts managed by
G.R. Phelps; also responsible for
managing the public fixed-income
securities department at Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Mitchell J. Lindauer,
Vice President None.
Dan Loughran,
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division None.
David Mabry,
Assistant Vice President None.
Steve Macchia,
Vice President None.
Bridget Macaskill,
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director Chief Executive Officer (since September
1995); President and director (since June
1991) of HarbourView; Chairman and a
director of SSI (since August 1994), and
SFSI (September 1995); President (since
September 1995) and a director (since
October 1990) of OAC; President (since
September 1995) and a director (since
November 1989) of Oppenheimer
Partnership Holdings, Inc., a holding
company subsidiary of OFI; a director of
ORAMI (since July 1996) ; President and a
director (since October 1997) of OFIL, an
offshore fund manager subsidiary of OFI
and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc
(since October 1997); President and a
director of other Oppenheimer funds; a
director of Hillsdown Holdings plc (a
U.K. food company); formerly, an
Executive Vice President of OFI.
Philip T. Masterson,
Vice President
Loretta McCarthy,
Executive Vice President None.
Kelley A. McCarthy-Kane
Assistant Vice President Formerly, Product Manager, Assistant Vice
President (June 1995- October, 1997) of
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith.
Beth Michnowski,
Assistant Vice President Formerly Senior Marketing Manager May,
1996 - June, 1997) and Director of
Product Marketing (August, 1992 - May,
1996) with Fidelity Investments.
Lisa Migan,
Assistant Vice President None.
Denis R. Molleur,
Vice President None.
Nikolaos Monoyios,
Vice President A Vice President and/or portfolio manager
of certain Oppenheimer funds (since April
1998); a Certified Financial Analyst;
formerly, a Vice President and portfolio
manager for Guardian Investor Services,
the management subsidiary of The Guardian
Life Insurance Company (since 1979).
Linda Moore,
Vice President Formerly, Marketing Manager (July
1995-November 1996) for Chase Investment
Services Corp.
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.
Richard M. O'Shaugnessy,
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division None.
Gina M. Palmieri,
Assistant Vice President None.
Robert E. Patterson,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
James Phillips
Assistant Vice President None.
Stephen Puckett,
Vice President None.
Jane Putnam,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
Michael Quinn,
Assistant Vice President Formerly, Assistant Vice President
(April, 1995 - January, 1998) of Van
Kampen American Capital.
Julie Radtke,
Vice President
Russell Read,
Senior Vice President Vice President of Oppenheimer Real Asset
Management, Inc. (since March, 1995).
Thomas Reedy,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; formerly, a
Securities Analyst for the Manager.
John Reinhardt,
Vice President: Rochester Division None
Ruxandra Risko,
Vice President None.
Michael S. Rosen,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
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 & Director None.
Valerie Sanders,
Vice President None.
Ellen Schoenfeld,
Assistant Vice President None.
Martha Shapiro,
Assistant Vice President None
Stephanie Seminara,
Vice President None.
Michelle Simone,
Assistant Vice President None.
Richard Soper,
Vice President None.
Cathleen Stahl,
Vice President
Donald W. Spiro,
Chairman Emeritus and Director Vice Chairman and Trustee of the New
York-based Oppenheimer Funds; formerly,
Chairman of the Manager and the
Distributor.
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.
Ralph Stellmacher,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
John Stoma,
Senior Vice President None.
Michael C. Strathearn,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; a Chartered
Financial Analyst; a Vice President of
HarbourView.
Wayne Strauss,
Assistant Vice President: Rochester
Division
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 OAMC, CAMC and Chairman
of the Board of SSI.
Susan Switzer,
Assistant Vice President None.
Anthony A. Tanner,
Vice President: Rochester Division None.
James Tobin,
Vice President None.
Jay Tracey,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
James Turner,
Assistant Vice President None.
Maureen VanNorstrand,
Assistant Vice President None.
Ashwin Vasan,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds.
Annette Von Brandis,
Assistant Vice President None.
Teresa Ward,
Assistant Vice President None.
Jerry Webman,
Senior Vice President Director of New York-based tax-exempt
fixed income Oppenheimer funds.
Christine Wells,
Vice President None.
Joseph Welsh,
Assistant Vice President None.
Kenneth B. White,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; a Chartered
Financial Analyst; Vice President of
HarbourView.
William L. Wilby,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; Vice President
of HarbourView.
Carol Wolf,
Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of certain
Oppenheimer funds; Vice President of
Centennial; Vice President, Finance
and Accounting; Point of Contact:
Finance Supporters of Children;
Member of the Oncology Advisory Board
of the Childrens Hospital.
Caleb Wong,
Assistant Vice President None.
Robert G. Zack,
Senior Vice President and
Assistant Secretary, Associate
General Counsel Assistant Secretary of SSI (since May
1985), SFSI (since November 1989), OFIL
(since 1998), Oppenheimer Millennium
Funds plc (since October 1997); an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds.
Jill Zachman,
Assistant Vice President:
Rochester Division None.
Arthur J. Zimmer,
Senior Vice President An officer and/or portfolio manager of
certain Oppenheimer funds; Vice President
of Centennial.
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 Developing Markets Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise 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 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 Equity Income Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
The New York Tax-Exempt Income 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., and Oppenheimer
Acquisition Corp. 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:
Name & Principal Positions & Offices Positions & Offices
Business Address with Underwriter with Registrant
Jason Bach Vice President None
31 Racquel Drive
Marietta, GA 30364
Peter Beebe Vice President None
876 Foxdale Avenue
Winnetka, IL 60093
Douglas S. Blankenship Vice President None
17011 Woodbank
Spring, TX 77379
George C. Bowen(1) Vice President and Vice President and
Treasurer Treasurer of the
Oppenheimer funds.
Peter W. Brennan Vice President None
1940 Cotswold Drive
Orlando, FL 32825
Susan Burton(2) Vice President None
Erin Cawley(2) Assistant Vice President None
Robert Coli Vice President None
12 White Tail Lane
Bedminster, NJ 07921
William Coughlin Vice President None
542 West Surf - #2N
Chicago, IL 60657
Mary Crooks(1)
Daniel Deckman Vice President None
12252 Rockledge Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33428
Christopher DeSimone Vice President None
5105 Aldrich Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Joseph DiMauro Vice President None
244 McKinley Avenue
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
Rhonda Dixon-Gunner(1) Assistant Vice President None
Andrew John Donohue(2) Executive Vice Secretary of the
President & Director Oppenheimer funds.
And General Counsel
John Donovan Vice President None
868 Washington Road
Woodbury, CT 06798
Kenneth Dorris Vice President None
4104 Harlanwood Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76109
Eric Edstrom(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
Todd Ermenio Vice President None
11011 South Darlington
Tulsa, OK 74137
John Ewalt Vice President None
2301 Overview Dr. NE
Tacoma, WA 98422
George Fahey Vice President None
412 Commons Way
Doylestown, PA 18901
Patrice Falagrady(1) Senior Vice President None
Eric Fallon Vice President None
10 Worth Circle
Newton, MA 02158
Katherine P. Feld(2) Vice President None
& 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
Patricia Gadecki-Wells Vice President None
950 First St., S.
Suite 204
Winter Haven, FL 33880
Luiggino Galleto Vice President None
10239 Rougemont Lane
Charlotte, NC 28277
Michelle Gans Vice President None
8327 Kimball Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
L. Daniel Garrity Vice President None
2120 Brookhaven View, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30319
Mark Giles Vice President None
5506 Bryn Mawr
Dallas, TX 75209
Ralph Grant(2) Vice President/National None
Sales Manager
Michael Guman Vice President None
3913 Pleasent Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103
Allen Hamilton Vice President None
5 Giovanni
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
C. Webb Heidinger Vice President None
138 Gales Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
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
John Kennedy Vice President None
799 Paine Drive
Westchester, PA 19382
Richard Klein Vice President None
4820 Fremont Avenue So.
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Daniel Krause Vice President None
560 Beacon Hill Drive
Orange Village, OH 44022
Ilene Kutno(2) Vice President/ None
Director of Sales
Oren Lane Vice President None
5286 Timber Bend Drive
Brighton, MI 48116
Todd Lawson Vice President None
3333 E. Bayaud Avenue
Unit 714
Denver, CO 80209
Dawn Lind Vice President None
7 Maize Court
Melville, NY 11747
James Loehle Vice President None
2714 Orchard Terrace
Linden, NJ 07036
Steve Manns Vice President None
1941 W. Wolfram Street
Chicago, IL 60657
Todd Marion Vice President None
39 Coleman Avenue
Chatham, N.J. 07928
Marie Masters Vice President None
8384 Glen Eagle Drive
Manlius, NY 13104
LuAnn Mascia(2) Assistant Vice President None
Wesley Mayer(2) Vice President None
Theresa-Marie Maynier Vice President None
2421 Charlotte Drive
Charlotte, NC 28203
Anthony Mazzariello Vice President None
100 Anderson Street, #427
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
John McDonough Vice President None
3812 Leland Street
Chevey Chase, MD 20815
Wayne Meyer Vice President None
2617 Sun Meadow Drive
Chesterfield, MO 63005
Tanya Mrva(2) Assistant Vice President None
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-Marke Nakamura Vice President None
2870 White Ridge Place, #24
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Chad V. Noel Vice President None
2408 Eagleridge Dr.
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 Dr.
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
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
John C. Reinhardt(3) Vice President None
Douglas Rentschler Vice President None
677 Middlesex Road
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
Ruxandra Risko(2) Vice President None
Ian Robertson Vice President None
4204 Summit Wa
Marietta, GA 30066
Michael S. Rosen(2) Vice President None
Kenneth Rosenson Vice President None
3505 Malibu Country Drive
Malibu, CA 90265
James Ruff(2) 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(2) Assistant Vice President None
Stuart Speckman(2) Vice President None
Timothy Stegner Vice President None
794 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80206
Peter Sullivan Vice President None
21445 S. E 35th Street
Issaquah, WA 98029
David Sturgis Vice President None
44 Abington Road
Danvers, MA 0923
Scott Such(1) Senior Vice President None
Brian Summe Vice President None
239 N. Colony Drive
Edgewood, KY 41017
George Sweeney 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
7009 Metropolitan Place, #300
Falls Church, VA 22043
Susan Torrisi(2) Assistant Vice President None
Sarah Turpin Vice President None
2201 Wolf Street, #5202
Dallas, TX 75201
Mark Vandehey(1) Vice President None
Andrea Walsh(1) Vice President None
Suzanne Walters(1) Assistant Vice President None
James Wiaduck Vice President None
29900 Meridian Place
#22303
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
Marjorie Williams Vice President None
6930 East Ranch Road
Cave Creek, AZ 85331
Donn Weise Vice President None
3249 Earlmar Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(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.
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 Tuscon 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/or 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) of the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on
the 27th day of January, 1999.
OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY FUND
By: /s/ Bridget A. Macaskill*
---------------------------------------
Bridget A. Macaskill, President
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/ Leon Levy* Chairman of the January 27, 1999
- ------------------------------------- Board of Trustees
Leon Levy
/s/ Donald W. Spiro* Vice Chairman and January 27, 1999
- ------------------------------------- Trustee
Donald W. Spiro
/s/ George Bowen* Treasurer and January 27, 1999
- ------------------------------------- Principal Financial
George Bowen and Accounting
Officer
/s/ Robert G. Galli* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Robert G. Galli
/s/ Benjamin Lipstein* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Benjamin Lipstein
/s/ Bridget A. Macaskill* President, January 27, 1999
- ------------------------------------- Principal Executive
Bridget A. Macaskill Officer, Trustee
/s/ Elizabeth B. Moynihan* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Elizabeth B. Moynihan
/s/ Kenneth A. Randall* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Kenneth A. Randall
/s/ Edward V. Regan* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Edward V. Regan
/s/ Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.
/s/ Pauline Trigere* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Pauline Trigere
/s/ Clayton K. Yeutter* Trustee January 27, 1999
- -------------------------------------
Clayton K. Yeutter
*By: /s/ Robert G. Zack
- ---------------------------------------------
Robert G. Zack, Attorney-in-Fact
- --------
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 is not a Director of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
3. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act, the term
"Independent Trustees" in this Statement of Additional Information refers to
those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Fund and who do not
have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the
distribution plan or any agreement under the plan.
4 Ms. Macaskill is not a Director of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
5. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act, the term
"Independent Trustees" in this Statement of Additional Information refers to
those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Fund and who do not
have any direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the
distribution plan or any agreement under the plan.
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OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY FUND
Post-Effective Amendment No. 23
Registration No 33-371
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
23(b) Amended and Restated By-Laws dated 6/4/98
23(j) Independent Auditors Consent
23(n)(i) Financial Data Schedule for Class A Shares
23(n)(ii) Financial Data Schedule for Class B Shares
23(n)(iii) Financial Data Schedule for Class C Shares
23(n)(iv) Financial Data Schedule for Class Y Shares
OPPENHEIMER DISCOVERY FUND
BY-LAWS
Amended and Restated
as of June 4, 1998
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the Shareholders (which
terms as used herein shall, together with all other terms defined in the
Declaration of Trust, have the same meaning as in the Declaration of Trust)
shall be held at the principal office of the Trust or at such other place as
may from time to time be designated by the Board of Trustees and stated in
the notice of meting.
Section 2. Shareholder Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders for any
purpose or purposes may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
if any, or by the President or by the Board of Trustees and shall be called
by the Secretary upon receipt of the request in writing signed by
Shareholders holding not less than one third in amount of the entire number
of Shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat. Such request
shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. In addition,
meetings of the Shareholders shall be called by the Board of Trustees upon
receipt of the request in writing signed by Shareholders that hold in the
aggregate not less than ten percent in amount of the entire number of Shares
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, stating that the purpose
of the proposed meeting is the removal of a Trustee.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings of Shareholders. Not less than ten days'
and not more than 120 days' written or printed notice of every meeting of
Shareholders, stating the time and place thereof (and the general nature of
the business proposed to be transacted at any special or extraordinary
meeting), shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat either
by mail or by presenting it to him personally or by leaving it at his
residence or usual place of business. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the
Shareholder at his post office address as it appears on the records of the
Trust, with postage thereon prepaid.
No notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting of Shareholders
need be given to any Shareholder who attends in person or by proxy or to any
Shareholder who, in writing executed and filed with the records of the
meeting, either before or after the holding thereof, waives such notice.
Section 4. Record Dates. The Board of Trustees may fix, in advance, a
date, not exceeding 120 days and not less than ten days preceding the date of
any meeting of Shareholders, and not exceeding 120 days preceding any
dividend payment date or any date for the allotment of rights, as a record
date for the determination of the Shareholders entitled to notice of and to
vote at such meeting, or entitled to receive such dividend or rights, as the
case may be; and only Shareholders of record on such date shall be entitled
to notice of and to vote at such meeting or to receive such dividends or
rights, as the case may be.
Section 5. Access to Shareholder List. The Board of Trustees shall make
available a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders as recorded
on the books of the Trust, upon receipt of the request in writing signed by
not less than ten Shareholders of the Trust (who have been such for at least
six months) holding in the aggregate the lesser of (i) Shares valued at
$25,000 or more at current offering price (as defined in the Trust's
Prospectus), or (ii) one percent in amount of the entire number of shares of
the Trust issued and outstanding; such request must state that such
Shareholders wish to communicate with other Shareholders with a view to
obtaining signatures to a request for a meeting pursuant to Section 2 of
Article II of these By-Laws and accompanied by a form of communication to the
Shareholders. The Board of Trustees may, in its discretion, satisfy its
obligation under this Section 5 by either making available the Shareholder
List to such Shareholders at the principal offices of the Trust, or at the
offices of the Trust's transfer agents, during regular business hours, or by
mailing a copy of such Shareholders' proposed communication and form of
request, at their expense, to all other Shareholders.
Section 6. Quorum, Adjournment of Meetings. The presence in person or
by proxy of the holders of record of more than 50% of the Shares of the stock
of the Trust issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders. If at any meeting
of the Shareholders there shall be less than a quorum present, the
Shareholders present at such meeting may, without further notice, adjourn the
same from time to time until a quorum shall attend, but no business shall be
transacted at any such adjourned meeting except such as might have been
lawfully transacted had the meeting not been adjourned. This Section 6 may
be altered, amended or repealed only upon the affirmative vote of the holders
of the majority of all the Shares of the Trust at the time outstanding and
entitled to vote.
Section 7. Voting and Inspectors. At all meetings of Shareholders,
every Shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat shall be entitled to one
vote for each Share of the Trust standing in his name on the books of the
Trust (and such Shareholders of record holding fractional shares shall have
proportionate voting rights as provided in the Declaration of Trust) on the
date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting,
either in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing subscribed by
such Shareholder or his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy which is
dated more than three months before the meeting shall be accepted, unless
such proxy shall, on its face, name a longer period for which it is to remain
in force.
All elections of Trustees shall be had by a plurality of the votes cast
and all questions shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast, in each
case at a duly constituted meeting, except as otherwise provided in the
Declaration of Trust or in these By-Laws or by specific statutory provision
superseding the restrictions and limitations contained in the Declaration of
Trust or in these By-Laws.
At any election of Trustees, the Board of Trustees prior thereto may,
or, if they have not so acted, the Chairman of the meeting may, and upon the
request of the holders of ten per cent (10%) of the Shares entitled to vote
at such election shall, appoint two inspectors of election who shall first
subscribe an oath or affirmation to execute faithfully the duties of
inspectors at such election with strict impartiality and according to the
best of their ability, and shall after the election make a certificate of the
result of the vote taken. No candidate for the office of Trustee shall be
appointed such Inspector.
The Chairman of the meeting may cause a vote by ballot to be taken upon
any election or matter, and such vote shall be taken upon the request of the
holders of ten per cent (10%) of the Shares entitled to vote on such election
or matter.
Section 8. Conduct of Shareholders' Meetings. The meetings of the
Shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
if any, or if he shall not be present, by the President, or if he shall not
be present, by a Vice-President, or if none of them is present, by a chairman
to be elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Trust, if present, shall
act as Secretary of such meetings, or if he is not present, an Assistant
Secretary shall so act; if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary
is present, then the meeting shall elect its secretary.
Section 9. Concerning Validity of Proxies, Ballots, Etc. At every
meeting of the Shareholders, all proxies shall be received and taken in
charge of and all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the secretary of
the meeting, who shall decide all questions touching the qualification of
voters, the validity of the proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of
votes, unless inspectors of election shall have been appointed as provided in
Section 7, in which event such inspectors of election shall decide all such
questions.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Section 1. Number and Tenure of Office. The business and property of
the Trust shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Trustees consisting of
the number of initial Trustees, which number may be increased or decreased as
provided in Section 2 of this Article. Each Trustee shall, except as
otherwise provided herein, hold office until the meeting of Shareholders of
the Trust next succeeding his election or until his successor is duly elected
and qualifies. Trustees need not be Shareholders.
Section 2. Increase or Decrease in Number of Trustees. The Board of
Trustees, by the vote of a majority of the entire Board, may increase the
number of Trustees to a number not exceeding fifteen, and may elect Trustees
to fill the vacancies created by any such increase in the number of Trustees
until the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and
qualify; the Board of Trustees, by the vote of a majority of the entire
Board, may likewise decrease the number of Trustees to a number not less than
three but the tenure of office of any Trustee shall not be affected by any
such decrease. Vacancies occurring other than by reason of any such increase
shall be filled as provided for a Massachusetts business corporation. In the
event that after the proxy material has been printed for a meeting of
Shareholders at which Trustees are to be elected and any one or more nominees
named in such proxy material dies or become incapacitated, the authorized
number of Trustees shall be automatically reduced by the number of such
nominees, unless the Board of Trustees prior to the meeting shall otherwise
determine.
Section 3. Removal, Resignation and Retirement. A Trustee at any time
may be removed either with or without cause by resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative votes of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding Shares of
the Trust, present in person or by proxy at any meeting of Shareholders at
which such vote may be taken, provided that a quorum is present. Any Trustee
at any time may be removed for cause by resolution duly adopted at any
meeting of the Board of Trustees provided that notice thereof is contained in
the notice of such meeting and that such resolution is adopted by the vote of
at least two thirds of the Trustees whose removal is not proposed. As used
herein, "for cause" shall mean any cause which under Massachusetts law would
permit the removal of a Trustee of a business trust.
Any Trustee may resign or retire as Trustee by written instrument
signed by him and delivered to the other Trustees or to any officer of the
Trust, and such resignation or retirement shall take effect upon such
delivery or upon such later date as is specified in such instrument and shall
be effective as to the Trust and each Series of the Trust hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all Trustees shall be subject to the
provisions with respect to mandatory retirement set forth in the Trust's
Retirement Plan for Non-Interested Trustees or Directors adopted by the
Trust, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Section 4. Place of Meeting. The Trustees may hold their meetings, have
one or more offices, and keep the books of the Trust outside Massachusetts,
at any office or offices of the Trust or at any other place as they may from
time to time by resolution determine, or, in the case of meetings, as shall
be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.
Section 5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Trustees
shall be held at such time and on such notice, if any, as the Trustees may
from time to time determine. One such regular meeting during each fiscal
year of the Trust shall be designated an annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees.
Section 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees
may be held from time to time upon call of the Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, if any, the President or two or more of the Trustees, by oral or
telegraphic or written notice duly served on or sent or mailed to each
Trustee not less than one day before such meeting. No notice need be given to
any Trustee who attends in person or to any Trustee who in writing executed
and filed with the records of the meeting either before or after the holding
thereof, waives such notice. Such notice or waiver of notice need not state
the purpose or purposes of such meeting.
Section 7. Quorum. One-third of the Trustees then in office shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided that a quorum
shall in no case be less than two Trustees. If at any meeting of the Board
there shall be less than a quorum present (in person or by open telephone
line, to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act")), a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time
to time until a quorum shall have been obtained. The act of the majority of
the Trustees present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the
act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
statute, by the Declaration of Trust, by these By-Laws or by any contract or
agreement to which the Trust is a party.
Section 8. Executive Committee. The Board of Trustees may, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, elect from the Trustees
an Executive Committee to consist of such number of Trustees (not less than
three) as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board of Trustees
by such affirmative vote shall have power at any time to change the members
of such Committee and may fill vacancies in the Committee by election from
the Trustees. When the Board of Trustees is not in session, the Executive
Committee shall have and may exercise any or all of the powers of the Board
of Trustees in the management of the business and affairs of the Trust
(including the power to authorize the seal of the Trust to be affixed to all
papers which may require it) except as provided by law or by any contract or
agreement to which the Trust is a party and except the power to increase or
decrease the size of, or fill vacancies on, the Board, to remove or appoint
executive officers or to dissolve or change the permanent membership of the
Executive Committee, and the power to make or amend the By-Laws of the Trust.
The Executive Committee may fix its own rules of procedure, and may meet when
and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Trustees, but
in every case the presence of a majority shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum. In the absence of any member of the Executive Committee, the members
thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may
appoint a member of the Board of Trustees to act in the place of such absent
member.
Section 9. Other Committees. The Board of Trustees, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the entire Board, may appoint other committees which
shall in each case consist of such number of members (not less than two) and
shall have and may exercise, to the extent permitted by law, such powers as
the Board may determine in the resolution appointing them. A majority of all
members of any such committee may determine its action, and fix the time and
place of its meetings, unless the Board of Trustees shall otherwise provide.
The Board of Trustees shall have power at any time to change the members and,
to the extent permitted by law, powers of any such committee, to fill
vacancies, and to discharge any such committee.
Section 10. Informal Action by and Telephone Meetings of Trustees and
Committees. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof may be taken without a
meeting, if a written consent to such action is signed by all members of the
Board, or of such committee, as the case may be. Trustees or members of a
committee of the Board of Trustees may participate in a meeting by means of
a conference telephone or similar communications equipment; such
participation shall, except as otherwise required by the 1940 Act, have the
same effect as presence in person.
Section 11. Compensation of Trustees. Trustees shall be entitled to
receive such compensation from the Trust for their services as may from time
to time be voted by the Board of Trustees.
Section 12. Dividends. Dividends or distributions payable on the Shares
of any Series may, but need not be, declared by specific resolution of the
Board as to each dividend or distribution; in lieu of such specific
resolutions, the Board may, by general resolution, determine the method of
computation thereof, the method of determining the Shareholders of the Series
to which they are payable and the methods of determining whether and to which
Shareholders they are to be paid in cash or in additional Shares.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 1. Executive Officers. The executive officers of the Trust may
include a Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and shall include a President,
one or more Vice-Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board
of Trustees), a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, if any, shall be selected from among the Trustees. The Board of
Trustees or the Executive Committee may also in its discretion appoint
Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, and other officers, agents and
employees, who shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board
or the Executive Committee may determine. The Board of Trustees may fill any
vacancy which may occur in any office. Any two offices, except those of
President and Vice-President, may be held by the same person, but no officer
shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one
capacity, if such instrument is required by law or these By-Laws to be
executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.
Section 2. Term of Office. The term of office of all officers shall be
until their respective successors are chosen and qualify; however, any
officer may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the
vote of a majority of the entire Board of Trustees.
Section 3. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Trust shall have such
powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well
as such powers and duties as may from time to time be conferred by the Board
of Trustees or the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE IV
SHARES
Section 1. Certificates of Shares. Each Shareholder of any Series of
the Trust may be issued a certificate or certificates for his Shares of that
Series, in such form as the Board of Trustees may from time to time
prescribe, but only if and to the extent and on the conditions described by
the Board.
Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Shares of any Series shall be
transferable on the books of the Trust by the holder thereof in person or by
his duly authorized attorney or legal representative, upon surrender and
cancellation of certificates, if any, for the same number of Shares of that
Series, duly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of assignment and
transfer, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Trust
or its agent may reasonably require; in the case of shares not represented by
certificates, the same or similar requirements may be imposed by the Board of
Trustees.
Section 3. Share Ledgers. The share ledgers of the Trust, containing
the name and address of the Shareholders of each Series and the number of
shares of that Series, held by them respectively, shall be kept at the
principal offices of the Trust or, if the Trust employs a transfer agent, at
the offices of the transfer agent of the Trust.
Section 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of
Trustees may determine the conditions upon which a new certificate may be
issued in place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen
or destroyed; and may, in their discretion, require the owner of such
certificate or his legal representative to give bond, with sufficient surety
to the Trust and the transfer agent, if any, to indemnify it and such
transfer agent against any and all loss or claims which may arise by reason
of the issue of a new certificate in the place of the one so lost, stolen or
destroyed.
ARTICLE V
SEAL
The Board of Trustees shall provide a suitable seal of the Trust, in
such form and bearing such inscriptions as it may determine.
ARTICLE VI
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Trust shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
The By-Laws of the Trust may be altered, amended, added to or repealed
by the Shareholders or by majority vote of the entire Board of Trustees, but
any such alteration, amendment, addition or repeal of the By-Laws by action
of the Board of Trustees may be altered or repealed by the Shareholders.
orgzn\500bylaw_698
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
To The Board of Trustees of
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund:
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Oppenheimer Discovery
Fund of our report dated October 21, 1998, appearing in the Statement of
Additional Information, which is a part of such Registration Statement; and
to the references to our firm under the headings "Financial Highlights"
included in the Prospectus and "Independent Auditors" included in the
Statement of Additional Information, both of which is are parts of such
Registration Statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
January 27, 1999
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