OPPENHEIMER MUNICIPAL FUND
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Oppenheimer Insured Municipal Fund
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Prospectus dated January 28, 2000


     Oppenheimer  Insured Municipal Fund is a mutual fund. It seeks a high level
of current  income  exempt from  federal  income tax by  investing  in municipal
securities.

          This  Prospectus  contains  important  information  about  the  Fund's
     objective, its investment policies,  strategies and risks. It also contains
     important  information  about  how to buy and sell  shares  of the Fund and
     other account  features.  Please read this Prospectus  carefully before you
     invest and keep it for future reference about your account.


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


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CONTENTS
            ABOUT THE FUND


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            The Fund's Investment Objective and 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

            Special Investor Services
            AccountLink
            PhoneLink

            OppenheimerFunds Internet Web Site


            How to Sell Shares
            By Mail
            By Telephone
            By Checkwriting

            How to Exchange Shares

            Shareholder Account Rules and Policies


            Dividends and Taxes


            Financial Highlights
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ABOUT THE FUND

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The Fund's Investment Objective and Strategies


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WHAT IS THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE?  The Fund seeks a high level of current
income exempt from federal income tax.

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WHAT DOES THE FUND INVEST IN? The Fund invests  mainly in  municipal  securities
that pay  interest  exempt from federal  individual  income tax.  These  include
municipal bonds (which are debt  obligations  having a maturity of more than one
year when issued),  municipal notes (short-term  obligations),  and interests in
municipal leases.

      Under normal market conditions the Fund:
      will invest at least 80% of its assets in municipal  securities,  does not
      invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities that

         are not "investment grade",and
o        will  invest at least 65% of its assets in insured  and  "pre-refunded"
         municipal securities.

          "Investment grade" securities are securities rated in the four highest
     rating  categories  of  national  rating   organizations  such  as  Moody's
     Investors  Services,  Standard & Poor,  Fitch or Duff & Phelps,  or unrated
     securities judged by the Fund's investment Manager, OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.
     to be comparable to securities rated as investment grade.

      While insurance on municipal securities reduces the effects of defaults by
the  issuer of  payments  of  principal  and  interest  insurance  on  municipal
securities  the Fund buys does not insure or guarantee the market valve of those
securities or the Fund's share prices.  The Fund does not limit its  investments
to securities in a particular  maturity range.  Therefore it can hold securities
that have short,  intermediate or long  maturities.  The Fund's  investments are
more fully explained in "About the Fund's Investments," below.

      What is a Municipal  Security?  A municipal security is essentially a loan
      by the buyer to the issuer of the  security.  The issuer  promises  to pay
      back the principal  amount of the loan and normally  pays interest  exempt
      from federal personal income taxes.

      HOW DOES THE PORTFOLIO  MANAGER DECIDE WHAT  SECURITIES TO BUY OR SELL? In
selecting  securities for the Fund, the portfolio  manager looks  nationwide for
municipal  securities,  and  evaluates  them using a variety of factors that may
change  over  time and may  vary in  particular  cases.  The  portfolio  manager
currently looks for:

      Insured and pre-refunded securities that offer high current income,


      A  wide   range  of  issuers   and   securities   to   provide   portfolio
         diversification,
Securities having investment-grade credit characteristics, and

     Undervalued  sectors  of  the  market  that  provide   opportunities   for
         additional income potential.


WHO IS THE FUND DESIGNED FOR? The Fund is designed for individual  investors who
are  seeking  income  exempt  from  federal  personal  income  taxes from a fund
focusing on high credit quality. The Fund does not seek capital gains or growth.
Because it invests in tax-exempt  securities,  the Fund is not  appropriate  for
retirement plan accounts.  The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment but
is not a complete investment program.


Main Risks of Investing in the Fund


All investments have risks to some degree. The Fund's investments are subject to
changes in their value from a number of factors  described below.  There is also
the risk that poor  security  selection by the  Manager,  will cause the Fund to
underperform other funds having similar objectives.

CREDIT RISK. Municipal securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the
risk that the issuer of a debt  security  might not make  interest and principal
payments  on the  security  as they  become  due.  If the  issuer  fails  to pay
interest,  the Fund's  income may be  reduced  and if the issuer  fails to repay
principal,  the value of that security and of the Fund's shares might fall.  The
Fund's  investments  in insured  municipal  securities  help  reduce some of the
possible  effects of this risk to the Fund.  To help  reduce  this risk the Fund
focuses  on  investment  grade  securities.  However,  credit  ratings  are  not
guarantees of an issuer's timely payment of its obligations.

INTEREST RATE RISKS.  Municipal  securities are debt securities that are subject
to changes in value when prevailing  interest rates change.  When interest rates
fall, the values of  already-issued  municipal  securities  generally rise. When
interest rates rise, the values of already-issued municipal securities generally
fall,  and the  securities  may sell at a discount  from their face amount.  The
magnitude  of these  price  changes is  generally  greater for bonds with longer
maturities.

There are no restrictions on the range of maturities of the municipal securities
the Fund buys.  Currently,  the Fund  focuses on  long-term  securities  to seek
higher  income.  Therefore,  its share prices will  fluctuate more when interest
rates change

RISKS OF DERIVATIVE INVESTMENTS.  The Fund can use derivatives to seek increased
income or to try to hedge  investment  risks.  In general  terms,  a  derivative
investment is an investment contract whose value depends on (or is derived from)
the value of an  underlying  asset,  interest rate or index.  Options,  futures,
"inverse floaters," and interest rate swaps are examples of derivatives the Fund
uses.

      If the issuer of the  derivative  investment  does not pay the amount due,
the Fund can lose money on its  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 will get less income than expected, or its hedge might be unsucessful,  and
its share  prices  could fall.  The Fund has limits on the amount of  particular
types of derivatives it can hold.  However,  using  derivatives can increase the
volatility of the Fund's share prices. Some derivatives may be illiquid,  making
it difficult for the Fund to sell them quickly at an acceptable price.

HOW RISKY IS THE FUND OVERALL?  The risks described above  collectively form the
risk  overall  profile  of the  Fund and can  affect  the  value  of the  Fund's
investments,   its  investment  performance,  and  the  prices  of  its  shares.
Particular  investments and investment  strategies also have risks.  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. There is no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.  The value of the
Fund's  investments  will  change  over  time due to a number of  factors.  They
include changes in general  securities or the income they pay market  movements,
the  change in value of  particular  bonds  because  of an event  affecting  the
issuer, or changes in interest rates that can affect bond prices overall.

      The Fund's  investments in insured  municipal  securities  help reduce the
risk of loss from a default because  payments of principal and interest on those
securities is insured. However, neither the market value of those securities nor
the net asset  value of  shares of the Fund is  insured  or  guaranteed.  In the
OppenheimerFunds spectrum, the Fund is more conservative with respect to default
risk than some types of bond funds,  such as high yield bond  funds,  but it has
greater risks than money market funds.

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.

[see appendix to the prospectus]

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  10-year  period  shown in the bar chart,  the  highest  return  (not
annualized) for a calendar  quarter was 7.17% (1Q'95) and the lowest return (not
annualized) for a calendar quarter was -6.63%(1Q'94).


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   Average Annual Total                          5 Years        10 years
   Returns for the periods                     (or life of     (or life of
   ended December 31, 1999        1 Year          class,         class,
                                                 if less)       if less)

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   Class A Shares
   (inception 11/11/86)           -11.08%         4.90%           5.51%

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   Lehman Brothers  Municipal     -2.06%          6.91%          6.89%1
   Bond Index

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   Class B Shares
   (inception 5/3/93)             -11.86%         4.79%           3.52%

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   Class C Shares
   (inception 8/29/95)            -8.31%          3.57%            N/A

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1. From 12/31/89
The Fund's average annual total returns include the applicable sales charge: for
Class A, the current  maximum  initial  sales charge of 4.75%;  for Class B, the
applicable  contingent  deferred  sales charges of 5% (1-year) and 2% (5-years);
for Class C, the 1%  contingent  deferred  sales  charge for the 1-year  period.
Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase, Class
B  "life-of-class"  performance  does not include any contingent  deferred sales
charge and uses Class A performance for the period after conversion

The Fund's returns measure the performance of a hypothetical  account and assume
that all  dividends  and capital  gains  distributions  have been  reinvested in
additional  shares.  The Fund's  performance is compared to the Lehman  Brothers
Municipal Bond Index,  an unmanaged  index of a broad range of  investment-grade
municipal bonds. The index performance reflects  reinvestment of income but does
not consider the effects of transaction  costs. The Fund's investments vary from
the securities in the index.


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 values
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  the fiscal  year ended
September 30, 1999.


Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):

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                                     Class A        Class B       Class C
                                      Shares        Shares         Shares
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   Maximum  Sales  Charge  (Load)     4.75%          None           None
   on
   purchases  (as a % of offering
   price)
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   Maximum Deferred Sales Charge      None1           5%2           1%3
   (Load)  (as % of the  lower of
   the
   original offering price or
   redemption proceeds)
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1     A 1%  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  may apply to  redemptions  of
   investments  of $1  million  or more 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
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   Management Fees                         0.44%        0.44%        0.44%
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   Distribution  and/or Service (12b-1)    0.24%        1.00%        1.00%
   Fees
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   Other Expenses                          0.21%        0.21%        0.21%

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   Total Annual Operating Expenses         0.89%        1.65%        1.65%

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Expenses may vary in future years. "Other expenses" include transfer agent fees,
custodial fees, and accounting and legal expenses the Fund pays.


Examples.  The  following  examples are intended to help you compare the cost of
investing  in the Fund with the cost of investing  in other  mutual  funds.  The
examples assume that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for the
time periods indicated, 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 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                $562        $745        $   945    $1,519

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  Class B Shares                $668        $820        $1,097     $1,566

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  Class C Shares                $268        $520        $   897    $1,955

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  If shares are not redeemed:   1 year      3 years     5 years    10 years1
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  Class A Shares                $562        $745        $945       $1,519

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  Class B Shares                $168        $520        $897       $1,566

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  Class C Shares                $168        $520        $897       $1,955

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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 contingent deferred sales charges.

1. Class B expense 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 allocation of the Fund's portfolio
among  different  investments  the will vary over  time  based on the  Manager's
evaluation of economic and market trends.  The Fund's portfolio might not always
include all of the different types of investments described below. The Statement
of Additional  Information  contains more detailed  information about the Fund's
investment policies and risks.

      The  Manager  tries to reduce  risks by  diversifying  investments  and by
carefully researching securities before they are purchased.  However, changes in
the overall  market prices of municipal  securities  and the income they pay can
occur at any time.  The yields and share  prices of the Fund will  change  daily
based on  changes  in market  prices of  securities,  interest  rates and market
conditions and in response to other economic events.

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES.  The Fund buys municipal bonds and notes,  certificates of
participation  in  municipal  leases  and other debt  obligations  issued by the
governments of states,  their political  subdivisions (such as cities, towns and
counties), or the District of Columbia, or by their agencies,  instrumentalities
and  authorities  if the interest paid on the security is not subject to federal
personal  income taxes (in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer at the time
the  security  is  issued).  The  Fund can also  buy  securities  issued  by any
commonwealths,  territories  or  possessions  of the  United  States,  or  their
respective agencies,  instrumentalities or authorities,  if the interest paid on
the  security is not subject to federal  personal  income tax (in the opinion of
bond  counsel to the issuer at the time the  security is  issued).  All of these
types of debt  obligations  are referred to as  "municipal  securities"  in this
Prospectus.

      Municipal  securities are issued to raise money for a variety of public or
private  purposes,  including  financing  state or local  governments,  specific
projects or public  facilities.  The Fund can buy municipal  securities that are
"general  obligations," secured by the issuer's pledge of its full faith, credit
and taxing power for the payment of principal  and  interest.  The Fund can also
buy  "revenue  obligations,"  whose  interest is payable  only from the revenues
derived from a particular facility or class of facilities,  or a specific excise
tax or other revenue source. Some revenue obligations are private activity bonds
that pay interest that may be a tax  preference  item for  investors  subject to
alternative minimum tax.

MUNICIPAL  LEASE  OBLIGATIONS.  Municipal  leases  are used by state  and  local
governments to obtain funds to acquire land,  equipment or facilities.  The Fund
can invest in  certificates  of  participation  that  represent a  proportionate
interest in payments made under  municipal  lease  obligations.  Most  municipal
leases, while secured by the leased property, are not general obligations of the
issuing municipality. They often contain "non-appropriation" clauses under which
the municipal government has no obligation to make lease or installment payments
in  future  years  unless  money  is  appropriated  on a  yearly  basis.  If the
government  stops making  payments or  transfers  its payment  obligations  to a
private entity,  the obligation  could lose value or become taxable.  Some lease
obligations might not have an active trading market, making it difficult for the
Fund to sell them quickly at an acceptable price.

Ratings of  Municipal  Securities  The Fund Buys.  The Fund does not invest more
than  10%  of  its  total  assets  in  municipal   securities   that  are  below
"investment-grade"   at  the   time   of   purchase.   Rating   definitions   of
nationally-recognized  rating organization are in Appendix A to the Statement of
Additional Information. If a security the Fund buys is not rated, the
      Manager  will use its  judgment  to assign a rating  that it  believes  is
      comparable to that a rating organization would assign.

The   Manager relies to some extent on credit ratings by nationally-recognized
      rating agencies in evaluating the credit risk of securities selected for
      the Fund's portfolio. It also uses its own research and analysis to
      evaluate risks. Many factors affect an issuer's ability to make timely
      payments, and the credit risks of a particular security might change over
      time. If the rating of a security is reduced after the Fund buys it, the
      Fund is not required automatically to dispose of that security. However,
      the Manager will evaluate those securities to determine whether to keep
      them in the Fund's portfolio.

Special Risks of Lower-Grade  Securities.  Municipal securities below investment
      grade  (sometimes  called "junk  bonds")  usually offer higher yields than
      investment  grade  securities  but  they  are  subject  to  greater  price
      fluctuations   and   risks  of  loss  of   income   and   principal   than
      investment-grade  municipal securities.  Securities that are (or that have
      fallen) below  investment-grade have a greater risk that the issuers might
      not  meet  their  debt  obligations.  They may  also be less  liquid  than
      investment-grade  securities,  making it harder  for the Fund to sell them
      quickly at an acceptable price.

Insured  Municipal  Securities.  "Insured"  municipal  securities  the Fund buys
      include (1) securities that have an insurance  policy covering the payment
      of all  installments  of  interest  and  repayment  of  principal  and (2)
      "pre-refunded"  municipal securities.  While insurance reduces the effects
      of risks of default,  insurance on municipal securities the Fund buys does
      not guarantee or insure the market value of those securities or the Fund's
      share prices.


If    an issuer defaults on an insured  municipal  security,  the payment of the
      claim under the insurance policy depends on the  claims-paying  ability of
      the insurance company. There is a more detailed discussion of insurance on
      municipal securities,  including information about the costs,  limitations
      and risks that apply to these  policies,  in the  Statement of  Additional
      Information.

      Insured municipal securities the Fund buys are covered by insurance in one
of several ways:

o     The Fund might buy (at its expense) a portfolio insurance policy issued by
      Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, which covers the security as long as
      the Fund owns it. If the Fund buys an insurance policy on a security,  the
      cost of that policy increase the Fund's expenses and reduces its yield.


o     The Fund might buy (at its expense) a secondary  market insurance policy
      from Financial  Guaranty to cover payments of interest and principal for
      the  remaining  term of the  security,  whether or not the Fund owns the
      security.  The Fund would buy this type of  insurance to enable the Fund
      to  sell  the  security  to a  third  party  as  the  equivalent  of  an
      "AAA"-rated  security at a higher market price than if the security were
      sold  without  the  insurance.  This  policy  might be used to replace a
      portfolio insurance policy previously obtained.

o     Some municipal  securities are covered by an insurance  policy obtained by
      the issuer or its  underwriter  at the time the  security is issued.  This
      insurance, paid for by the issuer or its underwriter,  covers the interest
      and principal  payments as long as the security is  outstanding.  The Fund
      only purchases  securities insured by insurance  companies having an "AAA"
      or comparable credit rating at the time the Fund buys them.

      In a  "pre-refunding"  the issuer of a municipal  security issues a second
bond to raise  cash to pay off the first  bond at its call  date or  dates.  The
proceeds of the second bond are invested in U.S. Treasury securities that mature
on the  call  date  as  security  for the  payment.  Because  of the  collateral
arrangement,  these bonds  typically are rated in the highest rating category of
national  rating  organizations  and are  considered  by the Fund to have credit
protection equivalent to that of insured securities.  However,  these securities
also  typically  offer a lower  interest  rate than the rate  prevailing  in the
market for comparable issues that do not have collateral arrangements.

CAN THE FUND'S  INVESTMENT  OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES  CHANGE?  The Fund's Board of
Trustees  can change  non-fundamental  policies  without  shareholder  approval,
although significant changes will be described in amendments to this Prospectus.
Fundamental policies cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the
Fund's  outstanding  voting  shares.  The  Fund's  investment   objective  is  a
fundamental  policy.  The  Statement  of  Additional   Information  lists  other
investment  restrictions that are fundamental  policies. An investment policy is
not   fundamental   unless  this  Prospectus  or  the  Statement  of  Additional
Information says that it is.

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. To seek its investment 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  have risks although some of them are designed to help
reduce overall investment or market risks.


Floating Rate/Variable Rate Obligations. Some municipal securities have variable
or floating  interest  rates.  Variable rates are adjustable at stated  periodic
intervals.  Floating rates are automatically  adjusted  according to a specified
market rate for such investments,  such as the percentage of the prime rate of a
bank or the 91-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate.


Inverse Floaters  Have  Special  Risks.  Variable  rate bonds  known as "inverse
      floaters"  pay  interest at rates that move in the  opposite  direction of
      yields on  short-term  bonds in  response to market  changes.  As interest
      rates rise, inverse floaters produce less current income, and their market
      value can become  volatile.  Inverse  floaters  are a type of  "derivative
      security."  Some have a "cap," so that if  interest  rates  rise above the
      "cap," the security pays additional  interest income. If rates do not rise
      above  the  "cap,"  the Fund will have  paid an  additional  amount  for a
      feature that proves  worthless.  The Fund will not invest more than 20% of
      its total assets in inverse floaters.

"When-Issued"  And  "Delayed-Delivery"   Transactions.  The  Fund  can  purchase
      municipal  securities  on a  "when-issued"  basis and can purchase or sell
      securities  on  a  "delayed-delivery"  basis.  Between  the  purchase  and
      settlement, no payment is made for the security and no interest accrues to
      the buyer from the investment.  There is a risk of loss to the Fund if the
      value of the when-issued security declines prior to the settlement date.

Puts  And Stand-By Committments.  The Fund can acquire "stand-by commitments" or
      "puts" with respect to municipal securities.  These features give the Fund
      the right to sell the  securities  at a set price on demand to the issuing
      broker-dealer or bank. However,  securities having this feature may have a
      lower interest rate.  The Fund will acquire  stand-by  commitments or puts
      solely to enhance portfolio liquidity.

Iliquid And Restricted  Securities.  Investments may be illiquid because they do
      not have an active  trading  market,  making it difficult to value them or
      dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. A restricted security has
      a contractual  restriction  on its resale or cannot be sold publicly until
      it is  registered  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933.  The Fund will not
      invest  more than 15% of its net assets in  illiquid  securities.  Certain
      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.

OTHER  DERIVATIVES.  The Fund  can also  invest  in other  municipal  derivative
investments  to increase  income or to hedge  portfolio or interest  rate risks.
Examples of these  derivatives  are  interest  rate swaps and  futures  based on
municipal bond indices.

Hedging. The Fund can  purchase  and sell  futures  contracts,  and put and call
      options,  and can enter into interest rate swap agreements.  These are all
      referred  to as  "hedging  instruments."  The Fund  does  not use  hedging
      instruments for speculative purpose and has limits on its use of them. The
      Fund does not use hedging  instruments to a substantial  degree and is not
      required to use them in seeking its goal.

Hedging involves  risk.  If the Manager used a hedging  instrument  at the wrong
      time  or  judged  market  conditions  incorrectly,   the  hedge  might  be
      unsuccessful  and the strategy  could reduce the Fund's  return.  The Fund
      could also  experience  losses if the prices of its  futures  and  options
      positions  were not correlated  with its other  investments or if it could
      not close out a position  because of an illiquid  market for the future or
      option.

Options trading  involves  the payment of premiums  and can  increase  portfolio
      turnover.  Interest  rate swaps are subject to credit  risks and  interest
      rate  risks.  The Fund  could be  obligated  to pay  more  under  its swap
      agreements  than it  receives  under them,  as a result of  interest  rate
      changes. The Fund cannot enter into swaps with respect to more than 25% of
      its total assets.

TEMPORARY  DEFENSIVE  INVESTMENTS.  The Fund can  invest up to 100% of its total
assets in temporary defensive  investments during periods of volatile or adverse
market  conditions.   Generally  the  Fund's  defensive   investments  would  be
short-term municipal securities but could include U.S. Government  securities or
highly-rated  corporate debt securities.  These investments are not insured. The
income  from some of them might not be  tax-exempt,  and  therefore  when making
those investments the Fund might not achieve its objective.

      The Fund can also hold  these  types of  investments  for cash  management
purposes under normal market conditions, pending the investment of proceeds from
the  sale  of Fund  shares  or  portfolio  securities,  or to  meet  anticipated
redemptions of Fund shares.


How the Fund is Managed


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

      The Manager has operated as an investment  advisor since January 1960. The
Manager (including  subsidiaries and affiliates)  managed more than $120 billion
of assets as of December 31, 1999,  including other Oppenheimer funds, with more
than 5 million shareholder  accounts.  The Manager is located at Two World Trade
Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203.

Portfolio Manager.  The portfolio  manager of the Fund is Christian D. Smith,  a
      Senior  Vice  President  of  the  Manager.  He is the  person  principally
      responsible  for the day-to-day  management of the Fund's  portfolio,  and
      became the Fund's  portfolio  manager on November 1, 1999.  Mr. Smith also
      serves as an officer and portfolio  manager for other  Oppenheimer  funds.
      Prior to joining OppenheimerFunds in September 1999, he was Co-Head of the
      Municipal Portfolio Management Team of Prudential Global Asset Management,
      prior  to  which  he  was a  portfolio  manager  for  that  firm  (January
      1990-January 1999).

Advisory Fees.  Under  the  investment  advisory  agreement,  the Fund  pays the
      Manager an  advisory  fee at an annual  rate which  declines as the Fund's
      assets  grow:  0.450% of the first  $100  million  of  average  annual net
      assets, 0.400% of the next $150 million,  0.375% of the next $250 million,
      and 0.350% of average  annual  net assets in excess of $500  million.  The
      Fund's  management fee for its last fiscal year ended  September 30, 1999,
      was 0.44% of average annual net assets for each class of shares.


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HOW TO BUY SHARES

HOW DO YOU BUY SHARES?  You can buy shares  several ways, as described  below.
The  Fund's  Distributor,   OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,  Inc.  may  appoint
servicing   agents  to  accept   purchase   (and   redemption)   orders.   The
Distributor,  in its sole  discretion,  may reject any purchase  order for the
Fund's shares.

BuyingShares Through Your Dealer. You can buy shares through any dealer,  broker
      or financial  institution that has a sales agreement with the Distributor.
      Your dealer will place your order with the Distributor on your behalf.

BuyingShares Through Your 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.

Payingby 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.

BuyingShares Through OppenheimerFunds AccountLink. With AccountLink,  shares are
      purchased  for your  account by a transfer of money from your bank account
      through the Automated  Clearing House (ACH) system.  You can provide those
      instructions  automatically under an Asset Builder Plan,  described below,
      or  by  telephone  instructions  using  OppenheimerFunds  PhoneLink,  also
      described below. Please refer to "AccountLink," below for more details.


BuyingShares  Through Asset Builder Plans.  You may purchase  shares of the Fund
      (and up to four other  Oppenheimer  funds)  automatically  each month from
      your  account  at a bank or  other  financial  institution  under an Asset
      Builder  Plan  with   AccountLink.   Details  are  in  the  Asset  Builder
      Application and the Statement of Additional Information.


How Much  Must  You  Invest?  You can buy Fund  shares  with a  minimum  initial
investment of $1,000.  You can make  additional  investments at any time with as
little as $25. There are reduced minimum  investments  under special  investment
plans.

With  Asset  Builder  Plans,  Automatic  Exchange  Plans and military  allotment
      plans,  you can make initial and subsequent  investments  for as little as
      $25.  You can  make  additional  purchases  of at least  $25 by  telephone
      through AccountLink.


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 which is
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 Colorado,  or after any agent  appointed by the
Distributor receives the order and sends it to the Distributor.

Net   Asset  Value.  The Fund  calculates  the net asset  value of each class of
      shares 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  securities and  obligations for which market values
      cannot be readily obtained.


The   Offering  Price.  To receive the offering  price for a particular  day, in
      most cases the Distributor or its designated agent must receive your order
      by the time of day The New York Stock  Exchange  closes  that day. If your
      order is  received  on a day when the  Exchange  is closed or after it has
      closed,  the order will receive the next offering price that is determined
      after your order is received.

BuyingThrough A Dealer.  If you buy shares  through a dealer,  your  dealer must
      receive the order by the close of The New York Stock Exchange and transmit
      it to the  Distributor  so that it is  received  before the  Distributor's
      close of  business  on a regular  business  day  (normally  5:00  P.M.) to
      receive that day's offering price.  Otherwise,  the order will receive the
      next offering price that is determined.


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What Classes of Shares Does the Fund Offer? The Fund offers investors three
different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject to
different expenses and will likely have different share prices. When you buy
shares,  be sure to specify  the class of shares.  If you do not choose a class,
your investment will be made in Class A shares.
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Class A Shares.  If you buy Class A shares,  you pay an initial sales charge (on
investments  up to $1  million).  The  amount  of that  sales  charge  will vary
depending  on the amount you invest.  The sales  charge rates are listed in "How
Can You Buy Class A Shares?" below.

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Class B Shares.  If you buy Class B shares,  you pay no sales charge at the time
of purchase,  but you will pay an annual  asset-based  sales charge. If you sell
your shares within six years of buying them,  you will normally pay a contingent
deferred sales charge. That contingent deferred sales charge varies depending on
how long you own your shares,  as described in "How Can You Buy Class B Shares?"
below.

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Class C Shares.  If you buy Class C shares,  you pay no sales charge at the time
of purchase,  but you will pay an annual  asset-based  sales charge. If you sell
your shares within 12 months of buying them,  you will normally pay a contingent
deferred  sales  charge of 1%, as described in "How Can You Buy Class C Shares?"
below.

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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.
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.  The discussion
below  assumes  that  you will  purchase  only one  class  of  shares  and not a
combination of shares of different classes.


How   Long Do You Expect to Hold Your Investment? While future financial needs
      cannot be predicted with certainty, knowing how long you expect to hold
      your investment will assist you in selecting the appropriate class of
      shares. Because of the effect of class-based expenses, your choice will
      also depend on how much you plan to invest. For example, the reduced sales
      charges available for larger purchases of Class A shares may, over time,
      offset the effect of paying an initial sales charge on your investment,
      compared to the effect over time of higher class-based expenses on shares
      of Class B or Class C .


Investing for the  Shorter  Term.  While  the fund is  meant  to be a  long-term
      investment,  if you have a relatively  short-term investment horizon (that
      is, you plan to hold your shares for not more than six years),  you should
      probably consider purchasing Class A or Class C shares rather than Class B
      shares.  That is because of the effect of the Class B contingent  deferred
      sales charge if you redeem within six years,  as well as the effect of the
      Class B asset-based  sales charge on the investment  return for that class
      in  the  short-term.  Class  C  shares  might  be the  appropriate  choice
      (especially for  investments of less than  $100,000),  because there is no
      initial sales charge on Class C shares, and the contingent  deferred sales
      charge does not apply to amounts you sell after holding them one year.


 However, if you plan to invest more than $100,000 for the shorter term, then as
      your investment  horizon increases toward six years,  Class C shares might
      not be as  advantageous  as Class A shares.  That is  because  the  annual
      asset-based  sales charge on Class C shares will have a greater  impact on
      your account over the longer term than the reduced  front-end sales charge
      available for larger purchases of Class A shares.

 And  for  investors who invest $1 million or more, in most cases Class A shares
      will be the most  advantageous  choice,  no matter  how long you intend to
      hold your  shares.  For that reason,  the  Distributor  normally  will not
      accept purchase orders of $500,000 or more of Class B shares or $1 million
      or more of Class C shares from a single investor.

 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.

Are   There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You? Some account
      features may not be available to Class B or Class C shareholders. Other
      features may not be advisable (because of the effect of the contingent
      deferred sales charge) for Class B or Class C shareholders. Therefore, you
      should carefully review how you plan to use your investment account before
      deciding which class of shares to buy. Additionally, the dividends payable
      to Class B and Class C shareholders will be reduced by the additional
      expenses borne by those classes that are not borne by Class A shares, such
      as the Class B and Class C asset-based sales charge described below and in
      the Statement of Additional Information. Share certificates are not
      available for Class B and Class C shares, and if you are considering using
      your shares as collateral for a loan, that may be a factor to consider.


How   Does It Affect Payments to My Broker? A financial advisor 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 it pays to dealers and
      financial institutions for selling shares. The Distributor may pay
      additional compensation from its own resources to securities dealers or
      financial institutions based upon the value of shares of the Fund owned by
      the dealer or financial institution for its own account or for its
      customers.

SPECIAL SALES CHARGE  ARRANGEMENTS  AND WAIVERS.  Appendix C to the Statement of
Additional  Information  details the  conditions for the waiver of sales charges
that apply in certain  cases,  and the special  sales charge rates that apply to
purchases of shares of the Fund by certain groups, or under specified retirement
plan arrangements or in other special types of transactions. To receive a waiver
or special sales charge rates,  you must advise the Distributor  when purchasing
shares or the Transfer Agent when redeeming  shares that the special  conditions
apply.

HOW CAN YOU 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   Commission as
                            Charge As a       Charge As a       Percentage
                            Percentage of     Percentage     of of Offering
  Amount of Purchase        Offering Price    Net               Price
                                              Amount Invested
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  Less than $50,000         4.75%             4.98%             4.00%
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  $50,000 or more but       4.50%             4.71%             4.00%
  less than $100,000
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  $100,000 or more but      3.50%             3.63%             3.00%
  less than $250,000
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  $250,000 or more but      2.50%             2.56%             2.25%
  less than $500,000
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  $500,000 or more but      2.00%             2.04%             1.80%
  less than $1 million
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Class A Contingent  Deferred  Sales Charge.  There is no initial sales charge on
      purchases  of Class A shares of any one or more of the  Oppenheimer  funds
      aggregating  $1 million or more.  The  Distributor  pays dealers of record
      commissions in an amount equal to 0.50% of purchases of $1 million or more
      (other than purchases by retirement  accounts,  which are not permitted in
      the Fund).  That  commission  will be paid only on purchases that were not
      previously subject to a front-end sales charge and dealer commission.

If    you redeem any of those shares within an 18-month "holding period"
      measured from 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.

Can You Reduce Class A Sales Charges?  You may be eligible to buy Class A shares
at reduced  sales charge  rates under the Fund's  "Right of  Accumulation"  or a
Letter of Intent,  as described in "Reduced  Sales  Charges" in the Statement of
Additional Information.

HOW CAN YOU 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 the end of the calendar month 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 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 for the Class B contingent  deferred  sales
charge holding period:


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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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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.


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  you hold  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.  For  further
      information on the conversion feature and its tax implications, see "Class
      B Conversion" in the Statement of Additional Information.

HOW CAN YOU 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  a  holding  period  of 12  months  from  the end of the  month  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.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12B-1) PLANS.


Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A
      shares.  It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred
      for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares.  Reimbursement
      is made  quarterly at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average  annual
      net assets of Class A shares of the Fund. The  Distributor  currently uses
      all of those  fees to pay  dealers,  brokers,  banks and  other  financial
      institutions  quarterly for providing  personal service and maintenance of
      accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares.

Distribution  and  Service  Plans for  Class B and Class C Shares.  The Fund has
      adopted  Distribution  and Service Plans for Class B and Class C shares to
      pay the Distributor for its services and costs in distributing Class B and
      Class C shares and servicing accounts.  Under the plans, the Fund pays the
      Distributor an annual  asset-based sales charge of 0.75% per year on Class
      B shares and on Class C shares.  The  Distributor  also receives a service
      fee of 0.25% per year under each plan.


The   asset-based  sales  charge and service fees  increase  Class B and Class C
      expenses  by 1.00% of the net  assets  per year of the  respective  class.
      Because these fees are paid out of the Fund's assets on an 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 are 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 a sales  commission  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.

Purchasing  Shares.  You may purchase shares in amounts up to $100,000 by phone,
   by calling  1.800.533.3310.  You must have established AccountLink privileges
   to link your bank account with the Fund to pay for these purchases.


Exchanging  Shares.  With the  OppenheimerFunds  exchange  privilege,  described
   below, you can exchange shares  automatically by phone from your Fund account
   to another  OppenheimerFunds  account you have already established by calling
   the special PhoneLink number.

Selling Shares. You can redeem shares by telephone  automatically by calling the
   PhoneLink  number  and the Fund  will  send  the  proceeds  directly  to your
   AccountLink  bank account.  Please refer to "How to Sell  Shares,"  below for
   details.


CAN YOU SUBMIT  TRANSACTION  REQUESTS BY FAX? You may send  requests for certain
types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier).  Please
call 1.800.525.7048 for information about which transactions may be handled this
way.  Transaction  requests  submitted  by fax are subject to the same rules and
restrictions as written and telephone requests described in this Prospectus.

OPPENHEIMERFUNDS  INTERNET WEB SITE. You can obtain  information about the Fund,
as well as your account balance, on the  OppenheimerFunds  Internet web site, at
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com.   Additionally,   shareholders  listed  in  the
account  registration  (and the dealer of record)  may request  certain  account
transactions  through a special  section of that web site.  To  perform  account
transactions,  you must first obtain a personal  identification  number (PIN) by
calling  the  Transfer  Agent  at  1.800.533.3310.  If you do not  want  to have
Internet  account  transaction  capability  for your  account,  please  call the
Transfer Agent at 1.800.525.7048.

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.


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, by using the Fund's  checkwriting  privilege 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, please call the Transfer Agent first, at 1.800.525.7048,
for assistance.


Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund from
      fraud,  the  following  redemption  requests  must be in writing  and must
      include a signature guarantee (although there may be other situations that
      also require a signature guarantee):


      You wish to redeem $100,000 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


Where Can You Have Your Signature  Guaranteed?  The Transfer Agent will accept a
guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions, including:

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


Sending Redemption Proceeds By Wire. While the Fund normally sends your money by
      check, you can arrange to have the proceeds of the shares you sell sent by
      Federal  Funds  wire  to a  bank  account  you  designate.  It  must  be a
      commercial bank that is a member of the Federal  Reserve wire system.  The
      minimum redemption you can have sent by wire is $2,500. There is a $10 fee
      for each wire.  To find out how to set up this  feature on your account or
      to arrange a wire, call the Transfer agent at 1.800.852.8457.

HOW DO YOU 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:  Send courier or express mail
requests to:

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OppenheimerFunds Services                       OppenheimerFunds Services
10200 E. Girard Avenue, Building D              P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80231                    Denver, Colorado 80217-5270


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HOW DO YOU SELL  SHARES BY  TELEPHONE?  You and your  dealer  representative  of
record may also sell your shares by telephone.  To receive the redemption  price
calculated  on a  particular  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 under a share certificate by telephone.

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      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?

Telephone Redemptions Paid by Check. Up to $100,000 may be redeemed by telephone
in any 7-day  period.  The check  must be payable to all owners of record of the
shares and must be sent to the address on the account statement. This service is
not available within 30 days of changing the address on an account.

Telephone Redemptions Through AccountLink or by Wire. 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. If
you have requested  Federal Fund wire  privileges for your account,  the wire of
the  redemption  proceeds will normally be transmitted on the next bank business
day after the shares are redeemed.  There is a possibility  that the wire may be
delayed up to seven days to enable  the Fund to sell  securities  to pay for the
redemption proceeds.  No dividends are accrued or paid on the proceeds of shares
that have been redeemed and are awaiting transmission by wire.

Checkwriting.  To write checks against your Fund account, request that privilege
on your account Application,  or contact the Transfer Agent for signature cards.
They must be signed  (with a signature  guarantee)  by all owners of the account
and  returned  to the  Transfer  Agent so that checks can be sent to you to use.
Shareholders  with joint  accounts can elect in writing to have checks paid over
the  signature  of one  owner.  If you  previously  signed a  signature  card to
establish  checkwriting in another  Oppenheimer fund, simply call 1.800.525.7048
to request  checkwriting for an account in this Fund with the same  registration
as the other account.


      Checks can be written to the order of  whomever  you wish,  but may not be
      cashed at the bank the checks  are  payable  through  or Fund's  custodian
      bank.


      Checkwriting privileges are not available for accounts holding shares that
      are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

      Checks must be written for at least $100.

      Checks  cannot be paid if they are  written  for more than your  account
      value.  Remember:  your  shares  fluctuate  in value and you  should not
      write a check close to the total account value.

      You may not write a check that  would  require  the Fund to redeem  shares
      that were  purchased by check or Asset  Builder Plan  payments  within the
      prior 10 days.

      Don't use your checks if you changed your Fund account  number,  until you
      receive new checks.


CAN YOU SELL SHARES THROUGH YOUR 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 DO CONTINGENT  DEFERRED  SALES CHARGES AFFECT  REDEMPTIONS?  If you purchase
shares subject to a Class A, Class B or Class C contingent deferred sales charge
and redeem any of those  shares  during the  applicable  holding  period for the
class of shares you own, the  contingent  deferred sales charge will be deducted
from the  redemption  proceeds  (unless  your are  eligible for a waiver of that
sales charge based on the  categories  listed in Appendix C to the  Statement of
Additional Information) and you advise the Transfer Agent of you eligibility for
the waiver.

      A 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. A contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed on:
   o  the amount of your account value  represented  by an increase in net asset
      value over the initial purchase price,
   o  shares  purchased by the  reinvestment  of  dividends  or capital  gains
      distributions, or
   o  shares  redeemed in the special  circumstances  described in Appendix C to
      the Statement of Additional Information.

      To determine  whether a  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 the holding period that applies to the class, and

(3) shares held the longest during the holding period.

      Contingent deferred sales charges are not charged when you exchange shares
of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds. However, if you exchange them
within the  applicable  contingent  deferred sales charge  holding  period,  the
holding period will carry over to the fund whose shares your acquire. Similarly,
if you acquire shares of this Fund by exchanging  shares of another  Oppenheimer
fund that are still  subject  to a  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  holding
period, that holding period will carry over to this Fund.



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. Shares
of the Fund can be purchased by exchange of shares of other Oppenheimer funds on
the same basis. 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 both funds 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 whose shares
      you purchase by exchange.

      Before exchanging into a fund, you must obtain and read its prospectus.


      Shares of a particular  class of the Fund may be exchanged only for shares
of the same class in the other Oppenheimer funds. For example,  you can exchange
Class A shares of this Fund only for  Class A shares of  another  fund.  In some
cases, sales charges may be imposed on exchange transactions.  For tax purposes,
exchanges  of  shares  involve  a sale of the  shares  of the fund you own and a
purchase of the shares of the other fund,  which may result in a capital gain or
loss.  Please refer to "How to Exchange  Shares" in the  Statement of Additional
Information for more details.


      You can find a list of Oppenheimer funds currently available for exchanges
in the  Statement of Additional  Information  or obtain one by calling a service
representative at 1.800.525.7048. That list can change from time to time.

HOW DO YOU SUBMIT  EXCHANGE  REQUESTS?  Exchanges  may be requested in writing
or by telephone:

Written Exchange  Requests.  Submit an  OppenheimerFunds  Exchange Request form,
signed  by all  owners  of the  account.  Send it to the  Transfer  Agent at the
address on the back cover. Exchanges of shares held under certificates cannot be
processed unless the Transfer Agent receives the certificates with the request.

Telephone Exchange  Requests.  Telephone exchange requests may be made either by
calling a service  representative at  1.800.552.8457,  or by using PhoneLink for
automated exchanges by calling  1.800.533.3310.  Telephone exchanges may be made
only between  accounts  that are  registered  with the same name(s) and address.
Shares held under certificates may not be exchanged by telephone.


Are There  Limitations on Exchanges?  There are certain exchange  policies you
should be aware of:

      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.  The Fund will provide you notice when it is required by  applicable
      law to do so, but it may impose  these  changes at any time for  emergency
      purposes.


      If the Transfer Agent cannot  exchange all the shares you request  because
      of a restriction  cited above,  only the shares eligible for exchange will
      be exchanged.

Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More  information  about the fund's policies and procedures for buying,  selling
and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

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


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.


The  Transfer  Agent will record any telephone  calls to verify data  concerning
     transactions  and has adopted other  procedures  to confirm that  telephone
     instructions   are   genuine,   by   requiring   callers  to  provide   tax
     identification  numbers and other  account  data or by using  PINs,  and by
     confirming such  transactions  in writing.  The Transfer Agent and the Fund
     will  not be  liable  for  losses  or  expenses  arising  out of  telephone
     instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

Redemption or transfer  requests  will not be honored  until the Transfer  Agent
receives all required documents in proper form.
      From time to time,  the Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain
      of the requirements for redemptions stated in this Prospectus.

Dealers  that  can  perform   account   transactions   for  their  clients  by
participating in NETWORKING
      through the National Securities  Clearing  Corporation are responsible for
      obtaining their clients' permission to perform those transactions, and are
      responsible  to  their  clients  who are  shareholders  of the Fund if the
      dealer performs any transaction erroneously or improperly.


The   redemption price for shares will vary from day to day because the value of
      the securities in the Fund's portfolio  fluctuates.  The redemption price,
      which is the net asset  value per  share,  will  normally  differ for each
      class of shares.  The redemption  value of your shares may be more or less
      than their original cost.

Payment for  redeemed  shares  ordinarily  is made in cash.  It is  forwarded by
      check,   AccountLink   or  by  Federal  Funds  wire  (as  elected  by  the
      shareholder)   within  seven  days  after  the  Transfer   Agent  receives
      redemption   instructions   in  proper  form.   However,   under   unusual
      circumstances  determined  by  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,
      payment may be delayed or suspended.  For accounts  registered in the name
      of a  broker-dealer,  payment  will  normally be  forwarded  within  three
      business days after redemption.


The   Transfer  Agent may delay  forwarding a check or  processing a payment via
      AccountLink  for recently  purchased  shares,  but only until the purchase
      payment  has  cleared.  That delay may be as much as 10 days from the date
      the shares  were  purchased.  That  delay may be  avoided if you  purchase
      shares by Federal Funds wire or certified check, or arrange with your bank
      to provide  telephone or written assurance to the Transfer Agent that your
      purchase payment has cleared.

Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Fund if the account
      value has  fallen  below  $200 for  reasons  other  than the fact that the
      market value of shares has dropped. In some cases involuntary  redemptions
      may be made to repay the Distributor  for losses from the  cancellation of
      share purchase orders.


Sharesmay be "redeemed in kind" under unusual  circumstances  (such as a lack of
      liquidity in the Fund's  portfolio to meet  redemptions).  This means that
      the  redemption  proceeds  will be paid with  liquid  securities  from the
      Fund's portfolio.

 "Backup  withholding"  of federal  income tax may be  applied  against  taxable
      dividends,  distributions and redemption proceeds (including exchanges) if
      you fail to furnish the Fund your correct,  certified  Social  Security or
      Employer  Identification Number when you sign your application,  or if you
      under-report your income to the Internal Revenue Service.

To    avoid sending  duplicate copies of materials to households,  the Fund will
      mail only one copy of each annual and  semi-annual  report to shareholders
      having the same last name and address on the Fund's records. However, each
      shareholder  may call the  Transfer  Agent at  1.800.525.7048  to ask that
      copies of those materials be sent personally to that shareholder.

Dividends and Taxes

DIVIDENDS.  The Fund intends to declare  dividends  separately for each class of
shares from net  tax-exempt  income  and/or net  investment  income each regular
business  day and to pay  those  dividends  to  shareholders  monthly  on a date
selected by the Board of Trustees.  Daily dividends will not be declared or paid
on newly-purchased shares until Federal Funds are available to the Fund from the
purchase payment for such shares.


      The Fund attempts to pay dividends on Class A shares at a constant  level.
There is no  assurance  that it will be able to do so. The Board of Trustees may
change  the  targeted  dividend  level at any  time,  without  prior  notice  to
shareholders.  Dividends and distributions paid on Class A shares will generally
be  higher  than for  Class B and Class C shares,  which  normally  have  higher
expenses than Class A. The Fund cannot  guarantee that it will pay any dividends
or distributions.


CAPITAL  GAINS.  Although the Fund does not seek capital  gains,  it 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. Long-term capital gains will
be separately identified in the tax information the Fund sends you after the end
of the calendar year.

WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES FOR RECEIVING  DISTRIBUTIONS?  When you open your account,
specify  on  your  application  how you  want  to  receive  your  dividends  and
distributions. You have four options:


Reinvest  All  Distributions  in the  Fund.  You can  elect  to  reinvest  all
dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the Fund.


Reinvest   Dividends  or  Capital   Gains.   You  can  elect  to  reinvest  some
distributions  (dividends,  short-term  capital gains or long-term capital gains
distributions) in the Fund while receiving other types of distributions by check
or having them sent to your bank account through AccountLink.


Receive  All  Distributions  in Cash.  You can elect to  receive a check for all
dividends and capital gains distributions or have them sent to your bank through
AccountLink.

Reinvest  Your  Distributions  in  Another  OppenheimerFunds  Account.  You  can
reinvest   all   distributions   in  the  same   class  of  shares  of   another
OppenheimerFunds account you have established.


TAXES. Dividends paid from net investment income earned by the Fund on municipal
securities will be excludable from gross income for federal  personal income tax
purposes.  A portion of a dividend that is derived from interest paid on certain
"private  activity bonds" may be an item of tax preference if you are subject to
the alternative minimum tax. If the Fund earns interest on taxable  investments,
any dividends  derived from those earnings will be taxable as ordinary income to
shareholders.


      Dividends and capital gains distributions may be subject to state or local
taxes.  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.  Dividends paid from  short-term  capital gains and  non-tax-exempt  net
investment  income are taxable as ordinary  income.  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 as well as
the amount of your tax-exempt income.

Remember,  There May be Taxes on  Transactions.  Even  though  the Fund seeks to
distribute  tax-exempt  income to  shareholders,  you may have a capital gain or
loss  when you sell or  exchange  your  shares.  A  capital  gain or loss is the
difference  between the price you paid for the shares and the price you received
when you sold them. Any capital gain is subject to capital gains tax.

Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases,  distributions  made by the Fund
may be  considered  a  non-taxable  return of capital to  shareholders.  If that
occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.


      This  information is only a summary of certain federal personal income tax
information  about your  investment.  You should  consult  with your tax adviser
about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation.




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Financial Highlights


The Financial  Highlights  Table is presented to help you  understand the Fund's
financial  performance for the past 5 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 Deloitte & Touche 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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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 CLASS A         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
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<S>                                                  <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                $18.31        $17.72       $17.07        $16.86       $16.14
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                  .84           .80          .91           .90          .90
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)              (1.67)          .75          .63           .20          .71
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                 (.83)         1.55         1.54          1.10         1.61
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 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                  (.80)         (.84)        (.89)         (.89)        (.89)
 Distributions from net realized gain                  (.20)         (.12)          --            --           --
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                      (1.00)         (.96)        (.89)         (.89)        (.89)
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 Net asset value, end of period                      $16.48        $18.31       $17.72        $17.07       $16.86
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 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                  (4.76)%        9.01%        9.25%         6.67%       10.29%

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 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)          $ 98,030      $102,687      $91,051       $83,516      $76,691
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 Average net assets (in thousands)                 $103,527      $ 96,458      $86,511       $81,233      $70,650
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 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                 4.77%         4.49%        5.25%         5.27%        5.52%
 Expenses                                              0.89%         0.89%(3)     0.95%(3)      1.02%(3)     0.95%(3)
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 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                             108%           73%          77%           93%          58%
</TABLE>

1. Assumes a $1,000  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.

2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.

3. Expense ratio reflects the effect of expenses paid indirectly by the Fund.

4. 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, 1999 were $153,837,549 and $147,711,836, respectively.



22 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS B         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
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<S>                                                   <C>           <C>         <C>            <C>         <C>
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                $18.32        $17.73       $17.08        $16.87       $16.15
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                  .71           .67          .76           .77          .78
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)              (1.67)          .74          .65           .20          .71
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                 (.96)         1.41         1.41           .97         1.49
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 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                  (.67)         (.70)        (.76)         (.76)        (.77)
 Distributions from net realized gain                  (.20)         (.12)          --            --           --
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                       (.87)         (.82)        (.76)         (.76)        (.77)
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 Net asset value, end of period                      $16.49        $18.32       $17.73        $17.08       $16.87
                                                     ============================================================
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                  (5.47)%        8.18%        8.43%         5.87%        9.47%

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 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)           $26,468       $27,392      $19,974       $15,983      $13,341
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 Average net assets (in thousands)                  $28,562       $23,817      $17,309       $14,822      $11,987
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 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                 4.00%         3.76%        4.48%         4.50%        4.75%
 Expenses                                              1.65%         1.64%(3)     1.71%(3)      1.77%(3)     1.71%(3)
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 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                             108%           73%          77%           93%          58%
</TABLE>

1. Assumes a $1,000  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.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio reflects the effect of expenses paid indirectly by the Fund. 4.
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, 1999, were $153,837,549 and $147,711,836, respectively.




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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS C         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998        1997(5)       1996         1995(6)
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 <S>                                                 <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                $18.31        $17.72       $17.06        $16.86       $16.72
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                  .71           .70          .76           .75          .08
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)              (1.67)          .71          .65           .21          .14
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                 (.96)         1.41         1.41           .96          .22
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 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                  (.67)         (.70)        (.75)         (.76)        (.08)
 Distributions from net realized gain                  (.20)         (.12)          --            --           --
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                       (.87)         (.82)        (.75)         (.76)        (.08)
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 Net asset value, end of period                      $16.48        $18.31       $17.72        $17.06       $16.86
                                                     ============================================================
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 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                  (5.48)%        8.18%        8.48%         5.77%        1.30%

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 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)            $5,611        $4,923       $2,554          $924         $211
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 Average net assets (in thousands)                   $5,775        $3,661       $1,720          $618         $  1
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 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                 4.01%         3.82%        4.45%         4.38%        4.89%
 Expenses                                              1.65%         1.64%(3)     1.72%(3)      1.81%(3)     1.07%(3)
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 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                             108%           73%          77%           93%          58%
</TABLE>

1. Assumes a $1,000  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.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio reflects the effect of expenses paid indirectly by the Fund. 4.
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, 1999, were $153,837,549 and $147,711,836,  respectively.  5.
Per share amounts  calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the
period.  6. For the period from  August 29,  1995  (inception  of  offering)  to
September 30, 1995.




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For More Information  About  Oppenheimer  Insured  Municipal Fund: The following
additional information about the Fund is available without charge upon request:

Statement of Additional Information
This  document  includes  additional  information  about the  Fund's  investment
policies,  risks,  and  operations.  It is  incorporated  by reference into this
Prospectus (which means it is legally part of this Prospectus).

Annual and Semi-Annual Reports
Additional information about the Fund's investments and performance 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 send us a  request  by  e-mail or read or  download  documents  on the
OppenheimerFunds web site:
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com
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You can also obtain copies of the Statement of Additional  Information and other
Fund  documents  and  reports by visiting  the SEC's  Public  Reference  Room in
Washington,  D.C.  (Phone  1.202.942.8090)  or the EGDAR  database  on the SEC's
Internet web site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after payment of
a  duplicating   fee  by  electronic   request  at  the  SEC's  e-mail  address:
[email protected].  or by  writing  to  the  SEC's  Public  Reference  Section,
Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.


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

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SEC File No. 811-2668

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                            APPENDIX TO PROSPECTUS OF
                       OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND


      Graphic material included in Prospectus of Oppenheimer Insured Municipal
Fund: "Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31 each year)."

      A bar chart will be  included in the  Prospectus  of  Oppenheimer  Insured
Municipal Fund (the "Fund") depicting the annual total returns of a hypothetical
$10,000 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       Oppenheimer Insured
Year             Municipal Fund
Ended            Class A Shares


12/31/90              6.18%
12/31/91             11.40%
12/31/92              9.54%
12/31/93             12.99%
12/31/94             -8.09%
12/31/95             17.12%
12/31/96              5.11%
12/31/97              9.77%
12/31/98              5.73%
12/31/99             -6.65%


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Oppenheimer Insured Municipal Fund
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6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
1-800-525-7048

Statement of Additional Information dated January 28, 2000

      This  Statement  of  Additional  Information  is  not a  Prospectus.  This
document  contains  additional   information  about  the  Fund  and  supplements
information in the Prospectus dated January 28, 2000. It should be read together
with the  Prospectus,  which may be obtained  by writing to the Fund's  Transfer
Agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217 or by
calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number shown 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   2
    The Fund's Investment Policies................................2
    Municipal Securities..........................................3
    Other Investment Techniques and Strategies...................11
    Investment Restrictions......................................22
How the Fund is Managed..........................................25
    Organization and History.....................................25
    Trustees and Officers of the Fund............................26
    The Manager .................................................31
Brokerage Policies of the Fund...................................33
Distribution and Service Plans...................................34
Performance of the Fund..........................................38

About Your Account
How To Buy Shares................................................43
How To Sell Shares...............................................51
How to Exchange Shares...........................................56
Dividends and Taxes..............................................58
Additional Information About the Fund............................60

Financial Information About the Fund
Independent Auditors' Report.....................................62
Financial Statements ............................................63

Appendix A: Municipal Bond Ratings Definitions..................A-1
Appendix B: Industry Classifications............................B-1
Appendix C: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers.......C-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 and the principal  investment policies of the Fund are
described in the Prospectus.  This Statement of Additional  Information contains
supplemental  information  about those policies and the types of securities that
the Fund's investment Manager, OppenheimerFunds,  Inc., can select for the Fund.
Additional  explanations are also provided about the strategies the Fund may use
to try to achieve its objective.

The Fund's Investment Policies.  The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the
techniques and strategies that the Fund's Manager may use in selecting portfolio
securities  will  vary over  time.  The Fund is not  required  to use all of the
investment techniques and strategies described below at all times in seeking its
goal. It may use some of the special  investment  techniques  and  strategies at
some times or not at all. The Fund does not make  investments with the objective
of seeking  capital  growth.  However,  the values of the securities held by the
Fund may be affected  by changes in general  interest  rates and other  factors,
prior to their  maturity.  Because the current  values of debt  securities  vary
inversely with changes in prevailing  interest rates, if interest rates increase
after a security  is  purchased,  that  security  will  normally  fall in value.
Conversely,  should  interest  rates  decrease  after a security  is  purchased,
normally its value will rise.

      However, those fluctuations in value will not generally result in realized
gains or losses to the Fund  unless  the Fund  sells the  security  prior to the
security's  maturity.  A debt  security  held to maturity is  redeemable  by its
issuer at full principal value plus accrued interest.  The Fund does not usually
intend to  dispose  of  securities  prior to their  maturity,  but may do so for
liquidity purposes,  or because of other factors affecting the issuer that cause
the  Manager  to sell the  particular  security.  In that  case,  the Fund could
realize a capital gain or loss on the sale.

      There are variations in the credit quality of municipal  securities,  both
within a particular rating  classification  and between  classifications.  These
variations depend on numerous factors. The yields of municipal securities depend
on a number of factors, including general conditions in the municipal securities
market,  the size of a particular  offering,  the maturity of the obligation and
rating (if any) of the issue.  These  factors are  discussed  in greater  detail
below.

      |X| Portfolio  Turnover.  A change in the securities held by the Fund from
buying and selling  investments  is known as  "portfolio  turnover."  Short-term
trading  increases the rate of portfolio  turnover and could increase the Fund's
transaction  costs.  However,  the Fund ordinarily incurs little or no brokerage
expense because most of the Fund's  portfolio  transactions are principal trades
that do not require payment of brokerage commissions.

      The Fund  ordinarily  does not trade  securities to achieve capital gains,
because they would not be tax-exempt  income. To a limited degree,  the Fund may
engage in short-term  trading to attempt to take advantage of short-term  market
variations.  It may also do so to dispose of a portfolio  security  prior to its
maturity.  That might be done if, on the basis of a revised credit evaluation of
the issuer or other  considerations,  the Manager  believes such  disposition is
advisable or the Fund needs to generate cash to satisfy  requests to redeem Fund
shares.  In those  cases,  the Fund may  realize a  capital  gain or loss on its
investments.  The Fund's annual portfolio turnover rate normally is not expected
to exceed 100%.

Municipal  Securities.  The types of municipal  securities in which the Fund may
invest are  described in the  Prospectus  under "About the Fund's  Investments."
Municipal  securities  are  generally  classified as general  obligation  bonds,
revenue bonds and notes.  A discussion of the general  characteristics  of these
principal types of municipal securities follows below.

      |X| Municipal  Bonds. We have  classified  municipal  securities  having a
maturity (when-issued) of more than one year as "municipal bonds." The principal
classifications  of  long-term  municipal  bonds are  "general  obligation"  and
"revenue"  (including  "industrial  development")  bonds.  They may have  fixed,
variable or floating rates of interest, as described below.

      Some bonds may be  "callable,"  allowing  the issuer to redeem them before
their maturity date. To protect  bondholders,  callable bonds may be issued with
provisions that prevent them from being called for a period of time.  Typically,
that is 5 to 10 years from the issuance date.  When interest  rates decline,  if
the call protection on a bond has expired, it is more likely that the issuer may
call the bond.  If that occurs,  the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds of
the called bond in bonds that pay a lower rate of return.

       |_|  General   Obligation   Bonds.  The  basic  security  behind  general
obligation  bonds is the issuer's pledge of its full faith and credit and taxing
power,  if any,  for the  repayment  of  principal  and the payment of interest.
Issuers of general obligation bonds include states, counties, cities, towns, and
regional  districts.  The proceeds of these  obligations are used to fund a wide
range of public  projects,  including  construction  or  improvement of schools,
highways and roads,  and water and sewer systems.  The rate of taxes that can be
levied  for the  payment  of debt  service  on these  bonds  may be  limited  or
unlimited. Additionally, there may be limits as to the rate or amount of special
assessments that can be levied to meet these obligations.

       |_| Revenue Bonds. The principal security for a revenue bond is generally
the net revenues derived from a particular facility, group of facilities, or, in
some cases,  the  proceeds  of a special  excise tax or other  specific  revenue
source.  Revenue bonds are issued to finance a wide variety of capital projects.
Examples include electric, gas, water and sewer systems; highways,  bridges, and
tunnels; port and airport facilities; colleges and universities; and hospitals.

      Although  the  principal  security  for these types of bonds may vary from
bond to bond,  many  provide  additional  security in the form of a debt service
reserve fund that may be used to make  principal  and  interest  payments on the
issuer's obligations. Housing finance authorities have a wide range of security,
including   partially  or  fully  insured  mortgages,   rent  subsidized  and/or
collateralized  mortgages,  and/or the net revenues from housing or other public
projects.  Some  authorities  provide further  security in the form of a state's
ability (without obligation) to make up deficiencies in the debt service reserve
fund.

       |_|  Industrial  Development  Bonds.  Industrial  development  bonds  are
considered  municipal  bonds if the interest paid is exempt from federal  income
tax.  They are issued by or on behalf of public  authorities  to raise  money to
finance various privately  operated  facilities for business and  manufacturing,
housing,  sports, and pollution control. These bonds may also be used to finance
public  facilities such as airports,  mass transit systems,  ports, and parking.
The payment of the principal  and interest on such bonds is dependent  solely on
the ability of the  facility's  user to meet its financial  obligations  and the
pledge,  if any, of real and personal  property financed by the bond as security
for those payments.

       |_| Private  Activity  Municipal  Securities.  The Tax Reform Act of 1986
(the "Tax Reform Act") reorganized,  as well as amended, the rules governing tax
exemption for interest on certain types of municipal securities.  The Tax Reform
Act  generally  did not change  the tax  treatment  of bonds  issued in order to
finance  governmental  operations.  Thus,  interest on general  obligation bonds
issued by or on behalf of state or local governments,  the proceeds of which are
used to finance the operations of such governments,  continues to be tax-exempt.
However,   the  Tax  Reform  Act  limited  the  use  of  tax-exempt   bonds  for
non-governmental  (private) purposes. More stringent restrictions were placed on
the use of proceeds of such bonds. Interest on certain private activity bonds is
taxable  under  the  revised  rules.  There  is  an  exception  for  "qualified"
tax-exempt private activity bonds, for example,  exempt facility bonds including
certain  industrial  development  bonds,  qualified  mortgage  bonds,  qualified
Section  501(c)(3) bonds, and qualified student loan bonds. The Fund anticipates
that under normal  circumstances  it will not purchase any such securities in an
amount greater than 20% of the Fund's total assets.

      In addition,  limitations as to the amount of private activity bonds which
each state may issue were  revised  downward by the Tax Reform  Act,  which will
reduce the supply of such  bonds.  The value of the  Fund's  portfolio  could be
affected if there is a reduction in the availability of such bonds.

      Interest on certain  private  activity  bonds issued after August 7, 1986,
which  continues  to be  tax-exempt,  will be treated as a tax  preference  item
subject  to the  alternative  minimum  tax  (discussed  below) to which  certain
taxpayers are subject.  The Fund may hold  municipal  securities the interest on
which (and thus a proportionate share of the  exempt-interest  dividends paid by
the Fund) will be subject to the federal  alternative minimum tax on individuals
and corporations.

      The federal alternative minimum tax is designed to ensure that all persons
who receive  income pay some tax,  even if their  regular  tax is zero.  This is
accomplished in part by including in taxable income certain tax preference items
that are used to calculate  alternative  minimum taxable income.  The Tax Reform
Act  made  tax-exempt  interest  from  certain  private  activity  bonds  a  tax
preference item for purposes of the  alternative  minimum tax on individuals and
corporations.  Any  exempt-interest  dividend  paid  by a  regulated  investment
company will be treated as interest on a specific  private  activity bond to the
extent of the  proportionate  relationship  the interest the investment  company
receives on such bonds bears to all its exempt interest dividends.

      In addition,  corporate  taxpayers subject to the alternative  minimum tax
may,  under some  circumstances,  have to include  exempt-interest  dividends in
calculating  their  alternative  minimum  taxable  income.  That could  occur in
situations where the "adjusted current earnings" of the corporation  exceeds its
alternative minimum taxable income.

      To determine whether a municipal  security is treated as a taxable private
activity  bond,  it is subject to a test for:  (a) a trade or  business  use and
security  interest,  or (b) a  private  loan  restriction.  Under  the  trade or
business use and security  interest  test, an  obligation is a private  activity
bond if: (i) more than 10% of the bond  proceeds  are used for private  business
purposes  and (ii) 10% or more of the  payment of  principal  or interest on the
issue is directly or  indirectly  derived from such private use or is secured by
the privately used property or the payments  related to the use of the property.
For certain types of uses, a 5% threshold is substituted for this 10% threshold.

      The term  "private  business  use" means any direct or  indirect  use in a
trade or business  carried on by an  individual  or entity other than a state or
municipal  governmental unit. Under the private loan restriction,  the amount of
bond proceeds that may be used to make private loans is limited to the lesser of
5% or $5.0 million of the proceeds. Thus, certain issues of municipal securities
could lose their  tax-exempt  status  retroactively  if the issuer fails to meet
certain  requirements as to the expenditure of the proceeds of that issue or the
use of the bond-financed  facility. The Fund makes no independent  investigation
of the users of such bonds or their use of  proceeds  of the bonds.  If the Fund
should hold a bond that loses its tax-exempt status  retroactively,  there might
be  an  adjustment  to  the   tax-exempt   income   previously   distributed  to
shareholders.

      Additionally,  a private activity bond that would otherwise be a qualified
tax-exempt  private  activity bond will not, under Internal Revenue Code Section
147(a),  be a qualified  bond for any period during which it is held by a person
who is a "substantial user" of the facilities or by a "related person" of such a
substantial user. This "substantial  user" provision applies primarily to exempt
facility bonds,  including industrial  development bonds. The Fund may invest in
industrial  development bonds and other private activity bonds.  Therefore,  the
Fund may not be an appropriate  investment  for entities which are  "substantial
users" (or persons  related to "substantial  users") of such exempt  facilities.
Those entities and persons should consult their tax advisers  before  purchasing
shares of the Fund.

      A  "substantial  user"  of  such  facilities  is  defined  generally  as a
"non-exempt  person who  regularly  uses part of a facility"  financed  from the
proceeds  of exempt  facility  bonds.  Generally,  an  individual  will not be a
"related  person" under the Internal  Revenue Code unless such individual or the
individual's   immediate  family  (spouse,   brothers,   sisters  and  immediate
descendants)  own directly or indirectly in the aggregate more than 50% in value
of the equity of a corporation or partnership which is a "substantial user" of a
facility financed from the proceeds of exempt facility bonds.

      |X| Municipal  Notes.  Municipal  securities  having a maturity  (when the
security  is  issued)  of less than one year are  generally  known as  municipal
notes.  Municipal  notes  generally are used to provide for  short-term  working
capital needs.  Some of the types of municipal  notes the Fund can invest in are
described below.

       |_| Tax Anticipation  Notes.  These are issued to finance working capital
needs of municipalities.  Generally,  they are issued in anticipation of various
seasonal tax revenue,  such as income,  sales,  use or other business taxes, and
are payable from these specific future taxes.

       |_|      Revenue   Anticipation   Notes.   These  are  notes  issued  in
expectation  of receipt of other  types of  revenue,  such as federal  revenues
available under federal revenue-sharing programs.

       |_|      Bond Anticipation  Notes.  Bond  anticipation  notes are issued
to provide interim  financing until  long-term  financing can be arranged.  The
long-term  bonds  that are  issued  typically  also  provide  the money for the
repayment of the notes.

       |_|  Construction   Loan  Notes.   These  are  sold  to  provide  project
construction   financing  until  permanent  financing  can  be  secured.   After
successful  completion and acceptance of the project,  it may receive  permanent
financing through public agencies, such as the federal Housing Administration.

      |X|  Tax Exempt  Commercial  Paper.  This type of  short-term  obligation
(usually  having a  maturity  of 270 days or less) is issued by a  municipality
to meet current working capital needs.

      |X| Municipal Lease Obligations. The Fund's investments in municipal lease
obligations  may be through  certificates of  participation  that are offered to
investors by public  entities.  Municipal leases may take the form of a lease or
an installment purchase contract issued by a state or local government authority
to obtain funds to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities.

      Some municipal lease securities may be deemed to be "illiquid" securities.
Their  purchase  by the Fund would be limited as  described  below in  "Illiquid
Securities."  From  time to time  the Fund may  invest  more  than 5% of its net
assets in municipal  lease  obligations  that the Manager has  determined  to be
liquid under guidelines set by the Board of Trustees.  Those guidelines  require
the Manager to evaluate:
      |_| the frequency of trades and price quotations for such securities;  |_|
      the number of dealers or other  potential  buyers  willing to  purchase or
      sell such securities;  |_| the availability of market-makers;  and |_| the
      nature of the trades for such securities.

      Municipal  leases  have  special  risk   considerations.   Although  lease
obligations do not constitute general  obligations of the municipality for which
the  municipality's  taxing power is pledged,  a lease  obligation is ordinarily
backed by the  municipality's  covenant to budget for,  appropriate and make the
payments due under the lease  obligation.  However,  certain  lease  obligations
contain  "non-appropriation"  clauses which provide that the municipality has no
obligation to make lease or installment purchase payments in future years unless
money is appropriated  for that purpose on a yearly basis.  While the obligation
might be secured by the lease, it might be difficult to dispose of that property
in case of a default.

      Projects  financed with  certificates of  participation  generally are not
subject to state constitutional debt limitations or other statutory requirements
that may apply to other municipal  securities.  Payments by the public entity on
the obligation  underlying the certificates  are derived from available  revenue
sources.  That  revenue  might be  diverted  to the  funding of other  municipal
service  projects.  Payments of interest  and/or  principal  with respect to the
certificates  are not  guaranteed and do not constitute an obligation of a state
or any of its political subdivisions.

      In addition to the risk of "non-appropriation," municipal lease securities
do not have as highly liquid a market as conventional municipal bonds. Municipal
leases,  like  other  municipal  debt  obligations,  are  subject to the risk of
non-payment of interest or repayment of principal by the issuer.  The ability of
issuers of  municipal  leases to make timely  lease  payments  may be  adversely
affected in general economic downturns and as relative governmental cost burdens
are reallocated among federal,  state and local governmental units. A default in
payment of income would  result in a reduction  of income to the Fund.  It could
also result in a reduction in the value of the municipal lease and that, as well
as a default in  repayment of  principal,  could result in a decrease in the net
asset value of the Fund. While the Fund holds such securities,  the Manager will
also evaluate the  likelihood of a continuing  market for these  securities  and
their credit quality.


      |X| Ratings of Municipal Securities. Ratings by ratings organizations such
as Moody's Investors Service,  Standard & Poor's Ratings Service and Fitch IBCA,
Inc.  represent the respective rating agency's opinions of the credit quality of
the municipal  securities  they  undertake to rate.  However,  their ratings are
general  opinions and are not guarantees of quality.  Municipal  securities that
have the same maturity, coupon and rating may have different yields, while other
municipal  securities  that have the same  maturity  and  coupon  but  different
ratings may have the same yield.

      Subsequent to its purchase by the Fund, a municipal  security may cease to
be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by
the Fund. Neither event requires the Fund to sell the security,  but the Manager
will consider  such events in  determining  whether the Fund should  continue to
hold the  security.  To the extent that  ratings  given by  Moody's,  Standard &
Poor's, or Fitch change as a result of changes in those rating  organizations or
their  rating  systems,  the Fund will  attempt  to use  comparable  ratings  as
standards for investments in accordance with the Fund's investment policies.

      The  Fund  can buy  municipal  securities  that  are  "pre-refunded."  The
issuer's  obligation to repay the  principal  value of the security is generally
collateralized with U.S. Government securities placed in an escrow account. This
causes the  pre-refunded  security to have essentially the same risks of default
as a AAA-rated security.

      The rating  definitions of Moody's,  Standard & Poor's,  Duff & Phelps and
Fitch for municipal  securities are contained in Appendix A to this Statement of
Additional  Information.  The Fund can purchase  securities  that are unrated by
nationally  recognized  rating  organizations,  the  Manager  will  make its own
assessment of the credit  quality of unrated  issues the Fund buys.  The Manager
will use  criteria  similar to those used by the rating  agencies,  and assign a
rating category to a security that is comparable to what the Manager  believes a
rating agency would assign to that security.  However, the Manager's rating does
not constitute a guarantee of the quality of a particular issue.

       |_| Special Risks of Lower-Grade  Securities.  Lower grade securities may
have a higher yield than securities  rated in the higher rating  categories.  In
addition to having a greater risk of default than higher-grade securities, there
may be less of a market for these securities.  As a result they may be harder to
sell at an acceptable  price.  The  additional  risks mean that the Fund may not
receive the anticipated  level of income from these  securities,  and the Fund's
net  asset  value  may be  affected  by  declines  in the  value of  lower-grade
securities.  However,  because the added risk of lower quality  securities might
not be consistent with the Fund's policy of  preservation  of capital,  the Fund
limits its investments in lower quality securities.

      While  securities  rate "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by  Standard & Poor's or
Duff & Phelps are  investment  grade,  they may be subject to special  risks and
have some speculative characteristics.

      |X|  Insured  Municipal  Securities.  Not all of the  Fund's  holdings  of
municipal  securities  are  insured.  As noted  in the  Prospectus,  within  the
category of "insured"  municipal  securities,  the Fund includes  "pre-refunded"
municipal  securities,  because of the additional credit security offered by the
U.S. Government securities that collateralize the issuer's obligation to pay its
debt. To the extent that municipal  securities in the Fund's portfolio are rated
insured,  they will at all times be fully insured as to the scheduled payment of
all installments of interest and principal. This insurance substantially reduces
the risks to the Fund and its  shareholders  from  defaults  in the  payment  of
principal and interest on portfolio securities owned by the Fund.

      Insurance coverage can be in one of three methods:
|_|   a mutual fund "Portfolio  Insurance Policy" issued by Financial  Guaranty
        Insurance Company,
|_|   a "Secondary Market Insurance Policy," or
|_|     a "New Issue Insurance Policy" obtained by the issuer or the underwriter
        of the security at the time of its original issuance.

      If a municipal security is already covered by a New Issue Insurance Policy
or Secondary Market Insurance Policy,  then that security  typically will not be
additionally  insured  under a Portfolio  Insurance  Policy  issued by Financial
Guaranty  Insurance  Company.  New Issue Insurance  Policies or Secondary Market
Insurance  Policies may be issued by Financial  Guaranty Insurance Company or by
other insurers.

      The insurance  policies  discussed above insure the scheduled  payments of
all principal and interest on the covered municipal securities as those payments
fall due. The  insurance  does not  guarantee  the market value of the municipal
securities  or the value of the shares of the Fund.  Except as described  below,
insurance of municipal  securities  the Fund buys has no effect on the net asset
value or redemption price of the shares of the Fund.

      The  insurance  of  principal  refers  to the  face  or par  value  of the
security,  and is not  affected  by the price paid  therefor  by the Fund or the
market  value of the  security.  Payment of a claim  under an  insurance  policy
depends on the  claims-paying  ability of the  insurer  and by the Fund makes no
representations that any insurer will be able to meet its commitments.

       |_| New Issue  Insurance  Policies.  A New Issue Insurance  Policy,  on a
municipal  security is obtained by the issuer or  underwriters of that security.
All premiums on the insurance for a security is paid in advance by the issuer or
underwriter.  Those policies are non-cancelable and continue in force so long as
the security is outstanding and the insurer remains in business. Since New Issue
Insurance  remains  in effect as long as the  security  insured by the policy is
outstanding,  the  insurance  may  have an  effect  on the  resale  value of the
security  by the Fund.  Therefore,  New Issue  Insurance  may be  considered  to
represent an element of market value for a security insured by that policy,  but
the exact  effect,  if any, of that  insurance  on the  security's  market value
cannot be estimated.  The Fund will acquire a municipal  security subject to New
Issue Insurance Policies only if the claims-paying  ability of the insurer under
the policy is rated "AAA" by S&P, or has a comparable rating from another rating
organization on the date the Fund buys the security.

       |_| Portfolio Insurance  Policies.  A Portfolio Insurance Policy obtained
by the Fund from Financial  Guaranty Insurance Company will be effective only so
long as the Fund is in existence,  Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company is in
business,  and the municipal security covered by the policy continues to be held
by the Fund. If the Fund sells the insured municipal security or if the security
is called or  redeemed  prior to its stated  maturity  the  Portfolio  Insurance
Policy terminates on the security.

      A  Portfolio  Insurance  Policy  obtained  by the Fund is  non-cancellable
except for the Fund's  failure to pay the premium.  Nonpayment  of premiums on a
Portfolio   Insurance   Policy   obtained  by  the  Fund  will,   under  certain
circumstances,  result in the cancellation of the Portfolio Insurance Policy and
also will permit Financial Guaranty Insurance Company to take action against the
Fund to recover  premium  payments that are due. The premium rate for a security
covered by a Portfolio Insurance Policy is fixed for the life of the security at
the time the Fund buys it. The  insurance  premiums  are payable  monthly by the
Fund and are adjusted  for  purchases,  sales and payments  prior to maturity of
covered securities during the month. Financial Guaranty Insurance Company cannot
cancel coverage  already in force with respect to municipal  securities owned by
the Fund and covered by the Portfolio Insurance Policy except for non-payment of
premiums.  If any  insurance for a municipal  security is canceled,  the Manager
will then  determine  as promptly as possible  whether the Fund should sell that
security.

      In determining whether to insure a municipal security,  Financial Guaranty
Insurance Company applies its own standards,  which are not necessarily the same
as the criteria  used by the Manager when  selecting  securities  for the Fund's
portfolio. The decision whether to insure a security is made prior to the Fund's
purchase of that  security.  A contract to purchase a security is not covered by
the Portfolio Insurance Policy for that security although securities  underlying
such  contracts  are  covered by the  insurance  upon  physical  delivery of the
securities to the Fund or the Fund's  custodian  bank.  The Fund does not obtain
insurance on investments made for temporary liquidity and defensive purposes and
pending investment in longer term municipal securities.

      Premiums are paid from the Fund's assets,  and will  therefore  reduce the
Fund's  current  yield.  When the Fund  purchases a Secondary  Market  Insurance
Policy,  the single premium is added to the cost basis of the municipal security
and is not considered an item of expense for the Fund.

       |_| Secondary  Market  Insurance.  The Fund might decide to purchase from
Financial  Guaranty Insurance Company a Secondary Market Insurance Policy on any
municipal  security can purchased by the Fund owns that is already  covered by a
Portfolio  Insurance Policy. The Fund obtain a Secondary Market Insurance Policy
on a security even if it is covered by a Portfolio  Insurance  Policy.  However,
the  coverage  (and  obligation  to pay monthly  premiums)  under the  Portfolio
Insurance  Policy with respect to that security would cease when the purchases a
Secondary Market Insurance Policy on that security.

      When  purchasing  a Secondary  Market  Insurance  Policy,  the Fund pays a
single  pre-determined  premium.  The Fund  thereby  obtains  insurance  against
non-payment  of scheduled  principal and interest for the remaining  term of the
security,  regardless  of whether  the Fund owns the  security.  That  insurance
coverage  will be  non-cancellable  and  will  continue  in force so long as the
insured security is outstanding.  Acquiring that type of policy enables the Fund
to sell  the  municipal  security  to a third  party as an  "AAA"-rated  insured
security at a market price higher than what otherwise might be obtainable if the
security were sold without the insurance coverage. That rating is not automatic,
however,  and must  specifically  be  requested  from  Standard  & Poor's  for a
security.  This type of policy likely would be purchased if, the Manager, thinks
that the market  value or net proceeds of a sale of the insured  security  would
exceed the current value of the security  (without  insurance)  plus the cost of
the policy.  Any difference  between a security's market value as an "AAA"-rated
security and its market value  without  that rating,  including  the cost of the
insurance  single  premium,  would  inure  to the  Fund in  determining  its net
realized capital gain or loss the sale of the security.

      The Fund can purchase  insurance under a Secondary Market Insurance Policy
in lieu of a Portfolio Insurance Policy at any time, regardless of the effect on
the market value of the underlying  municipal security,  if the Manager believes
such insurance  would best serve the Fund's  interests in meeting its objectives
and policies.  The Fund can purchase a Secondary  Market  Insurance  Policy on a
security that is currently in default as to payments by the issuer to enable the
Fund to sell the  security on an insured  basis rather than be obligated to hold
the  defaulted  security  in its  portfolio  in  order  to  continue  in force a
Portfolio Insurance Policy on that security.

       |_| Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company.  The information below about
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company is derived from publicly-available  sources
believed reliable by the Manager.  Financial Guaranty Insurance Company is a New
York stock insurance company, with principal offices at 115 Broadway,  New York,
New York, 10006. Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, domiciled in the State of
New York, commenced its business of providing insurance and financial guaranties
for a variety of investment  instruments in January,  1984.  Financial  Guaranty
Insurance  Company is a  subsidiary  of FGIC  Corporation,  a  Delaware  holding
company.  FGIC  Corporation  is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of General  Electric
Capital  Corporation.  Neither FGIC  Corporation  nor General  Electric  Capital
Corporation  are obligated to pay the debts of or the claims  against  Financial
Guaranty Insurance Company.

      In  addition  to  providing  insurance  for the payment of interest on and
principal of municipal bonds and notes held in unit investment  trust and mutual
fund portfolios, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company provides insurance for new
issues and secondary market issues of municipal bonds and notes and for portions
of those issues.  Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company also  provides  credit
enhancements for asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities.

      Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company is currently  authorized  to write
insurance in 50 states and the District of  Columbia,  files  reports with state
insurance  regulatory  agencies  and is  subject  to audit  and  review  by such
authorities.  Financial Guaranty Insurance Company is also subject to regulation
by the State of New York Insurance  Department.  That regulation is no guarantee
that  Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company  will be able  to  perform  on its
commitments  or contracts of insurance if a claim under them at some time in the
future.

      Under the provisions of a Portfolio  Insurance Policy,  Financial Guaranty
Insurance Company  unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay to State Street
Bank and Trust  Company  or its  successor,  as its agent,  that  portion of the
principal of and  interest on the  security  that becomes due for payment but is
unpaid because of nonpayment by the issuer. Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
will make those  payments  to the agent on the date the  principal  or  interest
becomes due for payment or on the business day next  following  the day on which
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company receives notice of nonpayment, whichever is
later.

      The agent  will  disburse  to the Fund the face  amount of  principal  and
interest  which is then due for payment but is unpaid by reason of nonpayment by
the issuer. However it will do so only upon receipt by the agent of (i) evidence
of the Fund's  right to receive  payment of the  principal  or interest  due for
payment and (ii) evidence,  including any appropriate instruments of assignment,
that all of the rights to payment of the  principal  or interest due for payment
thereupon  shall vest in  Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company.  The proceeds
attributable to interest  payments will be tax-exempt.  Upon such payment by the
agent,  Financial  Guaranty Insurance Company will be fully subrogated to all of
the Fund's rights under the defaulted  obligation,  which  includes the right of
Financial  Guaranty  Insurance  Company to obtain payment from the issuer to the
extent of amounts paid by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company to the Fund.

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies.  In seeking its objective,  the Fund
may from time to time employ the types of investment  strategies and investments
described  below.  It is not required to use all of the  strategies at all times
and at times may not use them.

      |X| Floating  Rate and Variable  Rate  Obligations.  Variable  rate demand
obligations  have a demand feature that allows the Fund to tender the obligation
to the issuer or a third party prior to its  maturity.  The tender may be at par
value plus accrued interest, according to the terms of the obligation.

      The  interest  rate on a floating  rate  demand  note is based on a stated
prevailing  market rate,  such as a bank's prime rate, the 91-day U.S.  Treasury
Bill rate, or some other standard,  and is adjusted automatically each time such
rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate demand note is also based
on a stated  prevailing  market rate but is adjusted  automatically at specified
intervals of not less than one year. Generally, the changes in the interest rate
on such  securities  reduce the  fluctuation in their market value.  As interest
rates  decrease  or  increase,   the  potential  for  capital   appreciation  or
depreciation is less than that for fixed-rate  obligations of the same maturity.
The Manager may determine that an unrated  floating rate or variable rate demand
obligation  meets the Fund's  quality  standards  by reason of being backed by a
letter  of credit  or  guarantee  issued  by a bank  that  meets  those  quality
standards.

      Floating rate and variable  rate demand notes that have a stated  maturity
in excess of one year may have  features  that  permit the holder to recover the
principal amount of the underlying security at specified intervals not exceeding
one year and upon not more than 30 days' notice. The issuer of that type of note
normally has a corresponding  right in its discretion,  after a given period, to
prepay  the  outstanding  principal  amount of the note plus  accrued  interest.
Generally  the issuer  must  provide a specified  number of days'  notice to the
holder.

      |X| Inverse  Floaters and Other Derivative  Investments.  Inverse floaters
may  offer  relatively  high  current  income,  reflecting  the  spread  between
long-term and short-term  tax exempt  interest  rates.  As long as the municipal
yield curve remains relatively steep and short-term rates remain relatively low,
owners  of  inverse  floaters  will have the  opportunity  to earn  interest  at
above-market  rates because they receive  interest at the higher long-term rates
but have paid for bonds with lower short-term rates. If the yield curve flattens
and shifts  upward,  an inverse  floater  will lose  value more  quickly  than a
conventional  long-term  bond. The Fund will invest in inverse  floaters to seek
higher  tax-exempt  yields than are available  from  fixed-rate  bonds that have
comparable maturities and credit ratings. In some cases the holder of an inverse
floater may have an option to convert the floater to a fixed-rate bond, pursuant
to a "rate-lock option."

      Some inverse  floaters  have a feature  known as an interest rate "cap" as
part of the terms of the  investment.  Investing in inverse  floaters  that have
interest  rate caps might be part of a  portfolio  strategy to try to maintain a
high current  yield for the Fund when the Fund has invested in inverse  floaters
that  expose  the Fund to the risk of  short-term  interest  rate  fluctuations.
"Embedded"  caps can be used to hedge a portion of the Fund's exposure to rising
interest  rates.  When  interest  rates exceed a  pre-determined  rate,  the cap
generates additional cash flows that offset the decline in interest rates on the
inverse floater,  and the hedge is successful.  However, the Fund bears the risk
that if interest rates do not rise above the pre-determined rate, the cap (which
is purchased for  additional  cost) will not provide  additional  cash flows and
will expire worthless.

      Inverse floaters are a form of derivative investment. Certain derivatives,
such as options,  futures, indexed securities and entering into swap agreements,
can be used to  increase or decrease  the Fund's  exposure to changing  security
prices,  interest  rates or other  factors that affect the value of  securities.
However,  these  techniques  could result in losses to the Fund,  if the Manager
judges  market  conditions  incorrectly  or  employs  a  strategy  that does not
correlate  well with the Fund's other  investments.  These  techniques can cause
losses if the counterparty does not perform its promises.  An additional risk of
investing in municipal securities that are derivative  investments is that their
market value could be expected to vary to a much greater  extent than the market
value of  municipal  securities  that are not  derivative  investments  but have
similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturities.

      |X|  "When-Issued"  and  "Delayed-Delivery"  Transactions.  The  Fund  can
purchase  securities  on a  "when-issued"  basis,  and may purchase or sell such
securities   on  a   "delayed-delivery"   (or   "forward   commitment")   basis.
"When-issued"  or  "delayed-delivery"  refers  to  securities  whose  terms  and
indenture  are  available  and for  which a market  exists,  but  which  are not
available for immediate delivery.

      When  such  transactions  are  negotiated  the price  (which is  generally
expressed in yield terms) is fixed at the time the commitment is made.  Delivery
and  payment  for the  securities  take  place  at a later  date.  Normally  the
settlement  date is within six months of the  purchase  of  municipal  bonds and
notes.  However,  the Fund may, from time to time, purchase municipal securities
having a settlement  date more than six months and possibly as long as two years
or more after the trade date. The securities are subject to change in value from
market  fluctuation  during the settlement  period. The value at delivery may be
less than the  purchase  price.  For  example,  changes in  interest  rates in a
direction other than that expected by the Manager before  settlement will affect
the value of such securities and may cause loss to the Fund. No income begins to
accrue  to the  Fund on a when  issued  security  until  the Fund  receives  the
security at settlement of the trade.

      The Fund will engage in when-issued  transactions  in order to secure what
is considered to be an advantageous price and yield at the time of entering into
the  obligation.  When the  Fund  engages  in  when-issued  or  delayed-delivery
transactions,  it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete
the transaction. Its failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity
to obtain the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous.

      When the Fund engages in when-issued and delayed-delivery transactions, it
does so for the purpose of acquiring or selling  securities  consistent with its
investment  objective and policies or for delivery pursuant to options contracts
it has entered into, and not for the purposes of investment  leverage.  Although
the Fund will enter into when-issued or delayed-delivery  purchase  transactions
to acquire securities, the Fund may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement.
If the Fund  chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a  when-issued  security
prior to its  acquisition  or to  dispose  of its right to  deliver  or  receive
against a forward commitment, it may incur a gain or loss.

      At the time the Fund makes a commitment  to purchase or sell a security on
a when-issued or forward  commitment  basis,  it records the  transaction on its
books and reflects the value of the security  purchased.  In a sale transaction,
it records the proceeds to be received,  in determining its net asset value. The
Fund will  identify  on its books  liquid  assets at least equal to the value of
purchase commitments until the Fund pays for the investment.

      When-issued  transactions and forward  commitments can be used by the Fund
as a defensive  technique to hedge against anticipated changes in interest rates
and  prices.  For  instance,  in periods of rising  interest  rates and  falling
prices,  the Fund might sell securities in its portfolio on a forward commitment
basis to attempt to limit its exposure to anticipated falling prices. In periods
of falling  interest  rates and  rising  prices,  the Fund might sell  portfolio
securities  and  purchase the same or similar  securities  on a  when-issued  or
forward commitment basis, to obtain the benefit of currently higher cash yields.

      |X| Puts and Standby Commitments.  When the Fund buys a municipal security
subject to a standby commitment to repurchase the security, the Fund is entitled
to same-day  settlement from the purchaser.  The Fund receives an exercise price
equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security plus any accrued interest
at the  time of  exercise.  A put  purchased  in  conjunction  with a  municipal
security  enables the Fund to sell the  underlying  security  within a specified
period of time at a fixed exercise price.

      The Fund might purchase a standby  commitment or put separately in cash or
it might  acquire the security  subject to the standby  commitment  or put (at a
price that reflects  that  additional  feature).  The Fund will enter into these
transactions  only with banks and  securities  dealers  that,  in the  Manager's
opinion,  present minimal credit risks.  The Fund's ability to exercise a put or
standby  commitment  will depend on the ability of the bank or dealer to pay for
the  securities if the put or standby  commitment  is exercised.  If the bank or
dealer should default on its  obligation,  the Fund might not be able to recover
all or a  portion  of any  loss  sustained  from  having  to sell  the  security
elsewhere.

      Puts and  standby  commitments  are not  transferable  by the  Fund.  They
terminate if the Fund sells the underlying  security to a third party.  The Fund
intends to enter into these  arrangements  to  facilitate  portfolio  liquidity,
although  such  arrangements  might  enable  the  Fund to sell a  security  at a
pre-arranged  price that may be higher than the  prevailing  market price at the
time the put or standby commitment is exercised. However, the Fund might refrain
from  exercising  a  put  or  standby   commitment  if  the  exercise  price  is
significantly  higher than the prevailing market price, to avoid imposing a loss
on the seller that could jeopardize the Fund's business  relationships  with the
seller.

      A put or standby commitment increases the cost of the security and reduces
the yield otherwise  available from the security.  Any consideration paid by the
Fund for the put or standby  commitment will be reflected on the Fund's books as
unrealized  depreciation  while the put or  standby  commitment  is held,  and a
realized  gain or loss  when the put or  commitment  is  exercised  or  expires.
Interest income received by the Fund from municipal  securities  subject to puts
or stand-by  commitments may not qualify as tax exempt in its hands if the terms
of the put or  stand-by  commitment  cause the Fund not to be treated as the tax
owner of the underlying municipal securities.

      |X|  Repurchase  Agreements.  The Fund may acquire  securities  subject to
repurchase  agreements.  It may 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.

      In a  repurchase  transaction,  the Fund  acquires  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  a primary  dealer in  government  securities,  which meet the credit
requirements set by the Manager from time to time.

      The majority of these  transactions run from day to day. Delivery pursuant
to  resale  typically  will  occur  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
transactions  that will  cause  more  than 25% of the  Fund's  net  assets to be
subject to repurchase agreements.

      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  collateral's  value 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.  To enable the Fund to sell its
holdings of a restricted  security not  registered  under the  Securities Act of
1933,  the Fund might  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 has percentage  limitations that apply to purchases of restricted
and  illiquid  securities,  as  stated  in  the  Prospectus.   Those  percentage
restrictions do not limit  purchases of restricted  securities that are eligible
for resale to qualified institutional purchasers pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933,  provided that those  securities have been determined to
be  liquid  by the  Board  of  Trustees  of the  Fund or by the  Manager.  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 holding
of that security may be deemed to be illiquid.

      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.

      |X| Loans of  Portfolio  Securities.  To attempt to raise  income or raise
cash for  liquidity  purposes,  the Fund may lend its  portfolio  securities  to
brokers, dealers and other financial institutions.  These loans cannot exceed 5%
of the value of the Fund's total assets.  The Fund  currently does not intend to
lend securities. There are 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.  Income from securities loans does
not  constitute  exempt-interest  income for the  purpose  of paying  tax-exempt
dividends.

      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 the  loaned  securities.  It also  receives  one or more of (a)
negotiated  loan fees, (b) interest on securities  used as  collateral,  and (c)
interest on  short-term  debt  securities  purchased  with the loan  collateral.
Either  type of  interest  may be  shared  with the  borrower.  The Fund may pay
reasonable  finder's,  administrative  or other  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|  Hedging.  The Fund can use  hedging to  attempt  to  protect  against
declines  in the  market  value of its  portfolio,  to permit the Fund to retain
unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities that have appreciated,  or
to facilitate  selling  securities  for  investment  reasons.  To do so the Fund
could:
      |_| sell interest rate futures or municipal  bond index  futures,  |_| buy
      puts on such futures or securities, or
        |_|  write  covered  calls  on  securities,  interest  rate  futures  or
      municipal  bond index  futures.  The Fund can also write  covered calls on
      debt securities to attempt to increase the Fund's income,  but that income
      would not be  tax-exempt.  Therefore  it is  unlikely  that the Fund would
      write covered calls for that purpose.

      The  Fund can  also  use  hedging  to  establish  a  position  in the debt
securities  market as a temporary  substitute  for  purchasing  individual  debt
securities.  In  that  case  the  Fund  would  normally  seek  to  purchase  the
securities,  and then terminate that hedging position. For this type of hedging,
the Fund could:
      |_| buy interest rate futures or municipal bond index futures,  or |_| buy
      calls on such futures or on securities.

      The Fund is not  obligated to use hedging  instruments,  even though it is
permitted  to use them in the  Manager's  discretion,  as described  below.  The
Fund's  strategy  of  hedging  with  futures  and  options  on  futures  will be
incidental to the Fund's  investment  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,
are  approved  by its Board,  and are  permissible  under the Fund's  investment
restrictions and applicable regulations.

       |_| Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts relating to debt
securities (these are called "interest rate futures") and municipal bond indices
(these are referred to as "municipal bond index  futures"),  but only as a hedge
against interest rate changes.

      An interest rate future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser
to  take)  cash or a  specific  type of debt  security  to  settle  the  futures
transaction.  Either party could also enter into an offsetting contract to close
out the futures position.

      A "municipal bond index" assigns relative values to the municipal bonds in
the index, and is used as the basis for trading long-term municipal bond futures
contracts.  Municipal  bond index  futures are similar to interest  rate futures
except that  settlement is made only in cash. The obligation  under the contract
may also be satisfied by entering into an offsetting  contract.  The  strategies
which the Fund  employs in using  municipal  bond index  futures  are similar to
those with regard to interest rate futures.

      No money is paid by or received  by the Fund on the  purchase or sale of a
futures  contract.  Upon entering into a futures  transaction,  the Fund will be
required  to  deposit  an  initial  margin  payment  in cash or U.S.  Government
securities with the futures commission merchant (the "futures broker").  Initial
margin  payments  will be  deposited  with the  Fund's  custodian  in an account
registered in the futures  broker's name.  However,  the futures broker can gain
access to that account only under certain 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 the  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 additional cash is required to be
paid by or released to the Fund.  Any gain or loss is then  realized by the Fund
on the future for tax  purposes.  Although  interest rate futures by their terms
call for  settlement  by the  delivery  of debt  securities,  in most  cases the
obligation  is fulfilled  without such  delivery by entering  into an offsetting
transaction.  All futures  transactions  are effected  through a clearing  house
associated with the exchange on which the contracts are traded.

      The Fund may  concurrently  buy and sell  futures  contracts in a strategy
anticipating  that the future the Fund  purchased  will perform  better than the
future the Fund sold. For example, the Fund might buy municipal bond futures and
concurrently  sell U.S.  Treasury Bond futures (a type of interest rate future).
The Fund would benefit if municipal bonds  outperform  U.S.  Treasury Bonds on a
duration-adjusted basis.

      Duration is a volatility  measure  that refers to the expected  percentage
change  in the  value of a debt  security  resulting  from a change  in  general
interest  rates  (measured  by each 1%  change  in the  rates  on U.S.  Treasury
securities).  For example, if a bond has an effective duration of three years, a
1%  increase in general  interest  rates would be expected to cause the value of
the bond to fall about 3%.  There are risks  that this type of futures  strategy
will  not  be  successful.  U.S.  Treasury  bonds  might  perform  better  on  a
duration-adjusted basis than municipal bonds, and the assumptions about duration
that were used might be incorrect (for example,  the duration of municipal bonds
relative to U.S. Treasury Bonds might turn out to be greater than anticipated).

       |_| Put and Call Options.  The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of put
options  (puts)  and  call  options  (calls),   including   exchange-traded  and
over-the-counter  put  and  call  options.  These  can  include  index  options,
securities options and futures options. These strategies are described below.

       |_| Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can write (that is, sell) call
options.  After the Fund  writes a call,  not more than 20% of the fund's  total
assets may be  subject to calls.  Each call the Fund  writes  must be  "covered"
while it is  outstanding.  That means the Fund must own the  investment on which
the call was written.  The Fund may write calls on futures contracts,  but if it
does not own the futures  contract or delivery  securities,  these calls must be
covered by securities  or other liquid assets that the Fund owns and  segregates
to enable it to satisfy its obligations if the call is exercised.

      When the Fund writes a call on a security,  it receives  cash (a premium).
The  Fund  agrees  to  sell  the  underlying  investment  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 retained 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 the 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 calls or upon the Fund's entering into a
closing purchase transaction.

      When the Fund writes an  over-the-counter  ("OTC")  option,  it will enter
into an arrangement with a primary U.S. Government  securities dealer which will
establish  a formula  price at which the Fund  will have the  absolute  right to
repurchase  that OTC option.  The formula  price would  generally  be based on a
multiple of the premium  received  for the option,  plus the amount by which the
option is exercisable  below the market price of the  underlying  security (that
is, the option is  "in-the-money").  When the Fund writes an OTC option, it will
treat as illiquid (for purposes of its  restriction on illiquid  securities) the
mark-to-market  value of any OTC option held by it, unless the option is subject
to a buy-back  agreement by the executing  broker.  The  Securities and Exchange
Commission  is  evaluating  whether  OTC  options  should be  considered  liquid
securities.  The procedure  described  above could be affected by the outcome of
that evaluation.

      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
was more or less than the price of the call the Fund  purchased to close out the
transaction.  A profit  may also be  realized  if the call  lapses  unexercised,
because the Fund retains the underlying investment and the premium received. Any
such profits are considered  short-term  capital gains for federal tax purposes,
as are premiums on lapsed calls.  When  distributed by the Fund they are taxable
as ordinary income.

      The Fund may also write  calls on  futures  contracts  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 in escrow
an equivalent dollar value of liquid assets. The Fund will segregate  additional
liquid  assets if the  value of the  escrowed  assets  drops  below  100% of the
current  value  of  the  future.  Because  of  this  escrow  requirement,  in no
circumstances  would the Fund's receipt of an exercise  notice as to that future
put the Fund in a "short" futures position.

      |_|Writing  Put Options.  The Fund can sell put  options.  A put option on
securities  gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the obligation
to buy,  the  underlying  investment  at the  exercise  price  during the option
period.  The Fund  will not write  puts if,  as a  result,  more than 20% of the
Fund's  total  assets  would be  required  to be  segregated  to cover  such put
options.

      If the  Fund  writes a put,  the put  must be  covered  by  liquid  assets
identified on the Fund's books. The premium the Fund receives from writing a put
represents a profit, as long as the price of the underlying  investment  remains
equal to or above the exercise price of the put. However,  the Fund also assumes
the obligation  during the option period to buy the underlying  investment  from
the buyer of the put at the exercise price,  even if the value of the investment
falls  below  the  exercise  price.  If a  put  the  Fund  has  written  expires
unexercised,  the Fund  realizes  a gain in the amount of the  premium  less the
transaction costs incurred.  If the put is exercised,  the Fund must fulfill its
obligation to purchase the  underlying  investment at the exercise  price.  That
price will usually  exceed the market value of the  investment  at that time. In
that case, the Fund may incur a loss if it sells the underlying investment. That
loss will be equal to the sum of the sale price of the underlying investment and
the premium  received  minus the sum of the exercise  price and any  transaction
costs the Fund incurred.

      When writing a put option on a security,  to secure its  obligation to pay
for the underlying security the Fund will deposit in escrow liquid assets with a
value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the underlying  securities.
The Fund therefore forgoes the opportunity of investing the segregated assets or
writing calls against those assets.

      As long as the Fund's  obligation as the put writer  continues,  it may be
assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through which the put was sold.
That notice will require the Fund to take  delivery of the  underlying  security
and pay the exercise price. The Fund has no control over when it may be required
to purchase the underlying security, since it may be assigned an exercise notice
at any time prior to the termination of its obligation as the writer of the put.
That obligation terminates upon expiration of the put. It may also terminate if,
before it receives  an  exercise  notice,  the Fund  effects a closing  purchase
transaction by purchasing a put of the same series as it sold. Once the Fund has
been  assigned  an  exercise  notice,   it  cannot  effect  a  closing  purchase
transaction.

      The Fund may decide to effect a closing purchase  transaction to realize a
profit on an outstanding  put option it has written or to prevent the underlying
security  from being put.  Effecting a closing  purchase  transaction  will also
permit  the Fund to write  another  put option on the  security,  or to sell the
security and use the proceeds from the sale for other investments. The Fund will
realize  a profit  or loss  from a closing  purchase  transaction  depending  on
whether the cost of the  transaction  is less or more than the premium  received
from  writing  the put option.  Any profits  from  writing  puts are  considered
short-term  capital gains for federal tax purposes,  and when distributed by the
Fund, are taxable as ordinary income.

       |_|  Purchasing  Calls  and Puts.  The Fund can buy calls on  securities,
broadly-based municipal bond indices,  municipal bond index futures and interest
rate  futures.  It can also buy  calls to close  out a call it has  written,  as
discussed  above.  Calls  the  Fund  buys  must be  listed  on a  securities  or
commodities  exchange,  or quoted on NASDAQ,  or traded in the  over-the-counter
market.  A call or put option may not be purchased  if the purchase  would cause
the  value of all the  Fund's  put and call  options  to  exceed 5% of its total
assets.

      When  the  Fund  purchases  a  call  (other  than  in a  closing  purchase
transaction),  it pays a premium. For calls on securities that the Fund buys, it
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 (1) the call is sold at a profit  or (2) the call is
exercised when the market price of the underlying investment is above the sum of
the exercise price plus the transaction  costs and premium paid for the call. If
the call is not either  exercised or sold (whether or not at a profit),  it will
become  worthless at its  expiration  date.  In that case the Fund will lose its
premium payment and the right to purchase the underlying investment.

      The Fund may buy puts on debt  securities,  municipal  bond  indices,  and
interest  rate or  municipal  bond  index  futures,  whether  or not it owns the
underlying  investment.  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. Puts on municipal bond indices are settled in cash.

      Buying a put on an  investment  the Fund does not own (such as an index or
future)  permits  the Fund  either  to resell  the put or to buy the  underlying
investment  and sell it at the  exercise  price.  The  resale  price  will  vary
inversely to the price of the underlying investment.  If the market price of the
underlying  investment is above the exercise price and, as a result,  the put is
not exercised, the put will become worthless on its expiration date.

      Buying a put on a debt  security,  interest rate future or municipal  bond
index  future the Fund owns  enables the Fund to protect  itself  during the put
period  against a decline in the value of the  underlying  investment  below the
exercise  price by selling the 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

       |_|  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 returns.

      The Fund's option activities could affect its portfolio  turnover rate and
brokerage  commissions.  The exercise of calls written by the Fund may 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. Such commissions  might 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.

      There is a risk in using short  hedging by selling  interest  rate futures
and municipal bond index futures or purchasing puts on municipal bond indices or
futures  to  attempt  to  protect  against  declines  in the value of the Fund's
securities.  The risk is that the prices of such futures or the applicable index
will  correlate  imperfectly  with the  behavior  of the cash (that is,  market)
prices of the Fund's securities. It is possible for example, that while the Fund
has used hedging  instruments in a short hedge, the market might advance and the
value of debt  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 value of its debt securities.  However, while this could
occur over a brief  period or to a very small  degree,  over time the value of a
diversified portfolio of debt 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 debt
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 debt securities being hedged.  It might do so if the historical
volatility of the prices of the debt securities being hedged is greater 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 natures of those markets.  All
participants   in  the  futures  markets  are  subject  to  margin  deposit  and
maintenance   requirements.   Rather  than  meeting  additional  margin  deposit
requirements,  investors  may close out  futures  contracts  through  offsetting
transactions  which could distort the normal  relationship  between the cash and
futures markets. From the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements
in the  futures  markets  are  less  onerous  than  margin  requirements  in the
securities  markets.  Therefore,  increased  participation by speculators in the
futures markets may cause temporary price distortions.

      The Fund can use  hedging  instruments  to  establish  a  position  in the
municipal  securities  markets as a  temporary  substitute  for the  purchase of
individual  securities  (long  hedging).  It is possible  that the market  might
decline.  If the Fund then concludes not to invest in such securities because of
concerns that there might be further market  decline or for other  reasons,  the
Fund will  realize a loss on the  hedging  instruments  that is not  offset by a
reduction in the purchase price of the securities.

      An  option  position  may be  closed  out only on a market  that  provides
secondary  trading for options of the same series.  There is no assurance that a
liquid  secondary market will exist for a particular  option.  If the Fund could
not effect a closing  purchase  transaction due to a lack of a market,  it would
have to hold the callable  investment until the call lapsed or was exercised and
could incur losses.

       |_| Interest Rate Swap  Transactions.  In an interest rate swap, the Fund
and another  party  exchange  their right to receive or their  obligation to pay
interest on a security.  For example,  they may swap a right to receive floating
rate  payments  for fixed  rate  payments.  The Fund  enters  into swaps only on
securities it owns.  The Fund may not enter into swaps with respect to more than
25% of its total assets.  Also, the Fund will  segregate  liquid assets (such as
cash or U.S.  Government  securities)  to cover any  amounts  it could owe under
swaps that exceed the amounts it is entitled to receive, and it will adjust that
amount daily, as needed. Income from interest rate swaps may be taxable.

      Swap agreements entail both interest rate risk and credit risk. There is a
risk that, based on movements of interest rates in the future, the payments made
by the Fund under a swap agreement will have been greater than those received by
it. Credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty  will default.
If the  counterparty  to an interest  rate swap  defaults,  the Fund's loss will
consist of the net amount of contractual interest payments that the Fund has not
yet received. The Manager will monitor the creditworthiness of counterparties to
the Fund's interest rate swap transactions on an ongoing basis.

      The Fund can enter into swap transactions with appropriate  counterparties
pursuant to master netting agreements.  A master netting agreement provides that
all swaps done between the Fund and that counterparty under the master agreement
shall be regarded as parts of an integral agreement.  If on any date amounts are
payable under one or more swap transactions, the net amount payable on that date
shall be paid. In addition, the master netting agreement may provide that if one
party  defaults  generally or on one swap,  the  counterparty  can terminate the
swaps with that party.  Under master netting  agreements,  if there is a default
resulting  in a loss to one  party,  that  party's  damages  are  calculated  by
reference to the average cost of a  replacement  swap with respect to each swap.
The  gains  and  losses on all  swaps  are then  netted,  and the  result is the
counterparty's gain or loss on termination. The termination of all swaps and the
netting  of  gains  and  losses  on  termination  is  generally  referred  to as
"aggregation."

       |_|  Regulatory  Aspects of Hedging  Instruments.  When using futures and
options on futures,  the Fund is required to operate within  certain  guidelines
and restrictions  established by the Commodity  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.  That 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 no more than 5%
of the Fund's net assets for hedging  strategies  that are not  considered  bona
fide hedging  strategies  under the Rule. Under the Rule, the Fund also must use
short  futures and  options on futures  positions  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 an interest rate
future  or  municipal  bond  index  future,  it must  maintain  cash or  readily
marketable short-term debt instruments in an amount equal to the market value of
the investments underlying the future, less the margin deposit applicable to it.

      |X|  Temporary  Defensive  Investments.   The  securities  the  Fund  can
invest in for temporary defensive purposes include the following:
      |_|  short-term municipal securities;
      |_|  obligations  issued  or  guaranteed  by the U.S.  Government  or its
agencies or instrumentalities;
      |_|  corporate debt  securities  rated within the three highest grades by
a nationally recognized rating agency;
      |_|  commercial  paper  rated  "A-1" by S&P,  or a  comparable  rating by
another nationally recognized rating agency; and
      |_| certificates of deposit of domestic banks with assets of $1 billion or
more.

      |X| Taxable Investments.  While the Fund can invest up to 20% of its total
assets in investments  that generate income subject to income taxes, it does not
anticipate  investing  substantial  amounts of its assets in taxable investments
under normal market  conditions or as part of its normal trading  strategies and
policies. To the extent it invests in taxable securities,  the Fund would not be
able to meet its objective of providing  tax exempt income to its  shareholders.
Taxable  investments  include,  for  example,  hedging  instruments,  repurchase
agreements, and some of the types of securities the Fund could buy for temporary
defensive purposes.

Investment Restrictions

      |X|  What Are  "Fundamental  Policies?"  Fundamental  policies  are  those
policies that the Fund has adopted to govern its investments that can be changed
only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund's  outstanding  voting  securities.
Under the Investment  Company Act, such 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.

      |_| The Fund cannot invest in real estate. However, the Fund can invest in
municipal  securities or other permissible  securities or instruments secured by
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 purchase securities, or other instruments,  on margin.
However, the Fund can invest in options, futures, options on futures and similar
instruments  and may make margin  deposits and payments in connection with those
investments.

      |_|  The Fund cannot make short sales of securities.

      |_| The Fund cannot underwrite securities. A permitted exception is in the
case it is deemed to be an  underwriter  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 when
reselling securities held in its portfolio.

      |_| The Fund cannot invest in securities  of other  investment  companies,
except  if they  are  acquired  as  part of a  merger,  consolidation  or  other
acquisition.

      |_| The Fund cannot borrow money, except from banks for temporary purposes
in amounts not in excess of 5% of the value of the Fund's  assets.  No assets of
the Fund may be pledged, mortgaged or hypothecated except to secure a borrowing,
and in that case no more than 10% of the Fund's  total  assets  may be  pledged,
mortgaged or hypothecated. Borrowings may not be made for leverage, but only for
liquidity  purposes  to satisfy  redemption  requests  when the  liquidation  of
portfolio securities is considered inconvenient or disadvantageous. However, the
Fund can enter into when-issued and  delayed-delivery  transactions as described
in this Statement of Additional Information.

      |_| The Fund  cannot make loans.  However,  the Fund can  purchase or hold
debt obligations,  repurchase agreements and other instruments and securities it
is permitted to own and may lend its portfolio  securities and other investments
it owns.

      |_|  With  respect  to  75% of its  total  assets,  the  Fund  cannot  buy
securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer (except the U.S. Government or
any of its  agencies or  instrumentalities)  if more than 5% of the Fund's total
assets would be invested in securities of that issuer or the Fund would then own
more than 10% of that issuer's voting securities.

      |_| The Fund cannot  invest more than 25% of its total  assets in a single
industry.  As an operating  policy,  the Fund applies this restriction to 25% or
more of its total  assets.  However,  the Fund can  invest  more than 25% of its
assets in a particular  segment of the  municipal  bond market,  but it will not
invest more than 25% of its total assets in  industrial  development  bonds in a
single industry.

      |_| The Fund cannot make investments for the purpose of exercising control
of management.

      |_| The Fund  cannot  purchase  securities  of any  issuer  if,  officers,
trustees and directors of the Fund or the Manager individually  beneficially own
more than .5% of the  securities  of that issuer and together  own  beneficially
more than 5% of the outstanding securities of that issuer.

|_| 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.

      The Fund will not purchase or retain securities if, as a result,  the Fund
would have more than 5% of its total assets  invested in  securities  of private
issuers having a record of less than three years'  continuous  operation,  or in
industrial  development bonds if the private entity on whose credit the security
is based,  directly  or  indirectly,  is less than three  years old,  unless the
security is rated by a nationally-recognized  rating service. In each case, that
period may  include the  operation  of  predecessor  companies  or  enterprises.
Additionally,  the Fund will not invest in common stock or any warrants  related
to common stocks. These operating policies are not fundamental policies.

      Unless the Prospectus or 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.  In that case 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.

Diversification.  The  Fund  intends  to be  "diversified"  as  defined  in  the
Investment  Company Act and to satisfy the  restrictions  against  investing too
much of its assets in any "issuer" as set forth in the  restrictions  above.  In
implementing  this  policy,  the  identification  of the  issuer of a  municipal
security  depends on the terms and  conditions of the security.  When the assets
and  revenues  of an  agency,  authority,  instrumentality  or  other  political
subdivision  are  separate  from  those of the  government  creating  it and the
security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the  subdivision,  agency,
authority or instrumentality,  the latter would be deemed to be the sole issuer.
Similarly,  if an industrial  development  bond is backed only by the assets and
revenues of the non-governmental  user, then that user would be deemed to be the
sole issuer.  However,  if in either case the creating  government or some other
entity  guarantees  a security,  the  guarantee  would be  considered a separate
security and would be treated as an issue of such government or other entity.

Applying the Restriction Against  Concentration.  To implement its policy not to
concentrate its investments,  the Fund has adopted the industry  classifications
set forth in  Appendix B to this  Statement  of  Additional  Information.  Those
industry classifications are not a fundamental policy.

      In implementing the Fund's policy not to concentrate its investments,  the
Manager  will  consider  a  non-governmental  user  of  facilities  financed  by
industrial  development  bonds as being in a particular  industry.  That is done
even  though  the bonds are  municipal  securities,  as to which the Fund has no
concentration  limitation.   Although  this  application  of  the  concentration
restriction  is not a  fundamental  policy of the Fund,  it will not be  changed
without shareholder approval.

How the Fund Is Managed

Organization  and  History.  The  Fund  is  one of  two  diversified  investment
portfolios or "series" of Oppenheimer  Municipal Fund, an open-end,  diversified
management  investment  company  organized as a Massachusetts  business trust in
1986, with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest.

      Oppenheimer Municipal Fund (and therefore, the Fund, as one of its series)
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.  Shareholders  of  Oppenheimer
Municipal  Fund have the right to call a meeting  to remove a Trustee or to take
other action described in the 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 three  classes of
shares,  Class A, Class B and Class C. All classes invest in the same investment
portfolio.  Shares  are  freely  transferable.   Each  share  has  one  vote  at
shareholder  meetings,  with fractional shares voting  proportionally on matters
submitted to the vote of shareholders. Each class of shares:
      |_|                       has its own dividends and distributions,
      |_|             pays  certain  expenses  which may be  different  for the
   different classes,
      |_|             may have a different net asset value,
      |_|             may have  separate  voting rights on matters in which the
        interests  of one class are  different  from the  interests  of another
        class, and
      |_|             votes  as a class  on  matters  that  affect  that  class
alone.

      |X|  Meetings of  Shareholders.  As a series of 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 Oppenheimer  Municipal 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 the
outstanding  shares of  Oppenheimer  Municipal  Fund. 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 shareholder lists of a series of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund
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 a
series of Oppenheimer  Municipal Fund valued at $25,000 or more or  constituting
at least 1% of the outstanding shares of Oppenheimer  Municipal Fund,  whichever
is less.  The Trustees may also take other action as permitted by the Investment
Company Act.

      |X| Shareholder and Trustee  Liability.  The 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  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 the 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 during the past five years are
listed  below.  Trustees  denoted  with an  asterisk  (*) below are deemed to be
"interested  persons" of the Fund under the  Investment  Company Act. All of the
Trustees  are also  trustees,  directors  or  managing  general  partners of the
following Denver-based Oppenheimer funds1:

                                  Oppenheimer  Senior  Floating  Rate
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves         Fund
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund  Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
                                  Oppenheimer   Total   Return  Fund,
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund   Inc.
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund       Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Oppenheimer   International  Bond
Fund                              Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds       Centennial America Fund, L. P.
Oppenheimer          Limited-Term Centennial  California  Tax  Exempt
Government Fund                   Trust
Oppenheimer  Main  Street  Funds,
Inc.                              Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer   Main  Street  Small
Cap Fund.                         Centennial Money Market Trust
                                  Centennial   New  York  Tax  Exempt
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund        Trust
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund       Centennial Tax Exempt Trust

      Ms. Macaskill and Messrs. Swain, Bishop, Wixted, Donohue, Farrar and Zack,
who are officers of the Fund,  respectively hold the same offices with the other
Denver-based  Oppenheimer  funds.  As of December  28,  1999,  the  Trustees and
officers  of the Fund as a group  owned  1.2% of the Class A shares of the Fund.
The foregoing  statement  does not reflect  shares held of record by an employee
benefit plan for employees of the Manager other than shares  beneficially  owned
under that plan by the officers of the Fund listed below.  Ms. Macaskill and Mr.
Donohue are trustees of that plan.

William L. Armstrong, Trustee,2 Age: 62.
11 Carriage Lane, Littleton, Colorado 80121
Chairman of the  following  private  mortgage  banking  companies:  Cherry Creek
Mortgage  Company (since 1991),  Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994),
The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993),  Transland Financial  Services,  Inc.
(since 1997), and Ambassador  Media  Corporation  (since 1984);  Chairman of the
following private companies: Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate
brokerage)  (since 1994),  Frontier Title (title insurance  agency) (since 1995)
and Great Frontier Insurance  (insurance  agency) (since 1995);  Director of the
following public companies:  Storage Technology  Corporation (computer equipment
company) (since 1991), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil and gas  drilling/production
company) (since 1992),  UNUMProvident (insurance company) (since 1991); formerly
Director of the following public companies:  International  Family Entertainment
(television  channel)  (1991 - 1997) and Natec  Resources,  Inc. (air  pollution
control  equipment and services  company) (1991 - 1995);  formerly U.S.  Senator
(January 1979 - January 1991).

Robert G. Avis*, Trustee, Age: 68
One North Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Chairman,  President and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Capital,  Inc.
(general  partnership  of private  equity  funds),  Director of A.G.  Edwards &
Sons,  Inc. (a  broker-dealer)  and Director of A.G.  Edwards  Trust  Companies
(trust  companies),  formerly,  Vice Chairman of A.G.  Edwards & Sons, Inc. and
A.G.  Edwards,  Inc. (its parent holding company) and Chairman of A.G.E.  Asset
Management (an investment advisor).

William A. Baker, Trustee, Age: 84
197 Desert Lakes Drive, Palm Springs, California 92264
Management Consultant.

George C. Bowen, Trustee, Age: 633
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Formerly  (until April 1999) Mr.  Bowen held the  following  positions:  Senior
Vice President  (since  September 1987) and Treasurer (since March 1985) of the
Manager;  Vice President  (since June 1983) and Treasurer (since March 1985) of
the  Distributor;  Vice  President  (since  October 1989) and Treasurer  (since
April  1986)  of  HarbourView   Asset  Management   Corporation;   Senior  Vice
President  (since  February  1992),   Treasurer  (since  July  1991)  Assistant
Secretary and a director (since December 1991) of Centennial  Asset  Management
Corporation;   President,  Treasurer  and  a  director  of  Centennial  Capital
Corporation  (since June 1989);  Vice  President  and  Treasurer  (since August
1978) and Secretary  (since April 1981) of  Shareholder  Services,  Inc.;  Vice
President,  Treasurer and Secretary of  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.
(since November 1989);  Assistant  Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp.
(since  March  1998);  Treasurer  of  Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc.
(since November 1989);  Vice President and Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Real Asset
Management,   Inc.   (since   July   1996);   Treasurer   of   OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997).

Jon S. Fossel, Trustee, Age: 57 4
P.O. Box 44, Mead Street, Waccabuc, New York 10597
Formerly  Chairman  and a director of the Manager,  President  and a director of
Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp.,  the  Manager's  parent  holding  company,  and
Shareholder Services,  Inc. and Shareholder  Financial Services,  Inc., transfer
agent subsidiaries of the Manager.

Sam Freedman, Trustee, Age:59
4975 Lakeshore Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80123
Formerly  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of  OppenheimerFunds  Services,
Chairman,  Chief Executive Officer and a director of Shareholder Services, Inc.,
Chairman,   Chief  Executive  Officer  and  director  of  Shareholder  Financial
Services, Inc., Vice President and director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.
and a director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Raymond J. Kalinowski, Trustee, Age: 70
44 Portland Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63131
Director  of  Wave  Technologies  International,   Inc.  (a  computer  products
training company), self-employed consultant (securities matters).

C. Howard Kast, Trustee, Age: 78
2552 East Alameda, Denver, Colorado 80209
Formerly Managing Partner of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (an accounting firm).

Robert M. Kirchner, Trustee, Age: 78
7500 E. Arapahoe Road, Englewood, Colorado 80112
President of The Kirchner Company (management consultants).

Bridget A. Macaskill*, President and Trustee, Age: 515
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
President (since June 1991),  Chief Executive Officer (since September 1995) and
a Director (since  December 1994) of the Manager;  President and director (since
June 1991) of HarbourView Asset Management  Corporation,  an investment  adviser
subsidiary of the Manager; Chairman and a director of Shareholder Services, Inc.
(since August 1994) and Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc. (since September
1995),  transfer agent  subsidiaries of the Manager;  President (since September
1995) and a director (since October 1990) of Oppenheimer  Acquisition Corp., the
Manager's  parent  holding  company;  President  (since  September  1995)  and a
director  (since  November 1989) of Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc., a
holding company  subsidiary of the Manager; a director of Oppenheimer Real Asset
Management,  Inc.  (since July 1996);  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; President and
a director of other Oppenheimer funds; a director of Prudential  Corporation plc
(a U.K. financial service company).

Ned M. Steel, Trustee, Age: 84
3416 South Race Street, Englewood, Colorado 80110
Chartered  Property  and  Casualty  Underwriter;  a director of Visiting  Nurse
Corporation of Colorado.

James C. Swain*,  Chairman,  Chief Executive  Officer and Trustee,  Age: 66 6803
South Tucson Way, Englewood,  Colorado 80112 Vice Chairman of the Manager (since
September  1988);   formerly  President  and  a  director  of  Centennial  Asset
Management  Corporation,  an  investment  adviser  subsidiary of the Manager and
Chairman of the Board of Shareholder Services, Inc.

Andrew J. Donohue, Vice President and Secretary, Age: 49
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Executive Vice President  (since January 1993),  General  Counsel (since October
1991) and a Director  (since  September  1995) of the  Manager;  Executive  Vice
President  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  Corporation,  Shareholder  Services,
Inc.,   Shareholder   Financial  Services,   Inc.  and  (since  September  1995)
Oppenheimer  Partnership Holdings,  Inc.; President and a director of Centennial
Asset Management Corporation (since September 1995); President,  General Counsel
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  and  a  director  of   OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997); an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds.

Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 41
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice  President  of the  Manager/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (since May 1996);  an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds;  formerly an Assistant Vice President of the
Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (April 1994 - May 1996), and a Fund
Controller for the Manager.

Scott T. Farrar, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 34
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice President of the Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (since May 1996); Assistant
Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Millennium  Funds plc (since October 1997); an officer
of  other  Oppenheimer  funds;  formerly  an  Assistant  Vice  President  of the
Manager/Mutual  Fund Accounting  (April 1994 - May 1996),  and a Fund Controller
for the Manager.

Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer, Age: 40
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Senior Vice President and Treasurer (since April 1999) of the Manager; Treasurer
of  HarbourView  Asset  Management  Corporation,   Shareholder  Services,  Inc.,
Shareholder Financial Services,  Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.
(since April 1999); Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Acquisition Corp. (since
April 1999);  Assistant  Secretary of Centennial  Asset  Management  Corporation
(since April 1999);  formerly  Principal and Chief  Operating  Officer,  Bankers
Trust Company - Mutual Fund Services  Division  (March 1995 - March 1999);  Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of CS First Boston  Investment  Management
Corp.  (September 1991 - March 1995); and Vice President and Accounting Manager,
Merrill Lynch Asset Management (November 1987 - September 1991).

Robert G. Zack, Assistant Secretary, Age: 51
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Senior Vice President (since May 1985) and Associate  General Counsel (since May
1981) of the Manager,  Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services,  Inc. (since
May 1985),  and  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.  (since November 1989);
Assistant  Secretary of  OppenheimerFunds  International  Ltd.  and  Oppenheimer
Millennium  Funds plc (since  October  1997);  an  officer of other  Oppenheimer
funds.  Christian D. Smith, Vice President and Portfolio  Manager,  Age: 38. Two
World Trade Center,  New York, New York 10048-0203  Senior Vice President of the
Manager (since October 11, 1999); an officer of other  Oppenheimer  funds.  From
January  1999  to  September  1999 he was  Co-Head  of the  Municipal  Portfolio
Management Team of Prudential  Global Asset Management (an investment  adviser),
prior to which he was a portfolio manager for that firm (January 1990 to January
1999).

           Remuneration  of Trustees.  The officers of the Fund and two Trustees
of the Fund (Ms.  Macaskill and Mr. Swain) are  affiliated  with the Manager and
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, 1999. The  compensation  from all of
the Denver-based  Oppenheimer  funds includes the compensation from the Fund and
represents  compensation  received  as a  director,  trustee,  managing  general
partner or member of a committee of the Board during the calendar year 1999.



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                           Aggregate       Total Compensation
  Trustee's Name           Compensation    from all Denver-Based
  and Other Positions      from Fund       Oppenheimer Funds1
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  William L. Armstrong     $65             None 2
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  Robert G. Avis           $422            $67,998.00
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  William A. Baker         $431            $69,998.00
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  George C.  Bowen         $70             None 2
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  John S. Fossel           $428            $67,496.00
  Audit Committee Member
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  Sam Freedman             $459            $73,998.00
  Audit Committee Member
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  Raymond J. Kalinowski    $455            $73,998.00
  Audit Committee Member
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  C. Howard Kast           $485            $76,998.00
  Audit Committee Chairman
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  Robert M. Kirchner       $427            $67,998.00
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  Ned M. Steel             $422            $67,998.00
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1.    For the 1999 calendar year.
2. Mr.   Armstrong  and  Mr.  Bowen  were  not  Trustees  or  Directors  of  the
   Denver-based Oppenheimer funds during 1998.

      |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 December  28,  1999,  the only persons who
owned of record or who were known by the Fund to own  beneficially 5% or more of
the Fund's outstanding shares were:

      Merrill  Lynch  Pierce  Fenner & Smith,  Inc.,  4800 Deer Lake Drive East,
      Floor 3, Jacksonville,  Florida,  32246-6484,  which owned 680.935 Class B
      shares, representing 6.99% of the Class B shares then outstanding.

      Merrill  Lynch  Pierce  Fenner & Smith,  Inc.,  4800 Deer Lake Drive East,
      Floor 3, Jacksonville, Florida, 32246-6484, which owned 63,879.633 Class C
      shares, representing 21.68% of the Class C shares then outstanding.

      Margie  H.  Madak  Trust,  8619 W.  Sunnyside  Avenue,  Chicago,  Illinois
      60656-4149,  which owned  29,762.828  of the Class C shares,  representing
      10.10% of the Class C shares then outstanding.

The Manager.  The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp., a
holding company controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

      |X| Code of Ethics.  The Fund, the Manager and the Distributor have a Code
 of Ethics.  It is designed to detect and prevent  improper  personal trading by
 certain employees,  including  portfolio  managers,  that would compete with or
 take advantage of the Fund's  portfolio  transactions.  Covered persons include
 persons with knowledge of the investments and investment intentions of the Fund
 and  other  funds  advised  by the  Manager.  The Code of  Ethics  does  permit
 personnel  subject to the Code to invest in  securities,  including  securities
 that may be purchased or held by the Fund,  subject to a number of restrictions
 and  controls.  Compliance  with the Code of Ethics is carefully  monitored and
 enforced by the Manager.

       The Code of Ethics is an  exhibit to the  Fund's  registration  statement
 filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  and can be reviewed  and
 copied at the SEC's Public  Reference Room in  Washington,  D.C. You can obtain
 information  about the  hours of  operation  of the  Public  Reference  Room by
 calling  the SEC at  1-202-942-8090.  The Code of Ethics  can also be viewed as
 part of the Fund's  registration  statement on the SEC's EDGAR  database at the
 SEC's Internet web site at  http://www.sec.gov.  Copies may be obtained,  after
 paying a  duplicating  fee,  by  electronic  request  at the  following  E-mail
 address:  [email protected].,  or by  writing  to the SEC's  Public  Reference
 Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.


      |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 manager
of the Fund is  employed  by the  Manager  and is the person who is  principally
responsible for the day-to-day  management of the Fund's  investment  portfolio.
Other members of the Manager's Fixed-Income Portfolio Team provide the portfolio
manager  with  research  and counsel in  managing  the Fund's  investments.  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  corporate  administration for the Fund.
Those  responsibilities  include the compilation and maintenance of records with
respect to the  Fund's  operations,  the  preparation  and  filing of  specified
reports, and the 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, fees to disinterested
Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent expenses, share
issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs,  brokerage commissions,
and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees paid
by the  Fund  to the  Manager  are  calculated  at the  rates  described  in the
Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the Fund as a whole. The fees are
allocated  to each class of shares  based upon the  relative  proportion  of the
Fund's net assets  represented by that class.  The  management  fees paid by the
Fund to the Manager during its last three fiscal years are listed below.

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     Fiscal Year Ending 9/30          Management Fee Paid to
                                      OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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              1997                           $471,703

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              1998                           $545,563

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              1999                           $601,513

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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 for its obligations and duties under the investment  advisory
agreement,  the  Manager is not liable for any loss  sustained  by reason of any
investment of the Fund assets made with due care and in good faith.

      The  agreement  permits the Manager to act as  investment  adviser for any
other person,  firm or corporation.  The Manager uses the name  "Oppenheimer" in
connection with other  investment  companies for which it or an affiliate is the
investment adviser or general distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as
investment  adviser to the Fund,  the Manager can withdraw its permission to the
Fund (and to Oppenheimer  Municipal 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 buy and sell portfolio
securities for the Fund. The investment advisory agreement allows the Manager to
use  broker-dealers  to effect  the  Fund's  portfolio  transactions.  Under the
agreement,  the Manager may employ those broker-dealers  (including "affiliated"
brokers,  as that term is defined in the  Investment  Company Act) that,  in the
Manager's best judgment based on all relevant factors, will implement the Fund's
policy to obtain,  at  reasonable  expense,  the "best  execution"  of portfolio
transactions.  "Best execution"  refers to prompt and reliable  execution at the
most  favorable  price  obtainable.   The  Manager  need  not  seek  competitive
commission bidding. However, the Manager is expected to minimize the commissions
paid to the extent  consistent  with the  interest  and  policies of the Fund as
established by its Board of Trustees.

      Under the investment  advisory  agreement,  the Manager may select brokers
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 other  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 managed by the Manager or its affiliates.

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 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.

      Most securities  purchases made by the Fund are in principal  transactions
at net prices.  The Fund usually  deals  directly with the selling or purchasing
principal or market maker without incurring charges for the services of a broker
on its behalf unless the Manager determines that a better price or execution may
be obtained  by using the  services  of a broker.  Therefore,  the Fund does not
incur  substantial   brokerage  costs.   Portfolio   securities  purchased  from
underwriters  include  a  commission  or  concession  paid by the  issuer to the
underwriter in the price of the security.  Portfolio  securities  purchased from
dealers include a spread between the bid and asked price.

      The Fund seeks to obtain prompt  execution of orders at the most favorable
net prices. In an option  transaction,  the Fund ordinarily uses the same broker
for the purchase or sale of the option and any  transaction in the investment to
which the option  relates.  Other funds  advised by the Manager have  investment
objectives  and  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.  When possible,  the
Manager tries to combine concurrent orders to purchase or sell the same security
by more than one of the accounts  managed by the Manager or its affiliates.  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.

      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.  Investment  research  received  by the  Manager  for  the
commissions  paid by those other accounts may be useful both to the Fund and one
or more of the Manager's other  accounts.  Investment  research  services may be
supplied  to the Manager by a third  party at the  instance of a broker  through
which trades are placed.  Investment  research services include  information and
analyses 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 has 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 broaden the scope and supplement
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 of the Fund  about  the  commissions  paid to  brokers  furnishing
research 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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            1997                             None

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            1998                           $73,0592

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            1999                            $89,180

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1. Amounts do not include  spreads or concessions on principal  amounts on a net
   trade basis.
2. In the fiscal year ended  9/30/99,  no  transactions  directed to brokers for
   research services.

Distribution and Service Plans

The Distributor.  Under its General  Distributor's  Agreement with the Fund, the
Distributor  acts as the Fund's principal  underwriter in the continuous  public
offering of the different  classes of shares of the Fund. The Distributor is not
obligated to sell a specific number of shares. Expenses normally attributable to
sales are borne by the Distributor.

      The compensation paid to (or retained by) the Distributor from the sale of
shares or on the redemption of shares is discussed in the table below:

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         Aggregate   Class A    Commissions  CommissionsCommissions
 Fiscal  Front-End   Front-End  on Class A   on Class   on Class C
 Year    Sales       Sales      Shares       B Shares   Shares
 Ended   Charges     Charges    Advanced by  Advanced   Advanced
 9/30:   on Class A  Retained   Distributor1 by         by
         Shares      by                      DistributorDistributor1
                     Distributor
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  1997    $164,201    $35,272     $ 5,001     $222,466    $18,115
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  1998    $197,201    $47,360     $ 1,663     $350,427    $27,494
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  1999    $214,856    $36,028     $13,460     $274,507    $21,836
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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.
*  Includes amount  retained by a broker-dealer  that is an affiliate or parent
of the distributor.

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  Fiscal    Class A           Class B           Class C
  Year      Contingent        Contingent        Contingent
  Ended     Deferred Sales    Deferred Sales    Deferred Sales
  9/30:     Charges Retained  Charges Retained  Charges Retained
            by Distributor    by Distributor    by Distributor
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    1999           $0              $96,005            $4,312
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Distribution  and Service  Plans.  The Fund has  adopted a Service  Plan for its
Class A shares and  Distribution  and Service  Plans for its Class B and Class C
shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment  Company Act.  Under those plans,  the
Fund makes  payments to the  Distributor  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  of the
Fund,  including a majority of the Independent  Trustees,  6 cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on that plan.

      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
profits from the advisory fee it receives from the Fund. The Distributor and the
Manager  may,  in their sole  discretion,  increase  or  decrease  the amount of
payments they make to plan recipients from their own resources.

      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  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 the plan must be approved by shareholders of the class affected
by the  amendment.  Because  Class B shares  automatically  convert into Class A
shares  after six years,  the Fund must obtain the  approval of both Class A and
Class B shareholders  for an amendment to the Class A plan that would materially
increase  the  amount to be paid under that  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 Fund's Board of Trustees at least
quarterly  for its review.  The reports  shall detail the amount of all payments
made  under a plan and the  purpose  for which the  payments  were  made.  Those
reports are subject to the review and  approval of the  Independent  Trustees in
the exercise of their fiduciary duty.

      Each plan states that while it is in effect,  the selection or replacement
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
provision  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 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 Fund's  Independent
Trustees.  The Board of Trustees  has set the fees at the maximum  rate  allowed
under  the plans and has set no  minimum  asset  amount  needed to  qualify  for
payments.

      |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.  The Distributor  makes
payments to plan  recipients  quarterly at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of
the average  annual net assets of Class A shares held in accounts of the service
provider or their customers.

      For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999,  payments under the Plan for
Class A shares  totaled  $245,096,  all of which was paid by the  Distributor to
recipients.  That included $12,398 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor.  Any
unreimbursed  expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares for
any fiscal year may not be recovered in subsequent  years.  The  Distributor may
not use  payments  received  under the  Class A plan to pay any of its  interest
expenses, carrying charges, other financial costs, or allocation of overhead.

      |X| Class B and Class C Service and Distribution  Plans.  Under each plan,
service fees and distribution  fees are computed on the average of the net asset
value of  shares in the  respective  class,  determined  as of the close of each
regular  business day during the period.  The Class B and Class C plans  provide
for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate,  whether the Distributor's
distribution  expenses  are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund under
the  plans  during  that  period.  The  Class B and  Class C  plans  permit  the
Distributor to retain both the asset-based  sales charges and the service fee on
shares or to pay  recipients  the  service  fee on a  quarterly  basis,  without
payment in  advance.  The types of  services  that  recipients  provide  for the
service  fee are  similar  to the  services  provided  under  the  Class A plan,
described above.

      The  Distributor  presently  intends to pay  recipients the service fee on
Class B and  Class C  shares  in  advance  for the  first  year the  shares  are
outstanding.  After the first year shares are outstanding, the Distributor makes
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 an
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 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 dealer 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 fees and the asset-based
sales charge to the dealer  quarterly in lieu of paying the sales commission and
service fee in advance at the time of purchase.

      The  asset-based  sales  charge  on  Class  B and  Class C  shares  allows
investors to buy shares  without a front-end  sales  charge  while  allowing the
Distributor  to  compensate  dealers that sell those shares.  The  Distributor's
actual  expenses  in  selling  Class B and  Class C shares  may be more than the
payments it  receives  from  contingent  deferred  sales  charges  collected  on
redeemed shares and from the Fund under the plans. The Fund pays the asset-based
sales charge 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:
      |_| pays sales  commissions to authorized  brokers and dealers at the time
        of sale and pays service fees as described in the Prospectus,
      |_| 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,
      |_| employs personnel to support distribution of shares, and |_| bears the
costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses (other
        than those  furnished  to  current  shareholders)  and state  "blue sky"
        registration fees and certain other distribution expenses.

      The  Distributor's  actual  expenses in selling Class B and Class C shares
may be more than the payments it receives  from the  contingent  deferred  sales
charges  collected  on  redeemed  shares and from the Fund  under the plans.  If
either  the  Class B or 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 and Class C plans allow for the carry-forward of distribution  expenses,
to be recovered from asset based sales charges in subsequent fiscal periods.

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 Distribution Fees Paid to the Distributor in the Fiscal Year Ended
                               9/30/99
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                                        Distributor's Distributor's
                                        Aggregate     Unreimbursed
          Total          Amount         Unreimbursed  Expenses as %
          Payments       Retained by    Expenses      of Net Assets
 Class:   Under Plan     Distributor    Under Plan    of Class
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 Class B  $ 285,641      $ 233,634      $ 938,638         3.55%
 Plan
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 Class C  $  57,731      $  33,511      $ 789,916         1.41%
 Plan
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      All  payments  under  the Class B and  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 to NASD members.

Performance of the Fund

Explanation  of  Performance  Terminology.  The Fund uses a variety  of terms to
illustrate  its   performance.   These  terms  include   "standardized   yield,"
"tax-equivalent   yield,"  "dividend  yield,"  "average  annual  total  return,"
"cumulative  total return," "average annual total return at net asset value" and
"total  return at net asset  value."  An  explanation  of how  yields  and total
returns are  calculated  is set forth  below.  The charts  below show the Fund's
performance  as of its 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).  Certain types of yields may also be shown, provided that they are
accompanied by standardized average annual total returns.

      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:
      |_| Yields and total returns  measure the  performance  of a  hypothetical
account in the Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each
shareholder's  account.  Your  account's  performance  will  vary from the model
performance  data if your  dividends  are  received in cash,  or you buy or sell
shares  during the period,  or you bought  your  shares at a different  time and
price than the shares used in the model.
      |_|  The Fund's  performance  returns do not  reflect the effect of taxes
on 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 its yields 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.
      |_|  Yields  and  total  returns  for  any  given  past  period  represent
historical performance information and are not, and should not be considered,  a
prediction of future yields or returns.

      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 yields and 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 those investments,  the
types of  investments  the  Fund  holds,  and its  operating  expenses  that are
allocated to the particular class.

      |X| Yields.  The Fund uses a variety of different yields to illustrate its
current returns. Each class of shares calculates its yield separately because of
the different expenses that affect each class.

       |_| Standardized  Yield. The "standardized  yield" (sometimes referred to
just as "yield") is shown for a class of shares for a stated 30-day  period.  It
is not based on actual  distributions  paid by the Fund to  shareholders  in the
30-day period,  but is a hypothetical yield based upon the net investment income
from the Fund's portfolio  investments for that period.  It may therefore differ
from the "dividend yield" for the same class of shares, described below.

                         Standardized Yield = 2[(a-b     6
                                                 --- + 1) - 1]
                                                 cd

      Standardized  yield is calculated using the following formula set forth in
rules  adopted by the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  designed to assure
uniformity in the way that all funds calculate their yields:
      The symbols above represent the following factors:

      a =dividends and interest earned during the 30-day period.

      b =expenses accrued for the period (net of any expense assumptions).

      c  =the average  daily number of shares of that class  outstanding  during
         the 30-day period that were entitled to receive dividends.

      d  =the maximum  offering price per share of that class on the last day of
         the period, adjusted for undistributed net investment income.

      The standardized  yield for a particular 30-day period may differ from the
yield for other periods. The SEC formula assumes that the standardized yield for
a 30-day  period  occurs  at a  constant  rate  for a  six-month  period  and is
annualized at the end of the six-month period. Additionally,  because each class
of shares is subject to different  expenses,  it is likely that the standardized
yields of the Fund's classes of shares will differ for any 30-day period.

       |_| Dividend Yield.  The Fund may quote a "dividend yield" for each class
of its  shares.  Dividend  yield is based  on the  dividends  paid on a class of
shares during the actual  dividend  period.  To calculate  dividend  yield,  the
dividends of a class declared during a stated period are added together, and the
sum is  multiplied  by 12 (to  annualize  the yield) and  divided by the maximum
offering  price on the last day of the  dividend  period.  The  formula is shown
below:

  Dividend Yield = dividends paid x 12/maximum offering price (payment date)

      The maximum offering price for Class A shares includes the current maximum
initial sales charge.  The maximum offering price for Class B and Class C shares
is the net asset value per share,  without  considering the effect of contingent
deferred  sales  charges.  The Class A dividend yield may also be quoted without
deducting the maximum initial sales charge.

       |_| Tax-Equivalent Yield. The "tax-equivalent yield" of a class of shares
is the equivalent yield that would have to be earned on a taxable  investment to
achieve the after-tax results represented by the Fund's tax-equivalent yield. It
adjusts the Fund's  standardized yield, as calculated above, by a stated federal
tax rate.  Using  different tax rates to show  different tax  equivalent  yields
shows  investors in different tax brackets the tax equivalent  yield of the Fund
based on their own tax bracket.

      The  tax-equivalent  yield is based on a 30-day period, and is computed by
dividing  the  tax-exempt  portion of the Fund's  current  yield (as  calculated
above) by one minus a stated income tax rate. The result is added to the portion
(if any) of the Fund's current yield that is not tax-exempt.

      The tax-equivalent  yield may be used to compare the tax effects of income
derived  from the Fund with income  from  taxable  investments  at the tax rates
stated.  Your tax bracket is determined by your federal  taxable income (the net
amount  subject to federal  income tax after  deductions  and  exemptions).  The
tax-equivalent  yield table  assumes  that the  investor is taxed at the highest
bracket, regardless of whether a switch to non-taxable investments would cause a
lower bracket to apply.

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       The Fund's Yields for the 30-Day Periods Ended 9/30/99
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                                 Tax-Equivalent
              Standardized     Dividend Yield         Yield
                  Yield                          (39.6% Fed. Tax
  Class of                                           Bracket)
  Shares
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            Without  After    Without  After    Without  After
            Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales
            Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge
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  Class A      5.12%    4.88%    4.93%    4.69%    8.48%     8.08%
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  Class B      4.35%      N/A    4.10%      N/A    7.20%       N/A
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  Class C      4.35%      N/A    4.11%      N/A    7.20%       N/A
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      |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 4.75% (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.

                             1/n
                         ERV
                         --- - 1 = Average Annual Total Return
                          P

       |_| 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") to achieve an Ending  Redeemable Value ("ERV" in the
formula) of that investment, according to the following formula:

                         ERV-P
                         ----- = 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:  |_| 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 9/30/99
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           Cumulative          Average Annual Total Returns
              Total
           Returns (10
            years or
Class of     life of
Shares       class)
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                                           5-Year        10-Year
                            1-Year      (or life of    (or life of
                                           class)        class)
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          After  WithoutAfter   WithoutAfter  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   81.60% 90.66%  -9.28% -4.76%  4.92%   5.94%   6.15% 6.67%
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Class B   28.24% 27.85%  -9.98% -5.47%  4.81%   5.14% 3.96%(2)3.96%(2)
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Class C   18.85%(18.85%  -6.38% -5.48% 4.32%(34.32%(3)  N/A    N/A
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  1.  Inception of Class A:  11/11/86
 2.  Inception of Class B:05/03/93
 3.  Inception of Class C:08/29/95

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 Class A, Class B or Class C shares by Lipper  Analytical
Services, Inc. ("Lipper"). Lipper is a widely-recognized independent mutual fund
monitoring  service.  Lipper  monitors the  performance of regulated  investment
companies,  including the Fund, and ranks their  performance for various periods
based on categories  relating to investment  objectives.  The performance of the
Fund is ranked by Lipper  against all other insured  municipal  debt 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
ranking  and/or  star  rating of the  performance  of its  classes  of shares by
Morningstar,  Inc., an independent mutual fund monitoring  service.  Morningstar
rates and ranks  mutual funds in broad  investment  categories:  domestic  stock
funds,  international stock funds,  taxable bond funds and municipal bond funds.
The Fund is ranked among municipal bond funds.

      Morningstar  proprietary  star ratings  reflect  historical  risk-adjusted
total investment  return.  Investment return measures a fund's (or class's) one,
three,  five  and  ten-year  average  annual  total  returns  (depending  on the
inception of the fund or class) in excess of 90-day U.S.  Treasury  bill returns
after considering the fund's sales charges and expenses.  Risk 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 total return  ranking to that of other funds
in its  Morningstar  category,  in  addition to its star  rankings.  Those total
return rankings are percentages  from one percent to one hundred percent and are
not risk adjusted. For example, if a fund is in the 94th percentile,  that means
that 94% of the funds in the same category performed better than it did.

|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
Class A,  Class B or Class C  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 Fund's Class A, Class B or Class C
returns  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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ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
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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
      |_| Current  purchases of Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other
        Oppenheimer  funds to reduce  the sales  charge  rate  that  applies  to
        current purchases of Class A shares, and
      |_| Class  A and  Class B  shares  of  Oppenheimer  funds  you  previously
        purchased  subject to an initial or contingent  deferred sales charge to
        reduce the sales  charge rate for current  purchases  of Class A shares,
        provided that you still hold your  investment in one of the  Oppenheimer
        funds.

      A fiduciary can count all shares  purchased  for a trust,  estate or other
fiduciary  account  (including  one or more  employee  benefit plans of the same
employer) that has multiple  accounts.  The  Distributor  will add the value, at
current offering price, of the shares you previously purchased and currently own
to the value of  current  purchases  to  determine  the sales  charge  rate that
applies. The reduced sales charge will apply only to current purchases. You must
request it when you buy shares.

      |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   California  Municipal Oppenheimer  Large  Cap  Growth
Fund                                Fund
Oppenheimer  Capital   Appreciation Oppenheimer  Money Market Fund,
Fund                                Inc.
Oppenheimer  Capital   Preservation Oppenheimer            Multiple
Fund                                Strategies Fund
                                    Oppenheimer        Multi-Sector
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund Income Trust
                                    Oppenheimer         Multi-State
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund          Municipal Trust
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund         Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
                                    Oppenheimer  New York Municipal
Oppenheimer Europe Fund             Fund
Oppenheimer Global Fund             Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer  Global Growth & Income Oppenheimer   U.S.   Government
Fund                                Trust
Oppenheimer    Gold    &    Special
Minerals Fund                       Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund             Oppenheimer Trinity Growth Fund
Oppenheimer   International  Growth
Fund                                Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer   International   Small
Company Fund                        Oppenheimer World Bond Fund
                                    Oppenheimer   Senior   Floating
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves           Rate Fund
                                    Oppenheimer   Strategic  Income
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund    Fund
                                    Oppenheimer  Total Return Fund,
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund     Inc.
                                    Oppenheimer   Variable  Account
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund         Funds
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds         Centennial America Fund, L. P.
Oppenheimer            Limited-Term Centennial    California    Tax
Government Fund                     Exempt Trust
Oppenheimer   Main  Street   Funds,
Inc.                                Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer  Main Street  Small Cap
Fund.                               Centennial Money Market Trust
                                    Centennial  New York Tax Exempt
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund          Trust
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund         Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
                                       Rochester   Portfolio   Series,   a
Oppenheimer  Quest For Value Funds,  a     series fund having one series:
series  fund   having  the   following     Limited-Term      New      York
series:                                       Municipal Fund
   Oppenheimer  Quest  Small Cap Value Bond  Fund  Series,  a series  fund
   Fund,                                   having one series:
   Oppenheimer  Quest  Balanced  Value     Oppenheimer         Convertible
   Fund and                                   Securities Fund
   Oppenheimer    Quest    Opportunity Rochester Fund Municipals
   Value Fund
Oppenheimer  Quest  Global Value Fund, Oppenheimer MidCap Fund
Inc.
Oppenheimer  Quest Capital Value Fund,
Inc.
Oppenheimer Quest Value 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 bounded 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.

      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 public offering price
adjusted for a $50,000 purchase).  Any dividends and capital gains distributions
on the escrowed shares will be credited to the investor's account.

      2.If the total minimum investment  specified under the Letter is completed
within the  thirteen-month  Letter of Intent period, the escrowed shares will be
promptly released to the investor.

      3.If, at the end of the  thirteen-month  Letter of Intent period the total
purchases  pursuant  to the Letter are less than the  intended  purchase  amount
specified in the Letter,  the investor must remit to the  Distributor  an amount
equal to the difference between the dollar amount of sales charges actually paid
and the amount of sales  charges  which would have been paid if the total amount
purchased  had been made at a single  time.  That sales charge  adjustment  will
apply to any shares  redeemed  prior to the  completion  of the  Letter.  If the
difference  in sales charges is not paid within twenty days after a request from
the Distributor or the dealer,  the Distributor  will,  within sixty days of the
expiration  of the Letter,  redeem the number of escrowed  shares  necessary  to
realize such difference in sales charges.  Full and fractional  shares remaining
after such redemption will be released from escrow.  If a request is received to
redeem escrowed shares prior to the payment of such additional sales charge, the
sales charge will be withheld from the redemption proceeds.

      4.By signing the Letter, the investor irrevocably constitutes and appoints
the Transfer  Agent as  attorney-in-fact  to surrender for redemption any or all
escrowed shares.

      5.The shares  eligible  for  purchase  under the Letter (or the holding of
which may be counted toward completion of a Letter) include:

(a)     Class A shares sold with a front-end  sales charge or subject to a Class
        A contingent deferred sales charge,

(b)     Class  B  shares  of  other  Oppenheimer  funds  acquired  subject  to a
        contingent deferred sales charge, and

(c)     Class A or Class B shares  acquired  by  exchange  of either (1) Class A
        shares of one of the other  Oppenheimer funds that were acquired subject
        to a Class A initial or contingent  deferred sales charge or (2) Class B
        shares of one of the other  Oppenheimer funds that were acquired subject
        to a contingent deferred sales charge.
      6.Shares  held in escrow  hereunder  will  automatically  be exchanged for
shares of another  fund to which an exchange is  requested,  as described in the
section of the Prospectus  entitled "How to Exchange Shares" and the escrow will
be transferred to that other fund.

Asset Builder Plans.  To establish an Asset Builder Plan to buy shares  directly
from a bank  account,  you must  enclose a check  (the  minimum  is $25) for the
initial purchase with your  application.  Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan
payments  from bank  accounts  are subject to the  redemption  restrictions  for
recent purchases described in the Prospectus.  Asset Builder Plans are available
only if your bank is an ACH member.  Asset  Builder Plans may not be used to buy
shares of OppenheimerFunds  employer-sponsored  qualified  retirement  accounts.
Asset Builder Plans also enable shareholders of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves to use
their fund account to make monthly  automatic  purchases of shares of up to four
other Oppenheimer funds.

      If you make  payments  from your bank  account to  purchase  shares of the
Fund, your bank account will be debited  automatically.  Normally the debit will
be made two  business  days prior to the  investment  dates you selected on your
Application.  Neither the Distributor,  the Transfer Agent nor the Fund shall be
responsible  for any delays in purchasing  shares that result from delays in ACH
transmissions.

      Before  you  establish  Asset  Builder  payments,   you  should  obtain  a
prospectus  of  the  selected  fund(s)  from  your  financial  advisor  (or  the
Distributor)  and request an  application  from the  Distributor.  Complete  the
application  and return  it.  You may  change  the amount of your Asset  Builder
payment or you can terminate these automatic  investments at any time by writing
to  the  Transfer  Agent.  The  Transfer  Agent  requires  a  reasonable  period
(approximately  10 days) after receipt of your  instructions  to implement them.
The Fund reserves the right to amend,  suspend,  or  discontinue  offering Asset
Builder plans at any time without prior notice.

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 three 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  for from his or her firm
selling Fund shares may receive different levels of compensation for selling one
class of shares rather 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 holder 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 holder, 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. It is done by
dividing  the value of the Fund's net assets  attributable  to that 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 U.S.
holiday).  The Exchange's most recent annual  announcement  (which is subject to
change)  states that it will close on New Year's Day,  Martin  Luther King,  Jr.
Day,  Presidents' 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  municipal
securities on days on which the Exchange is closed (including  weekends and U.S.
holidays)  or after 4:00 P.M. on a regular  business  day.  The Fund's net asset
values will not be  calculated  on those days,  and the values of some of Fund's
portfolio  securities may change  significantly on those days, when shareholders
cannot purchase or redeem shares.

      |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:

      |_| 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 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 municipal  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, 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.

      Puts,  calls,  interest rate futures and municipal  bond index 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

The information  below supplements the terms and conditions for redeeming shares
set forth in the Prospectus.

Checkwriting.  When a check is presented to the Fund's bank for  clearance,  the
bank will ask the Fund to  redeem a  sufficient  number  of full and  fractional
shares in the  shareholder's  account  to cover the  amount of the  check.  This
enables the  shareholder to continue to receive  dividends on those shares until
the check is presented to the Fund.  Checks may not be presented  for payment at
the  offices of the bank  listed on the check or at the Fund's  custodian  bank.
That limitation does not affect the use of checks for the payment of bills or to
obtain cash at other banks.  The Fund  reserves  the right to amend,  suspend or
discontinue offering Checkwriting privileges at any time without prior notice.

      In choosing to take advantage of the Checkwriting privilege by signing the
Account  Application or by completing a Checkwriting  card,  each individual who
signs:

(1)     for  individual  accounts,  represents  that  they  are  the  registered
        owner(s) of the shares of the Fund in that account;

(2)     for accounts for corporations,  partnerships, trusts and other entities,
        represents that they are an officer,  general partner,  trustee or other
        fiduciary or agent,  as applicable,  duly authorized to act on behalf of
        such registered owner(s);

(3)     authorizes  the Fund,  its Transfer Agent and any bank through which the
        Fund's  drafts  (checks) are payable to pay all checks drawn on the Fund
        account of such  person(s)  and to redeem a sufficient  amount of shares
        from that account to cover payment of each check;

(4)     specifically  acknowledges  that if they  choose to permit  checks to be
        honored if there is a single  signature  on checks drawn  against  joint
        accounts,  or accounts for corporations,  partnerships,  trusts or other
        entities,  the  signature  of any  one  signatory  on a  check  will  be
        sufficient to authorize  payment of that check and  redemption  from the
        account,  even if that account is  registered  in the names of more than
        one  person  or  more  than  one  authorized  signature  appears  on the
        Checkwriting card or the Application, as applicable;

(5)     understands that the Checkwriting privilege may be terminated or amended
        at any time by the Fund and/or the Fund's bank; and

(6)     acknowledges  and agrees that  neither the Fund nor its bank shall incur
        any  liability  for  that  amendment  or  termination  of   checkwriting
        privileges or for redeeming shares to pay checks reasonably  believed by
        them to be genuine,  or for returning or not paying checks that have not
        been accepted for any reason.

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
shares.  The  Fund  may  amend,  suspend  or cease  offering  this  reinvestment
privilege at any time as to shares  redeemed  after the date of such  amendment,
suspension or cessation.

      Any  capital  gain that was  realized  when the shares  were  redeemed  is
taxable,  and reinvestment  will not alter any capital gains tax payable on that
gain.  If there has been a capital  loss on the  redemption,  some or all of the
loss may not be tax  deductible,  depending  on the  timing  and  amount  of the
reinvestment.  Under the Internal  Revenue Code, if the  redemption  proceeds of
Fund  shares on which a sales  charge was paid are  reinvested  in shares of the
Fund or another of the Oppenheimer  funds within 90 days of payment of the sales
charge, the shareholder's basis in the shares of the Fund that were redeemed may
not include the amount of the sales charge  paid.  That would reduce the loss or
increase the gain  recognized  from the  redemption.  However,  in that case the
sales  charge  would  be  added  to the  basis  of the  shares  acquired  by the
reinvestment of the redemption proceeds.

Payments "In Kind." The Prospectus  states that payment for shares  tendered for
redemption is  ordinarily  made in cash.  However,  the Board of Trustees of the
Fund may determine  that it would be  detrimental  to the best  interests of the
remaining  shareholders of the Fund to make payment of a redemption order wholly
or partly in cash.  In that case,  the Fund may pay the  redemption  proceeds in
whole or in part by a  distribution  "in  kind" of  liquid  securities  from the
portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash.

      The Fund has elected to be  governed  by Rule 18f-1  under the  Investment
Company Act.  Under that rule,  the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in
cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund during any
90-day  period for any one  shareholder.  If shares are  redeemed  in kind,  the
redeeming  shareholder  might  incur  brokerage  or other  costs in selling  the
securities for cash. The Fund will value  securities  used to pay redemptions in
kind  using the same  method  the Fund uses to value  its  portfolio  securities
described  above  under  "Determination  of Net Asset  Values Per  Share."  That
valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined.

Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board of Trustees has the right to cause the
involuntary  redemption  of the shares held in any account if the  aggregate net
asset value of those shares is less than $200 or such lesser amount as the Board
may fix.  The Board of Trustees  will not cause the  involuntary  redemption  of
shares in an account if the  aggregate net asset value of such shares has fallen
below the stated minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations. If the Board
exercises  this  right,  it may also fix the  requirements  for any notice to be
given to the  shareholders  in question  (not less than 30 days).  The Board may
alternatively  set  requirements for the shareholder to increase the investment,
or set other terms and conditions so that the shares would not be  involuntarily
redeemed.

Transfers of Shares. A transfer of shares to a different  registration is not an
event that  triggers  the payment of sales  charges.  Therefore,  shares are not
subject to the payment of a contingent deferred sales charge of any class at the
time of  transfer  to the name of another  person or entity.  It does not matter
whether the transfer occurs by absolute assignment,  gift or bequest, as long as
it does not involve,  directly or indirectly,  a public sale of the shares. When
shares  subject to a  contingent  deferred  sales  charge are  transferred,  the
transferred shares will remain subject to the contingent  deferred sales charge.
It  will  be  calculated  as if the  transferee  shareholder  had  acquired  the
transferred  shares in the same manner and at the same time as the  transferring
shareholder.

      If less than all shares held in an account are  transferred,  and some but
not all shares in the account  would be subject to a contingent  deferred  sales
charge if redeemed at the time of  transfer,  the  priorities  described  in the
Prospectus  under "How to Buy Shares" for the imposition of the Class B or Class
C contingent  deferred sales charge will be followed in determining the order in
which shares are transferred.

Special  Arrangements  for  Repurchase  of Shares from Dealers and Brokers.  The
Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized dealers
or brokers  on behalf of their  customers.  Shareholders  should  contact  their
broker or dealer to arrange this type of redemption.  The  repurchase  price per
share will be the net asset value next computed after the  Distributor  receives
an order placed by the dealer or broker.  However, if the Distributor receives a
repurchase  order from a dealer or broker  after the close of The New York Stock
Exchange on a regular business day, it will be processed at that day's net asset
value if the order was received by the dealer or broker from its customers prior
to the time the Exchange closes. Normally, the Exchange closes at 4:00 P.M., but
may do so  earlier  on  some  days.  Additionally,  the  order  must  have  been
transmitted  to and received by the  Distributor  prior to its close of business
that day (normally 5:00 P.M.).

      Ordinarily, for accounts redeemed by a broker-dealer under this procedure,
payment  will be made  within  three  business  days after the shares  have been
redeemed upon the Distributor's  receipt of the required redemption documents in
proper  form.  The  signature(s)  of the  registered  owners  on the  redemption
documents must be guaranteed as described in the Prospectus.


      Automatic  Withdrawal and Exchange Plans.  Investors  owning shares of the
Fund valued at $5,000 or more can authorize the Transfer  Agent to redeem shares
(having  a  value  of at  least  $50)  automatically  on a  monthly,  quarterly,
semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic  Withdrawal Plan.  Shares will be
redeemed three business days prior to the date requested by the  shareholder for
receipt of the payment.  Automatic  withdrawals of up to $1,500 per month may be
requested  by  telephone  if  payments  are to be made by check  payable  to all
shareholders of record.  Payments must also be sent to the address of record for
the account and the address must not have been changed within the prior 30 days.
Required minimum distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored  retirement plans
may not be arranged on this basis.

      Payments are normally made by check, but shareholders  having  AccountLink
privileges  (see "How To Buy Shares") may arrange to have  Automatic  Withdrawal
Plan  payments  transferred  to the  bank  account  designated  on  the  Account
Application or by signature-guaranteed  instructions sent to the Transfer Agent.
Shares are  normally  redeemed  pursuant to an Automatic  Withdrawal  Plan three
business  days  before the  payment  transmittal  date you select in the Account
Application.  If a contingent  deferred sales charge applies to the  redemption,
the amount of the check or payment will be reduced accordingly.

      The Fund cannot guarantee receipt of a payment on the date requested.  The
Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering these plans at
any time without prior notice.  Because of the sales charge  assessed on Class A
share purchases,  shareholders  should not make regular additional Class A share
purchases while participating in an Automatic Withdrawal Plan. Class B and Class
C shareholders should not establish  withdrawal plans, because of the imposition
of the contingent  deferred sales charge on such  withdrawals  (except where the
contingent deferred sales charge is waived as described in Appendix C 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.

   o  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.
   o  Oppenheimer  Main Street  California  Municipal Fund currently offers only
      Class A and Class B shares.
   o  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.
   o  Only certain  Oppenheimer  funds currently  offer Class Y shares.  Class Y
      shares of  Oppenheimer  Real Asset Fund may not be exchanged for shares of
      any other fund.
   o  Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund may be exchanged
      only  for  Class A  shares  of other  Oppenheimer  funds.  They may not be
      acquired by exchange of shares of any class of any other Oppenheimer funds
      except Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund or Oppenheimer Cash
      Reserves acquired by exchange of Class M shares.
   o  Class A shares of Senior  Floating Rate Fund are not available by exchange
      of Class A shares  of other  Oppenheimer  funds.  Class A shares of Senior
      Floating Rate Fund that are exchanged for shares of the other  Oppenheimer
      funds may not be exchanged back for Class A shares of Senior Floating Rate
      Fund.
   o  Class X shares of Limited  Term New York  Municipal  Fund can be exchanged
      only for Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds and no exchanges may be
      made to Class X shares.
   o  Shares of Oppenheimer  Capital  Preservation Fund may not be exchanged for
      shares of Oppenheimer  Money Market Fund, Inc.,  Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
      or Oppenheimer  Limited-Term Government Fund. Only participants in certain
      retirement plans may purchase shares of Oppenheimer  Capital  Preservation
      Fund, and only those participants may exchange shares of other Oppenheimer
      funds for shares of Oppenheimer Capital Preservation 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.

      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.  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.  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.

      |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. When your exchange some or all of your shares from one fund to another,
any  special  account  feature  such  as an  Asset  Builder  Plan  or  Automatic
Withdrawal  Plan,  will be switched to the new fund account  unless you tell the
Transfer Agent not to do so. However,  special  redemption and exchange features
such as  Automatic  Exchange  Plans and  Automatic  Withdrawal  Plans  cannot be
switched to an account in Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund.

      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 and Taxes

Dividends and Distributions.  Dividends will be payable on shares held of record
at the time of the previous  determination  of net asset value,  or as otherwise
described in "How to Buy Shares."  Daily  dividends will not be declared or paid
on newly purchased  shares until such time as federal Funds (funds credited to a
member  bank's  account at the  federal  Reserve  Bank) are  available  from the
purchase  payment for such  shares.  Normally,  purchase  checks  received  from
investors  are  converted  to federal  Funds on the next  business  day.  Shares
purchased through dealers or brokers normally are paid for by the third business
day following the placement of the purchase order.

      Shares  redeemed  through the regular  redemption  procedure  will be paid
dividends  through  and  including  the day on which the  redemption  request is
received by the  Transfer  Agent in proper form.  Dividends  will be declared on
shares  repurchased  by a dealer or broker for three business days following the
trade  date (that is, up to and  including  the day prior to  settlement  of the
repurchase).  If all shares in an account are redeemed, all dividends accrued on
shares  of the  same  class  in the  account  will be  paid  together  with  the
redemption proceeds.

      The Fund's  practice of attempting to pay dividends on Class A shares at a
constant  level  requires  the Manager to monitor the Fund's  portfolio  and, if
necessary, to select higher-yielding securities when it is deemed appropriate to
seek income at the level  needed to meet the target.  Those  securities  must be
within  the  Fund's  investment  parameters,  however.  The Fund  expects to pay
dividends  at a  targeted  level  from  its  net  investment  income  and  other
distributable income without any impact on the net asset values per share.

      Dividends, distributions and the 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.

      The amount of a distribution  paid on a class of shares may 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 shares
of each class. However,  dividends on Class B and Class C shares are expected to
be lower  than  dividends  on Class A shares.  That is due to 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 net asset value
among the different classes of shares.

Tax  Status of the  Fund's  Dividends  and  Distributions.  The Fund  intends to
qualify  under  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  during  each  fiscal  year  to pay
"exempt-interest dividends" to its shareholders.  Exempt-interest dividends that
are  derived  from  net  investment  income  earned  by the  Fund  on  municipal
securities  will be  excludable  from gross income of  shareholders  for federal
income tax purposes.

      Net  investment  income  includes the allocation of amounts of income from
the  municipal  securities  in the Fund's  portfolio  that are free from federal
income  taxes.  This  allocation  will  be  made  by the  use of one  designated
percentage  applied uniformly to all income dividends paid during the Fund's tax
year.  That  designation  will normally be made following the end of each fiscal
year as to income  dividends  paid in the prior year.  The  percentage of income
designated as tax-exempt  may  substantially  differ from the  percentage of the
Fund's income that was tax-exempt for a given period.

      A portion of the exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund may be an item
of tax preference for shareholders  subject to the alternative  minimum tax. The
amount of any dividends attributable to tax preference items for purposes of the
alternative  minimum tax will be identified  when tax information is distributed
by the Fund.

      A shareholder receiving a dividend from income earned by the Fund from one
or more of the  following  sources  treats the  dividend  as a receipt of either
ordinary  income or long-term  capital gain in the  computation of gross income,
regardless of whether the dividend is reinvested:

(1)     certain taxable temporary  investments (such as certificates of deposit,
        repurchase  agreements,  commercial  paper and  obligations  of the U.S.
        Government, its agencies and instrumentalities);

(2)   income from securities loans; or


(3)     an excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss
        from the Fund.

      The  Fund's  dividends  will not be  eligible  for the  dividends-received
deduction for  corporations.  Shareholders  receiving  Social Security  benefits
should be aware  that  exempt-interest  dividends  are a factor  in  determining
whether such  benefits  are subject to federal  income tax.  Losses  realized by
shareholders  on the  redemption  of Fund  shares  within six months of purchase
(which period may be shortened by  regulation)  will be  disallowed  for federal
income tax purposes to the extent of exempt-interest  dividends received on such
shares.

      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.  That qualification  enables the Fund
to "pass through" its income and realized capital gains to shareholders  without
having to pay tax on them. The Fund qualified as a regulated  investment company
in its last fiscal year and intends to qualify in future years, but reserves the
right not to qualify.  The Internal  Revenue  Code  contains a number of complex
tests to  determine  whether the Fund  qualifies.  The Fund might not meet those
tests in a particular year. If it does not qualify, the Fund will be treated for
tax purposes as an ordinary  corporation  and will receive no tax  deduction for
payments of dividends and distributions made to shareholders.

      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
Fund's Board of Trustees and the Manager  might  determine in a particular  year
that it would be in the best interest of shareholders not to make  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.

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 at net  asset  value  without  sales  charge.  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  must
first obtain a  prospectus  for that fund and an  application  from the Transfer
Agent to  establish  an account.  The  investment  will be made at the net asset
value per share in effect at the close of business  on the  payable  date of the
dividend or  distribution.  Dividends and/or  distributions  from certain of the
other  Oppenheimer  funds  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 bank 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 may at times be substantial.

Independent Auditors.  Deloitte & Touche LLP are the independent auditors of the
Fund. They audit the Fund's financial statements and perform other related audit
services.  They also act as  auditors  for certain  other  funds  advised by the
Manager and its affiliates.

<PAGE>

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF
OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,  including
the  statement of  investments,  of  Oppenheimer  Insured  Municipal  Fund as of
September 30, 1999, the related statement of operations for the year then ended,
the  statements of changes in net assets for the years ended  September 30, 1999
and  1998,  and the  financial  highlights  for the  period  October  1, 1994 to
September 30, 1999. 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  confirma-tion  of securities  owned as of
September 30, 1999, by correspondence with the custodian. 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,  such financial statements and financial highlights present
fairly, in all material respects,  the financial position of Oppenheimer Insured
Municipal  Fund as of September  30, 1999,  the results of its  operations,  the
changes in its net  assets,  and the  financial  highlights  for the  respective
stated periods, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.



/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Denver, Colorado
October 21, 1999

<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  September 30, 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                RATINGS:
                                                                MOODY'S/
                                                               S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                              (UNAUDITED)              AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 MUNICIPAL BONDS AND NOTES--99.3%
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ALABAMA--1.8%
 Lauderdale Cnty. & Florence AL Health Care
 Authority RB, Coffee Health Group, Series A,
 5.25%, 7/1/19                                                 NR/AAA/AAA          $2,500,000          $2,315,800
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ALASKA--3.3%
 AK Export & IDAU RB, Snettisham Hydroelectric
 Power, First Series, AMBAC Insured, 5.50%, 1/1/16             NR/AAA/AAA           1,145,000           1,098,009
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AK Export & IDAU RB, Snettisham Hydroelectric
 Power, First Series, AMBAC Insured, 5.50%, 1/1/17             NR/AAA/AAA           1,265,000           1,203,331
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AK Student Loan Corp. RRB, Series A, AMBAC
 Insured, 5.30%, 7/1/15                                       Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,165,000           2,044,388
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        4,345,728

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ARIZONA--0.9%
 AZ Educational LMC RRB, Series B, 7%, 3/1/05                      Aa2/NR           1,090,000           1,141,099
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CALIFORNIA--3.9%
 CA SCDAU Revenue Refunding COP, Cedars-Sinai
 Medical Center, MBIA Insured, 6.50%, 8/1/12                      Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,103,060
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pomona, CA USD GORB, Series A, MBIA Insured,
 6.15%, 8/1/15                                                    Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,073,150
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Redding, CA Electric System Revenue COP,
 MBIA Insured, Inverse Floater, 9.004%, 7/8/22(1)                 Aaa/AAA           1,500,000           1,725,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sacramento, CA MUD Electric RRB, Series G, MBIA
 Insured, 6.50%, 9/1/13                                         Aaa/AAA/A           1,000,000           1,130,250
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        5,031,460

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 COLORADO--4.0%
 CO Housing FAU MH RB, Series B-2, 5.90%, 10/1/38                 Aa2/AA+           1,000,000             989,450
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CO Housing FAU SFM CAP RB, Series C-1, Zero Coupon,
 5.63%, 11/1/29(2)                                                 Aa2/NR           5,000,000             834,550
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CO Housing FAU SFM RB, Sr. Lien, Series C-2, 6.875%,
 11/1/28                                                           Aa2/NR           2,000,000           2,144,180
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Douglas & Elbert Cntys., CO SDI No. RE-1,
 Improvement GOB, Series A, MBIA Insured,
 8%, 12/15/09                                                     Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,237,010
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        5,205,190

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CONNECTICUT--3.0%
 CT Housing FAU RB, Series A, Subseries A-2, 6.20%,
 11/15/22                                                          Aa2/AA             855,000             872,656
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CT Housing FAU RRB, Series A, Subseries D-2, 6.20%,
 11/15/27                                                          Aa2/AA             995,000           1,012,850
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                RATINGS:
                                                                MOODY'S/
                                                               S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                              (UNAUDITED)              AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 CONNECTICUT Continued
 CT Housing FAU RRB, Subseries C-2, 5.85%,
 11/15/28                                                             Aa2/AA       $1,980,000         $ 1,955,290
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        3,840,796

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FLORIDA--3.3%
 FL HFA MH RRB, Series C, 6%, 8/1/11                               NR/AAA           1,000,000           1,042,350
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lee Cnty., FL Hospital Board of Directors RRB,
 MBIA Insured, Inverse Floater, 8.887%, 3/26/20(1)                Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,102,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Miami-Dade Cnty., FL Aviation RB, Series C,
 MBIA Insured, 5.25%, 10/1/18                                  NR/AAA/AAA           1,000,000             924,710
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Miami-Dade Cnty., FL SPO RRB, Sub. Lien, Series A,
 MBIA Insured, Zero Coupon, 5.45%, 10/1/15(2)                 Aaa/AAA/AAA           3,000,000           1,194,150
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        4,263,710


 GEORGIA--2.5%
 Dalton, GA DAU RB, MBIA Insured, 5.50%, 8/15/26              Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000             966,590
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GA MEAU RRB, Project One, Sub. Lien, Series A,
 AMBAC Insured, 5.375%, 1/1/13                                Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,285,000           2,259,225
                                                                                                       ----------
                                                                                                        3,225,815


- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ILLINOIS--13.2%
 Chicago, IL BOE GOB, Chicago School Reform
 Project, Series A, AMBAC Insured, 5.25%, 12/1/22             Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           1,833,240
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chicago, IL GOB, Inverse Floater, 7.255%, 1/1/28(1,3)             NR/AAA           5,000,000           4,040,800
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chicago, IL O'Hare International Airport RRB,
 General Airport, Second Lien, Series A,
 AMBAC Insured, 5.50%, 1/1/16                                 Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,500,000           2,417,675
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chicago, IL SFM RB, Series B, 6.95%, 9/1/28                       Aaa/NR           1,890,000           2,005,970
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cook Cnty., IL Community College District No. 508
 Chicago COP, FGIC Insured, 8.75%, 1/1/05                     Aaa/AAA/AAA             500,000             590,935
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cook Cnty., IL Community College District No. 508
 Lease COP, Series C, MBIA Insured, 7.70%, 12/1/07                Aaa/AAA           1,500,000           1,776,165
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cook Cnty., IL SDI No. 99 Cicero GOB, FGIC Insured,
 8.50%, 12/1/05                                                    Aaa/NR           1,170,000           1,399,718
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IL Development FAU Retirement Housing RB,
 Regency Park, Escrowed to Maturity, Series A,
 Zero Coupon, 5.85%, 7/15/23(2)                                    NR/AAA           8,750,000           1,817,900
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IL HFAU RRB, Methodist Medical Center,
 MBIA Insured, 5.125%, 11/15/18                               Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,500,000           1,354,125
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                       17,236,528
</TABLE>

13 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                RATINGS:
                                                                MOODY'S/
                                                               S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                              (UNAUDITED)              AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 INDIANA--4.2%
 Hamilton Southeastern, IN Consolidated School
 Building Corp. RRB, First Mtg., AMBAC Insured,
 7%, 7/1/11                                                   Aaa/AAA/AAA          $  500,000           $ 524,975
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IN HFFAU Hospital RB, Clarian Health Partners, Inc.,
 Series A, 6%, 2/15/21                                          Aa3/AA/AA           2,000,000           1,993,860
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IN Office Building Commission Capital Complex RB,
 Series B, MBIA Insured, 7.40%, 7/1/15                            Aaa/AAA           2,500,000           2,993,275
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        5,512,110


- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MASSACHUSETTS--3.7%
 MA Health & Educational FA RB, Mt. Auburn
 Hospital Issue, Series B-1, MBIA Insured, 6.25%, 8/15/14         Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,060,860
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MA HFA RB, Series A, AMBAC Insured, 6.60%, 7/1/14            Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,905,000           1,998,688
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MA POAU RB, Series E, FGIC-TCRS Insured, 5%, 7/1/28              Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           1,718,880
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        4,778,428

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEVADA--1.6%
 Clark Cnty., NV Passenger Facility Charge RB,
 Las Vegas McCarran International Airport Project,
 Series B, MBIA Insured, 6.50%, 7/1/12                            Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           2,119,760
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEW HAMPSHIRE--0.4%
 NH Turnpike System RRB, Series A, FGIC Insured,
 6.75%, 11/1/11                                               Aaa/AAA/AAA             500,000             552,840
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEW YORK--8.1%
 L.I., NY PAU Electric System RRB,
 Series A, 5%, 12/1/18                                        Aaa/AAA/AAA           4,000,000           3,621,600
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC MWFAU WSS RRB, Series D, FGIC Insured,
 4.75%, 6/15/25                                               Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           1,689,280
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC RB, Series J, MBIA-IBC Insured, 5%, 5/15/17              Aaa/AAA/AAA           3,000,000           2,723,190
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYS United Nations Development Corp. RRB,
 Sr. Lien, Series B, 5.60%, 7/1/26                                A2/NR/A           2,590,000           2,487,514
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                       10,521,584

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OHIO--4.1%
 Cleveland, OH PPS RRB, First Mtg., Subseries 1,
 MBIA Insured, 5.125%, 11/15/18                                   Aaa/AAA           3,000,000           2,795,850
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OH HFA Mtg. RB, 6.10%, 9/1/28                                     NR/AAA           1,990,000           1,989,881
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Streetsboro, OH SDI GOB, AMBAC Insured,
 7.125%, 12/1/10                                              Aaa/AAA/AAA             500,000             572,670
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        5,358,401
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                RATINGS:
                                                                MOODY'S/
                                                               S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                              (UNAUDITED)              AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 OKLAHOMA--1.7%
 OK Industrial Authority Health Systems RB,
 Baptist Medical Center, Series C, AMBAC Insured,
 7%, 8/15/05                                                  Aaa/AAA/AAA          $2,000,000         $ 2,219,020
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PENNSYLVANIA--10.0%
 Berks Cnty., PA GOB, Prerefunded, FGIC Insured,
 Inverse Floater, 8.63%, 11/10/20(1)                          Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000           1,147,500
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chester Cnty., PA Education & HFAU RRB,
 Series B, 5.375%, 5/15/27                                     A1/AA-/AA-           3,575,000           3,210,922
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Delaware Valley, PA Regional FAU Local
 Government RB, Series B, AMBAC Insured,
 5.70%, 7/1/27                                                    Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           1,998,420
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PA HEAA Student Loan RB, Series B,
 AMBAC Insured, Inverse Floater, 8.209%, 3/1/22(1)            Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,250,000           1,328,125
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PA HEFAU RRB, Thomas Jefferson University,
 AMBAC Insured, 5%, 7/1/19                                        Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           1,807,680
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Philadelphia, PA Airport RB, Series 387A,
 Inverse Floater, 8.303%, 6/15/12(1)                                NR/NR           1,565,000           1,519,458
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Philadelphia, PA Regional POAU Lease RB,
 MBIA Insured, Inverse Floater, 8.50%, 9/1/20(1)                  Aaa/AAA           1,900,000           1,985,500
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                       12,997,605

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TEXAS--19.2%
 Cedar Hill, TX ISD CAP RRB, Zero Coupon,
 6.10%, 8/15/11(2)                                             Aaa/NR/AAA           1,585,000             836,991
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fort Worth, TX Higher Education Finance Corp. RB,
 AMBAC-TCRS Insured, 5%, 3/15/27                                  Aaa/AAA           3,000,000           2,614,860
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Grand Prairie, TX HFDC RRB, Dallas/Ft. Worth Medical
 Center Project, AMBAC Insured, 6.875%, 11/1/10               Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,800,000           1,984,662
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Harris Cnty., TX Hospital District RRB, AMBAC
 Insured, 7.40%, 2/15/10                                      Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           2,296,880
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Harris Cnty., TX Houston Sports Authority Special
 CAP RB, Jr. Lien, Series B, MBIA Insured,
 Zero Coupon, 5.33%, 11/15/13(2)                              Aaa/AAA/AAA           4,360,000           1,946,914
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Houston, TX Airport System RRB, Sub. Lien,
 Series B, FGIC Insured, 5%, 7/1/17                           Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,750,000           2,458,802
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lower Neches Valley, TX IDAU Corp. RRB,
 Mobil Oil Refining Corp., 5.55%, 3/1/33                           Aa2/AA           3,000,000           2,812,170
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lower Neches Valley, TX IDAU Corp. Sewer Facilities
 RB, Mobil Oil Refining Corp. Project, 6.40%, 3/1/30               Aa2/AA           1,000,000           1,031,150
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rio Grande Valley, TX HFDC Retirement Facilities RB,
 Golden Palms, Series B, MBIA Insured, 6.40%, 8/1/12              Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           2,120,800
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tarrant Cnty., TX HFDC RB, Texas Health Resources
 System, Series A, MBIA Insured, 5.75%, 2/15/11               Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,130,000           2,189,321
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                RATINGS:
                                                                MOODY'S/
                                                               S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                              (UNAUDITED)              AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 TEXAS Continued
 TX A&M RB, Series 556, Inverse Floater,
 7.252%, 5/15/20(1)                                                 NR/NR          $5,000,000         $ 4,682,000
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                       24,974,550

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WASHINGTON--4.3%
 Chelan Cnty., WA Public Utilities District No. 1 RB,
 Chelan Hydroelectric Conservation System-Division III,
 Series A, 5.60%, 7/1/32                                       Aa3/AA/AA-           2,000,000           1,927,360
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tacoma, WA Electric Systems RB, Prerefunded,
 AMBAC Insured, Inverse Floater, 9.043%, 1/2/15(1)            Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000           1,088,750
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WA PP Supply System RRB, Nuclear Project No. 1,
 Series A, 5%, 7/1/13                                         Aa1/AA-/AA-           1,500,000           1,404,090
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WA PP Supply System RRB, Nuclear Project No. 2,
 Series A, FGIC Insured, Zero Coupon, 5.50%, 7/1/09(2)        Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           1,203,080
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        5,623,280

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WEST VIRGINIA--0.7%
 WV GOB, Capital Appreciation-Infracture, Series A,
 FGIC Insured, Zero Coupon, 5.20%, 11/1/14(2)                 Aa3/AAA/AAA           2,100,000             912,765
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WISCONSIN--1.1%
 WI Health & Educational FA RB, Aurora Medical
 Group, Inc. Project, FSA Insured, 6%, 11/15/11               Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,370,000           1,470,764
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--4.3%
 DC Convention Center Authority Dedicated Tax RB,
 Sr. Lien, AMBAC Insured, 4.75%, 10/1/28                      Aaa/AAA/AAA           3,000,000           2,464,530
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DC Hospital RRB, Medlantic Healthcare Group,
 Series A, MBIA Insured, 5.25%, 8/15/12                       Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000             993,360
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DC RRB, Prerefunded, Series A-1, MBIA Insured,
 6%, 6/1/11                                                   Aaa/AAA/AAA             100,000             107,242
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DC RRB, Unrefunded Balance, Series A-1,
 MBIA Insured, 6%, 6/1/11                                     Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,900,000           2,008,547
                                                                                                      -----------
                                                                                                        5,573,679
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE (COST $131,990,570)                                         99.3%        129,220,912
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES                                                          0.7             888,825
                                                                                    -----------------------------
 NET ASSETS                                                                             100.0%       $130,109,737
                                                                                    -----------------------------
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
FOOTNOTES to statement of investments

To simplify the  listings of  securities,  abbreviations  are used per the table
below:

BOE   Board of Education
CAP   Capital Appreciation
COP  Certificates  of  Participation  DAU  Development  Authority FA  Facilities
Authority  FAU Finance  Authority  GOB  General  Obligation  Bonds GORB  General
Obligation  Refunding Bonds HEAA Higher Education Assistance Agency HEFAU Higher
Educational   Facilities  Authority  HFA  Housing  Finance  Agency  HFAU  Health
Facilities  Authority  HFDC Health  Facilities  Development  Corp.  HFFAU Health
Facilities Finance Authority IDAU Industrial Development Authority
ISD   Independent School District L.I. Long Island
LMC   Loan Marketing Corp.
MEAU  Municipal Electric Authority

MH Multifamily  Housing MUD Municipal  Utility  District MWFAU  Municipal  Water
Finance  Authority NYC New York City NYS New York State PAU Power Authority POAU
Port  Authority PP Public  Power PPS Public  Power  System RB Revenue  Bonds RRB
Revenue Refunding Bonds
SCDAU Statewide Communities Development Authority
SDI   School District
SFM   Single Family Mtg.
SPO   Special Obligations
USD   Unified School District
WSS   Water & Sewer System

1.  Represents  the current  interest  rate for a variable rate bond known as an
"inverse  floater"  which pays  interest  at a rate that varies  inversely  with
short-term interest rates. As interest rates rise, inverse floaters produce less
current income.  Their price may be more volatile than the price of a comparable
fixed-rate  security.  Inverse  floaters  amount to $18,619,633 or 14.31% of the
Fund's net assets as of September 30, 1999.

2. For zero coupon bonds,  the interest rate shown is the effective yield on the
date of purchase.

3.  Represents   securities  sold  under  Rule  144A,   which  are  exempt  from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have
been  determined  to be  liquid  under  guidelines  established  by the Board of
Trustees.  These  securities  amount to  $4,040,800  or 3.11% of the  Fund's net
assets as of September 30, 1999.

AS OF SEPTEMBER  30, 1999,  SECURITIES  SUBJECT TO THE  ALTERNATIVE  MINIMUM TAX
AMOUNT TO $37,548,433 OR 28.86% OF THE FUND'S NET ASSETS.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

17 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES  September  30, 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <S>                                                                                                <C>
 ASSETS
 Investments, at value (cost $131,990,570)--see accompanying statement                              $ 129,220,912
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cash                                                                                                     117,917
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Receivables and other assets:
 Interest                                                                                               1,784,284
 Shares of beneficial interest sold                                                                       370,513
 Other                                                                                                     26,083
                                                                                                     ------------
 Total assets                                                                                         131,519,709

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 LIABILITIES Payables and other liabilities:
 Notes payable to bank (interest rate at 5.975% at September 30, 1999)--Note 6                            800,000
 Dividends                                                                                                333,586
 Shares of beneficial interest redeemed                                                                   124,294
 Distribution and service plan fees                                                                        80,096
 Shareholder reports                                                                                       43,764
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees                                                             12,350
 Trustees' compensation                                                                                       200
 Other                                                                                                     15,682
 Total liabilities                                                                                      1,409,972
                                                                                                     ------------
 NET ASSETS                                                                                          $130,109,737
                                                                                                     ============
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS
 Paid-in capital                                                                                    $ 133,588,693
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Overdistributed net investment income                                                                    (82,803)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions                                                (626,495)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net unrealized depreciation on investments--Note 3                                                    (2,769,658)
                                                                                                     ------------
 Net assets                                                                                          $130,109,737
                                                                                                     ============
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                   <C>
 NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
 Class A Shares:
 Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of
 $98,030,062 and 5,948,043 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)                                      $16.48
 Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge
 of 4.75% of offering price)                                                                               $17.30
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B Shares:
 Net asset value,  redemption  price (excludes  applicable  contingent  deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $26,468,484
 and 1,605,517 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)                                                  $16.49
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class C Shares:
 Net asset value,  redemption  price (excludes  applicable  contingent  deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $5,611,191
 and 340,547 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)                                                    $16.48
</TABLE>


See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.



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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  For the Year Ended September 30, 1999

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                   <C>
 INVESTMENT INCOME
 Interest                                                                                            $  7,778,347

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EXPENSES
 Management fees--Note 4                                                                                  601,513
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and service plan fees--Note 4:
 Class A                                                                                                  245,096
 Class B                                                                                                  285,641
 Class C                                                                                                   57,731
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees--Note 4                                                    118,665
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shareholder reports                                                                                       74,074
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Registration and filing fees                                                                              39,275
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Custodian fees and expenses                                                                               22,200
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Legal, auditing and other professional fees                                                               12,876
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Accounting service fees--Note 4                                                                           12,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Trustees' compensation                                                                                     3,984
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other                                                                                                     14,801
                                                                                                     ------------
 Total expenses                                                                                         1,487,856
 Less expenses paid indirectly--Note 1                                                                    (15,619)
                                                                                                     ------------
 Net expenses                                                                                           1,472,237
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET INVESTMENT INCOME                                                                                  6,306,110

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) Net realized gain (loss) on:
 Investments                                                                                           (1,138,896)
 Closing of futures contracts                                                                             786,788
                                                                                                     ------------
 Net realized loss                                                                                       (352,108)

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments                                 (12,885,535)
 Net realized and unrealized loss                                                                     (13,237,643)

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS                                                $ (6,931,533)
                                                                                                     ============
</TABLE>

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,                                                                1999                1998
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                              <C>                 <C>
 OPERATIONS
 Net investment income                                                           $  6,306,110        $  5,368,369
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net realized gain (loss)                                                            (352,108)          1,181,782
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation                            (12,885,535)          3,993,214
                                                                                 --------------------------------
 Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations                   (6,931,533)         10,543,365

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DIVIDENDS AND/OR DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
 Dividends from net investment
 income:
 Class A                                                                           (4,716,753)         (4,498,622)
 Class B                                                                           (1,078,468)           (921,805)
 Class C                                                                             (218,878)           (140,882)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distributions from net realized gain:
 Class A                                                                           (1,141,094)           (646,115)
 Class B                                                                             (310,557)           (149,337)
 Class C                                                                              (60,365)            (19,416)

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIAL  INTEREST  TRANSACTIONS  Net increase in net assets  resulting  from
 beneficial interest transactions--Note 2:
 Class A                                                                            6,192,573           8,417,042
 Class B                                                                            2,067,306           6,601,026
 Class C                                                                            1,305,323           2,237,718

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET ASSETS
 Total increase (decrease)                                                         (4,892,446)         21,422,974
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beginning of period                                                              135,002,183         113,579,209
                                                                                 --------------------------------
 End of period (including overdistributed net investment
 income of $82,803 and $297,350, respectively)                                   $130,109,737        $135,002,183
                                                                                 ================================
</TABLE>
 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 CLASS A         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                $18.31        $17.72       $17.07        $16.86       $16.14
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                  .84           .80          .91           .90          .90
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)              (1.67)          .75          .63           .20          .71
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                 (.83)         1.55         1.54          1.10         1.61
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                  (.80)         (.84)        (.89)         (.89)        (.89)
 Distributions from net realized gain                  (.20)         (.12)          --            --           --
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                      (1.00)         (.96)        (.89)         (.89)        (.89)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                      $16.48        $18.31       $17.72        $17.07       $16.86
                                                     ============================================================
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                  (4.76)%        9.01%        9.25%         6.67%       10.29%

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)          $ 98,030      $102,687      $91,051       $83,516      $76,691
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                 $103,527      $ 96,458      $86,511       $81,233      $70,650
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                 4.77%         4.49%        5.25%         5.27%        5.52%
 Expenses                                              0.89%         0.89%(3)     0.95%(3)      1.02%(3)     0.95%(3)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                             108%           73%          77%           93%          58%
</TABLE>

1. Assumes a $1,000  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.

2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.

3. Expense ratio reflects the effect of expenses paid indirectly by the Fund.

4. 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, 1999 were $153,837,549 and $147,711,836, respectively.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS B         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                   <C>           <C>         <C>            <C>         <C>
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                $18.32        $17.73       $17.08        $16.87       $16.15
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                  .71           .67          .76           .77          .78
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)              (1.67)          .74          .65           .20          .71
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                 (.96)         1.41         1.41           .97         1.49
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                  (.67)         (.70)        (.76)         (.76)        (.77)
 Distributions from net realized gain                  (.20)         (.12)          --            --           --
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                       (.87)         (.82)        (.76)         (.76)        (.77)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                      $16.49        $18.32       $17.73        $17.08       $16.87
                                                     ============================================================
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                  (5.47)%        8.18%        8.43%         5.87%        9.47%

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)           $26,468       $27,392      $19,974       $15,983      $13,341
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                  $28,562       $23,817      $17,309       $14,822      $11,987
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                 4.00%         3.76%        4.48%         4.50%        4.75%
 Expenses                                              1.65%         1.64%(3)     1.71%(3)      1.77%(3)     1.71%(3)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                             108%           73%          77%           93%          58%
</TABLE>

1. Assumes a $1,000  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.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio reflects the effect of expenses paid indirectly by the Fund. 4.
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, 1999, were $153,837,549 and $147,711,836, respectively.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


23 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
<PAGE>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS C         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998        1997(5)       1996         1995(6)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <S>                                                 <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                $18.31        $17.72       $17.06        $16.86       $16.72
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                  .71           .70          .76           .75          .08
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)              (1.67)          .71          .65           .21          .14
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                 (.96)         1.41         1.41           .96          .22
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                  (.67)         (.70)        (.75)         (.76)        (.08)
 Distributions from net realized gain                  (.20)         (.12)          --            --           --
                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                       (.87)         (.82)        (.75)         (.76)        (.08)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                      $16.48        $18.31       $17.72        $17.06       $16.86
                                                     ============================================================
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                  (5.48)%        8.18%        8.48%         5.77%        1.30%

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)            $5,611        $4,923       $2,554          $924         $211
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                   $5,775        $3,661       $1,720          $618         $  1
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                 4.01%         3.82%        4.45%         4.38%        4.89%
 Expenses                                              1.65%         1.64%(3)     1.72%(3)      1.81%(3)     1.07%(3)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                             108%           73%          77%           93%          58%
</TABLE>

1. Assumes a $1,000  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.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio reflects the effect of expenses paid indirectly by the Fund. 4.
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, 1999, were $153,837,549 and $147,711,836,  respectively.  5.
Per share amounts  calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the
period.  6. For the period from  August 29,  1995  (inception  of  offering)  to
September 30, 1995.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


<PAGE>

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Oppenheimer   Insured  Municipal  Fund  (the  Fund)  is  a  separate  series  of
Oppenheimer  Municipal  Fund,  a  diversified,  open-end  management  investment
company  registered  under the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The
Fund's investment  objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt
from Federal income tax. The Fund's investment advisor is OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
(the  Manager).  The Fund  offers  Class A, Class B and Class C shares.  Class A
shares are sold with a front-end  sales charge on  investments up to $1 million.
Class B and Class C shares may be subject to a contingent  deferred sales charge
(CDSC).  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. 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.
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SECURITIES  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.  Options are valued  based upon the last sale price on the
principal  exchange  on which the  option is traded  or, in the  absence  of any
transactions  that day, the value is based upon the last sale price on the prior
trading  date if it is within  the  spread  between  the  closing  bid and asked
prices. If the last sale price is outside the spread, the closing bid is used.
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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.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
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1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Continued

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 to shareholders. Therefore, no federal
income or excise tax provision is required.
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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends and distributions to
shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations,
are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
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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. The character of 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, 1999, amounts have been reclassified to reflect a
decrease in paid-in capital of $28,550, an increase in overdistributed net
investment income of $77,464, and a decrease in accumulated net realized loss on
investments of $106,014.
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EXPENSE OFFSET ARRANGEMENTS. Expenses paid indirectly represent a reduction of
custodian fees for earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund.
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OTHER.  Investment  transactions  are accounted  for as of trade date.  Original
issue  discount is accreted and premium is amortized in accordance  with federal
income tax  requirements.  For municipal bonds acquired after April 30, 1993, on
disposition or maturity,  taxable ordinary income is recognized to the extent of
the lesser of gain or market  discount  that would have accrued over the holding
period. 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.


26 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
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 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, 1999           YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
                                               SHARES              AMOUNT              SHARES              AMOUNT
 <S>                                         <C>              <C>                     <C>             <C>
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 CLASS A
 Sold                                       1,139,629         $20,168,330             955,728         $17,118,675
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested    246,492           4,359,639             212,388           3,794,412
 Redeemed                                  (1,046,047)        (18,335,396)           (698,348)        (12,496,045)
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                                 340,074          $6,192,573             469,768          $8,417,042
                                           ======================================================================
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 CLASS B
 Sold                                         483,752          $8,559,831             543,004          $9,724,208
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested     50,736             898,692              39,547             706,671
 Redeemed                                    (424,380)         (7,391,217)           (213,910)         (3,829,853)
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                                 110,108          $2,067,306             368,641          $6,601,026
                                           ======================================================================
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 CLASS C
 Sold                                         140,475          $2,501,020             156,606          $2,808,699
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested     11,966             211,869               7,178             128,230
 Redeemed                                     (80,811)         (1,407,566)            (39,038)           (699,211)
                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                                  71,630          $1,305,323             124,746          $2,237,718
                                           ======================================================================
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</TABLE>
3. UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES ON SECURITIES

As  of  September  30,  1999,  net  unrealized  depreciation  on  securities  of
$2,769,658  was  composed  of  gross  appreciation  of  $2,457,956,   and  gross
depreciation of $5,227,614.


27 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
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4.  MANAGEMENT FEES AND OTHER  TRANSACTIONS  WITH  AFFILIATES  MANAGEMENT  FEES.
Management  fees paid to the  Manager  were in  accordance  with the  investment
advisory  agreement with the Fund which provides for a fee of 0.45% of the first
$100  million of  average  annual net  assets,  0.40% of the next $150  million,
0.375% of the next $250 million and 0.35% of average annual net assets in excess
of $500 million. The Fund's management fee for year ended September 30, 1999 was
0.44% of average annual net assets for each class of shares.
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ACCOUNTING FEES. The Manager acts as the accounting agent for the Fund at an
annual fee of $12,000, plus out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably
incurred.
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TRANSFER AGENT FEES. OppenheimerFunds Services (OFS), a division of the Manager,
is the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund and other
Oppenheimer  funds.  OFS's total costs of providing  such services are allocated
ratably to these funds.
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DISTRIBUTION  AND SERVICE PLAN FEES. Under its General  Distributor's  Agreement
with the Manager,  the Distributor acts as the Fund's  principal  underwriter in
the continuous public offering of the different classes of shares of the Fund.

The compensation paid to (or retained by) the Distributor from the sale of
shares or on the redemption of shares is shown in the table below for the period
indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      AGGREGATE          CLASS A      COMMISSIONS      COMMISSIONS      COMMISSIONS
                                      FRONT-END        FRONT-END       ON CLASS A       ON CLASS B       ON CLASS C
                                  SALES CHARGES    SALES CHARGES           SHARES           SHARES           SHARES
                                     ON CLASS A      RETAINED BY      ADVANCED BY      ADVANCED BY      ADVANCED BY
YEAR ENDED                               SHARES      DISTRIBUTOR      DISTRIBUTOR(1)   DISTRIBUTOR(1)   DISTRIBUTOR(1)
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<S>                                    <C>               <C>              <C>             <C>               <C>
September 30, 1999                     $214,856          $36,028          $13,460         $274,507          $21,836
</TABLE>
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. <TABLE> <CAPTION>
                                     CLASS A                              CLASS B                           CLASS C
                         CONTINGENT DEFERRED                  CONTINGENT DEFERRED               CONTINGENT DEFERRED
                               SALES CHARGES                        SALES CHARGES                     SALES CHARGES
 YEAR ENDED          RETAINED BY DISTRIBUTOR              RETAINED BY DISTRIBUTOR           RETAINED BY DISTRIBUTOR
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<S>                                      <C>                              <C>                                <C>
September 30, 1999                       $--                              $96,005                            $4,312
</TABLE>

     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.

28 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
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CLASS A SERVICE  PLAN  FEES.  Under the Class A service  plan,  the  Distributor
currently  uses the fees it receives  from the Fund to pay brokers,  dealers and
other financial institutions. The Class A service plan permits reimbursements to
the Distributor at a rate of up to 0.25% of average annual net assets of Class A
shares. 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 of the Fund. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999, payments under
the Class A Plan totaled  $245,096,  all of which was paid by the Distributor to
recipients.  That  included  $12,398 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.
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CLASS B AND CLASS C DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN FEES. Under each plan, service
fees and distribution fees are computed on the average of the net asset value of
shares in the  respective  class,  determined  as of the  close of each  regular
business  day during the period.  The Class B and Class C plans  provide for the
Distributor  to  be  compensated  at a  flat  rate,  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 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.  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 Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B and Class C shares may
be more than the payments it receives from the contingent deferred sales charges
collected  on redeemed  shares and from the Fund under the plans.  If either the
Class B or the Class C plan is terminated by the Fund, the Board of Trustees may
allow the Fund to  continue  payments  of the  asset-based  sales  charge to the
Distributor for  distributing  shares before the plan was terminated.  The plans
allow for the  carry-forward  of  distribution  expenses,  to be recovered  from
asset-based sales charges in subsequent fiscal periods.

     Distribution  fees paid to the Distributor for the year ended September 30,
1999, were as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                DISTRIBUTOR'S       DISTRIBUTOR'S
                                                                                    AGGREGATE        UNREIMBURSED
                                                                                 UNREIMBURSED       EXPENSES AS %
                                       TOTAL PAYMENTS     AMOUNT RETAINED            EXPENSES       OF NET ASSETS
                                           UNDER PLAN      BY DISTRIBUTOR          UNDER PLAN            OF CLASS
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<S>                                          <C>                 <C>                 <C>                    <C>
Class B Plan                                 $285,641            $233,634            $938,638               3.55%
Class C Plan                                   57,731              33,511              78,916                1.41
</TABLE>

29 OPPENHEIMER INSURED MUNICIPAL FUND
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5. FUTURES CONTRACTS

 The Fund may buy and sell futures  contracts in order to gain exposure to or to
 seek to protect  against  changes in interest  rates.  The Fund may also buy or
 write put or call options on these futures contracts.

     The Fund generally  sells futures  contracts to hedge against  increases in
interest  rates and the  resulting  negative  effect on the value of fixed  rate
portfolio  securities.  The Fund may also  purchase  futures  contracts  to gain
exposure  to  changes  in  interest  rates as it may be more  efficient  or cost
effective than actually buying fixed income securities.

     Upon  entering  into a futures  contract,  the Fund is  required to deposit
either  cash or  securities  (initial  margin)  in an amount  equal to a certain
percentage of the contract value.  Subsequent  payments  (variation  margin) are
made or received by the Fund each day. The variation  margin  payments are equal
to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized  gains
and losses.  The Fund may recognize a realized gain or loss when the contract is
closed or expires.

     Securities  held  in  collateralized   accounts  to  cover  initial  margin
requirements   on  open  futures   contracts  are  noted  in  the  Statement  of
Investments.  The  Statement  of Assets and  Liabilities  reflects a  receivable
and/or payable for the daily mark to market for variation margin.

     Risks of entering into futures contracts (and related options) include the
possibility that there may be an illiquid market and that a change in the value
of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the
underlying securities.
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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 30 days 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 borrowings outstanding of $800,000 at September 30, 1999.


                                  Appendix A

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                 MUNICIPAL BOND RATINGS DEFINITIONS
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Below are summaries of the rating definitions used by the  nationally-recognized
rating agencies listed below for municipal  securities.  Those ratings represent
the opinion of the agency as to the credit quality of issues that they rate. The
summaries below are based upon  publicly-available  information  provided by the
rating organizations.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
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Long-Term Bond Ratings

Aaa: Bonds rated Aaa are judged to be the best quality.  They carry the smallest
degree of investment risk.  Interest  payments are protected by a large or by an
exceptionally   stable  margin  and  principal  is  secure.  While  the  various
protective  elements are likely to change,  the changes that can be expected are
most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa: Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all  standards.  Together
with the Aaa group,  they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds.
They are rated lower than the best bonds because  margins of protection  may not
be as large as with Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective  elements may be
of  greater  amplitude  or there may be other  elements  present  which make the
long-term risks appear somewhat larger than those of Aaa securities.

A: Bonds rated A possess  many  favorable  investment  attributes  and are to be
considered  as  upper-medium  grade  obligations.  Factors  giving  security  to
principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which
suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Baa: Bonds rated Baa are considered medium grade obligations;  that is, they are
neither highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and principal
security appear adequate for the present but certain protective  elements may be
lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great length of time.
Such bonds lack  outstanding  investment  characteristics  and have  speculative
characteristics as well.

Ba: Bonds rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements.  Their future cannot
be  considered  well-assured.  Often the  protection  of interest and  principal
payments may be very moderate and not well safeguarded  during both good and bad
times over the  future.  Uncertainty  of  position  characterizes  bonds in this
class.

B:  Bonds  rated B  generally  lack  characteristics  of  desirable  investment.
Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of
the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa:  Bonds rated Caa are of poor  standing  and may be in default or there may
be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca:  Bonds  rated Ca  represent  obligations  which are  speculative  in a high
degree and are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C: Bonds  rated C are the lowest  class of rated  bonds and can be  regarded  as
having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Con. (...):  Bonds for which the security  depends on the completion of some act
or the  fulfillment of some condition are rated  conditionally.  These bonds are
secured by (a) earnings of projects under construction, (b) earnings of projects
unseasoned in operating  experience,  (c) rentals that begin when facilities are
completed,   or  (d)   payments  to  which  some  other   limitation   attaches.
Parenthetical   rating  denotes  probable  credit  stature  upon  completion  of
construction  or elimination of basis of condition.  Moody's  applies  numerical
modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa.
The modifier "1" indicates  that the  obligation  ranks in the higher end of its
category;  the modifier "2"  indicates a mid-range  ranking and the modifier "3"
indicates a ranking in the lower end of the category.  Advanced  refunded issues
that are secured by certain assets are identified with a # symbol.

Short-Term Ratings - U.S. Tax-Exempt Municipals

There are four ratings  below for  short-term  obligations  that are  investment
grade.  Short-term speculative  obligations are designated SG. For variable rate
demand obligations,  a two-component rating is assigned. The first (MIG) element
represents  an  evaluation  by  Moody's of the  degree of risk  associated  with
scheduled  principal and interest  payments,  and the other (VMIG) represents an
evaluation of the degree of risk associated with the demand feature.

MIG 1/VMIG 1: Denotes best quality.  There is strong  protection by  established
cash flows, superior liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based access to the
market for refinancing..

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

MIG 3/VMIG 3: Denotes favorable quality. All security elements are accounted for
but there is lacking the undeniable strength of the preceding grades.  Liquidity
and cash flow  protection  may be narrow and market  access for  refinancing  is
likely to be less well established.

MIG 4/VMIG 4: Denotes adequate quality. Protection commonly regarded as required
of  an   investment   security  is  present  and  although  not   distinctly  or
predominantly speculative, there is specific risk.

SG:  Denotes  speculative  quality.  Debt  instruments  in this  category  lack
margins of protection.

Standard & Poor's Rating Services
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Long-Term Credit Ratings

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

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

A: Bonds rated "A" are somewhat more  susceptible to adverse  effects of changes
in  circumstances  and economic  conditions  than  obligations  in  higher-rated
categories.  However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation is still strong.

BBB: Bonds rated BBB exhibit adequate protection  parameters.  However,  adverse
economic  conditions  or  changing  circumstances  are more  likely to lead to a
weakened  capacity  of the  obligor  to meet  its  financial  commitment  on the
obligation.

Bonds rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C are regarded as having significant  speculative
characteristics. BB indicates the least degree of speculation and C the highest.
While  such   obligations   will  likely  have  some   quality  and   protective
characteristics,  these  may be  outweighed  by  large  uncertainties  or  major
exposures to adverse conditions.

BB: Bonds rated BB are less  vulnerable  to  nonpayment  than other  speculative
issues. However, these face major uncertainties or exposure to adverse business,
financial,  or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's  inadequate
capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B: A bond rated B is more vulnerable to nonpayment than an obligation  rated BB,
but the obligor  currently has the capacity to meet its financial  commitment on
the obligation.

CCC: A bond rated CCC is currently  vulnerable to  nonpayment,  and is dependent
upon favorable business,  financial,  and economic conditions for the obligor to
meet its  financial  commitment  on the  obligation.  In the  event  of  adverse
business,  financial or economic  conditions,  the obligor is not likely to have
the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC:  An obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C: The C rating may used where a  bankruptcy  petition has been filed or similar
action has been taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued.

D: Bonds  rated D are in  default.  Payments  on the  obligation  are not being
made on the date due.

The  ratings  from AA to CCC may be  modified  by the  addition of a plus (+) or
minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories. The
"r" symbol is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant  noncredit
risks.

Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings

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

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

A-3:  Exhibits  adequate  protection  parameters.   However,   adverse  economic
conditions  or  changing  circumstances  are more  likely to lead to a  weakened
capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B:  Regarded  as having  significant  speculative  characteristics.  The obligor
currently has the capacity to meet its financial  commitment on the  obligation.
However, it faces major ongoing  uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's
inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

C:  Currently   vulnerable  to  nonpayment  and  is  dependent  upon  favorable
business,  financial,  and  economic  conditions  for the  obligor  to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.

D: In payment  default.  Payments on the  obligation  have not been made on the
due date.  The rating may also be used if a bankruptcy  petition has been filed
or similar actions jeopardize payments on the obligation.

Fitch IBCA, Inc.
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International Long-Term Credit Ratings

Investment Grade:
AAA:  Highest Credit  Quality.  "AAA" ratings denote the lowest  expectation of
credit  risk.  They  are  assigned  only in the  case of  exceptionally  strong
capacity for timely payment of financial  commitments.  This capacity is highly
unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very High Credit  Quality.  "AA" ratings  denote a very low  expectation of
credit  risk.  They  indicate a very  strong  capacity  for  timely  payment of
financial  commitments.  This  capacity  is  not  significantly  vulnerable  to
foreseeable events.

A: High Credit  Quality.  "A" ratings denote a low  expectation of credit risk.
The  capacity  for  timely  payment  of  financial  commitments  is  considered
strong.  This  capacity  may,  nevertheless,  be more  vulnerable to changes in
circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB:  Good Credit  Quality.  "BBB"  ratings  indicate that there is currently a
low  expectation  of credit risk.  The capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments is considered  adequate,  but adverse changes in circumstances  and
in economic  conditions  are more likely to impair this  capacity.  This is the
lowest investment-grade category.

Speculative Grade:

BB:  Speculative.  "BB" ratings  indicate that there is a possibility of credit
risk  developing,  particularly  as the result of adverse  economic change over
time.  However,  business or financial  alternatives  may be available to allow
financial commitments to be met.

B: Highly  Speculative.  "B" ratings indicate that  significant  credit risk is
present,  but a limited margin of safety  remains.  Financial  commitments  are
currently  being met.  However,  capacity for  continued  payment is contingent
upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC, CC C: High  Default  Risk.  Default is a real  possibility.  Capacity  for
meeting  financial  commitments  is solely  reliant upon  sustained,  favorable
business or economic  developments.  A "CC" rating  indicates  that  default of
some kind appears probable. "C" ratings signal imminent default.

DDD, DD, and D: Default.  Securities are not meeting  current  obligations  and
are  extremely   speculative.   "DDD"  designates  the  highest  potential  for
recovery of amounts outstanding on any securities involved.

Plus (+) and  minus  (-)  signs  may be  appended  to a rating  symbol to denote
relative status within the rating  category.  Plus and minus signs are not added
to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC."








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International Short-Term Credit Ratings
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F1: Highest credit quality.  Strongest capacity for timely payment.  May have an
added "+" to denote exceptionally strong credit feature.

F2: Good credit quality.  A satisfactory  capacity for timely  payment,  but the
margin of safety is not as great as in higher ratings.

F3: Fair credit  quality.  Capacity  for timely  payment is  adequate.  However,
near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment grade.

B:  Speculative.  Minimal  capacity for timely payment,  plus  vulnerability to
near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C:  High  default   risk.   Default  is  a  real   possibility,   Capacity  for
meeting  financial  commitments is solely  reliant upon a sustained,  favorable
business and economic environment.

D:     Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.



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Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. Ratings
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Long-Term Debt and Preferred Stock
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AAA:  Highest  credit  quality.  The risk  factors are  negligible,  being only
slightly more than for risk-free U.S. Treasury debt.

AA+, AA, AA-: High credit quality. Protection factors are strong. Risk is modest
but may vary slightly from time to time because of economic conditions.

A+, A & A-: Protection factors are average but adequate.  However,  risk factors
are more variable in periods of greater economic stress.

BBB+,  BBB &  BBB-:  Below  average  protection  factors  but  still  considered
sufficient  for  prudent  investment.  Considerable  variability  in risk during
economic cycles.

BB+, BB & BB-: Below investment grade but deemed likely to meet obligations when
due. Present or prospective  financial protection factors fluctuate according to
industry  conditions.  Overall quality may move up or down frequently within the
category.

B+, B & B-: Below investment grade and possessing risk that obligations will not
be met when due. Financial protection factors will fluctuate widely according to
economic cycles,  industry conditions and/or company fortunes.  Potential exists
for  frequent  changes in the rating  within  this  category or into a higher of
lower rating grade.

CCC: Well below investment-grade securities.  Considerable uncertainty exists as
to timely  payment of  principal,  interest or preferred  dividends.  Protection
factors   are   narrow   and   risk   can  be   substantial   with   unfavorable
economic/industry conditions, and/or with unfavorable company developments.

DD:  Defaulted  debt  obligations.  Issuer failed to meet  scheduled  principal
and/or interest payments.

DP:  Preferred stock with dividend arrearages.

Short-Term Debt:

High Grade:
D-1+: Highest certainty of timely payment. Safety is just below risk-free
U.S. Treasury short-term debt.

D-1: Very high certainty of timely payment. Risk factors are minor.

D-1-: High certainty of timely payment. Risk factors are very small.

Good Grade:
D-2: Good certainty of timely payment. Risk factors are small.

Satisfactory Grade:
D-3:  Satisfactory  liquidity and other protection  factors qualify issues as to
investment grade. Risk factors are larger and subject to more variation.
Nevertheless, timely payment is expected.

Non-Investment Grade:
D-4: Speculative investment characteristics. Liquidity is not sufficient to
insure against disruption in debt service.

Default:
D-5: Issuer failed to meet scheduled principal and/or interest payments.








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                                  Appendix B

                            Industry Classification

Aerospace/Defense                   Food and Drug Retailers
Air Transportation                  Gas Utilities
Asset-Backed                        Health Care/Drugs
Auto Parts and Equipment            Health Care/Supplies & Services
Automotive                          Homebuilders/Real Estate
Bank Holding Companies              Hotel/Gaming
Banks                               Industrial Services
Beverages                           Information Technology
Broadcasting                        Insurance
Broker-Dealers                      Leasing & Factoring
Building Materials                  Leisure
Cable Television                    Manufacturing
Chemicals                           Metals/Mining
Commercial Finance                  Nondurable Household Goods
Communication Equipment             Office Equipment
Computer Hardware                   Oil - Domestic
Computer Software                   Oil - International
Conglomerates                       Paper
Consumer Finance                    Photography
Consumer Services                   Publishing
Containers                          Railroads & Truckers
Convenience Stores                  Restaurants
Department Stores                   Savings & Loans
Diversified Financial               Shipping
Diversified Media                   Special Purpose Financial
Drug Wholesalers                    Specialty Printing
Durable Household Goods             Specialty Retailing
Education                           Steel
Electric Utilities                  Telecommunications     -     Long
                                    Distance
Electrical Equipment                Telephone - Utility
Electronics                         Textile,     Apparel    &    Home
                                    Furnishings
Energy Services                     Tobacco
Entertainment/Film                  Trucks and Parts
Environmental                       Wireless Services
Food


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                                     C-12
                                  Appendix C

        OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers

In certain cases,  the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A
shares1 of the  Oppenheimer  funds or the contingent  deferred sales charge that
may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.2  That is because
of the  economies of sales  efforts  realized by  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Inc.,  (referred  to in this  document as the  "Distributor"),  or by dealers or
other  financial  institutions  that offer  those  shares to certain  classes of
investors.

Not all waivers apply to all funds. For example,  waivers relating to Retirement
Plans do not apply to Oppenheimer municipal funds, because shares of those funds
are not  available  for  purchase  by or on behalf of  retirement  plans.  Other
waivers apply only to shareholders of certain funds.

For the purposes of some of the waivers  described  below and in the  Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Oppenheimer funds, the
term  "Retirement  Plan"  refers  to the  following  types of  plans:  (1) plans
qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue
        Code,
(2) non-qualified  deferred  compensation plans, (3) employee benefit plans3 (4)
Group  Retirement  Plans4 (5) 403(b)(7)  custodial  plan accounts (6) Individual
Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), including traditional IRAs,
        Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans

The interpretation of these provisions as to the applicability of a special
arrangement or waiver in a particular case is in the sole discretion of the
Distributor or the transfer agent (referred to in this document as the
"Transfer Agent") of the particular Oppenheimer fund. These waivers and
special arrangements may be amended or terminated at any time by a particular
fund, the Distributor, and/or OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (referred to in this
document as the "Manager").
Waivers that apply at the time shares are redeemed must be requested by the
shareholder and/or dealer in the redemption request.
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1. Certain  waivers  also  apply to Class M shares  of  Oppenheimer  Convertible
   Securities Fund.
2. In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a  continuously-offered
   closed-end  fund,  references to contingent  deferred  sales charges mean the
   Fund's  Early  Withdrawal   Charges  and  references  to  "redemptions"  mean
   "repurchases" of shares.
3. An "employee  benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement,  whether or not it
   is "qualified" under the Internal Revenue Code, under which Class A shares of
   an  Oppenheimer  fund  or  funds  are  purchased  by  a  fiduciary  or  other
   administrator  for the account of participants  who are employees of a single
   employer or of affiliated employers.  These may include, for example, medical
   savings accounts, payroll deduction plans or similar plans. The fund accounts
   must be registered in the name of the fiduciary or  administrator  purchasing
   the shares for the benefit of participants in the plan.
4. The term  "Group  Retirement  Plan"  means  any  qualified  or  non-qualified
   retirement  plan  for  employees  of a  corporation  or sole  proprietorship,
   members and  employees of a partnership  or  association  or other  organized
   group of persons  (the  members of which may include  other  groups),  if the
   group has made special  arrangements  with the Distributor and all members of
   the group  participating  in (or who are eligible to participate in) the plan
   purchase  Class A shares  of an  Oppenheimer  fund or funds  through a single
   investment dealer,  broker or other financial  institution  designated by the
   group.  Such plans  include 457 plans,  SEP-IRAs,  SARSEPs,  SIMPLE plans and
   403(b) plans other than plans for public  school  employees.  The term "Group
   Retirement Plan" also includes  qualified  retirement plans and non-qualified
   deferred  compensation  plans  and IRAs  that  purchase  Class A shares of an
   Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other
   financial institution that has made special arrangements with the Distributor
   enabling  those  plans to  purchase  Class A shares  at net  asset  value but
   subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge.


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

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

      There is no initial  sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any of
the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases may be
subject to the Class A contingent  deferred  sales charge if redeemed  within 18
months of the end of the calendar month of their  purchase,  as described in the
Prospectus (unless a waiver described  elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the
redemption).  Additionally,  on shares  purchased  under these  waivers that are
subject to the Class A contingent  deferred sales charge,  the Distributor  will
pay the  applicable  commission  described  in the  Prospectus  under  "Class  A
Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charge."7  This  waiver  provision  applies to: |_|
Purchases of Class A shares  aggregating  $1 million or more. |_| Purchases by a
Retirement Plan (other than an IRA or 403(b)(7)
        custodial plan) that:
(1)   buys shares costing $500,000 or more, or
(2)        has, at the time of purchase, 100 or more eligible employees or total
           plan assets of $500,000 or more, or
(3)        certifies  to the  Distributor  that it  projects to have annual plan
           purchases of $200,000 or more.
|_|   Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the
        purchases are made:
(1)        through a broker,  dealer, bank or registered investment adviser that
           has  made  special   arrangements  with  the  Distributor  for  those
           purchases, or
(2)        by a direct  rollover of a distribution  from a qualified  Retirement
           Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made special  arrangements
           with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|     Purchases  of Class A shares by  Retirement  Plans  that have any of the
        following record-keeping arrangements:
(1)   The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith,
           Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the
           Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
           record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must
           have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual funds,
           other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch Asset
           Management, L.P. ("MLAM"), that are made available under a Service
           Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual fund's principal
           underwriter or distributor, and  (b)  funds advised or managed by
           MLAM (the funds described in (a) and (b) are referred to as
           "Applicable Investments").
(2)   The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a daily
           valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are provided
           under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement Plan and
           Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record
           keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $3
           million or more of its assets (excluding assets invested in money
           market funds) invested in Applicable Investments.
(3)        The record  keeping for a Retirement  Plan is handled under a service
           agreement  with Merrill  Lynch and on the date the plan sponsor signs
           that  agreement,  the Plan  has 500 or more  eligible  employees  (as
           determined by the Merrill Lynch plan conversion manager).
|_|     Purchases by a Retirement Plan whose record keeper had a cost-allocation
        agreement with the Transfer Agent on or before May 1, 1999.

           II. Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds

A.  Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges for Certain
Purchasers.

Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class
A sales  charges  (and  no  commissions  are  paid  by the  Distributor  on such
purchases):  |_| The Manager or its affiliates.  |_| Present or former officers,
directors, trustees and employees (and their
        "immediate  families") of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates,  and
        retirement  plans  established  by them for  their  employees.  The term
        "immediate  family"  refers to one's  spouse,  children,  grandchildren,
        grandparents,  parents, parents-in-law,  brothers and sisters, sons- and
        daughters-in-law,  a  sibling's  spouse,  a  spouse's  siblings,  aunts,
        uncles,  nieces  and  nephews;  relatives  by  virtue  of  a  remarriage
        (step-children, step-parents, etc.) are included.
|_|     Registered  management  investment  companies,  or separate  accounts of
        insurance  companies  having  an  agreement  with  the  Manager  or  the
        Distributor for that purpose.
|_|     Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor,  if
        they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement  plans for
        their employees.
|_|     Employees and registered  representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
        or brokers  described above or financial  institutions that have entered
        into sales  arrangements  with such  dealers  or brokers  (and which are
        identified  as such to the  Distributor)  or with the  Distributor.  The
        purchaser  must certify to the  Distributor at the time of purchase that
        the purchase is for the  purchaser's  own account (or for the benefit of
        such employee's spouse or minor children).
|_|     Dealers,  brokers,  banks or  registered  investment  advisors that have
        entered into an agreement with the  Distributor  providing  specifically
        for the use of shares of the Fund in particular investment products made
        available to their  clients.  Those clients may be charged a transaction
        fee by their dealer, broker, bank or advisor for the purchase or sale of
        Fund shares.
|_|     Investment  advisors  and  financial  planners  who have entered into an
        agreement  for this  purpose  with the  Distributor  and who  charge  an
        advisory,  consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares for
        their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
|_|     "Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts,  if the purchases
        are made through a broker or agent or other financial  intermediary that
        has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|   Clients of investment advisors or financial planners (that have entered
        into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who buy
        shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without sales
        charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master account of
        their investment advisor or financial planner on the books and records
        of the broker, agent or financial intermediary with which the
        Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each of these
        investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or financial
        intermediary for purchasing shares.
|_|     Directors,  trustees,  officers or full-time employees of OpCap Advisors
        or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension, profit sharing
        or other benefit plan which beneficially owns shares for those persons.
|_|     Accounts  for  which  Oppenheimer  Capital  (or  its  successor)  is the
        investment advisor (the Distributor must be advised of this arrangement)
        and persons who are  directors or trustees of the company or trust which
        is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
|_|     A unit investment  trust that has entered into an appropriate  agreement
        with the Distributor.
|_|     Dealers,  brokers,  banks, or registered  investment  advisers that have
        entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares to defined
        contribution  employee retirement plans for which the dealer,  broker or
        investment adviser provides administration services.
|_|     Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund
        those plans  (including,  for example,  plans qualified or created under
        sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code), in
        each case if those  purchases are made through a broker,  agent or other
        financial  intermediary  that has  made  special  arrangements  with the
        Distributor for those purchases.
|_|     A  TRAC-2000  401(k)  plan  (sponsored  by the  former  Quest  for Value
        Advisors)  whose  Class B or Class C shares of a Former  Quest for Value
        Fund  were  exchanged  for  Class  A  shares  of  that  Fund  due to the
        termination of the Class B and Class C TRAC-2000 program on November 24,
        1995.
|_|     A qualified  Retirement  Plan that had agreed with the former  Quest for
        Value  Advisors to purchase  shares of any of the Former Quest for Value
        Funds at net asset value, with such shares to be held through DCXchange,
        a sub-transfer agency mutual fund clearinghouse, if that arrangement was
        consummated and share purchases commenced by December 31, 1996.

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

Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are not subject
to  sales  charges  (and no  commissions  are  paid by the  Distributor  on such
purchases): |_| Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset
        acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.
|_|   Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other distributions
        reinvested  from  the  Fund  or  other  Oppenheimer  funds  (other  than
        Oppenheimer   Cash  Reserves)  or  unit  investment   trusts  for  which
        reinvestment arrangements have been made with the Distributor.
|_|   Shares purchased through a broker-dealer that has entered into a special
        agreement with the Distributor to allow the broker's customers to
        purchase and pay for shares of Oppenheimer funds using the proceeds of
        shares redeemed in the prior 30 days from a mutual fund (other than a
        fund managed by the Manager or any of its subsidiaries) on which an
        initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge was paid.
        This waiver also applies to shares purchased by exchange of shares of
        Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. that were purchased and paid for
        in this manner. This waiver must be requested when the purchase order
        is placed for shares of the Fund, and the Distributor may require
        evidence of qualification for this waiver.
|_|     Shares  purchased with the proceeds of maturing  principal  units of any
        Qualified Unit Investment Liquid Trust Series.
|_|     Shares purchased by the reinvestment of loan repayments by a participant
        in a  Retirement  Plan for which the  Manager  or an  affiliate  acts as
        sponsor.

C.  Waivers  of the  Class  A  Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charge  for  Certain
Redemptions.

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that would
otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed in the
following cases: |_| To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited
annually to
        no more than 12% of the account  value  measured at the time the Plan is
        established, adjusted annually.
|_|     Involuntary  redemptions  of shares by operation  of law or  involuntary
        redemptions  of small  accounts  (please refer to  "Shareholder  Account
        Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
|_|     For distributions from Retirement Plans,  deferred compensation plans or
        other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
(1)        Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue
           Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must
           occur after the participant's account was established.
(2) To return excess contributions.
(3) To  return  contributions  made  due to a  mistake  of  fact.  (4)  Hardship
withdrawals,  as defined in the plan.8 (5) Under a Qualified  Domestic Relations
Order, as defined in the Internal
           Revenue  Code,  or, in the case of an IRA,  a divorce  or  separation
           agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6)        To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue
           Code.
(7)        To make  "substantially  equal  periodic  payments"  as  described in
           Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(8) For loans to participants or beneficiaries. (9) Separation from service.9
        (10)Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund
        (other  than a  fund  managed  by the  Manager  or a  subsidiary  of the
        Manager) if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
        (11) Plan termination or "in-service  distributions,"  if the redemption
        proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
|_|     For  distributions  from  Retirement  Plans having 500 or more  eligible
        employees,  except  distributions  due  to  termination  of  all  of the
        Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.
|_|     For  distributions  from 401(k) plans sponsored by  broker-dealers  that
        have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this
        waiver.


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

The Class B and Class C contingent deferred sales charges will not be applied to
shares  purchased  in  certain  types of  transactions  or  redeemed  in certain
circumstances described below.

A.  Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.

The Class B and Class C  contingent  deferred  sales  charges will be waived for
redemptions of shares in the following cases: |_| Shares redeemed involuntarily,
as described in "Shareholder Account
        Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.
|_|   Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the
        death or  disability  of the last  surviving  shareholder,  including  a
        trustee  of a  grantor  trust or  revocable  living  trust for which the
        trustee is also the sole beneficiary.  The death or disability must have
        occurred after the account was established,  and for disability you must
        provide evidence of a determination of disability by the Social Security
        Administration.
|_|     Distributions  from accounts for which the  broker-dealer  of record has
        entered into a special  agreement  with the  Distributor  allowing  this
        waiver.
|_|     Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records are
        maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an independent
        record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.
|_|     Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S.  Government Trust from
        accounts of clients of financial  institutions  that have entered into a
        special arrangement with the Distributor for this purpose.
|_|     Redemptions requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor of Class C
        shares of an  Oppenheimer  fund in amounts of $1 million or more held by
        the Retirement  Plan for more than one year, if the redemption  proceeds
        are invested in Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.
|_|     Distributions  from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit plans for
        any of the following purposes:
(1)           Following  the death or  disability  (as  defined in the  Internal
              Revenue  Code) of the  participant  or  beneficiary.  The death or
              disability  must  occur  after  the   participant's   account  was
              established in an Oppenheimer fund.
(2) To return  excess  contributions  made to a  participant's  account.  (3) To
return  contributions  made  due to a  mistake  of  fact.  (4) To make  hardship
withdrawals,  as defined in the plan.10 (5) To make distributions required under
a Qualified Domestic Relations
              Order or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or separation agreement
              described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6)           To meet the  minimum  distribution  requirements  of the  Internal
              Revenue Code.
(7)           To make  "substantially  equal periodic  payments" as described in
              Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(8)  For  loans  to  participants  or  beneficiaries.11  (9) On  account  of the
participant's separation from service.12 (10)  Participant-directed  redemptions
to purchase shares of a mutual fund
              (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a  subsidiary  of the
              Manager)  offered as an investment  option in a Retirement Plan if
              the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
(11)          Distributions   made  on   account  of  a  plan   termination   or
              "in-service" distributions," if the redemption proceeds are rolled
              over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
(12)          Distributions  from  Retirement  Plans having 500 or more eligible
              employees,  but excluding distributions made because of the Plan's
              elimination  as  investment  options  under the Plan of all of the
              Oppenheimer funds that had been offered.
(13)          For distributions from a participant's  account under an Automatic
              Withdrawal  Plan after the  participant  reaches age 59 1/2,  as
              long as the aggregate value of the  distributions  does not exceed
              10%  of  the  account's   value   annually   (measured   from  the
              establishment of the Automatic Withdrawal Plan).
        |_|Redemptions  of Class B shares or Class C shares  under an  Automatic
           Withdrawal  Plan from an account other than a Retirement  Plan if the
           aggregate  value of the  redeemed  shares  does not exceed 10% of the
           account's value annually.

B.  Waivers for Shares Sold or Issued in Certain Transactions.

The  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  is also  waived on Class B and Class C
shares sold or issued in the following cases:
|_|   Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.
|_|     Shares sold to registered  management  investment  companies or separate
        accounts of insurance  companies having an agreement with the Manager or
        the Distributor for that purpose.
|_|   Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.
|_|   Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or
        employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in Section
        I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and retirement plans
        established by them for their employees.


 IV. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
                     Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former
                             Quest for Value Funds

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



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  Oppenheimer  Quest  Value  Fund, Oppenheimer  Quest Small Cap
  Inc.                             Value Fund
  Oppenheimer    Quest    Balanced Oppenheimer   Quest   Global
  Value Fund                       Value Fund
  Oppenheimer   Quest  Opportunity
  Value Fund

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

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

      All of the funds  listed  above are  referred  to in this  Appendix as the
"Former Quest for Value Funds." The waivers of initial and  contingent  deferred
sales charges  described in this Appendix apply to shares of an Oppenheimer fund
that are either:  |_|  acquired by such  shareholder  pursuant to an exchange of
shares of an
        Oppenheimer fund that was one of the Former Quest for Value Funds or |_|
purchased by such shareholder by exchange of shares of another
        Oppenheimer fund that were acquired pursuant to the merger of any of the
        Former  Quest  for  Value  Funds  into that  other  Oppenheimer  fund on
        November 24, 1995.

A.  Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

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

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

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Number         of Initial    Sales Initial    Sales
Eligible          Charge  as  a  % Charge  as  a  % Commission  as %
Employees      or of      Offering of  Net   Amount of      Offering
Members           Price            Invested         Price
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9 or Fewer             2.50%            2.56%            2.00%
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At  least  10 but      2.00%            2.04%            1.60%
not more than 49
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      For  purchases by  Associations  having 50 or more  eligible  employees or
members,  there is no initial  sales charge on purchases of Class A shares,  but
those  shares  are  subject  to the Class A  contingent  deferred  sales  charge
described in the applicable fund's Prospectus.

      Purchases made under this arrangement  qualify for the lower of either the
sales charge rate in the table based on the number of members of an Association,
or the sales charge rate that applies under the Right of Accumulation  described
in the applicable  fund's  Prospectus  and Statement of Additional  Information.
Individuals who qualify under this arrangement for reduced sales charge rates as
members  of  Associations  also may  purchase  shares  for their  individual  or
custodial  accounts at these  reduced  sales charge  rates,  upon request to the
Distributor.
      |X|  Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders.  Class A
shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A
initial or contingent deferred sales charges:
|_|   Shareholders who were shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on
        February 28, 1991 and who acquired shares of any of the Former Quest for
        Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the AMA Family of Funds.
|_|     Shareholders  who acquired  shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by
        merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.

      |X|  Waiver  of  Class A  Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charge  in  Certain
Transactions.  The Class A  contingent  deferred  sales charge will not apply to
redemptions  of Class A shares  purchased by the  following  investors  who were
shareholders of any Former Quest for Value Fund:

      Investors  who  purchased  Class A shares from a dealer that is or was not
permitted  to receive a sales load or  redemption  fee imposed on a  shareholder
with  whom  that  dealer  has  a  fiduciary  relationship,  under  the  Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations adopted under that law.

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

      |X| Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995. In
the following  cases,  the  contingent  deferred sales charge will be waived for
redemptions  of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an  Oppenheimer  fund. The
shares must have been  acquired  by the merger of a Former  Quest for Value Fund
into the fund or by exchange  from an  Oppenheimer  fund that was a Former Quest
for Value Fund or into  which  such fund  merged.  Those  shares  must have been
purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection  with: |_|  withdrawals  under an
automatic withdrawal plan holding only either Class
        B or Class C shares if the annual  withdrawal does not exceed 10% of the
        initial value of the account, 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  Oppenheimerfund
within 90 days after redemption.

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

The initial and  contingent  deferred  sale charge rates and waivers for Class A
and Class B shares described in the respective  Prospectus (or this Appendix) of
the  following  Oppenheimer  funds  (each is  referred  to as a  "Fund"  in this
section):  o Oppenheimer  U. S.  Government  Trust,  o Oppenheimer  Bond Fund, o
Oppenheimer Disciplined Value Fund and o Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
are  modified  as  described  below  for  those  Fund   shareholders   who  were
shareholders  of the  following  funds  (referred to as the "Former  Connecticut
Mutual  Funds")  on  March 1,  1996,  when  OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.  became  the
investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:

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

A.  Prior Class A CDSC and Class A Sales Charge Waivers.

      |X| 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.

|X|     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:

      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;
(1)     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;
(2)     Directors  of the  Fund or any one or  more  of the  Former  Connecticut
        Mutual Funds and members of their immediate families;
(3)     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;
(4)     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
(5)     an  institution  acting as a  fiduciary  on behalf of an  individual  or
        individuals,  if  such  institution  was  directly  compensated  by  the
        individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of the Fund or
        any one or more of the Former  Connecticut  Mutual  Funds,  provided the
        institution had an agreement with CMFS.

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

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

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

In addition to the waivers  set forth in the  Prospectus  and in this  Appendix,
above,  the contingent  deferred sales charge will be waived for  redemptions of
Class A and Class B shares of a Fund and  exchanges of Class A or Class B shares
of a Fund into  Class A or Class B shares of a Former  Connecticut  Mutual  Fund
provided  that  the  Class A or Class B shares  of the  Fund to be  redeemed  or
exchanged  were (i)  acquired  prior to March 18, 1996 or (ii) were  acquired by
exchange from an  Oppenheimer  fund that was a Former  Connecticut  Mutual Fund.
Additionally,  the shares of such Former  Connecticut Mutual Fund must have been
purchased prior to March 18, 1996: (1) by the estate of a deceased  shareholder;
(2) upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of
        the Internal Revenue Code;
(3)     for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or beneficiaries
        from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b)(7)of the
        Code, or from IRAs,  deferred  compensation  plans created under Section
        457 of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;
(4)     as  tax-free  returns  of excess  contributions  to such  retirement  or
        employee benefit plans;
(5)     in  whole or in part,  in  connection  with  shares  sold to any  state,
        county,  or city,  or any  instrumentality,  department,  authority,  or
        agency  thereof,  that is prohibited by applicable  investment laws from
        paying a sales charge or commission  in connection  with the purchase of
        shares of any registered investment management company;
(6)     in  connection  with  the  redemption  of  shares  of the  Fund due to a
        combination  with  another  investment  company  by  virtue of a merger,
        acquisition or similar reorganization transaction;
(7)     in connection with the Fund's right to involuntarily redeem or liquidate
        the Fund;
(8)     in connection  with automatic  redemptions of Class A shares and Class B
        shares in certain  retirement  plan  accounts  pursuant to an  Automatic
        Withdrawal  Plan but limited to no more than 12% of the  original  value
        annually; or
(9)     as  involuntary  redemptions  of shares by  operation  of law,  or under
        procedures  set forth in the Fund's  Articles  of  Incorporation,  or as
        adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund.


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

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







          VII. Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of
                    Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund

Oppenheimer  Convertible  Securities  Fund  (referred  to as the  "Fund" in this
section)  may sell Class M shares at net asset value  without any initial  sales
charge to the classes of investors  listed  below who,  prior to March 11, 1996,
owned shares of the Fund's  then-existing Class A and were permitted to purchase
those shares at net asset value without sales charge:

|_|   the Manager and its affiliates,
|_|     present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their
        "immediate  families" as defined in the Fund's  Statement of  Additional
        Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement
        plans  established by them or the prior  investment  advisor of the Fund
        for their employees,
|_|     registered  management  investment  companies  or  separate  accounts of
        insurance  companies  that  had  an  agreement  with  the  Fund's  prior
        investment advisor or distributor for that purpose,
|_|     dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor,  if
        they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement  plans for
        their employees,
|_|     employees and registered  representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
        or brokers described in the preceding section or financial  institutions
        that have entered into sales  arrangements with those dealers or brokers
        (and  whose  identity  is made  known  to the  Distributor)  or with the
        Distributor,  but only if the purchaser  certifies to the Distributor at
        the time of purchase that the purchaser meets these qualifications,
|_|     dealers,  brokers,  or registered  investment  advisors that had entered
        into an agreement with the  Distributor or the prior  distributor of the
        Fund specifically providing for the use of Class M shares of the Fund in
        specific investment products made available to their clients, and
|_|     dealers, brokers or registered investment advisors that had entered into
        an agreement  with the  Distributor  or prior  distributor of the Fund's
        shares to sell shares to defined contribution  employee retirement plans
        for  which  the  dealer,   broker,   or  investment   advisor   provides
        administrative services.




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Oppenheimer Insured Municipal 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 80217-5270
    1-800-525-7048

Custodian Bank
    Citibank, N.A.
    399 Park Avenue
    New York, New York 10043

Independent Auditors
    Deloitte & Touche LLP
    555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3600
    Denver, Colorado 80202-3942

Legal Counsel
    Myer, Swanson, Adams & Wolf, P.C.
    1600 Broadway
    Denver, Colorado 80202
67890

PX0865.00


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1Ms.  Macaskill  and Mr.  Bowen are not  Trustees or  Directors  of  Oppenheimer
Integrity Funds,  Oppenheimer  Strategic Income Fund, Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
or Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds. Mr. Fossel and Mr. Bowen are not Trustees
of  Centennial  New York  Tax  Exempt  Trust or  Managing  General  Partners  of
Centennial  America Fund,  L.P. 2 Not a Trustee of Centennial  Tax Exempt Trust,
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust,  Centennial Money Market Trust, Centennial
Government Trust,  Centennial  California Tax Exempt Trust,  Centennial  America
Fund, L.P.,  Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.,  Oppenheimer Cash Reserves, or
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund.

3 Not a Trustee of  Oppenheimer  Strategic  Income Fund,  Oppenheimer  Integrity
Fund, Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds,  Centennial New York Tax-Exempt Trust,
or a director of Panorama  Series Fund,  Inc. nor a Managing  General Partner of
Centennial  America  Fund,  L.P.  In bios for  these  funds,  George  Bowen is a
Atrustee or director and an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.@

*Trustee who is an  "interested person" of the Fund and of the Manager.
4Not a Trustee of Centennial New York Tax-Exempt Trust nor a Managing General
Partner of Centennial America Fund, L.P.
5Not a Trustee of  Oppenheimer  Strategic  Income  Fund,  Oppenheimer  Variable
Account Funds,  Oppenheimer  Integrity  Funds, or a director of Panorama Series
Fund, Inc.

      *Trustee who is an "interested person" of the Fund and of the Manager. 6In
accordance with Rule 126-1 of the Investment  Company Act, the term "Independent
Trustees" in this Statement of Additional Information refers to the Trustees who
are not  "interested  persons" of the Fund (or its parent  trust) and who do not
have  any  direct  or  indirect  financial  interest  in  the  operation  of the
distribution  plan or any agreement  under the plan. 7 However,  that commission
will not be paid on  purchases  of  shares  in  amounts  of $1  million  or more
(including  any right of  accumulation)  by a Retirement  Plan that pays for the
purchase  with  the  redemption  proceeds  of  Class  C  shares  of one or  more
Oppenheimer funds held by the Plan for more than one year. 8 This provision does
not apply to IRAs. 9 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7)  custodial plans
if the  participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs. 10 This provision does not
apply to  IRAs.  11 This  provision  does not  apply  to  loans  from  403(b)(7)
custodial  plans. 12 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7)  custodial plans
if the participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.



Oppenheimer
Intermediate Municipal Fund



Prospectus dated January 28, 2000



                   Oppenheimer Intermediate Municipal Fund is
                     a mutual fund. It seeks a high level of
                    current income exempt from federal income
                    tax by investing in municipal securities.

                       This Prospectus contains important
                     information about the Fund's objective,
                                       its investment  policies,  strategies and
                                       risks.   It   also   contains   important
                                       information  about  how to buy  and  sell
                                       shares  of the  Fund  and  other  account
                                       features.  Please  read  this  Prospectus
                                       carefully  before  you invest and keep it
                                       for future reference about your account.



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




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CONTENTS



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What Is the Fund's Investment  Objective?  The Fund's investment objective is to
seek a high level of current income exempt from Federal income tax.
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What Is the Fund's Investment  Objective?  The Fund's investment objective is to
seek a high level of current income exempt from Federal income tax.

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                    ABOUT THE FUND

                    The Fund's Investment Objective and 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

                    How to Buy Shares
                    Class A Shares
                    Class B Shares
                    Class C Shares

                    Special Investor Services
                    AccountLink
                    PhoneLink
                       OppenheimerFunds Internet Web Site

                    How to Sell Shares
                    By Mail
                    By Telephone
                    By Checkwriting

                    How to Exchange Shares
                     Shareholder Account Rules and Policies
                    Dividends and Taxes
                    Financial Highlights


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 ABOUT THE FUND

The Fund's Investment Objective and Strategies

WHAT IS THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE?  The Fund seeks a high level of current
income exempt from federal income tax.

WHAT DOES THE FUND  INVEST  IN?  The Fund  normally  invests at least 80% of its
total assets in investment-grade municipal securities.  These securities include
municipal bonds (which are debt  obligations  having a maturity of more than one
year when issued),  municipal notes (short term  obligations),  and interests in
municipal leases. "Investment-grade" securities are securities rated in the four
highest  rating  categories  of national  rating  organizations  such as Moody's
Investors  Services  or  unrated  securities  judged  by the  Fund's  investment
Manager,  OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.,  to be  comparable  to  securities  rated  as
investment  grade.  These  investments  are more fully  explained  in "About the
Fund's Investments," below.


      The  Fund  seeks to  maintain  an  average  effective  portfolio  duration
(measured on a  dollar-weighted  basis) of more than 4.5 years but not more than
8.0 years to try to  reduce  the  volatility  of the  values of its  securities.
However, the Fund can invest in securities that have short, intermediate or long
maturities.  Because of events  affecting  the bond  markets and  interest  rate
changes, the duration of the portfolio might not meet that target at all times.

What is Duration?  Duration is a measure of the expected  price  volatility of a
debt security or portfolio of securities.  "Effective  portfolio duration" means
the expected percentage change in the value of a bond resulting from a change in
general  interest  rates  (measured  by a 1%  change in U.S.  Treasury  security
rates).  Duration and interest rates are inversely related.  For example, a bond
has an effective duration of five years, a 1% increase in general interest rates
would be  expected  to cause the  bond's  value to  decline  about  5%.  What is
Duration?  Duration  is a measure of the  expected  price  volatility  of a debt
security or portfolio of securities.  "Effective  portfolio  duration" means the
expected  percentage  change in the value of a bond  resulting  from a change in
general  interest  rates  (measured  by a 1%  change in U.S.  Treasury  security
rates).  Duration and interest rates are inversely related.  For example, a bond
has an effective duration of five years, a 1% increase in general interest rates
would be expected to cause the bond's value to decline about 5%.

What is Duration?  Duration is a measure of the expected  price  volatility of a
debt security or portfolio of securities.  "Effective  portfolio duration" means
the expected percentage change in the value of a bond resulting from a change in
general  interest  rates  (measured  by a 1%  change in U.S.  Treasury  security
rates).  Duration and interest rates are inversely  related.  For example,  if a
bond has an effective  duration of five years, a 1% increase in general interest
rates would be expected to cause the bond's value to decline about 5%.

HOW DOES  THE  PORTFOLIO  MANAGER  DECIDE  WHAT  SECURITIES  TO BUY OR SELL?  In
selecting  securities for the Fund, the portfolio  manager looks  nationwide for
municipal securities, evaluating them using a variety of factors that may change
over time and may vary in  particular  cases.  The portfolio  manager  currently
looks for:

      o  Securities that offer high current income,


      o  A  wide  range  of  issuers  and  securities  to  provide   portfolio
diversification,

      o  Securities having investment-grade credit characteristics, and


      o Sectors and regions that have high relative value.

WHO IS THE FUND DESIGNED FOR? The Fund is designed for individual  investors who
are seeking income exempt from federal  personal income taxes,  from a portfolio
of intermediate duration to try to reduce share price volatility.  The Fund does
not seek capital gains or growth.  Because it invests in tax-exempt  securities,
the Fund is not appropriate  for retirement plan accounts.  The Fund is intended
to be a long-term investment but is not a complete investment program.


Main Risks of Investing in the Fund


All investments have risks to some degree. The Fund's investments are subject to
changes in their value from a number of factors,  described below. There is also
the risk that poor  security  selection  by the Fund's  investment  Manager will
cause the Fund to underperform other funds having a similar objective.

CREDIT RISK. Municipal securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the
risk that the issuer of a debt  security  might not make  interest and principal
payments  on the  security  as they  become  due.  If the  issuer  fails  to pay
interest,  the Fund's income might be reduced,  and if the issuer fails to repay
principal,  the value of that  security and of the Fund's  shares might fall. To
help reduce  credit  risks,  the Fund focuses on  investing in  investment-grade
securities.  However,  credit ratings are not  guarantees of an issuer's  timely
payments of its  obligations.  A downgrade in an issuer's credit rating or other
adverse  news  about an issuer can  reduce  the  market  value of that  issuer's
securities.

INTEREST RATE RISKS.  Municipal  securities are debt securities that are subject
to changes in value when prevailing  interest rates change.  When interest rates
fall, the values of  already-issued  municipal  securities  generally rise. When
interest rates rise, the values of already-issued municipal securities generally
fall,  and the  securities  may sell at a discount  from their face amount.  The
magnitude of these price  changes is  generally  greater for  securities  having
longer maturities and durations.

      Although  the Fund  attempts  to limit  its  average  effective  portfolio
duration  to not  more  than 8  years,  the  Fund  can  hold  securities  having
maturities  of more  than 8 years to seek  higher  income.  When the Fund  holds
securities with longer maturities,  it will seek to manage its average effective
portfolio duration with other investment techniques.  When the average effective
duration of the Fund's  portfolio  is  relatively  longer,  its share prices may
fluctuate  more  when  interest  rates  change.  However,  the  Fund's  duration
management  strategy could be unsuccessful,  so that the prices of its portfolio
securities could be more volatile than anticipated.

RISKS OF DERIVATIVE INVESTMENTS.  The Fund can use derivatives to seek increased
income or to try to hedge  investment  risks.  In general  terms,  a  derivative
investment is an investment contract whose value depends on (or is derived from)
the value of an  underlying  asset,  interest rate or index.  Options,  futures,
"inverse  floaters" and interest rate swaps are examples of derivatives the Fund
can use.

      If the issuer of the  derivative  investment  does not pay the amount due,
the Fund can lose money on its  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 will get less income than expected,  its hedge might be  unsuccessful,  and
its share  prices  could fall.  The Fund has limits on the amount of  particular
types of derivatives it can hold.  However,  using  derivatives can increase the
volatility of the Fund's share prices. Some derivatives may be illiquid,  making
it difficult for the Fund to sell them quickly at an acceptable price.


HOW RISKY IS THE FUND OVERALL?  The risks described above  collectively form the
overall  risk  profile  of the  Fund and can  affect  the  value  of the  Fund's
investments,   its  investment  performance,  and  the  prices  of  its  shares.
Particular  investments and investment  strategies also have risks.  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. There is no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. There is also the
risk  that  poor  securities   selection  by  the  Fund's  investment   manager,
OppenheimerFunds, Inc., will cause the Fund to underperform other funds having a
similar objective.

The value of the Fund's  investments  will  change  over time due to a number of
factors.  They include changes in general bond market  movements,  the change in
value of particular  bonds or the income they pay because of an event  affecting
the  issuer,  or changes in interest  rates that can affect bond prices  overall
While the Fund's  strategy  of  managing  the  volatility  of its  portfolio  by
limiting its effective average portfolio  duration may help reduce  fluctuations
in the Fund's  share  prices,  unanticipated  events can affect the  duration of
securities   and   reduce   the   effectiveness   of  that   strategy.   In  the
OppenheimerFunds spectrum, the Fund is more conservative than some types of bond
funds,  such as high yield bond funds, and may be less volatile than longer-term
tax-exempt funds but it has greater risks than money market funds.


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.

[see appendix to the  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  10-year  period  shown in the bar chart,  the  highest  return  (not
annualized) for a calendar quarter was 4.94% (1Q'95) and the lowest return for a
calendar quarter (not annualized) was -4.59% (1Q `94).


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   Average Annual Total                          5 Years         10 years
   Returns for the periods                     (or life of     (or life of
   ended December 31, 1999        1 Year          class,          class,
                                                 if less)        if less)

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   Class A Shares  (inception     -6.82%          5.14%           5.77%
   11/11/86)

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   Lehman Brothers  Municipal     -2.06%          6.91%           6.89%1
   Bond Index

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   Class B Shares  (inception     -7.83%          3.49%            N/A
   9/11/95)

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   Class C Shares  (inception     -5.09%          5.13%           3.48%
   12/1/93)

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1.    From 12/31/89

The Fund's average annual total returns include the applicable sales charge: for
Class A, the current  maximum  initial  sales charge of 3.50%;  for Class B, the
applicable  contingent  deferred  sales charges of 4% (1-year) and 1.0% (life of
class);  for Class C, the 1%  contingent  deferred  sales  charge for the 1-year
period.

The Fund's returns measure the performance of a hypothetical  account and assume
that all  dividends  and capital  gains  distributions  have been  reinvested in
additional  shares.  The  Fund's  performance  is  compared  to Lehman  Brothers
Municipal Bond Index,  an unmanaged  index of a broad range of investment  grade
municipal bonds.  However, the index performance reflects reinvestment of income
but  does  not  consider  the  effects  of  transaction  costs,  and the  Fund's
investments vary from the securities in the index.


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 values
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 meant 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  the fiscal  year ended
September 30, 1999.


Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):

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                                     Class A        Class B       Class C
                                      Shares        Shares         Shares
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   Maximum  Sales  Charge  (Load)     3.50%          None           None
   on
   Purchases  (as a % of offering
   price)
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   Maximum Deferred Sales Charge      None1           4%2           1%3
   (Load)  (as % of the  lower of
   the
   original offering price or
   redemption proceeds)
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4     A 1%  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  may apply to  redemptions  of
   investments  of $1  million  or more of  Class A  shares.  See  "How to Buy
   Shares" for details.
5  Applies to redemptions in first year after purchase.  The contingent deferred
   sales charge declines to 1% in the fifth year and is eliminated after that.
6     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
                                          Shares       Shares       Shares
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   Management Fees                         0.48%        0.48%        0.48%

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   Distribution  and/or Service (12b-1)    0.24%        1.00%        1.00%
   Fees
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   Other Expenses                          0.18%        0.18%        0.18%

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   Total Annual Operating Expenses         0.90%        1.66%        1.66%

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Expenses may vary in future years. "Other expenses" include transfer agent fees,
custodial fees, and accounting and legal expenses the Fund pays.


EXAMPLES.  The  following  examples are intended to help you compare the cost of
investing  in the Fund with the cost of investing  in other  mutual  funds.  The
examples assume that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for the
time periods indicated, 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 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                   $439        $627         $        $1,419
                                                        831

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  Class B Shares                   $569        $723       $1,002     $1,577

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  Class C Shares                   $269        $523         $        $1,965
                                                        902

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  If shares are not redeemed:     1 year      3 years    5 years    10 years1
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  Class A Shares                   $439        $627        $831      $1,419

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  Class B Shares                   $169        $523        $902      $1,577

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  Class C Shares                   $169        $523        $902      $1,965

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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 contingent deferred sales charges.

1. Class B expense 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 allocation of the Fund's portfolio
among  different  investments  will  vary  over  time  based  on  the  Manager's
evaluation of economic and market trends.  The Fund's portfolio might not always
include all of the different types of investments described below. The Statement
of Additional  Information  contains more detailed  information about the Fund's
investment policies and risks.

      The  Manager  tries to reduce  risks by  diversifying  investments  and by
carefully researching securities before they are purchased.  However, changes in
the overall  market prices of municipal  securities  and the income they pay can
occur at any time.  The yields and share  prices of the Fund will  change  daily
based on  changes  in market  prices of  securities,  interest  rates and market
conditions and in response to other economic events. The Statement of Additional
Information  contains  more  detailed  information  about the Fund's  investment
policies and risks.

Municipal Securities.  The Fund buys municipal bonds and notes,  certificates of
      participation  in municipal leases and other debt  obligations.  These are
      debt  obligations  issued by the  governments of states,  their  political
      subdivisions  (such as  cities,  towns  and  counties),  the  District  of
      Columbia, or by their agencies,  instrumentalities and authorities, if the
      interest  paid on the security is not subject to federal  personal  income
      tax (in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer at the time the security
      is issued).  The Fund can also buy securities issued by any commonwealths,
      territories  or  possessions  of the United  States,  or their  respective
      agencies,  instrumentalities  or authorities,  if the interest paid on the
      security is not subject to federal  individual  income tax (in the opinion
      of bond counsel to the issuer at the time the security is issued).  All of
      these types of debt obligations are referred to as "municipal  securities"
      in this prospectus.


Municipal  securities  are  issued to raise  money  for a  variety  of public or
      private purposes, including financing state or local governments, specific
      projects or public facilities. The Fund can invest in municipal securities
      that are "general obligations," secured by the issuer's pledge of its full
      faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest.

The   Fund can also buy "revenue  obligations,"  whose  interest is payable only
      from  the  revenues  derived  from  a  particular  facility  or  class  of
      facilities,  or a specific  excise tax or other  revenue  source.  Some of
      these revenue  obligations  are private  activity  bonds that pay interest
      that may be a tax preference for investors subject to alternative  minimum
      tax.


What Is A Municipal Security?  A municipal security is essentially a loan by the
buyer  to the  issuer  of the  security.  The  issuer  promises  to pay back the
principal  amount of the loan and  normally  pay  interest  exempt from  federal
personal income taxes.

o     Municipal  Lease  Obligations.  Municipal  leases  are used by state and
      local  governments  to  obtain  funds  to  acquire  land,  equipment  or
      facilities.  The Fund can invest in certificates of  participation  that
      represent a  proportionate  interest in  payments  made under  municipal
      lease  obligations.  Most municipal leases,  while secured by the leased
      property,  are not  general  obligations  of the  issuing  municipality.
      They  often   contain   "non-appropriation"   clauses  under  which  the
      municipal  government  has no  obligation  to make lease or  installment
      payments  in  future  years  unless  money is  appropriated  on a yearly
      basis. If the government  stops making payments or transfers its payment
      obligations  to a private  entity,  the  obligation  could lose value or
      become  taxable.  Some  lease  obligations  might  not  have  an  active
      trading  market,  making it difficult  for the Fund to sell them quickly
      at an acceptable price.

The   Fund's Portfolio Duration Strategy. The "maturity" of a security (the date
      when its  principal  repayment is due) differs  from  effective  duration,
      which attempts to measure the expected volatility of a security's price.

The   Fund  measures the duration of its entire  portfolio  of  securities  on a
      dollar-weighted  basis. It tries to maintain an average effective duration
      of its portfolio  between 4.5 and 8 years,  under normal market conditions
      (that is,  when  financial  markets  are not in an  unstable  to  volatile
      state).  However,  duration cannot be relied on as an prediction of future
      volatility.  There  can be no  assurance  that the Fund will  achieve  its
      targeted portfolio duration at all times.


Duration calculations rely on a number of assumptions and variables based on the
      historic  performance of similar  securities.  Therefore,  duration can be
      affected  by  unexpected  economic  events  or  conditions  relating  to a
      particular security, and in times of great market volatility, the duration
      calculation for a security might not be correct.


Ratings of Municipal  Securities The Fund Buys. Under normal market  conditions,
      the Fund  will  invest at least  80% of its  total  assets in  "investment
      grade" municipal securities. "Investment grade" securities are those rated
      within the four highest rating  categories of Moody's,  Standard & Poor's,
      Fitch   or  Duff  &   Phelps   or   other   nationally-recognized   rating
      organizations,  or (if unrated)  judged by the Manager to be comparable to
      securities  rated  as  investment  grade.  Rating  definitions  of  rating
      organizations   are  in  Appendix  A  to  the   Statement  of   Additional
      Information.  If a security  the Fund buys is not rated,  the Manager will
      use its judgment to assign a rating that it believes is comparable to that
      of a rating organization.

The  Manager relies to some extent on credit ratings by nationally recognized
     rating organizations in evaluating the credit risk of securities selected
     for the Fund's portfolio. It also uses its own research and analysis to
     evaluate risks. Many factors affect an issuer's ability to make timely
     payments, and the credit risks of a particular security might change over
     time. If the rating of a security is reduced after the Fund buys it the
     Fund is not required automatically to dispose of that security. However,
     the Manager will evaluate those securities to determine whether to keep
     them in the Fund's portfolio.

Special Risks of Lower-Grade  Securities.  Municipal securities below investment
      grade  (sometimes  called "junk  bonds")  usually offer higher yields than
      investment  grade  securities  but  they  are  subject  to  greater  price
      fluctuations  and risks of loss of income and  principal  than  investment
      grade  municipal  securities.  Securities  that are (or that have  fallen)
      below  investment  grade have a greater risk that the issuers may not meet
      their debt obligations. They may also be less liquid than investment-grade
      securities,  making it harder  for the Fund to sell them at an  acceptable
      price.

CAN THE FUND'S  INVESTMENT  OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES  CHANGE?  The Fund's Board of
Trustees  can change  non-fundamental  policies  without  shareholder  approval,
although significant changes will be described in amendments to this Prospectus.
Fundamental policies cannot be changed without the approval of a majority of the
Fund's  outstanding  voting  shares.  The  Fund's  investment   objective  is  a
fundamental policy. Other 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.

OTHER INVESTMENT STRATEGIES. To seek its investment objective, the Fund can also
use the investment  techniques and strategies described below. The Manager might
not  always  use  all of the  different  types  of  techniques  and  investments
described below.  These techniques have risks although some of them are designed
to help reduce overall investment or market risks.


Floating Rate/Variable Rate Obligations. Some municipal securities have variable
      or  floating  interest  rates.  Variable  rates are  adjustable  at stated
      periodic intervals. Floating rates are automatically adjusted according to
      a specified  market rate for such  investments,  such as the percentage of
      the prime rate of a bank or the 91-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate.


Inverse Floaters  Have  Special  Risks.  Variable  rate bonds  known as "inverse
      floaters"  pay  interest at rates that move in the  opposite  direction of
      yields on  short-term  bonds in  response to market  changes.  As interest
      rates rise, inverse floaters produce less current income, and their market
      value can become  volatile.  Inverse  floaters  are a type of  "derivative
      security."  Some have a "cap," so that if  interest  rates  rise above the
      "cap," the security pays additional  interest income. If rates do not rise
      above  the  "cap,"  the Fund will have  paid an  additional  amount  for a
      feature that proves  worthless.  The Fund will not invest more than 20% of
      its total assets in inverse floaters.

"When-Issued"  and  "Delayed-Delivery"   Transactions.  The  Fund  can  purchase
      municipal  securities  on a  "when-issued"  basis and can purchase or sell
      securities  on a  "delayed-  delivery"  basis.  Between the  purchase  and
      settlement, no payment is made for the security and no interest accrues to
      the buyer from the investment.  There is a risk of loss to the Fund if the
      value of the when-issued security declines prior to the settlement date.


Puts  and Stand-By Commitments.  The Fund can acquire "stand-by  commitments" or
      "puts" with respect to municipal  securities.  These  investments give the
      Fund the  right to sell the  securities  at a set  price on  demand to the
      issuing broker-dealer or bank. However, a security having this feature may
      have a lower interest rate. The Fund will acquire stand-by  commitments or
      puts solely to enhance portfolio liquidity.


Illiquid And Restricted Securities.  Investments may be illiquid because they do
      not have an active  trading  market,  making it difficult to value them or
      dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. A restricted security has
      a contractual  restriction  on its resale or cannot be sold publicly until
      it is  registered  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933.  The Fund will not
      invest  more than 15% of its net assets in  illiquid  securities.  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.

Other Derivatives.  The Fund can also invest in other derivative  investments to
      increase income or to hedge portfolio or interest rate risks.  Examples of
      those  derivatives  are interest rate swaps and futures based on municipal
      bond indices.

Hedging. The Fund can  purchase  and  sell  futures  contracts  and put and call
      options and can enter into  interest rate swap  agreements.  These are all
      referred  to as  "hedging  instruments."  The Fund  does  not use  hedging
      instruments for speculative  purposes,  and has limits on the use of them.
      The Fund does not use hedging  instruments to a substantial  degree and is
      not required to use them in seeking its goal.

     Hedging  involves  risks.  If the Manager used a hedging  instrument at the
     wrong time or judged  market  conditions  incorrectly,  the hedge  might be
     unsuccessful  and the  strategy  could reduce the Fund's  return.  The Fund
     could also  experience  losses if the  prices of its  futures  and  options
     positions were not correlated with its other investments or if it could not
     close out a  position  because  of an  illiquid  market  for the  future or
     option.

      Options  trading  involves  the  payment  of  premiums  and  can  increase
      portfolio  turnover.  Interest  rate swaps are subject to credit risks and
      interest  rate risks.  The Fund could be  obligated  to pay more under its
      swap  agreements than it receives under them, as a result of interest rate
      changes. The Fund cannot enter into swaps with respect to more than 25% of
      its total assets.

TEMPORARY  DEFENSIVE  INVESTMENTS.  The Fund can  invest up to 100% of its total
assets in temporary defensive  investments during periods of volatile or adverse
market  conditions.   Generally  the  Fund's  defensive   investments  would  be
short-term  municipal  securities  but could be U.S.  Government  securities  or
highly-rated corporate debt securities. The income from some temporary defensive
investments might not be tax-exempt, and therefore when making those investments
the Fund might not achieve its objective.


      Under  normal  market  conditions,  the Fund can also hold these  types of
investments  for cash  management  purposes (in amounts not exceeding 20% of its
total assets) pending the investment of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or
portfolio securities, or to meet anticipated redemptions of Fund shares.

How the Fund is Managed


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

      The Manager has operated as an investment  advisor since January 1960. The
Manager (including  subsidiaries and affiliates)  managed more than $120 billion
of assets as of December 31, 1999,  including other  Oppenheimer funds with more
than 5 million shareholder  accounts.  The Manager is located at Two World Trade
Center, 34th Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203.

Portfolio Manager.  The portfolio  manager of the Fund is Christian D. Smith,  a
      Senior  Vice  President  of  the  Manager.  He is the  person  principally
      responsible  for the day-to-day  management of the Fund's  portfolio,  and
      became the Fund's  portfolio  manager on November 1, 1999.  Mr. Smith also
      serves as an officer and portfolio  manager for other  Oppenheimer  funds.
      Prior to joining OppenheimerFunds in September 1999, he was co-head of the
      Municipal Portfolio Management Team of prudential Global Asset Management,
      prior to which he was a portfolio  manager for that firm  (January  1990 -
      January 1999).

Advisory Fees.  Under  the  investment  advisory  agreement,  the Fund  pays the
      Manager an  advisory  fee at an annual  rate which  declines as the Fund's
      assets grow: 0.50% of the first $100 million of average annual net assets,
      0.45% of the next $150 million, 0.425% of the next $250 million, and 0.40%
      of  average  annual  net  assets  in excess of $500  million.  The  Fund's
      management  fee for its last fiscal year ended  September  30,  1999,  was
      0.48% of average annual net assets for each class of shares.

ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT


How to Buy Shares


HOW DO YOU BUY SHARES?  You can buy shares several ways, as described below. The
Fund's Distributor,  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,  Inc., may appoint servicing
agents to accept purchase (and redemption) orders. The Distributor,  in its sole
discretion, may reject any purchase order for the Fund's shares.

BuyingShares Through Your Dealer. You can buy shares through any dealer, broker,
      or financial  institution that has a sales agreement with the Distributor.
      Your dealer will place your order with the Distributor on your behalf.

BuyingShares 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.

PAYINGBY 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.

   BUYING SHARES THROUGH OPPENHEIMERFUNDS ACCOUNTLINK. With AccountLink,  shares
      are  purchased  for your  account by a transfer of money from your account
      through the Automated  Clearing House (ACH) system.  You can provide those
      instructions automatically,  under an Asset Builder Plan, described below,
      or  by  telephone  instructions  using  OppenheimerFunds  PhoneLink,  also
      described below. Please refer to "AccountLink," below for more details.

BUYINGSHARES  THROUGH ASSET BUILDER PLANS.  You may purchase  shares of the Fund
      (and up to four other  Oppenheimer  funds)  automatically  each month from
      your  account  at a bank or  other  financial  institution  under an Asset
      Builder  Plan  with   AccountLink.   Details  are  in  the  Asset  Builder
      Application and the Statement of Additional Information.

HOW MUCH  MUST  YOU  INVEST?  You can buy Fund  shares  with a  minimum  initial
investment of $1,000.  You can make  additional  investments at any time with as
little as $25. There are reduced minimum  investments  under special  investment
plans.

   o  With Asset Builder Plans,  Automatic Exchange Plans and military allotment
      plans,  you can make initial and subsequent  investments  for as little as
      $25.  You can  make  additional  purchases  of at least  $25 by  telephone
      through AccountLink.


   o  The minimum investment requirement does not apply to reinvesting dividends
      from the Fund or other  Oppenheimer  funds (a list of them  appears in the
      Statement of  Additional  Information,  or you can ask your dealer or call
      the Transfer  Agent),  or reinvesting  distributions  from unit investment
      trusts that have made arrangements with the Distributor.


AT WHAT PRICE ARE SHARES SOLD?  Shares are sold at their offering price which is
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.

Net   Asset  Value.  The Fund  calculates  the net asset  value of each class of
      shares 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.


The   Offering  Price.  To receive the offering  price for a particular  day, in
      most cases the Distributor or its designated agent must receive your order
      by the time of day The New York Stock  Exchange  closes  that day. If your
      order is  received  on a day when the  Exchange  is closed or after it has
      closed,  the order will receive the next offering price that is determined
      after your order is received.
BuyingThrough a Dealer.  If you buy shares  through a dealer,  your  dealer must
      receive the order by the close of The New York Stock Exchange and transmit
      it to the  Distributor  so that it is  received  before the  Distributor's
      close of  business  on a regular  business  day  (normally  5:00  P.M.) to
      receive that day's offering price.  Otherwise,  the order will receive the
      next offering price that is determined.


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WHAT  CLASS OF SHARES  DOES THE FUND  OFFER?  The Fund  offers  investors  three
different  classes  of  shares.   The  different  classes  of  shares  represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities,  but the classes are subject to
different  expenses and will likely have  different  share prices.  When you buy
shares,  be sure to specify  the class of shares.  If you do not choose a class,
your investment will be made in Class A shares.

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Class A Shares.  If you buy Class A shares,  you pay an initial sales charge (on
      investments  up to $1 million).  The amount of that sales charge will vary
      depending  on the amount you invest.  The sales charge rates are listed in
      "How Can You Buy Class A Shares?" below.

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Class B Shares.  If you buy Class B shares,  you pay no sales charge at the time
      of purchase,  but you will pay an annual  asset-based sales charge. If you
      sell your shares within six years of buying them,  you will normally pay a
      contingent  deferred sales charge.  That contingent  deferred sales charge
      varies depending on how long you own your shares, as described in "How Can
      You Buy Class B Shares?" below.

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Class C Shares.  If you buy Class C shares,  you pay no sales charge at the time
      of purchase,  but you will pay an annual  asset-based sales charge. If you
      sell your shares within 12 months of buying them,  you will normally pay a
      contingent  deferred  sales charge of 1%, as described in "How Can You Buy
      Class C Shares?" below.

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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.
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.  The discussion
below  assumes  that  you will  purchase  only one  class  of  shares  and not a
combination of shares of different classes.

How   Long Do You Expect To Hold Your Investment? While future financial needs
      cannot be predicted with certainty, knowing how long you expect to hold
      your investment will assist you in selecting the appropriate class of
      shares. Because of the effect of class-based expenses, your choice will
      also depend on how much you plan to invest. For example, the reduced sales
      charges available for larger purchases of Class A shares may, over time,
      offset the effect of paying an initial sales charge on your investment,
      compared to the effect over time of higher class-based expenses on shares
      of Class B or Class C.

Investing for the  Shorter  Term.  While  the Fund is  meant  to be a  long-term
      investment,  if you have a relatively  short-term investment horizon (that
      is, you plan to hold your shares for not more than five 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 five 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 five 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.



Are There  Differences  in Account  Features  That Matter to You?  Some  account
features may not be available to Class B or Class C shareholders. Other features
may not be advisable  (because of the effect of the  contingent  deferred  sales
charge) for Class B or Class C  shareholders.  Therefore,  you should  carefully
review how you plan to use your  investment  account before deciding which class
of shares to buy.  Additionally,  the  dividends  payable to Class B and Class C
shareholders  will be reduced by the additional  expenses borne by those classes
that  are  not  borne  by  Class A  shares,  such  as the  Class  B and  Class C
asset-based  sales charge  described  below and in the  Statement of  Additional
Information.  Share  certificates  are not  available  for  Class B and  Class C
shares,  and if you are considering  using your shares as collateral for a loan,
that may be a factor to consider.


How Does it Affect  Payments  to My Broker?  A  financial  advisor,  may receive
different  compensation for selling one class of shares than for selling another
class. It is important to remember that Class B and Class C contingent  deferred
sales  charges  and  asset-based  sales  charges  have the same  purpose  as the
front-end sales charge on sales of Class A shares: to compensate the Distributor
for commissions and expenses it pays to dealers and financial  institutions  for
selling shares.  The Distributor  may pay additional  compensation  from its own
resources to securities  dealers or financial  institutions based upon the value
of shares of the Fund owned by the dealer or financial  institution  for its own
account or for its customers.

SPECIAL SALES CHARGE  ARRANGEMENTS  AND WAIVERS.  Appendix C to the Statement of
Additional  Information  details the  conditions for the waiver of sales charges
that apply in certain  cases,  and the special  sales charge rates that apply to
purchases of shares of the Fund by certain groups, or under specified retirement
plan arrangements or in other special types of transactions. To receive a waiver
or special sales charge rate, you must advise the  Distributor  when  purchasing
shares or the Transfer Agent when redeeming  shares that the special  conditions
apply.

HOW CAN YOU 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  Commission as
                               Charge As a       Charge As a     Percentage
                              Percentage of   Percentage of Net  of Offering
  Amount of Purchase         Offering Price    Amount Invested      Price

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  Less than $100,000              3.50%             3.63%           3.00%
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  $100,000   or  more   but       3.00%             3.09%           2.50%
  less than $250,000

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  $250,000   or  more   but       2.50%             2.56%           2.00%
  less than $500,000

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  $500,000   or  more   but       2.00%             2.04%           1.50%
  less than $1 million

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Class A Contingent  Deferred  Sales Charge.  There is no initial sales charge on
      purchases  of Class A shares of any one or more of the  Oppenheimer  funds
      aggregating  $1 million or more.  The  Distributor  pays dealers of record
      commissions in an amount equal to 0.50% of purchases of $1 million or more
      (other than purchases by retirement  accounts,  which are not permitted in
      the Fund).  That  commission  will be paid only on purchases that were not
      previously subject to a front-end sales charge and dealer commission.

      If you redeem any of those  shares  within an  18-month  "holding  period"
      measured  from  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.

Can You Reduce Class A Sales Charges?  You may be eligible to buy Class A shares
at reduced  sales charge  rates under the Fund's  "Right of  Accumulation"  or a
Letter of Intent,  as described in "Reduced  Sales  Charges" in the Statement of
Additional Information.

HOW CAN YOU 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 5 years of the end of the calendar month 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 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 for the Class B contingent  deferred  sales
charge holding period:


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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                                 4.0%
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  1 - 2                                 3.0%
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  2 - 3                                 2.0%
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  3 - 4                                 2.0%
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  4 - 5                                 1.0%
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  5 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.


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 you hold 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.  For
further  information on the  conversion  feature and its tax  implications,  see
"Class B Conversion" in the Statement of Additional Information.

HOW CAN YOU 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  a  holding  period  of 12  months  from  the end of the  month  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.


Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plans

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class A
shares.  It reimburses the  Distributor  for a portion of its costs incurred for
services  provided to accounts that hold Class A shares.  Reimbursement  is made
quarterly  at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average  annual net assets of
Class A shares of the Fund. The Distributor  currently uses all of those fees to
pay dealers,  brokers,  banks and other  financial  institutions  quarterly  for
providing  personal  service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that
hold Class A shares.


Distribution  and  Service  Plans for  Class B and Class C Shares.  The Fund has
adopted  Distribution  and  Service  Plans  for  Class B and  Class C shares  to
compensate 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 are 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 a sales commission of 2.75% 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
3.00% of the purchase  price.  The  Distributor  retains the Class B asset-based
sales charge.


      The Distributor  currently pays sales commissions of 0.75% of the purchase
price of Class C shares to dealers  from its own  resources at the time of sale.
Including  the  advance  of the  service  fee,  the  total  amount  paid  by the
Distributor  to the  dealer at the time of sale of Class C shares  is  therefore
1.00% of the purchase price. The Distributor  pays the asset-based  sales charge
as an  ongoing  commission  to the  dealer  on Class C  shares  that  have  been
outstanding for a year or more.

Special Investor Services


ACCOUNTLINK.  You can use our  AccountLink  feature to link your Fund  account
with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial  institution.  It must be an
Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:


   o  transmit funds  electronically to purchase shares by telephone  (through a
      service  representative  or by  PhoneLink)  or  automatically  under Asset
      Builder Plans, or
   o  have the Transfer Agent send redemption proceeds or transmit dividends and
      distributions  directly to your bank  account.  Please  call the  Transfer
      Agent for more information.


      You may  purchase  shares by  telephone  only after your  account has been
established.  To purchase  shares in amounts up to $250,000  through a telephone
representative,  call the Distributor at  1.800.852.8457.  The purchase  payment
will be debited from your bank account.


      AccountLink  privileges  should be requested on your  Application  or your
dealer's settlement  instructions if you buy your shares through a dealer. After
your account is established,  you can request AccountLink  privileges by sending
signature-guaranteed  instructions to the Transfer Agent. AccountLink privileges
will apply to each  shareholder  listed in the  registration  on your account as
well as to your dealer  representative  of record  unless and until the Transfer
Agent receives written  instructions  terminating or changing those  privileges.
After you establish  AccountLink  for your  account,  any change of bank account
information  must be made by  signature-guaranteed  instructions to the Transfer
Agent signed by all shareholders who own the account.


PHONELINK.  PhoneLink is the  OppenheimerFunds  automated  telephone system that
enables shareholders to perform a number of account  transactions  automatically
using a touch-tone  phone.  PhoneLink  may be used on  already-established  Fund
accounts after you obtain a Personal Identification Number (PIN), by calling the
special PhoneLink number, 1.800.533.3310.

Purchasing Shares.  You may purchase  shares in amounts up to $100,000 by phone,
      by  calling   1.800.533.3310.   You  must  have  established   AccountLink
      privileges  to link  your  bank  account  with the  Fund to pay for  these
      purchases.


Exchanging  Shares.  With the  OppenheimerFunds  exchange  privilege,  described
      below,  you can  exchange  shares  automatically  by phone  from your Fund
      account to another  OppenheimerFunds  account you have already established
      by calling the special PhoneLink number.

Selling Shares. You can redeem shares by telephone  automatically by calling the
      PhoneLink  number  and the Fund will send the  proceeds  directly  to your
      AccountLink bank account.  Please refer to "How to Sell Shares," below for
      details.


CAN YOU SUBMIT  TRANSACTION  REQUESTS BY FAX? You may send  requests for certain
types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier).  Please
call 1.800.525.7048 for information about which transactions may be handled this
way.  Transaction  requests  submitted  by fax are subject to the same rules and
restrictions as written and telephone requests described in this Prospectus.

OPPENHEIMERFUNDS  INTERNET WEB SITE. You can obtain  information about the Fund,
as well as your account balance, on the  OppenheimerFunds  Internet web site, at
http://www.oppenheimerfunds.com.   Additionally,   shareholders  listed  in  the
account  registration  (and the dealer of record)  may request  certain  account
transactions  through a special  section of that web site.  To  perform  account
transactions,  you must first obtain a personal  identification  number (PIN) by
calling  the  Transfer  Agent  at  1.800.533.3310.  If you do not  want  to have
Internet  account  transaction  capability  for your  account,  please  call the
Transfer Agent at 1.800.525.7048.

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.


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, by using the Fund's  checkwriting  privilege 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, please call the Transfer Agent first, at 1.800.525.7048,
for assistance.


Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund from
      fraud,  the  following  redemption  requests  must be in writing  and must
      include a signature guarantee (although there may be other situations that
      also require a signature guarantee):


   o  You wish to redeem $100,000 or more and receive a check


   o  The redemption  check is not payable to all  shareholders  listed on the
account statement

   o  The  redemption  check  is not sent to the  address  of  record  on your
account statement

   o  Shares are being  transferred  to a Fund account with a different  owner
or name

   o  Shares are being  redeemed by someone  (such as an Executor)  other than
the owners


Where Can You Have Your Signature  Guaranteed?  The Transfer Agent will accept a
guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions, including:

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


Sending Redemption Proceeds By Wire. While the Fund normally sends your money by
      check,  you can arrange to have the  proceeds of the shares your sell sent
      by  Federal  Funds  wire to a bank  account  you  designate.  It must be a
      commercial bank that is a member of the Federal  Reserve wire system.  The
      minimum redemption you can have sent by wire is $2,500. There is a $10 fee
      for each wire.  To find out how to set up this  feature on your account or
      to arrange a wire, call the Transfer agent at 1.800.852.8457.

HOW  DO YOU  SELL  SHARES  BY  MAIL?  Write  a  letter  of  instructions  that
includes:

   o  Your name

   o  The Fund's name

   o  Your Fund account number (from your account statement)

   o  The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed

   o  Any special payment instructions

   o  Any share certificates for the shares you are selling

   o  The  signatures  of all  registered  owners  exactly  as the  account is
registered, and

   o  Any special  documents  requested by the Transfer  Agent to assure  proper
      authorization of the person asking to sell the shares.


- ---------------------------------------- Send courier or express mail
Use the following address for            requests to:
- ---------------------------------------- OppenheimerFunds Services
requests by mail:                        10200 E. Girard Avenue, Building D
OppenheimerFunds Services                Denver, Colorado 80231
P.O. Box 5270
Denver, Colorado 80217-5270


HOW DO YOU SELL  SHARES BY  TELEPHONE?  You and your  dealer  representative  of
record may also sell your shares by telephone.  To receive the redemption  price
calculated  on a  particular  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 under a share certificate by telephone.

   o  To redeem shares through a service representative, call 1.800.852.8457

   o  To redeem shares automatically on PhoneLink, call 1.800.533.3310


      Whichever  method you use, you may have a check sent to the address on the
account statement, or, if you have linked your Fund account to your bank account
on AccountLink, you may have the proceeds sent to that bank account.


ARE THERE LIMITS ON AMOUNTS REDEEMED BY TELEPHONE?

Telephone Redemptions Paid by Check. Up to $100,000 may be redeemed by telephone
      in any 7-day period.  The check must be payable to all owners of record of
      the shares and must be sent to the address on the account statement.  This
      service is not  available  within 30 days of  changing  the  address on an
      account.

Telephone Redemptions Through AccountLink or by Wire. 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.

      If you have requested Federal Funds wire privileges for your account,  the
      wire of the  redemption  proceeds will normally be transmitted on the next
      bank  business day after the shares are  redeemed.  There is a possibility
      that the wire may be  delayed  up to seven days to enable the Fund to sell
      securities to pay for the redemption proceeds. No dividends are accrued or
      paid on the  proceeds of shares that have been  redeemed  and are awaiting
      transmission by wire.

CHECKWRITING.  To write checks against your Fund account, request that privilege
on your account Application,  or contact the Transfer Agent for signature cards.
They must be signed  (with a signature  guarantee)  by all owners of the account
and  returned  to the  Transfer  Agent so that checks can be sent to you to use.
Shareholders  with joint  accounts can elect in writing to have checks paid over
the  signature  of one  owner.  If you  previously  signed a  signature  card to
establish  checkwriting in another  Oppenheimer fund, simply call 1.800.525.7048
to request  checkwriting for an account in this Fund with the same  registration
as the other account.

   o  Checks can be written to the order of  whomever  you wish,  but may not be
      cashed at the bank the checks are payable through, or the Fund's custodian
      bank.


   o  Checkwriting privileges are not available for accounts holding shares that
      are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

   o Checks must be written for at least $100.

   o  Checks  cannot be paid if they are  written  for more  than  your  account
      value. Remember: your shares fluctuate in value and you should not write a
      check close to the total account value.

   o  You may not write a check that  would  require  the Fund to redeem  shares
      that were  purchased by check or Asset  Builder Plan  payments  within the
      prior 10 days.

   o  Don't use your checks if you changed your Fund account  number,  until you
      receive new checks.


CAN YOU SELL SHARES THROUGH YOUR 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 DO CONTINGENT  DEFERRED  SALES CHARGES AFFECT  REDEMPTIONS?  If you purchase
shares subject to a Class A, Class B or Class C contingent deferred sales charge
and redeem any of those  shares  during the  applicable  holding  period for the
class of shares you own, the  contingent  deferred sales charge will be deducted
from  redemption  proceeds  (unless you are  eligible for a waiver of that sales
charge  based  on the  categories  listed  in  Appendix  C to the  Statement  of
Additional Information) and you advise the Transfer Agent of you eligibility for
the waiver.

A 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. A contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed on:
   o  the amount of your account value  represented  by an increase in net asset
      value over the initial purchase price,
   o  shares  purchased by the  reinvestment  of  dividends  or capital  gains
      distributions, or
   o  shares  redeemed in the special  circumstances  described in Appendix C to
      the Statement of Additional Information.

      To determine  whether a  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 the holding period that applies to the class, and

(4) shares held the longest during the holding period.

      Contingent deferred sales charges are not charged when you exchange shares
of the Fund for shares of other Oppenheimer funds. However, if you exchange them
within the  applicable  contingent  deferred sales charge  holding  period,  the
holding period will carry over to the fund whose shares your acquire. Similarly,
if you acquire shares of this Fund by exchanging  shares of another  Oppenheimer
fund that are still  subject  to a  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  holding
period, that holding period will carry over to this Fund.


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. Shares
of the Fund can be purchased by exchange of shares of other Oppenheimer funds on
the same basis. To exchange shares, you must meet several conditions:


   o  Shares of the fund  selected  for exchange  must be available  for sale in
      your state of residence.


   o The prospectuses of both funds must offer the exchange privilege.


   o  You must hold the shares you buy when you  establish  your  account for at
      least 7 days  before you can  exchange  them.  After the account is open 7
      days, you can exchange shares every regular business day.


   o  You must meet the minimum purchase  requirements for the fund whose shares
      you purchase by exchange.

   o Before exchanging into a fund, you must obtain and read its prospectus.


      Shares of a particular  class of the Fund may be exchanged only for shares
of the same class in the other Oppenheimer funds. For example,  you can exchange
Class A shares of this Fund only for  Class A shares of  another  fund.  In some
cases, sales charges may be imposed on exchange transactions.  For tax purposes,
exchanges  of  shares  involve  a sale of the  shares  of the fund you own and a
purchase of the shares of the other fund,  which may result in a capital gain or
loss.  Please refer to "How to Exchange  Shares" in the  Statement of Additional
Information for more details.


      You can find a list of Oppenheimer funds currently available for exchanges
in the  Statement of Additional  Information  or obtain one by calling a service
representative at 1.800.525.7048. That list can change from time to time.

HOW DO YOU SUBMIT  EXCHANGE  REQUESTS?  Exchanges  may be requested in writing
or by telephone:

Written Exchange  Requests.  Submit an  OppenheimerFunds  Exchange Request form,
      signed by all owners of the account.  Send it to the Transfer Agent at the
      address on the back cover.  Exchanges  of shares  held under  certificates
      cannot be processed  unless the Transfer Agent  receives the  certificates
      with the request.

Telephone Exchange  Requests.  Telephone exchange requests may be made either by
      calling a service representative at 1.800.852.8457,  or by using PhoneLink
      for automated exchanges by calling 1.800.533.3310. Telephone exchanges may
      be made only between  accounts that are  registered  with the same name(s)
      and  address.  Shares  held under  certificates  may not be  exchanged  by
      telephone.

ARE THERE  LIMITATIONS ON EXCHANGES?  There are certain exchange  policies you
should be aware of:


   o  Shares are normally redeemed from one fund and purchased from the other
      fund in the exchange transaction on the same regular business day on which
      the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request that conforms to the
      policies described above. It must be received by the close of The New York
      Stock Exchange that day, which is normally 4:00 P.M. but may be earlier on
      some days. However, either fund may delay the purchase of shares of the
      fund you are exchanging into up to seven days if it determines it would be
      disadvantaged by a same-day exchange. For example, the receipt of multiple
      exchange requests from a "market timer" might require the Fund to sell
      securities at a disadvantageous time and/or price.

   o  Because excessive trading can hurt fund performance and harm shareholders,
      the Fund  reserves  the  right to  refuse  any  exchange  request  that it
      believes will  disadvantage  it, or to refuse multiple  exchange  requests
      submitted by a shareholder or dealer.

   o  The Fund may amend,  suspend or terminate  the  exchange  privilege at any
      time.  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.

   o  If the Transfer Agent cannot  exchange all the shares you request  because
      of a restriction  cited above,  only the shares eligible for exchange will
      be exchanged.

Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More  information  about the Fund's policies and procedures for buying,  selling
and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.

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


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.


The   Transfer Agent will record any telephone  calls to verify data  concerning
      transactions  and has adopted other  procedures to confirm that  telephone
      instructions   are   genuine,   by   requiring   callers  to  provide  tax
      identification  numbers and other  account  data or by using PINs,  and by
      confirming such  transactions in writing.  The Transfer Agent and the Fund
      will not be  liable  for  losses  or  expenses  arising  out of  telephone
      instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.

Redemption or transfer  requests  will not be honored  until the Transfer  Agent
      receives all required  documents  in proper form.  From time to time,  the
      Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain of the requirements for
      redemptions stated in this Prospectus.

Dealers that can perform account transactions for their clients by participating
      in NETWORKING  through the National  Securities  Clearing  Corporation are
      responsible  for  obtaining  their  clients'  permission  to perform those
      transactions, and are responsible to their clients who are shareholders of
      the Fund if the dealer performs any transaction erroneously or improperly.


The   redemption price for shares will vary from day to day because the value of
      the securities in the Fund's portfolio  fluctuates.  The redemption price,
      which is the net asset  value per  share,  will  normally  differ for each
      class of shares.  The redemption  value of your shares may be more or less
      than their original cost.

Payment for  redeemed  shares  ordinarily  is made in cash.  It is  forwarded by
      check,   AccountLink   or  by  Federal  Funds  wire  (as  elected  by  the
      shareholder)   within  seven  days  after  the  Transfer   Agent  receives
      redemption   instructions   in  proper  form.   However,   under   unusual
      circumstances  determined  by  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,
      payment may be delayed or suspended.  For accounts  registered in the name
      of a  broker-dealer,  payment  will  normally be  forwarded  within  three
      business days after redemption.


The   Transfer  Agent may delay  forwarding a check or  processing a payment via
      AccountLink  for recently  purchased  shares,  but only until the purchase
      payment  has  cleared.  That delay may be as much as 10 days from the date
      the shares  were  purchased.  That  delay may be  avoided if you  purchase
      shares by Federal Funds wire or certified check, or arrange with your bank
      to provide  telephone or written assurance to the Transfer Agent that your
      purchase payment has cleared.

Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Fund if the account
      value has  fallen  below  $200 for  reasons  other  than the fact that the
      market value of shares has dropped. In some cases involuntary  redemptions
      may be made to repay the Distributor  for losses from the  cancellation of
      share purchase orders.


Sharesmay be "redeemed in kind" under unusual  circumstances  (such as a lack of
      liquidity in the Fund's  portfolio to meet  redemptions).  This means that
      the  redemption  proceeds  will be paid with  liquid  securities  from the
      Fund's portfolio.

"Backup  withholding"  of  federal  income tax may be  applied  against  taxable
      dividends,  distributions and redemption proceeds (including exchanges) if
      you fail to furnish the Fund your correct,  certified  Social  Security or
      Employer  Identification Number when you sign your application,  or if you
      under-report your income to the Internal Revenue Service.

To    avoid sending  duplicate copies of materials to households,  the Fund will
      mail only one copy of each annual and  semi-annual  report to shareholders
      having the same last name and address on the Fund's records. However, each
      shareholder  may call the  Transfer  Agent at  1.800.525.7048  to ask that
      copies of those materials be sent personally to that shareholder.

Dividends and Taxes

DIVIDENDS.  The Fund intends to declare  dividends  separately for each class of
shares from net  tax-exempt  income  and/or net  investment  income each regular
business  day and to pay  those  dividends  to  shareholders  monthly  on a date
selected by the Board of Trustees.  Daily dividends will not be declared or paid
on newly-purchased shares until Federal Funds are available to the Fund from the
purchase payment for such shares.


      The Fund attempts to pay dividends on Class A shares at a constant  level.
There is no  assurance  that it will be able to do so. The Board of Trustees may
change  the  targeted  dividend  level at any  time,  without  prior  notice  to
shareholders.  Dividends and distributions paid on Class A shares will generally
be  higher  than for  Class B and Class C shares,  which  normally  have  higher
expenses than Class A. The Fund cannot  guarantee that it will pay any dividends
or distributions.


CAPITAL  GAINS.  Although the Fund does not seek capital  gains,  it 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. Long-term capital gains will
be separately identified in the tax information the Fund sends you after the end
of the calendar year.

WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES FOR RECEIVING  DISTRIBUTIONS?  When you open your account,
specify  on  your  application  how you  want  to  receive  your  dividends  and
distributions. You have four options:


Reinvest  All  Distributions  in the  Fund.  You can  elect  to  reinvest  all
      dividends and capital gains  distributions  in additional  shares of the
      Fund.


Reinvest  Dividends  or  Capital   Gains.   You  can  elect  to  reinvest   some
      distributions  (dividends,  short-term  capital gains or long-term capital
      gains   distributions)   in  the  Fund  while  receiving  other  types  of
      distributions  by check or having them sent to your bank  account  through
      AccountLink.


Receive All  Distributions  in Cash.  You can  elect to  receive a check for all
      dividends and capital gains  distributions  or have them sent to your bank
      through AccountLink.

Reinvest  Your  Distributions  in  Another  OppenheimerFunds  Account.  You  can
      reinvest  all  distributions  in the  same  class  of  shares  of  another
      OppenheimerFunds account you have established.


TAXES. Dividends paid from net investment income earned by the Fund on municipal
securities  will be excludable from gross income for federal  individual  income
tax  purposes.  A portion of a dividend  that is derived from  interest  paid on
certain  "private  activity  bonds" may be an item of tax  preference if you are
subject to the  alternative  minimum tax. If the Fund earns  interest on taxable
investments,  any  dividends  derived  from  those  earnings  will be taxable as
ordinary income to shareholders.


      Dividends and capital gains distributions may be subject to state or local
taxes.  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.  Dividends  paid from  short-term  capital gains and non-tax  exempt net
investment  income are taxable as ordinary  income.  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 as well as
the amount of your tax-exempt income.

Remember,  There May be Taxes on  Transactions.  Even  though  the Fund seeks to
      distribute tax-exempt income to shareholders,  you may have a capital gain
      or loss when you sell or exchange  your shares.  A capital gain or loss is
      the difference between the price you paid for the shares and the price you
      received when you sold them.  Any capital gain is subject to capital gains
      tax.

Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases,  distributions  made by the Fund
      may be considered a non-taxable return of capital to shareholders. If that
      occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.


      This  information is only a summary of certain federal personal income tax
information  about your  investment.  You should  consult  with your tax adviser
about the effect of an investment in the Fund on your particular tax situation.




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Financial Highlights


The Financial  Highlights  Table is presented to help you  understand the Fund's
financial  performance for the past 5 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 Deloitte & Touche, 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.



<PAGE>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS A          YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
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 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
 Net asset value, beginning of period                   $15.65        $15.16       $14.69        $14.69       $14.23
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                     .72           .69          .80           .79          .79
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                  (.88)          .51          .45          (.01)         .42
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss)
 from investment operations                               (.16)         1.20         1.25           .78         1.21
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                     (.71)         (.71)        (.78)         (.78)        (.75)
 Distributions from net realized gain                     (.02)           --           --            --           --
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                          (.73)         (.71)        (.78)         (.78)        (.75)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                         $14.76        $15.65       $15.16        $14.69       $14.69
                                                        ============================================================================


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                     (1.08)%        8.14%        8.72%         5.41%        8.78%


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)             $124,273      $106,909      $87,111       $83,253      $80,535
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                    $118,906     $  97,001      $85,590       $82,217      $79,681
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                    4.72%         4.58%        5.35%         5.35%        5.55%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Expenses                                                 0.90%         0.94%(3)     1.02%(3)      1.02%(3)       0.98%(3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                                 10%           53%          31%           53%          55%
</TABLE>


 1. Assumes a $1,000 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.
 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 3. Expense ratio  reflects the effect of expenses paid  indirectly by the Fund.
 4. 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, 1999,  were  $51,293,384  and  $15,399,370,
 respectively.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


23  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS B         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,               1999          1998         1997(5)        1996         1995(6)
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
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 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                   $15.65        $15.16       $14.69        $14.69       $14.71
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                     .62           .59          .67           .66          .06
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                  (.89)          .50          .46            --         (.04)
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                    (.27)         1.09         1.13           .66          .02
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                     (.60)         (.60)        (.66)         (.66)        (.04)
 Distributions from net realized gain                     (.02)           --           --            --           --
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                          (.62)         (.60)        (.66)         (.66)        (.04)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                         $14.76        $15.65       $15.16        $14.69       $14.69
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                     (1.83)%        7.32%        7.88%         4.56%        0.13%


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)              $18,856       $13,537       $7,690        $2,858         $119
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                     $17,203       $10,830       $4,763        $1,440         $ 37
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                    3.96%         3.92%        4.54%         4.51%        3.87%
 Expenses                                                 1.66%         1.69%(3)     1.79%(3)      1.81%(3)     1.54%(3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                                 10%           53%          31%           53%          55%
</TABLE>


 1. Assumes a $1,000 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.
 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 3. Expense ratio  reflects the effect of expenses paid  indirectly by the Fund.
 4. 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, 1999,  were  $51,293,384  and  $15,399,370,
 respectively.  5. Per share  amounts  calculated  based on the  average  shares
 outstanding  during the  period.  6. For the period  from  September  11,  1995
 (inception of offering) to September 30, 1995.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


24  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS C         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                   $15.62        $15.13       $14.67        $14.67       $14.18
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                     .61           .58          .66           .68          .69
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                  (.88)          .51          .47          (.01)         .43
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                    (.27)         1.09         1.13           .67         1.12
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                     (.60)         (.60)        (.67)         (.67)        (.63)
 Distributions from net realized gain                     (.02)           --           --            --           --
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                          (.62)         (.60)        (.67)         (.67)        (.63)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                         $14.73        $15.62       $15.13        $14.67       $14.67
                                                        ============================================================================

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                     (1.84)%        7.34%        7.85%         4.63%        8.13%


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)              $21,876       $17,673      $13,940       $10,908       $7,618
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                     $21,036       $16,367      $11,970      $  9,015       $7,437
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                    3.96%         3.85%        4.57%         4.56%        4.64%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Expenses                                                 1.66%         1.69%(3)     1.77%(3)      1.78%(3)     1.88%(3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                                 10%           53%          31%           53%          55%
</TABLE>

 1. Assumes a $1,000 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.
 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 3. Expense ratio  reflects the effect of expenses paid  indirectly by the Fund.
 4. 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, 1999,  were  $51,293,384  and  $15,399,370,
 respectively.  5. Per share  amounts  calculated  based on the  average  shares
 outstanding  during the  period.  6. For the period  from  September  11,  1995
 (inception of offering) to September 30, 1995.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


25  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND




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INFORMATION AND SERVICES


For  More  Information  About  Oppenheimer   Intermediate  Municipal  Fund:  The
following additional information about the Fund is available without charge upon
request:


STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This  document  includes  additional  information  about the  Fund's  investment
policies,  risks,  and  operations.  It is  incorporated  by reference into this
Prospectus (which means it is legally part of this Prospectus).


ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS

Additional information about the Fund's investments and performance 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:

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By Telephone:                    Call OppenheimerFunds Services
                                 toll-free:
                                 1.800.525.7048

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By Mail:                         Write to:
                                 OppenheimerFunds Services
                                 P.O. Box 5270
                                 Denver, Colorado 80217-5270

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On the Internet:                 You can send us a request by e-mail
                                 or read or download documents on the
                                 OppenheimerFunds website:
                                 www.oppenheimerfunds.com

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You can also obtain copies of the Statement of Additional  Information and other
Fund  documents  and  reports by visiting  the SEC's  Public  Reference  Room in
Washington,  D.C.  (Phone  1.201.942.8090)  or the EDGAR  database  on the SEC's
Internet web site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies may be obtained after payment of
a  duplicating   fee  by  electronic   request  at  the  SEC's  e-mail  address:
[email protected]  or  by  writing  to  the  SEC's  Public  Reference  Section,
Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.


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.

                                                                           67890



SEC File No. 811-2668

PR0860.001.0100 Printed on recycled paper.


                            APPENDIX TO PROSPECTUS OF
                   OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND


      Graphic material included in Prospectus of Oppenheimer Intermediate
Municipal Fund: "Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31 each year).

      A bar chart will be included in the Prospectus of Oppenheimer Intermediate
Municipal Fund (the "Fund") depicting the annual total returns of a hypothetical
$10,000 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          Oppenheimer Intermediate
Year              Municipal Fund
Ended             Class A Shares


12/31/90              6.12%
12/31/91             11.87%
12/31/92              9.32%
12/31/93              9.91%
12/31/94             -4.36%
12/31/95             13.40%
12/31/96              5.06%
12/31/97              9.02%
12/31/98              6.15%
12/31/99             -3.44%

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Oppenheimer Intermediate Municipal Fund
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6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
1-800-525-7048

Statement of Additional Information dated January 28, 2000

      This  Statement  of  Additional  Information  is  not a  Prospectus.  This
document  contains  additional   information  about  the  Fund  and  supplements
information in the Prospectus dated January 28, 2000. It should be read together
with the  Prospectus,  which may be obtained  by writing to the Fund's  Transfer
Agent, OppenheimerFunds Services, at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, Colorado 80217 or by
calling the Transfer Agent at the toll-free number shown 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   2
    The Fund's Investment Policies................................2
    Municipal Securities..........................................3
    Other Investment Techniques and Strategies....................8
    Investment Restrictions......................................20
How the Fund is Managed..........................................22
    Organization and History.....................................22
    Trustees and Officers of the Fund............................23
    The Manager .................................................29
Brokerage Policies of the Fund...................................30
Distribution and Service Plans...................................32
Performance of the Fund..........................................35

About Your Account
How To Buy Shares................................................40
How To Sell Shares...............................................48
How to Exchange Shares...........................................52
Dividends and Taxes..............................................55
Additional Information About the Fund............................57

Financial Information About the Fund
Independent Auditors' Report.....................................58
Financial Statements ............................................59

Appendix A: Municipal Bond Rating Definitions...................A-1
Appendix B: Industry Classifications............................B-1
Appendix C: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers.......C-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 and the principal  investment policies of the Fund are
described in the Prospectus.  This Statement of Additional  Information contains
supplemental  information  about those policies and the types of securities that
the Fund's investment Manager, OppenheimerFunds,  Inc., can select for the Fund.
Additional  explanations are also provided about the strategies the Fund may use
to try to achieve its objective.

The Fund's Investment Policies.  The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the
techniques  and strategies  that the Fund's Manager 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 at all times in seeking its
goal. It may use some of the special  investment  techniques  and  strategies at
some times or not at all.

      The Fund does not make  investments  with the objective of seeking capital
growth.  However,  the values of the securities held by the Fund may be affected
by changes in general interest rates and other factors, prior to their maturity.
Because the current  values of debt  securities  vary  inversely with changes in
prevailing  interest  rates,  if  interest  rates  increase  after a security is
purchased,  that  security  will  normally  fall in  value.  Conversely,  should
interest rates  decrease after a security is purchased,  normally its value will
rise.

      However, those fluctuations in value will not generally result in realized
gains or losses to the Fund  unless  the Fund  sells the  security  prior to the
security's  maturity.  A debt  security  held to maturity is  redeemable  by its
issuer at full principal value plus accrued interest.  The Fund does not usually
intend to  dispose  of  securities  prior to their  maturity,  but may do so for
liquidity purposes,  or because of other factors affecting the issuer that cause
the  Manager  to sell the  particular  security.  In that  case,  the Fund could
realize a capital gain or loss on the sale.

      There are variations in the credit quality of municipal  securities,  both
within a particular rating  classification  and between  classifications.  These
variations depend on numerous factors. The yields of municipal securities depend
on a number of factors, including general conditions in the municipal securities
market,  the size of a particular  offering,  the maturity of the obligation and
rating (if any) of the issue.  These  factors are  discussed  in greater  detail
below.

      |X| Portfolio  Turnover.  A change in the securities held by the Fund from
buying and selling  investments  is known as  "portfolio  turnover."  Short-term
trading  increases the rate of portfolio  turnover and could increase the Fund's
transaction  costs.  However,  the Fund ordinarily incurs little or no brokerage
expense because most of the Fund's  portfolio  transactions are principal trades
that do not require payment of brokerage commissions.

The Fund ordinarily does not trade securities to achieve capital gains,  because
they would not be tax-exempt income. To a limited degree, the Fund may engage in
short-term trading to attempt to take advantage of short-term market variations.
It may also do so to dispose of a portfolio security prior to its maturity. That
might be done if, on the basis of a revised  credit  evaluation of the issuer or
other considerations,  the Manager believes such disposition is advisable or the
Fund needs to generate cash to satisfy requests to redeem Fund shares.  In those
cases,  the Fund may  realize a  capital  gain or loss on its  investments.  The
Fund's annual portfolio turnover rate normally is not expected to exceed 100%.

Municipal  Securities.  The types of municipal  securities in which the Fund may
invest are  described in the  Prospectus  under "About the Fund's  Investments."
Municipal  securities  are  generally  classified as general  obligation  bonds,
revenue bonds and notes.  A discussion of the general  characteristics  of these
principal types of municipal securities follows below.

      |X| Municipal  Bonds. We have  classified  municipal  securities  having a
maturity  (when the  security  is  issued)  of more than one year as  "municipal
bonds." The principal  classifications of long-term municipal bonds are "general
obligation" and "revenue" (including  "industrial  development") bonds. They may
have fixed, variable or floating rates of interest, as described below.

      Some bonds may be  "callable,"  allowing  the issuer to redeem them before
their maturity date. To protect  bondholders,  callable bonds may be issued with
provisions that prevent them from being called for a period of time.  Typically,
that is 5 to 10 years from the issuance date.  When interest  rates decline,  if
the call protection on a bond has expired, it is more likely that the issuer may
call the bond.  If that occurs,  the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds of
the called bond in bonds that pay a lower rate of return.

       |_|  General   Obligation   Bonds.  The  basic  security  behind  general
obligation  bonds is the issuer's pledge of its full faith and credit and taxing
power,  if any,  for the  repayment  of  principal  and the payment of interest.
Issuers of general obligation bonds include states, counties, cities, towns, and
regional  districts.  The proceeds of these  obligations are used to fund a wide
range of public  projects,  including  construction  or  improvement of schools,
highways and roads,  and water and sewer systems.  The rate of taxes that can be
levied  for the  payment  of debt  service  on these  bonds  may be  limited  or
unlimited. Additionally, there may be limits as to the rate or amount of special
assessments that can be levied to meet these obligations.

       |_| Revenue Bonds. The principal security for a revenue bond is generally
the net revenues derived from a particular facility, group of facilities, or, in
some cases,  the  proceeds  of a special  excise tax or other  specific  revenue
source.  Revenue bonds are issued to finance a wide variety of capital projects.
Examples include electric, gas, water and sewer systems; highways,  bridges, and
tunnels; port and airport facilities; colleges and universities; and hospitals.

      Although  the  principal  security  for these types of bonds may vary from
bond to bond,  many  provide  additional  security in the form of a debt service
reserve fund that may be used to make  principal  and  interest  payments on the
issuer's obligations. Housing finance authorities have a wide range of security,
including   partially  or  fully  insured  mortgages,   rent  subsidized  and/or
collateralized  mortgages,  and/or the net revenues from housing or other public
projects.  Some  authorities  provide further  security in the form of a state's
ability (without obligation) to make up deficiencies in the debt service reserve
fund.

       |_|  Industrial  Development  Bonds.  Industrial  development  bonds  are
considered  municipal  bonds if the interest paid is exempt from federal  income
tax.  They are issued by or on behalf of public  authorities  to raise  money to
finance various privately  operated  facilities for business and  manufacturing,
housing,  sports, and pollution control. These bonds may also be used to finance
public  facilities such as airports,  mass transit systems,  ports, and parking.
The payment of the principal  and interest on such bonds is dependent  solely on
the ability of the  facility's  user to meet its financial  obligations  and the
pledge,  if any, of real and personal  property financed by the bond as security
for those payments.

      |_|Private Activity Municipal Securities.  The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the
"Tax Reform  Act")  reorganized,  as well as amended,  the rules  governing  tax
exemption for interest on certain types of municipal securities.  The Tax Reform
Act  generally  did not change  the tax  treatment  of bonds  issued in order to
finance  governmental  operations.  Thus,  interest on general  obligation bonds
issued by or on behalf of state or local governments,  the proceeds of which are
used to finance the operations of such governments,  continues to be tax-exempt.
However,   the  Tax  Reform  Act  limited  the  use  of  tax-exempt   bonds  for
non-governmental  (private) purposes. More stringent restrictions were placed on
the use of proceeds of such bonds. Interest on certain private activity bonds is
taxable  under  the  revised  rules.  There  is  an  exception  for  "qualified"
tax-exempt private activity bonds, for example,  exempt facility bonds including
certain  industrial  development  bonds,  qualified  mortgage  bonds,  qualified
Section 501(c)(3) bonds, and qualified student loan bonds.

      In addition,  limitations as to the amount of private activity bonds which
each state may issue were  revised  downward by the Tax Reform  Act,  which will
reduce the supply of such  bonds.  The value of the  Fund's  portfolio  could be
affected if there is a reduction in the availability of such bonds.

      Interest on certain  private  activity  bonds issued after August 7, 1986,
which  continues  to be  tax-exempt,  will be treated as a tax  preference  item
subject  to the  alternative  minimum  tax  (discussed  below) to which  certain
taxpayers are subject.  The Fund may hold  municipal  securities the interest on
which (and thus a proportionate share of the  exempt-interest  dividends paid by
the Fund) will be subject to the Federal  alternative minimum tax on individuals
and corporations.

      The Federal alternative minimum tax is designed to ensure that all persons
who receive  income pay some tax,  even if their  regular  tax is zero.  This is
accomplished in part by including in taxable income certain tax preference items
that are used to calculate  alternative  minimum taxable income.  The Tax Reform
Act  made  tax-exempt  interest  from  certain  private  activity  bonds  a  tax
preference item for purposes of the  alternative  minimum tax on individuals and
corporations.  Any  exempt-interest  dividend  paid  by a  regulated  investment
company will be treated as interest on a specific  private  activity bond to the
extent of the  proportionate  relationship  the interest the investment  company
receives on such bonds bears to all its exempt interest dividends.

      In addition,  corporate  taxpayers subject to the alternative  minimum tax
may,  under some  circumstances,  have to include  exempt-interest  dividends in
calculating  their  alternative  minimum  taxable  income.  That could  occur in
situations where the "adjusted current earnings" of the corporation  exceeds its
alternative minimum taxable income.

      To determine whether a municipal  security is treated as a taxable private
activity  bond,  it is subject to a test for:  (a) a trade or  business  use and
security  interest,  or (b) a  private  loan  restriction.  Under  the  trade or
business use and security  interest  test, an  obligation is a private  activity
bond if: (i) more than 10% of the bond  proceeds  are used for private  business
purposes  and (ii) 10% or more of the  payment of  principal  or interest on the
issue is directly or  indirectly  derived from such private use or is secured by
the privately used property or the payments  related to the use of the property.
For certain types of uses, a 5% threshold is substituted for this 10% threshold.

      The term  "private  business  use" means any direct or  indirect  use in a
trade or business  carried on by an  individual  or entity other than a state or
municipal  governmental unit. Under the private loan restriction,  the amount of
bond proceeds that may be used to make private loans is limited to the lesser of
5% or $5.0 million of the proceeds. Thus, certain issues of municipal securities
could lose their  tax-exempt  status  retroactively  if the issuer fails to meet
certain  requirements as to the expenditure of the proceeds of that issue or the
use of the bond-financed  facility. The Fund makes no independent  investigation
of the users of such bonds or their use of  proceeds  of the bonds.  If the Fund
should hold a bond that loses its tax-exempt status  retroactively,  there might
be  an  adjustment  to  the   tax-exempt   income   previously   distributed  to
shareholders.

      Additionally,  a private activity bond that would otherwise be a qualified
tax-exempt  private  activity bond will not, under Internal Revenue Code Section
147(a),  be a qualified  bond for any period during which it is held by a person
who is a "substantial user" of the facilities or by a "related person" of such a
substantial user. This "substantial  user" provision applies primarily to exempt
facility bonds,  including industrial  development bonds. The Fund may invest in
industrial  development bonds and other private activity bonds.  Therefore,  the
Fund may not be an appropriate  investment  for entities which are  "substantial
users" (or persons  related to "substantial  users") of such exempt  facilities.
Those entities and persons should consult their tax advisers  before  purchasing
shares of the Fund.

      A  "substantial  user"  of  such  facilities  is  defined  generally  as a
"non-exempt  person who  regularly  uses part of a facility"  financed  from the
proceeds  of exempt  facility  bonds.  Generally,  an  individual  will not be a
"related  person" under the Internal  Revenue Code unless such individual or the
individual's   immediate  family  (spouse,   brothers,   sisters  and  immediate
descendants)  own directly or indirectly in the aggregate more than 50% in value
of the equity of a corporation or partnership which is a "substantial user" of a
facility financed from the proceeds of exempt facility bonds.

      |X| Municipal  Notes.  Municipal  securities  having a maturity  (when the
security  is  issued)  of less than one year are  generally  known as  municipal
notes.  Municipal  notes  generally are used to provide for  short-term  working
capital needs.  Some of the types of municipal  notes the Fund can invest in are
described below.

       |_| Tax Anticipation  Notes.  These are issued to finance working capital
needs of municipalities.  Generally,  they are issued in anticipation of various
seasonal tax revenue,  such as income,  sales,  use or other business taxes, and
are payable from these specific future taxes.

       |_| Revenue  Anticipation  Notes.  These are notes issued in expectation
of receipt  of other  types of  revenue,  such as  Federal  revenues  available
under Federal revenue-sharing programs.

       |_| Bond  Anticipation  Notes.  Bond  anticipation  notes  are  issued to
provide  interim  financing  until  long-term  financing  can be  arranged.  The
long-term  bonds  that are  issued  typically  also  provide  the  money for the
repayment of the notes.

       |_|  Construction   Loan  Notes.   These  are  sold  to  provide  project
construction   financing  until  permanent  financing  can  be  secured.   After
successful  completion and acceptance of the project,  it may receive  permanent
financing through public agencies, such as the Federal Housing Administration.

      |X|  Tax Exempt  Commercial  Paper.  This type of  short-term  obligation
(usually  having a  maturity  of 270 days or less) is issued by a  municipality
to meet current working capital needs.

      |X| Municipal Lease Obligations. The Fund's investments in municipal lease
obligations  may be through  certificates of  participation  that are offered to
investors by public  entities.  Municipal leases may take the form of a lease or
an installment purchase contract issued by a state or local government authority
to obtain funds to acquire a wide variety of equipment and facilities.

      Some municipal lease securities may be deemed to be "illiquid" securities.
Their  purchase  by the Fund would be limited as  described  below in  "Illiquid
Securities."  From  time to time  the Fund may  invest  more  than 5% of its net
assets in municipal  lease  obligations  that the Manager has  determined  to be
liquid under guidelines set by the Board of Trustees.  Those guidelines  require
the Manager to evaluate:
      |_| the frequency of trades and price quotations for such securities;  |_|
      the number of dealers or other  potential  buyers  willing to  purchase or
      sell such securities;  |_| the availability of market-makers;  and |_| the
      nature of the trades for such securities.

      Municipal  leases  have  special  risk   considerations.   Although  lease
obligations do not constitute general  obligations of the municipality for which
the  municipality's  taxing power is pledged,  a lease  obligation is ordinarily
backed by the  municipality's  covenant to budget for,  appropriate and make the
payments due under the lease  obligation.  However,  certain  lease  obligations
contain  "non-appropriation"  clauses which provide that the municipality has no
obligation to make lease or installment purchase payments in future years unless
money is appropriated  for that purpose on a yearly basis.  While the obligation
might be secured by the lease, it might be difficult to dispose of that property
in case of a default.

      Projects  financed with  certificates of  participation  generally are not
subject to state constitutional debt limitations or other statutory requirements
that may apply to other municipal  securities.  Payments by the public entity on
the obligation  underlying the certificates  are derived from available  revenue
sources.  That  revenue  might be  diverted  to the  funding of other  municipal
service  projects.  Payments of interest  and/or  principal  with respect to the
certificates  are not  guaranteed and do not constitute an obligation of a state
or any of its political subdivisions.

      In addition to the risk of "non-appropriation," municipal lease securities
do not have as highly liquid a market as conventional municipal bonds. Municipal
leases,  like  other  municipal  debt  obligations,  are  subject to the risk of
non-payment of interest or repayment of principal by the issuer.  The ability of
issuers of  municipal  leases to make timely  lease  payments  may be  adversely
affected in general economic downturns and as relative governmental cost burdens
are reallocated among federal,  state and local governmental units. A default in
payment of income would  result in a reduction  of income to the Fund.  It could
also result in a reduction in the value of the municipal lease and that, as well
as a default in  repayment of  principal,  could result in a decrease in the net
asset value of the Fund. While the Fund holds such securities,  the Manager will
also evaluate the  likelihood of a continuing  market for these  securities  and
their credit quality.


      |X|  Duration  of the  Fund's  Portfolio.  The  Fund  can  invest  in debt
securities of any maturity or duration but currently has an operating  policy to
maintain a  dollar-weighted  average  effective  portfolio  duration of 4.5 to 8
years.  The goal is to try to manage the sensitivity of the Fund's  portfolio to
changes  in  interest  rates,  and in doing so to manage the  volatility  of the
Fund's share prices in response to those changes. However,  unanticipated events
may  change the  effective  duration  of a security  after the Fund buys it, and
there can be no assurance  that the Fund will  achieve its targeted  duration at
all times.

      The  Manager   determines  the  effective  duration  of  debt  obligations
purchased  by the Fund  considering  various  factors that apply to a particular
type of debt obligation,  including those described below. Duration is a measure
of the expected life of a security on a current-value  basis expressed in years,
using calculations that consider the security's yield, coupon interest payments,
final maturity and call features.

      While a debt security's maturity can be used to measure the sensitivity of
the  security's  price to changes in interest  rates,  the term to maturity of a
security  does not take into  account the pattern (or  expected  pattern) of the
security's payments of interest or principal prior to maturity. Duration, on the
other hand,  measures  the length of the time  interval  from the present to the
time when the interest and principal  payments are scheduled to be received (or,
in the case of a callable  bond,  when the interest  payments are expected to be
received).  Duration calculations weigh them by the present value of the cash to
be received at each future  point in time.  If the  interest  payments on a debt
security occur prior to the repayment of principal, the duration of the security
is less than its stated maturity. For zero-coupon securities,  duration and term
to maturity are equal.

      Absent other factors, the lower the stated or coupon rate of interest on a
debt security or the longer the maturity or the lower the  yield-to-maturity  of
the debt  security,  the longer the duration of the  security.  Conversely,  the
higher the stated or coupon rate of  interest,  the shorter the  maturity or the
higher the yield-to-maturity of a debt security, the shorter the duration of the
security.

      Futures, options and options on futures in general have durations that are
closely  related to the duration of the securities  that underlie them.  Holding
long futures  positions or call option positions  (backed by liquid assets) will
tend to lengthen the portfolio's duration.

      In some  cases  the  standard  effective  duration  calculation  does  not
properly reflect the interest rate exposure of a security. For example, floating
and variable rate securities  often have final  maturities of ten or more years.
However, their exposure to interest rate changes corresponds to the frequency of
the times at which  their  interest  coupon  rate is  reset.  In these and other
similar  situations,  the  Manager  will use other  analytical  techniques  that
consider  the economic  life of the  security as well as relevant  macroeconomic
factors in determining the Fund's effective duration.

      |X| Ratings of Municipal Securities. Ratings by ratings organizations such
as Moody's Investors Service,  Standard & Poor's Ratings Service and Fitch IBCA,
Inc.  represent the respective rating agency's opinions of the credit quality of
the municipal  securities  they  undertake to rate.  However,  their ratings are
general  opinions and are not guarantees of quality.  Municipal  securities that
have the same maturity, coupon and rating may have different yields, while other
municipal  securities  that have the same  maturity  and  coupon  but  different
ratings may have the same yield.

      Subsequent to its purchase by the Fund, a municipal  security may cease to
be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by
the Fund. Neither event requires the Fund to sell the security,  but the Manager
will consider  such events in  determining  whether the Fund should  continue to
hold the  security.  To the extent that  ratings  given by  Moody's,  Standard &
Poor's, or Fitch change as a result of changes in those rating  organizations or
their  rating  systems,  the Fund will  attempt  to use  comparable  ratings  as
standards for investments in accordance with the Fund's investment policies.

      The  Fund  can buy  municipal  securities  that  are  "pre-refunded."  The
issuer's  obligation to repay the  principal  value of the security is generally
collateralized with U.S. government securities placed in an escrow account. This
causes the  pre-refunded  security to have essentially the same risks of default
as a AAA-rated security.

      The rating  definitions of Moody's,  Standard & Poor's,  Duff & Phelps and
Fitch for municipal  securities are contained in Appendix A to this Statement of
Additional  Information.  The Fund can purchase  securities  that are unrated by
nationally  recognized  rating  organizations.  The  Manager  will  make its own
assessment of the credit  quality of unrated  issues the Fund buys.  The Manager
will use  criteria  similar to those used by the rating  agencies,  and assign a
rating category to a security that is comparable to what the Manager  believes a
rating agency would assign to that security.  However, the Manager's rating does
not constitute a guarantee of the quality of a particular issue.

      |_| Special Risk of  Lower-Grade  Securities.  Lower grade  securities may
have a higher yield than securities  rated in the higher rating  categories.  In
addition to having a greater risk of default than higher-grade securities, there
may be less of a market for these securities.  As a result they may be harder to
sell at an acceptable  price.  The  additional  risks mean that the Fund may not
receive the anticipated  level of income from these  securities,  and the Fund's
net  asset  value  may be  affected  by  declines  in the  value of  lower-grade
securities.  However,  because the added risk of lower quality  securities might
not be consistent with the Fund's policy of  preservation  of capital,  the Fund
limits its investments in lower quality securities. While securities rated "Baa"
by Moody's or "BBB" by Standard & Poor's or Duff & Phelps are investment  grade,
they may be subject to special risks and have some speculative characteristics.

Other Investment Techniques and Strategies.  In seeking its objective,  the Fund
may from time to time employ the types of investment  strategies and investments
described  below.  It is not required to use all of the  strategies at all times
and at times may not use them.

      |X| Floating  Rate and Variable  Rate  Obligations.  Variable  rate demand
obligations  have a demand feature that allows the Fund to tender the obligation
to the issuer or a third party prior to its  maturity.  The tender may be at par
value plus accrued interest, according to the terms of the obligation.

      The  interest  rate on a floating  rate  demand  note is based on a stated
prevailing  market rate,  such as a bank's prime rate, the 91-day U.S.  Treasury
Bill rate, or some other standard,  and is adjusted automatically each time such
rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable rate demand note is also based
on a stated  prevailing  market rate but is adjusted  automatically at specified
intervals of not less than one year. Generally, the changes in the interest rate
on such  securities  reduce the  fluctuation in their market value.  As interest
rates  decrease  or  increase,   the  potential  for  capital   appreciation  or
depreciation is less than that for fixed-rate  obligations of the same maturity.
The Manager may determine that an unrated  floating rate or variable rate demand
obligation  meets the Fund's  quality  standards  by reason of being backed by a
letter  of credit  or  guarantee  issued  by a bank  that  meets  those  quality
standards.

      Floating rate and variable  rate demand notes that have a stated  maturity
in excess of one year may have  features  that  permit the holder to recover the
principal amount of the underlying security at specified intervals not exceeding
one year and upon not more than 30 days' notice. The issuer of that type of note
normally has a corresponding  right in its discretion,  after a given period, to
prepay  the  outstanding  principal  amount of the note plus  accrued  interest.
Generally  the issuer  must  provide a specified  number of days'  notice to the
holder.

      |X| Inverse  Floaters and Other Derivative  Investments.  Inverse floaters
may  offer  relatively  high  current  income,  reflecting  the  spread  between
long-term and short-term  tax exempt  interest  rates.  As long as the municipal
yield curve remains relatively steep and short-term rates remain relatively low,
owners  of  inverse  floaters  will have the  opportunity  to earn  interest  at
above-market  rates because they receive  interest at the higher long-term rates
but have paid for bonds with lower short-term rates. If the yield curve flattens
and shifts  upward,  an inverse  floater  will lose  value more  quickly  than a
conventional  long-term  bond. The Fund will invest in inverse  floaters to seek
higher  tax-exempt  yields than are available  from  fixed-rate  bonds that have
comparable maturities and credit ratings. In some cases the holder of an inverse
floater may have an option to convert the floater to a fixed-rate bond, pursuant
to a "rate-lock option."

      Some inverse  floaters  have a feature  known as an interest rate "cap" as
part of the terms of the  investment.  Investing in inverse  floaters  that have
interest  rate caps might be part of a  portfolio  strategy to try to maintain a
high current  yield for the Fund when the Fund has invested in inverse  floaters
that  expose  the Fund to the risk of  short-term  interest  rate  fluctuations.
"Embedded"  caps can be used to hedge a portion of the Fund's exposure to rising
interest  rates.  When  interest  rates exceed a  pre-determined  rate,  the cap
generates additional cash flows that offset the decline in interest rates on the
inverse floater,  and the hedge is successful.  However, the Fund bears the risk
that if interest rates do not rise above the pre-determined rate, the cap (which
is purchased for  additional  cost) will not provide  additional  cash flows and
will expire worthless.

      Inverse floaters are a form of derivative investment. Certain derivatives,
such as options,  futures, indexed securities and entering into swap agreements,
can be used to  increase or decrease  the Fund's  exposure to changing  security
prices,  interest  rates or other  factors that affect the value of  securities.
However,  these  techniques  could result in losses to the Fund,  if the Manager
judges  market  conditions  incorrectly  or  employs  a  strategy  that does not
correlate  well with the Fund's other  investments.  These  techniques can cause
losses if the counterparty does not perform its promises.  An additional risk of
investing in municipal securities that are derivative  investments is that their
market value could be expected to vary to a much greater  extent than the market
value of  municipal  securities  that are not  derivative  investments  but have
similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturities.

      |X|  "When-Issued"  and  "Delayed-Delivery"  Transactions.  The  Fund  can
purchase  securities  on a  "when-issued"  basis,  and may purchase or sell such
securities   on  a   "delayed-delivery"   (or   "forward   commitment")   basis.
"When-issued"  or  "delayed-delivery"  refers  to  securities  whose  terms  and
indenture  are  available  and for  which a market  exists,  but  which  are not
available for immediate delivery.
      When  such  transactions  are  negotiated  the price  (which is  generally
expressed in yield terms) is fixed at the time the commitment is made.  Delivery
and  payment  for the  securities  take  place  at a later  date.  Normally  the
settlement  date is within six months of the  purchase  of  municipal  bonds and
notes.  However,  the Fund may, from time to time, purchase municipal securities
having a settlement  date more than six months and possibly as long as two years
or more after the trade date. The securities are subject to change in value from
market  fluctuation  during the settlement  period. The value at delivery may be
less than the  purchase  price.  For  example,  changes in  interest  rates in a
direction other than that expected by the Manager before  settlement will affect
the value of such securities and may cause loss to the Fund. No income begins to
accrue  to the  Fund on a  when-issued  security  until  the Fund  receives  the
security at settlement of the trade.

      The Fund will engage in when-issued  transactions  in order to secure what
is considered to be an advantageous price and yield at the time of entering into
the  obligation.  When the  Fund  engages  in  when-issued  or  delayed-delivery
transactions,  it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete
the transaction. Its failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity
to obtain the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous.

      When the Fund engages in when-issued and delayed-delivery transactions, it
does so for the purpose of acquiring or selling  securities  consistent with its
investment  objective and policies or for delivery pursuant to options contracts
it has entered into, and not for the purposes of investment  leverage.  Although
the Fund will enter into when-issued or delayed-delivery  purchase  transactions
to acquire securities, the Fund may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement.
If the Fund  chooses to dispose of the right to acquire a  when-issued  security
prior to its  acquisition  or to  dispose  of its right to  deliver  or  receive
against a forward commitment, it may incur a gain or loss.

      At the time the Fund makes a commitment  to purchase or sell a security on
a when-issued or forward  commitment  basis,  it records the  transaction on its
books and reflects the value of the security  purchased.  In a sale transaction,
it records the proceeds to be received,  in determining its net asset value. The
Fund will  identify  on its books  liquid  assets at least equal to the value of
purchase commitments until the Fund pays for the investment.

      When-issued  transactions and forward  commitments can be used by the Fund
as a defensive  technique to hedge against anticipated changes in interest rates
and  prices.  For  instance,  in periods of rising  interest  rates and  falling
prices,  the Fund might sell securities in its portfolio on a forward commitment
basis to attempt to limit its exposure to anticipated falling prices. In periods
of falling  interest  rates and  rising  prices,  the Fund might sell  portfolio
securities  and  purchase the same or similar  securities  on a  when-issued  or
forward commitment basis, to obtain the benefit of currently higher cash yields.

      |X| Puts and Standby Commitments.  When the Fund buys a municipal security
subject to a standby commitment to repurchase the security, the Fund is entitled
to same-day  settlement from the purchaser.  The Fund receives an exercise price
equal to the amortized cost of the underlying security plus any accrued interest
at the  time of  exercise.  A put  purchased  in  conjunction  with a  municipal
security  enables the Fund to sell the  underlying  security  within a specified
period of time at a fixed exercise price.

      The Fund might purchase a standby  commitment or put separately in cash or
it might  acquire the security  subject to the standby  commitment  or put (at a
price that reflects that additional feature).

      The Fund will enter into these transactions only with banks and securities
dealers that, in the Manager's opinion, present minimal credit risks. The Fund's
ability to  exercise a put or standby  commitment  will depend on the ability of
the bank or dealer to pay for the securities if the put or standby commitment is
exercised.  If the bank or dealer  should  default on its  obligation,  the Fund
might not be able to recover all or a portion of any loss  sustained from having
to sell the security elsewhere.

      Puts and  standby  commitments  are not  transferable  by the  Fund.  They
terminate if the Fund sells the underlying  security to a third party.  The Fund
intends to enter into these  arrangements  to  facilitate  portfolio  liquidity,
although  such  arrangements  might  enable  the  Fund to sell a  security  at a
pre-arranged  price that may be higher than the  prevailing  market price at the
time the put or standby commitment is exercised. However, the Fund might refrain
from  exercising  a  put  or  standby   commitment  if  the  exercise  price  is
significantly  higher than the prevailing market price, to avoid imposing a loss
on the seller that could jeopardize the Fund's business  relationships  with the
seller.

      A put or standby commitment increases the cost of the security and reduces
the yield otherwise  available from the security.  Any consideration paid by the
Fund for the put or standby  commitment will be reflected on the Fund's books as
unrealized  depreciation  while the put or  standby  commitment  is held,  and a
realized  gain or loss  when the put or  commitment  is  exercised  or  expires.
Interest income received by the Fund from municipal  securities  subject to puts
or stand-by  commitments may not qualify as tax exempt in its hands if the terms
of the put or  stand-by  commitment  cause the Fund not to be treated as the tax
owner of the underlying municipal securities.

      |X|  Repurchase  Agreements.  The Fund may acquire  securities  subject to
repurchase  agreements.  It may 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.

      In a  repurchase  transaction,  the Fund  acquires  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  a primary  dealer in  government  securities,  which meet the credit
requirements set by the Fund's Board of Trustees from time to time.

      The majority of these  transactions run from day to day. Delivery pursuant
to  resale  typically  will  occur  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
transactions  that will  cause more than 25% of the  Fund's  total  assets to be
subject to repurchase agreements.

      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  collateral's  value must equal or exceed the  repurchase  price to
fully collateralize the repayment obligation.

      The Manager will monitor the vendor's creditworthiness to confirm that the
vendor is  financially  sound and will  continuously  monitor  the  collateral's
value.  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.

      |X| Illiquid  and  Restricted  Securities.  To enable the Fund to sell its
holdings of a restricted  security not  registered  under the  Securities Act of
1933,  the Fund might  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 has percentage  limitations that apply to purchases of restricted
and  illiquid  securities,  as  stated  in  the  Prospectus.   Those  percentage
restrictions do not limit  purchases of restricted  securities that are eligible
for resale to qualified institutional purchasers pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933,  provided that those  securities have been determined to
be  liquid  by the  Board  of  Trustees  of the  Fund or by the  Manager.  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 holding
of that security may be deemed to be illiquid.

      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.

      |X| Loans of  Portfolio  Securities.  To attempt to raise  income or raise
cash for  liquidity  purposes,  the Fund may lend its  portfolio  securities  to
brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. There are 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.  The Fund  presently does not intend to lend  securities;  but if it
does,  these loans  cannot  exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's  total  assets.
Income from securities loans does not constitute  exempt-interest income for the
purpose of paying tax-exempt dividends.

      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 the  loaned  securities.  It also  receives  one or more of (a)
negotiated  loan fees, (b) interest on securities  used as  collateral,  and (c)
interest on  short-term  debt  securities  purchased  with the loan  collateral.
Either  type of  interest  may be  shared  with the  borrower.  The Fund may pay
reasonable  finder's,  administrative  or other  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|  Hedging.  The Fund can use  hedging to  attempt  to  protect  against
declines  in the  market  value of its  portfolio,  to permit the Fund to retain
unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities that have appreciated,  or
to facilitate  selling  securities  for  investment  reasons.  To do so the Fund
could:
      |_| sell interest rate futures or municipal  bond index  futures,  |_| buy
      puts  on such  futures  or  securities,  or |_|  write  covered  calls  on
      securities,  interest rate futures or municipal  bond index  futures.  The
      Fund  can also  write  covered  calls on debt  securities  to  attempt  to
      increase  the Fund's  income,  but that  income  would not be  tax-exempt.
      Therefore it is unlikely  that the Fund would write covered calls for that
      purpose.

      The  Fund can  also  use  hedging  to  establish  a  position  in the debt
securities  market as a temporary  substitute  for  purchasing  individual  debt
securities.  In  that  case  the  Fund  would  normally  seek  to  purchase  the
securities,  and then terminate that hedging position. For this type of hedging,
the Fund could:
      |_| buy interest rate futures or municipal bond index futures,  or |_| buy
      calls on such futures or on securities.

      The Fund is not  obligated to use hedging  instruments,  even though it is
permitted  to use them in the  Manager's  discretion,  as described  below.  The
Fund's  strategy  of  hedging  with  futures  and  options  on  futures  will be
incidental to the Fund's  investment  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,
are  approved  by its Board,  and are  permissible  under the Fund's  investment
restrictions and applicable regulations.

       |_| Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts relating to debt
securities (these are called "interest rate futures") and municipal bond indices
(these are referred to as "municipal bond index  futures"),  but only as a hedge
against interest rate changes.

      An interest rate future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser
to  take)  cash or a  specific  type of debt  security  to  settle  the  futures
transaction.  Either party could also enter into an offsetting contract to close
out the futures position.

      A "municipal bond index" assigns relative values to the municipal bonds in
the index, and is used as the basis for trading long-term municipal bond futures
contracts.  Municipal  bond index  futures are similar to interest  rate futures
except that  settlement is made only in cash. The obligation  under the contract
may also be satisfied by entering into an offsetting  contract.  The  strategies
which the Fund  employs in using  municipal  bond index  futures  are similar to
those with regard to interest rate futures.

      No money is paid by or received  by the fund on the  purchase or sale of a
futures  contract.  Upon entering into a futures  transaction,  the Fund will be
required  to  deposit  an  initial  margin  payment  in cash or U.S.  government
securities with the futures commission merchant (the "futures broker").  Initial
margin  payments  will be  deposited  with the  Fund's  Custodian  in an account
registered in the futures  broker's name.  However,  the futures broker can gain
access to that account only under certain 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 the  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 additional cash is required to be
paid by or released to the Fund.  Any gain or loss is then  realized by the Fund
on the Future for tax  purposes.  Although  interest rate futures by their terms
call for  settlement  by the  delivery  of debt  securities,  in most  cases the
obligation  is fulfilled  without such  delivery by entering  into an offsetting
transaction.  All futures  transactions  are effected  through a clearing  house
associated with the exchange on which the contracts are traded.

      The Fund may  concurrently  buy and sell  futures  contracts in a strategy
anticipating  that the future the Fund  purchased  will perform  better than the
future the Fund sold. For example, the Fund might buy municipal bond futures and
concurrently  sell U.S.  Treasury bond futures (a type of interest rate future).
The Fund would benefit if municipal bonds  outperform  U.S.  Treasury bonds on a
duration-adjusted basis. There are risks that this type of futures strategy will
not  be   successful.   U.S.   Treasury   bonds  might   perform   better  on  a
duration-adjusted basis than municipal bonds, and the assumptions about duration
that were used might be incorrect (for example,  the duration of municipal bonds
relative to U.S. Treasury bonds might turn out to be greater than anticipated).

       |_| Put and Call Options.  The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of put
options (puts) and call options  (calls),  including  index options,  securities
options and options on futures. These strategies are described below.

       |_| Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can write (that is, sell) call
options.  Calls the Fund  sells may be listed  on a  securities  or  commodities
exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, the automated quotation system of The Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc. or traded in the over-the-counter market. Each call the Fund writes
must be  "covered"  while it is  outstanding.  That  means the Fund must own the
investment  on which the call was  written.  The Fund may write calls on futures
contracts,  but  if  it  does  not  own  the  futures  contract  or  deliverable
securities,  these calls must be covered by  securities  or other liquid  assets
that the Fund owns and segregates to enable it to satisfy its obligations if the
call is exercised. Up to 20% of the Fund's total assets may be subject to calls.

      When  the  Fund  writes  a  call  on  a  security,  it  receives  cash  (a
premium).The  Fund agrees to sell the underlying  investment 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 retained 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 the 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 calls or upon the Fund's entering into a
closing purchase transaction.

      When the Fund writes an  over-the-counter  ("OTC")  option,  it will enter
into an arrangement with a primary U.S. Government  securities dealer which will
establish  a formula  price at which the Fund  will have the  absolute  right to
repurchase  that OTC option.  The formula  price would  generally  be based on a
multiple of the premium  received  for the option,  plus the amount by which the
option is exercisable  below the market price of the  underlying  security (that
is, the option is  "in-the-money").  When the Fund writes an OTC option, it will
treat as illiquid (for purposes of its  restriction on illiquid  securities) the
mark-to-market  value of any OTC option held by it, unless the option is subject
to a buy-back  agreement by the executing  broker.  The  Securities and Exchange
Commission  is  evaluating  whether  OTC  options  should be  considered  liquid
securities.  The procedure  described  above could be affected by the outcome of
that evaluation.

      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
was more or less than the price of the call the Fund  purchased to close out the
transaction.  A profit  may also be  realized  if the call  lapses  unexercised,
because the Fund retains the underlying investment and the premium received. Any
such profits are considered  short-term  capital gains for Federal tax purposes,
as are premiums on lapsed calls.  When  distributed by the Fund they are taxable
as ordinary income.

      The Fund may also write  calls on  futures  contracts  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 in escrow
an equivalent dollar value of liquid assets. The Fund will segregate  additional
liquid  assets if the  value of the  escrowed  assets  drops  below  100% of the
current  value  of  the  future.  Because  of  this  escrow  requirement,  in no
circumstances  would the Fund's receipt of an exercise  notice as to that future
put the Fund in a "short" futures position.

       |_| Writing Put Options.  The Fund can sell put options.  A put option on
securities  gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the obligation
to buy,  the  underlying  investment  at the  exercise  price  during the option
period.  The Fund  will not write  puts if,  as a  result,  more than 20% of the
Fund's  total  assets  would be  required  to be  segregated  to cover  such put
options.

      If the  Fund  writes a put,  the put  must be  covered  by  liquid  assets
identified on the Fund's books. The premium the Fund receives from writing a put
represents a profit, as long as the price of the underlying  investment  remains
equal to or above the exercise price of the put. However,  the Fund also assumes
the obligation  during the option period to buy the underlying  investment  from
the buyer of the put at the exercise price,  even if the value of the investment
falls  below  the  exercise  price.  If a  put  the  Fund  has  written  expires
unexercised,  the Fund  realizes  a gain in the amount of the  premium  less the
transaction costs incurred.  If the put is exercised,  the Fund must fulfill its
obligation to purchase the  underlying  investment at the exercise  price.  That
price will usually  exceed the market value of the  investment  at that time. In
that case, the Fund may incur a loss if it sells the underlying investment. That
loss will be equal to the sum of the sale price of the underlying investment and
the premium  received  minus the sum of the exercise  price and any  transaction
costs the Fund incurred.

      When writing a put option on a security,  to secure its  obligation to pay
for the underlying security the Fund will deposit in escrow liquid assets with a
value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the underlying  securities.
The Fund therefore forgoes the opportunity of investing the segregated assets or
writing calls against those assets.

      As long as the Fund's  obligation as the put writer  continues,  it may be
assigned an exercise notice by the broker-dealer through which the put was sold.
That notice will require the Fund to take  delivery of the  underlying  security
and pay the exercise price. The Fund has no control over when it may be required
to purchase the underlying security, since it may be assigned an exercise notice
at any time prior to the termination of its obligation as the writer of the put.
That obligation terminates upon expiration of the put. It may also terminate if,
before it receives  an  exercise  notice,  the Fund  effects a closing  purchase
transaction by purchasing a put of the same series as it sold. Once the Fund has
been  assigned  an  exercise  notice,   it  cannot  effect  a  closing  purchase
transaction.

      The Fund may decide to effect a closing purchase  transaction to realize a
profit on an outstanding  put option it has written or to prevent the underlying
security  from being put.  Effecting a closing  purchase  transaction  will also
permit  the Fund to write  another  put option on the  security,  or to sell the
security and use the proceeds from the sale for other investments. The Fund will
realize  a profit  or loss  from a closing  purchase  transaction  depending  on
whether the cost of the  transaction  is less or more than the premium  received
from  writing  the put option.  Any profits  from  writing  puts are  considered
short-term  capital gains for Federal tax purposes,  and when distributed by the
Fund, are taxable as ordinary income.

       |_|  Purchasing  Calls  and Puts.  The Fund can buy calls on  securities,
broadly-based municipal bond indices,  municipal bond index futures and interest
rate  futures.  It can also buy  calls to close  out a call it has  written,  as
discussed  above.  Calls  the  Fund  buys  may  be  listed  on a  securities  or
commodities  exchange,  or quoted on NASDAQ,  or traded in the  over-the-counter
market.  A call or put option may not be purchased  if the purchase  would cause
the  value of all the  Fund's  put and call  options  to  exceed 5% of its total
assets.

      When  the  Fund  purchases  a  call  (other  than  in a  closing  purchase
transaction),  it pays a premium. For calls on securities that the Fund buys, it
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 (1) the call is sold at a profit  or (2) the call is
exercised when the market price of the underlying investment is above the sum of
the exercise price plus the transaction  costs and premium paid for the call. If
the call is not either  exercised or sold (whether or not at a profit),  it will
become  worthless at its  expiration  date.  In that case the Fund will lose its
premium payment and the right to purchase the underlying investment.

      The Fund can buy puts on debt  securities,  municipal  bond  indices,  and
interest  rate or  municipal  bond  index  futures,  whether  or not it owns the
underlying  investment.  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. Puts on municipal bond indices are settled in cash.

      Buying a put on an  investment  the Fund does not own (such as an index or
future)  permits  the Fund  either  to resell  the put or to buy the  underlying
investment  and sell it at the  exercise  price.  The  resale  price  will  vary
inversely to the price of the underlying investment.  If the market price of the
underlying  investment is above the exercise price and, as a result,  the put is
not exercised, the put will become worthless on its expiration date.

      Buying a put on a debt  security,  interest rate future or municipal  bond
index  future the Fund owns  enables the Fund to protect  itself  during the put
period  against a decline in the value of the  underlying  investment  below the
exercise  price by selling the  investment at the exercise  price to a seller of
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.

       |_|  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 returns.

      The Fund's option activities could affect its portfolio  turnover rate and
brokerage  commissions.  The exercise of calls written by the Fund may 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. Such commissions  might 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.

      There is a risk in using short  hedging by selling  interest  rate futures
and municipal bond index futures or purchasing puts on municipal bond indices or
futures  to  attempt  to  protect  against  declines  in the value of the Fund's
securities.  The risk is that the prices of such futures or the applicable index
will  correlate  imperfectly  with the  behavior  of the cash (that is,  market)
prices of the Fund's securities. It is possible for example, that while the Fund
has used hedging  instruments in a short hedge, the market might advance and the
value of debt  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 value of its debt securities.  However, while this could
occur over a brief  period or to a very small  degree,  over time the value of a
diversified portfolio of debt 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 debt
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 debt securities being hedged.  It might do so if the historical
volatility of the prices of the debt securities being hedged is greater 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 natures of those markets.  All
participants   in  the  futures  markets  are  subject  to  margin  deposit  and
maintenance   requirements.   Rather  than  meeting  additional  margin  deposit
requirements,  investors  may close out  futures  contracts  through  offsetting
transactions  which could distort the normal  relationship  between the cash and
futures markets. From the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements
in the  futures  markets  are  less  onerous  than  margin  requirements  in the
securities  markets.  Therefore,  increased  participation by speculators in the
futures markets may cause temporary price distortions.

      The Fund can use  hedging  instruments  to  establish  a  position  in the
municipal  securities  markets as a  temporary  substitute  for the  purchase of
individual  securities  (long  hedging).  It is possible  that the market  might
decline.  If the Fund then concludes not to invest in such securities because of
concerns that there might be further market  decline or for other  reasons,  the
Fund will  realize a loss on the  hedging  instruments  that is not  offset by a
reduction in the purchase price of the securities.

      An  option  position  may be  closed  out only on a market  that  provides
secondary  trading for options of the same series.  There is no assurance that a
liquid  secondary market will exist for a particular  option.  If the Fund could
not effect a closing  purchase  transaction due to a lack of a market,  it would
have to hold the callable investment until the call lapsed or was exercised, and
could incur losses.

       |_| Interest Rate Swap  Transactions.  In an interest rate swap, the Fund
and another  party  exchange  their right to receive or their  obligation to pay
interest on a security.  For example,  they may swap a right to receive floating
rate  payments  for fixed rate  payments.  The Fund can enter into swaps only on
securities it owns.  The Fund may not enter into swaps with respect to more than
25% of its total assets.  Also, the Fund will  segregate  liquid assets (such as
cash or U.S.  government  securities)  to cover any  amounts  it could owe under
swaps that exceed the amounts it is entitled to receive, and it will adjust that
amount daily, as needed. Income from interest rate swaps may be taxable.

      Swap agreements entail both interest rate risk and credit risk. There is a
risk that, based on movements of interest rates in the future, the payments made
by the Fund under a swap agreement will have been greater than those received by
it. Credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty  will default.
If the  counterparty  to an interest  rate swap  defaults,  the Fund's loss will
consist of the net amount of contractual interest payments that the Fund has not
yet received. The Manager will monitor the creditworthiness of counterparties to
the Fund's interest rate swap transactions on an ongoing basis.

      The Fund can enter into swap transactions with appropriate  counterparties
pursuant to master netting agreements.  A master netting agreement provides that
all swaps done between the Fund and that counterparty under the master agreement
shall be regarded as parts of an integral agreement.  If on any date amounts are
payable under one or more swap transactions, the net amount payable on that date
shall be paid. In addition, the master netting agreement may provide that if one
party  defaults  generally or on one swap,  the  counterparty  can terminate the
swaps with that party.  Under master netting  agreements,  if there is a default
resulting  in a loss to one  party,  that  party's  damages  are  calculated  by
reference to the average cost of a  replacement  swap with respect to each swap.
The  gains  and  losses on all  swaps  are then  netted,  and the  result is the
counterparty's gain or loss on termination. The termination of all swaps and the
netting  of  gains  and  losses  on  termination  is  generally  referred  to as
"aggregation."

       |_|  Regulatory  Aspects of Hedging  Instruments.  When using futures and
options on futures,  the Fund is required to operate within  certain  guidelines
and restrictions  established by the Commodity  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.  That 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 no more than 5%
of the Fund's net assets for hedging  strategies  that are not  considered  bona
fide hedging  strategies  under the Rule. Under the Rule, the Fund also must use
short  futures and  options on futures  positions  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 an interest rate
future  or  municipal  bond  index  future,  it must  maintain  cash or  readily
marketable short-term debt instruments in an amount equal to the market value of
the investments underlying the future, less the margin deposit applicable to it.

      |X|  Temporary  Defensive  Investments.   The  securities  the  Fund  can
invest in for temporary defensive purposes include the following:
         |_|  short-term  municipal   securities;   |_|  obligations  issued  or
         guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities;
         |_| corporate debt securities  rated within the three highest grades by
         a nationally recognized rating agency; |_| commercial paper rated "A-1"
         by  Standard  &  Poor's,  or  having a  comparable  rating  by  another
         nationally recognized-rating agency; and |_| certificates of deposit of
         domestic banks with assets of $1 billion or more.

      |X| Taxable Investments.  While the Fund can invest up to 20% of its total
assets in investments  that generate income subject to income taxes, it does not
anticipate  investing  substantial  amounts of its assets in taxable investments
under normal market  conditions or as part of its normal trading  strategies and
policies. To the extent it invests in taxable securities,  the Fund would not be
able to meet its objective of providing  tax exempt income to its  shareholders.
Taxable  investments  include,  for  example,  hedging  instruments,  repurchase
agreements,  and some of the  types of  securities  it would  buy for  temporary
defensive purposes.

Investment Restrictions

      |X|  What Are  "Fundamental  Policies?"  Fundamental  policies  are  those
policies that the Fund has adopted to govern its investments that can be changed
only by the vote of a "majority" of the Fund's  outstanding  voting  securities.
Under the Investment  Company Act, such 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.

      |X|  Does the Fund Have Additional  Fundamental  Policies?  The following
investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund:

      |_| The Fund cannot borrow money, except from banks for temporary purposes
in amounts not in excess of 5% of the value of the Fund's  assets.  No assets of
the Fund may be pledged, mortgaged or hypothecated except to secure a borrowing,
and in  that  case  no more  10% of the  Fund's  total  assets  may be  pledged,
mortgaged or hypothecated. Borrowings may not be made for leverage, but only for
liquidity purposes to satisfy redemption  requests when liquidation of portfolio
securities is considered inconvenient or disadvantageous.  However, the Fund can
enter into  when-issued and  delayed-delivery  transactions as described in this
Statement of Additional Information.

      |_| The Fund  cannot make loans.  However,  the Fund can  purchase or hold
debt obligations,  repurchase agreements and other instruments and securities it
is permitted to own and may lend its portfolio  securities and other investments
it owns.

      |_|  With  respect  to  75% of its  total  assets,  the  Fund  cannot  buy
securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer (except the U.S. government or
any of its agencies or  instrumentalities),  if more than 5% of the Fund's total
assets would be invested in securities of that issuer or the Fund would own more
than 10% of that issuer's voting securities.

      |_| The Fund cannot  invest more than 25% of its total  assets in a single
industry.  As an operating  policy,  the Fund applies this restriction to 25% or
more of its total  assets.  However,  the Fund can  invest  more than 25% of its
assets in a particular  segment of the  municipal  bond market,  but it will not
invest more than 25% of its total assets in industrial revenue bonds in a single
industry.

      |_| The Fund cannot invest in real estate. However, the Fund can invest in
municipal  securities or other permissible  securities or instruments secured by
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 purchase securities, or other instruments,  on margin.
However, the Fund can invest in options, futures, options on futures and similar
instruments  and may make margin  deposits and payments in connection with those
investments.

      |_|  The Fund cannot make short sales of securities.

      |_| The Fund cannot  underwrite  securities.  A permitted  exception is in
case it is deemed to be an  underwriter  under the  Securities  Act of 1933 when
reselling in securities held in its portfolio.

      |_| The Fund cannot invest in securities  of other  investment  companies,
 except  is they  are  acquired  as part of a  merger,  consolidation  or  other
 acquisition.

      |_| The Fund cannot make investments for the purpose of exercising control
of management.

      |_| The  Fund  cannot  purchase  securities  of any  issuer  if  officers,
trustees and directors of the Fund or the Manager individually  beneficially own
more than 0.5% of the  securities  of that issuer and together own  beneficially
more than 5% of the outstanding securities.

      |_| 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.

      The Fund will not purchase or retain securities if, as a result,  the Fund
would have more than 5% of its total assets  invested in  securities  of private
issuers having a record of less than three years'  continuous  operation,  or in
industrial  development bonds if the private entity on whose credit the security
is based,  directly  or  indirectly,  is less than three  years old,  unless the
security is rated by a nationally-recognized  rating service. In each case, that
period may  include the  operation  of  predecessor  companies  or  enterprises.
Additionally,  the Fund will not invest in common stock or any warrants  related
to common stocks. These operating policies are not fundamental policies.

      Unless the Prospectus or 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.  In that case 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.

Diversification.  The  Fund  intends  to be  "diversified"  as  defined  in  the
Investment  Company Act and to satisfy the  restrictions  against  investing too
much of its assets in any "issuer" as set forth in the  restrictions  above.  In
implementing  this  policy,  the  identification  of the  issuer of a  municipal
security  depends on the terms and  conditions of the security.  When the assets
and  revenues  of an  agency,  authority,  instrumentality  or  other  political
subdivision  are  separate  from  those of the  government  creating  it and the
security is backed only by the assets and revenues of the  subdivision,  agency,
authority or instrumentality,  the latter would be deemed to be the sole issuer.
Similarly,  if an industrial  development  bond is backed only by the assets and
revenues of the non-governmental  user, then that user would be deemed to be the
sole issuer.  However,  if in either case the creating  government or some other
entity  guarantees  a security,  the  guarantee  would be  considered a separate
security and would be treated as an issue of such government or other entity.

Applying the Restriction Against  Concentration.  To implement its policy not to
concentrate its investments,  the Fund has adopted the industry  classifications
set forth in  Appendix B to this  Statement  of  Additional  Information.  Those
industry classifications are not a fundamental policy.

      In implementing the Fund's policy not to concentrate its investments,  the
Manager  will  consider  a  non-governmental  user  of  facilities  financed  by
industrial  development  bonds as being in a particular  industry.  That is done
even  though  the bonds are  municipal  securities,  as to which the Fund has no
concentration  limitation.   Although  this  application  of  the  concentration
restriction  is not a  fundamental  policy of the Fund,  it will not be  changed
without shareholder approval.

How the Fund Is Managed

Organization  and  History.  The  Fund  is  one of  two  diversified  investment
portfolios, or "series" of Oppenheimer Municipal Fund, an open-end,  diversified
management  investment  company  organized as a Massachusetts  business trust in
1986, with an unlimited number of authorized shares of beneficial interest.

      Oppenheimer Municipal Fund (and therefore, the Fund, as one of its series)
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.  Shareholders  of  Oppenheimer
Municipal  Fund have the right to call a meeting  to remove a Trustee or to take
other action described in the 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 three  classes of
shares,  Class A, Class B and Class C. All classes invest in the same investment
portfolio.  Shares  are  freely  transferable.   Each  share  has  one  vote  at
shareholder  meetings,  with fractional shares voting  proportionally on matters
submitted to the vote of shareholders. Each class of shares:
      |_|                       has its own dividends and distributions,
      |_|             pays  certain  expenses  which may be  different  for the
   different classes,
      |_|             may have a different net asset value,
|_|   may have separate  voting rights on matters in which the interests of one
        class are different from the interests of another class, and
      |_|             votes  as a class  on  matters  that  affect  that  class
alone.

      |X|  Meetings of  Shareholders.  As a series of 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 Oppenheimer  Municipal 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 the
outstanding  shares of  Oppenheimer  Municipal  Fund. 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 shareholder  lists of Oppenheimer  Municipal Fund 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  series  of
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund valued at $25,000 or more or constituting at least 1%
of the outstanding shares of Oppenheimer  Municipal Fund, whichever is less. The
Trustees may also take other action as permitted by the Investment Company Act.

       |_| Shareholder and Trustee Liability.  The 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 the 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 during the past five years are
listed  below.  Trustees  denoted  with an  asterisk  (*) below are deemed to be
"interested  persons" of the Fund under the  Investment  Company Act. All of the
Trustees  are also  trustees,  directors  or  managing  general  partners of the
following Denver-based Oppenheimer funds1:

Oppenheimer Cash Reserves        Oppenheimer   Total  Return  Fund,
                                 Inc.
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Oppenheimer Equity Income Fund   Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund      Centennial America Fund, L. P.
Oppenheimer  International  Bond Centennial  California  Tax Exempt
Fund                             Trust
Oppenheimer Integrity Funds      Centennial Government Trust
Oppenheimer         Limited-Term Centennial Money Market Trust
Government Fund
Oppenheimer  Main Street  Funds, Centennial  New  York  Tax  Exempt
Inc.                             Trust
Oppenheimer Municipal Fund       Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund      The  New  York  Tax-Exempt  Income
                                 Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer   Strategic   Income
Fund

      Ms. Macaskill and Messrs. Swain, Bishop, Wixted, Donohue, Farrar and Zack,
who are officers of the Fund,  respectively hold the same offices with the other
Denver-based  Oppenheimer  funds.  As of December  28,  1999,  the  Trustees and
officers of the Fund as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding  shares of
the Fund.  The foregoing  statement does not reflect shares held of record by an
employee   benefit  plan  for   employees  of  the  Manager  other  than  shares
beneficially owned under that plan by the officers of the Fund listed below. Ms.
Macaskill and Mr. Donohue are trustees of that plan.

William L. Armstrong, Trustee,2 Age: 62.
11 Carriage Lane, Littleton, Colorado 80121
Chairman of the  following  private  mortgage  banking  companies:  Cherry Creek
Mortgage  Company (since 1991),  Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994),
The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993),  Transland Financial  Services,  Inc.
(since 1997), and Ambassador  Media  Corporation  (since 1984);  Chairman of the
following private companies: Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate
brokerage)  (since 1994),  Frontier Title (title insurance  agency) (since 1995)
and Great Frontier Insurance  (insurance  agency) (since 1995);  Director of the
following public companies:  Storage Technology  Corporation (computer equipment
company) (since 1991), Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil and gas  drilling/production
company) (since 1992),  UNUMProvident (insurance company) (since 1991); formerly
Director of the following public companies:  International  Family Entertainment
(television  channel)  (1991 - 1997) and Natec  Resources,  Inc. (air  pollution
control  equipment and services  company) (1991 - 1995);  formerly U.S.  Senator
(January 1979 - January 1991).

Robert G. Avis*, Trustee, Age: 68.
One North Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Chairman,  President and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Capital,  Inc.
(general  partnership  of private  equity  funds),  Director of A.G.  Edwards &
Sons,  Inc. (a  broker-dealer)  and Director of A.G.  Edwards  Trust  Companies
(trust  companies),  formerly,  Vice Chairman of A.G.  Edwards & Sons, Inc. and
A.G.  Edwards,  Inc. (its parent holding company) and Chairman of A.G.E.  Asset
Management (an investment advisor).

William A. Baker, Trustee, Age: 85.
197 Desert Lakes Drive, Palm Springs, California 92264
Management Consultant.

George C. Bowen, Trustee, Age: 63.3
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Formerly  (until April 1999) Mr.  Bowen held the  following  positions:  Senior
Vice President  (since  September 1987) and Treasurer (since March 1985) of the
Manager;  Vice President  (since June 1983) and Treasurer (since March 1985) of
the  Distributor;  Vice  President  (since  October 1989) and Treasurer  (since
April  1986)  of  HarbourView   Asset  Management   Corporation;   Senior  Vice
President  (since  February  1992),   Treasurer  (since  July  1991)  Assistant
Secretary and a director (since December 1991) of Centennial  Asset  Management
Corporation;   President,  Treasurer  and  a  director  of  Centennial  Capital
Corporation  (since June 1989);  Vice  President  and  Treasurer  (since August
1978) and Secretary  (since April 1981) of  Shareholder  Services,  Inc.;  Vice
President,  Treasurer and Secretary of  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.
(since November 1989);  Assistant  Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp.
(since  March  1998);  Treasurer  of  Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc.
(since November 1989);  Vice President and Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Real Asset
Management,   Inc.   (since   July   1996);   Treasurer   of   OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997).

Jon S. Fossel, Trustee, Age: 57 4
P.O. Box 44, Mead Street, Waccabuc, New York 10597
Formerly  Chairman  and a director of the Manager,  President  and a director of
Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp.,  the  Manager's  parent  holding  company,  and
Shareholder Services,  Inc. and Shareholder  Financial Services,  Inc., transfer
agent subsidiaries of the Manager.

Sam Freedman, Trustee, Age: 59.
4975 Lakeshore Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80123
Formerly  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of  OppenheimerFunds  Services,
Chairman,  Chief Executive Officer and a director of Shareholder Services, Inc.,
Chairman,   Chief  Executive  Officer  and  director  of  Shareholder  Financial
Services, Inc., Vice President and director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.
and a director of OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Raymond J. Kalinowski, Trustee, Age: 70.
44 Portland Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63131
Director  of  Wave  Technologies  International,   Inc.  (a  computer  products
training company), self-employed consultant (securities matters).
C. Howard Kast, Trustee, Age: 78.
2552 East Alameda, Denver, Colorado 80209
Formerly Managing Partner of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (an accounting firm).

Robert M. Kirchner, Trustee, Age: 78.
7500 E. Arapahoe Road, Englewood, Colorado 80112
President of The Kirchner Company (management consultants).

Bridget A. Macaskill*, President and Trustee, Age: 515
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
President (since June 1991),  Chief Executive Officer (since September 1995) and
a Director (since  December 1994) of the Manager;  President and director (since
June 1991) of HarbourView Asset Management  Corporation,  an investment  adviser
subsidiary of the Manager; Chairman and a director of Shareholder Services, Inc.
(since August 1994) and Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc. (since September
1995),  transfer agent  subsidiaries of the Manager;  President (since September
1995) and a director (since October 1990) of Oppenheimer  Acquisition Corp., the
Manager's  parent  holding  company;  President  (since  September  1995)  and a
director  (since  November 1989) of Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc., a
holding company  subsidiary of the Manager; a director of Oppenheimer Real Asset
Management,  Inc.  (since July 1996);  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; President and
a director of other Oppenheimer funds; a director of Prudential  Corporation plc
(a U.K. financial service company).

Ned M. Steel, Trustee, (DOB: 5/29/15), Age: 84
3416 South Race Street, Englewood, Colorado 80110
Chartered  Property  and  Casualty  Underwriter;  a director of Visiting  Nurse
Corporation of Colorado.

James  C.  Swain*,   Chairman,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and  Trustee,  (DOB:
11/2/33), Age: 66
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice Chairman of the Manager (since  September 1988);  formerly  President and a
director of Centennial  Asset  Management  Corporation,  an  investment  adviser
subsidiary  of the Manager and  Chairman of the Board of  Shareholder  Services,
Inc.

Andrew J. Donohue, Vice President and Secretary, Age: 49
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Executive Vice President  (since January 1993),  General  Counsel (since October
1991) and a Director  (since  September  1995) of the  Manager;  Executive  Vice
President  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  Corporation,  Shareholder  Services,
Inc.,   Shareholder   Financial  Services,   Inc.  and  (since  September  1995)
Oppenheimer  Partnership Holdings,  Inc.; President and a director of Centennial
Asset Management Corporation (since September 1995); President,  General Counsel
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  and  a  director  of   OppenheimerFunds
International Ltd. and Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997); an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds.

Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 41
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice  President  of the  Manager/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (since May 1996);  an
officer of other Oppenheimer funds;  formerly an Assistant Vice President of the
Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (April 1994 - May 1996), and a Fund
Controller for the Manager.

Scott T. Farrar, Assistant Treasurer, Age: 34
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Vice President of the Manager/Mutual Fund Accounting (since May 1996); Assistant
Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Millennium  Funds plc (since October 1997); an officer
of  other  Oppenheimer  funds;  formerly  an  Assistant  Vice  President  of the
Manager/Mutual  Fund Accounting  (April 1994 - May 1996),  and a Fund Controller
for the Manager.

Brian W. Wixted, Treasurer, Age: 40
6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, Colorado 80112
Senior Vice President and Treasurer (since April 1999) of the Manager; Treasurer
of  HarbourView  Asset  Management  Corporation,   Shareholder  Services,  Inc.,
Shareholder Financial Services,  Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.
(since April 1999); Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer  Acquisition Corp. (since
April 1999);  Assistant  Secretary of Centennial  Asset  Management  Corporation
(since April 1999);  formerly  Principal and Chief  Operating  Officer,  Bankers
Trust Company - Mutual Fund Services  Division  (March 1995 - March 1999);  Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of CS First Boston  Investment  Management
Corp.  (September 1991 - March 1995); and Vice President and Accounting Manager,
Merrill Lynch Asset Management (November 1987 - September 1991).

Robert G. Zack, Assistant Secretary, Age: 51
Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203
Senior Vice  President  (since May 1985) and Associate  General  Counsel (since
May 1981) of the Manager,  Assistant  Secretary of Shareholder  Services,  Inc.
(since May 1985),  and  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc. (since November
1989);   Assistant  Secretary  of   OppenheimerFunds   International  Ltd.  and
Oppenheimer  Millennium  Funds plc (since  October  1997);  an officer of other
Oppenheimer funds.

Christian D. Smith,  Vice  President and Portfolio  Manager,  Age: 38. Two World
Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203 Senior Vice President of the Manager
(since October 11, 1999); an officer of other  Oppenheimer  funds.  From January
1999 to September 1999 he was Co-Head of the Municipal Portfolio Management Team
of Prudential Global Asset Management (an investment adviser), prior to which he
was a portfolio manager for that firm (January 1990 to January 1999).

      |X| Remuneration of Trustees. The officers of the Fund and two Trustees of
the Fund (Ms.  Macaskill  and Mr.  Swain) are  affiliated  with the  Manager and
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, 1999. The  compensation  from all of
the Denver-based  Oppenheimer  funds includes the compensation from the Fund and
represents  compensation  received  as a  director,  trustee,  managing  general
partner or member of a committee of the Board during the calendar year 1999.



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                           Aggregate       Total Compensation
  Trustee's Name           Compensation    from all Denver-Based
  and Other Positions      from Fund       Oppenheimer Funds1
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  William L. Armstrong     $  55           None(2)
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  Robert G. Avis           $358            $67,998.00

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  William A. Baker         $366            $69,998.00

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  George C. Bowen          $  59           None(2)

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  John S. Fossel           $363            $67,496.00
  Audit Committee Member
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  Sam Freedman             $390            $73,998.00
  Audit Committee Member
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  Raymond J. Kalinowski    $386            $73,998.00
  Audit Committee Member
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  C. Howard Kast
  Audit Committee Chairman $414            $76,998.00
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  Robert M. Kirchner       $362            $67,998.00

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  Ned M. Steel             $358            $67,998.00

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1.    For the 1999 calendar year.
2.  Mr.  Armstrong  and  Mr.  Bowen  were  not  Trustees  or  Directors  of  the
Denver-based Oppenheimer funds during 1998.

      |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 December 28, 1999,  the only person who owned
 of record or who was known by the Fund to own  beneficially  5% or more of any
 class of the Fund's outstanding shares was:

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith,  Inc., 4800 Deer Lake Drive East,  Floor 3,
Jacksonville,  Florida,  32246-6484,  which  owned  74,092.002  Class C  shares,
representing 5.45% of the Class C shares then outstanding.

The Manager.  The Manager is wholly-owned by Oppenheimer  Acquisition  Corp., a
holding company controlled by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.

      |X| Code of Ethics.  The Fund, the Manager and the Distributor have a Code
of Ethics.  It is designed to detect and prevent  improper  personal  trading by
certain employees, including portfolio managers, that would compete with or take
advantage of the Fund's portfolio transactions.  Covered persons include persons
with  knowledge of the  investments  and  investment  intentions of the Fund and
other funds  advised by the  Manager.  The Code of Ethics does permit  personnel
subject to the Code to invest in securities,  including  securities  that may be
purchased or held by the Fund, subject to a number of restrictions and controls.
Compliance  with the Code of Ethics is carefully  monitored  and enforced by the
Manager.

      The Code of Ethics is an  exhibit  to the  Fund's  registration  statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be reviewed and copied
at  the  SEC's  Public  Reference  Room  in  Washington,  D.C.  You  can  obtain
information about the hours of operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
the SEC at 1-202-942-8090.  The Code of Ethics can also be viewed as part of the
Fund's registration  statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the SEC's Internet
web  site  at  http://www.sec.gov.  Copies  may  be  obtained,  after  paying  a
duplicating  fee,  by  electronic  request  at  the  following  E-mail  address:
[email protected].,  or by  writing  to the  SEC's  Public  Reference  Section,
Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.

      |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 manager
of the Fund is  employed  by the  Manager  and is the person who is  principally
responsible for the day-to-day  management of the Fund's  investment  portfolio.
Other members of the Manager's Fixed-Income Portfolio Team provide the portfolio
manager with research and counsel in managing the Fund's investments.

      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  corporate  administration for
the Fund.  Those  responsibilities  include the  compilation  and maintenance of
records with respect to the Fund's  operations,  the  preparation  and filing of
specified  reports,  and the  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, fees to disinterested
Trustees, legal and audit expenses, custodian and transfer agent expenses, share
issuance costs, certain printing and registration costs,  brokerage commissions,
and non-recurring expenses, including litigation costs. The management fees paid
by the  Fund  to the  Manager  are  calculated  at the  rates  described  in the
Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the Fund as a whole. The fees are
allocated  to each class of shares  based upon the  relative  proportion  of the
Fund's net assets  represented by that class.  The  management  fees paid by the
Fund to the Manager during its last three fiscal years are listed below.

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     Fiscal Year Ending 9/30    Management      Fee     Paid     to
                                OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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              1997                           $509,834
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              1998                           $608,528
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              1999                           $756,823
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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 for its obligations and duties under the investment  advisory
agreement,  the  Manager is not liable for any loss  sustained  by reason of any
investment of the Fund assets made with due care and in good faith.

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

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   Fiscal Year Ended 9/30     Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by
                                           the Fund1
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            1997                             None
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            1998                           $56,8382
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            1999                            $74,850
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1. Amounts do not include  spreads or concessions on principal  amounts on a net
   trade basis.
2. In the fiscal year ended  9/30/99,  no  transactions  directed to brokers for
   research services.

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 buy and sell portfolio
securities for the Fund. The investment advisory agreement allows the Manager to
use  broker-dealers  to effect  the  Fund's  portfolio  transactions.  Under the
agreement,  the Manager may employ those broker-dealers  (including "affiliated"
brokers,  as that term is defined in the  Investment  Company Act) that,  in the
Manager's best judgment based on all relevant factors, will implement the Fund's
policy to obtain,  at  reasonable  expense,  the "best  execution"  of portfolio
transactions.  "Best execution"  refers to prompt and reliable  execution at the
most  favorable  price  obtainable.   The  Manager  need  not  seek  competitive
commission bidding. However, the Manager is expected to minimize the commissions
paid to the extent  consistent  with the  interest  and  policies of the Fund as
established by its Board of Trustees.

      Under the investment  advisory  agreement,  the Manager may select brokers
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 other  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 managed by the Manager or its affiliates.

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 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.

      Most securities  purchases made by the Fund are in principal  transactions
at net prices.  The Fund usually  deals  directly with the selling or purchasing
principal or market maker without incurring charges for the services of a broker
on its behalf unless the Manager determines that a better price or execution may
be obtained  by using the  services  of a broker.  Therefore,  the Fund does not
incur  substantial   brokerage  costs.   Portfolio   securities  purchased  from
underwriters  include  a  commission  or  concession  paid by the  issuer to the
underwriter in the price of the security.  Portfolio  securities  purchased from
dealers include a spread between the bid and asked price.

      The Fund seeks to obtain prompt  execution of orders at the most favorable
net prices. In an option  transaction,  the Fund ordinarily uses the same broker
for the purchase or sale of the option and any  transaction in the investment to
which the option  relates.  Other funds  advised by the Manager have  investment
objectives  and  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.  When possible,  the
Manager tries to combine concurrent orders to purchase or sell the same security
by more than one of the accounts  managed by the Manager or its affiliates.  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.

      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.  Investment  research  received  by the  Manager  for  the
commissions  paid by those other accounts may be useful both to the Fund and one
or more of the Manager's other  accounts.  Investment  research  services may be
supplied  to the Manager by a third  party at the  instance of a broker  through
which trades are placed.  Investment  research services include  information and
analyses 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  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 broaden the scope and supplement
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 of the Fund  about  the  commissions  paid to  brokers  furnishing
research services, together with the Manager's representation that the amount of
such  commissions  was  reasonably  related  to the  value  or  benefit  of such
services.

Distribution and Service Plans

The Distributor.  Under its General  Distributor's  Agreement with the Fund, the
Distributor  acts as the Fund's principal  underwriter in the continuous  public
offering of the different  classes of shares of the Fund. The Distributor is not
obligated to sell a specific number of shares. Expenses normally attributable to
sales are borne by the Distributor.

      The compensation paid to (or retained by) the Distributor from the sale of
shares or on the redemption of shares is discussed in the table below:

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          Aggregate   Class A   Commissions  CommissionsCommissions
  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   Advanced by
  9/30:  on Class A  Retained   Distributor1     by     Distributor1
           Shares        by                  Distributor1
                     Distributor
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   1997   $173,050    $75,561     $ 6,440     $133,554    $57,363
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   1998   $303,538    $55,035     $118,176    $166,461    $74,498
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   1999   $368,060    $78,085     $168,115    $184,312    $79,689
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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. * Includes amounts retained by a broker-dealer
   that is an affiliate or parent of the distributor.

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  Fiscal    Class           A Class           B Class C Contingent
  Year      Contingent        Contingent        Deferred      Sales
  Ended     Deferred    Sales Deferred    Sales Charges
  9/30:     Charges           Charges           Retained         by
            Retained       by Retained       by Distributor
            Distributor       Distributor
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  1999      $3,362            $35,208           $6,754
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Distribution  and Service  Plans.  The Fund has  adopted a Service  Plan for its
Class A shares and  Distribution  and Service  Plans for its Class B and Class C
shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment  Company Act.  Under those plans,  the
Fund makes  payments to the  Distributor  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  of the
Fund,  including a majority of the  Independent  Trustees,6  cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on that plan.

      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
profits from the advisory fee it receives from the Fund. The Distributor and the
Manager  may,  in their sole  discretion,  increase  or  decrease  the amount of
payments they make to plan recipients from their own resources.

      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  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 the plan must be approved by shareholders of the class affected
by the  amendment.  Because  Class B shares  automatically  convert into Class A
shares  after six years,  the Fund must obtain the  approval of both Class A and
Class B shareholders  for an amendment to the Class A plan that would materially
increase  the  amount to be paid under that  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 Fund's Board of Trustees at least
quarterly  for its review.  The reports  shall detail the amount of all payments
made  under a plan and the  purpose  for which the  payments  were  made.  Those
reports are subject to the review and  approval of the  Independent  Trustees in
the exercise of their fiduciary duty.

      Each plan states that while it is in effect,  the selection or replacement
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
provision  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 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 Fund's  Independent
Trustees.  The Board of Trustees  has set the fees at the maximum  rate  allowed
under  the plans and has set no  minimum  asset  amount  needed to  qualify  for
payments.

        |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.  The  Distributor
makes  payments  to plan  recipients  quarterly  at an annual rate not to exceed
0.25% of the average annual net assets of Class A shares held in accounts of the
service providers or their customers.

      For the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999,  payments under the Plan for
Class A shares  totaled  $285,289,  all of which was paid by the  Distributor to
recipients.  That included $36,054 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor.  Any
unreimbursed  expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares for
any fiscal year may not be recovered in subsequent  years.  The  Distributor may
not use  payments  received  under the  Class A plan to pay any of its  interest
expenses, carrying charges, other financial costs, or allocation of overhead.

      |X| Class B and Class C Service and Distribution  Plans.  Under each plan,
service fees and distribution  fees are computed on the average of the net asset
value of  shares in the  respective  class,  determined  as of the close of each
regular  business day during the period.  The Class B and Class C plans  provide
for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate,  whether the Distributor's
distribution  expenses  are more or less than the amounts paid by the Fund under
the plans during that period.  The types of services that recipients provide for
the  service fee are similar to the  services  provided  under the Class A plan,
described above.

      The Class B and Class C plans  permit the  Distributor  to retain both the
asset-based sales charges and the service fee on shares or to pay recipients the
service  fee on a quarterly  basis,  without  payment in  advance.  The types of
services that recipients  provide are similar to the services provided under the
Class A plan, described above. However, the Distributor presently intends to pay
recipients  the  service  fee on Class B and Class C shares in  advance  for the
first  year the  shares  are  outstanding.  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 an 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 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 dealer 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 fees and the asset-based
sales charge to the dealer  quarterly in lieu of paying the sales commission and
service fee in advance at the time of purchase.

      The  asset-based  sales  charge  on  Class  B and  Class C  shares  allows
investors to buy shares  without a front-end  sales  charge  while  allowing the
Distributor  to  compensate  dealers that sell those shares.  The  Distributor's
actual  expenses  in  selling  Class B and  Class C shares  may be more than the
payments it  receives  from  contingent  deferred  sales  charges  collected  on
redeemed shares and from the Fund under the plans. The Fund pays the asset-based
sales charge 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:
      |_| pays sales  commissions to authorized  brokers and dealers at the time
        of sale and pays service fees as described in the Prospectus,
      |_| 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,
      |_|  employs personnel to support distribution of shares, and
      |_|  bears the costs of sales  literature,  advertising and  prospectuses
        (other than those  furnished  to current  shareholders)  and state "blue
        sky" registration fees and certain other distribution expenses.

      The  Distributor's  actual  expenses in selling Class B and Class C shares
may be more than the payments it receives  from the  contingent  deferred  sales
charges  collected  on  redeemed  shares and from the Fund  under the plans.  If
either  the  Class B or 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 and Class C plans allow for the carry-forward of distribution  expenses,
to be recovered from asset based sales charges in subsequent fiscal periods.

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   Distribution Fees Paid to the Distributor in the Fiscal Year
                           Ended 9/30/99
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                                  Distributor's
                                        Distributor's Unreimbursed
                                          Aggregate   Expenses as
                 Total        Amount    Unreimbursed    % of Net
                Payments   Retained by    Expenses     Assets of
    Class:     Under Plan  Distributor   Under Plan      Class
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 Class B Plan   $171,884     $143,358     $338,433       1.79%
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 Class C Plan   $210,249     $106,410     $334,692       1.53%
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      All  payments  under  the Class B and  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 to NASD members.

Performance of the Fund

Explanation  of  Performance  Terminology.  The Fund uses a variety  of terms to
illustrate  its   performance.   These  terms  include   "standardized   yield,"
"tax-equivalent   yield,"  "dividend  yield,"  "average  annual  total  return,"
"cumulative  total return," "average annual total return at net asset value" and
"total  return at net asset  value."  An  explanation  of how  yields  and total
returns are  calculated  is set forth  below.  The charts  below show the Fund's
performance  as of its 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).  Certain types of yields may also be shown, provided that they are
accompanied by standardized average annual total returns.

      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:
      |_| Yields and total returns  measure the  performance  of a  hypothetical
account in the Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each
shareholder's  account.  Your  account's  performance  will  vary from the model
performance  data if your  dividends  are  received in cash,  or you buy or sell
shares  during the period,  or you bought  your  shares at a different  time and
price than the shares used in the model.
      |_|  The Fund's  performance  returns do not  reflect the effect of taxes
on 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 its yields 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.
      |_|  Yields  and  total  returns  for  any  given  past  period  represent
historical performance information and are not, and should not be considered,  a
prediction of future yields or returns.

      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 yields and 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 those investments,  the
types of  investments  the  Fund  holds,  and its  operating  expenses  that are
allocated to the particular class.

      |X| Yields.  The Fund uses a variety of different yields to illustrate its
current returns. Each class of shares calculates its yield separately because of
the different expenses that affect each class.

       |_| Standardized  Yield. The "standardized  yield" (sometimes referred to
just as "yield") is shown for a class of shares for a stated 30-day  period.  It
is not based on actual  distributions  paid by the Fund to  shareholders  in the
30-day period,  but is a hypothetical yield based upon the net investment income
from the Fund's portfolio  investments for that period.  It may therefore differ
from the "dividend yield" for the same class of shares, described below.

      Standardized  yield is calculated using the following formula set forth in
rules  adopted by the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  designed to assure
uniformity in the way that all funds calculate their yields:


                           Standardized Yield = 2[(a-b     6
                                                   --- + 1) - 1]
                                                   cd

      The symbols above represent the following factors:

      a =dividends and interest earned during the 30-day period.

      b =expenses accrued for the period (net of any expense assumptions).

      c  =the average  daily number of shares of that class  outstanding  during
         the 30-day period that were entitled to receive dividends.

      d  =the maximum  offering price per share of that class on the last day of
         the period, adjusted for undistributed net investment income.

      The standardized  yield for a particular 30-day period may differ from the
yield for other periods. The SEC formula assumes that the standardized yield for
a 30-day  period  occurs  at a  constant  rate  for a  six-month  period  and is
annualized at the end of the six-month period. Additionally,  because each class
of shares is subject to different  expenses,  it is likely that the standardized
yields of the Fund's classes of shares will differ for any 30-day period.

       |_| Dividend Yield.  The Fund may quote a "dividend yield" for each class
of its  shares.  Dividend  yield is based  on the  dividends  paid on a class of
shares during the actual  dividend  period.  To calculate  dividend  yield,  the
dividends of a class declared during a stated period are added together, and the
sum is  multiplied  by 12 (to  annualize  the yield) and  divided by the maximum
offering  price on the last day of the  dividend  period.  The  formula is shown
below:

  Dividend Yield = dividends paid x 12/maximum offering price (payment date)

      The maximum offering price for Class A shares includes the current maximum
initial sales charge.  The maximum offering price for Class B and Class C shares
is the net asset value per share,  without  considering the effect of contingent
deferred  sales  charges.  The Class A dividend yield may also be quoted without
deducting the maximum initial sales charge.

       |_| Tax-Equivalent Yield. The "tax-equivalent yield" of a class of shares
is the equivalent yield that would have to be earned on a taxable  investment to
achieve the after-tax results represented by the Fund's tax-equivalent yield. It
adjusts the Fund's  standardized yield, as calculated above, by a stated Federal
tax rate.  Using  different tax rates to show  different tax  equivalent  yields
shows  investors in different tax brackets the tax equivalent  yield of the Fund
based on their own tax bracket.

      The  tax-equivalent  yield is based on a 30-day period, and is computed by
dividing  the  tax-exempt  portion of the Fund's  current  yield (as  calculated
above) by one minus a stated income tax rate. The result is added to the portion
(if any) of the Fund's current yield that is not tax-exempt.

      The tax-equivalent  yield may be used to compare the tax effects of income
derived  from the Fund with income  from  taxable  investments  at the tax rates
stated.  Your tax bracket is determined by your Federal  taxable income (the net
amount  subject to Federal  income tax after  deductions  and  exemptions).  The
tax-equivalent  yield table  assumes  that the  investor is taxed at the highest
bracket, regardless of whether a switch to non-taxable investments would cause a
lower bracket to apply.

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       The Fund's Yields for the 30-Day Periods Ended 9/30/99
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                                 Tax-Equivalent
              Standardized     Dividend Yield         Yield
                  Yield                          (39.6% Fed. Tax
  Class of                                           Bracket)
   Shares
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            Without   After   Without   After   Without    After
             Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales    Sales     Sales
             Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge   Charge
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   Class A   4.81%    4.64%    4.89%    4.72%    7.96%     7.68%
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   Class B   4.04%     N/A     4.06%     N/A     6.69%      N/A
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   Class C   4.05%     N/A     4.07%     N/A     8.03%      N/A
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      |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 3.5% (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: 4.0% in the first year, 3.0% in the second year, 2.0% in the third and
fourth years,  1.0% in the fifth 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") 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 9/30/99
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           Cumulative          Average Annual Total Returns
              Total
           Returns (10
            years or
 Class of    life of
  Shares     class)
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                                           5-Year        10-Year
                            1-Year      (or life of    (or life of
                                           class)        class)
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          After  WithoutAfter   WithoutAfter  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  85.89% 92.63% -4.55%  -1.08% 5.17%   5.92%   6.40%  6.78%
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 Class B  18.00% 19.00% -5.60%  -1.83% 4.17%(2)4.39%(2)  N/A    N/A
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 Class C  23.32% 25.32% -2.78%  -1.84% 5.15%(3)5.15%(3) 3.95%  3.95%
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1.    Inception of Class A:   11/11/86
  2.       Inception of Class B:     9/11/95
  3.       Inception of Class C:   12/01/93

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 shares by Lipper Analytical  Services,  Inc.  ("Lipper").
Lipper is a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service. Lipper
monitors the performance of regulated investment companies,  including the Fund,
and ranks their performance for various periods based on categories  relating to
investment  objectives.  The performance of the Fund is ranked by Lipper against
all other intermediate municipal debt 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
ranking  and/or  star  rating of the  performance  of its  classes  of shares by
Morningstar,  Inc., an independent mutual fund monitoring  service.  Morningstar
rates and ranks  mutual funds in broad  investment  categories:  domestic  stock
funds,  international stock funds,  taxable bond funds and municipal bond funds.
The Fund is ranked among municipal bond funds.

      Morningstar star ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted total investment
return. Investment return measures a proprietary 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 total return  ranking to that of other funds
in its  Morningstar  category,  in  addition to its star  rankings.  Those total
return rankings are percentages  from one percent to one hundred percent and are
not risk adjusted. For example, if a fund is in the 94th percentile,  that means
94% of the funds in the same category performed better than it did.

      |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 Class A, Class B or Class C 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 Fund's Class A, Class B or Class C
returns  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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ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
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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
      |_| Current  purchases of Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other
        Oppenheimer  funds to reduce  the sales  charge  rate  that  applies  to
        current purchases of Class A shares, and
      |_| Class  A and  Class B  shares  of  Oppenheimer  funds  you  previously
        purchased  subject to an initial or contingent  deferred sales charge to
        reduce the sales  charge rate for current  purchases  of Class A shares,
        provided that you still hold your  investment in one of the  Oppenheimer
        funds.

      A fiduciary can count all shares  purchased  for a trust,  estate or other
fiduciary  account  (including  one or more  employee  benefit plans of the same
employer) that has multiple  accounts.  The  Distributor  will add the value, at
current offering price, of the shares you previously purchased and currently own
to the value of  current  purchases  to  determine  the sales  charge  rate that
applies. The reduced sales charge will apply only to current purchases. You must
request it when you buy shares.
      |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   Oppenheimer  Main  Street  California  Fund
Municipal Fund Oppenheimer California Municipal Oppenheimer Main Street Growth &
Fund Income  Fund  Oppenheimer  Champion  Income  Fund  Oppenheimer  MidCap Fund
Oppenheimer  Convertible  Oppenheimer  Multiple Strategies  Securities Fund Fund
Oppenheimer  Developing Markets Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund Fund Oppenheimer
Disciplined  Oppenheimer  New York Municipal Fund  Allocation  Fund  Oppenheimer
Disciplined  Value  Oppenheimer  New  Jersey  Municipal  Fund  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 Oppenheimer   Quest   Global  Value
Fund                              Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Fund           Oppenheimer    Quest    Opportunity
                                  Value Fund
Oppenheimer   Global   Growth   & Oppenheimer  Quest  Small Cap Value
Income Fund                       Fund
Oppenheimer    Gold   &   Special Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Minerals Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund           Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund       Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer   Insured   Municipal Oppenheimer   Total   Return  Fund,
Fund                              Inc.
Oppenheimer          Intermediate Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer   International  Bond Oppenheimer World Bond Fund
Fund
Oppenheimer  International Growth Limited-Term   New  York  Municipal
Fund                              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 Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
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 bounded 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.

      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  (the  minimum  is $25) for the
initial purchase with your  application.  Shares purchased by Asset Builder Plan
payments  from bank  accounts  are subject to the  redemption  restrictions  for
recent purchases described in the Prospectus.  Asset Builder Plans are available
only if your bank is an ACH member.  Asset  Builder Plans may not be used to buy
shares for  OppenheimerFunds  employer-sponsored  qualified retirement accounts.
Asset Builder Plans also enable shareholders of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves to use
their fund account to make monthly  automatic  purchases of shares of up to four
other Oppenheimer funds.

      If you make  payments  from your bank  account to  purchase  shares of the
Fund, your bank account will be debited  automatically.  Normally the debit will
be made two  business  days prior to the  investment  dates you selected on your
Application.  Neither the Distributor,  the Transfer Agent nor the Fund shall be
responsible  for any delays in purchasing  shares that result from delays in ACH
transmissions.

      Before  you  establish  Asset  Builder  payments,   you  should  obtain  a
prospectus  of  the  selected  fund(s)  from  your  financial  advisor  (or  the
Distributor)  and request an  application  from the  Distributor.  Complete  the
application  and return  it.  You may  change  the amount of your Asset  Builder
payment or you can terminate these automatic  investments at any time by writing
to  the  Transfer  Agent.  The  Transfer  Agent  requires  a  reasonable  period
(approximately  10 days) after receipt of your  instructions  to implement them.
The Fund reserves the right to amend,  suspend,  or  discontinue  offering Asset
Builder plans at any time without prior notice.

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 three 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 rather 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 holder 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 holder, 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. It is done by
dividing  the value of the Fund's net assets  attributable  to that 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 U.S
holiday).  The Exchange's most recent annual  announcement  (which is subject to
change)  states that it will close on New Year's Day,  Martin  Luther King,  Jr.
Day,  Presidents' 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  municipal
securities on days on which the Exchange is closed  (including  weekends and U.S
holidays)  or after 4:00 P.M. on a regular  business  day.  The Fund's net asset
values will not be  calculated  on those days,  and the values of some of Fund's
portfolio  securities may change  significantly on those days, when shareholders
cannot purchase or redeem shares.

      |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:

      |_| 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 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 municipal  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, 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.

      Puts,  calls,  interest rate futures and municipal  bond index 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

The information  below supplements the terms and conditions for redeeming shares
set forth in the Prospectus.

Checkwriting.  When a check is presented to the Fund's bank for  clearance,  the
bank will ask the Fund to  redeem a  sufficient  number  of full and  fractional
shares in the  shareholder's  account  to cover the  amount of the  check.  This
enables the  shareholder to continue to receive  dividends on those shares until
the check is presented to the Fund.  Checks may not be presented  for payment at
the  offices of the bank  listed on the check or at the Fund's  custodian  bank.
That limitation does not affect the use of checks for the payment of bills or to
obtain cash at other banks.  The Fund  reserves  the right to amend,  suspend or
discontinue offering Checkwriting privileges at any time without prior notice.

      In choosing to take advantage of the Checkwriting privilege by signing the
Account  Application or by completing a Checkwriting  card,  each individual who
signs:

(1)     for  individual  accounts,  represents  that  they  are  the  registered
        owner(s) of the shares of the Fund in that account;

(2)     for accounts for corporations,  partnerships, trusts and other entities,
        represents that they are an officer,  general partner,  trustee or other
        fiduciary or agent,  as applicable,  duly authorized to act on behalf of
        such registered owner(s);

(3)     authorizes  the Fund,  its Transfer Agent and any bank through which the
        Fund's  drafts  (checks) are payable to pay all checks drawn on the Fund
        account of such  person(s)  and to redeem a sufficient  amount of shares
        from that account to cover payment of each check;

(4)     specifically  acknowledges  that if they  choose to permit  checks to be
        honored if there is a single  signature  on checks drawn  against  joint
        accounts,  or accounts for corporations,  partnerships,  trusts or other
        entities,  the  signature  of any  one  signatory  on a  check  will  be
        sufficient to authorize  payment of that check and  redemption  from the
        account,  even if that account is  registered  in the names of more than
        one  person  or  more  than  one  authorized  signature  appears  on the
        Checkwriting card or the Application, as applicable;

(5)     understands that the Checkwriting privilege may be terminated or amended
        at any time by the Fund and/or the Fund's bank; and

(6)     acknowledges  and agrees that  neither the Fund nor its bank shall incur
        any  liability  for  that  amendment  or  termination  of   checkwriting
        privileges or for redeeming shares to pay checks reasonably  believed by
        them to be genuine,  or for returning or not paying checks that have not
        been accepted for any reason.

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
shares.  The  Fund  may  amend,  suspend  or cease  offering  this  reinvestment
privilege at any time as to shares  redeemed  after the date of such  amendment,
suspension or cessation.

      Any  capital  gain that was  realized  when the shares  were  redeemed  is
taxable,  and reinvestment  will not alter any capital gains tax payable on that
gain.  If there has been a capital  loss on the  redemption,  some or all of the
loss may not be tax  deductible,  depending  on the  timing  and  amount  of the
reinvestment.  Under the Internal  Revenue Code, if the  redemption  proceeds of
Fund  shares on which a sales  charge was paid are  reinvested  in shares of the
Fund or another of the Oppenheimer  funds within 90 days of payment of the sales
charge, the shareholder's basis in the shares of the Fund that were redeemed may
not include the amount of the sales charge  paid.  That would reduce the loss or
increase the gain  recognized  from the  redemption.  However,  in that case the
sales  charge  would  be  added  to the  basis  of the  shares  acquired  by the
reinvestment of the redemption proceeds.

Payments "In Kind." The Prospectus  states that payment for shares  tendered for
redemption is  ordinarily  made in cash.  However,  the Board of Trustees of the
Fund may determine  that it would be  detrimental  to the best  interests of the
remaining  shareholders of the Fund to make payment of a redemption order wholly
or partly in cash.  In that case,  the Fund may pay the  redemption  proceeds in
whole or in part by a  distribution  "in  kind" of  liquid  securities  from the
portfolio of the Fund, in lieu of cash.

      The Fund has elected to be  governed  by Rule 18f-1  under the  Investment
Company Act.  Under that rule,  the Fund is obligated to redeem shares solely in
cash up to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the net assets of the Fund during any
90-day  period for any one  shareholder.  If shares are  redeemed  in kind,  the
redeeming  shareholder  might  incur  brokerage  or other  costs in selling  the
securities for cash. The Fund will value  securities  used to pay redemptions in
kind  using the same  method  the Fund uses to value  its  portfolio  securities
described  above  under  "Determination  of Net Asset  Values Per  Share."  That
valuation will be made as of the time the redemption price is determined.

Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board of Trustees has the right to cause the
involuntary  redemption  of the shares held in any account if the  aggregate net
asset value of those shares is less than $200 or such lesser amount as the Board
may fix.  The Board of Trustees  will not cause the  involuntary  redemption  of
shares in an account if the  aggregate net asset value of such shares has fallen
below the stated minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations. If the Board
exercises  this  right,  it may also fix the  requirements  for any notice to be
given to the  shareholders  in question  (not less than 30 days).  The Board may
alternatively  set  requirements for the shareholder to increase the investment,
or set other terms and conditions so that the shares would not be  involuntarily
redeemed.

Transfers of Shares. A transfer of shares to a different  registration is not an
event that  triggers  the payment of sales  charges.  Therefore,  shares are not
subject to the payment of a contingent deferred sales charge of any class at the
time of  transfer  to the name of another  person or entity.  It does not matter
whether the transfer occurs by absolute assignment,  gift or bequest, as long as
it does not involve,  directly or indirectly,  a public sale of the shares. When
shares  subject to a  contingent  deferred  sales  charge are  transferred,  the
transferred shares will remain subject to the contingent  deferred sales charge.
It  will  be  calculated  as if the  transferee  shareholder  had  acquired  the
transferred  shares in the same manner and at the same time as the  transferring
shareholder.

      If less than all shares held in an account are  transferred,  and some but
not all shares in the account  would be subject to a contingent  deferred  sales
charge if redeemed at the time of  transfer,  the  priorities  described  in the
Prospectus  under "How to Buy Shares" for the imposition of the Class B or Class
C contingent  deferred sales charge will be followed in determining the order in
which shares are transferred.

Special  Arrangements  for  Repurchase  of Shares from Dealers and Brokers.  The
Distributor is the Fund's agent to repurchase its shares from authorized dealers
or brokers  on behalf of their  customers.  Shareholders  should  contact  their
broker or dealer to arrange this type of redemption.  The  repurchase  price per
share will be the net asset value next computed after the  Distributor  receives
an order placed by the dealer or broker.  However, if the Distributor receives a
repurchase  order from a dealer or broker  after the close of The New York Stock
Exchange on a regular business day, it will be processed at that day's net asset
value if the order was received by the dealer or broker from its customers prior
to the time the Exchange closes. Normally, the Exchange closes at 4:00 P.M., but
may do so  earlier  on  some  days.  Additionally,  the  order  must  have  been
transmitted  to and received by the  Distributor  prior to its close of business
that day (normally 5:00 P.M.).

      Ordinarily, for accounts redeemed by a broker-dealer under this procedure,
payment  will be made  within  three  business  days after the shares  have been
redeemed upon the Distributor's  receipt of the required redemption documents in
proper  form.  The  signature(s)  of the  registered  owners  on the  redemption
documents must be guaranteed as described in the Prospectus.

Automatic  Withdrawal and Exchange  Plans.  Investors  owning shares of the Fund
valued at $5,000  or more can  authorize  the  Transfer  Agent to redeem  shares
(having  a  value  of at  least  $50)  automatically  on a  monthly,  quarterly,
semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic  Withdrawal Plan.  Shares will be
redeemed three business days prior to the date requested by the  shareholder for
receipt of the payment.  Automatic  withdrawals of up to $1,500 per month may be
requested  by  telephone  if  payments  are to be made by check  payable  to all
shareholders of record.  Payments must also be sent to the address of record for
the account and the address must not have been changed within the prior 30 days.
Required minimum distributions from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored  retirement plans
may not be arranged on this basis.

      Payments are normally made by check, but shareholders  having  AccountLink
privileges  (see "How To Buy Shares") may arrange to have  Automatic  Withdrawal
Plan  payments  transferred  to the  bank  account  designated  on  the  Account
Application or by signature-guaranteed  instructions sent to the Transfer Agent.
Shares are  normally  redeemed  pursuant to an Automatic  Withdrawal  Plan three
business  days  before the  payment  transmittal  date you select in the Account
Application.  If a contingent  deferred sales charge applies to the  redemption,
the amount of the check or payment will be reduced accordingly.

      The Fund cannot guarantee receipt of a payment on the date requested.  The
Fund reserves the right to amend, suspend or discontinue offering these plans at
any time without prior notice.  Because of the sales charge  assessed on Class A
share purchases,  shareholders  should not make regular additional Class A share
purchases while participating in an Automatic Withdrawal Plan. Class B and Class
C shareholders should not establish  withdrawal plans, because of the imposition
of the contingent  deferred sales charge on such  withdrawals  (except where the
contingent deferred sales charge is waived as described in Appendix C 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.

   o  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.
   o  Oppenheimer  Main Street  California  Municipal Fund currently offers only
      Class A and Class B shares.
   o  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.
   o  Only certain  Oppenheimer  funds currently  offer Class Y shares.  Class Y
      shares of  Oppenheimer  Real Asset Fund may not be exchanged for shares of
      any other fund.
   o  Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund may be exchanged
      only  for  Class A  shares  of other  Oppenheimer  funds.  They may not be
      acquired by exchange of shares of any class of any other Oppenheimer funds
      except Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund or Oppenheimer Cash
      Reserves acquired by exchange of Class M shares.
   o  Class A shares of Senior  Floating Rate Fund are not available by exchange
      of Class A shares  of other  Oppenheimer  funds.  Class A shares of Senior
      Floating Rate Fund that are exchanged for shares of the other  Oppenheimer
      funds may not be exchanged back for Class A shares of Senior Floating Rate
      Fund.
   o  Class X shares of Limited  Term New York  Municipal  Fund can be exchanged
      only for Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds and no exchanges may be
      made to Class X shares.
   o  Shares of Oppenheimer  Capital  Preservation Fund may not be exchanged for
      shares of Oppenheimer  Money Market Fund, Inc.,  Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
      or Oppenheimer  Limited-Term Government Fund. Only participants in certain
      retirement plans may purchase shares of Oppenheimer  Capital  Preservation
      Fund, and only those participants may exchange shares of other Oppenheimer
      funds for shares of Oppenheimer Capital Preservation 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
an early withdrawal charge or 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  sales charge 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.

      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
exchange 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.  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.  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. When you exchange some or all of your shares from one fund
to  another,  any  special  account  feature  such as an Asset  Builder  Plan or
Automatic  Withdrawal  Plan, will be switched to the new fund account unless you
tell the Transfer Agent not to do so. However,  special  redemption and exchange
features such as Automatic Exchange Plans and Automatic  Withdrawal Plans cannot
be switched to an account in Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund.

      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 and Taxes

Dividends and Distributions.  Dividends will be payable on shares held of record
at the time of the previous  determination  of net asset value,  or as otherwise
described in "How to Buy Shares."  Daily  dividends will not be declared or paid
on newly purchased  shares until such time as Federal Funds (funds credited to a
member  bank's  account at the  Federal  Reserve  Bank) are  available  from the
purchase  payment for such  shares.  Normally,  purchase  checks  received  from
investors  are  converted  to Federal  Funds on the next  business  day.  Shares
purchased through dealers or brokers normally are paid for by the third business
day following the placement of the purchase order.

      Shares  redeemed  through the regular  redemption  procedure  will be paid
dividends  through  and  including  the day on which the  redemption  request is
received by the  Transfer  Agent in proper form.  Dividends  will be declared on
shares  repurchased  by a dealer or broker for three business days following the
trade  date (that is, up to and  including  the day prior to  settlement  of the
repurchase).  If all shares in an account are redeemed, all dividends accrued on
shares  of the  same  class  in the  account  will be  paid  together  with  the
redemption proceeds.

      The Fund's  practice of attempting to pay dividends on Class A shares at a
constant  level  requires  the Manager to monitor the Fund's  portfolio  and, if
necessary, to select higher-yielding securities when it is deemed appropriate to
seek income at the level  needed to meet the target.  Those  securities  must be
within  the  Fund's  investment  parameters,  however.  The Fund  expects to pay
dividends  at a  targeted  level  from  its  net  investment  income  and  other
distributable income without any impact on the net asset values per share.

      Dividends, distributions and the 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.

      The amount of a distribution  paid on a class of shares may 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 shares
of each class. However,  dividends on Class B and Class C shares are expected to
be lower  than  dividends  on Class A shares.  That is due to 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 net asset value
among the different class of shares.

Tax  Status of the  Fund's  Dividends  and  Distributions.  The Fund  intends to
qualify  under  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  during  each  fiscal  year  to pay
"exempt-interest dividends" to its shareholders.  Exempt-interest dividends that
are  derived  from  net  investment  income  earned  by the  Fund  on  municipal
securities  will be  excludable  from gross income of  shareholders  for Federal
income tax purposes.

      Net  investment  income  includes the allocation of amounts of income from
the  municipal  securities  in the Fund's  portfolio  that are free from Federal
income  taxes.  This  allocation  will  be  made  by the  use of one  designated
percentage  applied uniformly to all income dividends paid during the Fund's tax
year.  That  designation  will normally be made following the end of each fiscal
year as to income  dividends  paid in the prior year.  The  percentage of income
designated as tax-exempt  may  substantially  differ from the  percentage of the
Fund's income that was tax-exempt for a given period.

      A portion of the exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund may be an item
of tax preference for shareholders  subject to the alternative  minimum tax. The
amount of any dividends attributable to tax preference items for purposes of the
alternative  minimum tax will be identified  when tax information is distributed
by the Fund.

      A shareholder receiving a dividend from income earned by the Fund from one
or more of the  following  sources  treats the  dividend  as a receipt of either
ordinary  income or long-term  capital gain in the  computation of gross income,
regardless of whether the dividend is reinvested:

(1)     certain taxable temporary  investments (such as certificates of deposit,
        repurchase  agreements,  commercial  paper and  obligations  of the U.S.
        government, its agencies and instrumentalities);

(2)   income from securities loans; or


(3)     an excess of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss
        from the Fund.

      The  Fund's  dividends  will not be  eligible  for the  dividends-received
deduction for  corporations.  Shareholders  receiving  Social Security  benefits
should be aware  that  exempt-interest  dividends  are a factor  in  determining
whether such  benefits  are subject to federal  income tax.  Losses  realized by
shareholders  on the  redemption  of Fund  shares  within six months of purchase
(which period may be shortened by  regulation)  will be  disallowed  for federal
income tax purposes to the extent of exempt-interest  dividends received on such
shares.

      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.  That qualification  enables the Fund
to "pass through" its income and realized capital gains to shareholders  without
having to pay tax on them. The Fund qualified as a regulated  investment company
in its last fiscal year and intends to qualify in future years, but reserves the
right not to qualify.  The Internal  Revenue  Code  contains a number of complex
tests to  determine  whether the Fund  qualifies.  The Fund might not meet those
tests in a particular year. If it does not qualify, the Fund will be treated for
tax purposes as an ordinary  corporation  and will receive no tax  deduction for
payments of dividends and distributions made to shareholders.

      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
Fund's Board of Trustees and the Manager  might  determine in a particular  year
that it would be in the best interest of shareholders not to make  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.

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 at net  asset  value  without  sales  charge.  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  must
first obtain a  prospectus  for that fund and an  application  from the Transfer
Agent to  establish  an account.  The  investment  will be made at the net asset
value per share in effect at the close of business  on the  payable  date of the
dividend or  distribution.  Dividends and/or  distributions  from certain of the
other  Oppenheimer  funds  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 charge 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. The Fund's Transfer Agent,  OppenheimerFunds  Services, 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  of the  Fund.  It also  handles
shareholder servicing and administrative  functions.  It is paid on an "at-cost"
basis.

The Custodian.  Citibank,  N.A. is the custodian bank 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 may at times be substantial.

Independent Auditors.  Deloitte & Touche LLP are the independent auditors of the
Fund. They audit the Fund's financial statements and perform other related audit
services.  They also act as  auditors  for certain  other  funds  advised by the
Manager and its affiliates.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

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 TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF
 OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND:

 We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including
 the statement of investments,  of Oppenheimer Intermediate Municipal Fund as of
 September  30,  1999,  the related  statement of  operations  for the year then
 ended,  the  statements of changes in net assets for the years ended  September
 30, 1999 and 1998, and the financial  highlights for the period October 1, 1994
 to September 30, 1999. 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,  1999,  by  correspondence  with the  custodian.  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,  such  financial  statements  and financial  highlights
 present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oppenheimer
 Intermediate  Municipal  Fund as of  September  30,  1999,  the  results of its
 operations, the changes in its net assets, and the financial highlights for the
 respective  stated periods,  in conformity with generally  accepted  accounting
 principles.



/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
- -------------------------
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Denver, Colorado
October 21, 1999


<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  September 30, 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 RATINGS:
                                                                 MOODY'S/
                                                                S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                               (UNAUDITED)             AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                   <C>              <C>
 MUNICIPAL BONDS AND NOTES--99.0%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ALABAMA--1.4%
 Huntsville, AL Health Care Authority RRB, Series A,
 MBIA Insured, 5.50%, 6/1/08                                      Aaa/AAA          $1,000,000        $  1,032,270
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lauderdale Cnty. & Florence AL Health Care Authority
 RB, Coffee Health Group, Series A, 5.75%, 7/1/14              NR/AAA/AAA           1,355,000           1,371,612
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        2,403,882

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ARIZONA--2.0%
 AZ Educational LMC RRB, Jr. Subseries, 6.30%, 12/1/08            NR/NR/A           3,155,000           3,304,547
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CALIFORNIA--16.7%
 Berkeley, CA HF RRB, Alta Bates Medical Center,
 Prerefunded, Series A, 6.50%, 12/1/11                              A2/NR           3,000,000           3,212,430
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CA Assn. of Bay Area Governments FAU for
 Non-profit Corps. Refunding COP, Episcopal Homes
 Foundation, 5.125%, 7/1/13                                         NR/A-           2,000,000           1,895,780
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CA SCDAU Revenue Refunding COP, Cedars-Sinai
 Medical Center, MBIA Insured, 6.50%, 8/1/12                      Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,103,060
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CA SCDAU Revenue Refunding COP, Inverse Floater,
 7.625%, 11/1/15(1)                                                 A1/NR           3,500,000           3,180,625
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Capistrano, CA USD CFD SPTX Bonds, Series 98-2 Ladera,
 5.50%, 9/1/13                                                      NR/NR           2,000,000           1,903,700
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Capistrano, CA USD CFD SPTX Bonds, Series 98-2 Ladera,
 5.60%, 9/1/14                                                      NR/NR           1,000,000             953,020
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lake Elsinore, CA School FAU RRB, Horsethief Canyon,
 5.35%, 9/1/10                                                      NR/NR           3,000,000           2,853,330
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Long Beach, CA Harbor RRB, Series A, FGIC Insured,
 6%, 5/15/09                                                      Aaa/AAA           1,500,000           1,606,875
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pomona, CA USD GORB, Series A, MBIA Insured,
 5.95%, 8/1/10                                                    Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,087,830
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Riverside Cnty., CA Refunding COP, Air Force Village
 West, Inc., Series A, 8.125%, 6/15/12                              NR/NR           2,290,000           2,555,594
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sacramento Cnty., CA SPTX Refunding Bonds,
 CFD No. 1, 5.60%, 12/1/11                                          NR/NR           1,435,000           1,415,843
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sacramento Cnty., CA SPTX Refunding Bonds,
 CFD No. 1, 5.80%, 9/1/09                                           NR/NR             790,000             804,204
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sacramento Cnty., CA SPTX Refunding Bonds,
 CFD No. 1, 5.90%, 9/1/10                                           NR/NR             785,000             799,405
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sacramento, CA Cogeneration RB, Procter & Gamble
 Cogeneration Project, Prerefunded, 6.375%, 7/1/10                  NR/NR             600,000             667,806
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sacramento, CA Cogeneration RB, Proctor & Gamble
 Cogeneration Project, Unrefunded Balance,
 6.375%, 7/1/10                                               NR/BBB-/BBB             500,000             546,215
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 RATINGS:
                                                                 MOODY'S/
                                                                S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                               (UNAUDITED)             AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                          <C>                    <C>              <C>
 CALIFORNIA Continued
 San Joaquin Hills, CA Transportation Corridor
 Agency Toll Road CAP RRB, Series A, MBIA Insured,
 Zero Coupon, 5.25%, 1/15/11(2)                               Aaa/AAA/AAA          $5,450,000        $  3,030,745
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                       27,616,462

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 COLORADO--0.9%
 Denver, CO City & Cnty. Airport RB, Series A, 7%, 11/15/99      Baa1/BBB           1,000,000           1,003,410
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Meridian Metropolitan District, CO GORB, 7.50%, 12/1/11            A3/NR             500,000             530,390
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        1,533,800

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CONNECTICUT--2.6%
 CT DAU RB, Mystic Marinelife Aquarium Project, Series A,
 6.875%, 12/1/17                                                    NR/NR           1,000,000           1,017,720
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mashantucket, CT Western Pequot Tribe Special RB,
 Prerefunded, Series A, 6.50%, 9/1/05(3)                          Aaa/AAA           1,240,000           1,362,500
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mashantucket, CT Western Pequot Tribe Special RB,
 Sub. Lien, Series B, 5.60%, 9/1/09(3)                            Baa3/NR             600,000             591,990
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mashantucket, CT Western Pequot Tribe Special RB,
 Unrefunded Balance, Series A, 6.50%, 9/1/05(4)                   NR/BBB-           1,260,000           1,352,749
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        4,324,959


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DELAWARE--1.2%
 DE HFAU RB, Christiana Care Health Services,
 AMBAC Insured, 5.25%, 10/1/12                                    Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           1,973,140
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FLORIDA--1.6%
 FL HFA MH RRB, Series C, 6%, 8/1/11                               NR/AAA           1,000,000           1,042,350
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Grand Haven, FL CDD SPAST RB, Series A,
 6.30%, 5/1/02                                                      NR/NR           1,536,000           1,546,122
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        2,588,472

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HAWAII--0.6%
 HI COP, Kapolei State Office Building, Series A,
 AMBAC Insured, 5%, 5/1/14                                    Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000             925,170
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ILLINOIS--12.7%
 Chicago, IL BOE GOB, Chicago School Reform
 Project, MBIA Insured, 6.25%, 12/1/11                         Aaa/AAA/A-           1,000,000           1,088,540
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chicago, IL O'Hare International Airport SPF RRB,
 United Air Lines Project, Series A, 5.35%, 9/1/16               Baa2/BB+           5,100,000           4,661,859
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cook Cnty., IL Community College District No. 508
 Lease COP, Series C, MBIA Insured, 7.70%, 12/1/07                Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,184,110
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 RATINGS:
                                                                 MOODY'S/
                                                                S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                               (UNAUDITED)             AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 ILLINOIS Continued
 Cook Cnty., IL High SDI Refunding CAP GOB, Series D,
 FSA Insured, Zero Coupon, 5%, 12/1/08(2)                      Aaa/NR/AAA          $5,040,000         $ 3,130,898
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cook Cnty., IL RB, Series 413, Inverse Floater, 5.906%,
 11/15/15(1)                                                       NR/AAA           5,000,000           4,222,900
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IL Development FAU SWD RB, Waste Management, Inc.
 Project, 5.05%, 1/1/10                                            P-1/NR           1,500,000           1,388,115
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IL HFAU RRB, Franciscan Sisters Health Care Project,
 Escrowed to Maturity, Series C, MBIA Insured, 6%, 9/1/19         Aaa/AAA           2,000,000           2,101,320
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IL HFAU RRB, Methodist Medical Center, MBIA
 Insured, 5.50%, 11/15/12                                     Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,500,000           1,501,620
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Southwestern IL DAU Hospital RB,
 St. Elizabeth Medical Center, 8%, 6/1/10                            NR/A             500,000             520,460
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Waukegan, IL GOB, MBIA Insured, 7.50%, 12/30/03                    A1/NR           1,000,000           1,089,980
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                       20,889,802


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 INDIANA--1.9%
 IN Bond Bank RB, State Revolving Fund Program,
 Series A, 6.875%, 2/1/12                                          NR/AAA           1,135,000           1,250,373
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IN HFFAU RRB, Holy Cross Health System Corp.,
 MBIA Insured, 5.375%, 12/1/12                                Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           1,979,400
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        3,229,773


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MAINE--0.5%
 ME Educational LMC Student Loan RRB,
 Series A-4, 6.05%, 11/1/04                                    Aaa/NR/AAA             750,000             782,505
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MASSACHUSETTS--1.1%
 MA Education & HFAU RRB, Partners Healthcare
 System, Series B, 5.25%, 7/1/15                               A1/AA-/AA-           2,000,000           1,860,840
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MICHIGAN--4.1%
 Detroit, MI GORB, Series B, FGIC Insured,
 7%, 4/1/04                                                   Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           2,192,800
 MI Hospital FAU RRB, Greater Detroit Sinai Hospital,
 Series 1995, 6%, 1/1/08                                       Baa2/NR/A-           2,500,000           2,436,350
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MI Strategic Fund SWD RRB, Genesee Power
 Station Project, 7.50%, 1/1/21                                     NR/NR           2,000,000           2,095,280
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        6,724,430

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEBRASKA--1.0%
 NE Higher Education Loan Program RB, Jr. Sub. Lien,
 Series A-6, MBIA Insured, 5.90%, 6/1/03                      Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,570,000           1,620,209
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 RATINGS:
                                                                 MOODY'S/
                                                                S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                               (UNAUDITED)             AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
NEVADA--1.1%
 Clark Cnty., NV PC RRB, Nevada Power Co. Project,
 Series D, 5.30%, 10/1/11                                     NR/BBB-/BBB          $2,000,000         $ 1,859,580
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEW JERSEY--6.7%
 Bergen Cnty., NJ Utilities WPCAU RRB, Series A,
 FGIC Insured, 5%, 12/15/14                                   Aaa/AAA/AAA             500,000             475,660
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 East Orange, NJ BOE COP, FSA Insured, 5.50%, 8/1/12              Aaa/AAA           1,250,000           1,272,387
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NJ EDAU RRB, First Mtg. Franciscan Oaks Project,
 5.60%, 10/1/12                                                     NR/NR           2,500,000           2,393,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NJ EDAU RRB, First Mtg. Keswick Pines, 5.60%, 1/1/12               NR/NR             900,000             857,808
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NJ EDAU SPF RB, Continental Airlines, Inc. Project,
 6.25%, 9/15/19                                                    Ba2/BB           1,500,000           1,475,610
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NJ HCF FAU RB, Columbus Hospital, Series A,
 7.50%, 7/1/21                                                       B2/B           1,330,000           1,278,223
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NJ Transportation Trust Fund Authority RB, Series A,
 5%, 6/15/12                                                   Aa2/AA-/AA           3,500,000           3,392,515
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                       11,145,203


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEW MEXICO--0.3%
 NM Hospital Equipment Loan Council RB, San Juan
 Regional Medical Center, Inc. Project, Prerefunded,
 7.90%, 6/1/11                                                      A3/NR             500,000             538,585
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NEW YORK--18.6%
 NYC GOB, Prerefunded, Series F, 8.40%, 11/15/07              Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,500,000           2,749,500
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC GOB, Series H, 5.25%, 3/15/14                                A3/A-/A           2,000,000           1,911,160
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC GORB, Series A, AMBAC Insured, 7%, 8/1/07                Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,000,000           2,259,740
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC GOUN, Series H, 5.25%, 3/15/15                               A3/A-/A           4,000,000           3,791,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC IDAU SPF RB, Terminal One Group Assn.
 Project, 6%, 1/1/08                                              A3/A/A-           2,000,000           2,057,420
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYC IDAU SPF RB, Terminal One Group Assn. Project,
 6.10%, 1/1/09                                                    A3/A/A-           2,000,000           2,084,880
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYS DA RRB, Second Hospital-Jamaica Hospital, Series F,
 5.10%, 2/15/12                                                Baa1/AAA/A           3,000,000           2,849,970
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NYS HFA RRB, NYC HF, Series A, 6.375%,
 11/1/04                                                          Baa1/A-           2,000,000           2,146,160
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Oneida-Herkimer, NY Solid Waste Management
 Authority RRB, FSA Insured, 5.50%, 4/1/10                    Aaa/AAA/AAA           3,330,000           3,408,721
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Onondaga Cnty., NY IDA SWD Facility RRB, Solvay
 Paperboard LLC Project, 6.80%, 11/1/14                             NR/NR           5,000,000           5,011,150
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 RATINGS:
                                                                 MOODY'S/
                                                                S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                               (UNAUDITED)             AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 NEW YORK Continued
 PAUNYNJ RB, 117th Series, Second Installment,
 FGIC Insured, 5.125%, 11/15/15                               Aaa/AAA/AAA          $2,500,000         $ 2,365,925
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                       30,635,626


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OHIO--3.2%
 Dayton, OH SPF RRB, Emery Air Freight Corp., Series F,
 6.05%, 10/1/09                                                    NR/BBB           2,500,000          2,548,825
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Montgomery Cnty., OH HCF RRB, Series B, 6%, 2/1/10                 NR/NR           1,000,000            983,310
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OH Solid Waste RB, Republic Engineered Steels, Inc. Project,
 9%, 6/1/21                                                         NR/NR           1,600,000           1,685,904
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        5,218,039


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OKLAHOMA--0.6%
 OK Industrial Authority Health Systems RB, Baptist
 Medical Center, Series C, AMBAC Insured, 7%, 8/15/05         Aaa/AAA/AAA             955,000           1,059,582
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PENNSYLVANIA--8.1%
 Lehigh Cnty., PA GP RRB, Kidspeace Obligation Group, 6%,
 11/1/18                                                            NR/NR           4,165,000           3,925,846
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PA EDFAU RR RB, Northampton Generating,
 Sr. Lien, Series A, 6.40%, 1/1/09                                NR/BBB-           2,000,000           2,032,120
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Philadelphia, PA Airport RB, Series 387A, Inverse Floater,
 8.303%, 6/15/12(1)                                                 NR/NR           2,000,000           1,941,800
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Philadelphia, PA Airport RB, Series 387B, Inverse Floater,
 8.303%, 6/15/14(1)                                                 NR/NR           1,960,000           1,824,486
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Philadelphia, PA Hospitals & HEFAU RRB, Jeanes Health
 System Project, 6.20%, 7/1/00                                  Baa3/BBB+             700,000             703,955
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Schuylkill Cnty., PA IDAU RR RRB, Schuylkill Energy
 Resources, Inc., 6.50%, 1/1/10                                 NR/NR/BB+           2,935,000           2,944,304
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                       13,372,511


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SOUTH CAROLINA--1.0%
 Florence Cnty., SC IDV RB, Stone Container Project,
 7.375%, 2/1/07                                                     NR/NR           1,565,000           1,629,306
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TENNESSEE--1.7%
 Chattanooga-Hamilton Cnty., TN HA RB, Erlanger
 Medical Center, Prerefunded, Series B, FSA Insured,
 Inverse Floater, 9.672%, 5/25/21(1)                          Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,500,000           1,666,875
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Memphis Shelby Cnty., TN Airport Authority RRB,
 Series A, MBIA Insured, 6.25%, 2/15/11                           Aaa/AAA           1,000,000           1,079,860
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        2,746,735
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 RATINGS:
                                                                 MOODY'S/
                                                                S&P/FITCH                FACE        MARKET VALUE
                                                               (UNAUDITED)             AMOUNT          SEE NOTE 1
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>                <C>
 TEXAS--2.6%
 Port Corpus Christi, TX IDV Corp. RRB, Valero Energy
 Corp., Series D, 5.125%, 4/1/09                                Baa3/BBB-          $2,000,000         $ 1,917,920
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tarrant Cnty., TX HFDC RB, Texas Health Resources
 System, Series A, MBIA Insured, 5.75%, 2/15/11               Aaa/AAA/AAA           2,330,000           2,394,890
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        4,312,810


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UTAH--1.3%
 Davis Cnty., UT Solid Waste Management & Recovery
 RRB, Special Service District, Prerefunded, 6.125%, 6/15/09        Aaa/A           2,000,000           2,151,100
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 VERMONT--0.6%
 VT SAC Educational Loan RB, Series A-3, FSA Insured,
 6.25%, 6/15/03                                               Aaa/AAA/AAA             900,000             941,283
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 VIRGINIA--1.7%
 Pocahontas Parkway Assn., VA Toll Road CAP RB,
 Sub. Lien, Series C, 5%, 8/15/11                                  NR/A/A           3,000,000           2,850,180
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WASHINGTON--0.6%
 WA PP Supply System RRB, Nuclear Project No. 1,
 5.40%, 7/1/12                                                 Aa1/AA-/AA-          1,000,000             981,860
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WEST VIRGINIA--0.3%
 WV GOB, CAP-Infracture, Series A, FGIC Insured,
 Zero Coupon, 5.38%, 11/1/14(2)                               Aa3/AAA/AAA           1,000,000             434,650
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--1.3%
 DC GOUN, Series A, FSA Insured, 5.50%, 6/1/09                Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000           1,025,930
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DC Hospital RRB, Medlantic Healthcare Group,
 Series A, MBIA Insured, 6%, 8/15/12                          Aaa/AAA/AAA           1,000,000           1,063,210
                                                                                                     ------------
                                                                                                        2,089,140


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 U.S. POSSESSIONS--1.0%
 PR CMWLTH GOB, Prerefunded, 6.35%, 7/1/10                         Aaa/AAA          1,500,000           1,656,330
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE (COST $165,100,778)                                         99.0%        163,400,511
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OTHER ASSETS NET OF LIABILITIES                                                          1.0           1,604,668
                                                                                ----------------------------------------
 NET ASSETS                                                                             100.0%       $165,005,179
                                                                                ========================================
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued


FOOTNOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS


To simplify the  listings of  securities,  abbreviations  are used per the table
below:

 BOE     Board of Education
 CAP     Capital Appreciation
 CDD     Community Development District
 CFD     Community Facilities District
 CMWLTH  Commonwealth
 COP     Certificates of Participation
 DA      Dormitory Authority
 DAU     Development Authority
 EDAU    Economic Development Authority
 EDFAU   Economic Development Finance Authority
 FAU     Finance Authority
 GP      General Purpose
 GOB     General Obligation Bonds
 GORB    General Obligation Refunding Bonds
 GOUN    General Obligation Unlimited Nts.
 HA      Hospital Authority
 HCF     Health Care Facilities
 HEFAU   Higher Educational Facilities Authority
 HF      Health Facilities
 HFA     Housing Finance Agency
 HFAU    Health Facilities Authority
 HFDC    Health Facilities Development Corp.
 HFFAU   Health Facilities Finance Authority
 IDA     Industrial Development Agency
 IDAU    Industrial Development Authority
 IDV     Industrial Development
 LMC     Loan Marketing Corp.
 MH      Multifamily Housing
 NYC     New York City
 NYS     New York State
 PAUNYNJ Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
 PC      Pollution Control
 PP      Public Power
 RB      Revenue Bonds
 RR      Resource Recovery
 RRB     Revenue Refunding Bonds
 SAC     Student Assistance Corp.
 SCDAU   Statewide Communities Development
         Authority
 SDI     School District
 SPAST   Special Assessment
 SPF     Special Facilities
 SPTX    Special Tax
 SWD     Solid Waste Disposal
 USD     Unified School District
 WPCAU   Water Pollution Control Authority

 1.  Represents  the current  interest rate for a variable rate bond known as an
 "inverse  floater"  which pays  interest at a rate that varies  inversely  with
 short-term  interest rates. As interest rates rise,  inverse  floaters  produce
 less  current  income.  Their  price may be more  volatile  than the price of a
 comparable fixed-rate security. Inverse floaters amount to $12,836,686 or 7.78%
 of the Fund's net assets as of September  30, 1999.  2. For zero coupon  bonds,
 the interest  rate shown is the  effective  yield on the date of  purchase.  3.
 Represents  securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration
 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended.  These  securities  have been
 determined to be liquid under guidelines  established by the Board of Trustees.
 These  securities  amount to $1,954,490 or 1.18% of the Fund's net assets as of
 September  30,  1999.  4.  Identifies  issues  considered  to  be  illiquid  or
 restricted--See Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1999,  SECURITIES  SUBJECT TO THE  ALTERNATIVE  MINIMUM TAX
 AMOUNT TO $39,163,602 OR 23.73% OF THE FUND'S NET ASSETS.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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<PAGE>

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES  September 30, 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ASSETS
<S>                                                                                                 <C>
 Investments, at value (cost $165,100,778)--see accompanying statement                              $ 163,400,511
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cash                                                                                                     134,510
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Receivables and other assets:
 Interest                                                                                               2,537,344
 Shares of beneficial interest sold                                                                       379,787
 Other                                                                                                      6,648
                                                                                                     ------------
 Total assets                                                                                         166,458,800


- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 LIABILITIES Payables and other liabilities:
 Notes payable to bank (interest rate 5.975% at September 30, 1999)--Note 7                               800,000
 Dividends                                                                                                418,336
 Distribution and service plan fees                                                                       100,352
 Shares of beneficial interest redeemed                                                                    62,501
 Shareholder reports                                                                                       35,555
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees                                                             12,564
 Trustees' compensation                                                                                        65
 Other                                                                                                     24,248
                                                                                                     ------------
 Total liabilities                                                                                      1,453,621


- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET ASSETS                                                                                          $165,005,179
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS
 Paid-in capital                                                                                     $165,672,469
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Overdistributed net investment income                                                                     (2,818)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Accumulated net realized gain on investment transactions                                               1,035,795
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net unrealized depreciation on investments--Note 3                                                    (1,700,267)
                                                                                                     ------------
 Net assets                                                                                          $165,005,179
                                                                                                     ============
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES  Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                                         <C>
 NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
 Class A Shares:
 Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of
 $124,273,311 and 8,418,818 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)                                      $14.76
 Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge
 of 3.50% of offering price)                                                                                $15.30
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B Shares:
 Net asset value,  redemption  price (excludes  applicable  contingent  deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $18,856,119
 and 1,277,746 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)                                                   $14.76
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class C Shares:
 Net asset value,  redemption  price (excludes  applicable  contingent  deferred
 sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $21,875,749
 and 1,484,748 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)                                                   $14.73
</TABLE>


 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


20 OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>

 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  For the Year Ended September 30, 1999
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 INVESTMENT INCOME
<S>                                                                                                   <C>
 Interest                                                                                             $ 8,819,212

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EXPENSES
 Management fees--Note 4                                                                                  756,823
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and service plan fees--Note 4:
 Class A                                                                                                  285,289
 Class B                                                                                                  171,884
 Class C                                                                                                  210,249
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees--Note 4                                                    123,044
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shareholder reports                                                                                       58,862
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Registration and filing fees                                                                              43,129
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Custodian fees and expenses                                                                               16,844
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Legal, auditing and other professional fees                                                               12,965
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Accounting service fees--Note 4                                                                           12,000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Trustees' compensation                                                                                     3,383
                                                                                                      -----------
 Other                                                                                                     11,482
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total expenses                                                                                         1,705,954
 Less expenses paid indirectly--Note 1                                                                    (13,513)
                                                                                                      -----------
 Net expenses                                                                                           1,692,441

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET INVESTMENT INCOME                                                                                  7,126,771

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
 Net realized gain on:
 Investments                                                                                              340,282
 Closing of futures contracts                                                                             793,498
                                                                                                      -----------
 Net realized gain                                                                                      1,133,780
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments                                 (10,696,534)
                                                                                                      -----------
 Net realized and unrealized loss                                                                      (9,562,754)

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS                                                 $(2,435,983)
                                                                                                      ===========

</TABLE>


See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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<PAGE>

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,                                                                1999                1998
<S>                                                                              <C>                 <C>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OPERATIONS
 Net investment income                                                           $  7,126,771        $  5,499,520
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net realized gain                                                                  1,133,780             482,575
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation                            (10,696,534)          3,511,405
                                                                                 ------------        ------------
 Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations                   (2,435,983)          9,493,500


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DIVIDENDS AND/OR  DISTRIBUTIONS  TO SHAREHOLDERS
 Dividends from net investment
 income:
 Class A                                                                           (5,534,424)         (4,499,560)
 Class B                                                                             (668,630)           (417,763)
 Class C                                                                             (818,168)           (635,072)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distributions from net realized gain:
 Class A                                                                             (120,985)                 --
 Class B                                                                              (16,601)                 --
 Class C                                                                              (22,404)                 --


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIAL  INTEREST  TRANSACTIONS  Net increase in net assets  resulting  from
 beneficial interest transactions--Note 2:
 Class A                                                                           24,617,737          16,735,997
 Class B                                                                            6,407,741           5,486,022
 Class C                                                                            5,478,559           3,214,639


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NET ASSETS
 Total increase                                                                    26,886,842          29,377,763
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beginning of period                                                              138,118,337         108,740,574
                                                                                 ------------        ------------
 End of period (including overdistributed net investment
 income of $2,818 and $108,367, respectively)                                    $165,005,179        $138,118,337
                                                                                 ================================
</TABLE>


 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


22  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND


<PAGE>

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS A          YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
 Net asset value, beginning of period                   $15.65        $15.16       $14.69        $14.69       $14.23
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                     .72           .69          .80           .79          .79
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                  (.88)          .51          .45          (.01)         .42
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss)
 from investment operations                               (.16)         1.20         1.25           .78         1.21
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                     (.71)         (.71)        (.78)         (.78)        (.75)
 Distributions from net realized gain                     (.02)           --           --            --           --
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                          (.73)         (.71)        (.78)         (.78)        (.75)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                         $14.76        $15.65       $15.16        $14.69       $14.69
                                                        ============================================================================


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                     (1.08)%        8.14%        8.72%         5.41%        8.78%


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)             $124,273      $106,909      $87,111       $83,253      $80,535
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                    $118,906     $  97,001      $85,590       $82,217      $79,681
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                    4.72%         4.58%        5.35%         5.35%        5.55%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Expenses                                                 0.90%         0.94%(3)     1.02%(3)      1.02%(3)       0.98%(3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                                 10%           53%          31%           53%          55%
</TABLE>


 1. Assumes a $1,000 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.
 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 3. Expense ratio  reflects the effect of expenses paid  indirectly by the Fund.
 4. 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, 1999,  were  $51,293,384  and  $15,399,370,
 respectively.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


23  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>




FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS B         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,               1999          1998         1997(5)        1996         1995(6)
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                   $15.65        $15.16       $14.69        $14.69       $14.71
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                     .62           .59          .67           .66          .06
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                  (.89)          .50          .46            --         (.04)
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                    (.27)         1.09         1.13           .66          .02
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                     (.60)         (.60)        (.66)         (.66)        (.04)
 Distributions from net realized gain                     (.02)           --           --            --           --
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                          (.62)         (.60)        (.66)         (.66)        (.04)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                         $14.76        $15.65       $15.16        $14.69       $14.69
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                     (1.83)%        7.32%        7.88%         4.56%        0.13%


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)              $18,856       $13,537       $7,690        $2,858         $119
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                     $17,203       $10,830       $4,763        $1,440         $ 37
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                    3.96%         3.92%        4.54%         4.51%        3.87%
 Expenses                                                 1.66%         1.69%(3)     1.79%(3)      1.81%(3)     1.54%(3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                                 10%           53%          31%           53%          55%
</TABLE>


 1. Assumes a $1,000 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.
 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 3. Expense ratio  reflects the effect of expenses paid  indirectly by the Fund.
 4. 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, 1999,  were  $51,293,384  and  $15,399,370,
 respectively.  5. Per share  amounts  calculated  based on the  average  shares
 outstanding  during the  period.  6. For the period  from  September  11,  1995
 (inception of offering) to September 30, 1995.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


24  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLASS C         YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,              1999          1998         1997          1996         1995
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PER SHARE OPERATING DATA
 Net asset value, beginning of period                   $15.62        $15.13       $14.67        $14.67       $14.18
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                     .61           .58          .66           .68          .69
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)                  (.88)          .51          .47          (.01)         .43
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total income (loss) from
 investment operations                                    (.27)         1.09         1.13           .67         1.12
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                     (.60)         (.60)        (.67)         (.67)        (.63)
 Distributions from net realized gain                     (.02)           --           --            --           --
                                                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and distributions
 to shareholders                                          (.62)         (.60)        (.67)         (.67)        (.63)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                         $14.73        $15.62       $15.13        $14.67       $14.67
                                                        ============================================================================

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TOTAL RETURN, AT NET ASSET VALUE(1)                     (1.84)%        7.34%        7.85%         4.63%        8.13%


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)              $21,876       $17,673      $13,940       $10,908       $7,618
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                     $21,036       $16,367      $11,970      $  9,015       $7,437
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                                    3.96%         3.85%        4.57%         4.56%        4.64%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Expenses                                                 1.66%         1.69%(3)     1.77%(3)      1.78%(3)     1.88%(3)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate(4)                                 10%           53%          31%           53%          55%
</TABLE>

 1. Assumes a $1,000 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.
 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
 3. Expense ratio  reflects the effect of expenses paid  indirectly by the Fund.
 4. 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, 1999,  were  $51,293,384  and  $15,399,370,
 respectively.  5. Per share  amounts  calculated  based on the  average  shares
 outstanding  during the  period.  6. For the period  from  September  11,  1995
 (inception of offering) to September 30, 1995.

 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


25  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 Oppenheimer  Intermediate  Municipal  Fund (the Fund) is a  separate  series of
 Oppenheimer  Municipal  Fund, a  diversified,  open-end  management  investment
 company  registered under the Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The
 Fund's  investment  objective is to seek a high level of current  income exempt
 from Federal  income tax. The Fund's  investment  advisor is  OppenheimerFunds,
 Inc. (the Manager).  The Fund offers Class A, Class B and Class C shares. Class
 A shares  are sold  with a  front-end  sales  charge  on  investments  up to $1
 million.  Class B and Class C shares may be subject  to a  contingent  deferred
 sales charge (CDSC).  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.  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.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SECURITIES  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.  Options are valued based upon the last sale price on the
 principal  exchange  on which the  option is traded  or, in the  absence of any
 transactions that day, the value is based upon the last sale price on the prior
 trading  date if it is within  the spread  between  the  closing  bid and asked
 prices. If the last sale price is outside the spread, the closing bid is used.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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.


26  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 to  shareholders.  Therefore,  no federal
 income or excise tax provision is required.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DIVIDENDS AND  DISTRIBUTIONS  TO SHAREHOLDERS.  Dividends and  distributions to
 shareholders,  which are determined in accordance  with income tax  regulations
 are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CLASSIFICATION  OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS.  Net investment income (loss)
 and net  realized  gain  (loss)  may  differ for  financial  statement  and tax
 purposes.  The  character  of  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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EXPENSE OFFSET ARRANGEMENTS. Expenses paid indirectly represent a reduction of
 custodian fees for earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OTHER.  Investment  transactions  are accounted for as of trade date.  Original
 issue discount is accreted and premium is amortized in accordance  with federal
 income tax requirements.  For municipal bonds acquired after April 30, 1993, on
 disposition or maturity, taxable ordinary income is recognized to the extent of
 the lesser of gain or market  discount that would have accrued over the holding
 period.  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.


27  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL 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, 1999            YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
                                               SHARES              AMOUNT              SHARES              AMOUNT
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CLASS A
<S>                                         <C>              <C>                    <C>              <C>
 Sold                                       3,070,665        $ 47,404,468           2,064,197        $ 31,773,631
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested    256,517           3,932,257             206,433           3,166,314
 Redeemed                                  (1,738,667)        (26,718,988)         (1,186,120)        (18,203,948)
                                           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                               1,588,515         $24,617,737           1,084,510         $16,735,997
                                           =========================================================================================
 CLASS B
 Sold                                         631,307         $ 9,725,674             412,276         $ 6,321,930
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested     30,406             465,950              18,206             279,283
 Redeemed                                    (249,024)         (3,783,883)            (72,787)         (1,115,191)
                                           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                                 412,689         $ 6,407,741             357,695         $ 5,486,022
                                           =========================================================================================
 CLASS C
 Sold                                         626,045         $ 9,634,721             517,496         $ 7,934,925
 Dividends and/or distributions reinvested     37,914             580,815              32,194             492,861
 Redeemed                                    (310,316)         (4,736,977)           (339,701)         (5,213,147)
                                           -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                                 353,643         $ 5,478,559             209,989         $ 3,214,639
                                           =========================================================================================
</TABLE>


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3. UNREALIZED GAINS AND LOSSES ON SECURITIES
 As of  September  30,  1999,  net  unrealized  depreciation  on  securities  of
 $1,700,267  was  composed  of  gross  appreciation  of  $3,281,947,  and  gross
 depreciation of $4,982,214.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4. MANAGEMENT FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
 MANAGEMENT  FEES.  Management  fees paid to the Manager were in accordance with
 the  investment  advisory  agreement  with the Fund which provides for a fee of
 0.50% of the first $100 million of average annual net assets, 0.45% of the next
 $150 million,  0.425% of the next $250 million and 0.40% of average  annual net
 assets in excess of $500 million.  The Fund's management fee for the year ended
 September  30, 1999,  was 0.48% of average  annual net assets for each class of
 shares.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ACCOUNTING FEES. The Manager acts as the accounting agent for the Fund at an
 annual fee of $12,000, plus out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably
 incurred.


28  OPPENHEIMER INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND

<PAGE>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. OppenheimerFunds Services (OFS), a division of the Manager,
is the  transfer  and  shareholder  servicing  agent  for  the  Fund  and  other
Oppenheimer  funds.  OFS's total costs of providing  such services are allocated
ratably to these funds.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISTRIBUTION  AND SERVICE PLAN FEES. Under its General  Distributor's  Agreement
with the Manager,  the Distributor acts as the Fund's  principal  underwriter in
the continuous public offering of the different classes of shares of the Fund.

The  compensation  paid to (or  retained  by) the  Distributor  from the sale of
shares or on the redemption of shares is shown in the table below for the period
indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    AGGREGATE         CLASS A       COMMISSIONS      COMMISSIONS      COMMISSIONS
                                    FRONT-END        FRONT-END       ON CLASS A       ON CLASS B       ON CLASS C
                                SALES CHARGES    SALES CHARGES           SHARES           SHARES           SHARES
                                   ON CLASS A      RETAINED BY      ADVANCED BY      ADVANCED BY      ADVANCED BY
 YEAR ENDED                            SHARES      DISTRIBUTOR    DISTRIBUTOR(1)   DISTRIBUTOR(1)   DISTRIBUTOR(1)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>               <C>             <C>              <C>               <C>
 September 30, 1999                  $368,060          $78,085         $168,115         $184,312          $79,689
</TABLE>

 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.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      CLASS A                            CLASS B                            CLASS C
                          CONTINGENT DEFERRED                CONTINGENT DEFERRED                CONTINGENT DEFERRED
                                SALES CHARGES                      SALES CHARGES                      SALES CHARGES
 YEAR ENDED           RETAINED BY DISTRIBUTOR            RETAINED BY DISTRIBUTOR            RETAINED BY DISTRIBUTOR
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>                              <C>                                <C>
 September 30, 1999                    $3,362                           $35,208                            $6,754
</TABLE>

         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.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CLASS A SERVICE  PLAN FEES.  Under the Class A service  plan,  the  Distributor
 currently  uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers,  dealers and
 other financial  institutions.  The Class A service plan permits reimbursements
 to the  Distributor  at a rate of up to 0.25% of  average  annual net assets of
 Class A shares. 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 of the Fund.  For the fiscal year ended  September  30, 1999,
 payments under the Class A Plan totaled $285,289,  all of which was paid by the
 Distributor  to recipients.  That included  $36,054 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.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

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 4. MANAGEMENT FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES Continued

 CLASS B AND CLASS C  DISTRIBUTION  AND  SERVICE  PLAN  FEES.  Under  each plan,
 service fees and distribution fees are computed on the average of the net asset
 value of shares in the  respective  class,  determined  as of the close of each
 regular  business day during the period.  The Class B and Class C plans provide
 for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat rate, 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 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.  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 Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B and Class C shares
 may be more than the payments it receives from the  contingent  deferred  sales
 charges  collected  on  redeemed  shares and from the Fund under the plans.  If
 either the Class B or the Class C plan is terminated by the Fund,  the Board of
 Trustees  may allow the Fund to  continue  payments  of the  asset-based  sales
 charge  to  the  Distributor  for  distributing  shares  before  the  plan  was
 terminated.  The plans allow for the carry-forward of distribution expenses, to
 be recovered from asset-based sales charges in subsequent fiscal periods.

 Distribution  fees paid to the  Distributor  for the year ended  September  30,
 1999, were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                DISTRIBUTOR'S        DISTRIBUTOR'S
                                                                                    AGGREGATE         UNREIMBURSED
                                                                                 UNREIMBURSED        EXPENSES AS %
                                       TOTAL PAYMENTS     AMOUNT RETAINED            EXPENSES        OF NET ASSETS
                                           UNDER PLAN      BY DISTRIBUTOR          UNDER PLAN             OF CLASS
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<S>                                          <C>                 <C>                 <C>                     <C>
 Class B Plan                                $171,884            $143,358            $338,433                1.79%
 Class C Plan                                 210,249             106,410             334,692                1.53
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</TABLE>
 5. FUTURES CONTRACTS
 The Fund may buy and sell futures  contracts in order to gain exposure to or to
 seek to protect  against  changes in interest  rates.  The Fund may also buy or
 write put or call options on these futures contracts.
         The Fund generally sells futures  contracts to hedge against  increases
 in interest rates and the resulting  negative effect on the value of fixed rate
 portfolio  securities.  The Fund may also  purchase  futures  contracts to gain
 exposure  to  changes in  interest  rates as it may be more  efficient  or cost
 effective than actually buying fixed income securities.


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 Upon entering into a futures  contract,  the Fund is required to deposit either
 cash or securities  (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage
 of the  contract  value.  Subsequent  payments  (variation  margin) are made or
 received by the Fund each day. The variation  margin  payments are equal to the
 daily changes in the contract  value and are recorded as  unrealized  gains and
 losses.  The Fund may  recognize a realized  gain or loss when the  contract is
 closed or expires.
         Securities  held in  collateralized  accounts to cover  initial  margin
 requirements  on  open  futures   contracts  are  noted  in  the  Statement  of
 Investments.  The  Statement  of Assets and  Liabilities  reflects a receivable
 and/or payable for the daily mark to market for variation margin.
         Risks of entering into futures  contracts (and related options) include
 the  possibility  that there may be an illiquid market and that a change in the
 value of the contract or option may not correlate  with changes in the value of
 the underlying securities.

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 6. ILLIQUID OR RESTRICTED SECURITIES
 As of September 30, 1999,  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 also
 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 limitation.  The aggregate value of illiquid
 or restricted  securities  subject to this limitation as of September 30, 1999,
 was $1,352,749, which represents 0.82% of the Fund's net assets.

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 7. 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 30 days 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 borrowings outstanding of $800,000 at September 30, 1999.


                                  Appendix A

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                 MUNICIPAL BOND RATINGS DEFINITIONS
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Below are summaries of the rating definitions used by the  nationally-recognized
rating agencies listed below for municipal  securities.  Those ratings represent
the opinion of the agency as to the credit quality of issues that they rate. The
summaries below are based upon  publicly-available  information  provided by the
rating organizations.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
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Long-Term Bond Ratings

Aaa: Bonds rated Aaa are judged to be the best quality.  They carry the smallest
degree of investment risk.  Interest  payments are protected by a large or by an
exceptionally   stable  margin  and  principal  is  secure.  While  the  various
protective  elements are likely to change,  the changes that can be expected are
most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa: Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all  standards.  Together
with the Aaa group,  they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds.
They are rated lower than the best bonds because  margins of protection  may not
be as large as with Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective  elements may be
of  greater  amplitude  or there may be other  elements  present  which make the
long-term risks appear somewhat larger than those of Aaa securities.

A: Bonds rated A possess  many  favorable  investment  attributes  and are to be
considered  as  upper-medium  grade  obligations.  Factors  giving  security  to
principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which
suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Baa: Bonds rated Baa are considered medium grade obligations;  that is, they are
neither highly  protected nor poorly  secured.  Interest  payments and principal
security appear adequate for the present but certain protective  elements may be
lacking or may be  characteristically  unreliable over any great length of time.
Such bonds lack  outstanding  investment  characteristics  and have  speculative
characteristics as well.

Ba: Bonds rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements.  Their future cannot
be  considered  well-assured.  Often the  protection  of interest and  principal
payments may be very moderate and not well safeguarded  during both good and bad
times over the  future.  Uncertainty  of  position  characterizes  bonds in this
class.

B:  Bonds  rated B  generally  lack  characteristics  of  desirable  investment.
Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of
the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa:  Bonds rated Caa are of poor  standing  and may be in default or there may
be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca:  Bonds  rated Ca  represent  obligations  which are  speculative  in a high
degree and are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C: Bonds  rated C are the lowest  class of rated  bonds and can be  regarded  as
having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Con. (...):  Bonds for which the security  depends on the completion of some act
or the  fulfillment of some condition are rated  conditionally.  These bonds are
secured by (a) earnings of projects under construction, (b) earnings of projects
unseasoned in operating  experience,  (c) rentals that begin when facilities are
completed,   or  (d)   payments  to  which  some  other   limitation   attaches.
Parenthetical   rating  denotes  probable  credit  stature  upon  completion  of
construction  or elimination of basis of condition.  Moody's  applies  numerical
modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating classification from Aa through Caa.
The modifier "1" indicates  that the  obligation  ranks in the higher end of its
category;  the modifier "2"  indicates a mid-range  ranking and the modifier "3"
indicates a ranking in the lower end of the category.  Advanced  refunded issues
that are secured by certain assets are identified with a # symbol.

Short-Term Ratings - U.S. Tax-Exempt Municipals

There are four ratings  below for  short-term  obligations  that are  investment
grade.  Short-term speculative  obligations are designated SG. For variable rate
demand obligations,  a two-component rating is assigned. The first (MIG) element
represents  an  evaluation  by  Moody's of the  degree of risk  associated  with
scheduled  principal and interest  payments,  and the other (VMIG) represents an
evaluation of the degree of risk associated with the demand feature.

MIG 1/VMIG 1: Denotes best quality.  There is strong  protection by  established
cash flows, superior liquidity support or demonstrated broad-based access to the
market for refinancing..

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

MIG 3/VMIG 3: Denotes favorable quality. All security elements are accounted for
but there is lacking the undeniable strength of the preceding grades.  Liquidity
and cash flow  protection  may be narrow and market  access for  refinancing  is
likely to be less well established.

MIG 4/VMIG 4: Denotes adequate quality. Protection commonly regarded as required
of  an   investment   security  is  present  and  although  not   distinctly  or
predominantly speculative, there is specific risk.

SG:  Denotes  speculative  quality.  Debt  instruments  in this  category  lack
margins of protection.


Standard & Poor's Rating Services
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Long-Term Credit Ratings

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

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

A: Bonds rated "A" are somewhat more  susceptible to adverse  effects of changes
in  circumstances  and economic  conditions  than  obligations  in  higher-rated
categories.  However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on
the obligation is still strong.

BBB: Bonds rated BBB exhibit adequate protection  parameters.  However,  adverse
economic  conditions  or  changing  circumstances  are more  likely to lead to a
weakened  capacity  of the  obligor  to meet  its  financial  commitment  on the
obligation.

Bonds rated BB, B, CCC, CC and C are regarded as having significant  speculative
characteristics. BB indicates the least degree of speculation and C the highest.
While  such   obligations   will  likely  have  some   quality  and   protective
characteristics,  these  may be  outweighed  by  large  uncertainties  or  major
exposures to adverse conditions.

BB: Bonds rated BB are less  vulnerable  to  nonpayment  than other  speculative
issues. However, these face major uncertainties or exposure to adverse business,
financial,  or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor's  inadequate
capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B: A bond rated B is more vulnerable to nonpayment than an obligation  rated BB,
but the obligor  currently has the capacity to meet its financial  commitment on
the obligation.

CCC: A bond rated CCC is currently  vulnerable to  nonpayment,  and is dependent
upon favorable business,  financial,  and economic conditions for the obligor to
meet its  financial  commitment  on the  obligation.  In the  event  of  adverse
business,  financial or economic  conditions,  the obligor is not likely to have
the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

CC:  An obligation rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment.

C: The C rating may used where a  bankruptcy  petition has been filed or similar
action has been taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued.

D: Bonds  rated D are in  default.  Payments  on the  obligation  are not being
made on the date due.

The  ratings  from AA to CCC may be  modified  by the  addition of a plus (+) or
minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories. The
"r" symbol is attached to the ratings of instruments with significant  noncredit
risks.

Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings

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

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

A-3:  Exhibits  adequate  protection  parameters.   However,   adverse  economic
conditions  or  changing  circumstances  are more  likely to lead to a  weakened
capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B:  Regarded  as having  significant  speculative  characteristics.  The obligor
currently has the capacity to meet its financial  commitment on the  obligation.
However, it faces major ongoing  uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's
inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

C:  Currently   vulnerable  to  nonpayment  and  is  dependent  upon  favorable
business,  financial,  and  economic  conditions  for the  obligor  to meet its
financial commitment on the obligation.

D: In payment  default.  Payments on the  obligation  have not been made on the
due date.  The rating may also be used if a bankruptcy  petition has been filed
or similar actions jeopardize payments on the obligation.
Fitch IBCA, Inc.
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International Long-Term Credit Ratings

Investment Grade:
AAA:  Highest Credit  Quality.  "AAA" ratings denote the lowest  expectation of
credit  risk.  They  are  assigned  only in the  case of  exceptionally  strong
capacity for timely payment of financial  commitments.  This capacity is highly
unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

AA: Very High Credit  Quality.  "AA" ratings  denote a very low  expectation of
credit  risk.  They  indicate a very  strong  capacity  for  timely  payment of
financial  commitments.  This  capacity  is  not  significantly  vulnerable  to
foreseeable events.

A: High Credit  Quality.  "A" ratings denote a low  expectation of credit risk.
The  capacity  for  timely  payment  of  financial  commitments  is  considered
strong.  This  capacity  may,  nevertheless,  be more  vulnerable to changes in
circumstances or in economic conditions than is the case for higher ratings.

BBB:  Good Credit  Quality.  "BBB"  ratings  indicate that there is currently a
low  expectation  of credit risk.  The capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments is considered  adequate,  but adverse changes in circumstances  and
in economic  conditions  are more likely to impair this  capacity.  This is the
lowest investment-grade category.

Speculative Grade:

BB:  Speculative.  "BB" ratings  indicate that there is a possibility of credit
risk  developing,  particularly  as the result of adverse  economic change over
time.  However,  business or financial  alternatives  may be available to allow
financial commitments to be met.

B: Highly  Speculative.  "B" ratings indicate that  significant  credit risk is
present,  but a limited margin of safety  remains.  Financial  commitments  are
currently  being met.  However,  capacity for  continued  payment is contingent
upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC, CC C: High  Default  Risk.  Default is a real  possibility.  Capacity  for
meeting  financial  commitments  is solely  reliant upon  sustained,  favorable
business or economic  developments.  A "CC" rating  indicates  that  default of
some kind appears probable. "C" ratings signal imminent default.

DDD, DD, and D: Default.  Securities are not meeting  current  obligations  and
are  extremely   speculative.   "DDD"  designates  the  highest  potential  for
recovery of amounts outstanding on any securities involved.

Plus (+) and  minus  (-)  signs  may be  appended  to a rating  symbol to denote
relative status within the rating  category.  Plus and minus signs are not added
to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC."

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International Short-Term Credit Ratings
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F1: Highest credit quality.  Strongest capacity for timely payment.  May have an
added "+" to denote exceptionally strong credit feature.

F2: Good credit quality.  A satisfactory  capacity for timely  payment,  but the
margin of safety is not as great as in higher ratings.

F3: Fair credit  quality.  Capacity  for timely  payment is  adequate.  However,
near-term adverse changes could result in a reduction to non-investment grade.

B:  Speculative.  Minimal  capacity for timely payment,  plus  vulnerability to
near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C:  High  default   risk.   Default  is  a  real   possibility,   Capacity  for
meeting  financial  commitments is solely  reliant upon a sustained,  favorable
business and economic environment.

D:     Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.


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Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. Ratings

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Long-Term Debt and Preferred Stock
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AAA:  Highest  credit  quality.  The risk  factors are  negligible,  being only
slightly more than for risk-free U.S. Treasury debt.

AA+, AA, AA-: High credit quality. Protection factors are strong. Risk is modest
but may vary slightly from time to time because of economic conditions.

A+, A & A-: Protection factors are average but adequate.  However,  risk factors
are more variable in periods of greater economic stress.

BBB+,  BBB &  BBB-:  Below  average  protection  factors  but  still  considered
sufficient  for  prudent  investment.  Considerable  variability  in risk during
economic cycles.

BB+, BB & BB-: Below investment grade but deemed likely to meet obligations when
due. Present or prospective  financial protection factors fluctuate according to
industry  conditions.  Overall quality may move up or down frequently within the
category.

B+, B & B-: Below investment grade and possessing risk that obligations will not
be met when due. Financial protection factors will fluctuate widely according to
economic cycles,  industry conditions and/or company fortunes.  Potential exists
for  frequent  changes in the rating  within  this  category or into a higher of
lower rating grade.

CCC: Well below investment-grade securities.  Considerable uncertainty exists as
to timely  payment of  principal,  interest or preferred  dividends.  Protection
factors   are   narrow   and   risk   can  be   substantial   with   unfavorable
economic/industry conditions, and/or with unfavorable company developments.

DD:  Defaulted  debt  obligations.  Issuer failed to meet  scheduled  principal
and/or interest payments.

DP:  Preferred stock with dividend arrearages.

Short-Term Debt:

High Grade:
D-1+: Highest certainty of timely payment. Safety is just below risk-free
U.S. Treasury short-term debt.

D-1: Very high certainty of timely payment. Risk factors are minor.
D-1-: High certainty of timely payment. Risk factors are very small.

Good Grade:
D-2: Good certainty of timely payment. Risk factors are small.

Satisfactory Grade:
D-3:  Satisfactory  liquidity and other protection  factors qualify issues as to
investment grade. Risk factors are larger and subject to more variation.
Nevertheless, timely payment is expected.

Non-Investment Grade:
D-4: Speculative investment characteristics. Liquidity is not sufficient to
insure against disruption in debt service.

Default:
D-5: Issuer failed to meet scheduled principal and/or interest payments

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                                      B-1

                                  Appendix B

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                           Industry Classifications
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Aerospace/Defense                   Food and Drug Retailers
Air Transportation                  Gas Utilities
Asset-Backed                        Health Care/Drugs
Auto Parts and Equipment            Health Care/Supplies & Services
Automotive                          Homebuilders/Real Estate
Bank Holding Companies              Hotel/Gaming
Banks                               Industrial Services
Beverages                           Information Technology
Broadcasting                        Insurance
Broker-Dealers                      Leasing & Factoring
Building Materials                  Leisure
Cable Television                    Manufacturing
Chemicals                           Metals/Mining
Commercial Finance                  Nondurable Household Goods
Communication Equipment             Office Equipment
Computer Hardware                   Oil - Domestic
Computer Software                   Oil - International
Conglomerates                       Paper
Consumer Finance                    Photography
Consumer Services                   Publishing
Containers                          Railroads & Truckers
Convenience Stores                  Restaurants
Department Stores                   Savings & Loans
Diversified Financial               Shipping
Diversified Media                   Special Purpose Financial
Drug Wholesalers                    Specialty Printing
Durable Household Goods             Specialty Retailing
Education                           Steel
Electric Utilities                  Telecommunications     -     Long
                                    Distance
Electrical Equipment                Telephone - Utility
Electronics                         Textile,     Apparel    &    Home
                                    Furnishings
Energy Services                     Tobacco
Entertainment/Film                  Trucks and Parts
Environmental                       Wireless Services
Food
















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                                  Appendix C

        OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers


In certain cases,  the initial sales charge that applies to purchases of Class A
shares1 of the  Oppenheimer  funds or the contingent  deferred sales charge that
may apply to Class A, Class B or Class C shares may be waived.2  That is because
of the  economies of sales  efforts  realized by  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
Inc.,  (referred  to in this  document as the  "Distributor"),  or by dealers or
other  financial  institutions  that offer  those  shares to certain  classes of
investors.

Not all waivers apply to all funds. For example,  waivers relating to Retirement
Plans do not apply to Oppenheimer municipal funds, because shares of those funds
are not  available  for  purchase  by or on behalf of  retirement  plans.  Other
waivers apply only to shareholders of certain funds.

For the purposes of some of the waivers  described  below and in the  Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Oppenheimer funds, the
term  "Retirement  Plan"  refers  to the  following  types of  plans:  (1) plans
qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the Internal Revenue
        Code,
(2) non-qualified  deferred  compensation plans, (3) employee benefit plans3 (4)
Group  Retirement  Plans4 (5) 403(b)(7)  custodial  plan accounts (6) Individual
Retirement Accounts ("IRAs"), including traditional IRAs,
        Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SARSEPs or SIMPLE plans

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

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1. Certain  waivers  also  apply to Class M shares  of  Oppenheimer  Convertible
   Securities Fund.
2. In the case of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund, a  continuously-offered
   closed-end  fund,  references to contingent  deferred  sales charges mean the
   Fund's  Early  Withdrawal   Charges  and  references  to  "redemptions"  mean
   "repurchases" of shares.
3. An "employee  benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement,  whether or not it
   is "qualified" under the Internal Revenue Code, under which Class A shares of
   an  Oppenheimer  fund  or  funds  are  purchased  by  a  fiduciary  or  other
   administrator  for the account of participants  who are employees of a single
   employer or of affiliated employers.  These may include, for example, medical
   savings accounts, payroll deduction plans or similar plans. The fund accounts
   must be registered in the name of the fiduciary or  administrator  purchasing
   the shares for the benefit of participants in the plan.
4. The term  "Group  Retirement  Plan"  means  any  qualified  or  non-qualified
   retirement  plan  for  employees  of a  corporation  or sole  proprietorship,
   members and  employees of a partnership  or  association  or other  organized
   group of persons  (the  members of which may include  other  groups),  if the
   group has made special  arrangements  with the Distributor and all members of
   the group  participating  in (or who are eligible to participate in) the plan
   purchase  Class A shares  of an  Oppenheimer  fund or funds  through a single
   investment dealer,  broker or other financial  institution  designated by the
   group.  Such plans  include 457 plans,  SEP-IRAs,  SARSEPs,  SIMPLE plans and
   403(b) plans other than plans for public  school  employees.  The term "Group
   Retirement Plan" also includes  qualified  retirement plans and non-qualified
   deferred  compensation  plans  and IRAs  that  purchase  Class A shares of an
   Oppenheimer fund or funds through a single investment dealer, broker or other
   financial institution that has made special arrangements with the Distributor
   enabling  those  plans to  purchase  Class A shares  at net  asset  value but
   subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge.


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

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

      There is no initial  sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any of
the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases may be
subject to the Class A contingent  deferred  sales charge if redeemed  within 18
months of the end of the calendar month of their  purchase,  as described in the
Prospectus (unless a waiver described  elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the
redemption).  Additionally,  on shares  purchased  under these  waivers that are
subject to the Class A contingent  deferred sales charge,  the Distributor  will
pay the  applicable  commission  described  in the  Prospectus  under  "Class  A
Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charge."7  This  waiver  provision  applies to: |_|
Purchases of Class A shares  aggregating  $1 million or more. |_| Purchases by a
Retirement Plan (other than an IRA or 403(b)(7)
        custodial plan) that:
(1)   buys shares costing $500,000 or more, or
(2)        has, at the time of purchase, 100 or more eligible employees or total
           plan assets of $500,000 or more, or
(3)        certifies  to the  Distributor  that it  projects to have annual plan
           purchases of $200,000 or more.
|_|   Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the
        purchases are made:
(1)        through a broker,  dealer, bank or registered investment adviser that
           has  made  special   arrangements  with  the  Distributor  for  those
           purchases, or
(2)        by a direct  rollover of a distribution  from a qualified  Retirement
           Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made special  arrangements
           with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|     Purchases  of Class A shares by  Retirement  Plans  that have any of the
        following record-keeping arrangements:
(1)   The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith,
           Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the
           Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
           record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must
           have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual funds,
           other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch Asset
           Management, L.P. ("MLAM"), that are made available under a Service
           Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual fund's principal
           underwriter or distributor, and  (b)  funds advised or managed by
           MLAM (the funds described in (a) and (b) are referred to as
           "Applicable Investments").
(2)   The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a daily
           valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are provided
           under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement Plan and
           Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the record
           keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan must have $3
           million or more of its assets (excluding assets invested in money
           market funds) invested in Applicable Investments.
(3)        The record  keeping for a Retirement  Plan is handled under a service
           agreement  with Merrill  Lynch and on the date the plan sponsor signs
           that  agreement,  the Plan  has 500 or more  eligible  employees  (as
           determined by the Merrill Lynch plan conversion manager).
|_|     Purchases by a Retirement Plan whose record keeper had a cost-allocation
        agreement with the Transfer Agent on or before May 1, 1999.


           II. Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds

A.  Waivers of Initial and Contingent Deferred Sales Charges for Certain
Purchasers.

Class A shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class
A sales  charges  (and  no  commissions  are  paid  by the  Distributor  on such
purchases):  |_| The Manager or its affiliates.  |_| Present or former officers,
directors, trustees and employees (and their
        "immediate  families") of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates,  and
        retirement  plans  established  by them for  their  employees.  The term
        "immediate  family"  refers to one's  spouse,  children,  grandchildren,
        grandparents,  parents, parents-in-law,  brothers and sisters, sons- and
        daughters-in-law,  a  sibling's  spouse,  a  spouse's  siblings,  aunts,
        uncles,  nieces  and  nephews;  relatives  by  virtue  of  a  remarriage
        (step-children, step-parents, etc.) are included.
|_|     Registered  management  investment  companies,  or separate  accounts of
        insurance  companies  having  an  agreement  with  the  Manager  or  the
        Distributor for that purpose.
|_|     Dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor,  if
        they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement  plans for
        their employees.
|_|     Employees and registered  representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
        or brokers  described above or financial  institutions that have entered
        into sales  arrangements  with such  dealers  or brokers  (and which are
        identified  as such to the  Distributor)  or with the  Distributor.  The
        purchaser  must certify to the  Distributor at the time of purchase that
        the purchase is for the  purchaser's  own account (or for the benefit of
        such employee's spouse or minor children).
|_|     Dealers,  brokers,  banks or  registered  investment  advisors that have
        entered into an agreement with the  Distributor  providing  specifically
        for the use of shares of the Fund in particular investment products made
        available to their  clients.  Those clients may be charged a transaction
        fee by their dealer, broker, bank or advisor for the purchase or sale of
        Fund shares.
|_|     Investment  advisors  and  financial  planners  who have entered into an
        agreement  for this  purpose  with the  Distributor  and who  charge  an
        advisory,  consulting or other fee for their services and buy shares for
        their own accounts or the accounts of their clients.
|_|     "Rabbi trusts" that buy shares for their own accounts,  if the purchases
        are made through a broker or agent or other financial  intermediary that
        has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|   Clients of investment advisors or financial planners (that have entered
        into an agreement for this purpose with the Distributor) who buy
        shares for their own accounts may also purchase shares without sales
        charge but only if their accounts are linked to a master account of
        their investment advisor or financial planner on the books and records
        of the broker, agent or financial intermediary with which the
        Distributor has made such special arrangements . Each of these
        investors may be charged a fee by the broker, agent or financial
        intermediary for purchasing shares.
|_|     Directors,  trustees,  officers or full-time employees of OpCap Advisors
        or its affiliates, their relatives or any trust, pension, profit sharing
        or other benefit plan which beneficially owns shares for those persons.
|_|     Accounts  for  which  Oppenheimer  Capital  (or  its  successor)  is the
        investment advisor (the Distributor must be advised of this arrangement)
        and persons who are  directors or trustees of the company or trust which
        is the beneficial owner of such accounts.
|_|     A unit investment  trust that has entered into an appropriate  agreement
        with the Distributor.
|_|     Dealers,  brokers,  banks, or registered  investment  advisers that have
        entered into an agreement with the Distributor to sell shares to defined
        contribution  employee retirement plans for which the dealer,  broker or
        investment adviser provides administration services.
|_|     Retirement Plans and deferred compensation plans and trusts used to fund
        those plans  (including,  for example,  plans qualified or created under
        sections 401(a), 401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code), in
        each case if those  purchases are made through a broker,  agent or other
        financial  intermediary  that has  made  special  arrangements  with the
        Distributor for those purchases.
|_|     A  TRAC-2000  401(k)  plan  (sponsored  by the  former  Quest  for Value
        Advisors)  whose  Class B or Class C shares of a Former  Quest for Value
        Fund  were  exchanged  for  Class  A  shares  of  that  Fund  due to the
        termination of the Class B and Class C TRAC-2000 program on November 24,
        1995.
|_|     A qualified  Retirement  Plan that had agreed with the former  Quest for
        Value  Advisors to purchase  shares of any of the Former Quest for Value
        Funds at net asset value, with such shares to be held through DCXchange,
        a sub-transfer agency mutual fund clearinghouse, if that arrangement was
        consummated and share purchases commenced by December 31, 1996.

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

Class A shares issued or purchased in the following transactions are not subject
to  sales  charges  (and no  commissions  are  paid by the  Distributor  on such
purchases): |_| Shares issued in plans of reorganization, such as mergers, asset
        acquisitions and exchange offers, to which the Fund is a party.
|_|   Shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or other distributions
        reinvested  from  the  Fund  or  other  Oppenheimer  funds  (other  than
        Oppenheimer   Cash  Reserves)  or  unit  investment   trusts  for  which
        reinvestment arrangements have been made with the Distributor.
|_|   Shares purchased through a broker-dealer that has entered into a special
        agreement with the Distributor to allow the broker's customers to
        purchase and pay for shares of Oppenheimer funds using the proceeds of
        shares redeemed in the prior 30 days from a mutual fund (other than a
        fund managed by the Manager or any of its subsidiaries) on which an
        initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge was paid.
        This waiver also applies to shares purchased by exchange of shares of
        Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. that were purchased and paid for
        in this manner. This waiver must be requested when the purchase order
        is placed for shares of the Fund, and the Distributor may require
        evidence of qualification for this waiver.
|_|     Shares  purchased with the proceeds of maturing  principal  units of any
        Qualified Unit Investment Liquid Trust Series.
|_|     Shares purchased by the reinvestment of loan repayments by a participant
        in a  Retirement  Plan for which the  Manager  or an  affiliate  acts as
        sponsor.

C.  Waivers  of the  Class  A  Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charge  for  Certain
Redemptions.

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that would
otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed in the
following cases: |_| To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited
annually to
        no more than 12% of the account  value  measured at the time the Plan is
        established, adjusted annually.
|_|     Involuntary  redemptions  of shares by operation  of law or  involuntary
        redemptions  of small  accounts  (please refer to  "Shareholder  Account
        Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
|_|     For distributions from Retirement Plans,  deferred compensation plans or
        other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
(1)        Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue
           Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or disability must
           occur after the participant's account was established.
(2) To return excess contributions.
(3) To  return  contributions  made  due to a  mistake  of  fact.  (4)  Hardship
withdrawals,  as defined in the plan.8 (5) Under a Qualified  Domestic Relations
Order, as defined in the Internal
           Revenue  Code,  or, in the case of an IRA,  a divorce  or  separation
           agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6)        To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue
           Code.
(7)        To make  "substantially  equal  periodic  payments"  as  described in
           Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(8) For loans to participants or beneficiaries. (9) Separation from service.9
        (10)Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund
        (other  than a  fund  managed  by the  Manager  or a  subsidiary  of the
        Manager) if the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
        (11) Plan termination or "in-service  distributions,"  if the redemption
        proceeds are rolled over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
|_|     For  distributions  from  Retirement  Plans having 500 or more  eligible
        employees,  except  distributions  due  to  termination  of  all  of the
        Oppenheimer funds as an investment option under the Plan.
|_|     For  distributions  from 401(k) plans sponsored by  broker-dealers  that
        have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this
        waiver.


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

The Class B and Class C contingent deferred sales charges will not be applied to
shares  purchased  in  certain  types of  transactions  or  redeemed  in certain
circumstances described below.

A.  Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.

The Class B and Class C  contingent  deferred  sales  charges will be waived for
redemptions of shares in the following cases: |_| Shares redeemed involuntarily,
as described in "Shareholder Account
        Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.
|_|   Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the
        death or  disability  of the last  surviving  shareholder,  including  a
        trustee  of a  grantor  trust or  revocable  living  trust for which the
        trustee is also the sole beneficiary.  The death or disability must have
        occurred after the account was established,  and for disability you must
        provide evidence of a determination of disability by the Social Security
        Administration.
|_|     Distributions  from accounts for which the  broker-dealer  of record has
        entered into a special  agreement  with the  Distributor  allowing  this
        waiver.
|_|     Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records are
        maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an independent
        record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.
|_|     Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S.  Government Trust from
        accounts of clients of financial  institutions  that have entered into a
        special arrangement with the Distributor for this purpose.
|_|     Redemptions requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor of Class C
        shares of an  Oppenheimer  fund in amounts of $1 million or more held by
        the Retirement  Plan for more than one year, if the redemption  proceeds
        are invested in Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.
|_|     Distributions  from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit plans for
        any of the following purposes:
(1)           Following  the death or  disability  (as  defined in the  Internal
              Revenue  Code) of the  participant  or  beneficiary.  The death or
              disability  must  occur  after  the   participant's   account  was
              established in an Oppenheimer fund.
(2) To return  excess  contributions  made to a  participant's  account.  (3) To
return  contributions  made  due to a  mistake  of  fact.  (4) To make  hardship
withdrawals,  as defined in the plan.10 (5) To make distributions required under
a Qualified Domestic Relations
              Order or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or separation agreement
              described in Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(6)           To meet the  minimum  distribution  requirements  of the  Internal
              Revenue Code.
(7)           To make  "substantially  equal periodic  payments" as described in
              Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(8)  For  loans  to  participants  or  beneficiaries.11  (9) On  account  of the
participant's separation from service.12 (10)  Participant-directed  redemptions
to purchase shares of a mutual fund
              (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a  subsidiary  of the
              Manager)  offered as an investment  option in a Retirement Plan if
              the plan has made special arrangements with the Distributor.
(11)          Distributions   made  on   account  of  a  plan   termination   or
              "in-service" distributions," if the redemption proceeds are rolled
              over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
(12)          Distributions  from  Retirement  Plans having 500 or more eligible
              employees,  but excluding distributions made because of the Plan's
              elimination  as  investment  options  under the Plan of all of the
              Oppenheimer funds that had been offered.
(13)          For distributions from a participant's  account under an Automatic
              Withdrawal  Plan after the  participant  reaches age 59 1/2,  as
              long as the aggregate value of the  distributions  does not exceed
              10%  of  the  account's   value   annually   (measured   from  the
              establishment of the Automatic Withdrawal Plan).
        |_|Redemptions  of Class B shares or Class C shares  under an  Automatic
           Withdrawal  Plan from an account other than a Retirement  Plan if the
           aggregate  value of the  redeemed  shares  does not exceed 10% of the
           account's value annually.

B.  Waivers for Shares Sold or Issued in Certain Transactions.

The  contingent  deferred  sales  charge  is also  waived on Class B and Class C
shares sold or issued in the following cases:
|_|   Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.
|_|     Shares sold to registered  management  investment  companies or separate
        accounts of insurance  companies having an agreement with the Manager or
        the Distributor for that purpose.
|_|   Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.
|_|   Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or
        employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in Section
        I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and retirement plans
        established by them for their employees.


 IV. Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain Oppenheimer
                     Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former
                             Quest for Value Funds


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



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  Oppenheimer  Quest  Value  Fund, Oppenheimer  Quest Small Cap
  Inc.                             Value Fund
  Oppenheimer    Quest    Balanced Oppenheimer   Quest   Global
  Value Fund                       Value Fund
  Oppenheimer   Quest  Opportunity
  Value Fund

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

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

      All of the funds  listed  above are  referred  to in this  Appendix as the
"Former Quest for Value Funds." The waivers of initial and  contingent  deferred
sales charges  described in this Appendix apply to shares of an Oppenheimer fund
that are either:  |_|  acquired by such  shareholder  pursuant to an exchange of
shares of an
        Oppenheimer fund that was one of the Former Quest for Value Funds or |_|
purchased by such shareholder by exchange of shares of another
        Oppenheimer fund that were acquired pursuant to the merger of any of the
        Former  Quest  for  Value  Funds  into that  other  Oppenheimer  fund on
        November 24, 1995.

A.  Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

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

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

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

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

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

      |X|  Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders.  Class A
shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A
initial or contingent deferred sales charges:
|_|   Shareholders who were shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on
        February 28, 1991 and who acquired shares of any of the Former Quest for
        Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the AMA Family of Funds.
|_|     Shareholders  who acquired  shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by
        merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.

      |X|  Waiver  of  Class A  Contingent  Deferred  Sales  Charge  in  Certain
Transactions.  The Class A  contingent  deferred  sales charge will not apply to
redemptions  of Class A shares  purchased by the  following  investors  who were
shareholders of any Former Quest for Value Fund:

      Investors  who  purchased  Class A shares from a dealer that is or was not
permitted  to receive a sales load or  redemption  fee imposed on a  shareholder
with  whom  that  dealer  has  a  fiduciary  relationship,  under  the  Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations adopted under that law.

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

      |X| Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995. In
the following  cases,  the  contingent  deferred sales charge will be waived for
redemptions  of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an  Oppenheimer  fund. The
shares must have been  acquired  by the merger of a Former  Quest for Value Fund
into the fund or by exchange  from an  Oppenheimer  fund that was a Former Quest
for Value Fund or into  which  such fund  merged.  Those  shares  must have been
purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection  with: |_|  withdrawals  under an
automatic withdrawal plan holding only either Class
        B or Class C shares if the annual  withdrawal does not exceed 10% of the
        initial value of the account, 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.


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


The initial and  contingent  deferred  sale charge rates and waivers for Class A
and Class B shares described in the respective  Prospectus (or this Appendix) of
the  following  Oppenheimer  funds  (each is  referred  to as a  "Fund"  in this
section):  o Oppenheimer  U. S.  Government  Trust,  o Oppenheimer  Bond Fund, o
Oppenheimer Disciplined Value Fund and o Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
are  modified  as  described  below  for  those  Fund   shareholders   who  were
shareholders  of the  following  funds  (referred to as the "Former  Connecticut
Mutual  Funds")  on  March 1,  1996,  when  OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.  became  the
investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:

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

A.  Prior Class A CDSC and Class A Sales Charge Waivers.

      |X| 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.

      |X| Class A Sales Charge Waivers.  Additional Class A shares of a Fund may
be purchased without a sales charge, by a person who was in one (or more) of the
categories  below and acquired Class A shares prior to March 18, 1996, and still
holds Class A shares:

(1)   any purchaser, provided the total initial amount invested in the Fund or
        any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled
        $500,000 or more, including investments made pursuant to the Combined
        Purchases, Statement of Intention and Rights of Accumulation features
        available at the time of the initial purchase and such investment is
        still held in one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds or a
        Fund into which such Fund merged;
(2)     any  participant  in a qualified  plan,  provided that the total initial
        amount invested by the plan in the Fund or any one or more of the Former
        Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or more;
(3)     Directors  of the  Fund or any one or  more  of the  Former  Connecticut
        Mutual Funds and members of their immediate families;
(4)     employee  benefit  plans  sponsored  by  Connecticut   Mutual  Financial
        Services,   L.L.C.   ("CMFS"),  the  prior  distributor  of  the  Former
        Connecticut Mutual Funds, and its affiliated companies;
(5)     one or more  members of a group of at least 1,000  persons  (and persons
        who  are  retirees  from  such  group)  engaged  in a  common  business,
        profession,  civic or  charitable  endeavor or other  activity,  and the
        spouses  and minor  dependent  children of such  persons,  pursuant to a
        marketing program between CMFS and such group; and
(6)     an  institution  acting as a  fiduciary  on behalf of an  individual  or
        individuals,  if  such  institution  was  directly  compensated  by  the
        individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of the Fund or
        any one or more of the Former  Connecticut  Mutual  Funds,  provided the
        institution had an agreement with CMFS.

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

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

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

In addition to the waivers  set forth in the  Prospectus  and in this  Appendix,
above,  the contingent  deferred sales charge will be waived for  redemptions of
Class A and Class B shares of a Fund and  exchanges of Class A or Class B shares
of a Fund into  Class A or Class B shares of a Former  Connecticut  Mutual  Fund
provided  that  the  Class A or Class B shares  of the  Fund to be  redeemed  or
exchanged  were (i)  acquired  prior to March 18, 1996 or (ii) were  acquired by
exchange from an  Oppenheimer  fund that was a Former  Connecticut  Mutual Fund.
Additionally,  the shares of such Former  Connecticut Mutual Fund must have been
purchased prior to March 18, 1996: (1) by the estate of a deceased  shareholder;
(2) upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of
        the Internal Revenue Code;
(3)     for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or beneficiaries
        from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(b)(7)of the
        Code, or from IRAs,  deferred  compensation  plans created under Section
        457 of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;
(4)     as  tax-free  returns  of excess  contributions  to such  retirement  or
        employee benefit plans;
(5)     in  whole or in part,  in  connection  with  shares  sold to any  state,
        county,  or city,  or any  instrumentality,  department,  authority,  or
        agency  thereof,  that is prohibited by applicable  investment laws from
        paying a sales charge or commission  in connection  with the purchase of
        shares of any registered investment management company;
(6)     in  connection  with  the  redemption  of  shares  of the  Fund due to a
        combination  with  another  investment  company  by  virtue of a merger,
        acquisition or similar reorganization transaction;
(7)     in connection with the Fund's right to involuntarily redeem or liquidate
        the Fund;
(8)     in connection  with automatic  redemptions of Class A shares and Class B
        shares in certain  retirement  plan  accounts  pursuant to an  Automatic
        Withdrawal  Plan but limited to no more than 12% of the  original  value
        annually; or
(9)     as  involuntary  redemptions  of shares by  operation  of law,  or under
        procedures  set forth in the Fund's  Articles  of  Incorporation,  or as
        adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund.


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

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


          VII. Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of
                    Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund


Oppenheimer  Convertible  Securities  Fund  (referred  to as the  "Fund" in this
section)  may sell Class M shares at net asset value  without any initial  sales
charge to the classes of investors  listed  below who,  prior to March 11, 1996,
owned shares of the Fund's  then-existing Class A and were permitted to purchase
those shares at net asset value without sales charge:
|_|   the Manager and its affiliates,
|_|     present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and their
        "immediate  families" as defined in the Fund's  Statement of  Additional
        Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates, and retirement
        plans  established by them or the prior  investment  advisor of the Fund
        for their employees,
|_|     registered  management  investment  companies  or  separate  accounts of
        insurance  companies  that  had  an  agreement  with  the  Fund's  prior
        investment advisor or distributor for that purpose,
|_|     dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor,  if
        they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement  plans for
        their employees,
|_|     employees and registered  representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
        or brokers described in the preceding section or financial  institutions
        that have entered into sales  arrangements with those dealers or brokers
        (and  whose  identity  is made  known  to the  Distributor)  or with the
        Distributor,  but only if the purchaser  certifies to the Distributor at
        the time of purchase that the purchaser meets these qualifications,
|_|     dealers,  brokers,  or registered  investment  advisors that had entered
        into an agreement with the  Distributor or the prior  distributor of the
        Fund specifically providing for the use of Class M shares of the Fund in
        specific investment products made available to their clients, and
|_|     dealers, brokers or registered investment advisors that had entered into
        an agreement  with the  Distributor  or prior  distributor of the Fund's
        shares to sell shares to defined contribution  employee retirement plans
        for  which  the  dealer,   broker,   or  investment   advisor   provides
        administrative services.



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Oppenheimer Intermediate Municipal 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 80217-5270
    1-800-525-7048

Custodian Bank
    Citibank, N.A.
    399 Park Avenue
    New York, New York 10043

Independent Auditors
    Deloitte & Touche LLP
    555 Seventeenth Street
    Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Counsel
    Myer, Swanson, Adams & Wolf, P.C.
    1600 Broadway
    Denver, Colorado 80202
67890

PX0860.0100

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1Ms.  Macaskill  and Mr.  Bowen are not  Trustees or  Directors  of  Oppenheimer
Integrity Funds,  Oppenheimer  Strategic Income Fund, Panorama Series Fund, Inc.
or Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds. Mr. Fossel and Mr. Bowen are not Trustees
of  Centennial  New York  Tax  Exempt  Trust or  Managing  General  Partners  of
Centennial  America Fund,  L.P. 2 Not a Trustee of Centennial  Tax Exempt Trust,
Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust,  Centennial Money Market Trust, Centennial
Government Trust,  Centennial  California Tax Exempt Trust,  Centennial  America
Fund, L.P.,  Oppenheimer Main Street Funds, Inc.,  Oppenheimer Cash Reserves, or
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund.

3 Not a Trustee of  Oppenheimer  Strategic  Income Fund,  Oppenheimer  Integrity
Fund, Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds,  Centennial New York Tax-Exempt Trust,
or a director of Panorama  Series Fund,  Inc. nor a Managing  General Partner of
Centennial  America  Fund,  L.P.  In bios for  these  funds,  George  Bowen is a
Atrustee or director and an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.@

*Trustee who is an  "interested person" of the Fund and of the Manager.
4Not a Trustee of Centennial New York Tax-Exempt Trust nor a Managing General
Partner of Centennial America Fund, L.P.
5Not a Trustee of  Oppenheimer  Strategic  Income  Fund,  Oppenheimer  Variable
Account Funds,  Oppenheimer  Integrity  Funds, or a director of Panorama Series
Fund, Inc.

      *Trustee who is an "interested person" of the Fund and of the Manager. 6In
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 or its parent trust and who do not
have  any  direct  or  indirect  financial  interest  in  the  operation  of the
distribution  plan or any agreement  under the plan. 7 However,  that commission
will not be paid on  purchases  of  shares  in  amounts  of $1  million  or more
(including  any right of  accumulation)  by a Retirement  Plan that pays for the
purchase  with  the  redemption  proceeds  of  Class  C  shares  of one or  more
Oppenheimer funds held by the Plan for more than one year. 8 This provision does
not apply to IRAs. 9 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7)  custodial plans
if the  participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs. 10 This provision does not
apply to  IRAs.  11 This  provision  does not  apply  to  loans  from  403(b)(7)
custodial  plans. 12 This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7)  custodial plans
if the participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.



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