N-CSRS 1 d269238dncsrs.htm OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND Oppenheimer International Small-Mid Company Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-08299

Oppenheimer International Small-Mid Company Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Cynthia Lo Bessette

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 768-3200

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

Date of reporting period: 2/28/2017


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


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Table of Contents

 

Fund Performance Discussion      3  
Top Holdings and Allocations      6  
Fund Expenses      9  
Statement of Investments      11  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      16  
Statement of Operations      18  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      20  
Financial Highlights      21  
Notes to Financial Statements      33  
Board Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory and Sub- Advisory Agreements      47  
Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures; Updates to Statements of Investments      50  
Distribution Sources      51  
Special Shareholder Meeting      52  
Trustees and Officers      53  
Privacy Policy Notice      54  

 

 

Class A Shares

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 2/28/17

 

    

Class A Shares of the Fund

         
          Without Sales Charge    With Sales Charge        

MSCI ACWI Ex USA  
SMID Net Index  

 

 

  

MSCI All Country  

World Ex U.S. Small  
   Cap Net Index  

 

6-Month         2.95%            -2.97%             4.55%    5.36%
1-Year         15.10                8.48               18.32         19.52     
5-Year         14.25                12.90                5.39        5.98   
10-Year         7.70                7.06              2.52        3.22   

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund returns include changes in share price, reinvested distributions, and a 5.75% maximum applicable sales charge except where “without sales charge” is indicated. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677). See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund’s Class A shares (without sales charge) returned 2.95% during the six-month period ended February 28, 2017. In comparison, the MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Net Index (the “Index”) returned 4.55% over the same period. Over the longer-term, the Fund’s Class A shares (without sales charge) produced 1-, 5- and 10-year returns of 15.10%, 14.25% and 7.70% for the periods ended February 28, 2017, respectively. The Index returned 18.32%, 5.39% and 2.52%, respectively, over those same periods.

 

MARKET OVERVIEW

The last six months in equity markets were largely driven primarily by macro events and not underlying company fundamentals. As we have noted before, events such as Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the Italian referendum vote reflect political populism that is a residual of some uncomfortable change unfolding. It isn’t causing it. Machines and technology are replacing many of the functions that rested with reasonably well compensated labor. This is much more the truth than corporations moving jobs overseas. Trends such as these will continue to proliferate independent of political populism. Our investment approach seeks to profit from, and advantage our investors, amidst this. We believe it will continue to be where exceptional returns can be found in the right businesses.

FUND REVIEW AND PORTFOLIO POSITIONING

Particularly in times like these, it is important keep the long-term philosophy of the Fund in mind. We like to be long-term investors in high-quality businesses as we believe that is the most compelling way to generate

meaningful returns for shareholders. Typically such companies tend to be richly valued; therefore we look to invest in times of adversity or perceived adversity. We believe that that our job for our shareholders is to identify non-obvious long-term insights (i.e. structural growth themes) that investors can benefit from. This is where we focus, rather than seeking trading opportunities in highly cyclical businesses.

Current structural themes in the portfolio include technological leadership, advances in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, leaders in concentrated industries, brand and intellectual property, e-commerce, specialty financials and restructuring. The Fund tends to be concentrated in sectors where there is more differentiation and organic growth potential and typically avoids highly cyclical, commoditized and heavily regulated industries and companies.

We believe the Fund may be positioned to outperform the Index over a three- to five-year horizon, and we anticipate the Fund

 

 

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may underperform the Index in shorter time periods when cyclical or macro factors are overwhelming the market. For much of the reporting period, equity market returns were driven by macro factors such as interest rate speculation, currencies and commodities. As a result, the Fund posted positive absolute performance, but weaker relative performance versus the Index during the reporting period. As commodities rallied, the Fund’s underweight position to the materials sector detracted from performance. Conversely, Fund holdings in the health care sector that fit into our structural growth themes around advances in pharmaceuticals in biotechnology contributed to performance. Our underweight in the real estate sector along with stock selection in the consumer staples sector also contributed to performance. It is important to remember that our asset allocation from both a sector and country perspective is a result of the bottom-up investment process that we employ.

One of the largest structural themes in the portfolio has been advances in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals and we have had some bright spots, particularly ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. this reporting period. ARIAD announced in early January that it would be acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., of Japan, at a premium to its prior closing price of more than 70%. Other contributors to performance fell within our e-commerce theme, including boohoo.com plc. This company is an online fashion retailer in the United Kingdom targeting 16-to 24-year-old women and men. They offer

their own branded merchandise at a value-oriented price point and combine it with an on trend fashion formula. We first invested in the company in the second quarter of 2016. Earnings growth has accelerated. The holiday season for boohoo was very strong. Another top contributing holding during the period was Cognex Corp. This company is one of the world’s largest producers of machine vision systems which are used to identify products and detect defects, among other applications. Given the significant upshift in factory automation investment it is no surprise that earnings have accelerated. As mentioned earlier in the Market Overview section of this report, we believe the shift to technology and automation will resume. We believe our investment can benefit from this trend.

Broad digitization and e-commerce are structural growth themes displayed in the portfolio and while we have had some strong contributors here, there were holdings that have experienced short-term challenges this reporting period. Ocado Group plc, one of our larger holdings that has been a contributor to long-term performance, experienced some stock price volatility and negative market sentiment. Ocado is an online grocery retailer in the United Kingdom that is evolving from just food retail into non-food by leveraging its expertise in technology and logistics by licensing that technology to other food retailers globally, allowing them to provide online retail services. The market has been concerned about Amazon Fresh entering the UK market and increasing competition. We do believe the structural shift to online

 

 

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retail will happen in grocery but it may take longer to play out than it did in the media and fashion industries. Also detracting from performance were Rakuten, Inc. and ASKUL Corporation, which are both Japanese online retailers. The negative performance of these holdings largely reflected soft trends in domestic Japan. However, our outlook continues to remain optimistic.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

Our strategy is to profit from long-term structural growth trends and alpha generation rather than trading short-term volatility. Our approach is a bottom-up fundamental approach to investing and we rarely, if ever, make macro bets. We are always aware of the macro backdrop and know that volatility related to it can’t be avoided entirely. The portfolio is constructed on a well-diversified basis with the potential to be resilient in times like these. Our experience, and view, is that risk should be viewed as the probability of permanent loss rather than mere volatility.

We find appeal in companies with enduring franchises and look to continuously understand the value of these companies and seek to take advantage of sudden price dislocations. Brexit or other macro dislocations usually precipitate sharp selloffs where high quality companies trade down in tandem with low quality ones, despite the possibility of vast differences in long-term potential. This is where we often locate compelling opportunity and expect that to continue to be so.

Top of mind as we begin a new year is a similar thread to much of 2016. We are very focused on owning businesses in possession of pricing power. The flip side of a strong U.S. dollar is a weaker currency someplace else. In places like the UK and perhaps even continental Europe and Japan, we believe prices are likely to tick up as a result.

 

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Rezo Kanovich

Portfolio Manager

  
 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

TOP TEN COMMON STOCK HOLDINGS

 

Nice Ltd., Sponsored ADR      2.2
Lonza Group AG      2.2  
H. Lundbeck AS      1.6  
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG      1.6  
Ocado Group plc      1.4  
Ariake Japan Co. Ltd.      1.3  
Ain Holdings, Inc.      1.2  
CAE, Inc.      1.2  
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.      1.2  
Flughafen Zuerich AG      1.1  

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of February 28, 2017, and are based on net assets. For more current Fund holdings, please visit oppenheimerfunds.com.

TOP TEN GEOGRAPHICAL HOLDINGS

 

Japan      22.1
United Kingdom      16.3  
United States      10.9  
Switzerland      9.8  
Germany      7.2  
France      4.5  
Denmark      3.8  
Ireland      3.0  
Italy      2.9  
Israel      2.7  

Portfolio holdings and allocation are subject to change. Percentages are as of February 28, 2017, and are based on total market value of investments.

 

 

REGIONAL ALLOCATION

 

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Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of February 28, 2017, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

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Share Class Performance

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITHOUT SALES CHARGE AS OF 2/28/17

    Inception
Date
  6-Month       1-Year       5-Year       10-Year        
Class A (OSMAX)   11/17/97   2.95%   15.10%   14.25%   7.70%    
Class B (OSMBX)   11/17/97   2.56      14.24      13.33      7.14       
Class C (OSMCX)   11/17/97   2.60      14.23      13.39      6.88       
Class I (OSCIX)   12/29/11   3.17      15.58      14.74      16.79*       
Class R (OSMNX)   3/1/01   2.84      14.83      13.93      7.37       
Class Y (OSMYX)   9/7/05   3.10      15.38      14.57      8.07       

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS WITH SALES CHARGE AS OF 2/28/17

    Inception
Date
  6-Month   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year    
Class A (OSMAX)   11/17/97   -2.97%   8.48%   12.90%   7.06%    
Class B (OSMBX)   11/17/97   -2.44      9.24      13.09      7.14       
Class C (OSMCX)   11/17/97   1.60      13.23      13.39      6.88       
Class I (OSCIX)   12/29/11   3.17      15.58      14.74      16.79*       
Class R (OSMNX)   3/1/01   2.84      14.83      13.93      7.37       
Class Y (OSMYX)   9/7/05   3.10      15.38      14.57      8.07       

* Shows performance since inception.

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.800. CALL OPP (225.5677). Fund returns include changes in share price, reinvested distributions, and the applicable sales charge: for Class A shares, the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%; for Class B shares, the contingent deferred sales charge of 5% (1-year) and 2% (5-year); and for Class C shares, the contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1% for the 1-year period. There is no sales charge for Class I, Class R and Class Y shares. Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase, the 10-year return for Class B shares uses Class A performance for the period after conversion. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. See Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses for more information on share classes and sales charges.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Net Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Net Index. The MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Net Index is designed to measure the equity market performance of small- and mid-cap developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Net Index is designed to measure the equity market performance of small capitalization developed and emerging

 

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markets, excluding the United States. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the indices. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Before investing in any of the Oppenheimer funds, investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses contain this and other information about the funds, and may be obtained by asking your financial advisor, visiting oppenheimerfunds.com, or calling 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677). Read prospectuses and summary prospectuses carefully before investing.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and/or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended February 28, 2017.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section for the class of shares you hold, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended February 28, 2017” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio for each class of shares, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year for each class before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example for the class of shares you hold with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads). Therefore, the “hypothetical” section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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Actual   

Beginning
Account

Value
September 1, 2016

  

Ending

Account

Value
February 28, 2017

  

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
February 28, 2017

     
Class A    $    1,000.00    $    1,029.50    $          7.07     
Class B          1,000.00          1,025.60              10.91     
Class C          1,000.00          1,026.00              10.91     
Class I          1,000.00          1,031.70                4.90     
Class R          1,000.00          1,028.40                8.33     
Class Y          1,000.00          1,031.00                5.86   

Hypothetical

(5% return before expenses)

                       
Class A          1,000.00          1,017.85                7.03     
Class B          1,000.00          1,014.08              10.84     
Class C          1,000.00          1,014.08              10.84     
Class I          1,000.00          1,019.98                4.87     
Class R          1,000.00          1,016.61                8.28     
Class Y          1,000.00          1,019.04                5.82   

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended February 28, 2017 are as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratios  
Class A      1.40%  
Class B      2.16     
Class C      2.16     
Class I      0.97     
Class R      1.65     
Class Y      1.16     

The expense ratios reflect voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” tables in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show the gross expense ratios, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS February 28, 2017 Unaudited

 

     Shares     Value  
Common Stocks—93.2%  
Consumer Discretionary—14.7%  
Automobiles—0.5%  
Ferrari NV     534,131       $       34,821,309  
                 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.4%    
J.D. Wetherspoon plc     2,354,630         28,629,600  
OPAP SA     2,800,583         25,195,623  
SSP Group plc     7,561,779         39,121,308  
      92,946,531  
                 
Household Durables—1.7%    
Cairn Homes plc1     22,981,530         31,223,217  
De’ Longhi SpA     1,895,149         49,204,164  
SEB SA     269,330         35,471,337  
      115,898,718  
                 
Internet & Catalog Retail—6.2%    
ASKUL Corp.     2,312,841         66,287,993  
ASOS plc1     571,816         38,481,893  
boohoo.com plc1     27,319,940         51,687,621  
Ocado Group plc1,2     31,732,400         98,091,957  
Qliro Group AB1,2     7,836,819         10,940,430  
Rakuten, Inc.     5,183,600         51,386,549  
Start Today Co. Ltd.     1,986,174         41,361,537  
Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA1     1,146,667         27,319,647  
Zalando SE1,3     990,167         39,621,994  
      425,179,621  
                 
Media—0.5%    
COOKPAD, Inc.     1,711,100         14,630,393  
Next Co. Ltd.     3,448,100         22,582,321  
      37,212,714  
                 
Multiline Retail—1.2%    
B&M European    
Value Retail SA     15,556,950         57,465,159  
Seria Co. Ltd.     322,600         25,383,962  
      82,849,121  
                 
Specialty Retail—2.0%    
Esprit Holdings Ltd.1     37,651,967         35,624,060  
SuperGroup plc     3,837,440         70,218,083  
XXL ASA3     3,055,077         34,088,621  
      139,930,764  
                 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.2%    
Asics Corp.     1,873,200         33,052,709  
Salvatore Ferragamo SpA     1,817,199         51,988,597  
      85,041,306  
     Shares     Value  
Consumer Staples—7.4%  
Beverages—2.6%    
Britvic plc     7,947,690       $       62,214,882  
Davide Campari- Milano SpA     3,637,765         36,822,063  
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.     8,687,907         79,232,048  
      178,268,993  
                 
Food & Staples Retailing—2.0%  
Ain Holdings, Inc.     1,163,400         83,566,943  
Booker Group plc     23,551,520         58,131,368  
      141,698,311  
                 
Food Products—2.3%  
Ariake Japan Co. Ltd.     1,610,100         90,754,324  
Aryzta AG1     1,167,615         37,776,872  
Greencore Group plc     10,015,290         32,250,396  
Pescanova SA1     138,481         1,467  
      160,783,059  
                 
Household Products—0.5%  
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     1,698,333         32,320,230  
                 
Financials—8.9%  
Capital Markets—1.2%  
3i Group plc     7,232,128         61,780,453  
Avanza Bank Holding AB     414,919         18,219,839  
      80,000,292  
                 
Commercial Banks—2.1%  
Bank of Ireland1     246,347,219         58,484,367  
Bankinter SA     5,494,677         42,397,981  
Metro Bank plc1     1,103,380         46,878,137  
      147,760,485  
                 
Consumer Finance—0.5%  
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.     2,576,459         35,799,728  
                 
Insurance—3.7%  
Baloise Holding AG     396,115         51,569,595  
Euler Hermes Group     406,790         35,881,708  
Grupo Catalana Occidente SA     2,192,719         72,840,354  
Helvetia Holding AG     113,126         63,463,677  
St James’s Place plc     2,379,068         31,167,784  
      254,923,118  
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited/ Continued

 

     Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.7%  
Hibernia REIT plc2     38,486,294       $       49,258,131  
                 
Real Estate Management & Development—0.7%  
DLF Ltd.     11,183,062         25,102,605  
Oberoi Realty Ltd.     4,829,461         23,422,271  
      48,524,876  
                 
Health Care—24.7%  
Biotechnology—5.3%  
Abcam plc     7,302,140         78,118,794  
Ablynx NV1     1,186,009         14,755,337  
Advanced Accelerator Applications SA, ADR1     717,895         27,236,936  
Amarin Corp. plc, ADR1     6,475,720         22,017,448  
Ascendis Pharma AS, ADR1     214,205         6,334,042  
FibroGen, Inc.1     351,750         8,793,750  
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.1     297,280         13,636,233  
Galapagos NV1     746,282         52,698,972  
Genmab AS1     218,000         43,205,176  
Medivir AB1     99,980         1,428,824  
Medivir AB, Cl. B1     299,940         2,671,520  
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.1     490,110         21,643,257  
Prothena Corp. plc1     166,170         9,745,870  
Radius Health, Inc.1     297,920         12,554,349  
Repligen Corp.1     1,335,160         42,070,892  
Zealand Pharma AS1     596,935         9,759,584  
      366,670,984  
                 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—7.5%  
Ambu AS, Cl. B     1,400,288         56,295,997  
BioMerieux     391,420         60,181,002  
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG     2,518,687         108,957,338  
DBV Technologies SA1     754,989         54,939,228  
Elekta AB, Cl. B     7,970,031         75,697,011  
Hogy Medical Co. Ltd.     62,700         3,705,658  
Mazor Robotics Ltd., Sponsored ADR1     907,090         21,488,962  
Nevro Corp.1     168,610         16,184,874  
Novadaq Technologies, Inc.1     885,181         6,426,414  
Ossur HF     20,902,163         78,954,912  
     Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)  
STRATEC Biomedical AG2     684,124       $       34,035,136  
      516,866,532  
                 
Life Sciences Tools & Services—5.0%  
Bio-Techne Corp.     150,660         16,018,171  
Bruker Corp.     1,788,880         43,201,452  
Genfit1     449,840         10,149,270  
Lonza Group AG1     837,264         154,028,804  
MorphoSys AG1     278,473         15,888,149  
Patheon NV1     913,470         28,774,305  
Tecan Group AG     448,416         74,772,103  
      342,832,254  
                 
Pharmaceuticals—6.9%  
Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc     865,180         17,284,483  
Faes Farma SA     4,872,179         17,352,593  
Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.1     697,088         6,817,521  
H. Lundbeck AS1     2,738,551         111,810,664  
Ipsen SA     527,990         46,918,225  
KYORIN Holdings, Inc.     769,500         16,249,791  
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.     3,388,000         50,738,147  
Medicines Co. (The)1     601,740         31,543,211  
Neuroderm Ltd.1     283,102         6,553,811  
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.     1,369,000         73,886,784  
Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.     2,194,600         31,468,517  
UCB SA     418,319         29,745,590  
Vectura Group plc1     20,300,986         36,510,574  
      476,879,911  
                 
Industrials—16.3%  
Aerospace & Defense—1.2%  
CAE, Inc.     5,373,778         80,715,910  
                 
Air Freight & Couriers—1.0%  
Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG     556,245         70,090,216  
                 
Building Products—1.7%  
Belimo Holding AG     12,149         40,309,214  
LIXIL Group Corp.     3,030,900         74,318,760  
      114,627,974  
 

 

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     Shares     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies—0.8%  
Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd.     1,154,000     $ 57,966,535  
                 
Construction & Engineering—0.7%  
Balfour Beatty plc     14,837,334       50,948,387  
                 
Machinery—5.6%  
Burckhardt Compression Holding AG     115,059       32,104,213  
Cargotec OYJ, Cl. B     386,346       18,771,786  
Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc.     921,700       28,689,136  
Hoshizaki Corp.     714,500       56,601,800  
IMI plc     4,221,390       65,031,684  
Metso OYJ     1,423,598       42,008,608  
Nabtesco Corp.     1,213,300       33,691,296  
OSG Corp.     1,457,900       30,649,751  
Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc     755,469       41,773,417  
Wartsila OYJ Abp     710,470       36,540,500  
      385,862,191  
                 
Trading Companies & Distributors—4.2%  
Brenntag AG     801,278       45,990,534  
Bunzl plc     1,315,622       36,767,395  
Cramo OYJ     2,164,550       46,886,331  
Howden Joinery Group plc     10,242,880       54,414,340  
IMCD Group NV     800,121       37,905,304  
MonotaRO Co. Ltd.     1,149,900       32,469,103  
Travis Perkins plc     1,783,171       33,698,792  
      288,131,799  
                 
Transportation Infrastructure—1.1%  
Flughafen Zuerich AG     393,670       79,474,435  
                 
Information Technology—17.4%  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—4.0%  
Azbil Corp.     122,100       3,923,302  
Cognex Corp.     849,310       65,235,501  
Electrocomponents plc     2,908,130       17,116,309  
Renishaw plc     773,270       29,426,867  
Topcon Corp.     2,818,000       49,417,737  
Yaskawa Electric Corp.     2,995,700       56,209,270  
Yokogawa Electric Corp.     3,508,400       54,674,398  
      276,003,384  
     Shares     Value  
Internet Software & Services—3.7%  
Gurunavi, Inc.     636,900     $         12,599,491  
Infomart Corp.     3,149,900       16,723,979  
Istyle, Inc.2     5,267,100       44,906,360  
Moneysupermarket.com Group plc     15,011,032       61,453,258  
XING AG2     380,318       77,583,934  
ZPG plc3     8,658,040       39,953,375  
      253,220,397  
                 
IT Services—3.1%  
Altran Technologies SA1     2,254,100       35,557,973  
Fujitsu Ltd.     6,817,000       39,647,070  
Obic Co. Ltd.     1,635,300       76,187,167  
SCSK Corp.     969,708       35,755,822  
Tech Mahindra Ltd.     3,324,319       24,840,086  
      211,988,118  
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—1.4%  
Disco Corp.     211,600       31,810,484  
Imagination Technologies Group plc1     3,434,741       11,117,427  
Rohm Co. Ltd.     847,800       54,846,288  
      97,774,199  
                 
Software—4.9%  
Cyient Ltd.     1,099,534       7,938,967  
Globant SA1     897,985       32,596,855  
Nemetschek SE     1,093,705       59,263,679  
Nice Ltd., Sponsored ADR     2,273,126       155,140,849  
OBIC Business Consultants Co. Ltd.     1,081,200       52,582,947  
SimCorp AS     579,742       32,276,306  
      339,799,603  
                 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—0.3%  
BlackBerry Ltd.1     2,832,637       19,684,716  
                 
Materials—3.2%  
Chemicals—3.2%  
Bayer CropScience Ltd.     285,169       16,506,983  
Koninklijke DSM NV     824,769       54,201,849  
LANXESS AG     671,875       45,619,583  
PI Industries Ltd.     2,588,639       32,917,149  
Sika AG     4,969       27,986,636  
Symrise AG     747,448       46,514,173  
      223,746,373  
 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

      Shares      Value  
Telecommunication Services—0.6%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services—0.6%

 
VZ Holding AG      135,724        $       40,738,622  

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $5,345,739,362)

        6,437,239,847  
                  
Preferred Stock—0.3%      
Sartorius AG, Preference
(Cost $3,802,002)
     281,992          21,187,159  
      Shares      Value  
Investment Company—6.0%  
Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.50%2,4
(Cost $416,542,642)
     416,542,642      $ 416,542,642  
                   
Total Investments,at Value (Cost $5,766,084,006)      99.5%        6,874,969,648  
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)      0.5        32,446,996  

Net Assets

     100.0%      $    6,907,416,644  
        
 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Non-income producing security.

2. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

      Shares
August 31,
2016
     Gross
Additions
    

Gross

Reductions

     Shares
February 28,
2017
 

Hibernia REIT plc

     38,486,294          —          —          38,486,294    

Istyle, Inc.

     5,267,100          —          —          5,267,100    

Ocado Group plc

     31,732,400          —          —          31,732,400    

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund, Cl. E

     459,077,211          452,376,619          494,911,188          416,542,642    

Qliro Group AB

     7,836,819          —          —          7,836,819    

STRATEC Biomedical AG

     544,887          139,237          —          684,124    

XING AG

     380,318          —          —          380,318    
                      Value      Income  

Hibernia REIT plc

         $ 49,258,131        $ 244,784    

Istyle, Inc.

           44,906,360          —    

Ocado Group plc

           98,091,957          —    

Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market

           

Fund, Cl. E

           416,542,642          895,594    

Qliro Group AB

           10,940,430          —    

STRATEC Biomedical AG

           34,035,136          —    

XING AG

           77,583,934          —    
        

 

 

 
Total          $           731,358,590        $         1,140,378    
        

 

 

 

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 $113,663,990 or 1.65% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

4. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

 

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Distribution of investments representing geographic holdings, as a percentage of total investments at value, is as follows:

Geographic Holdings    Value      Percent           

Japan

     $ 1,520,999,932        22.1%        

United Kingdom

         1,120,064,813        16.3           

United States

     748,795,493        10.9           

Switzerland

     672,314,386        9.8           

Germany

     494,661,678        7.2           

France

     306,335,679        4.5           

Denmark

     259,681,768        3.8           

Ireland

     202,979,430        3.0           

Italy

     200,155,781        2.9           

Israel

     190,001,144        2.7           

India

     166,527,788        2.5           

Finland

     144,207,224        2.1           

Spain

     132,592,395        1.9           

Sweden

     108,957,624        1.6           

Canada

     106,827,039        1.5           

Belgium

     97,199,898        1.4           

Netherlands

     92,107,153        1.3           

Australia

     79,232,048        1.2           

Iceland

     78,954,912        1.1           

Luxembourg

     57,465,159        0.8           

Hong Kong

     35,624,060        0.5           

Norway

     34,088,621        0.5           

Greece

     25,195,623        0.4           
  

 

 

 

Total

     $       6,874,969,648        100.0%        
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES February 28, 2017 Unaudited

 

 

 
Assets   
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $5,002,434,021)    $ 6,143,611,058     
Affiliated companies (cost $763,649,985)      731,358,590     
  

 

 

 
     6,874,969,648     

 

 
Cash      3,149,049     

 

 
Cash—foreign currencies (cost $17)      16     

 

 
Receivables and other assets:   
Investments sold      24,607,950     
Shares of beneficial interest sold      23,142,264     
Dividends      8,077,811     
Other      307,311     
  

 

 

 
Total assets      6,934,254,049     

 

 
Liabilities   
Payables and other liabilities:   
Investments purchased      19,182,612     
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      6,575,907     
Distribution and service plan fees      560,419     
Trustees’ compensation      247,937     
Shareholder communications      11,884     
Foreign capital gains tax      8,659     
Other      249,987     
  

 

 

 
Total liabilities      26,837,405     

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 6,907,416,644     
  

 

 

 

 

 
Composition of Net Assets   
Paid-in capital    $ 5,819,876,391     

 

 
Accumulated net investment loss      (33,596,329)     

 

 
Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions      12,427,297     

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      1,108,709,285     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $     6,907,416,644     
  

 

 

 

 

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Net Asset Value Per Share   
Class A Shares:   
Net asset value and redemption price per share (based on net assets of $2,541,215,503 and 64,572,424 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)    $ 39.35    
Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales charge of 5.75% of offering price)    $ 41.75    

 

 
Class B Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $4,272,742 and 116,036 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)    $ 36.82    

 

 
Class C Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net assets of $299,742,514 and 8,244,139 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)    $ 36.36    

 

 
Class I Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $1,415,583,509 and 36,164,566 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)    $ 39.14    

 

 
Class R Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent deferred sales charge)and offering price per share (based on net assets of $72,371,308 and 1,919,193 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)    $ 37.71    

 

 
Class Y Shares:   
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share (based on net assets of $2,574,231,068 and 65,891,832 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)    $ 39.07    

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2017

 

 

 
Investment Income   
Dividends:   
Unaffiliated companies (net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,514,627)      $     18,902,771      
Affiliated companies      1,140,378      

 

 
Interest      537      
  

 

 

 
Total investment income      20,043,686      

 

 
Expenses   
Management fees      30,467,317      

 

 
Distribution and service plan fees:   
Class A      3,157,043      
Class B      26,082      
Class C      1,562,959      
Class R      176,457      

 

 
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:   
Class A      2,824,440      
Class B      5,754      
Class C      344,267      
Class I      197,484      
Class R      78,019      
Class Y      2,558,982      

 

 
Shareholder communications:   
Class A      22,809      
Class B      55      
Class C      2,218      
Class I      1,179      
Class R      207      
Class Y      15,770      

 

 
Custodian fees and expenses      386,710      

 

 
Borrowing fees      58,436      

 

 
Trustees’ compensation      54,111      

 

 
Other      205,992      
  

 

 

 
Total expenses      42,146,291      
Less reduction to custodian expenses      (1,477)      
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (253,565)      
  

 

 

 
Net expenses      41,891,249      

 

 

Net Investment Loss

     (21,847,563)      

 

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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies      $     87,973,573      
Foreign currency transactions      (1,391,496)    
  

 

 

 
Net realized gain      86,582,077      

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:   
Investment transactions      132,267,823    
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      206,639    
  

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      132,474,462    

 

 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $ 197,208,976    
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Six Months Ended
February 28, 2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31, 2016
 

 

 
Operations    
Net investment income (loss)     $ (21,847,563)     $ 15,648,374     

 

 
Net realized gain     86,582,077        71,792,974     

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation     132,474,462       250,933,367     
 

 

 

 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     197,208,976       338,374,715     

 

 
Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders    
Dividends from net investment income:    
Class A     (3,791,935)       (1,646,355)     
Class B     —        —     
Class C     —        —     
Class I     (7,982,939)       (4,170,643)     
Class R     —        —     
Class Y     (9,943,516)       (4,723,583)     
 

 

 

 
    (21,718,390)       (10,540,581)     

 

 
Beneficial Interest Transactions    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:    
Class A     (203,325,425)        575,810,520     
Class B     (2,422,271)        (3,091,809)     
Class C     (46,257,005)        42,486,990     
Class I     107,725,899        178,302,293     
Class R     (2,644,325)        8,762,957     
Class Y     269,403,816        729,119,747     
 

 

 

 
    122,480,689        1,531,390,698     

 

 
Net Assets    
Total increase     297,971,275        1,859,224,832     

 

 
Beginning of period     6,609,445,369        4,750,220,537     
 

 

 

 
End of period (including accumulated net investment income (loss) of $(33,596,329) and $9,969,624, respectively)     $   6,907,416,644      $   6,609,445,369     
 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Class A    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31,
2016
    Year Ended
August 31,
2015
    Year Ended
August 29,
20141
     Year Ended
August 30,
20131
    Year Ended
August 31,
2012
 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data              
Net asset value, beginning of period      $38.28       $36.38       $33.92       $27.32        $20.56       $21.90  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:              
Net investment income (loss)2      (0.15)       0.05       0.06       0.14        0.20       0.12  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      1.28       1.87       2.55       6.69        6.81       (0.55)  
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      1.13       1.92       2.61       6.83        7.01       (0.43)  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:              
Dividends from net investment income      (0.06)       (0.02)       (0.15)       (0.23)        (0.25)       (0.91)  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $39.35       $38.28       $36.38       $33.92        $27.32       $20.56  
  

 

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3      2.95%       5.29%       7.77%       25.06%        34.40%       (1.39)%  

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $2,541,215       $2,678,644       $1,968,434       $1,076,376        $593,624       $454,037  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $2,587,074       $2,462,620       $1,373,719       $922,903        $517,067       $476,217  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4              
Net investment income (loss)      (0.79)%       0.14%       0.18%       0.42%        0.83%       0.61%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      1.41%       1.29%       1.19%       1.20%        1.24%       1.29%  
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%        0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 
Total expenses6      1.41%       1.29%       1.19%       1.20%        1.24%       1.29%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      1.40%       1.28%       1.18%       1.19%        1.24%7       1.29%7  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      11%       19%       15%       18%        25%       46%  

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, 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 less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017      1.42                                                                                                     

Year Ended August 31, 2016

     1.30  
Year Ended August 31, 2015      1.20  

Year Ended August 29, 2014

     1.21  
Year Ended August 30, 2013      1.24  

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     1.29  

7. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

22       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


 

Class B    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31,
2016
    Year Ended
August 31,
2015
    Year Ended
August 29,
20141
     Year Ended
August 30,
20131
     Year Ended
August 31,
2012
 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data               
Net asset value, beginning of period      $35.90       $34.35       $32.11       $25.87        $19.47        $20.59  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:               
Net investment loss2      (0.27)       (0.23)       (0.21)       (0.13)        (0.03)        (0.08)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      1.19       1.78       2.45       6.37        6.45        (0.43)  
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      0.92       1.55       2.24       6.24        6.42        (0.51)  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:               
Dividends from net investment income      0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00        (0.02)        (0.61)  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $36.82       $35.90       $34.35       $32.11        $25.87        $19.47  
  

 

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3      2.56%       4.51%       6.98%       24.12%        33.01%        (2.10)%  

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $4,273       $6,611       $9,416       $12,523        $12,246        $13,160  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $5,248       $8,073       $9,751       $13,627        $12,556        $18,009  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4               
Net investment loss      (1.53)%       (0.67)%       (0.65)%       (0.43)%        (0.13)%        (0.40)%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      2.17%       2.02%       1.94%       1.96%        2.29%        2.40%  
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%        0.00%        0.00%  
  

 

 

 
Total expenses6      2.17%       2.02%       1.94%       1.96%        2.29%        2.40%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      2.16%       2.01%       1.93%       1.95%        2.13%        2.17%  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      11%       19%       15%       18%        25%        46%  

 

23       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, 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 less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017      2.18                                                                                                     

Year Ended August 31, 2016

     2.03  
Year Ended August 31, 2015      1.95  

Year Ended August 29, 2014

     1.97  
Year Ended August 30, 2013      2.29  

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     2.40  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

24       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


    

 

Class C    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31,
2016
    Year Ended
August 31,
2015
    Year Ended
August 29,
20141
     Year Ended
August 30,
20131
    Year Ended
August 31,
2012
 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data              
Net asset value, beginning of period      $35.45       $33.92       $31.71       $25.61        $19.30       $20.56  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:              
Net investment income (loss)2      (0.27)       (0.21)       (0.18)       (0.10)        0.02       (0.03)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      1.18       1.74       2.39       6.28        6.39       (0.49)  
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      0.91       1.53       2.21       6.18        6.41       (0.52)  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:              
Dividends from net investment income      0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.08)        (0.10)       (0.74)  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $36.36       $35.45       $33.92       $31.71        $25.61       $19.30  
  

 

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3      2.60%       4.48%       6.97%       24.14%        33.33%       (2.07)%  

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $299,743       $339,118       $281,439       $193,529        $104,547       $76,156  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $315,079       $327,473       $211,533       $161,291        $88,338       $81,613  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4              
Net investment income (loss)      (1.54)%       (0.62)%       (0.57)%       (0.34)%        0.07%       (0.14)%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      2.17%       2.04%       1.94%       1.96%        2.02%       2.04%  
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%5       0.00%        0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 
Total expenses6      2.17%       2.04%       1.94%       1.96%        2.02%       2.04%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      2.16%       2.03%       1.93%       1.95%        2.02%7       2.04%7  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      11%       19%       15%       18%        25%       46%  

 

25       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, 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 less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017      2.18                                                                                                     

Year Ended August 31, 2016

     2.05  
Year Ended August 31, 2015      1.95  

Year Ended August 29, 2014

     1.97  
Year Ended August 30, 2013      2.02  

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     2.04  

7. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

26       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


 

Class I    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2017
(Unaudited)
      Year Ended
August 31,
2016
      Year Ended
August 31,
2015
      Year Ended
August 29,
20141
       Year Ended
August 30,
20131
   

  Period

Ended
  August 31,
20122

 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data              
Net asset value, beginning of period      $38.17       $36.23       $33.76       $27.17        $20.40       $18.38  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:              
Net investment income (loss)3      (0.07)       0.21       0.21       0.26        0.30       0.15  
Net realized and unrealized gain      1.26       1.87       2.54       6.66        6.83       1.87  
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      1.19       2.08       2.75       6.92        7.13       2.02  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:              
Dividends from net investment income      (0.22)       (0.14)       (0.28)       (0.33)        (0.36)       0.00  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period      $39.14       $38.17       $36.23       $33.76        $27.17       $20.40  
  

 

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value4      3.17%       5.75%       8.27%       25.59%        35.34%       10.99%  

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $1,415,584       $1,272,537       $1,032,630       $893,125        $571,154       $1,093  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)      $1,327,732       $1,132,539       $911,969       $787,902        $114,975       $293  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:5              
Net investment income (loss)      (0.36)%       0.57%       0.60%       0.81%        1.15%       1.20%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below      0.98%       0.85%       0.76%       0.77%        0.83%       0.83%  
Interest and fees from borrowings      0.00%6       0.00%6       0.00%6       0.00%        0.00%       0.00%  
  

 

 

 
Total expenses7      0.98%       0.85%       0.76%       0.77%        0.83%       0.83%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.97%       0.84%       0.75%       0.76%        0.83%8       0.83%8  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      11%       19%       15%       18%        25%       46%  

 

27       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. For the period from December 29, 2011 (inception of offering) to August 31, 2012.

3. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

4. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, 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 less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

5. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

6. Less than 0.005%.

7. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017      0.99%                                                                                                        

Year Ended August 31, 2016

     0.86%     
Year Ended August 31, 2015      0.77%     

Year Ended August 29, 2014

     0.78%     
Year Ended August 30, 2013      0.83%     

Period Ended August 31, 2012

     0.83%     

8. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

28       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


 

Class R    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2017
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
August 31,
2016
  Year Ended
August 31,
2015
  Year Ended
August 29,
20141
   Year Ended
August 30,
20131
  Year Ended
August 31,
2012
 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data  
Net asset value, beginning of period    $36.67   $34.92   $32.55   $26.22    $19.75     $21.03  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:              
Net investment income (loss)2    (0.19)   (0.05)   (0.02)   0.04    0.12     0.05  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)    1.23   1.80   2.46   6.44    6.53     (0.51)  
  

 

 
Total from investment operations    1.04   1.75   2.44   6.48    6.65     (0.46)  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:              
Dividends from net investment income    0.00   0.00   (0.07)   (0.15)    (0.18)     (0.82)  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period    $37.71   $36.67   $34.92   $32.55    $26.22     $19.75  
  

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3    2.84%   5.01%   7.53%   24.74%    33.90%     (1.67)%  

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)    $72,371   $73,150   $60,908   $39,082    $27,641     $24,303  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)    $71,439   $68,089   $45,566   $35,888    $26,402     $25,519  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4              
Net investment income (loss)    (1.05)%   (0.15)%   (0.07)%   0.13%    0.50%     0.28%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below    1.66%   1.53%   1.44%   1.46%    1.57%     1.62%  
Interest and fees from borrowings    0.00%5   0.00%5   0.00%5   0.00%    0.00%     0.00%  
  

 

 
Total expenses6    1.66%   1.53%   1.44%   1.46%    1.57%     1.62%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses    1.65%   1.52%   1.43%   1.45%    1.57%7     1.62%7  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate    11%   19%   15%   18%    25%     46%  

 

29       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


    

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, 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 less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017      1.67%                                                                                                        

Year Ended August 31, 2016

     1.54%     
Year Ended August 31, 2015      1.45%     

Year Ended August 29, 2014

     1.47%     
Year Ended August 30, 2013      1.57%     

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     1.62%     

7. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

30       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


    

 

Class Y    Six Months
Ended
February 28,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31,
2016
    Year Ended
August 31,
2015
    Year Ended
August 29,
20141
     Year Ended
August 30,
20131
    Year Ended
August 31,
2012
 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data  
Net asset value, beginning of period    $38.06   $36.16   $33.71   $27.14    $20.45     $21.81  

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:              
Net investment income (loss)2    (0.10)   0.15   0.16   0.26    0.32     0.22  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)    1.27   1.85   2.52   6.61    6.73     (0.57)  
  

 

 
Total from investment operations    1.17   2.00   2.68   6.87    7.05     (0.35)  

 

 
Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:              
Dividends from net investment income    (0.16)   (0.10)   (0.23)   (0.30)    (0.36)     (1.01)  

 

 
Net asset value, end of period    $39.07   $38.06   $36.16   $33.71    $27.14     $20.45  
  

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value3    3.10%   5.53%   8.05%   25.40%    34.85%     (0.95)%  

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)    $2,574,231   $2,239,385   $1,397,394   $622,170    $106,696     $394,848  

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)    $2,346,979   $1,932,568   $819,230   $357,072    $429,700     $381,371  

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4              
Net investment income (loss)    (0.56)%   0.41%   0.47%   0.79%    1.35%     1.12%  
Expenses excluding specific expenses listed below    1.17%   1.04%   0.95%   0.96%    0.83%     0.82%  
Interest and fees from borrowings    0.00%5   0.00%5   0.00%5   0.00%    0.00%     0.00%  
  

 

 
Total expenses6    1.17%   1.04%   0.95%   0.96%    0.83%     0.82%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses    1.16%   1.03%   0.94%   0.95%    0.83%7     0.82%7  

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate    11%   19%   15%   18%    25%     46%  

 

31       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


    

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued

 

1. Represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, 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 less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Less than 0.005%.

6. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

 

Six Months Ended February 28, 2017      1.18%                                                                                                        

Year Ended August 31, 2016

     1.05%     
Year Ended August 31, 2015      0.96%     

Year Ended August 29, 2014

     0.97%     
Year Ended August 30, 2013      0.83%     

Year Ended August 31, 2012

     0.82%     

7. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

32       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS February 28, 2017 Unaudited

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer International Small-Mid Company Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI.

The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R and Class Y shares, and previously offered Class B shares for new purchase through June 29, 2012. Subsequent to that date, no new purchases of Class B shares are permitted, however reinvestment of dividend and/or capital gain distributions and exchanges of Class B shares into and from other Oppenheimer funds are allowed. As of July 1, 2014, Class N shares were renamed Class R shares. Class N shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) on July 1, 2014, continue to be subject to a CDSC after the shares were renamed. Purchases of Class R shares occurring on or after July 1, 2014, are not subject to a CDSC upon redemption. Class A shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus a front-end sales charge. Class C and Class R shares are sold, and Class B shares were sold, without a front-end sales charge but may be subject to a CDSC. Class R shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement plans that offer Class R shares may impose charges on those accounts. Class I and Class Y shares are sold to certain institutional investors or intermediaries without either a front-end sales charge or a CDSC, however, the intermediaries may impose charges on their accountholders who beneficially own Class I and Class Y shares. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Earnings, net assets and net asset value per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees and shareholder communications, directly attributable to that class. Class A, B, C and R shares have separate distribution and/or service plans under which they pay fees. Class I and Class Y shares do not pay such fees. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares 72 months after the date of purchase.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) Value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close as described in Note 3.

(2) Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of

 

33       OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets and the values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments shown in the Statement of Operations.

For securities, which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis 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.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. GAAP, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually or at other times as deemed necessary by the Manager.

The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made to shareholders prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may ultimately be categorized as a tax return of capital.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if any, and capital gains taxes on foreign investments, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Return of Capital Estimates. Distributions received from the Fund’s investments in Real Estate Investments Trusts (REITs), generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Fund records investment income and return of capital based on estimates. Such estimates are

 

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based on historical information available from each REIT and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. This rate increased to 2.00% effective January 1, 2017. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to comply with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its investment company taxable income to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax return filings generally remains open for the three preceding fiscal reporting period ends. The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2016, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2016, the Fund utilized $95,316,752 of capital loss carryforward to offset capital gains realized in that fiscal year. The Fund had post-October losses of $22,673,554. Details of the fiscal year ended August 31, 2016 capital loss carryforwards are included in the table below. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration, if any, must be utilized prior to those with expiration dates. Capital losses with no expiration will be carried forward to future years if not offset by gains.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Expiring        
2016    $ 43,762,435  
2019      7,946,140  
  

 

 

 
Total    $                 51,708,575  
  

 

 

 

At period end, it is estimated that the capital loss carryforwards would be zero. The estimated capital loss carryforward represents the carryforward as of the end of the last fiscal year, increased or decreased by capital losses or gains realized in the first six months of the current fiscal year. During the reporting period, it is estimated that the Fund will utilize $74,382,129 of capital loss carryforward to offset realized capital gains.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income or net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax requirements, which may differ from the character of net investment income or net realized gains presented in those financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also, due to timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or net realized gain was recorded by the Fund.

The aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments for federal income tax purposes at period end are noted in the following table. The primary difference between book and tax appreciation or depreciation of securities and other investments, if applicable, is attributable to the tax deferral of losses or tax realization of financial statement unrealized gain or loss.

Federal tax cost of securities      $ 5,768,887,930     
Federal tax cost of other investments      17     
  

 

 

 
Total federal tax cost      $  5,768,887,947     
  

 

 

 
Gross unrealized appreciation      $ 1,652,339,471     
Gross unrealized depreciation      (546,442,579)   
  

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation      $ 1,105,896,892     
  

 

 

 

Certain foreign countries impose a tax on capital gains which is accrued by the Fund based on unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. The tax is paid when the gain is realized.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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 increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncement. In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to rules under the Investment Company Act of

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

1940 (“final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. The final rules amend Regulation S-X and require funds to provide standardized, enhanced derivative disclosure in fund financial statements in a format designed for individual investors. The amendments to Regulation S-X also update the disclosures for other investments and investments in, and advances to affiliates and amend the rules regarding the general form and content of fund financial statements. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. OFI Global is currently evaluating the amendments and their impact, if any, on the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, except in the case of a scheduled early closing of the Exchange, in which case the Fund will calculate net asset value of the shares as of the scheduled early closing time of the Exchange.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a “fair valuation” for any security for which market quotations are not “readily available.” The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by third party pricing services or dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Equity securities traded on a securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the official closing price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the official closing price is unavailable, the security is valued at the last sale price on the principal exchange on which it is traded. If the official closing price or last sales price for a foreign security is not available, the security is valued at the mean between the bid and asked price per the exchange or, if not available from the exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority): (1) a bid from the exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

securities, event-linked bonds, loans, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices.

Short-term money market type debt securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

A description of the standard inputs that may generally be considered by the third party pricing vendors in determining their evaluated prices is provided below.

Security Type    Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors

 

Corporate debt, government debt, municipal, mortgage- backed and asset-backed securities    Reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, and other appropriate factors.

 

Loans    Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

 

Event-linked bonds    Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

If a market value or price cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the “good faith” opinion of the Manager, the market value or price obtained does not constitute a “readily available market quotation,” or a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security is fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined. Those fair valuation standardized methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager, or its third party service provider who is subject to oversight by the Manager, regularly compares prior day

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

prices, prices on comparable securities, and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund classifies each of its investments in investment companies which are publicly offered as Level 1. Investment companies that are not publicly offered are measured using net asset value as a practical expedient, and are not classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
        Quoted
Prices
   

Level 2—

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

 

 

Assets Table

         

Investments, at Value:

         

Common Stocks

         

  Consumer Discretionary

   $     $         1,013,880,084     $      $         1,013,880,084  

  Consumer Staples

           513,069,126       1,467        513,070,593  

  Financials

           616,266,630              616,266,630  

  Health Care

     342,470,322       1,360,779,359              1,703,249,681  

  Industrials

     80,715,910       1,047,101,537              1,127,817,447  

  Information Technology

     272,657,921       925,812,496              1,198,470,417  

Materials

           223,746,373              223,746,373  

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

    Level 1—
Unadjusted
        Quoted Prices
   

Level 2—

Other Significant
  Observable Inputs

    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value  

 

 

Common Stocks (Continued)

       

Telecommunication Services

  $     $ 40,738,622     $     $ 40,738,622  

Preferred Stock

          21,187,159             21,187,159  

Investment Company

    416,542,642                     416,542,642  
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $     1,112,386,795     $   5,762,581,386     $           1,467     $     6,874,969,648  
 

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Risks of Foreign Investing. The Fund may invest in foreign securities which are subject to special risks. Securities traded in foreign markets may be less liquid and more volatile than those traded in U.S. markets. Foreign issuers are usually not subject to the same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject to, which may make it difficult for the Fund to evaluate a foreign company’s operations or financial condition. A change in the value of a foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S. dollar value of investments denominated in that foreign currency and in the value of any income or distributions the Fund may receive on those investments. The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control regulations, foreign taxes, higher transaction and other costs, delays in the settlement of transactions, changes in economic or monetary policy in the United States or abroad, expropriation or nationalization of a company’s assets, or other political and economic factors. In addition, due to the inter-relationship of global economies and financial markets, changes in political and economic factors in one country or region could adversely affect conditions in another country or region. Investments in foreign securities may also expose the Fund to time-zone arbitrage risk. Foreign securities may trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. At times, the Fund may emphasize investments in a particular country or region and may be subject to greater risks from adverse events that occur in that country or region. Foreign securities and foreign currencies held in foreign banks and securities depositories may be subject to limited or no regulatory oversight.

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investments in Money Market Instruments. The Fund is permitted to invest its free cash balances in money market instruments to provide liquidity or for defensive purposes. The Fund may invest in money market instruments by investing in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Government Money Market Fund (“IGMMF”), formerly known as Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, which is an Affiliated Fund. IGMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Fund may also invest in money market instruments directly or in other affiliated or unaffiliated money market funds.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities generally do not all move in the same direction at the same time and a variety of factors can affect the price of a particular company’s securities. These factors may include, but are not limited to, poor earnings reports, a loss of customers, litigation against the company, general unfavorable performance of the company’s sector or industry, or changes in government regulations affecting the company or its industry.

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the Fund to various market risk factors:

Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market.

Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of debt to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield debt securities are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality securities.

Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.

Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument’s price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument’s price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.

 

 

6. 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:

 

     Six Months Ended February 28, 2017       Year Ended August 31, 2016     
     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount     

 

 

Class A

           
Sold      5,491,724       $ 209,676,190         38,398,173       $ 1,393,559,303   
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      97,740         3,592,895         42,177         1,566,036   
Redeemed      (10,989,016)        (416,594,510)        (22,570,190)        (819,314,819)  
  

 

 

 
Net increase (decrease)      (5,399,552)      $ (203,325,425)        15,870,160       $ 575,810,520   
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class B

           
Sold      1,216       $ 43,889         64,554       $ 2,200,457   
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      —         —         —         —   
Redeemed      (69,325)        (2,466,160)        (154,518)        (5,292,266)  
  

 

 

 
Net decrease      (68,109)      $ (2,422,271)        (89,964)      $ (3,091,809)  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class C

           
Sold      177,130       $ 6,248,617         3,343,233       $ 112,655,948   
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      —         —         —         —   
Redeemed      (1,500,269)        (52,505,622)        (2,073,162)        (70,168,958)  
  

 

 

 
Net increase (decrease)      (1,323,139)      $ (46,257,005)        1,270,071       $ 42,486,990   
  

 

 

 

 

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6. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)

 

     Six Months Ended February 28, 2017       Year Ended August 31, 2016  
     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount   

 

 

Class I

           
Sold      6,299,917       $ 239,519,207         11,533,336       $ 420,251,741   
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      205,228         7,496,983         108,766         4,013,471   
Redeemed      (3,680,634)        (139,290,291)        (6,804,462)        (245,962,919)  
  

 

 

 
Net increase      2,824,511       $ 107,725,899         4,837,640       $ 178,302,293   
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class R

           
Sold      310,222       $ 11,305,590         1,196,254       $ 41,591,548   
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      —         —         —         —   
Redeemed      (385,790)        (13,949,915)        (945,842)        (32,828,591)  
  

 

 

 
Net increase (decrease)      (75,568)      $ (2,644,325)        250,412       $ 8,762,957   
  

 

 

 

 

 

Class Y

           
Sold      18,450,746       $ 698,693,453         40,868,234       $ 1,475,323,887   
Dividends and/or distributions reinvested      249,068         9,083,505         117,809         4,341,268   
Redeemed      (11,641,362)        (438,373,142)        (20,800,203)        (750,545,408)  
  

 

 

 
Net increase      7,058,452       $ 269,403,816         20,185,840       $ 729,119,747   
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IGMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

      Purchases        Sales    
Investment securities    $ 921,218,520        $ 786,324,154    

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate as shown in the following table:

  Fee Schedule      

  Up to $500 million

   1.00%  

  Next $500 million

   0.95     

  Next $4 billion

   0.92     

  Over $5 billion

   0.90     

The Fund’s effective management fee for the reporting period was 0.92% of average annual net assets before any applicable waivers.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred and average net assets for each class with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Trustees’ Compensation. The Fund has adopted an unfunded retirement plan (the “Plan”) for the Fund’s Independent Trustees. Benefits are based on years of service and fees paid to each Trustee during their period of service. The Plan was frozen with respect to adding new participants effective December 31, 2006 (the “Freeze Date”) and existing Plan Participants as of the Freeze Date will continue to receive accrued benefits under the Plan. Active Independent Trustees as of the Freeze Date have each elected a distribution method with respect to their benefits under the Plan. During the reporting period, the Fund’s projected benefit obligations, payments to retired Trustees and accumulated liability were as follows:

 

Projected Benefit Obligations Increased

   $                           —  

Payments Made to Retired Trustees

     12,141  

Accumulated Liability as of February 28, 2017

     87,747  

The Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Trustee under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Trustee. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Trustee in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Trustees’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor’s Agreement

 

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8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

with the Fund, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in the continuous public offering of the Fund’s classes of shares.

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan (the “Plan”) for Class A shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, the Fund reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made periodically at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the daily 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 periodically for providing personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that hold Class A shares. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent periods. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plan are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class R Shares. The Fund has adopted Distribution and Service Plans (the “Plans”) for Class B, Class C and Class R shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act to compensate the Distributor for distributing those share classes, maintaining accounts and providing shareholder services. Under the Plans, the Fund pays the Distributor an annual asset-based sales charge of 0.75% on Class B and Class C shares’ daily net assets and 0.25% on Class R shares’ daily net assets. The Fund also pays a service fee under the Plans at an annual rate of 0.25% of daily net assets. The Plans continue in effect from year to year only if the Fund’s Board of Trustees votes annually to approve their continuance at an in person meeting called for that purpose. Fees incurred by the Fund under the Plans are detailed in the Statement of Operations.

Sales Charges. Front-end sales charges and CDSC do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. The sales charges retained by the Distributor from the sale of shares and the CDSC retained by the Distributor on the redemption of shares is shown in the following table for the period indicated.

 

Six Months Ended   

Class A

Front-End
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor

     Class A
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class B
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class C
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
     Class R
Contingent
Deferred
Sales Charges
Retained by
Distributor
 

February 28, 2017

   $ 44,572      $ 2,952      $ 2,800      $ 27,595      $  

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IGMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $253,565 for IGMMF management fees.

Waivers and/or reimbursements may be modified or terminated as set forth according to the

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

terms in the prospectus.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Joint Credit Facility. A number of mutual funds managed by the Manager participate in a $1.3 billion revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with atypical redemption activity. Expenses and fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are disclosed separately or as other expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the reporting period.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY

AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Managers and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio manager and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY

AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Sub-Adviser has over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance and risk management services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of its staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Rezo Kanovich, the portfolio manager for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the renewal of the Fund’s service agreements. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Managers provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Managers and by the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to relevant benchmarks or market indices and to the performance of other retail funds in the foreign small/mid growth category. The Board noted that the Fund’s one-year, three-year, five-year and ten-year performance was better than its category median.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board also considered the comparability of the fees charged and the services provided to the Fund to the fees and services for other clients or accounts advised by the Adviser. The Board noted that on November 18, 2015, it had approved a management fee increase for the Fund. In connection with the Board’s approval, it had noted that the Fund’s proposed total expenses would be lower than the median and the average expenses of the Fund’s peer group, which consisted of the Fund’s closest set of competitors provided by the Adviser as of October 31, 2015. The independent consultant provided comparative data, as of a more recent date, in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail front-end load foreign small/mid growth funds with comparable asset levels and distribution features. The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual management fee was slightly higher than its peer group median and lower than its category median. The Board also noted that the Fund’s total expenses, with waiver, were equal to its peer group median and lower than its category median.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their

 

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relationship with the Fund. The Board also considered that the Managers must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund currently has management fee breakpoints, which are intended to share with Fund shareholders economies of scale that may exist as the Fund’s assets grow.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates and research provided to the Adviser in connection with permissible brokerage arrangements (soft dollar arrangements).

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission Rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through September 30, 2017. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES;

UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Guidelines is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Fund’s voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents

This is to inform you about OppenheimerFunds’ “householding” policy. If more than one member of your household maintains an account in a particular fund, OppenheimerFunds will mail only one copy of the fund’s prospectus (or, if available, the fund’s summary prospectus), annual and semiannual report and privacy policy. The consolidation of these mailings, called householding, benefits your fund through reduced mailing expense, and benefits you by reducing the volume of mail you receive from OppenheimerFunds. Householding does not affect the delivery of your account statements.

Please note that we will continue to household these mailings for as long as you remain an OppenheimerFunds shareholder, unless you request otherwise. If you prefer to receive multiple copies of these materials, please call us at 1.800.CALL-OPP (225-5677). You may also notify us in writing or via email. We will begin sending you individual copies of the prospectus (or, if available, the summary prospectus), reports and privacy policy within 30 days of receiving your request to stop householding.

 

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DISTRIBUTION SOURCES Unaudited

 

 

For any distribution that took place over the Fund’s reporting period, the table below details on a per-share basis the percentage of the Fund’s total distribution payment amount that was derived from the following sources: net income, net profit from the sale of securities, and other capital sources. Other capital sources represent a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income.” You should not draw any conclusions about each Fund’s investment performance from the amounts of these distributions. This information is based upon income and capital gains using generally accepted accounting principles as of the date of each distribution. Because the Fund is actively managed, the relative amount of the Fund’s total distributions derived from various sources over the calendar year may change. Please note that this information should not be used for tax reporting purposes as the tax character of distributable income may differ from the amounts used for this notification. You will receive IRS tax forms in the first quarter of each calendar year detailing the actual amount of the taxable and non-taxable portion of distributions paid to you during the tax year.

For the most current information, please go to oppenheimerfunds.com. Select your Fund, then the ‘Detailed’ tab; where ‘Dividends’ are shown, the Fund’s latest pay date will be followed by the sources of any distribution, updated daily.

 

Fund Name   

Pay

Date

           Net Income      Net Profit
      from Sale
    

Other

Capital

            Sources

 

Oppenheimer International Small-Mid Company Fund

     12/6/16        41.2%        58.8%        0.0%  

 

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SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING Unaudited

 

 

On March 11, 2016, following an adjournment from a shareholder meeting held on February 12, 2016, a meeting of the Oppenheimer International Small-Mid Company Fund (the “Fund”) was held at which a proposal to approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. was approved as described in the Fund’s Proxy Statement dated January 4, 2016. The following is a report of the votes cast:

Proposal: To approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement

 

For    Against    Abstain

63,773,281

   15,457,996    2,076,780

 

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OPPENHEIMER INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID COMPANY FUND

 

Trustees and Officers    Brian F. Wruble, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Trustee
   Beth Ann Brown, Trustee
   Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., Trustee
   Elizabeth Krentzman, Trustee
   Mary F. Miller, Trustee
   Joel W. Motley, Trustee
   Joanne Pace, Trustee
   Daniel Vandivort, Trustee
   Rezo Kanovich, Vice President
   Arthur P. Steinmetz, Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
   Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
   Jennifer Foxson, Vice President and Chief Business Officer
   Mary Ann Picciotto, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Anti-Money
   Laundering Officer
   Brian S. Petersen, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer
Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and Shareholder    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Servicing Agent   
Sub-Transfer Agent   

Shareholder Services, Inc.

DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

Independent Registered    KPMG LLP
Public Accounting Firm   
Legal Counsel    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
   The financial statements included herein have been taken from the records of the Fund without examination of those records by the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

© 2017 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All Rights reserved.

 

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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE

As an Oppenheimer fund shareholder, you are entitled to know how we protect your personal information and how we limit its disclosure.

Information Sources

We obtain nonpublic personal information about our shareholders from the following sources:

  Applications or other forms
  When you create a user ID and password for online account access
  When you enroll in eDocs Direct,SM our electronic document delivery service
  Your transactions with us, our affiliates or others
  Technologies on our website, including: “cookies” and web beacons, which are used to collect data on the pages you visit and the features you use.

If you visit oppenheimerfunds.com and do not log on to the secure account information areas, we do not obtain any personal information about you. When you do log on to a secure area, we do obtain your user ID and password to identify you. We also use this information to provide you with products and services you have requested, to inform you about products and services that you may be interested in and assist you in other ways.

We do not collect personal information through our website unless you willingly provide it to us, either directly by email or in those areas of the website that request information. In order to update your personal information (including your mailing address, email address and phone number) you must first log on and visit your user profile.

If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, doing so may limit your access to certain sections of our website.

We use cookies to help us improve and manage our website. For example, cookies help us recognize new versus repeat visitors to the site, track the pages visited, and enable some special features on the website. This data helps us provide a better service for our website visitors.

Protection of Information

We do not disclose any non-public personal information (such as names on a customer list) about current or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.

Disclosure of Information

Copies of confirmations, account statements and other documents reporting activity in your fund accounts are made available to your financial advisor (as designated by you). We may also use details about you and your investments to help us, our financial service affiliates, or firms that jointly market their financial products and services with ours, to better serve your investment needs or suggest educational material that may be of interest to you. If this requires us to provide you with an opportunity to “opt in” or “opt out” of such information sharing with a firm not affiliated with us, you will receive notification on how to do so, before any such sharing takes place.

Right of Refusal

We will not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties (except as permitted by law), unless we first offer you a reasonable opportunity to refuse or “opt out” of such disclosure.

 

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Internet Security and Encryption

In general, the email services provided by our website are encrypted and provide a secure and private means of communication with us. To protect your own privacy, confidential and/or personal information should only be communicated via email when you are advised that you are using a secure website. As a security measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure emails, and we advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure emails. Instead, you may take advantage of the secure features of our website to encrypt your email correspondence. To do this, you will need to use a browser that supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

  All transactions, including redemptions, exchanges and purchases, are secured by SSL and 256-bit encryption. SSL is used to establish a secure connection between your PC and OppenheimerFunds’ server. It transmits information in an encrypted and scrambled format.
  Encryption is achieved through an electronic scrambling technology that uses a “key” to code and then decode the data. Encryption acts like the cable converter box you may have on your television set. It scrambles data with a secret code so that no one can make sense of it while it is being transmitted. When the data reaches its destination, the same software unscrambles the data.
  You can exit the secure area by either closing your browser, or for added security, you can use the Log Out button before you close your browser.

Other Security Measures

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal account information. Our employees and agents have access to that information only so that they may offer you products or provide services, for example, when responding to your account questions.

How You Can Help

You can also do your part to keep your account information private and to prevent unauthorized transactions. If you obtain a user ID and password for your account, safeguard that information. Also, take special precautions when accessing your account on a computer used by others.

Who We Are

This joint notice describes the privacy policies of the Oppenheimer funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., each of its investment adviser subsidiaries, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. and OFI Global Trust Co. It applies to all Oppenheimer fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your Social Security number—whether or not you remain a shareholder of our funds. This notice was last updated November 2016. In the event it is updated or changed, we will post an updated notice on our website at oppenheimerfunds.com. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, write to us at P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO 80217-5270, email us by clicking on the Contact Us section of our website at oppenheimerfunds.com or call us at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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RS0815.001.0217 April 25, 2017


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to semiannual reports.


Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

b) Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Fund’s Governance Committee Provisions with Respect to Nominations of Directors/Trustees to the Respective Boards

None

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 2/28/2017, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Not applicable to semiannual reports.

 

  (2) Exhibits attached hereto.

 

  (3) Not applicable.

 

(b) Exhibit attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Oppenheimer International Small-Mid Company Fund

 

By:   /s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   4/13/2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   4/13/2017
By:   /s/ Brian S. Petersen
  Brian S. Petersen
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   4/13/2017