PSP/SAI Multiple Strategies

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                     OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND
                   Supplement dated January 13, 2003 to the
                      Prospectus dated November 22, 2002


The following  replaces the paragraph  titled  "Portfolio  Management Team" on
page 15 of the Prospectus:

   "Portfolio  Managers.  Effective  January 13, 2003,  the equity  portion of
   the  Fund's  portfolio  is  managed  by  Christopher   Leavy  and  Emmanuel
   Ferreira,  supported  by other  members of the  Manager's  value  portfolio
   team,  and the  fixed-income  portion of the portfolio is managed by Angelo
   Manioudakis,  supported  by  other  members  of  the  Manager's  high-grade
   fixed-income  team.  Mr.  Leavy  has been a Senior  Vice  President  of the
   Manager since September 2000.  Prior to joining the Manager,  he had been a
   portfolio  manager at Morgan  Stanley  Dean  Witter  Investment  Management
   (1997-2000).  Mr.  Ferreira  is a Vice  President  of the  Manager  and Mr.
   Manioudakis  is a Senior Vice  President of the  Manager.  Prior to joining
   the  Manager in January  2003,  Mr.  Ferreira  was a  portfolio  manager at
   Lashire  Investments  (1999-2003),  and a  senior  analyst  at  Mark  Asset
   Management  (1997-1999).  Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Manioudakis was
   a portfolio  manager at Morgan Stanley  Investment  Management (from August
   1993 to April 2002)."



January 13, 2003                                            PS0240.025

                  OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND
                 Supplement dated January 2, 2003 to the
                  Statement of Additional Information
                           dated November 22, 2002


1.    Effective  December 31, 2002, Mr. Leon Levy resigned as a Trustee of the
   Fund  and Mr.  Clayton  Yeutter  was  elected  as  Chairman  of the  Board,
   effective  January  1,  2003.   Therefore,   the  Statement  of  Additional
   Information  is revised by deleting the  biography  for Mr. Levy on page 46
   and by adding the following to Mr.  Yeutter's  biography:  "Chairman of the
   Board of Trustees."

2.    In the Trustee  compensation  table on page 51, the title of  "Chairman"
   after Mr.  Levy's  name is  deleted  and the title of  "Chairman"  is added
   after Mr.  Yeutter's  name. In addition,  the  following  footnote is added
   following Mr. Levy's name and following Mr. Yeutter's name:

            7.  Effective  January 1, 2003,  Clayton  Yeutter became
           Chairman  of the Board of  Trustees  of the Board I Funds
           upon the retirement of Leon Levy.


January 2, 2003                                             PX0240.012

Oppenheimer
Multiple Strategies Fund

Prospectus dated November 22, 2002

Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
is a mutual fund that seeks total
return consistent with the
preservation of principal. It
invests in a variety of equity and
debt securities of U.S. and foreign
issuers, as well as money market
instruments.
This Prospectus contains
important information about the
Fund's objective, its investment
policies, strategies and risks. It
also contains important information
about how to buy and sell shares of
the Fund and other account features.
Please read this Prospectus
As with all mutual funds, the carefully before you invest and keep
Securities and Exchange Commission it for future reference about your
has not approved or disapproved the account.
Fund's securities nor has it
determined that this Prospectus is
accurate or complete. It is a
criminal offense to represent
otherwise.

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CONTENTS

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ABOUT THE FUND

The Fund's Investment Objective and Strategies
Main Risks of Investing in the Fund
The Fund's Past Performance
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
About the Fund's Investments
How the Fund is Managed

ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT

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

Special Investor Services
AccountLink
PhoneLink
OppenheimerFunds Internet Website
Retirement Plans

How to Sell Shares
By Mail
By Telephone

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

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A B O U T T H E F U N D

The Fund's Investment Objective and Strategies

WHAT IS THE FUND'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE? The Fund seeks high total investment
return consistent with preservation of principal.

WHAT DOES THE FUND MAINLY INVEST IN? The Fund buys a variety of different
types of securities to seek its objective. Mainly, these include:
o Equity securities. Primarily common stocks of U.S. and foreign
companies.
o Debt securities. Including bonds and notes issued by domestic and
foreign companies (which can include lower-grade, high-yield
securities), securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and
its agencies and instrumentalities, including mortgage-related
securities (these are referred to as "U.S. Government securities"), and
debt obligations of foreign governments.
o Money market instruments, which are obligations that have a maturity of
13 months or less, including short-term U.S. Government securities,
corporate and bank debt obligations and commercial paper.

These investments are more fully explained in "About the Fund's
Investments," below.

HOW DO THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS DECIDE WHAT SECURITIES TO BUY OR SELL? In
selecting securities for the Fund, the Fund's portfolio managers use
different investment styles to carry out an asset allocation strategy that
seeks broad diversification across asset classes. They normally maintain a
balanced mix of stocks, debt securities and cash, although the Fund has no
requirements to weight the portfolio holdings in a fixed proportion.
Therefore, the portfolio's mix of equity and debt securities and cash will
change over time as the portfolio managers seek relative values and
opportunities in different asset classes.

Because the goal of total return looks for an increase in the overall
portfolio value from a combination of capital growth and income, the Fund
invests in stocks mainly for their capital appreciation potential and in debt
securities for income. The income from debt securities and money market
instruments can also help the Fund preserve principal when stock markets are
volatile.

The portfolio managers employ both "growth" and "value" styles in
selecting stocks. They employ fundamental analysis of a company's financial
statements and management structure, operations and product development, as
well as the industry of which the company is part. Value investing seeks
stocks that are temporarily out of favor or undervalued in the market by
various measures, such as the stock's price/earnings ratio. Growth investing
seeks stocks that the manager believes have possibilities for increases in
stock price because of strong earnings growth compared to the market, the
development of new products or services or other favorable economic factors.

WHO IS THE FUND DESIGNED FOR? The Fund is designed primarily for investors
seeking high total return from their investment over the long term, from a
fund employing different investment styles in allocating its assets among a
variety of types of securities. While the Fund seeks to select investments
consistent with the preservation of principal, investors should be willing to
assume the risks of short-term share price fluctuations that are typical for
a fund with significant investments in stocks and foreign securities. Since
the Fund's income level will fluctuate, it is not designed for investors
needing an assured level of current income. Because of its focus on seeking
total return over the long-term, the Fund may be appropriate for a part of an
investor's retirement plan portfolio. However, the Fund is not a complete
investment program.

Main Risks of Investing in the Fund

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

RISKS OF INVESTING IN STOCKS. Stocks fluctuate in price, and their short-term
volatility at times may be great. The Fund will normally invest at least 25%
of its total assets in stocks and other equity securities, and the value of
the Fund's portfolio therefore will be affected by changes in the stock
markets. Market risk will affect the Fund's net asset values per share, which
will fluctuate as the values of the Fund's portfolio securities change. A
variety of factors can affect the price of a particular stock and the prices
of individual stocks do not all move in the same direction uniformly or at
the same time. Different stock markets may behave differently from each
other.

Other factors can affect a particular stock's price, such as poor
earnings reports by the issuer, loss of major customers, major litigation
against the issuer, or changes in government regulations affecting the
issuer. The Fund has no requirements to invest in companies in any particular
capitalization range, and can invest in securities of large companies and
also small and medium-size companies, which may have more volatile stock
prices than large companies.

RISKS OF FOREIGN INVESTING. The Fund can buy securities issued by companies
or governments in any country, whether a developed or an emerging market
country. While the Fund has no limits on the amounts it can invest in foreign
securities, it normally expects to invest not more than 50% of its assets in
foreign securities. Foreign securities may offer special investment
opportunities, but there are also special risks. The change in value of a
foreign currency against the U.S. dollar will result in a change in the U.S.
dollar value of foreign securities. Foreign issuers are not subject to the
same accounting and disclosure requirements that U.S. companies are subject
to. The value of foreign investments may be affected by exchange control
regulations, expropriation or nationalization of a company's assets, foreign
taxes, delays in settlement of transactions, changes in governmental,
economic or monetary policy in the U.S. or abroad, or other political and
economic factors.

Special Risks of Emerging and Developing Markets. Securities in emerging and
developing markets present risks not found in more mature markets.
Those securities may be more difficult to sell at an acceptable price
and their prices may be more volatile than securities of issuers in
more developed markets. Settlements of trades may be subject to greater
delays so that the Fund might not receive the proceeds of a sale of a
security on a timely basis.

Emerging markets might have less developed trading markets and
exchanges, and legal and accounting systems. Investments may be subject
to greater risks of government restrictions on withdrawing the sales
proceeds of securities from the country. Economies of developing
countries may be more dependent on relatively few industries that may
be highly vulnerable to local and global changes. Governments may be
more unstable and present greater risks of nationalization or
restrictions on foreign ownership of stocks of local companies. These
investments may be very speculative.

CREDIT RISK. Debt securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk is the
risk that the issuer of a security might not make interest and principal
payments on the security as they become due. If the issuer fails to pay
interest, the Fund's income might be reduced and if the issuer fails to repay
principal, the value of that security and of the Fund's shares might fall. A
downgrade in an issuer's credit rating or other adverse news about an issuer
can cause the market value of that issuer's securities to fall. While the
Fund's investments in U.S. Government securities are subject to little credit
risk, the Fund's other investments in debt securities, particularly
high-yield lower-grade debt securities, are subject to risks of default.

Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. The Fund can invest up to 35% of its
total assets in securities below investment-grade to seek income.
Therefore, the Fund's credit risks are greater than those of funds that
buy only investment-grade bonds. Lower-grade debt securities (commonly
called "junk bonds") may be subject to greater market fluctuations and
greater risks of loss of income and principal than investment-grade
debt securities. Securities that are (or that have fallen) below
investment grade are exposed to a greater risk that the issuers of
those securities might not meet their debt obligations. The market for
lower-grade securities may be less liquid, especially during times of
general economic distress, and therefore they may be harder to sell at
an acceptable price. These risks can reduce the Fund's share prices and
the income it earns.

INTEREST RATE RISKS. The values of debt securities are subject to change when
prevailing interest rates change. When interest rates fall, the values of
already-issued debt securities generally rise. When interest rates rise, the
values of already-issued debt securities generally fall and they may sell at
a discount from their face amount. The magnitude of these fluctuations will
often be greater for debt securities having longer maturities than
shorter-term debt securities. The Fund's share prices can go up or down when
interest rates change because of the effect of the changes on the value of
the Fund's investments in debt securities.

PREPAYMENT RISK. Prepayment risk occurs when the issuer of a security can
prepay the principal prior to the security's maturity. Securities subject to
prepayment risk, including the mortgage-related securities that the Fund can
buy, have greater potential for loss when interest rates rise. The impact of
prepayments on the price of a security may be difficult to predict and may
increase the volatility of the price. Additionally, the Fund might buy
mortgage-related securities at a premium. Accelerated prepayments on those
securities could cause the Fund to lose a portion of its principal investment
represented by the premium the Fund paid.

If interest rates rise rapidly, prepayments might occur at slower rates
than expected, which could have the effect of lengthening the expected
maturity of a short or medium-term security. That could cause its value to
fluctuate more widely in response to changes in interest rates. In turn, this
could cause the value of the Fund's shares to fluctuate more.

The prices and yields of mortgage-related securities are determined, in
part, by assumptions about the cash flows from the rate of payments of the
underlying mortgages. Changes in interest rates may cause the rate of
expected prepayments of those mortgages to change. In general, prepayments
increase when general interest rates fall and decrease when interest rates
rise.

If prepayments of mortgages underlying a mortgage-related security
occur faster than expected when interest rates fall, the market value and
yield of the mortgage-related security could be reduced. Additionally, the
Fund may have to reinvest the prepayment proceeds in other securities paying
interest at lower rates, which could reduce the Fund's yield.

ASSET ALLOCATION RISKS. Because the Fund typically invests in a combination
of stocks, bonds and money market instruments to seek total return, it might
not achieve growth in its share prices to the same degree as funds focusing
on stocks during periods of rapidly rising prices. Also, the Fund's
investments in stocks may make it more difficult for the Manager to preserve
principal in volatile stock markets. The Fund's use of value and growth
styles in selecting stocks might not be successful, particularly if stocks
selected as value investments fail to appreciate in price to the extent the
Manager expected.

HOW RISKY IS THE FUND OVERALL? The risks described above collectively form
the overall risk profile of the Fund, and can affect the value of the Fund's
investments, its investment performance and the prices of its shares.
Particular investments and investment strategies also have risks. These risks
mean that you can lose money by investing in the Fund. When you redeem your
shares, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them. There is
no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

In the short term, domestic and foreign stock markets can be volatile,
and the price of the Fund's shares will go up and down in response to those
changes. The Fund's income-oriented investments may help cushion the Fund's
total return from changes in stock prices, but debt securities are subject to
credit, prepayment and interest rate risks. In the OppenheimerFunds spectrum,
the Fund may be less volatile than funds that focus only on stock
investments, but has less opportunities for capital growth than funds focused
solely on stocks and more risks than the funds that focus solely on
investment grade bonds.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency.

The Fund's Past Performance

The bar chart and table below show one measure of the risks of investing in
the Fund, by showing changes in the Fund's performance (for its Class A
shares) from year to year for the last 10 calendar years and by showing how
the average annual total returns of the Fund's shares, both before and after
taxes, compare to those of broad-based market indices.

The after-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only and are calculated
using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in
effect during the periods shown, and do not reflect the impact of state or
local taxes. The after-tax returns for the other classes of shares will
vary. In certain cases, the figure representing "Return After Taxes on
Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares" may be higher than the other return
figures for the same period. A higher after-tax return results when a
capital loss occurs upon redemption and translates into an assumed tax
deduction that benefits the shareholder. The after-tax returns are
calculated based on certain assumptions mandated by regulation and your
actual after-tax returns may differ from those shown, depending on your
individual tax situation. The after-tax returns set forth below are not
relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred
arrangements such as 401(k) plans or IRAs or to institutional investors not
subject to tax. The Fund's past investment performance, before and after
taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the
future.

Annual Total Returns (Class A) (as of 12/31 each year)

[See appendix to prospectus for data in bar chart showing annual total
returns]

Sales charges and taxes are not included in the calculations of return in
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this bar chart, and if those charges and taxes were included, the returns may
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be less than those shown.

For the period from 1/1/02 through 9/30/02, the cumulative return (not
annualized) before taxes for Class A shares was -16.14%. During the period
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shown in the bar chart, the highest return (not annualized) before taxes for
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a calendar quarter was 11.15% (4th Qtr '98) and the lowest return (not
annualized) before taxes for a calendar quarter was -11.03% (3rd Qtr '01).
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Average Annual Total Returns 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
for the periods ended (or life of (or life of (or life of
December 31, 2001 class, if less) class, if less) class, if less)
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Class A Shares (inception
4/24/87) -4.17% 7.33% 9.70%
Return Before Taxes -5.83% 4.41% 6.93%
Return After Taxes on -2.05% 4.95% 6.89%
Distributions
Return After Taxes on
Distributions and Sale of
Fund Shares
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S&P 500 Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses -11.88% 10.70% 12.93%1
or taxes)
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Lehman Bros. Aggregate Bond
Index (reflects no deduction 8.44% 7.43% 7.23%1
for fees, expenses or taxes)
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Class B Shares (inception -4.02% 7.42% 9.35%
8/29/95)
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Class C Shares (inception -0.12% 7.71% 9.25%
12/1/93)
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Class N Shares (inception N/A2 N/A N/A
3/1/01)
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1 From 12/31/91.
2 Because this is a new class of shares, return data for the period
specified is not available.

The Fund's average annual total returns include the applicable sales charge:
for Class A, the current maximum initial sales charge of 5.75%; for Class B,
the contingent deferred sales charges of 5% (1-year) and 2% (5 years); and
for Class C, the 1% contingent deferred sales charge for the 1-year period.
Because Class B shares convert to Class A shares 72 months after purchase,
Class B "life-of-class" performance does not include any contingent deferred
sales charge and uses Class A performance for the period after conversion.
The Fund's returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account and
assume that all dividends and capital gains distributions have been
reinvested in additional shares. The performance of the Fund's Class A shares
is compared to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, an unmanaged index of U.S.
equity securities, and to the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, an
unmanaged index of U.S. corporate, government and mortgage-backed
securities. The performance of the indices includes the reinvestment of
income but does not reflect transaction costs. The Fund's investments vary
from the securities in the indices.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following tables are provided to help you understand the fees and
expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The Fund pays a
variety of expenses directly for management of its assets, administration,
distribution of its shares and other services. Those expenses are subtracted
from the Fund's assets to calculate the Fund's net asset values per share.
All shareholders therefore pay those expenses indirectly. Shareholders pay
other transaction expenses directly, such as sales charges. The numbers
below are based on the Fund's expenses during its fiscal year ended September
30, 2002.

Shareholder Fees (charges paid directly from your investment):

Class A Class B Class C Class N
Shares Shares Shares Shares
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) on
purchases (as % of offering 5.75% None None None
price)
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge
(Load) (as % of the lower of
the original offering None1 5%2 1%3 1%4
price or redemption proceeds)
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1. A contingent deferred sales charge may apply to redemptions of investments
of $1 million or more ($500,000 for certain retirement plan accounts) of
Class A shares. See "How to Buy Shares" for details.
2. Applies to redemptions in first year after purchase. The contingent
deferred sales charge declines to 1% in the sixth year and is eliminated
after that.
3. Applies to shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.
4. Applies to shares redeemed within 18 months of a retirement plan's first
purchase of Class N shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (deducted from Fund assets):
(% of average daily net assets)

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Class A Class B Class C Class N
Shares Shares Shares Shares
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Management Fees 0.71% 0.71% 0.71% 0.71%
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Distribution and/or Service 0.20% 1.00% 1.00% 0.50%
(12b-1) Fees
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Other Expenses 0.24% 0.26% 0.25% 0.27%
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Total Annual Operating Expenses 1.15% 1.97% 1.96% 1.48%
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Expenses may vary in future years. "Other expenses" include transfer agent
fees, custodial fees, and accounting and legal expenses that the Fund pays.
The Transfer Agent has voluntarily undertaken to the Fund to limit the
transfer agent fees to 0.35% of average daily net assets per fiscal year for
all classes. That undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time. For
the Fund's fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, the transfer agent fees did
not exceed the expense limitation described above.

EXAMPLES. The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of
investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The
examples assume that you invest $10,000 in a class of shares of the Fund for
the time periods indicated and reinvest your dividends and distributions.

The first example assumes that you redeem all of your shares at the end
of those periods. The second example assumes that you keep your shares. Both
examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year and that
the class's operating expenses remain the same. Your actual costs may be
higher or lower because expenses will vary over time. Based on these
assumptions your expenses would be as follows:

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If shares are redeemed: 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
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Class A Shares $685 $919 $1,172 $1,892
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Class B Shares $700 $918 $1,262 $1,8891
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Class C Shares $299 $615 $1,057 $2,285
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Class N Shares $251 $468 $808 $1,768
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If shares are not 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
redeemed:
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Class A Shares $685 $919 $1,172 $1,892
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Class B Shares $200 $618 $1,062 $1,8891
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Class C Shares $199 $615 $1,057 $2,285
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Class N Shares $151 $468 $808 $1,768
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In the first example, expenses include the initial sales charge for Class A
and the applicable Class B, Class C or Class N contingent deferred sales
charges. In the second example, the Class A expenses include the sales
charge, but Class B, Class C and Class N expenses do not include the
contingent deferred sales charges.
1. Class B expenses for years 7 through 10 are based on Class A expenses,
since Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares after 6 years.

About the Fund's Investments

THE FUND'S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT POLICIES. The allocation of the Fund's
portfolio among different investments will vary over time based upon the
Manager's evaluation of economic and market trends. The Fund's portfolio
might not always include all of the different types of investments described
below. The Statement of Additional Information contains more detailed
information about the Fund's investment policies and risks.

At times the Fund may focus more on investing for capital appreciation
with less emphasis on seeking income, while seeking to preserve principal. At
other times, for example when stock markets are less stable, the Fund might
have greater relative emphasis on income-seeking investments, such as
government securities and money market instruments.

The Manager tries to reduce risks by carefully researching securities
before they are purchased. The Fund attempts to reduce its exposure to market
risks by diversifying its investments, that is, by not holding a substantial
amount of stock of any one company and by not investing too great a
percentage of the Fund's assets in any one issuer. Also, the Fund does not
concentrate 25% or more of its total assets in investments in any one
industry. However, changes in the overall market prices of securities and the
income they pay can occur at any time. The share prices of the Fund will
change daily based on changes in market prices of securities and market
conditions and in response to other economic events.

In seeking broad diversification of the Fund's portfolio over asset
classes, issuers and economies, the portfolio managers consider overall and
relative economic conditions in U.S. and foreign markets. They seek broad
diversification by investing in different countries to help moderate the
special risks of investing in foreign securities and lower-grade, high-yield
debt securities.

Stock Investments. The Fund's stock investments may be exchange-traded or
over-the-counter securities. Over-the-counter securities may have less
liquidity than exchange-traded securities. Stocks represent an
ownership interest in a company and common stocks rank below preferred
stocks and bonds in their claim for dividends and assets if the issuer
is liquidated or becomes bankrupt.

Debt Securities. The Fund will normally invest at least 25% of its assets in
fixed-income senior securities, such as bonds and notes. The debt
securities the Fund buys may be rated by nationally recognized rating
organizations or they may be unrated securities assigned a rating by
the Manager.

The Fund has no requirements as to the maturity of the debt securities
it can buy, or as to the market capitalization range of the issuers of
those securities. The Fund's investments may be investment grade or
below investment grade in credit quality. The Manager does not rely
solely on ratings by rating organizations in selecting debt securities
but evaluates business and economic factors affecting an issuer as well.

The Fund's foreign debt investments can be denominated in U.S. dollars
or in foreign currencies. Foreign government securities might not be
backed by the government's full faith and credit. The Fund can buy
"Brady Bonds." Those are U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities
collateralized by zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities. They are
typically issued by governments of emerging market countries and are
considered speculative securities with higher risks of default. The
Fund will buy foreign currency only in connection with the purchase and
sale of foreign securities and not for speculation.

o U.S. Government Securities. The Fund can invest in securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or other U.S. Government agencies or
federally-chartered corporate entities referred to as
"instrumentalities." These are referred to as "U.S. Government
securities" in this Prospectus. They can include collateralized
mortgage obligations ("CMOs") and other mortgage-related securities.

o U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (having
maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (having
maturities of more than one and up to ten years when issued), and
Treasury bonds (having maturities of more than ten years when issued).
Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States as to timely payments of interest and repayment of
principal. Although not rated, Treasury obligations have little credit
risk, but prior to their maturity they are subject to interest rate
risk.

o Obligations of U.S. Government Agencies or Instrumentalities. These
include direct obligations and mortgage-related securities that have
different levels of credit support from the U.S. Government. These have
relatively little credit risk. Some are supported by the full faith and
credit of the U.S. Government, such as Government National Mortgage
Association pass-through mortgage certificates (called "Ginnie Maes").
Some are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury under certain circumstances, such as Federal National Mortgage
Association bonds ("Fannie Maes"). Others are supported only by the
credit of the entity that issued them, such as Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation obligations ("Freddie Macs").

o Mortgage-Related U.S. Government Securities. The Fund can buy interests
in pools of residential or commercial mortgages, in the form of CMOs
and other "pass-through" mortgage securities. CMOs that are U.S.
Government securities have collateral to secure payment of interest and
principal. They may be issued in different series each having different
interest rates and maturities. The collateral is either in the form of
mortgage pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by a U.S.
agency or instrumentality or mortgage loans insured by a U.S.
Government agency.

o Forward Rolls. The Fund can enter into "forward roll" transactions with
respect to mortgage-related securities. In this type of transaction,
the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and
simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security at a later date
at a set price.

During the period between the sale and the repurchase, the Fund will
not be entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the
securities that have been sold. It is possible that the market value of
the securities the Fund sells may decline below the price at which the
Fund is obligated to repurchase securities, or that the counterparty
might default in its obligation. A substantial portion of the Fund's
assets may be subject to forward roll transactions at any given time.

o Private-Issuer Mortgage-Backed Securities. The Fund can invest in
mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers, which do not
offer the credit backing of U.S. Government mortgage-related
securities. Primarily these would include multi-class debt or
pass-through certificates secured by mortgage loans. They may be issued
by banks, savings and loans, mortgage bankers and other
non-governmental issuers. Private issuer mortgage-backed securities are
subject to the credit risks of the issuers (as well as interest rate
risks and prepayment risks), although in some cases they may be
supported by insurance or guarantees.

? High-Yield, Lower-Grade Debt Securities. The Fund can purchase a
variety of lower-grade, high-yield debt securities, to seek current
income. These securities are sometimes called "junk bonds." The Fund
limits these investments to not more than 35% of its assets.

Lower-grade debt securities are those rated below "Baa" by Moody's
Investors Service ("Moody's") or lower than "BBB" by Standard & Poor's
("S&P") or that have comparable ratings by other nationally-recognized
rating organizations. They include unrated securities assigned a
comparable rating by the Manager. The Fund can invest in securities
rated as low as "C" or "D" or which are in default at the time the Fund
buys them. While securities rated "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by S&P are
considered "investment grade," they have some speculative
characteristics.

o Money Market Instruments. The Fund can invest in money market
instruments, which include short-term certificates of deposit, bankers'
acceptances, commercial paper, U.S. Government obligations, and other
debt instruments (including bonds) issued by corporations. These
securities may have variable or floating interest rates. The Fund's
investments in commercial paper in general will be limited to paper in
the top two rating categories of S&P or Moody's.

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

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

Other Equity Investments. The Fund's equity investments are mainly common
stocks, but also include preferred stocks and securities convertible
into common stock. The Manager considers some convertible securities to
be "equity equivalents" because of the conversion feature and in that
case their rating has less impact on the investment decision than in
the case of other debt securities.

Zero-Coupon and "Stripped" Securities. Some of the U.S. Government debt
securities the Fund buys are zero-coupon bonds that pay no interest.
They are issued at a substantial discount from their face value.
"Stripped" securities are the separate income or principal components
of a debt security. Some CMOs or other mortgage-related securities may
be stripped, with each component having a different proportion of
principal or interest payments. One class might receive all the
interest and the other all the principal payments.

Zero-coupon and stripped securities are subject to greater fluctuations
in price from interest rate changes than interest-bearing securities.
The Fund may have to pay out the imputed income on zero-coupon
securities without receiving the actual cash currently. Interest-only
securities are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

The values of interest-only mortgage related securities are also very
sensitive to prepayments of underlying mortgages. When prepayments tend
to fall, the timing of the cash flows to these securities increases,
making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The market for
some of these securities may be limited, making it difficult for the
Fund to dispose of its holdings quickly at an acceptable price.

Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Investments may be illiquid because they
do not have an active trading market, making it difficult to value them
or dispose of them promptly at an acceptable price. Restricted
securities may have terms that limit their resale to other investors or
may require registration under federal securities laws before they can
be publicly sold. The Fund will not invest more than 10% of its net
assets in illiquid or restricted securities. The Board can increase
that limit to 15%. Certain restricted securities that are eligible for
resale to qualified institutional purchasers may not be subject to that
limit. The Manager monitors holdings of illiquid securities on an
ongoing basis to determine whether to sell any holdings to maintain
adequate liquidity.

Derivative Investments. The Fund can invest in a number of different kinds of
"derivative" investments. In general terms, a derivative investment is
an investment contract whose value depends on (or is derived from) the
value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index. In the broadest
sense, options, futures contracts, and other hedging instruments the
Fund might use may be considered "derivative" investments. In addition
to using derivatives for hedging, the Fund might use other derivative
investments because they offer the potential for increased value. The
Fund currently does not use derivatives to a substantial degree and is
not required to use them in seeking its objective.

Derivatives have risks. If the issuer of the derivative investment does
not pay the amount due, the Fund can lose money on the investment. The
underlying security or investment on which a derivative is based, and
the derivative itself, may not perform the way the Manager expected it
to. As a result of these risks, the Fund could realize less principal
or income from the investment than expected or its hedge might be
unsuccessful. As a result, the Fund's share prices could fall. Certain
derivative investments held by the Fund might be illiquid.

o Credit Derivatives. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, both
(i) directly and (ii) indirectly in the form of a swap embedded within
a structured note, to protect against the risk that a security will
default. The Fund pays a fee to enter into the trade and receives a
fixed payment during the life of the swap. If there is a credit
event, the Fund either delivers the defaulted bond (if the Fund has
taken the short position in the credit default swap) or pays the par
amount of the defaulted bond (if the Fund has taken the long position
in the credit default swap note). Risks of credit default swaps include
the cost of paying for credit protection if there are no credit events.

Hedging. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts, put and call options,
and forward contracts. These are all referred to as "hedging
instruments." The Fund is not required to use hedging instruments to
seek its objective. The Fund does not use hedging instruments for
speculative purposes, and has limits on its use of them.

The Fund could buy and sell options, futures and forward contracts for
a number of purposes. It might do so to try to manage its exposure to
the possibility that the prices of its portfolio securities may
decline, or to establish a position in the securities market as a
temporary substitute for purchasing individual securities. It might do
so to try to manage its exposure to changing interest rates. Forward
contracts can be used to try to manage foreign currency risks on the
Fund's foreign investments.

There are also special risks in particular hedging strategies. Options
trading involves the payment of premiums and can increase portfolio
turnover. If a covered call written by the Fund is exercised on an
investment that has increased in value, the Fund will be required to
sell the investment at the call price and will not be able to realize
any profit if the investment has increased in value above the call
price.

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

o Temporary Defensive and Interim Investments. In times of adverse or
unstable market, economic or political conditions, the Fund can invest
up to 100% of its assets in temporary defensive investments. Generally,
they would be high-quality, short-term money market instruments, such
as U.S. government securities, highly rated commercial paper,
short-term corporate debt obligations, bank deposits or repurchase
agreements. The Fund can also hold these types of securities pending
the investment of proceeds from the sale of Fund shares or portfolio
securities or to meet anticipated redemptions of Fund shares. To the
extent the Fund invests in these securities, it might not achieve its
investment objective of total return.

How the Fund Is Managed

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

The Manager and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates managed more
than $120 billion in assets as of September 30, 2002 including other
Oppenheimer funds, with more than 7 million shareholder accounts. The Manager
is located at 498 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10018.

Portfolio Management Team. The Fund is managed by a team of individuals
from the Manager's growth, value, global, high grade and high yield
investment departments. The portfolio management team is primarily
responsible for the selection of the Fund's portfolio securities.

Advisory Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the
Manager an advisory fee at an annual rate that declines on additional
assets as the Fund grows: 0.75% of the first $200 million of average
annual net assets of the Fund, 0.72% of the next $200 million, 0.69% of
the next $200 million, 0.66% of the next $200 million, 0.60% of the
next $700 million, and 0.58% of average annual net assets in excess of
$1.5 billion. The Fund's management fee for its last fiscal year ended
September 30, 2002 was 0.71% of average annual net assets for each
class of shares.

ABOUT your account

How to Buy Shares

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

Buying Shares Through Your Dealer. You can buy shares through any dealer,
broker or financial institution that has a sales agreement with the
Distributor. Your dealer will place your order with the Distributor on
your behalf.
Buying Shares Through the Distributor. Complete an OppenheimerFunds New
Account Application and return it with a check payable to
"OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc." Mail it to P.O. Box 5270, Denver,
Colorado 80217. If you don't list a dealer on the application, the
Distributor will act as your agent in buying the shares. However, we
recommend that you discuss your investment with a financial advisor
before you make a purchase to be sure that the Fund is appropriate for
you.
o Paying by Federal Funds Wire. Shares purchased through the Distributor
may be paid for by Federal Funds wire. The minimum investment is
$2,500. Before sending a wire, call the Distributor's Wire Department
at 1.800.225.5677 to notify the Distributor of the wire and to receive
further instructions.
o Buying Shares Through OppenheimerFunds AccountLink. With AccountLink,
you pay for shares by electronic funds transfers from your bank
account. Shares are purchased for your account by a transfer of money
from your bank account through the Automated Clearing House (ACH)
system. You can provide those instructions automatically, under an
Asset Builder Plan, described below, or by telephone instructions using
OppenheimerFunds PhoneLink, also described below. Please refer to
"AccountLink," below for more details.
o Buying Shares Through Asset Builder Plans. You may purchase shares of
the Fund automatically each month from your account at a bank or other
financial institution under an Asset Builder Plan with AccountLink.
Details are in the Asset Builder Application and the Statement of
Additional Information.

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT YOU MUST INVEST? In most cases, you can buy Fund
shares with a minimum initial investment of $1,000 and make additional
investments at any time with as little as $50. There are reduced minimums
available under the following special investment plans:
o If you establish one of the many types of retirement plan accounts that
OppenheimerFunds offers, more fully described below under "Special
Investor Services," you can start your account with as little as $500.
o By using an Asset Builder Plan or Automatic Exchange Plan (details are
in the Statement of Additional Information), or government allotment
plan, you can make subsequent investments (after making the initial
investment of $500) for as little as $50. For any type of account
established under one of these plans prior to November 1, 2002, the
minimum additional investment will remain $25.
o The minimum investment requirement does not apply to reinvesting
dividends from the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds (a list of them
appears in the Statement of Additional Information, or you can ask your
dealer or call the Transfer Agent), or reinvesting distributions from
unit investment trusts that have made arrangements with the
Distributor.

AT WHAT PRICE ARE SHARES SOLD? Shares are sold at their offering price which
is the net asset value per share plus any initial sales charge that applies.
The offering price that applies to a purchase order is based on the next
calculation of the net asset value per share that is made after the
Distributor receives the purchase order at its offices in Colorado, or after
any agent appointed by the Distributor receives the order.

Net Asset Value. The Fund calculates the net asset value of each class of
shares as of the close of The New York Stock Exchange, on each day the
Exchange is open for trading (referred to in this Prospectus as a
"regular business day"). The Exchange normally closes at 4:00 P.M.,
Eastern time, but may close earlier on some days. All references to
time in this Prospectus mean "Eastern time."

The net asset value per share is determined by dividing the value of
the Fund's net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares
of that class that are outstanding. To determine net asset value, the
Fund's Board of Trustees has established procedures to value the Fund's
securities, in general, based on market value. The Board has adopted
special procedures for valuing illiquid and restricted securities and
obligations for which market values cannot be readily obtained.
Because some foreign securities trade in markets and on exchanges that
operate on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund's
foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot buy or
redeem Fund shares.

If, after the close of the principal market on which a security held by
the Fund is traded, and before the time the Fund's securities are
priced that day, an event occurs that the Manager deems likely to cause
a material change in the value of such security, the Fund's Board of
Trustees has authorized the Manager, subject to the Board's review, to
ascertain a fair value for such security. A security's valuation may
differ depending on the method used for determining value.

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

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WHAT CLASSES OF SHARES DOES THE FUND OFFER? The Fund offers investors four
different classes of shares. The different classes of shares represent
investments in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes are subject
to different expenses and will likely have different share prices. When you
buy shares, be sure to specify the class of shares. If you do not choose a
class, your investment will be made in Class A shares.
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Class A Shares. If you buy Class A shares, you pay an initial sales charge
(on investments up to $1 million for regular accounts or lesser amounts
for certain retirement plans). The amount of that sales charge will
vary depending on the amount you invest. The sales charge rates are
listed in "How Can You Buy Class A Shares?" below.
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Class B Shares. If you buy Class B shares, you pay no sales charge at the
time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge.
If you sell your shares within 6 years of buying them, you will
normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge. That contingent
deferred sales charge varies depending on how long you own your shares,
as described in "How Can You Buy Class B Shares?" below.
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Class C Shares. If you buy Class C shares, you pay no sales charge at the
time of purchase, but you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge.
If you sell your shares within 12 months of buying them, you will
normally pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%, as described
in "How Can You Buy Class C Shares?" below.
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Class N Shares. If you buy Class N shares (available only through certain
retirement plans), you pay no sales charge at the time of purchase, but
you will pay an annual asset-based sales charge. If you sell your
shares within 18 months of the retirement plan's first purchase of
Class N shares, you may pay a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%,
as described in "How Can You Buy Class N Shares?" below.

WHICH CLASS OF SHARES SHOULD YOU CHOOSE? Once you decide that the Fund is an
appropriate investment for you, the decision as to which class of shares is
best suited to your needs depends on a number of factors that you should
discuss with your financial advisor. Some factors to consider are how much
you plan to invest and how long you plan to hold your investment. If your
goals and objectives change over time and you plan to purchase additional
shares, you should re-evaluate those factors to see if you should consider
another class of shares. The Fund's operating costs that apply to a class of
shares and the effect of the different types of sales charges on your
investment will vary your investment results over time.

The discussion below is not intended to be investment advice or a
recommendation, because each investor's financial considerations are
different. The discussion below assumes that you will purchase only one class
of shares and not a combination of shares of different classes. Of course,
these examples are based on approximations of the effects of current sales
charges and expenses projected over time, and do not detail all of the
considerations in selecting a class of shares. You should analyze your
options carefully with your financial advisor before making that choice.

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

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

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

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

o Investing for the Longer Term. If you are investing less than $100,000
for the longer-term, for example for retirement, and do not expect to
need access to your money for seven years or more, Class B shares may
be appropriate.

Are There Differences in Account Features That Matter to You? Some account
features may not be available to Class B, Class C and Class N
shareholders. Other features may not be advisable (because of the
effect of the contingent deferred sales charge) for Class B, Class C
and Class N shareholders. Therefore, you should carefully review how
you plan to use your investment account before deciding which class of
shares to buy.

Additionally, the dividends payable to Class B, Class C and Class N
shareholders will be reduced by the additional expenses borne by those
classes that are not borne by Class A shares, such as the Class B,
Class C and Class N asset-based sales charge described below and in the
Statement of Additional Information. Share certificates are only
available for Class A shares. If you are considering using your shares
as collateral for a loan, that may be a factor to consider.

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

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

HOW CAN YOU BUY CLASS A SHARES? Class A shares are sold at their offering
price, which is normally net asset value plus an initial sales charge.
However, in some cases, described below, purchases are not subject to an
initial sales charge, and the offering price will be the net asset value. In
other cases, reduced sales charges may be available, as described below or in
the Statement of Additional Information. Out of the amount you invest, the
Fund receives the net asset value to invest for your account.

The sales charge varies depending on the amount of your purchase. A
portion of the sales charge may be retained by the Distributor or allocated
to your dealer as a concession. The Distributor reserves the right to reallow
the entire concession to dealers. The current sales charge rates and
concessions paid to dealers and brokers are as follows:

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Amount of Purchase Front-End Sales Front-End Sales Concession As
Charge As a
Charge As a Percentage of
Percentage of Net Percentage of
Offering Price Amount Invested Offering Price
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Less than $25,000 5.75% 6.10% 4.75%
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$25,000 or more but 5.50% 5.82% 4.75%
less than $50,000
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$50,000 or more but 4.75% 4.99% 4.00%
less than $100,000
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$100,000 or more but 3.75% 3.90% 3.00%
less than $250,000
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$250,000 or more but 2.50% 2.56% 2.00%
less than $500,000
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$500,000 or more but 2.00% 2.04% 1.60%
less than $1 million
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Can You Reduce Class A Sales Charges? You may be eligible to buy Class A
shares at reduced sales charge rates under the Fund's "Right of
Accumulation" or a Letter of Intent, as described in "Reduced Sales
Charges" in the Statement of Additional Information.

Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. There is no initial sales charge on
purchases of Class A shares of any one or more of the Oppenheimer funds
aggregating $1 million or more, or for certain purchases by particular
types of retirement plans that were permitted to purchase such shares
prior to March 1, 2001 ("grandfathered retirement accounts").
Retirement plans are not permitted to make initial purchases of Class A
shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. The Distributor
pays dealers of record concessions in an amount equal to 1.0% of
purchases of $1 million or more other than by grandfathered retirement
accounts. For grandfathered retirement accounts, the concession is
0.75% of the first $2.5 million of purchases plus 0.25% of purchases in
excess of $2.5 million. In either case, the concession will not be paid
on purchases of shares by exchange or that were previously subject to a
front-end sales charge and dealer concession.

If you redeem any of those shares within an 18-month "holding period"
measured from the beginning of the calendar month of their purchase, a
contingent deferred sales charge (called the "Class A contingent
deferred sales charge") may be deducted from the redemption proceeds.
That sales charge will be equal to 1.0% of the lesser of:
o the aggregate net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of
redemption (excluding shares purchased by reinvestment of dividends or
capital gain distributions) or
o the original net asset value of the redeemed shares.

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge will not exceed the
aggregate amount of the concessions the Distributor paid to your dealer
on all purchases of Class A shares of all Oppenheimer funds you made
that were subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge.

Purchases by Certain Retirement Plans. There is no initial sales charge on
purchases of Class A shares of any one or more Oppenheimer funds by
retirement plans that have $10 million or more in plan assets and that
have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor and by
retirement plans which are part of a retirement plan product or
platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors,
insurance companies or recordkeepers which have entered into a special
agreement with the Distributor. The Distributor currently pays dealers
of record concessions in an amount equal to 0.25% of the purchase price
of Class A shares by those retirement plans from its own resources at
the time of sale, subject to certain exceptions as described in the
Statement of Additional Information. There is no contingent deferred
sales charge upon the redemption of such shares.

HOW CAN YOU BUY CLASS B SHARES? Class B shares are sold at net asset value
per share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class B shares are
redeemed within six years from the beginning of the calendar month of their
purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge will be deducted from the
redemption proceeds. The Class B contingent deferred sales charge is paid to
compensate the Distributor for its expenses of providing distribution-related
services to the Fund in connection with the sale of Class B shares.

The amount of the contingent deferred sales charge will depend on the
number of years since you invested and the dollar amount being redeemed,
according to the following schedule for the Class B contingent deferred sales
charge holding period:

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Years Since Beginning of Month in Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on
Which Purchase Order was Accepted Redemptions in That Year
(As % of Amount Subject to Charge)
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1 - 2 4.0%
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2 - 3 3.0%
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3 - 4 3.0%
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4 - 5 2.0%
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5 - 6 1.0%
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In the table, a "year" is a 12-month period. In applying the contingent
deferred sales charge, all purchases are considered to have been made on the
first regular business day of the month in which the purchase was made.

Automatic Conversion of Class B Shares. Class B shares automatically convert
to Class A shares 72 months after you purchase them. This conversion
feature relieves Class B shareholders of the asset-based sales charge
that applies to Class B shares under the Class B Distribution and
Service Plan, described below. The conversion is based on the relative
net asset value of the two classes, and no sales load or other charge
is imposed. When any Class B shares that you hold convert, any other
Class B shares that were acquired by reinvesting dividends and
distributions on the converted shares will also convert to Class A
shares. For further information on the conversion feature and its tax
implications, see "Class B Conversion" in the Statement of Additional
Information.

How Can you Buy Class C Shares? Class C shares are sold at net asset value
per share without an initial sales charge. However, if Class C shares are
redeemed within a holding period of 12 months from the beginning of the
calendar month of their purchase, a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0%
will be deducted from the redemption proceeds. The Class C contingent
deferred sales charge is paid to compensate the Distributor for its expenses
of providing distribution-related services to the Fund in connection with the
sale of Class C shares.

HOW CAN YOU BUY CLASS N SHARES? Class N shares are offered for sale to
retirement plans (including IRAs and 403(b) plans) that purchase $500,000 or
more of Class N shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds or to group
retirement plans (which do not include IRAs and 403(b) plans) that have
assets of $500,000 or more or 100 or more eligible participants. See
"Availability of Class N shares" in the Statement of Additional Information
for other circumstances where Class N shares are available for purchase.

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.0% will be imposed upon the
redemption of Class N shares, if:
o The group retirement plan is terminated or Class N shares of all
Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an investment option of the plan
and Class N shares are redeemed within 18 months after the plan's first
purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer fund, or
o With respect to an IRA or 403(b) plan, Class N shares are redeemed
within 18 months of the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any
Oppenheimer fund.

Retirement plans that offer Class N shares may impose charges on plan
participant accounts. The procedures for buying, selling, exchanging and
transferring the Fund's other classes of shares (other than the time those
orders must be received by the Distributor or Transfer Agent in Colorado) and
the special account features applicable to purchasers of those other classes
of shares described elsewhere in this Prospectus do not apply to Class N
shares offered through a group retirement plan. Instructions for buying,
selling, exchanging or transferring Class N shares offered through a group
retirement plan must be submitted by the plan, not by plan participants for
whose benefit the shares are held.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) PLANS.

Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for
Class A shares. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its
costs incurred for services provided to accounts that hold Class A
shares. Reimbursement is made quarterly at an annual rate of up to
0.25% of the average annual net assets of Class A shares of the Fund.
The Distributor currently uses all of those fees to pay dealers,
brokers, banks and other financial institutions quarterly for providing
personal service and maintenance of accounts of their customers that
hold Class A shares. With respect to Class A shares subject to a Class
A contingent deferred sales charge purchased by grandfathered
retirement accounts, the Distributor pays the 0.25% service fee to
dealers in advance for the first year after the shares are sold by the
dealer. After the shares have been held for a year, the Distributor
pays the service fee to dealers on a quarterly basis.

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

The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and
Class C expenses by 1.0% and increase Class N expenses by 0.50% of the
net assets per year of the respective class. Because these fees are
paid out of the Fund's assets on an on-going basis, over time these
fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more
than other types of sales charges.

The Distributor uses the service fees to compensate dealers for
providing personal services for accounts that hold Class B, Class C or
Class N shares. The Distributor pays the 0.25% service fees to dealers
in advance for the first year after the shares are sold by the dealer.
After the shares have been held for a year, the Distributor pays the
service fees to dealers on a quarterly basis. The Distributor retains
the service fees for accounts for which it renders the required
personal services.

The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 3.75% of the
purchase price of Class B shares to dealers from its own resources at
the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
Class B shares is therefore 4.00% of the purchase price. The
Distributor retains the Class B asset-based sales charge. See the
Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 0.75% of the
purchase price of Class C shares to dealers from its own resources at
the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
Class C shares is therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor
pays the asset-based sales charge as an ongoing concession to the
dealer on Class C shares that have been outstanding for a year or more.
See the Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

The Distributor currently pays a sales concession of 0.75% of the
purchase price of Class N shares to dealers from its own resources at
the time of sale. Including the advance of the service fee, the total
amount paid by the Distributor to the dealer at the time of sale of
Class N shares is therefore 1.0% of the purchase price. The Distributor
retains the asset-based sales charge on Class N shares. See the
Statement of Additional Information for exceptions.

Special Investor Services

ACCOUNTLINK. You can use our AccountLink feature to link your Fund account
with an account at a U.S. bank or other financial institution. It must be an
Automated Clearing House (ACH) member. AccountLink lets you:
o transmit funds electronically to purchase shares by telephone (through
a service representative or by PhoneLink) or automatically under Asset
Builder Plans, or
o have the Transfer Agent send redemption proceeds or transmit dividends
and distributions directly to your bank account. Please call the
Transfer Agent for more information.

You may purchase shares by telephone only after your account has been
established. To purchase shares in amounts up to $250,000 through a telephone
representative, call the Distributor at 1.800.225.5677. The purchase payment
will be debited from your bank account.

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

PHONELINK. PhoneLink is the OppenheimerFunds automated telephone system that
enables shareholders to perform a number of account transactions
automatically using a touch-tone phone. PhoneLink may be used on
already-established Fund accounts after you obtain a Personal Identification
Number (PIN), by calling the PhoneLink number, 1.800.225.5677.
Purchasing Shares. You may purchase shares in amounts up to $100,000 by
phone, by calling 1.800.225.5677. You must have established AccountLink
privileges to link your bank account with the Fund to pay for these
purchases.
Exchanging Shares. With the OppenheimerFunds Exchange Privilege, described
below, you can exchange shares automatically by phone from your Fund
account to another OppenheimerFunds account you have already
established by calling the special PhoneLink number.
Selling Shares. You can redeem shares by telephone automatically by calling
the PhoneLink number and the Fund will send the proceeds directly to
your AccountLink bank account. Please refer to "How to Sell Shares,"
below for details.

CAN YOU SUBMIT TRANSACTION REQUESTS BY FAX? You may send requests for certain
types of account transactions to the Transfer Agent by fax (telecopier).
Please call 1.800.225.5677 for information about which transactions may be
handled this way. Transaction requests submitted by fax are subject to the
same rules and restrictions as written and telephone requests described in
this Prospectus.

OPPENHEIMERFUNDS INTERNET WEBSITE. You can obtain information about the Fund,
as well as your account balance, on the OppenheimerFunds Internet website, at
www.oppenheimerfunds.com. Additionally, shareholders listed in the account
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registration (and the dealer of record) may request certain account
transactions through a special section of that website. To perform account
transactions or obtain account information online, you must first obtain a
user I.D. and password on that website. If you do not want to have Internet
account transaction capability for your account, please call the Transfer
Agent at 1.800.225.5677. At times, the website may be inaccessible or its
transaction features may be unavailable.

AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWAL AND EXCHANGE PLANS. The Fund has several plans that
enable you to sell shares automatically or exchange them to another
OppenheimerFunds account on a regular basis. Please call the Transfer Agent
or consult the Statement of Additional Information for details.

REINVESTMENT PRIVILEGE. If you redeem some or all of your Class A or Class B
shares of the Fund, you have up to six months to reinvest all or part of the
redemption proceeds in Class A shares of the Fund or other Oppenheimer funds
without paying a sales charge. This privilege applies only to Class A shares
that you purchased subject to an initial sales charge and to Class A or Class
B shares on which you paid a contingent deferred sales charge when you
redeemed them. This privilege does not apply to Class C or Class N shares.
You must be sure to ask the Distributor for this privilege when you send your
payment.

RETIREMENT PLANS. You may buy shares of the Fund for your retirement plan
account. If you participate in a plan sponsored by your employer, the plan
trustee or administrator must buy the shares for your plan account. The
Distributor also offers a number of different retirement plans that
individuals and employers can use:
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). These include regular IRAs, Roth IRAs,
SIMPLE IRAs and rollover IRAs.
SEP-IRAs. These are Simplified Employee Pension Plan IRAs for small business
owners or self-employed individuals.
403(b)(7) Custodial Plans. These are tax-deferred plans for employees of
eligible tax-exempt organizations, such as schools, hospitals and
charitable organizations.
401(k) Plans. These are special retirement plans for businesses.
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. These plans are designed for businesses and
self-employed individuals.
Please call the Distributor for OppenheimerFunds retirement plan
documents, which include applications and important plan information.

How to Sell Shares

You can sell (redeem) some or all of your shares on any regular business day.
Your shares will be sold at the next net asset value calculated after your
order is received in proper form (which means that it must comply with the
procedures described below) and is accepted by the Transfer Agent. The Fund
lets you sell your shares by writing a letter or by telephone. You can also
set up Automatic Withdrawal Plans to redeem shares on a regular basis. If you
have questions about any of these procedures, and especially if you are
redeeming shares in a special situation, such as due to the death of the
owner or from a retirement plan account, please call the Transfer Agent
first, at 1.800.225.5677, for assistance.

Certain Requests Require a Signature Guarantee. To protect you and the Fund
from fraud, the following redemption requests must be in writing and
must include a signature guarantee (although there may be other
situations that also require a signature guarantee):
o You wish to redeem more than $100,000 and receive a check
o The redemption check is not payable to all shareholders listed on the
account statement
o The redemption check is not sent to the address of record on your
account statement
o Shares are being transferred to a Fund account with a different owner
or name
o Shares are being redeemed by someone (such as an Executor) other than
the owners.

Where Can You Have Your Signature Guaranteed? The Transfer Agent will accept
a guarantee of your signature by a number of financial institutions,
including:
o a U.S. bank, trust company, credit union or savings association,
o a foreign bank that has a U.S. correspondent bank,
o a U.S. registered dealer or broker in securities, municipal securities
or government securities, or
o a U.S. national securities exchange, a registered securities
association or a clearing agency.
If you are signing on behalf of a corporation, partnership or other
business or as a fiduciary, you must also include your title in the
signature.

Retirement Plan Accounts. There are special procedures to sell shares in an
OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account. Call the Transfer Agent for a
distribution request form. Special income tax withholding requirements
apply to distributions from retirement plans. You must submit a
withholding form with your redemption request to avoid delay in getting
your money and if you do not want tax withheld. If your employer holds
your retirement plan account for you in the name of the plan, you must
ask the plan trustee or administrator to request the sale of the Fund
shares in your plan account.

HOW DO you SELL SHARES BY MAIL? Write a letter of instruction that includes:
o Your name
o The Fund's name
o Your Fund account number (from your account statement)
o The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed
o Any special payment instructions
o Any share certificates for the shares you are selling
o The signatures of all registered owners exactly as the account is
registered, and
o Any special documents requested by the Transfer Agent to assure proper
authorization of the person asking to sell the shares.

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

HOW DO you SELL SHARES BY TELEPHONE? You and your dealer representative of
record may also sell your shares by telephone. To receive the redemption
price calculated on a particular regular business day, your call must be
received by the Transfer Agent by the close of The New York Stock Exchange
that day, which is normally 4:00 P.M., but may be earlier on some days. You
may not redeem shares held in an OppenheimerFunds retirement plan account or
under a share certificate by telephone.
o To redeem shares through a service representative or automatically on
PhoneLink, call 1.800.225.5677.
Whichever method you use, you may have a check sent to the address on
the account statement, or, if you have linked your Fund account to your bank
account on AccountLink, you may have the proceeds sent to that bank account.

Are There Limits on Amounts Redeemed by Telephone?
Telephone Redemptions Paid by Check. Up to $100,000 may be redeemed by
telephone in any seven-day period. The check must be payable to all
owners of record of the shares and must be sent to the address on the
account statement. This service is not available within 30 days of
changing the address on an account.
Telephone Redemptions Through AccountLink. There are no dollar limits on
telephone redemption proceeds sent to a bank account designated when
you establish AccountLink. Normally the ACH transfer to your bank is
initiated on the business day after the redemption. You do not receive
dividends on the proceeds of the shares you redeemed while they are
waiting to be transferred.

CAN YOU SELL SHARES THROUGH your DEALER? The Distributor has made
arrangements to repurchase Fund shares from dealers and brokers on behalf of
their customers. Brokers or dealers may charge for that service. If your
shares are held in the name of your dealer, you must redeem them through your
dealer.

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

A contingent deferred sales charge will be based on the lesser of the
net asset value of the redeemed shares at the time of redemption or the
original net asset value. A contingent deferred sales charge is not imposed
on:
o the amount of your account value represented by an increase in net
asset value over the initial purchase price,
o shares purchased by the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains
distributions, or
o shares redeemed in the special circumstances described in Appendix C to
the Statement of Additional Information.
To determine whether a contingent deferred sales charge applies to a
redemption, the Fund redeems shares in the following order:
1. shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends and capital gains
distributions,
2. shares held for the holding period that applies to the class, and
3. shares held the longest during the holding period.

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

How to Exchange Shares

Shares of the Fund may be exchanged for shares of certain Oppenheimer funds
at net asset value per share at the time of exchange, without sales charge.
Shares of the Fund can be purchased by exchange of shares of other
Oppenheimer funds on the same basis. To exchange shares, you must meet
several conditions:
o Shares of the fund selected for exchange must be available for sale in
your state of residence.
o The prospectuses of both funds must offer the exchange privilege.
o You must hold the shares you buy when you establish your account for at
least seven days before you can exchange them. After the account is
open seven days, you can exchange shares every regular business day.
o You must meet the minimum purchase requirements for the fund whose
shares you purchase by exchange.
o Before exchanging into a fund, you must obtain and read its prospectus.
Shares of a particular class of the Fund may be exchanged only for
shares of the same class in the other Oppenheimer funds. For example, you can
exchange Class A shares of this Fund only for Class A shares of another fund.
In some cases, sales charges may be imposed on exchange transactions. For tax
purposes, exchanges of shares involve a sale of the shares of the fund you
own and a purchase of the shares of the other fund, which may result in a
capital gain or loss. Please refer to "How to Exchange Shares" in the
Statement of Additional Information for more details.

You can find a list of Oppenheimer funds currently available for
exchanges in the Statement of Additional Information or obtain one by calling
a service representative at 1.800.225.5677. That list can change from time to
time.

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

Written Exchange Requests. Submit an OppenheimerFunds Exchange Request form,
signed by all owners of the account. Send it to the Transfer Agent at
the address on the back cover. Exchanges of shares held under
certificates cannot be processed unless the Transfer Agent receives the
certificates with the request.
Telephone Exchange Requests. Telephone exchange requests may be made either
by calling a service representative or by using PhoneLink for automated
exchanges by calling 1.800.225.5677. Telephone exchanges may be made
only between accounts that are registered with the same name(s) and
address. Shares held under certificates may not be exchanged by
telephone.

ARE THERE LIMITATIONS ON EXCHANGES? There are certain exchange policies you
should be aware of:
o Shares are normally redeemed from one fund and purchased from the other
fund in the exchange transaction on the same regular business day on
which the Transfer Agent receives an exchange request that conforms to
the policies described above. It must be received by the close of The
New York Stock Exchange that day, which is normally 4:00 P.M. but may
be earlier on some days. However, either fund may delay the purchase of
shares of the fund you are exchanging into up to seven days if it
determines it would be disadvantaged by the same day exchange.
o The interests of the Fund's long-term shareholders and its ability to
manage its investments may be adversely affected when its shares are
repeatedly bought and sold in response to short-term market
fluctuations--also known as "market timing." When large dollar amounts
are involved, the Fund may have difficulty implementing long-term
investment strategies, because it cannot predict how much cash it will
have to invest. Market timing also may force the Fund to sell portfolio
securities at disadvantageous times to raise the cash needed to buy a
market timer's Fund shares. These factors may hurt the Fund's
performance and its shareholders. When the Manager believes frequent
trading would have a disruptive effect on the Fund's ability to manage
its investments, the Manager and the Fund may reject purchase orders
and exchanges into the Fund by any person, group or account that the
Manager believes to be a market timer.
o The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any
time. The Fund will provide you notice whenever it is required to do so
by applicable law, but it may impose changes at any time for emergency
purposes.
o If the Transfer Agent cannot exchange all the shares you request
because of a restriction cited above, only the shares eligible for
exchange will be exchanged.

Shareholder Account Rules and Policies

More information about the Fund's policies and procedures for buying, selling
and exchanging shares is contained in the Statement of Additional Information.
A $12 annual fee is assessed on any account valued at less than $500. The fee
is automatically deducted from accounts annually on or about the second
to last business day of September. See the Statement of Additional
Information, or visit the OppenheimerFunds website, to learn how you
can avoid this fee and for circumstances when this fee will not be
assessed.
The offering of shares may be suspended during any period in which the
determination of net asset value is suspended, and the offering may be
suspended by the Board of Trustees at any time the Board believes it is
in the Fund's best interest to do so.
Telephone transaction privileges for purchases, redemptions or exchanges may
be modified, suspended or terminated by the Fund at any time. The Fund
will provide you notice whenever it is required to do so by applicable
law. If an account has more than one owner, the Fund and the Transfer
Agent may rely on the instructions of any one owner. Telephone
privileges apply to each owner of the account and the dealer
representative of record for the account unless the Transfer Agent
receives cancellation instructions from an owner of the account.
The Transfer Agent will record any telephone calls to verify data concerning
transactions and has adopted other procedures to confirm that telephone
instructions are genuine, by requiring callers to provide tax
identification numbers and other account data or by using PINs, and by
confirming such transactions in writing. The Transfer Agent and the
Fund will not be liable for losses or expenses arising out of telephone
instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.
Redemption or transfer requests will not be honored until the Transfer Agent
receives all required documents in proper form. From time to time, the
Transfer Agent in its discretion may waive certain of the requirements
for redemptions stated in this Prospectus.
Dealers that perform account transactions for their clients by participating
in NETWORKING through the National Securities Clearing Corporation are
responsible for obtaining their clients' permission to perform those
transactions, and are responsible to their clients who are shareholders
of the Fund if the dealer performs any transaction erroneously or
improperly.
The redemption price for shares will vary from day to day because the value
of the securities in the Fund's portfolio fluctuates. The redemption
price, which is the net asset value per share, will normally differ for
each class of shares. The redemption value of your shares may be more
or less than their original cost.
Payment for redeemed shares ordinarily is made in cash. It is forwarded by
check, or through AccountLink within seven days after the Transfer
Agent receives redemption instructions in proper form. However, under
unusual circumstances determined by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, payment may be delayed or suspended. For accounts
registered in the name of a broker-dealer, payment will normally be
forwarded within three business days after redemption.
The Transfer Agent may delay processing any type of redemption payment as
described under "How to Sell Shares" for recently purchased shares, but
only until the purchase payment has cleared. That delay may be as much
as 10 days from the date the shares were purchased. That delay may be
avoided if you purchase shares by Federal Funds wire or certified
check, or arrange with your bank to provide telephone or written
assurance to the Transfer Agent that your purchase payment has cleared.
Involuntary redemptions of small accounts may be made by the Fund if the
account value has fallen below $500 for reasons other than the fact
that the market value of shares has dropped. In some cases, involuntary
redemptions may be made to repay the Distributor for losses from the
cancellation of share purchase orders.
Shares may be "redeemed in kind" under unusual circumstances (such as a lack
of liquidity in the Fund's portfolio to meet redemptions). This means
that the redemption proceeds will be paid with liquid securities from
the Fund's portfolio.
"Backup withholding" of federal income tax may be applied against taxable
dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds (including exchanges)
if you fail to furnish the Fund your correct, certified Social Security
or Employer Identification Number when you sign your application, or if
you under-report your income to the Internal Revenue Service.
To avoid sending duplicate copies of materials to households, the Fund will
mail only one copy of each prospectus, annual and semi-annual report
and annual notice of the Fund's privacy policy to shareholders having
the same last name and address on the Fund's records. The consolidation
of these mailings, called householding, benefits the Fund through
reduced mailing expense.

If you want to receive multiple copies of these materials, you may call
the Transfer Agent at 1.800.225.5677. You may also notify the Transfer
Agent in writing. Individual copies of prospectuses, reports and
privacy notices will be sent to you commencing within 30 days after the
Transfer Agent receives your request to stop householding.

Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

Dividends. The Fund intends to declare dividends separately for each class of
shares from net investment income on a quarterly basis in March, June,
September and December on a date selected by the Board of Trustees. Dividends
and distributions paid to Class A shares will generally be higher than
dividends for Class B, Class C and Class N shares, which normally have higher
expenses than Class A. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and cannot
guarantee that it will pay any dividends or distributions.

Capital Gains. The Fund may realize capital gains on the sale of portfolio
securities. If it does, it may make distributions out of any net short-term
or long-term capital gains in December of each year. The Fund may make
supplemental distributions of dividends and capital gains following the end
of its fiscal year. There can be no assurance that the Fund will pay any
capital gains distributions in a particular year.

WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE FOR RECEIVING DISTRIBUTIONS? When you open your
account, specify on your application how you want to receive your dividends
and distributions. You have four options:
Reinvest All Distributions in the Fund. You can elect to reinvest all
dividends and capital gains distributions in additional shares of the
Fund.
Reinvest Dividends or Capital Gains. You can elect to reinvest some
distributions (dividends, short-term capital gains or long-term capital
gains distributions) in the Fund while receiving the other types of
distributions by check or having them sent to your bank account through
AccountLink.
Receive All Distributions in Cash. You can elect to receive a check for all
dividends and capital gains distributions or have them sent to your
bank through AccountLink.
Reinvest Your Distributions in Another OppenheimerFunds Account. You can
reinvest all distributions in the same class of shares of another
OppenheimerFunds account you have established.

TAXES. If your shares are not held in a tax-deferred retirement account, you
should be aware of the following tax implications of investing in the Fund.
Distributions are subject to federal income tax and may be subject to state
or local taxes. Dividends paid from short-term capital gains and net
investment income are taxable as ordinary income. Long-term capital gains are
taxable as long-term capital gains when distributed to shareholders. It does
not matter how long you have held your shares. Whether you reinvest your
distributions in additional shares or take them in cash, the tax treatment is
the same.

Every year the Fund will send you and the IRS a statement showing the
amount of any taxable distribution you received in the previous year. Any
long-term capital gains will be separately identified in the tax information
the Fund sends you after the end of the calendar year.

Avoid "Buying a Dividend." If you buy shares on or just before the
ex-dividend date, or just before the Fund declares a capital gains
distribution, you will pay the full price for the shares and then
receive a portion of the price back as a taxable dividend or capital
gain.
Remember, There May be Taxes on Transactions. Because the Fund's share prices
fluctuate, you may have a capital gain or loss when you sell or
exchange your shares. A capital gain or loss is the difference between
the price you paid for the shares and the price you received when you
sold them. Any capital gain is subject to capital gains tax.
Returns of Capital Can Occur. In certain cases, distributions made by the
Fund may be considered a non-taxable return of capital to shareholders.
If that occurs, it will be identified in notices to shareholders.

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

Financial Highlights

The Financial Highlights Table is presented to help you understand the Fund's
financial performance for the past five fiscal years. Certain information
reflects financial results for a single Fund share. The total returns in the
table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an
investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions). This information has been audited by KPMG LLP the Fund's
independent auditors, whose report, along with the Fund's financial
statements, is included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is
available on request.

29 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class A Year Ended September 30, 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
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Per Share Operating Data
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Net asset value, beginning of period $12.14 $14.23 $14.06 $13.69 $16.17
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Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income .35 .43 .53 .54 .51
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (1.29) (1.40) 1.21 1.59 (1.22)
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Total from investment operations (.94) (.97) 1.74 2.13 (.71)
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Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income (.31) (.38) (.48) (.54) (.49)
Distributions from net realized gain (.38) (.74) (1.09) (1.22) (1.28)
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Total dividends and/or distributions
to shareholders (.69) (1.12) (1.57) (1.76) (1.77)
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Net asset value, end of period $10.51 $12.14 $14.23 $14.06 $13.69
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Total Return, at Net Asset Value(1) (8.58)% (7.27)% 13.31% 16.29% (4.71)%
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Ratios/Supplemental Data
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Net assets, end of period
(in thousands) $483,311 $562,281 $639,648 $635,603 $624,895
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Average net assets (in thousands) $570,796 $626,251 $644,356 $660,113 $699,665
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Ratios to average net assets:(2)
Net investment income 2.84% 3.16% 3.71% 3.70% 3.34%
Expenses 1.15% 1.01% 1.13% 1.09% 1.08%(3)
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Portfolio turnover rate 31% 40% 33% 15% 59%

1. Assumes an 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 of less than one full year. 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year. 3. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to custodian expenses. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 30 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued


Class B  Year Ended September 30,             2002      2001      2000      1999      1998
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 Per Share Operating Data
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 Net asset value, beginning of period      $ 12.01   $ 14.08   $ 13.93   $ 13.57   $ 16.04
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                         .25       .31       .41       .41       .38
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (1.29)    (1.36)     1.19      1.58     (1.20)
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 Total from investment operations            (1.04)    (1.05)     1.60      1.99      (.82)
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 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income         (.21)     (.28)     (.36)     (.41)     (.37)
 Distributions from net realized gain         (.38)     (.74)    (1.09)    (1.22)    (1.28)
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 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                              (.59)    (1.02)    (1.45)    (1.63)    (1.65)
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 Net asset value, end of period             $10.38    $12.01    $14.08    $13.93    $13.57
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 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(1)         (9.38)%   (7.96)%   12.30%    15.35%    (5.49)%
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 Ratios/Supplemental Data
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 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)  $54,757   $63,487   $66,777   $68,875   $73,036
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 Average net assets (in thousands)         $64,702   $67,959   $66,956   $73,673   $74,442
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                        2.02%     2.37%     2.92%     2.85%     2.53%
 Expenses                                     1.97%     1.81%     1.94%     1.93%     1.91%(3)
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 Portfolio turnover rate                        31%       40%       33%       15%       59%

1. Assumes an 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 of less than one full year. 2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year. 3. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to custodian expenses. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 31 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued


Class C  Year Ended September 30,             2002      2001      2000      1999      1998
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 Per Share Operating Data
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 Net asset value, beginning of period      $ 12.06   $ 14.13   $ 13.97   $ 13.61   $ 16.07
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                         .24       .31       .41       .42       .38
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (1.29)    (1.37)     1.20      1.57     (1.20)
                                            -----------------------------------------------
 Total from investment operations            (1.05)    (1.06)     1.61      1.99      (.82)
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 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income         (.21)     (.27)     (.36)     (.41)     (.36)
 Distributions from net realized gain         (.38)     (.74)    (1.09)    (1.22)    (1.28)
                                            -----------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                              (.59)    (1.01)    (1.45)    (1.63)    (1.64)
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 Net asset value, end of period             $10.42    $12.06    $14.13    $13.97    $13.61
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 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(1)         (9.41)%   (8.00)%   12.35%    15.28%    (5.43)%
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 Ratios/Supplemental Data
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 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)  $33,300   $36,171   $38,522   $38,978   $48,417
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 Average net assets (in thousands)         $37,412   $39,030   $38,597   $43,701   $52,325
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 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                        2.03%     2.37%     2.92%     2.85%     2.51%
 Expenses                                     1.96%     1.81%     1.94%     1.93%     1.91%(3)
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 Portfolio turnover rate                        31%       40%       33%       15%       59%


1. Assumes an 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 of less than one full
year.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to
custodian expenses. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued


Class N  Year Ended September 30,                               2002    2001(1)
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 Per Share Operating Data
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 Net asset value, beginning of period                        $ 12.13   $ 13.67
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 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                           .39       .24
 Net realized and unrealized loss                              (1.38)    (1.48)
                                                             ------------------
 Total from investment operations                               (.99)    (1.24)
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 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                           (.28)     (.30)
 Distributions from net realized gain                           (.38)       --
                                                             ------------------
 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                                                (.66)     (.30)
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 Net asset value, end of period                               $10.48    $12.13
                                                              =================

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 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(2)                           (8.94)%   (9.30)%
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 Ratios/Supplemental Data
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 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)                       $798       $95
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 Average net assets (in thousands)                              $454       $12
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 Ratios to average net assets:(3)
 Net investment income                                          2.49%     5.81%
 Expenses                                                       1.48%     1.32%
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 Portfolio turnover rate                                          31%       40%



1. For the period from March 1, 2001 (inception of offering) to September 30,
2001.
2. Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal
period (or inception of offering), with all dividends and distributions
reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the
net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales
charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized
for periods of less than one full year.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.








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                          Appendix to Prospectus of
                     Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund


      Graphic material included in the Prospectus of Oppenheimer Multiple
Strategies Fund under the heading "Annual Total Returns (Class A)(% as of
12/31 each year)":

      A bar chart will be included in the Prospectus of Oppenheimer Multiple
Strategies Fund (the "Fund") depicting the annual total returns of a
hypothetical investment in Class A shares of the Fund for each of the past
ten calendar years, without deducting sales charges. Set forth below are the
relevant data points that will appear in the bar chart:

Calendar                Annual
Year                    Total
Ended                                           Returns

12/31/92                7.54%
12/31/93                16.30%
12/31/94                -1.59%
12/31/95                22.79%
12/31/96                17.23%
12/31/97                17.77%
12/31/98                 7.05%
12/31/99                10.60%
12/31/00                 6.57%
12/31/01                 1.68%



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6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924
1.800.225.5677

Statement of Additional Information dated November 22, 2002

      This  Statement of  Additional  Information  is not a  Prospectus.  This
document  contains  additional  information  about  the Fund  and  supplements
information  in the  Prospectus  dated  November 22,  2002.  It should be read
together with the Prospectus.  You can obtain the Prospectus by writing to the
Fund's Transfer Agent,  OppenheimerFunds  Services,  at P.O. Box 5270, Denver,
Colorado  80217,  or by calling the  Transfer  Agent at the  toll-free  number
shown above, or by downloading it from the  OppenheimerFunds  Internet website
at www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

Contents
                                                                        Page
About the Fund
Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks.. 2
    The Fund's Investment Policies..................................... 2
    Other Investment Techniques and Strategies......................... 12
    Investment Restrictions............................................ 33
How the Fund is Managed ............................................... 35
    Organization and History........................................... 35
    Trustees and Officers.............................................. 37
    The Manager........................................................ 45
Brokerage Policies of the Fund......................................... 48
Distribution and Service Plans......................................... 50
Performance of the Fund................................................ 54

About Your Account
How To Buy Shares...................................................... 59
How To Sell Shares..................................................... 70
How To Exchange Shares................................................. 75
Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes..................................... 78
Additional Information About the Fund.................................. 83

Financial Information About the Fund
Independent Auditors' Report........................................... 84
Financial Statements................................................... 85

Appendix A: Ratings Definitions........................................ A-1
Appendix B: Industry Classifications................................... B-1
Appendix C: Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers.............. C-1


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Additional Information About the Fund's Investment Policies and Risks

      The investment objective, the principal investment policies and the
main risks of the Fund are described in the Prospectus. This Statement of
Additional Information contains supplemental information about those policies
and risks and the types of securities that the Fund's investment Manager,
OppenheimerFunds, Inc., can select for the Fund. Additional information is
also provided about the strategies that the Fund may use to try to achieve
its objective.

The Fund's Investment Policies.

The composition of the Fund's portfolio and the techniques and strategies
that the Manager may use will vary over time. The Fund is not required to use
all of the investment techniques and strategies described below in seeking
its goal. It may use some of the special investment techniques and strategies
at some times or not at all.

      In selecting securities for the Fund's portfolio, the Manager evaluates
the merits of particular securities primarily through the exercise of its own
investment analysis. That process may include, among other things, evaluation
of the issuer's historical operations, prospects for the industry of which
the issuer is part, the issuer's financial condition, its pending product
developments and business (and those of competitors), the effect of general
market and economic conditions on the issuer's business, and legislative
proposals that might affect the issuer.

      |X| Investments in Equity Securities. The Fund's investments in equity
securities can include those of foreign and U.S. companies. Equity securities
include common stocks, preferred stocks, rights and warrants, and securities
convertible into common stock. The Fund's investments can include stocks of
companies in any market capitalization range, if the Manager believes the
investment is consistent with the Fund's objective, including the
preservation of principal. Certain equity securities might be selected not
only for their appreciation possibilities but because they may provide
dividend income.

      Small-cap growth companies may offer greater opportunities for capital
appreciation than securities of large, more established companies. However,
these securities also involve greater risks than securities of larger
companies. Securities of small capitalization issuers may be subject to
greater price volatility in general than securities of large-cap and mid-cap
companies. Therefore, to the degree that the Fund has investments in smaller
capitalization companies at times of market volatility, the Fund's share
price may fluctuate more. Those investments may be limited to the extent the
Manager believes that such investments would be inconsistent with the goal of
preservation of principal. As noted below, the Fund limits investments in
unseasoned small-cap issuers.

            |_| Preferred Stocks. Preferred stock, unlike common stock, has a
stated dividend rate payable from the corporation's earnings. Preferred stock
dividends may be cumulative or non-cumulative, participating, or auction
rate. "Cumulative" dividend provisions require all or a portion of prior
unpaid dividends to be paid before dividends can be paid on the issuer's
common stock.

      If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred stocks may be
less attractive, causing the price of preferred stocks to decline. Preferred
stock may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions
allowing calls or redemptions prior to maturity, which also have a negative
impact on prices when interest rates decline. The rights of preferred stock
on distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of a liquidation are
generally subordinate to the rights associated with a corporation's debt
securities. Preferred stock generally has a preference over common stock on
the distribution of a corporation's assets in the event of liquidation of the
corporation. Preferred stock may be "participating" stock, which means that
it may be entitled to a dividend exceeding the stated dividend in certain
cases.

            |_| Growth Companies. The Fund may invest in securities of
"growth" companies. Growth companies are those companies that the Manager
believes are entering into a growth cycle in their business, with the
expectation that their stock will increase in value. They may be established
companies as well as newer companies in the development stage.

      Growth companies may have a variety of characteristics that in the
Manager's view define them as "growth" issuers. They may be generating or
applying new technologies, new or improved distribution techniques or new
services. They may own or develop natural resources. They may be companies
that can benefit from changing consumer demands or lifestyles, or companies
that have projected earnings in excess of the average for their sector or
industry. In each case, they have prospects that the Manager believes are
favorable for the long term. The portfolio managers of the Fund look for
growth companies with strong, capable management, sound financial and
accounting policies, successful product development and marketing and other
factors.

            |_| Value Investing. In selecting equity investments for the
Fund's portfolio, the portfolio manager also uses a value investing style
coupled with fundamental analysis of issuers. In using a value approach, the
manager looks for stocks and other equity securities that appear to be
temporarily undervalued, by various measures, such as price/earnings ratios.
Value investing seeks stocks having prices that are low in relation to their
real worth or future prospects, with the expectation that the Fund will
realize appreciation in the value of its holdings when other investors
realize the intrinsic value of the stock.

      Using value investing requires research as to the issuer's underlying
financial condition and prospects. Some of the measures used to identify
these securities include, among others:
o     Price/earnings ratio, which is the stock's price divided by its
         earnings per share. A stock having a price/earnings ratio lower than
         its historical range, or lower than the market as a whole or that of
         similar companies may offer attractive investment opportunities.
o     Price/book value ratio, which is the stock price divided by the book
         value of the company per share. It measures the company's stock
         price in relation to its asset value.
o     Dividend yield, which is measured by dividing the annual dividend by
         the stock price per share.

o     Valuation of assets which compares the stock price to the value of the
         company's underlying assets, including their projected value in the
         marketplace and liquidation value.

            |_| Convertible Securities. While some convertible securities are
a form of debt security, in many cases their conversion feature (allowing
conversion into equity securities) causes them to be regarded by the Manager
more as "equity equivalents." As a result, the rating assigned to the
security has less impact on the Manager's investment decision with respect to
convertible securities than in the case of non-convertible debt fixed-income
securities. Convertible securities are subject to the credit risks and
interest rate risks described below in "Debt Securities."

      To determine whether convertible securities should be regarded as
"equity equivalents," the Manager examines the following factors:

(1)   whether, at the option of the investor, the convertible security can be
         exchanged for a fixed number of shares of common stock of the
         issuer,
(2)   whether the issuer of the convertible securities has restated its
         earnings per share of common stock on a fully diluted basis
         (considering the effect of conversion of the convertible
         securities), and
(3)   the extent to which the convertible security may be a defensive "equity
         substitute," providing the ability to participate in any
         appreciation in the price of the issuer's common stock.

      The value of a convertible security is a function of its "investment
value" and its "conversion value." If the investment value exceeds the
conversion value, the security will behave more like a debt security and the
security's price will likely increase when interest rates fall and decrease
when interest rates rise. If the conversion value exceeds the investment
value, the security will behave more like an equity security. In that case it
will likely sell at a premium over its conversion value and its price will
tend to fluctuate directly with the price of the underlying security.

            |_| Rights and Warrants. As a fundamental policy, the Fund cannot
invest more than 5% of its total assets in warrants nor more than 2% of that
amount in warrants that are not listed on the New York or American Stock
Exchanges. That limit does not apply to warrants and rights the Fund has
acquired as part of units of securities or that are attached to other
securities that the Fund buys.

      Warrants basically are options to purchase equity securities at
specific prices valid for a specific period of time. Their prices do not
necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities. Rights
are similar to warrants, but normally have a short duration and are
distributed directly by the issuer to its shareholders. Rights and warrants
have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with respect
to the assets of the issuer.

      |X| Debt Securities. The Fund can invest in a variety of domestic and
foreign debt securities for current income. Foreign debt securities are
subject to the risks of foreign securities described below. In general,
domestic and foreign fixed-income securities are also subject to two
additional types of risk: credit risk and interest rate risk.

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

      The Fund's debt investments can include investment-grade and
non-investment-grade bonds (commonly referred to as "junk bonds").
Investment-grade bonds are bonds rated at least "Baa" by Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., at least "BBB" by Standard & Poor's Rating Service or Duff &
Phelps, Inc., or have comparable ratings by another nationally-recognized
statistical rating organization.

      In making investments in debt securities, the Manager may rely to some
extent on the ratings of ratings organizations or it may use its own research
to evaluate a security's credit-worthiness. If the securities are unrated, to
be considered part of the Fund's holdings of investment-grade securities,
they must be judged by the Manager to be of comparable quality to bonds rated
as investment-grade by a rating organization.

         |_| Special Risks of Lower-Grade Securities. The Fund can invest a
substantial portion of its assets in lower-grade debt securities. Because
lower-grade securities tend to offer higher yields than investment-grade
securities, the Fund may invest in lower-grade securities if the Manager is
trying to achieve greater income. In some cases, the appreciation
possibilities of lower-grade securities may be a reason they are selected for
the Fund's portfolio. However, these investments will be made only when
consistent with the Fund's goal of preservation of principal that is part of
the Fund's objective.
      The Fund may invest up to 35% of its total assets in "lower-grade" debt
securities. "Lower-grade" debt securities are those rated below "investment
grade" which means they have a rating lower than "Baa" by Moody's or lower
than "BBB" by Standard & Poor's or similar ratings by other rating
organizations. If they are unrated, and are determined by the Manager to be
of comparable quality to debt securities rated below investment grade, they
are included in the limitation on the percentage of the Fund's assets that
can be invested in lower-grade securities. The Fund can invest in securities
rated as low as "C" or "D" or which are in default at the time the Fund buys
them.

      Some of the special credit risks of lower-grade securities are
discussed below. There is a greater risk that the issuer may default on its
obligation to pay interest or to repay principal than in the case of
investment-grade securities. The issuer's low creditworthiness may increase
the potential for its insolvency. An overall decline in values in the
high-yield bond market is also more likely during a period of a general
economic downturn. An economic downturn or an increase in interest rates
could severely disrupt the market for high-yield bonds, adversely affecting
the values of outstanding bonds as well as the ability of issuers to pay
interest or repay principal. In the case of foreign high-yield bonds, these
risks are in addition to the special risks of foreign investing discussed in
the Prospectus and in this Statement of Additional Information.

      However, the Fund's limitations on these investments may reduce some of
the risks to the Fund, as will the Fund's policy of diversifying its
investments. Additionally, to the extent they can be converted into stock,
convertible securities may be less subject to some of these risks than
non-convertible high-yield bonds, since stock may be more liquid and less
affected by some of these risk factors.

      While securities rated "Baa" by Moody's or "BBB" by Standard & Poor's
or Duff & Phelps are investment-grade and are not regarded as junk bonds,
those securities may be subject to special risks, and have some speculative
characteristics. The debt security ratings definitions of the principal
rating definitions are included in Appendix A to this Statement of Additional
Information.

         |_| 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.

      Fluctuations in the market value of fixed-income securities after the
Fund buys them will not affect the interest payable on those securities, nor
the cash income from them. However, those price fluctuations will be
reflected in the valuations of the securities, and therefore the Fund's net
asset values will be affected by those fluctuations.

      |X| Mortgage-Related Securities. Mortgage-related securities are a form
of derivative investment collateralized by pools of commercial or residential
mortgages. Pools of mortgage loans are assembled as securities for sale to
investors by government agencies or entities or by private issuers. These
securities include collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs"), mortgage
pass-through securities, stripped mortgage pass-through securities, interests
in real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") and other real estate
related securities.

      Mortgage-related securities that are issued or guaranteed by agencies
or instrumentalities of the U.S. government have relatively little credit
risk (depending on the nature of the issuer) but are subject to interest rate
risks and prepayment risks, as described in the Prospectus.

      As with other debt securities, the prices of mortgage-related
securities tend to move inversely to changes in interest rates. The Fund can
buy mortgage-related securities that have interest rates that move inversely
to changes in general interest rates, based on a multiple of a specific
index. Although the value of a mortgage-related security may decline when
interest rates rise, the converse is not always the case.

      In periods of declining interest rates, mortgages are more likely to be
prepaid. Therefore, a mortgage-related security's maturity can be shortened
by unscheduled prepayments on the underlying mortgages. Therefore, it is not
possible to predict accurately the security's yield. The principal that is
returned earlier than expected may have to be reinvested in other investments
having a lower yield than the prepaid security. Therefore, these securities
may be less effective as a means of "locking in" attractive long-term
interest rates, and they may have less potential for appreciation during
periods of declining interest rates, than conventional bonds with comparable
stated maturities.


      Prepayment risks can lead to substantial fluctuations in the value of a
mortgage-related security.  In turn, this can affect the value of the Fund's
shares. If a mortgage-related security has been purchased at a premium, all
or part of the premium the Fund paid may be lost if there is a decline in the
market value of the security, whether that results from interest rate changes
or prepayments on the underlying mortgages. In the case of stripped
mortgage-related securities, if they experience greater rates of prepayment
than were anticipated, the Fund may fail to recoup its initial investment on
the security.

      During periods of rapidly rising interest rates, prepayments of
mortgage-related securities may occur at slower than expected rates. Slower
prepayments effectively may lengthen a mortgage-related security's expected
maturity. Generally, that would cause the value of the security to fluctuate
more widely in response to changes in interest rates. If the prepayments on
the Fund's mortgage-related securities were to decrease broadly, the Fund's
effective duration, and therefore its sensitivity to interest rate changes,
would increase.

      As with other debt securities, the values of mortgage-related
securities may be affected by changes in the market's perception of the
creditworthiness of the entity issuing the securities or guaranteeing them.
Their values may also be affected by changes in government regulations and
tax policies.

         |_| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations. CMOs are multi-class bonds
that are backed by pools of mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through
certificates. They may be collateralized by:

            (1) pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae,
                Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac,
            (2) unsecuritized mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing
                Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans'
                Affairs,
            (3) unsecuritized conventional mortgages,
            (4) other mortgage-related securities, or
            (5) any combination of these.

      Each class of CMO, referred to as a "tranche," is issued at a specific
coupon rate and has a stated maturity or final distribution date. Principal
prepayments on the underlying mortgages may cause the CMO to be retired much
earlier than the stated maturity or final distribution date. The principal
and interest on the underlying mortgages may be allocated among the several
classes of a series of a CMO in different ways. One or more tranches may have
coupon rates that reset periodically at a specified increase over an index.
These are floating rate CMOs, and typically have a cap on the coupon rate.
Inverse floating rate CMOs have a coupon rate that moves in the reverse
direction to an applicable index. The coupon rate on these CMOs will increase
as general interest rates decrease. These are usually much more volatile than
fixed rate CMOs or floating rate CMOs.

      |X| U.S. Government Securities. These are securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or other U.S. government agencies or
federally-chartered corporate entities referred to as "instrumentalities."
The obligations of U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities in which the
Fund may invest may or may not be guaranteed or supported by the "full faith
and credit" of the United States. "Full faith and credit" means generally
that the taxing power of the U.S. government is pledged to the payment of
interest and repayment of principal on a security. If a security is not
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the owner of the
security must look principally to the agency issuing the obligation for
repayment. The owner might be able to assert a claim against the United
States if the issuing agency or instrumentality does not meet its commitment.
The Fund will invest in securities of U.S. government agencies and
instrumentalities only if the Manager is satisfied that the credit risk with
respect to such instrumentality is minimal.

         |_| U.S. Treasury Obligations. These include Treasury bills (having
maturities of one year or less when issued), Treasury notes (having
maturities of from one to ten years), and Treasury bonds (having maturities
of more than ten years). Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States as to timely payments of interest and repayments
of principal. They also can include U. S. Treasury securities that have been
"stripped" by a Federal Reserve Bank, zero-coupon U.S. Treasury securities
described below, and Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities ("TIPS").

         |_| Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities. The Fund can buy these
U.S. Treasury securities, called "TIPS," that are designed to provide an
investment vehicle that is not vulnerable to inflation. The interest rate
paid by TIPS is fixed. The principal value rises or falls semi-annually based
on changes in the published Consumer Price Index. If inflation occurs, the
principal and interest payments on TIPS are adjusted to protect investors
from inflationary loss. If deflation occurs, the principal and interest
payments will be adjusted downward, although the principal will not fall
below its face amount at maturity.

         |_| Obligations Issued or Guaranteed by U.S. Government Agencies or
Instrumentalities. These include direct obligations and mortgage-related
securities that have different levels of credit support from the government.
Some are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such
as Government National Mortgage Association pass-through mortgage
certificates (called "Ginnie Maes"). Some are supported by the right of the
issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury under certain circumstances, such as
Federal National Mortgage Association bonds ("Fannie Maes"). Others are
supported only by the credit of the entity that issued them, such as Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation obligations ("Freddie Macs").

         |_| U.S. Government Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund can invest
in a variety of mortgage-related securities that are issued by U.S.
government agencies or instrumentalities, some of which are described below.

         |_| GNMA Certificates. The Government National Mortgage Association
("GNMA") is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States
within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. GNMA's principal
programs involve its guarantees of privately-issued securities backed by
pools of mortgages. Ginnie Maes are debt securities representing an interest
in one or a pool of mortgages that are insured by the Federal Housing
Administration or the Farmers Home Administration or guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration.

      The Ginnie Maes in which the Fund invests are of the "fully modified
pass-through" type. They provide that the registered holders of the
Certificates will receive timely monthly payments of the pro-rata share of
the scheduled principal payments on the underlying mortgages, whether or not
those amounts are collected by the issuers. Amounts paid include, on a pro
rata basis, any prepayment of principal of such mortgages and interest (net
of servicing and other charges) on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
the Ginnie Maes, whether or not the interest on the underlying mortgages has
been collected by the issuers.

      The Ginnie Maes purchased by the Fund are guaranteed as to timely
payment of principal and interest by GNMA. It is expected that payments
received by the issuers of Ginnie Maes on account of the mortgages backing
the Ginnie Maes will be sufficient to make the required payments of principal
of and interest on those GNMA Certificates. However if those payments are
insufficient, the guaranty agreements between the issuers of the Certificates
and GNMA require the issuers to make advances sufficient for the payments. If
the issuers fail to make those payments, GNMA will do so.

      Under federal law, the full faith and credit of the United States is
pledged to the payment of all amounts that may be required to be paid under
any guaranty issued by GNMA as to such mortgage pools. An opinion of an
Assistant Attorney General of the United States, dated December 9, 1969,
states that such guaranties "constitute general obligations of the United
States backed by its full faith and credit." GNMA is empowered to borrow from
the United States Treasury to the extent necessary to make any payments of
principal and interest required under those guaranties.

      Ginnie Maes are backed by the aggregate indebtedness secured by the
underlying FHA-insured, FMHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgages. Except to
the extent of payments received by the issuers on account of such mortgages,
Ginnie Maes do not constitute a liability of those issuers, nor do they
evidence any recourse against those issuers. Recourse is solely against GNMA.
Holders of Ginnie Maes (such as the Fund) have no security interest in or
lien on the underlying mortgages.

      Monthly payments of principal will be made, and additional prepayments
of principal may be made, to the Fund with respect to the mortgages
underlying the Ginnie Maes held by the Fund. All of the mortgages in the
pools relating to the Ginnie Maes in the Fund are subject to repayment
without any significant premium or penalty, at the option of the mortgagors.
While the mortgages on one-to-four-family dwellings underlying certain Ginnie
Maes have a stated maturity of up to 30 years, it has been the experience of
the mortgage industry that the average life of comparable mortgages, as a
result of prepayments, refinancing and payments from foreclosures, is
considerably less.

            |_| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Certificates. FHLMC, a
corporate instrumentality of the United States, issues FHLMC Certificates
representing interests in mortgage loans. FHLMC guarantees to each registered
holder of a FHLMC Certificate timely payment of the amounts representing a
holder's proportionate share in:

(i)   interest payments less servicing and guarantee fees,
(ii)  principal prepayments and
(iii) the ultimate collection of amounts representing the holder's
                  proportionate interest in principal payments on the
                  mortgage loans in the pool represented by the FHLMC
                  Certificate, in each case whether or not such amounts are
                  actually received.

      The obligations of FHLMC under its guarantees are obligations solely of
FHLMC and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

            |_| Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Certificates. Fannie Mae, a federally-chartered and privately-owned
corporation, issues Fannie Mae Certificates which are backed by a pool of
mortgage loans. Fannie Mae guarantees to each registered holder of a Fannie
Mae Certificate that the holder will receive amounts representing the
holder's proportionate interest in scheduled principal and interest payments,
and any principal prepayments, on the mortgage loans in the pool represented
by such Certificate, less servicing and guarantee fees, and the holder's
proportionate interest in the full principal amount of any foreclosed or
other liquidated mortgage loan. In each case the guarantee applies whether or
not those amounts are actually received. The obligations of Fannie Mae under
its guarantees are obligations solely of Fannie Mae and are not backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities other than Fannie Mae.

            |_| Zero-Coupon U.S. Government Securities. The Fund may buy
zero-coupon U.S. government securities. These will typically be U.S. Treasury
Notes and Bonds that have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons,
the coupons themselves, or certificates representing interests in those
stripped debt obligations and coupons.

      Zero-coupon securities do not make periodic interest payments and are
sold at a deep discount from their face value at maturity. The buyer
recognizes a rate of return determined by the gradual appreciation of the
security, which is redeemed at face value on a specified maturity date. This
discount depends on the time remaining until maturity, as well as prevailing
interest rates, the liquidity of the security and the credit quality of the
issuer. The discount typically decreases as the maturity date approaches.

      Because zero-coupon securities pay no interest and compound
semi-annually at the rate fixed at the time of their issuance, their value is
generally more volatile than the value of other debt securities that pay
interest. Their value may fall more dramatically than the value of
interest-bearing securities when interest rates rise. When prevailing
interest rates fall, zero-coupon securities tend to rise more rapidly in
value because they have a fixed rate of return.

      The Fund's investment in zero-coupon securities may cause the Fund to
recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives
any cash payments on the zero-coupon investment. To generate cash to satisfy
those distribution requirements, the Fund may have to sell portfolio
securities that it otherwise might have continued to hold or to use cash
flows from other sources such as the sale of Fund shares.

         |X| Forward Rolls. The Fund can enter into "forward roll"
transactions with respect to mortgage-related securities. In this type of
transaction, the Fund sells a mortgage-related security to a buyer and
simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security (the same type of
security, having the same coupon and maturity) at a later date at a set
price. The securities that are repurchased will have the same interest rate
as the securities that are sold, but typically will be collateralized by
different pools of mortgages (with different prepayment histories) than the
securities that have been sold. Proceeds from the sale are invested in
short-term instruments, such as repurchase agreements.  The income from those
investments, plus the fees from the forward roll transaction, are expected to
generate income to the Fund in excess of the yield on the securities that
have been sold.

      The Fund will only enter into "covered" rolls.  That is, to assure its
future payment of the purchase price, the Fund will identify on its books
cash, U.S. government securities or other high-grade debt securities in an
amount equal to the payment obligation under the roll.

      These transactions have risks. During the period between the sale and
the repurchase, the Fund will not be entitled to receive interest and
principal payments on the securities that have been sold. It is possible that
the market value of the securities the Fund sells may decline below the price
at which the Fund is obligated to repurchase securities.

      |X| Money Market Instruments. The following is a brief description of
the types of money market securities the Fund can invest in. Money market
securities are high-quality, short-term debt instruments that may be issued
by the U.S. government, corporations, banks or other entities. They may have
fixed, variable or floating interest rates.

            |_| U.S. Government Securities. These include obligations issued
or guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities, described above.

            |_| Bank Obligations. The Fund can buy time deposits,
certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances. They must be:

               o obligations issued or guaranteed by a domestic bank
                 (including a foreign branch of a domestic bank) having total
                 assets of at least $500 million, or
               o banker's acceptances (which may or may not be supported by
                 letters of credit) but only if guaranteed by a U.S.
                 commercial bank with total assets of at least U.S. $500
                 million.

      The Fund can purchase certificates of deposit of $100,000 or less of a
domestic bank even if that bank has assets of less than $500 million, if the
certificate of deposit is fully insured as to principal by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Fund can buy only one such certificate of
deposit from any one bank with that amount of assets and limits its
investments in those certificates of deposit to 10% of its assets. "Banks"
include U.S. commercial banks, savings banks and savings and loan
associations.

            |_| Commercial Paper. The Fund can invest in commercial paper if
it is rated within the top two rating categories of Standard & Poor's and
Moody's. If the paper is not rated, it may be purchased if issued by a
company having a credit rating of at least "AA" by Standard & Poor's or "Aa"
by Moody's.

      The Fund can buy commercial paper, including U.S. dollar-denominated
securities of foreign branches of U.S. banks, issued by other entities if the
commercial paper is guaranteed as to principal and interest by a bank,
government or corporation whose certificates of deposit or commercial paper
may otherwise be purchased by the Fund.


            |_| Variable Amount Master Demand Notes. Master demand notes are
corporate obligations that permit the investment of fluctuating amounts by
the Fund at varying rates of interest under direct arrangements between the
Fund, as lender, and the borrower. They permit daily changes in the amounts
borrowed. The Fund has the right to increase the amount under the note at any
time up to the full amount provided by the note agreement, or to decrease the
amount. The borrower may prepay up to the full amount of the note without
penalty. These notes may or may not be backed by bank letters of credit.

      Because these notes are direct lending arrangements between the lender
and borrower, it is not expected that there will be a trading market for
them. There is no secondary market for these notes, although they are
redeemable (and thus are immediately repayable by the borrower) at principal
amount, plus accrued interest, at any time. Accordingly, the Fund's right to
redeem such notes is dependent upon the ability of the borrower to pay
principal and interest on demand.

      The Fund has no limitations on the type of issuer from whom these notes
will be purchased. However, in connection with such purchases and on an
ongoing basis, the Manager will consider the earning power, cash flow and
other liquidity ratios of the issuer, and its ability to pay principal and
interest on demand, including a situation in which all holders of such notes
made demand simultaneously. Investments in master demand notes are subject to
the limitation on investments by the Fund in illiquid securities, described
in the Prospectus. Currently, the Fund does not intend that its investments
in variable amount master demand notes will exceed 5% of its total assets.

      |X| Portfolio Turnover.  The Fund can engage in short-term trading to
try to achieve its objective. "Portfolio turnover" describes the rate at
which the Fund traded its portfolio securities during its last fiscal year.
For example, if a fund sold all of its securities during the year, its
portfolio turnover rate would have been 100%. The Fund's portfolio turnover
rate will fluctuate from year to year. Currently, the Fund expects to have a
portfolio turnover rate of at least 100% annually.

      Increased portfolio turnover creates higher brokerage and transaction
costs for the Fund,
which may reduce its overall performance. Additionally, the realization of
capital gains from selling portfolio securities may result in distributions
of taxable long-term capital gains to shareholders, since the Fund will
normally distribute all of its capital gains realized each year, to avoid
excise taxes under the Internal Revenue Code.

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

      |X| Foreign Securities. The Fund expects to have substantial
investments in foreign securities. These include equity securities issued by
foreign companies and debt securities issued by foreign companies or
governments, including supra-national entities. "Foreign securities" include
equity and debt securities of companies organized under the laws of countries
other than the United States and debt securities issued or guaranteed by
governments other than the U.S. government or by foreign supra-national
entities. They also include securities of companies (including those that are
located in the U.S. or organized under U.S. law) that derive a significant
portion of their revenue or profits from foreign businesses, investments or
sales, or that have a significant portion of their assets abroad. They may be
traded on foreign securities exchanges or in the foreign over-the-counter
markets.

      Securities of foreign issuers that are represented by American
Depository Receipts or that are listed on a U.S. securities exchange or
traded in the U.S. over-the-counter markets are not considered "foreign
securities" for the purpose of the Fund's investment allocations, because
they are not subject to many of the special considerations and risks,
discussed below, that apply to foreign securities traded and held abroad.

      Because the Fund may purchase securities denominated in foreign
currencies, a change in the value of such foreign currency against the U.S.
dollar will result in a change in the amount of income the Fund has available
for distribution. Because a portion of the Fund's investment income may be
received in foreign currencies, the Fund will be required to compute its
income in U.S. dollars for distribution to shareholders, and therefore the
Fund will absorb the cost of currency fluctuations. After the Fund has
distributed income, subsequent foreign currency losses may result in the
Fund's having distributed more income in a particular fiscal period than was
available from investment income, which could result in a return of capital
to shareholders.

      Investing in foreign securities offers potential benefits not available
from investing solely in securities of domestic issuers. They include the
opportunity to invest in foreign issuers that appear to offer growth
potential, or in foreign countries with economic policies or business cycles
different from those of the U.S., or to reduce fluctuations in portfolio
value by taking advantage of foreign stock markets that do not move in a
manner parallel to U.S. markets. The Fund will hold foreign currency only in
connection with the purchase or sale of foreign securities.

            |_| Foreign Debt Obligations. The debt obligations of foreign
governments and entities may or may not be supported by the full faith and
credit of the foreign government. The Fund may buy securities issued by
certain "supra-national" entities, which include entities designated or
supported by governments to promote economic reconstruction or development,
international banking organizations and related government agencies. Examples
are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (commonly
called the "World Bank"), the Asian Development bank and the Inter-American
Development Bank.

      The governmental members of these supra-national entities are
"stockholders" that typically make capital contributions and may be committed
to make additional capital contributions if the entity is unable to repay its
borrowings. A supra-national entity's lending activities may be limited to a
percentage of its total capital, reserves and net income. There can be no
assurance that the constituent foreign governments will continue to be able
or willing to honor their capitalization commitments for those entities.

      The Fund can invest in U.S. dollar-denominated "Brady Bonds." These
foreign debt obligations may be fixed-rate par bonds or floating-rate
discount bonds. They are generally collateralized in full as to repayment of
principal at maturity by U.S. Treasury zero-coupon obligations that have the
same maturity as the Brady Bonds. Brady Bonds can be viewed as having three
or four valuation components: (i) the collateralized repayment of principal
at final maturity; (ii) the collateralized interest payments; (iii) the
uncollateralized interest payments; and (iv) any uncollateralized repayment
of principal at maturity. Those uncollateralized amounts constitute what is
called the "residual risk."

      If there is a default on collateralized Brady Bonds resulting in
acceleration of the payment obligations of the issuer, the zero-coupon U.S.
Treasury securities held as collateral for the payment of principal will not
be distributed to investors, nor will those obligations be sold to distribute
the proceeds. The collateral will be held by the collateral agent to the
scheduled maturity of the defaulted Brady Bonds. The defaulted bonds will
continue to remain outstanding, and the face amount of the collateral will
equal the principal payments which would have then been due on the Brady
Bonds in the normal course. Because of the residual risk of Brady Bonds and
the history of defaults with respect to commercial bank loans by public and
private entities of countries issuing Brady Bonds, Brady Bonds are considered
speculative investments.

            |_| Risks of Foreign Investing. Investments in foreign securities
may offer special opportunities for investing but also present special
additional risks and considerations not typically associated with investments
in domestic securities. Some of these additional risks are:
o     reduction of income by foreign taxes;
o     fluctuation in value of foreign investments due to changes in currency
              rates or currency control regulations (for example, currency
              blockage);
o     transaction charges for currency exchange;
o     lack of public information about foreign issuers;
o     lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards
              in foreign countries comparable to those applicable to domestic
              issuers;
o     less volume on foreign exchanges than on U.S. exchanges;
o     greater volatility and less liquidity on foreign markets than in the
              U.S.;
o     less governmental regulation of foreign issuers, stock exchanges and
              brokers than in the U.S.;
o     greater difficulties in commencing lawsuits;
o     higher brokerage commission rates than in the U.S.;
o     increased risks of delays in settlement of portfolio transactions or
              loss of certificates for portfolio securities;
o     possibilities in some countries of expropriation, confiscatory
              taxation, political, financial or social instability or adverse
              diplomatic developments; and
o     unfavorable differences between the U.S. economy and foreign economies.

            In the past, U.S. government policies have discouraged certain
investments abroad by U.S. investors, through taxation or other restrictions,
and it is possible that such restrictions could be re-imposed.

            |_| Special Risks of Emerging Markets. Emerging and developing
markets abroad may also offer special opportunities for growth investing but
have greater risks than more developed foreign markets, such as those in
Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There may be even less
liquidity in their securities markets, and settlements of purchases and sales
of securities may be subject to additional delays. They are subject to
greater risks of limitations on the repatriation of income and profits
because of currency restrictions imposed by local governments. Those
countries may also be subject to the risk of greater political and economic
instability, which can greatly affect the volatility of prices of securities
in those countries. The Manager will consider these factors when evaluating
securities in these markets, because the selection of those securities must
be consistent with the Fund's goal of preservation of principal.

      |X| Zero-Coupon Securities. The Fund can buy zero-coupon and delayed
interest securities, and "stripped" securities. Stripped securities are debt
securities whose interest coupons are separated from the security and sold
separately. The Fund can buy different types of zero-coupon or stripped
securities, including, among others, U.S. Treasury notes or bonds that have
been stripped of their interest coupons, U.S. Treasury bills issued without
interest coupons, and certificates representing interests in stripped
securities.

      The Fund may buy zero-coupon and delayed interest securities, and
"stripped" securities of corporations and of foreign government issuers.
These are similar in structure to zero-coupon and "stripped" U.S. government
securities, but in the case of foreign government securities may or may not
be backed by the "full faith and credit" of the issuing foreign government.
Zero coupon securities issued by foreign governments and by corporations will
be subject to greater credit risks than U.S. government zero-coupon
securities.

      Zero-coupon securities do not make periodic interest payments and are
sold at a deep discount from their face value. The buyer recognizes a rate of
return determined by the gradual appreciation of the security, which is
redeemed at face value on a specified maturity date. This discount depends on
the time remaining until maturity, as well as prevailing interest rates, the
liquidity of the security and the credit quality of the issuer. In the
absence of threats to the issuer's credit quality, the discount typically
decreases as the maturity date approaches. Some zero-coupon securities are
convertible, in that they are zero-coupon securities until a predetermined
date, at which time they convert to a security with a specified coupon rate.

      Because zero-coupon securities pay no interest and compound
semi-annually at the rate fixed at the time of their issuance, their value is
generally more volatile than the value of other debt securities. Their value
may fall more dramatically than the value of interest-bearing securities when
interest rates rise. When prevailing interest rates fall, zero-coupon
securities tend to rise more rapidly in value because they have a fixed rate
of return.

      The Fund's investment in zero-coupon securities may cause the Fund to
recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives
any cash payments on the zero-coupon investment. To generate cash to satisfy
those distribution requirements, the Fund may have to sell portfolio
securities that it otherwise might have continued to hold or to use cash
flows from other sources such as the sale of Fund shares.

      |X| Commercial (Privately-Issued) Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund
may invest in commercial mortgage-related securities issued by private
entities. Generally these are multi-class debt or pass-through certificates
secured by mortgage loans on commercial properties. They are subject to the
credit risk of the issuer. These securities typically are structured to
provide protection to investors in senior classes from possible losses on the
underlying loans. They do so by having holders of subordinated classes take
the first loss if there are defaults on the underlying loans. They may also
be protected to some extent by guarantees, reserve funds or additional
collateralization mechanisms.

      |X| "Stripped" Mortgage-Related Securities. The Fund can invest in
stripped mortgage-related securities that are created by segregating the cash
flows from underlying mortgage loans or mortgage securities to create two or
more new securities. Each has a specified percentage of the underlying
security's principal or interest payments. These are a form of derivative
investment.

      Mortgage securities may be partially stripped so that each class
receives some interest and some principal. However, they may be completely
stripped. In that case all of the interest is distributed to holders of one
type of security, known as an "interest-only" security, or "I/O," and all of
the principal is distributed to holders of another type of security, known as
a "principal-only" security or "P/O." Strips can be created for pass-through
certificates or CMOs.

      The yields to maturity of I/Os and P/Os are very sensitive to principal
repayments (including prepayments) on the underlying mortgages. If the
underlying mortgages experience greater than anticipated prepayments of
principal, the Fund might not fully recoup its investment in an I/O based on
those assets. If underlying mortgages experience less than anticipated
prepayments of principal, the yield on the P/Os based on them could decline
substantially.

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

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

      Floating rate and variable rate demand notes that have a stated
maturity in excess of one year may have features that permit the holder to
recover the principal amount of the underlying security at specified
intervals not exceeding one year and upon no more than 30 days' notice. The
issuer of that type of note normally has a corresponding right in its
discretion, after a given period, to prepay the outstanding principal amount
of the note plus accrued interest. Generally the issuer must provide a
specified number of days' notice to the holder.

      |X| Investing in Small, Unseasoned Companies. The Fund can invest in
securities of small, unseasoned companies. These are companies that have been
in operation for less than three years, including the operations of any
predecessors. Securities of these companies may be subject to volatility in
their prices. They may have a limited trading market, which may adversely
affect the Fund's ability to dispose of them and can reduce the price the
Fund might be able to obtain for them. Other investors that own a security
issued by a small, unseasoned issuer for which there is limited liquidity
might trade the security when the Fund is attempting to dispose of its
holdings of that security. In that case the Fund might receive a lower price
for its holdings than might otherwise be obtained. The Fund currently does
not intend to invest more than 5% of its net assets in those securities.

      |X| Investment in Other Investment Companies. The Fund can also invest
in the securities of other investment companies, which can include open-end
funds, closed-end funds and unit investment trusts, subject to the limits set
forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act")
that apply to those types of investments.  For example, the Fund can invest
in Exchange-Traded Funds, which are typically open-end funds or unit
investment trusts, listed on a stock exchange.  The Fund might do so as a way
of gaining exposure to the segments of the equity or fixed-income markets
represented by the Exchange-Traded Funds' portfolio, at times when the Fund
may not be able to buy those portfolio securities directly.

      Investing in another investment company may involve the payment of
substantial premiums above the value of such investment company's portfolio
securities and is subject to limitations under the Investment Company Act.
The Fund does not intend to invest in other investment companies unless the
Manager believes that the potential benefits of the investment justify the
payment of any premiums or sales charges.  As a shareholder of an investment
company, the Fund would be subject to its ratable share of that investment
company's expenses, including its advisory and administration expenses.  The
Fund does not anticipate investing a substantial amount of its net assets in
shares of other investment companies.

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

      When such transactions are negotiated, the price (which is generally
expressed in yield terms) is fixed at the time the commitment is made.
Delivery and payment for the securities take place at a later date. The
securities are subject to change in value from market fluctuations during the
period until settlement. The value at delivery may be less than the purchase
price. For example, changes in interest rates in a direction other than that
expected by the Manager before settlement will affect the value of such
securities and may cause a loss to the Fund. During the period between
purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the Fund to the issuer and no
interest accrues to the Fund from the investment. No income begins to accrue
to the Fund on a when-issued security until the Fund receives the security at
settlement of the trade.

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


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

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

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

      |X| Participation Interests. The Fund can invest in participation
interests, subject to the Fund's limitation on investments in illiquid
investments. A participation interest is an undivided interest in a loan made
by the issuing financial institution in the proportion that the buyers
participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the loan. No
more than 5% of the Fund's net assets can be invested in participation
interests of the same borrower. The issuing financial institution may have no
obligation to the Fund other than to pay the Fund the proportionate amount of
the principal and interest payments it receives.

      Participation interests are primarily dependent upon the
creditworthiness of the borrowing corporation, which is obligated to make
payments of principal and interest on the loan. There is a risk that a
borrower may have difficulty making payments. If a borrower fails to pay
scheduled interest or principal payments, the Fund could experience a
reduction in its income. The value of that participation interest might also
decline, which could affect the net asset value of the Fund's shares. If the
issuing financial institution fails to perform its obligations under the
participation agreement, the Fund might incur costs and delays in realizing
payment and suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

      |X| Repurchase Agreements. The Fund can acquire securities subject to
repurchase agreements. It may do so for liquidity purposes to meet
anticipated redemptions of Fund shares, or pending the investment of the
proceeds from sales of Fund shares, or pending the settlement of portfolio
securities transactions, or for temporary defensive purposes, as described
below.

      In a repurchase transaction, the Fund buys a security from, and
simultaneously resells it to, an approved vendor for delivery on an
agreed-upon future date. The resale price exceeds the purchase price by an
amount that reflects an agreed-upon interest rate effective for the period
during which the repurchase agreement is in effect. Approved vendors include
U.S. commercial banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks, or broker-dealers that
have been designated as primary dealers in government securities. They must
meet credit requirements set by the Fund's Board of Trustees from time to
time.

      The majority of these transactions run from day to day, and delivery
pursuant to the resale typically occurs within one to five days of the
purchase. Repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven days are
subject to the Fund's limits on holding illiquid investments. The Fund will
not enter into a repurchase agreement that causes more than 10% of its net
assets to be subject to repurchase agreements having a maturity beyond seven
days. There is no limit on the amount of the Fund's net assets that may be
subject to repurchase agreements having maturities of seven days or less.

      Repurchase  agreements,  considered "loans" under the Investment Company
Act, are  collateralized  by the underlying  security.  The Fund's  repurchase
agreements  require  that at all times while the  repurchase  agreement  is in
effect,  the value of the collateral must equal or exceed the repurchase price
to fully collateralize the repayment obligation.  However, if the vendor fails
to pay the resale  price on the  delivery  date,  the Fund may incur  costs in
disposing of the collateral  and may  experience  losses if there is any delay
in  its  ability  to  do  so.  The   Manager   will   monitor   the   vendor's
creditworthiness  to  confirm  that the vendor is  financially  sound and will
continuously   monitor  the   collateral's   value.   They  must  meet  credit
requirements set by the Manager from time to time.

      Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Fund, along with other affiliated entities managed by the
Manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
repurchase accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase
agreements, secured by U.S. government securities. Securities that are
pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank
until the agreements mature. Each joint repurchase arrangement requires that
the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of
interest and principal; however, in the event of default by the other party
to the agreement, retention or sale of the collateral may be subject to legal
proceedings.

      |X| Illiquid and Restricted Securities. Under the policies and
procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees, the Manager
determines the liquidity of certain of the Fund's investments. To enable the
Fund to sell its holdings of a restricted security not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, the Fund may have to cause those securities to be
registered. The expenses of registering restricted securities may be
negotiated by the Fund with the issuer at the time the Fund buys the
securities. When the Fund must arrange registration because the Fund wishes
to sell the security, a considerable period may elapse between the time the
decision is made to sell the security and the time the security is registered
so that the Fund could sell it. The Fund would bear the risks of any downward
price fluctuation during that period.

      The Fund may also acquire restricted securities through private
placements. Those securities have contractual restrictions on their public
resale. Those restrictions might limit the Fund's ability to dispose of the
securities and might lower the amount the Fund could realize upon the sale.

      The Fund has limitations that apply to purchases of restricted
securities, as stated in the Prospectus. Those percentage restrictions do not
limit purchases of restricted securities that are eligible for sale to
qualified institutional purchasers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of
1933, if those securities have been determined to be liquid by the Manager
under Board-approved guidelines. Those guidelines take into account the
trading activity for such securities and the availability of reliable pricing
information, among other factors. If there is a lack of trading interest in a
particular Rule 144A security, the Fund's holdings of that security may be
considered to be illiquid.

      Illiquid securities include repurchase agreements maturing in more than
seven days and participation interests that do not have puts exercisable
within seven days.

      |X| Loans of Portfolio Securities. To raise cash for liquidity purposes
or income, the Fund can lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and
other types of financial institutions approved by the Fund's Board of
Trustees. As a fundamental policy, these loans are limited to not more than
25% of the value of the Fund's net assets. The Fund currently does not intend
to engage in loans of securities, but if it does so, such loans will not
likely exceed 5% of the Fund's total assets.

      There are some risks in connection with securities lending. The Fund
might experience a delay in receiving additional collateral to secure a loan,
or a delay in recovery of the loaned securities if the borrower defaults. The
Fund must receive collateral for a loan. Under current applicable regulatory
requirements (which are subject to change), on each business day the loan
collateral must be at least equal to the value of the loaned securities. It
must consist of cash, bank letters of credit, securities of the U.S.
government or its agencies or instrumentalities, or other cash equivalents in
which the Fund is permitted to invest. To be acceptable as collateral,
letters of credit must obligate a bank to pay amounts demanded by the Fund if
the demand meets the terms of the letter. The terms of the letter of credit
and the issuing bank both must be satisfactory to the Fund.

      When it lends securities, the Fund receives amounts equal to the
dividends or interest on loaned securities. It also receives one or more of
(a) negotiated loan fees, (b) interest on securities used as collateral, and
(c) interest on any short-term debt securities purchased with such loan
collateral. Either type of interest may be shared with the borrower. The Fund
may also pay reasonable finder's, custodian and administrative fees in
connection with these loans. The terms of the Fund's loans must meet
applicable tests under the Internal Revenue Code and must permit the Fund to
reacquire loaned securities on five days' notice or in time to vote on any
important matter.

      |X| Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities are fractional
interests in pools of assets, typically accounts receivable or consumer
loans. They are issued by trusts or special-purpose corporations. They are
similar to mortgage-backed securities, described above, and are backed by a
pool of assets that consist of obligations of individual borrowers. The
income from the pool is passed through to the holders of participation
interest in the pools. The pools may offer a credit enhancement, such as a
bank letter of credit, to try to reduce the risks that the underlying debtors
will not pay their obligations when due. However, the enhancement, if any,
might not be for the full par value of the security. If the enhancement is
exhausted and any required payments of interest or repayments of principal
are not made, the Fund could suffer a loss on its investment or delays in
receiving payment.

      The value of an asset-backed security is affected by changes in the
market's perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness
of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans, or the
financial institution providing any credit enhancement, and is also affected
if any credit enhancement has been exhausted. The risks of investing in
asset-backed securities are ultimately related to payment of consumer loans
by the individual borrowers. As a purchaser of an asset-backed security, the
Fund would generally have no recourse to the entity that originated the loans
in the event of default by a borrower. The underlying loans are subject to
prepayments, which may shorten the weighted average life of asset-backed
securities and may lower their return, in the same manner as in the case of
mortgage-backed securities and CMOs, described above. Unlike mortgage-backed
securities, asset-backed securities typically do not have the benefit of a
security interest in the underlying collateral.

      |X| Derivatives. The Fund can invest in a variety of derivative
investments to seek income or for hedging purposes. Some derivative
investments the Fund can use are the hedging instruments described below in
this Statement of Additional Information. However, the Fund is not obligated
to use derivatives in seeking its objective.

      Some of the derivative investments the Fund can use include debt
exchangeable for common stock of an issuer or "equity-linked debt securities"
of an issuer. At maturity, the debt security is exchanged for common stock of
the issuer or it is payable in an amount based on the price of the issuer's
common stock at the time of maturity. Both alternatives present a risk that
the amount payable at maturity will be less than the principal amount of the
debt because the price of the issuer's common stock might not be as high as
the Manager expected.

      Other derivative investments the Fund can invest in include
mortgage-related securities (described above) and "index-linked" notes.
Principal and/or interest payments on these notes depend on the performance
of an underlying index. Currency-indexed securities are another derivative
the Fund may use. Typically these are short-term or intermediate-term debt
securities. Their value at maturity or the rates at which they pay income are
determined by the change in value of the U.S. dollar against one or more
foreign currencies or an index. In some cases, these securities may pay an
amount at maturity based on a multiple of the amount of the relative currency
movements. This type of index security offers the potential for increased
income or principal payments but at a greater risk of loss than a typical
debt security of the same maturity and credit quality.

      |X| Credit  Derivatives.  The Fund may enter into credit  default swaps,
both  directly  ("unfunded  swaps")  and  indirectly  in  the  form  of a swap
embedded  within a structured  note ("funded  swaps"),  to protect against the
risk  that a  security  will  default.  Unfunded  and  funded  credit  default
swaps  may be on a single  security,  or on a basket of  securities.  The Fund
pays a fee to enter  into the swap and  receives  a fixed  payment  during the
life of the swap.  The Fund may take a short  position  in the credit  default
swap (also known as "buying credit  protection"),  or may take a long position
in the credit default swap note (also known as "selling credit protection").

      The Fund  would  take a short  position  in a credit  default  swap (the
"unfunded  swap")  against a long portfolio  position to decrease  exposure to
specific  high yield  issuers.  If the short credit  default swap is against a
corporate  issue,  the Fund must own that  corporate  issue.  However,  if the
short credit default swap is against  sovereign debt, the Fund may own either:
(i) the  reference  obligation,  (ii)  any  sovereign  debt  of  that  foreign
country,  or (iii)  sovereign debt of any country that the Manager  determines
is closely correlated as an inexact bona fide hedge.

      If the Fund takes a short  position in the credit default swap, if there
is a credit  event  (including  bankruptcy,  failure to timely pay interest or
principal, or a restructuring),  the Fund will deliver the defaulted bonds and
the swap  counterparty  will pay the par  amount of the bonds.  An  associated
risk is  adverse  pricing  when  purchasing  bonds  to  satisfy  the  delivery
obligation.  If the swap is on a basket of securities,  the notional amount of
the swap is  reduced by the par amount of the  defaulted  bond,  and the fixed
payments are then made on the reduced notional amount.

      Taking  a  long  position  in  the  credit   default  swap  note  (i.e.,
purchasing the "funded  swap") would increase the Fund's  exposure to specific
high yield  corporate  issuers.  The goal would be to  increase  liquidity  in
that  market  sector  via the swap  note and its  associated  increase  in the
number of trading  instruments,  the  number and type of market  participants,
and market capitalization.

      If the Fund takes a long  position in the credit  default swap note,  if
there is a credit  event the Fund will pay the par amount of the bonds and the
swap  counterparty  will  deliver  the  bonds.  If the swap is on a basket  of
securities,  the  notional  amount of the swap is reduced by the par amount of
the  defaulted  bond,  and the fixed  payments  are then  made on the  reduced
notional amount.

      The Fund will invest no more than 25% of its total assets in  "unfunded"
credit default swaps.  The Fund will limit its  investments in "funded" credit
default swap notes to no more than 10% of its total assets.

      Other  risks of credit  default  swaps  include  the cost of paying  for
credit  protection if there are no credit events,  pricing  transparency  when
assessing the cost of a credit default swap,  counterparty  risk, and the need
to  fund  the  delivery  obligation  (either  cash  or  the  defaulted  bonds,
depending on whether the Fund is long or short the swap, respectively).

      |X| Hedging. Although the Fund can use hedging instruments, it is not
obligated to use them in seeking its objective. To attempt to protect against
declines in the market value of the Fund's portfolio, to permit the Fund to
retain unrealized gains in the value of portfolio securities that have
appreciated, or to facilitate selling securities for investment reasons, the
Fund could:

      ?  sell futures contracts,
      ?  buy puts on such futures or on securities, or
|_|   write covered calls on securities or futures. Covered calls may also be
         used to increase the Fund's income, but the Manager does not expect
         to engage extensively in that practice.

      The Fund can use hedging to establish a position in the securities
market as a temporary substitute for purchasing particular securities. In
that case the Fund would normally seek to purchase the securities and then
terminate that hedging position. The Fund might also use this type of hedge
to attempt to protect against the possibility that its portfolio securities
would not be fully included in a rise in value of the market. To do so the
Fund could:

      ?  buy futures, or
      ?  buy calls on such futures or on securities.

      The Fund's strategy of hedging with futures and options on futures will
be incidental to the Fund's activities in the underlying cash market. The
particular hedging instruments the Fund can use are described below. The Fund
may employ new hedging instruments and strategies when they are developed, if
those investment methods are consistent with the Fund's investment objective
and are permissible under applicable regulations governing the Fund.

      |_| Futures. The Fund can buy and sell futures contracts that relate to
(1) broadly-based stock indices (these are referred to as "stock index
futures"), (2) bond indices (these are referred to as "bond index futures"),
(3) debt securities (these are referred to as "interest rate futures"), (4)
foreign currencies (these are referred to as "forward contracts") and (5)
commodities.

      A broadly-based stock index is used as the basis for trading stock
index futures. They may in some cases be based on stocks of issuers in a
particular industry or group of industries. A stock index assigns relative
values to the common stocks included in the index and its value fluctuates in
response to the changes in value of the underlying stocks. A stock index
cannot be purchased or sold directly. Bond index futures are similar
contracts based on the future value of the basket of securities that comprise
the index. These contracts obligate the seller to deliver, and the purchaser
to take, cash to settle the futures transaction. There is no delivery made of
the underlying securities to settle the futures obligation. Either party may
also settle the transaction by entering into an offsetting contract.

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

      The Fund can invest a portion of its assets in commodity futures
contracts. Commodity futures may be based upon commodities within five main
commodity groups: (1) energy, which includes crude oil, natural gas, gasoline
and heating oil; (2) livestock, which includes cattle and hogs; (3)
agriculture, which includes wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, coffee, sugar and
cocoa; (4) industrial metals, which includes aluminum, copper, lead, nickel,
tin and zinc; and (5) precious metals, which includes gold, platinum and
silver. The Fund may purchase and sell commodity futures contracts, options
on futures contracts and options and futures on commodity indices with
respect to these five main commodity groups and the individual commodities
within each group, as well as other types of commodities.

      No money is paid or received by the Fund on the purchase or sale of a
future. Upon entering into a futures transaction, the Fund will be required
to deposit an initial margin payment with the futures commission merchant
(the "futures broker"). Initial margin payments will be deposited with the
Fund's custodian bank in an account registered in the futures broker's name.
However, the futures broker can gain access to that account only under
specified conditions. As the future is marked to market (that is, its value
on the Fund's books is changed) to reflect changes in its market value,
subsequent margin payments, called variation margin, will be paid to or by
the futures broker daily.

      At any time prior to expiration of the future, the Fund may elect to
close out its position by taking an opposite position, at which time a final
determination of variation margin is made and any additional cash must be
paid by or released to the Fund. Any loss or gain on the future is then
realized by the Fund for tax purposes. All futures transactions (except
forward contracts) are effected through a clearinghouse associated with the
exchange on which the contracts are traded.

      Put and Call Options. The Fund can buy and sell certain kinds of put
options ("puts") and call options ("calls"). The Fund can buy and sell
exchange-traded and over-the-counter put and call options, including index
options, securities options, currency options, commodities options, and
options on the other types of futures described above.

            |_| Writing Covered Call Options. The Fund can write (that is,
sell) covered calls. If the Fund sells a call option, it must be covered.
That means the Fund must own the security subject to the call while the call
is outstanding, or, for certain types of calls, the call may be covered by
segregating liquid assets to enable the Fund to satisfy its obligations if
the call is exercised. Up to 35% of the Fund's total assets may be subject to
calls the Fund writes.

      When the Fund writes a call on a security, it receives cash (a
premium). The Fund agrees to sell the underlying security to a purchaser of a
corresponding call on the same security during the call period at a fixed
exercise price regardless of market price changes during the call period. The
call period is usually not more than nine months. The exercise price may
differ from the market price of the underlying security. The Fund has the
risk of loss that the price of the underlying security may decline during the
call period. That risk may be offset to some extent by the premium the Fund
receives. If the value of the investment does not rise above the call price,
it is likely that the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case
the Fund would keep the cash premium and the investment.

      When the Fund writes a call on an index, it receives cash (a premium).
If the buyer of the call exercises it, the Fund will pay an amount of cash
equal to the difference between the closing price of the call and the
exercise price, multiplied by a specified multiple that determines the total
value of the call for each point of difference. If the value of the
underlying investment does not rise above the call price, it is likely that
the call will lapse without being exercised. In that case, the fund would
keep the cash premium.

      The Fund's custodian, or a securities depository acting for the
custodian, will act as the Fund's escrow agent, through the facilities of the
Options Clearing Corporation ("OCC"), as to the investments on which the Fund
has written calls traded on exchanges or as to other acceptable escrow
securities. In that way, no margin will be required for such transactions.
OCC will release the securities on the expiration of the option or when the
Fund enters into a closing transaction.

      When the Fund writes an over-the-counter ("OTC") option, it will enter
into an arrangement with a primary U.S. government securities dealer which
will establish a formula price at which the Fund will have the absolute right
to repurchase that OTC option. The formula price will generally be based on a
multiple of the premium received for the option, plus the amount by which the
option is exercisable below the market price of the underlying security (that
is, the option is "in the money"). When the Fund writes an OTC option, it
will treat as illiquid (for purposes of its restriction on holding illiquid
securities) the mark-to-market value of any OTC option it holds, unless the
option is subject to a buy-back agreement by the executing broker.

      To terminate its obligation on a call it has written, the Fund may
purchase a corresponding call in a "closing purchase transaction." The Fund
will then realize a profit or loss, depending upon whether the net of the
amount of the option transaction costs and the premium received on the call
the Fund wrote is more or less than the price of the call the Fund purchases
to close out the transaction. The Fund may realize a profit if the call
expires unexercised, because the Fund will retain the underlying security and
the premium it received when it wrote the call. Any such profits are
considered short-term capital gains for federal income tax purposes, as are
the premiums on lapsed calls. When distributed by the Fund they are taxable
as ordinary income. If the Fund cannot effect a closing purchase transaction
due to the lack of a market, it will have to hold the callable securities
until the call expires or is exercised.

      The Fund may also write calls on a futures contract without owning the
futures contract or securities deliverable under the contract. To do so, at
the time the call is written, the Fund must cover the call by segregating an
equivalent dollar amount of liquid assets. The Fund will segregate additional
liquid assets if the value of the segregated assets drops below 100% of the
current value of the future. Because of this segregation requirement, in no
circumstances would the Fund's receipt of an exercise notice as to that
future require the Fund to deliver a futures contract. It would simply put
the Fund in a short futures position, which is permitted by the Fund's
hedging policies.


            |_| Writing Put Options. The Fund can sell put options. A put
option on securities gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer
the obligation to buy, the underlying investment at the exercise price during
the option period. The Fund will not write puts if, as a result, more than
25% of the Fund's net assets would be required to be segregated to cover such
put options.

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

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

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

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

      |_| Purchasing Calls and Puts. The Fund can purchase calls to protect
against the possibility that the Fund's portfolio will not participate in an
anticipated rise in the securities market. When the Fund buys a call (other
than in a closing purchase transaction), it pays a premium. The Fund then has
the right to buy the underlying investment from a seller of a corresponding
call on the same investment during the call period at a fixed exercise price.
The Fund benefits only if it sells the call at a profit or if, during the
call period, the market price of the underlying investment is above the sum
of the call price plus the transaction costs and the premium paid for the
call and the Fund exercises the call. If the Fund does not exercise the call
or sell it (whether or not at a profit), the call will become worthless at
its expiration date. In that case the Fund will have paid the premium but
lost the right to purchase the underlying investment.

      The Fund can buy puts whether or not it holds the underlying investment
in its portfolio. When the Fund purchases a put, it pays a premium and,
except as to puts on indices, has the right to sell the underlying investment
to a seller of a put on a corresponding investment during the put period at a
fixed exercise price.

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

      Buying a put on securities or futures the Fund owns enables the Fund to
attempt to protect itself during the put period against a decline in the
value of the underlying investment below the exercise price by selling the
underlying investment at the exercise price to a seller of a corresponding
put. If the market price of the underlying investment is equal to or above
the exercise price and, as a result, the put is not exercised or resold, the
put will become worthless at its expiration date. In that case the Fund will
have paid the premium but lost the right to sell the underlying investment.
However, the Fund may sell the put prior to its expiration. That sale may or
may not be at a profit.

      When the Fund purchases a call or put on an index or future, it pays a
premium, but settlement is in cash rather than by delivery of the underlying
investment to the Fund. Gain or loss depends on changes in the index in
question (and thus on price movements in the securities market generally)
rather than on price movements in individual securities or futures contracts.

      The Fund may buy a call or put only if, after the purchase, the value
of all call and put options held by the Fund will not exceed 5% of the Fund's
total assets.

            |_| Buying and Selling Options on Foreign Currencies. The Fund
can buy and sell calls and puts on foreign currencies. They include puts and
calls that trade on a securities or commodities exchange or in the
over-the-counter markets or are quoted by major recognized dealers in such
options. The Fund could use these calls and puts to try to protect against
declines in the dollar value of foreign securities and increases in the
dollar cost of foreign securities the Fund wants to acquire.

      If the Manager anticipates a rise in the dollar value of a foreign
currency in which securities to be acquired are denominated, the increased
cost of those securities may be partially offset by purchasing calls or
writing puts on that foreign currency. If the Manager anticipates a decline
in the dollar value of a foreign currency, the decline in the dollar value of
portfolio securities denominated in that currency might be partially offset
by writing calls or purchasing puts on that foreign currency. However, the
currency rates could fluctuate in a direction adverse to the Fund's position.
The Fund will then have incurred option premium payments and transaction
costs without a corresponding benefit.

      A call the Fund writes on a foreign currency is "covered" if the Fund
owns the underlying foreign currency covered by the call or has an absolute
and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency without additional cash
consideration (or it can do so for additional cash consideration identified
on its books upon conversion or exchange of other foreign currency held in
its portfolio).

      The Fund could write a call on a foreign currency to provide a hedge
against a decline in the U.S. dollar value of a security which the Fund owns
or has the right to acquire and which is denominated in the currency
underlying the option. That decline might be one that occurs due to an
expected adverse change in the exchange rate. This is known as a
"cross-hedging" strategy. In those circumstances, the Fund covers the option
by identifying on its books cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid,
high grade debt securities in an amount equal to the exercise price of the
option.

      |_| Risks of Hedging with Options and Futures. The use of hedging
instruments requires special skills and knowledge of investment techniques
that are different than what is required for normal portfolio management. If
the Manager uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judges market
conditions incorrectly, hedging strategies may reduce the Fund's return. The
Fund could also experience losses if the prices of its futures and options
positions were not correlated with its other investments.

      The Fund's option activities could affect its portfolio turnover rate
and brokerage commissions. The exercise of calls written by the Fund might
cause the Fund to sell related portfolio securities, thus increasing its
turnover rate. The exercise by the Fund of puts on securities will cause the
sale of underlying investments, increasing portfolio turnover. Although the
decision whether to exercise a put it holds is within the Fund's control,
holding a put might cause the Fund to sell the related investments for
reasons that would not exist in the absence of the put.

      The Fund could pay a brokerage commission each time it buys a call or
put, sells a call or put, or buys or sells an underlying investment in
connection with the exercise of a call or put. Those commissions could be
higher on a relative basis than the commissions for direct purchases or sales
of the underlying investments. Premiums paid for options are small in
relation to the market value of the underlying investments. Consequently, put
and call options offer large amounts of leverage. The leverage offered by
trading in options could result in the Fund's net asset value being more
sensitive to changes in the value of the underlying investment.

      If a covered call written by the Fund is exercised on an investment
that has increased in value, the Fund will be required to sell the investment
at the call price. It will not be able to realize any profit if the
investment has increased in value above the call price.

      An option position may be closed out only on a market that provides
secondary trading for options of the same series, and there is no assurance
that a liquid secondary market will exist for any particular option. The Fund
might experience losses if it could not close out a position because of an
illiquid market for the future or option.

      There is a risk in using short hedging by selling futures or purchasing
puts on broadly-based indices or futures to attempt to protect against
declines in the value of the Fund's portfolio securities. The risk is that
the prices of the futures or the applicable index will correlate imperfectly
with the behavior of the cash prices of the Fund's securities. For example,
it is possible that while the Fund has used hedging instruments in a short
hedge, the market may advance and the value of the securities held in the
Fund's portfolio might decline. If that occurred, the Fund would lose money
on the hedging instruments and also experience a decline in the value of its
portfolio securities. However, while this could occur for a very brief period
or to a very small degree, over time the value of a diversified portfolio of
securities will tend to move in the same direction as the indices upon which
the hedging instruments are based.

      The risk of imperfect correlation increases as the composition of the
Fund's portfolio diverges from the securities included in the applicable
index. To compensate for the imperfect correlation of movements in the price
of the portfolio securities being hedged and movements in the price of the
hedging instruments, the Fund might use hedging instruments in a greater
dollar amount than the dollar amount of portfolio securities being hedged. It
might do so if the historical volatility of the prices of the portfolio
securities being hedged is more than the historical volatility of the
applicable index.

      The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets are
subject to distortions, due to differences in the nature of those markets.
First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit
and maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit
requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting
transactions which could distort the normal relationship between the cash and
futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on
participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or
taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery,
liquidity in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing distortion.
Third, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the
futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities
markets. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures
market may cause temporary price distortions.

      The Fund can use hedging instruments to establish a position in the
securities markets as a temporary substitute for the purchase of individual
securities (long hedging) by buying futures and/or calls on such futures,
broadly-based indices or on securities. It is possible that when the Fund
does so the market might decline. If the Fund then concludes not to invest in
securities because of concerns that the market might decline further or for
other reasons, the Fund will realize a loss on the hedging instruments that
is not offset by a reduction in the price of the securities purchased.

      |_| Forward Contracts. Forward contracts are foreign currency exchange
contracts. They are used to buy or sell foreign currency for future delivery
at a fixed price. The Fund uses them to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of a
security denominated in a foreign currency that the Fund has bought or sold,
or to protect against possible losses from changes in the relative values of
the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency. The Fund limits its exposure in
foreign currency exchange contracts in a particular foreign currency to the
amount of its assets denominated in that currency or a closely-correlated
currency. The Fund may also use "cross-hedging" where the Fund hedges against
changes in currencies other than the currency in which a security it holds is
denominated.

      Under a forward contract, one party agrees to purchase, and another
party agrees to sell, a specific currency at a future date. That date may be
any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the
parties. The transaction price is set at the time the contract is entered
into. These contracts are traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly
among currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.

      The Fund may use forward contracts to protect against uncertainty in
the level of future exchange rates. The use of forward contracts does not
eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities
the Fund owns or intends to acquire, but it does fix a rate of exchange in
advance. Although forward contracts may reduce the risk of loss from a
decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time they limit any
potential gain if the value of the hedged currency increases.

      When the Fund enters into a contract for the purchase or sale of a
security denominated in a foreign currency, or when it anticipates receiving
dividend payments in a foreign currency, the Fund might desire to "lock-in"
the U.S. dollar price of the security or the U.S. dollar equivalent of the
dividend payments. To do so, the Fund could enter into a forward contract for
the purchase or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in the
underlying transaction, in a fixed amount of U.S. dollars per unit of the
foreign currency. This is called a "transaction hedge." The transaction hedge
will protect the Fund against a loss from an adverse change in the currency
exchange rates during the period between the date on which the security is
purchased or sold or on which the payment is declared, and the date on which
the payments are made or received.

      The Fund could also use forward contracts to lock in the U.S. dollar
value of portfolio positions. This is called a "position hedge." When the
Fund believes that foreign currency might suffer a substantial decline
against the U.S. dollar, it could enter into a forward contract to sell an
amount of that foreign currency approximating the value of some or all of the
Fund's portfolio securities denominated in that foreign currency. When the
Fund believes that the U.S. dollar might suffer a substantial decline against
a foreign currency, it could enter into a forward contract to buy that
foreign currency for a fixed dollar amount. Alternatively, the Fund could
enter into a forward contract to sell a different foreign currency for a
fixed U.S. dollar amount if the Fund believes that the U.S. dollar value of
the foreign currency to be sold pursuant to its forward contract will fall
whenever there is a decline in the U.S. dollar value of the currency in which
portfolio securities of the Fund are denominated. That is referred to as a
"cross hedge."

      The Fund will cover its short positions in these cases by identifying
on its books liquid assets having a value equal to the aggregate amount of
the Fund's commitment under forward contracts. The Fund will not enter into
forward contracts or maintain a net exposure to such contracts if the
consummation of the contracts would obligate the Fund to deliver an amount of
foreign currency in excess of the value of the Fund's portfolio securities or
other assets denominated in that currency or another currency that is the
subject of the hedge.

      However, to avoid excess transactions and transaction costs, the Fund
may maintain a net exposure to forward contracts in excess of the value of
the Fund's portfolio securities or other assets denominated in foreign
currencies if the excess amount is "covered" by liquid securities denominated
in any currency. The cover must be at least equal at all times to the amount
of that excess. As one alternative, the Fund may purchase a call option
permitting the Fund to purchase the amount of foreign currency being hedged
by a forward sale contract at a price no higher than the forward contract
price. As another alternative, the Fund may purchase a put option permitting
the Fund to sell the amount of foreign currency subject to a forward purchase
contract at a price as high or higher than the forward contact price.

      The precise matching of the amounts under forward contracts and the
value of the securities involved generally will not be possible because the
future value of securities denominated in foreign currencies will change as a
consequence of market movements between the date the forward contract is
entered into and the date it is sold. In some cases the Manager might decide
to sell the security and deliver foreign currency to settle the original
purchase obligation. If the market value of the security is less than the
amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to deliver, the Fund may
have to purchase additional foreign currency on the "spot" (that is, cash)
market to settle the security trade. If the market value of the security
instead exceeds the amount of foreign currency the Fund is obligated to
deliver to settle the trade, the Fund might have to sell on the spot market
some of the foreign currency received upon the sale of the security. There
will be additional transaction costs on the spot market in those cases.

      The projection of short-term currency market movements is extremely
difficult, and the successful execution of a short-term hedging strategy is
highly uncertain. Forward contracts involve the risk that anticipated
currency movements will not be accurately predicted, causing the Fund to
sustain losses on these contracts and to pay additional transactions costs.
The use of forward contracts in this manner might reduce the Fund's
performance if there are unanticipated changes in currency prices to a
greater degree than if the Fund had not entered into such contracts.

      At or before the maturity of a forward contract requiring the Fund to
sell a currency, the Fund might sell a portfolio security and use the sale
proceeds to make delivery of the currency. In the alternative the Fund might
retain the security and offset its contractual obligation to deliver the
currency by purchasing a second contract. Under that contract the Fund will
obtain, on the same maturity date, the same amount of the currency that it is
obligated to deliver. Similarly, the Fund might close out a forward contract
requiring it to purchase a specified currency by entering into a second
contract entitling it to sell the same amount of the same currency on the
maturity date of the first contract. The Fund would realize a gain or loss as
a result of entering into such an offsetting forward contract under either
circumstance. The gain or loss will depend on the extent to which the
exchange rate or rates between the currencies involved moved between the
execution dates of the first contract and offsetting contract.

      The costs to the Fund of engaging in forward contracts varies with
factors such as the currencies involved, the length of the contract period
and the market conditions then prevailing. Because forward contracts are
usually entered into on a principal basis, no brokerage fees or commissions
are involved. Because these contracts are not traded on an exchange, the Fund
must evaluate the credit and performance risk of the counterparty under each
forward contract.

      Although the Fund values its assets daily in terms of U.S. dollars, it
does not intend to convert its holdings of foreign currencies into U.S.
dollars on a daily basis. The Fund may convert foreign currency from time to
time, and will incur costs in doing so. Foreign exchange dealers do not
charge a fee for conversion, but they do seek to realize a profit based on
the difference between the prices at which they buy and sell various
currencies. Thus, a dealer might offer to sell a foreign currency to the Fund
at one rate, while offering a lesser rate of exchange if the Fund desires to
resell that currency to the dealer.

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

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

      The Fund can enter into swap  transactions  with certain  counterparties
pursuant to master netting  agreements.  A master netting  agreement  provides
that all swaps done between the Fund and that  counterparty  shall be regarded
as parts of an integral  agreement.  If amounts  are  payable on a  particular
date in the same  currency  in respect of one or more swap  transactions,  the
amount  payable  on that date in that  currency  shall be the net  amount.  In
addition,  the master netting agreement may provide that if one party defaults
generally or on one swap,  the  counterparty  can  terminate  all of the swaps
with that party.  Under these  agreements,  if a default  results in a loss to
one party,  the measure of that party's  damages is calculated by reference to
the average cost of a  replacement  swap for each swap.  It is measured by the
mark-to-market  value at the time of the  termination  of each swap. The gains
and losses on all swaps are then netted,  and the result is the counterparty's
gain or loss on  termination.  The termination of all swaps and the netting of
gains and losses on termination is generally referred to as "aggregation."

      |_| Regulatory Aspects of Hedging Instruments. When using futures and
options on futures, the Fund is required to operate within certain guidelines
and restrictions with respect to the use of futures as established by the
Commodities Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC"). In particular, the Fund
is exempted from registration with the CFTC as a "commodity pool operator" if
the Fund complies with the requirements of Rule 4.5 adopted by the CFTC. The
Rule does not limit the percentage of the Fund's assets that may be used for
futures margin and related options premiums for a bona fide hedging position.
However, under the Rule, the Fund must limit its aggregate initial futures
margin and related options premiums to not more than 5% of the Fund's net
assets for hedging strategies that are not considered bona fide hedging
strategies under the Rule. Under the Rule, the Fund must also use short
futures and options on futures solely for bona fide hedging purposes within
the meaning and intent of the applicable provisions of the Commodity Exchange
Act.

      Transactions in options by the Fund are subject to limitations
established by the option exchanges. The exchanges limit the maximum number
of options that may be written or held by a single investor or group of
investors acting in concert. Those limits apply regardless of whether the
options were written or purchased on the same or different exchanges or are
held in one or more accounts or through one or more different exchanges or
through one or more brokers. Thus, the number of options that the Fund may
write or hold may be affected by options written or held by other entities,
including other investment companies having the same advisor as the Fund (or
an advisor that is an affiliate of the Fund's advisor). The exchanges also
impose position limits on futures transactions. An exchange may order the
liquidation of positions found to be in violation of those limits and may
impose certain other sanctions.

      Under interpretations of the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission regarding applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act,
when the Fund purchases a future, it must identify liquid assets on its books
in an amount equal to the purchase price of the future, less the margin
deposit applicable to it.

      |_| Tax Aspects of Certain Hedging Instruments. Certain foreign
currency exchange contracts in which the Fund may invest are treated as
"Section 1256 contracts" under the Internal Revenue Code. In general, gains
or losses relating to Section 1256 contracts are characterized as 60%
long-term and 40% short-term capital gains or losses under the Code. However,
foreign currency gains or losses arising from Section 1256 contracts that are
forward contracts generally are treated as ordinary income or loss. In
addition, Section 1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of each taxable
year are "marked-to-market," and unrealized gains or losses are treated as
though they were realized. These contracts also may be marked-to-market for
purposes of determining the excise tax applicable to investment company
distributions and for other purposes under rules prescribed pursuant to the
Internal Revenue Code. An election can be made by the Fund to exempt those
transactions from this marked-to-market treatment.

      Certain forward contracts the Fund enters into may result in
"straddles" for federal income tax purposes. The straddle rules may affect
the character and timing of gains (or losses) recognized by the Fund on
straddle positions. Generally, a loss sustained on the disposition of a
position making up a straddle is allowed only to the extent that the loss
exceeds any unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the
straddle. Disallowed loss is generally allowed at the point where there is no
unrecognized gain in the offsetting positions making up the straddle, or the
offsetting position is disposed of.

      Under the Internal Revenue Code, the following gains or losses are
treated as ordinary income or loss:
      (1)   gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates
         that occur between the time the Fund accrues interest or other
         receivables or accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in
         a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such
         receivables or pays such liabilities, and
      (2)   gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in the value of a
         foreign currency between the date of acquisition of a debt security
         denominated in a foreign currency or foreign currency forward
         contracts and the date of disposition.

      Currency gains and losses are offset against market gains and losses on
each trade before determining a net "Section 988" gain or loss under the
Internal Revenue Code for that trade, which may increase or decrease the
amount of the Fund's investment income available for distribution to its
shareholders.

Investment Restrictions

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

o     67% or more of the shares present or represented by proxy at a
      shareholder meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding
      shares are present or represented by proxy, or
o     more than 50% of the outstanding shares.

      The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy. Other policies
described in the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information are
"fundamental" only if they are identified as such. The Fund's Board of
Trustees can change non-fundamental policies without shareholder approval.
However, significant changes to investment policies will be described in
supplements or updates to the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional
Information, as appropriate. The Fund's most significant investment policies
are described in the Prospectus.

      |X| What Are the Fund's Additional Fundamental Policies? The following
investment restrictions are fundamental policies of the Fund.

o     The Fund cannot buy securities issued or guaranteed by any one issuer
      if more than 5% of its total assets would be invested in securities of
      that issuer or if it would then own more than 10% of that issuer's
      voting securities. That restriction applies to 75% of the Fund's total
      assets. The limit does not apply to securities issued by the U.S.
      government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

o     The Fund cannot lend money. However, it can buy debt securities that
      its investment policies and restrictions permit it to purchase. The
      Fund may also lend its portfolio securities subject to the percentage
      restrictions set forth in this Statement of Additional Information and
      may enter into repurchase agreements.

o     The Fund cannot concentrate investments. That means it cannot invest
      25% or more of its total assets in companies in any one industry.
      Obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities
      are not considered to be part of an "industry" for the purposes of this
      restriction.
o     The Fund cannot buy or sell real estate, including futures contracts.
      However, the Fund can purchase debt securities secured by real estate
      or interests in real estate.

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

o     The Fund cannot invest in physical commodities or commodity contracts.
      However, the Fund may buy and sell the hedging instruments permitted by
      any of its other investment policies. The Fund can also buy and sell
      options, futures, securities or other instruments backed by, or the
      investment return from which is linked to changes in the price of,
      physical commodities.

o     The Fund cannot invest in the securities issued by any company for the
      purpose of acquiring control or management of that company, except in
      connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation or acquisition
      of assets.

o     The Fund cannot invest in or hold securities of any issuer if officers
      and Trustees of the Fund or the Manager individually beneficially own
      more than 1/2 of 1% of the securities of that issuer and together own
      more than 5% of the securities of that issuer.

o     The Fund cannot buy securities on margin. However, this does not
      prohibit the Fund from making margin deposits in connection with any of
      the hedging instruments permitted by any of its other investment
      policies.

o     The Fund cannot borrow money in excess of 5% of the value of its total
      assets. It can borrow only as a temporary measure for extraordinary or
      emergency purposes.

o     The Fund cannot mortgage, hypothecate or pledge any of its assets to
      secure a debt. However, the escrow arrangements in connection with
      hedging instruments are not considered to involve a mortgage,
      hypothecation or pledge.

o     The Fund cannot issue "senior securities," but this does not prohibit
      certain investment activities for which assets of the Fund are
      designated as segregated, or margin, collateral or escrow arrangements
      are established, to cover the related obligations.  Examples of those
      activities include borrowing money, reverse repurchase agreements,
      delayed-delivery and when-issued arrangements for portfolio securities
      transactions, and contracts to buy or sell derivatives, hedging
      instruments, options or futures.

      Unless the Prospectus or this Statement of Additional Information
states that a percentage restriction applies on an ongoing basis, it applies
only at the time the Fund makes an investment. The Fund need not sell
securities to meet the percentage limits if the value of the investment
increases in proportion to the size of the Fund.

      For purposes of the Fund's policy not to concentrate its investments as
described above, the Fund has adopted the industry classifications set forth
in Appendix B to this Statement of Additional Information. This is not a
fundamental policy.

How the Fund is Managed

Organization and History. The Fund is an open-end, diversified management
investment company with an unlimited number of authorized shares of
beneficial interest. The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust
in 1987.

|X|   Classes of Shares. The Trustees are authorized, without shareholder
approval, to create new series and classes of shares.  The Trustees may
reclassify unissued shares of the Fund into additional series or classes of
shares.  The Trustees also may divide or combine the shares of a class into a
greater or lesser number of shares without changing the proportionate
beneficial interest of a shareholder in the Fund.  Shares do not have
cumulative voting rights or preemptive or subscription rights.  Shares may be
voted in person (for record owners) or by proxy at shareholder meetings.

      The Fund currently has four classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class
C and Class N.  All classes invest in the same investment portfolio.  Only
retirement plans may purchase Class N shares.  Each class of shares:
o     has its own dividends and distributions,
o     pays certain expenses which may be different for the different classes,
o     may have a different net asset value,
o     may have separate voting rights on matters in which interests of one
      class are different from interests of another class, and
o     votes as a class on matters that affect that class alone.

      Shares are freely transferable, and each share of each class has one
vote at shareholder meetings, with fractional shares voting proportionally on
matters submitted to the vote of shareholders.  Each share of the Fund
represents an interest in the Fund proportionately equal to the interest of
each other share of the same class.

|X|   Meetings of Shareholders.  As a Massachusetts business trust, the Fund
is not required to hold, and does not plan to hold, regular annual meetings
of shareholders. The Fund will hold meetings when required to do so by the
Investment Company Act or other applicable law. It will also do so when a
shareholder meeting is called by the Trustees or upon proper request of the
shareholders.

      Shareholders have the right, upon the declaration in writing or vote of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund, to remove a Trustee.  The
Trustees will call a meeting of shareholders to vote on the removal of a
Trustee upon the written request of the record holders of 10% of its
outstanding shares.  If the Trustees receive a request from at least 10
shareholders stating that they wish to communicate with other shareholders to
request a meeting to remove a Trustee, the Trustees will then either make the
Fund's shareholder list available to the applicants or mail their
communication to all other shareholders at the applicants' expense. The
shareholders making the request must have been shareholders for at least six
months and must hold shares of the Fund valued at $25,000 or more or
constituting at least 1% of the Fund's outstanding shares. The Trustees may
also take other action as permitted by the Investment Company Act.


|X|   Shareholder and Trustee Liability.  The Fund's Declaration of Trust
contains an express disclaimer of shareholder or Trustee liability for the
Fund's obligations. It also provides for indemnification and reimbursement of
expenses out of the Fund's property for any shareholder held personally
liable for its obligations.  The Declaration of Trust also states that upon
request, the Fund shall assume the defense of any claim made against a
shareholder for any act or obligation of the Fund and shall satisfy any
judgment on that claim.  Massachusetts law permits a shareholder of a
business trust (such as the Fund) to be held personally liable as a "partner"
under certain circumstances. However, the risk that a Fund shareholder will
incur financial loss from being held liable as a "partner" of the Fund is
limited to the relatively remote circumstances in which the Fund would be
unable to meet its obligations.

      The Fund's contractual arrangements state that any person doing
business with the Fund (and each shareholder of the Fund) agrees under its
Declaration of Trust to look solely to the assets of the Fund for
satisfaction of any claim or demand that may arise out of any dealings with
the Fund. Additionally, the Trustees shall have no personal liability to any
such person, to the extent permitted by law.

Board of Trustees and Oversight Committees. The Fund is governed by a Board
of Trustees, which is responsible for protecting the interests of
shareholders under Massachusetts law. The Trustees meet periodically
throughout the year to oversee the Fund's activities, review its performance,
and review the actions of the Manager.  Although the Fund will not normally
hold annual meetings of its shareholders, it may hold shareholder meetings
from time to time on important matters, and shareholders have the right to
call a meeting to remove a Trustee or to take other action described in the
Fund's Declaration of Trust.

      The Board of Trustees has an Audit Committee, a Study Committee and a
Proxy Committee.  The members of the Audit Committee are Kenneth Randall
(Chairman), Benjamin Lipstein and Edward Regan.  The Audit Committee held 5
meetings during the Fund's fiscal year ended September 30, 2002.  The Audit
Committee provides the Board with recommendations regarding the selection of
the Fund's independent auditor. The Audit Committee also reviews the scope
and results of audits and the audit fees charged, reviews reports from the
Fund's independent auditor concerning the Fund's internal accounting
procedures, and controls and reviews reports of the Manager's internal
auditor, among other duties as set forth in the Committee's charter.

      The members of the Study Committee are Benjamin Lipstein (Chairman),
Robert Galli and Elizabeth Moynihan.  The Study Committee held 8 meetings
during the Fund's fiscal year ended September 30, 2002.  The Study Committee
evaluates and reports to the Board on the Fund's contractual arrangements,
including the Investment Advisory and Distribution Agreements, transfer and
shareholder service agreements and custodian agreements as well as the
policies and procedures adopted by the Fund to comply with the Investment
Company Act and other applicable law, among other duties as set forth in the
Committee's charter.

      The members of the Proxy Committee are Edward Regan (Chairman), Russell
Reynolds and Clayton Yeutter.  The Proxy Committee held one meeting during
the Fund's fiscal year ended September 30, 2002.  The Proxy Committee
provides the Board with recommendations for proxy voting and monitors proxy
voting by the Fund.

Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Except Mr. Murphy, each of the Trustees is
an "Independent Trustee", as defined in the Investment Company Act of the
Fund ("Independent Trustee"). Mr. Murphy is an "Interested Trustee," because
he is affiliated with the Manager by virtue of his positions as an officer
and director of the Manager, and as a shareholder of its parent company.

      The Fund's Trustees and officers and their positions held with the Fund
and length of service in such position(s) and their principal occupations and
business affiliations during the past five years are listed in the chart
below. The information for the Trustees also includes the dollar range of
shares of the Fund as well as the aggregate dollar range of shares
beneficially owned in any of the Oppenheimer funds overseen by the Trustees.
All of the Trustees are also trustees or directors of the following publicly
offered Oppenheimer funds (referred to as "Board I Funds"):

Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund   Oppenheimer International Growth Fund
                                        Oppenheimer  International  Small Company
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund   Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund   Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund     Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund              Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund        Oppenheimer Multi-State Municipal Trust
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund  Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund             Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Europe Fund                 Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Fund                 Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund Oppenheimer Trinity Large Cap Growth Fund
Oppenheimer  Gold  &  Special  Minerals
Fund                                    Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund                 Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust

      In addition  to being a trustee or  director  of the Board I Funds,  Mr.
Galli  is  also  a  director  or  trustee  of  10  other   portfolios  in  the
OppenheimerFunds complex. Present or former officers,  directors, trustees and
employees (and their  immediate  family  members) of the Fund, the Manager and
its affiliates,  and retirement plans  established by them for their employees
are  permitted  to  purchase  Class  A  shares  of  the  Fund  and  the  other
Oppenheimer  funds at net asset value without sales charge.  The sales charges
on Class A shares is waived for that group  because of the  economies of sales
efforts realized by the Distributor.

      Messrs. Evans, Levine, Murphy, Masterson, Molleur, Negri, Rubinstein,
Vottiero, Wixted and Zack, and Mses. Bechtolt, Feld and Ives and respectively
hold the same offices with one or more of the other Board I Funds as with the
Fund.  As of October 29, 2002, the Trustees and officers of the Fund, as a
group, owned of record or beneficially less than 1% of each class of shares
of the Fund.  The foregoing statement does not reflect ownership of shares of
the Fund held of record by an employee benefit plan for employees of the
Manager, other than the shares beneficially owned under the plan by the
officers of the Fund listed above. In addition, each Independent Trustee, and
his or her family members, do not own securities of either the Manager or
Distributor of the Board I Funds or any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Manager or
Distributor.

|X|   Affiliated Transactions and Material Business Relationships. Mr.
Reynolds has reported that he has a controlling interest in The Directorship
Search Group, Inc. ("The Directorship Search Group"), a director recruiting
firm that provided consulting services to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company (which controls the Manager) for fees aggregating $110,000 from
January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001, an amount representing less than
5% of the annual revenues of The Directorship Search Group.  Mr. Reynolds
estimates that The Directorship Search Group will bill Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company $150,000 for services to be provided during the
calendar year 2002.

      The Independent Trustees have unanimously (except for Mr. Reynolds, who
abstained) determined that the consulting arrangements between The
Directorship Search Group and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
were not material business or professional relationships that would
compromise Mr. Reynolds' status as an Independent Trustee. Nonetheless, to
assure certainty as to determinations of the Board and the Independent
Trustees as to matters upon which the Investment Company Act or the rules
thereunder require approval by a majority of Independent Trustees, Mr.
Reynolds will not be counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum of
Independent Trustees was present or whether a majority of Independent
Trustees approved the matter.

      The address of each Trustee in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way,
Centennial, CO 80112-3924.  Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, until
his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

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                                Independent Trustees
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Name,               Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5     Dollar     Aggregate
                                                                         Dollar
                                                                         Range Of
                                                                         Shares
                                                                         Beneficially
                                                                         Owned in
                    Years;                                    Range of   Any of the
Position(s) Held    Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held by  Shares     Oppenheimer
with Fund,          Trustee;                                  BeneficiallFunds
Length of Service,  Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex      Owned in   Overseen
Age                 Currently Overseen by Trustee             the Fund   by Trustee
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                                                                As of December 31,
                                                                       2001
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Leon Levy,          General  Partner  (since 1982) of Odyssey $0         None
Chairman of the     Partners,  L.P. (investment  partnership)
Board of Trustees,  and  Chairman of the Board  (since  1981)
Trustee since 1987  of Avatar  Holdings,  Inc.  (real  estate
Age: 77             development).  Oversees 31  portfolios in
                    the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Robert G. Galli,    A   trustee   or    director   of   other $0         Over
Trustee since 1993  Oppenheimer    funds.    Formerly    Vice            $100,000
Age: 69             Chairman (October  1995-December 1997) of
                    the Manager.  Oversees 41  portfolios  in
                    the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Phillip A.          The   Director   (since   1991)   of  the $0         Over
Griffiths,          Institute for Advanced Study,  Princeton,            $100,000
Trustee, since 1999 N.J.,   director   (since  2001)  of  GSI
Age: 64             Lumonics  and a  member  of the  National
                    Academy   of   Sciences   (since   1979);
                    formerly  (in  descending   chronological
                    order)  a  director   of  Bankers   Trust
                    Corporation,  Provost  and  Professor  of
                    Mathematics   at   Duke   University,   a
                    director of Research Triangle  Institute,
                    Raleigh,   N.C.,   and  a  Professor   of
                    Mathematics   at   Harvard    University.
                    Oversees    31    portfolios    in    the
                    OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Benjamin Lipstein,  Professor  Emeritus of  Marketing,  Stern $0         Over
Trustee since 1987  Graduate      School     of      Business            $100,000
Age: 79             Administration,   New  York   University.
                    Oversees    31    portfolios    in    the
                    OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Joel W. Motley1,    Director (January 2002-present),          $0         $0
Trustee since 2002  Columbia Equity Financial Corp.
Age: 50             (privately-held financial adviser);
                    Managing Director (January
                    2002-present), Carmona Motley, Inc.
                    (privately-held financial adviser);
                    Formerly he held the following
                    positions: Managing Director (January
                    1998-December 2001), Carmona Motley
                    Hoffman Inc. (privately-held financial
                    adviser); Managing Director (January
                    1992-December 1997), Carmona Motley &
                    Co. (privately-held financial adviser).
                    Oversees 31 portfolios in the
                    OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Elizabeth B.        Author  and  architectural  historian;  a $0         $50,001-$100,000
Moynihan,           trustee  of the Freer  Gallery of Art and
Trustee since 1992  Arthur M.  Sackler  Gallery  (Smithsonian
Age: 73             Institute),   Trustees   Council  of  the
                    National  Building  Museum;  a member  of
                    the   Trustees   Council,    Preservation
                    League  of New York  State.  Oversees  31
                    portfolios   in   the    OppenheimerFunds
                    complex.
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Kenneth A.          A director  of Dominion  Resources,  Inc. $10,001-$50Over
Randall, Trustee    (electric  utility  holding  company) and            $100,000
since 1987          Prime   Retail,    Inc.    (real   estate
Age: 75             investment  trust);  formerly  a director
                    of Dominion Energy,  Inc. (electric power
                    and oil & gas  producer),  President  and
                    Chief    Executive    Officer    of   The
                    Conference  Board,  Inc.   (international
                    economic  and  business  research)  and a
                    director of  Lumbermens  Mutual  Casualty
                    Company,   American  Motorists  Insurance
                    Company   and   American    Manufacturers
                    Mutual  Insurance  Company.  Oversees  31
                    portfolios   in   the    OppenheimerFunds
                    complex.
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Edward V. Regan,    President,   Baruch   College,   CUNY;  a $1-$10,000 $50,001-$100,000
Trustee since 1993  director   of   RBAsset    (real   estate
Age: 72             manager);   a  director   of   OffitBank;
                    formerly  Trustee,  Financial  Accounting
                    Foundation   (FASB  and   GASB),   Senior
                    Fellow   of   Jerome    Levy    Economics
                    Institute,   Bard  College,  Chairman  of
                    Municipal Assistance  Corporation for the
                    City  of  New   York,   New  York   State
                    Comptroller   and  Trustee  of  New  York
                    State   and   Local    Retirement   Fund.
                    Oversees 31  investment  companies in the
                    OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Russell S.          Chairman     (since    1993)    of    The $0         $10,001-$50,000
Reynolds, Jr.,      Directorship     Search    Group,    Inc.
Trustee since 1989  (corporate   governance   consulting  and
Age: 70             executive recruiting);  a life trustee of
                    International      House      (non-profit
                    educational organization),  and a trustee
                    (since 1996) of the Greenwich  Historical
                    Society.  Oversees 31  portfolios  in the
                    OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Donald W. Spiro,    Chairman  Emeritus  (since  January 1991) $0         Over
Vice Chairman of    of  the  Manager.   Formerly  a  director            $100,000
the Board of        (January   1969-August   1999)   of   the
Trustees,           Manager.  Oversees 31  portfolios  in the
Trustee since 1987  OppenheimerFunds complex.
Age: 76
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Clayton K.          Of Counsel (since 1993),  Hogan & Hartson $0         $50,001-$100,000
Yeutter, Trustee    (a  law   firm).   Other   directorships:
since 1991          Caterpillar,   Inc.   (since   1993)  and
Age: 71             Weyerhaeuser  Co. (since 1999).  Oversees
                    31  portfolios  in  the  OppenheimerFunds
                    complex.
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      The address of Mr. Murphy in the chart below is 498 Seventh Avenue, New
York, NY 10018.  Mr. Murphy serves for an indefinite term, until his
resignation, death or removal.


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                           Interested Trustee and Officer
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Name,               Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5     Dollar     Aggregate
                                                                         Dollar
                                                                         Range Of
                                                                         Shares
                                                                         Beneficially
                                                                         Owned in
                    Years;                                    Range of   Any of the
Position(s) Held    Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held by  Shares     Oppenheimer
with Fund,          Trustee;                                  BeneficiallFunds
Length of Service   Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex      Owned in   Overseen
Age                 Currently Overseen by Trustee             the Fund   by Trustee
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                                                                As of December 31,
                                                                       2001
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John V. Murphy,     Chairman,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and $0            Over
President and       director  (since June 2001) and President             $100,000
Trustee,            (since  September  2000) of the  Manager;
Trustee since 2001  President  and a  director  or trustee of
Age: 53             other Oppenheimer funds;  President and a
                    director    (since    July    2001)    of
                    Oppenheimer    Acquisition   Corp.   (the
                    Manager's  parent holding company) and of
                    Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc.
                    (a  holding  company  subsidiary  of  the
                    Manager);   a  director  (since  November
                    2001)  of  OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,
                    Inc.  (a   subsidiary  of  the  Manager);
                    Chairman  and  a  director   (since  July
                    2001) of Shareholder  Services,  Inc. and
                    of Shareholder  Financial Services,  Inc.
                    (transfer   agent   subsidiaries  of  the
                    Manager);   President   and  a   director
                    (since  July  2001)  of  OppenheimerFunds
                    Legacy   Program  (a   charitable   trust
                    program  established  by the Manager);  a
                    director  of  the   investment   advisory
                    subsidiaries   of   the   Manager:    OFI
                    Institutional Asset Management,  Inc. and
                    Centennial Asset  Management  Corporation
                    (since November 2001),  HarbourView Asset
                    Management  Corporation  and OFI  Private
                    Investments,   Inc.  (since  July  2001);
                    President  (since November 1, 2001) and a
                    director    (since    July    2001)    of
                    Oppenheimer Real Asset Management,  Inc.;
                    a  director   (since  November  2001)  of
                    Trinity  Investment  Management Corp. and
                    Tremont   Advisers,    Inc.   (Investment
                    advisory   affiliates  of  the  Manager);
                    Executive Vice President  (since February
                    1997)  of   Massachusetts   Mutual   Life
                    Insurance  Company (the Manager's  parent
                    company);  a director  (since  June 1995)
                    of   DLB   Acquisition   Corporation   (a
                    holding  company  that owns the shares of
                    David  L.   Babson  &   Company,   Inc.);
                    formerly,    Chief   Operating    Officer
                    (September   2000-June   2001)   of   the
                    Manager;  President and trustee (November
                    1999-November   2001)   of   MML   Series
                    Investment     Fund    and     MassMutual
                    Institutional Funds (open-end  investment
                    companies);    a   director    (September
                    1999-August  2000) of C.M. Life Insurance
                    Company;   President,   Chief   Executive
                    Officer    and    director     (September
                    1999-August  2000) of MML Bay State  Life
                    Insurance   Company;   a  director  (June
                    1989-June  1998) of Emerald  Isle Bancorp
                    and    Hibernia     Savings    Bank    (a
                    wholly-owned  subsidiary  of Emerald Isle
                    Bancorp).  Oversees 69  portfolios in the
                    OppenheimerFunds complex.
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      The address of the Officers in the chart below is as follows: for
Messrs. Evans, Levine, Molleur, Negri, Rubinstein and Zack and Mses. Feld and
Switzer, 498 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018, for Messrs. Masterson,
Vottiero and Wixted and Mses. Bechtolt and Ives 6803 S. Tucson Way,
Centennial, CO 80112-3924. Each Officer serves for an annual term or until
his or her earlier resignation, death or removal.

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                                Officers of the Fund
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Name,                   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Position(s) Held with
Fund, Length of
Service,
Age
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Richard H. Rubinstein,  Senior Vice  President  (since October 1995) of the Manager;
Vice President and      an officer of 2 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds  complex;
Portfolio Manager       formerly  a Vice  President  of  the  Manager  (June  1990 -
since 1998              October 1995).
Age:  54
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David P. Negri, Vice    Senior Vice  President  of the Manager  (since May 1998) and
President and           of HarbourView  Asset  Management  Corporation  (since April
Portfolio Manager       1999);  an officer of 9 portfolios  in the  OppenheimerFunds
since 1998              complex;  formerly Vice  President of the Manager (July 1988
Age:  48                - May 1998).
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George Evans, Vice      Vice President of the Manager (since October 1993) and of
President and           HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since July 1994);
Portfolio Manager       an officer of 4 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
since 1998
Age:  43
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Michael S. Levine,      Vice President (since June 1998) of the Manager;  an officer
Vice President and      of 4 portfolios in the  OppenheimerFunds  complex;  formerly
Portfolio Manager       Assistant  Vice  President  and  Portfolio  Manager  of  the
since 1998              Manager  (April  1996 - June  1998);  prior to  joining  the
Age:  37                Manager  in  June  1994,  he  was a  portfolio  manager  and
                        research associate for Amas Securities,  Inc. (February 1990
                        - February 1994).
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Susan Switzer, Vice     Vice President of the Manager (since December 2000);
President and           Assistant Vice President of the Manager (December 1997 -
Portfolio Manager       December 2000); an officer of 3 portfolios in the
since 2001              OppenheimerFunds complex. Prior to joining the Manager, she
Age:  36                was a portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman (November 1994
                        - November 1997).
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Brian W. Wixted,        Senior Vice  President and  Treasurer  (since March 1999) of
Treasurer, Principal    the Manager;  Treasurer  (since  March 1999) of  HarbourView
Financial and           Asset Management  Corporation,  Shareholder Services,  Inc.,
Accounting Officer      Oppenheimer Real Asset Management  Corporation,  Shareholder
since 1999              Financial Services,  Inc., Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings,
Age: 43                 Inc.,  OFI Private  Investments,  Inc.  (since  March 2000),
                        OppenheimerFunds    International   Ltd.   and   Oppenheimer
                        Millennium Funds plc (since May 2000) and OFI  Institutional
                        Asset Management,  Inc. (since November 2000) (offshore fund
                        management  subsidiaries  of  the  Manager);  Treasurer  and
                        Chief  Financial  Officer  (since  May 2000) of  Oppenheimer
                        Trust Company (a trust  company  subsidiary of the Manager);
                        Assistant   Treasurer  (since  March  1999)  of  Oppenheimer
                        Acquisition  Corp.  and   OppenheimerFunds   Legacy  Program
                        (since April 2000);  formerly  Principal and Chief Operating
                        Officer    (March    1995-March    1999),    Bankers   Trust
                        Company-Mutual  Fund  Services  Division.  An  officer of 85
                        portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Philip Vottiero,        Vice  President/Fund  Accounting of the Manager (since March
Assistant Treasurer     2002;  formerly Vice  President/Corporate  Accounting of the
since 2002              Manager (July  1999-March  2002) prior to which he was Chief
Age: 39                 Financial  Officer at Sovlink  Corporation  (April 1996-June
                        1999).  An officer of 85 portfolios in the  OppenheimerFunds
                        complex.
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Connie Bechtolt,        Assistant Vice President of the Manager  (since September
Assistant Treasurer     1998); formerly Manager/Fund Accounting (September
since 2002              1994-September 1998) of the Manager. An officer of 85
Age: 39                 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Robert G. Zack,         Senior Vice President  (since May 1985) and General  Counsel
Secretary since 2001    (since February 2002) of the Manager;  General Counsel and a
Age: 54                 director   (since   November   2001)   of   OppenheimerFunds
                        Distributor,   Inc.;   Senior  Vice  President  and  General
                        Counsel  (since   November   2001)  of   HarbourView   Asset
                        Management  Corporation;   Vice  President  and  a  director
                        (since November 2000) of Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,
                        Inc.; Senior Vice President,  General Counsel and a director
                        (since  November  2001)  of  Shareholder   Services,   Inc.,
                        Shareholder   Financial   Services,    Inc.,   OFI   Private
                        Investments,   Inc.,   Oppenheimer  Trust  Company  and  OFI
                        Institutional   Asset  Management,   Inc.;  General  Counsel
                        (since  November  2001)  of  Centennial   Asset   Management
                        Corporation;   a   director   (since   November   2001)   of
                        Oppenheimer   Real   Asset   Management,   Inc.;   Assistant
                        Secretary   and  a  director   (since   November   2001)  of
                        OppenheimerFunds  International  Ltd.; Vice President (since
                        November   2001)   of   OppenheimerFunds   Legacy   Program;
                        Secretary  (since November 2001) of Oppenheimer  Acquisition
                        Corp.;    formerly   Acting   General   Counsel    (November
                        2001-February  2002)  and  Associate  General  Counsel  (May
                        1981-October  2001) of the Manager;  Assistant  Secretary of
                        Shareholder   Services,   Inc.  (May  1985-November   2001),
                        Shareholder     Financial    Services,     Inc.    (November
                        1989-November  2001);  OppenheimerFunds  International  Ltd.
                        and Oppenheimer  Millennium Funds plc (October 1997-November
                        2001).  An officer of 85 portfolios in the  OppenheimerFunds
                        complex.
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Philip T. Masterson,    Vice President and Assistant Counsel of the Manager (since
Assistant Secretary     July 1998); formerly, an associate with Davis, Graham, &
since 2002              Stubbs LLP (January 1997-June 1998). An officer of 85
Age: 38                 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Denis R. Molleur,       Vice  President  and Senior  Counsel of the  Manager  (since
Assistant Secretary     July 1999);  formerly a Vice President and Associate Counsel
since 2001              of the Manager (September  1995-July 1999). An officer of 82
Age: 45                 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Katherine P. Feld,      Vice  President and Senior  Counsel (since July 1999) of the
Assistant Secretary     Manager;    Vice    President    (since    June   1990)   of
since 2001              OppenheimerFunds    Distributor,    Inc.;   Director,   Vice
Age: 44                 President  and  Assistant  Secretary  (since  June  1999) of
                        Centennial  Asset  Management  Corporation;  Vice  President
                        (since 1997) of  Oppenheimer  Real Asset  Management,  Inc.;
                        formerly  Vice  President  and  Associate   Counsel  of  the
                        Manager (June  1990-July  1999). An officer of 85 portfolios
                        in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Kathleen T. Ives,       Vice  President and Assistant  Counsel  (since June 1998) of
Assistant Secretary     the    Manager;    Vice    President    (since    1999)   of
since 2001              OppenheimerFunds  Distributor,   Inc.;  Vice  President  and
Age: 36                 Assistant  Secretary  (since 1999) of Shareholder  Services,
                        Inc.;   Assistant   Secretary   (since   December  2001)  of
                        OppenheimerFunds  Legacy Program and  Shareholder  Financial
                        Services,   Inc.;  formerly  Assistant  Vice  President  and
                        Assistant  Counsel of the Manager (August  1997-June  1998);
                        Assistant Counsel of the Manager (August  1994-August 1997).
                        An officer of 85 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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      |X|  Remuneration  of Trustees.  The officers of the Fund and one of the
Trustees of the Fund (Mr.  Murphy) who are affiliated with the Manager receive
no salary or fee from the Fund.  The  remaining  Trustees of the Fund received
the  compensation  shown below from the Fund with respect to the Fund's fiscal
year  ended  September  30,  2002.  The  compensation  from all of the Board I
Funds  (including the Fund)  represents  compensation  received as a director,
trustee or member of a committee of the Board during the calendar year 2001.

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Trustee Name and          For Fiscal Year Ended    For Calendar Year Ended 12/31/01
Other Fund
Position(s)
(as applicable)                  9/30/02
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                         Aggregate    Retirement      Estimated    Total
                                                                   Compensation
                                                       Annual      From          All
                                                     Retirement    Oppenheimer
                                                    Benefits Paid  Funds  For  Which
                                       Benefits     at Retirement  Individual
                                      Accrued as   from all Board  Serves         As
                       Compensation  Part of Fund      I Funds     Trustee/Director
                        From Fund1     Expenses     (33 Funds) 2      (33 Funds)
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Leon Levy                 $4,105          $0          $133,352         $173,700
Chairman
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Robert G. Galli           $2,499        $3,581        $55,6782         $202,8863
Study Committee Member
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Phillip Griffiths         $1,2974        $854          $10,256          $54,889
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Benjamin Lipstein         $3,548        $1,149        $115,270         $150,152
Study Committee
Chairman, Audit
Committee Member
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Joel W. Motley5             $0            $0             $0               $0
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Elizabeth B. Moynihan     $2,499        $4,351         $57,086         $105,760
Study Committee Member
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Kenneth A. Randall        $2,293         $913          $74,471          $97,012
Audit Committee
Chairman
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Edward V. Regan           $2,268        $2,293         $46,313          $95,960
Proxy Committee
Chairman, Audit
Committee Member
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Russell S. Reynolds,      $1,696        $2,539         $48,991          $71,792
Jr.
Proxy Committee Member
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Donald Spiro              $1,514        $1,050         $9,396           $64,080
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Clayton K. Yeutter        $1,6966       $2,371         $36,372          $71,792
Proxy Committee
Member
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1.    Aggregate   compensation  from  the  Fund  includes  fees  and  deferred
 compensation, if any.
2.    Estimated  annual  retirement  benefits paid at retirement is based on a
 straight life payment plan election.  The amount for Mr. Galli includes  $24,989
 for  serving  as a trustee  or  director  of 10  Oppenheimer  funds that are not
 Board I Funds.
3.    Includes  $97,126 for Mr. Galli for serving as trustee or director of 10
 Oppenheimer funds that are not Board I Funds.
4.    Aggregate  total  compensation  from the Fund includes  $1,297  deferred
under Deferred Compensation Plan described below.
5.    Elected to the Board on October 10, 2002 and  therefore  did not receive
any compensation.
6.    Aggregate  compensation  from  the Fund  includes  $424  deferred  under
Deferred Compensation Plan described below.

      |X| Retirement Plan for Trustees. The Fund has adopted a retirement
plan that provides for payments to retired Trustees. Payments are up to 80%
of the average compensation paid during a Trustee's five years of service in
which the highest compensation was received. A Trustee must serve as trustee
for any of the Board I Funds for at least 15 years to be eligible for the
maximum payment. Each Trustee's retirement benefits will depend on the amount
of the Trustee's future compensation and length of service.

      |X| Deferred Compensation Plan for Trustees. The Board of Trustees has
adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan for disinterested trustees that enables
them to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees they
are entitled to receive from the Fund. Under the plan, the compensation
deferred by a Trustee is periodically adjusted as though an equivalent amount
had been invested in shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds selected by the
Trustee. The amount paid to the Trustee under the plan will be determined
based upon the performance of the selected funds.

      Deferral of Trustees' fees under the plan will not materially affect
the Fund's assets, liabilities or net income per share. The plan will not
obligate the Fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any
particular level of compensation to any Trustee. Pursuant to an Order issued
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may invest in the funds
selected by the Trustee under the plan without shareholder approval for the
limited purpose of determining the value of the Trustee's deferred fee
account.

      |X| Major Shareholders.  As of October 29, 2002, there were no persons
who owned of record or were known by the Fund to own of record 5% or more of
any class of the Fund's outstanding Class A, Class B, Class C or Class N
shares except the following:

      Sandra Joan Morris TR Sandra Joan Morris, a Prof Corp. 401(K) PSP, 3200
      4th Avenue, Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92103-5716, which owned 5,326.53
      Class N shares (5.81% of the Class N shares then outstanding).

      HSBC U/A Jun 01 95, Attn: Lynne Marshall, North American Watch Corp.
      Deferred Compensation Plan, 1 HSBC Center, Floor 17, Buffalo, NY
      14203-2842, which owned 22,092.10 Class N shares (24.11% of the Class N
      shares then outstanding).

      Reliance Trust Co. TR Mission Gorge Development, P.O. Box 48529,
      Atlanta, GA 30362-1529, which owned 5,311.01 Class N shares (5.79% of
      the Class N shares then outstanding).

      RPSS TR Rollover IRA FBO Michael W. Smith, 123 142nd Avenue, NW,
      Andover, MN 55304-6794, which owned 7,070.07 Class N shares (7.71% of
      the Class N shares then outstanding).

      RPSS TR Rollover IRA FBO Jacqueline M. Flanery, 5920 Parkoaks Drive,
      Citrus Heights, CA 95621-6113, which owned 4,784.59 Class N shares
      (5.22% of the Class N shares then outstanding).

      Oppenheimer Trust Co. Cust Greater Leveland Hospital Assoc. FBO Account
      Pooled, 1226 Huron Road E, Cleveland, OH 44115-1702, which owned
      7,299.85 Class N shares (7.96% of the Class N shares then outstanding).

      RPSS TR Healthcomp Inc. 401(K) Plan, Attn: Pam Szucs, 1226 Huron Road
      E, Cleveland, OH 44115-1702, which owned 5,660.27 Class N shares (6.17%
      of the Class N shares then outstanding).

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

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

      The Code of Ethics is an exhibit to the Fund's registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be reviewed and
copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.  You can obtain
information about the hours of operation of the Public Reference Room by
calling the SEC at 1.202.942.8090.  The Code of Ethics can also be viewed as
part of the Fund's registration statement on the SEC's EDGAR database at the
SEC's Internet website at www.sec.gov.  Copies may be obtained, after paying
a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address:
publicinfo@sec.gov., or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section,
Washington, D.C., 20549-0102.

      |X| The Investment Advisory Agreement.  The Manager provides investment
advisory and management services to the Fund under an investment advisory
agreement between the Manager and the Fund. The Manager selects securities
for the Fund's portfolio and handles its day-to-day business. The portfolio
managers of the Fund are employed by the Manager and are the persons who are
principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's
portfolio. Other members of the Manager's Equity Portfolio Team provide the
portfolio managers with counsel and support in managing the Fund's portfolio.

      The investment advisory agreement requires the Manager, at its expense,
to provide the Fund with adequate office space, facilities and equipment. It
also requires the Manager to provide and supervise the activities of all
administrative and clerical personnel required to provide effective
administration for the Fund. Those responsibilities include the compilation
and maintenance of records with respect to its operations, the preparation
and filing of specified reports, and composition of proxy materials and
registration statements for continuous public sale of shares of the Fund.

      The Fund pays expenses not expressly assumed by the Manager under the
advisory agreement. The advisory agreement lists examples of expenses paid by
the Fund. The major categories relate to interest, taxes, brokerage
commissions, fees to independent Trustees, legal and audit expenses,
custodian and transfer agent expenses, share issuance costs, certain printing
and registration costs and non-recurring expenses, including litigation
costs. The management fees paid by the Fund to the Manager are calculated at
the rates described in the Prospectus, which are applied to the assets of the
Fund as a whole. The fees are allocated to each class of shares based upon
the relative proportion of the Fund's net assets represented by that class.
The management fee paid by the fund to the manager during its last three
fiscal years are listed below.

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               2000                           $5,313,004
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               2001                           $5,197,414
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               2002                           $4,805,477
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      The investment advisory agreement states that in the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence in the performance of its duties or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the investment
advisory agreement, the Manager is not liable for any loss resulting from a
good faith error or omission on its part with respect to any of its duties
under the agreement.

      The agreement permits the Manager to act as investment advisor for any
other person, firm or corporation and to use the name "Oppenheimer" in
connection with other investment companies for which it may act as investment
advisor or general distributor. If the Manager shall no longer act as
investment advisor to the Fund, the Manager may withdraw the right of the
Fund to use the name "Oppenheimer" as part of its name.

         |X|      Annual Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement.  Each
year, the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, is required to approve the renewal of the investment advisory
agreement. The Investment Company Act requires that the Board request and
evaluate and the Manager provide such information as may be reasonably
necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreement.  The
Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides
such information as the Board requests for this purpose.

      The Board also receives information about the 12b-1 distribution fees
the Fund pays.  These distribution fees are reviewed and approved at a
different time of the year.

      The Board reviewed the foregoing information in arriving at its
decision to renew the investment advisory agreement.  Among other factors,
the Board considered:
o     The nature, cost, and quality of the services provided to the Fund and
   its shareholders;
o     The profitability of the Fund to the Manager;
o     The investment performance of the Fund in comparison to regular market
   indices;
o     Economies of scale that may be available to the Fund from the Manager;
o     Fees paid by other mutual funds for similar services;
o     The value and quality of any other benefits or services received by the
   Fund from its relationship with the Manager; and
o     The direct and indirect benefits the Manager received from its
   relationship with the Fund.  These included services provided by the
   Distributor and the Transfer Agent, and brokerage and soft dollar
   arrangements permissible under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange
   Act.

      The Board considered that the Manager must be able to pay and retain
high quality personnel at competitive rates to provide services to the Fund.
The Board also considered that maintaining the financial viability of the
Manager is important so that the Manager will be able to continue to provide
quality services to the Fund and its shareholders in adverse times.  The
Board also considered the investment performance of other mutual funds
advised by the Manager. The Board is aware that there are alternatives to the
use of the Manager.

      These matters were also considered by the Independent Trustees, meeting
separately from the full Board with experienced Counsel to the Fund who
assisted the Board in its deliberations.  The Fund's Counsel is independent
of the Manager within the meaning and intent of the SEC Rules regarding the
independence of counsel.

    In arriving at a decision, the Board did not single out any one factor or
group of factors as being more important than other factors, but considered
all factors together.  The Board judged the terms and conditions of the
investment advisory agreement, including the investment advisory fee, in
light of all of the surrounding circumstances.

Brokerage Policies of the Fund

Brokerage Provisions of the Investment Advisory Agreement. One of the duties
of the Manager under the investment advisory agreement is to arrange the
portfolio transactions for the Fund. The advisory agreement contains
provisions relating to the employment of broker-dealers to effect the Fund's
portfolio transactions. The Manager is authorized by the advisory agreement
to employ broker-dealers, including "affiliated" brokers, as that term is
defined in the Investment Company Act. The Manager may employ broker-dealers
that the Manager thinks, it its best judgment based on all relevant factors,
will implement the policy of the Fund to obtain, at reasonable expense, the
"best execution" of the Fund's portfolio transactions. "Best execution" means
prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable price obtainable. The
Manager need not seek competitive commission bidding. However, it is expected
to be aware of the current rates of eligible brokers and to minimize the
commissions paid to the extent consistent with the interests and policies of
the Fund as established by its Board of Trustees.

      Under the investment advisory agreement, the Manager may select brokers
(other than affiliates) that provide brokerage and/or research services for
the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Manager or its affiliates
have investment discretion. The commissions paid to such brokers may be
higher than another qualified broker would charge, if the Manager makes a
good faith determination that the commission is fair and reasonable in
relation to the services provided. Subject to those considerations, as a
factor in selecting brokers for the Fund's portfolio transactions, the
Manager may also consider sales of shares of the Fund and other investment
companies for which the Manager or an affiliate serves as investment advisor.

Brokerage Practices Followed by the Manager. The Manager allocates brokerage
for the Fund subject to the provisions of the investment advisory agreement
and the procedures and rules described above. Generally, the Manager's
portfolio traders allocate brokerage based upon recommendations from the
Manager's portfolio managers. In certain instances, portfolio managers may
directly place trades and allocate brokerage. In either case, the Manager's
executive officers supervise the allocation of brokerage.

      Transactions in securities other than those for which an exchange is
the primary market are generally done with principals or market makers. In
transactions on foreign exchanges, the Fund may be required to pay fixed
brokerage commissions and therefore would not have the benefit of negotiated
commissions available in U.S. markets. Brokerage commissions are paid
primarily for transactions in listed securities or for certain fixed-income
agency transactions in the secondary market. Otherwise brokerage commissions
are paid only if it appears likely that a better price or execution can be
obtained by doing so. In an option transaction, the Fund ordinarily uses the
same broker for the purchase or sale of the option and any transaction in the
securities to which the option relates. Other funds advised by the Manager
have investment policies similar to those of the Fund. Those other funds may
purchase or sell the same securities as the Fund at the same time as the
Fund, which could affect the supply and price of the securities. If two or
more funds advised by the Manager purchase the same security on the same day
from the same dealer, the transactions under those combined orders are
averaged as to price and allocated in accordance with the purchase or sale
orders actually placed for each account.

      Most purchases of debt obligations are principal transactions at net
prices. Instead of using a broker for those transactions, the Fund normally
deals directly with the selling or purchasing principal or market maker
unless the Manager determines that a better price or execution can be
obtained by using the services of a broker. Purchases of portfolio securities
from underwriters include a commission or concession paid by the issuer to
the underwriter. Purchases from dealers include a spread between the bid and
asked prices. The Fund seeks to obtain prompt execution of these orders at
the most favorable net price.

      The investment advisory agreement permits the Manager to allocate
brokerage for research services. The research services provided by a
particular broker may be useful only to one or more of the advisory accounts
of the Manager and its affiliates. The investment research received for the
commissions of those other accounts may be useful both to the Fund and one or
more of the Manager's other accounts. Investment research may be supplied to
the Manager by a third party at the instance of a broker through which trades
are placed.

      Investment research services include information and analysis on
particular companies and industries as well as market or economic trends and
portfolio strategy, market quotations for portfolio evaluations, information
systems, computer hardware and similar products and services. If a research
service also assists the Manager in a non-research capacity (such as
bookkeeping or other administrative functions), then only the percentage or
component that provides assistance to the Manager in the investment
decision-making process may be paid in commission dollars.

      The Board of Trustees permits the Manager to use stated commissions on
secondary fixed-income agency trades to obtain research if the broker
represents to the Manager that: (i) the trade is not from or for the broker's
own inventory, (ii) the trade was executed by the broker on an agency basis
at the stated commission, and (iii) the trade is not a riskless principal
transaction. The Board of Trustees permits the Manager to use commissions on
fixed-price offerings to obtain research, in the same manner as is permitted
for agency transactions.

      The research services provided by brokers broadens the scope and
supplements the research activities of the Manager. That research provides
additional views and comparisons for consideration, and helps the Manager to
obtain market information for the valuation of securities that are either
held in the Fund's portfolio or are being considered for purchase. The
Manager provides information to the Board about the commissions paid to
brokers furnishing such services, together with the Manager's representation
that the amount of such commissions was reasonably related to the value or
benefit of such services.

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  Fiscal Year Ended 9/30:     Total Brokerage Commissions Paid by the Fund1
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           2000                                 $720,340
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           2001                                 $874,242
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           2002                                 $559,5972
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1.    Amounts do not include spreads or commissions on principal  transactions
   on a net trade basis.
2.    In the fiscal year ended 9/30/02,  the amount of  transactions  directed
   to brokers for  research  services  was  $20,997,522  and the amount of the
   commissions paid to broker-dealers for those services was $37,478.

Distribution and Service Plans

            The Distributor. Under its General Distributor's Agreement with
the Fund, the Distributor whose primary address is P.O. Box 5270, Denver, CO
80217 acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous public
offering of the Fund's classes of shares. The Distributor is not obligated to
sell a specific number of shares.
      The Distributor bears the expenses normally attributable to sales,
including advertising and the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses,
other than those furnished to existing shareholders.

      The sales charges and concessions paid to, or retained by, the
Distributor from the sale of shares during the Fund's three most recent
fiscal years, and the contingent deferred sales charges retained by the
Distributor on the redemption of shares for the three most recent fiscal
years are shown in the tables below.

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                                  Aggregate       Class A Front-
                  Fiscal          Front-End         End Sales
                   Year         Sales Charges        Charges
                  Ended          on Class A        Retained by
                  9/30:            Shares          Distributor
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                   2000           $392,339           $144,549
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                   2001           $436,534           $155,780
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                   2002           $428,672          $152,0451
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1.  Includes  amounts  retained by a  broker-dealer  that is an affiliate or a
   parent of the Distributor.


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                 Concessions   Concessions   Concessions   Concessions
                 on Class A    on Class B    on Class C     on Class N
  Fiscal Year      Shares        Shares        Shares         Shares
  Ended 9/30     Advanced by   Advanced by   Advanced by   Advanced by
                Distributor1  Distributor1  Distributor1   Distributor1
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     2000          $14,825      $348,915       $48,291         N/A
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     2001          $21,811      $477,441       $69,856        $ 172
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     2002          $19,253      $449,947       $57,203        $7,184
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1. The Distributor  advances  concession payments to dealers for certain sales
   of Class A shares  and for  sales  of Class B,  Class C and  Class N shares
   from its own resources at the time of sale.

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    Fiscal Year     Class A        Class B        Class C       Class N
       Ended      Contingent     Contingent     Contingent     Contingent
       9/30        Deferred    Deferred Sales    Deferred       Deferred
                     Sales         Charges         Sales     Sales Charges
                    Charges       Retained        Charges     Retained by
                   Retained    by Distributor    Retained     Distributor
                      by                            by
                  Distributor                   Distributor
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       2002         $3,142        $171,979        $4,681         $1,298
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Distribution and Service Plans. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for Class
A shares and Distribution and Service Plans for Class B, Class C and Class N
shares under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act. Under those plans the
Fund pays the Distributor for all or a portion of its costs incurred in
connection with the distribution and/or servicing of the shares of the
particular class.

      Under the plans, the Manager and the Distributor may make payments to
affiliates and in their sole discretion, from time to time, may use their own
resources (at no direct cost to the Fund) to make payments to brokers,
dealers or other financial institutions for distribution and administrative
services they perform. The Manager may use its profits from the advisory fee
it receives from the Fund. In their sole discretion, the Distributor and the
Manager may increase or decrease the amount of payments they make from their
own resources to plan recipients.

      Unless a plan is terminated as described below, the plan continues in
effect from year to year but only if the Fund's Board of Trustees and its
Independent Trustees specifically vote annually to approve its continuance.
Approval must be by a vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose
of voting on continuing the plan. A plan may be terminated at any time by the
vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by the vote of the holders
of a "majority" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the outstanding
shares of that class.

      The Board of Trustees and the Independent Trustees must approve all
material amendments to a plan. An amendment to increase materially the amount
of payments to be made under a plan must be approved by shareholders of the
class affected by the amendment. Because Class B shares of the Fund
automatically convert into Class A shares after six years, the Fund must
obtain the approval of both Class A and Class B shareholders for a proposed
material amendment to the Class A plan that would materially increase
payments under the plan. That approval must be by a "majority" (as defined in
the Investment Company Act) of the shares of each Class, voting separately by
class.

      While the Plans are in effect, the Treasurer of the Fund shall provide
separate written reports on the plans to the Board of Trustees at least
quarterly for its review. The reports shall detail the amount of all payments
made under a plan, and the purpose for which the payments were made. The
reports on the Class B, Class C and Class N plans shall also include the
Distributor's distribution costs for that quarter. Those reports are subject
to the review and approval of the Independent Trustees.

      Each Plan states that while it is in effect, the selection and
nomination of those Trustees of the Fund who are not "interested persons" of
the Fund is committed to the discretion of the Independent Trustees. This
does not prevent the involvement of others in the selection and nomination
process as long as the final decision as to selection or nomination is
approved by a majority of the Independent Trustees.

      Under the plan for a class, no payment will be made to any recipient in
any quarter in which the aggregate net asset value of all Fund shares of that
class held by the recipient for itself and its customers does not exceed a
minimum amount, if any, that may be set from time to time by a majority of
the Independent Trustees. The Board of Trustees has set no minimum amount of
assets to qualify for payments under the plans.

      |X| Class A Service Plan. Under the Class A service plan, the
Distributor currently uses the fees it receives from the Fund to pay brokers,
dealers and other financial institutions (they are referred to as
"recipients") for personal services and account maintenance services they
provide for their customers who hold Class A shares. The services include,
among others, answering customer inquiries about the Fund, assisting in
establishing and maintaining accounts in the Fund, making the Fund's
investment plans available and providing other services at the request of the
Fund or the Distributor. While the plan permits the Board to authorize
payments to the Distributor to reimburse itself for services under the plan,
the Board has not yet done so. The Distributor makes payments to plan
recipients quarterly at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average
annual net assets consisting of Class A shares.  With respect to purchases of
Class A shares subject to a contingent deferred sales charge by certain
retirement plans that purchased such shares prior to March 1, 2001
("grandfathered retirement accounts"), the Distributor currently intends to
pay the service fee to Recipients in advance for the first year after the
shares are purchased.  After the first year shares are outstanding, the
Distributor makes service fee payments to Recipients quarterly on those
shares.  The advance payment is based on the net asset value of shares sold.
Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify for the advance service fee
payment. If Class A shares purchased by grandfathered retirement accounts are
redeemed during the first year after their purchase, the Recipient of the
service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay the Distributor a pro
rata portion of the advance payment of the service fee made on those shares.

      For the fiscal period ended September 30, 2002, payments under the
Class A Plan totaled $1,114,460, all of which was paid by the Distributor to
recipients.  That included $65,458 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's
parent company. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect
to Class A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent years.
The Distributor may not use payments received the Class A Plan to pay any of
its interest expenses, carrying charges, or other financial costs, or
allocation of overhead.

      |X| Class B, Class C and Class N Service and Distribution Plans. Under
each plan, service fees and distribution fees are computed on the average of
the net asset value of shares in the respective class, determined as of the
close of each regular business day during the period. The Class B, Class C
and Class N plans provide for the Distributor to be compensated at a flat
rate, whether the Distributor's distribution expenses are more or less than
the amounts paid by the Fund under the plan during the period for which the
fee is paid. The types of services that recipients provide are similar to the
services provided under the Class A service plan, described above.

      The Class B, Class C and the Class N Plans permit the Distributor to
retain both the asset-based sales charges and the service fees or to pay
recipients the service fee on a quarterly basis, without payment in advance.
However, the Distributor currently intends to pay the service fee to
recipients in advance for the first year after the shares are purchased.
After the first year shares are outstanding, the Distributor makes service
fee payments quarterly on those shares. The advance payment is based on the
net asset value of shares sold. Shares purchased by exchange do not qualify
for the advance service fee payment. If Class B, Class C or Class N shares
are redeemed during the first year after their purchase, the recipient of the
service fees on those shares will be obligated to repay the Distributor a pro
rata portion of the advance payment of the service fee made on those shares.

      The asset-based sales charge and service fees increase Class B and
Class C expenses by 1.00% and increase Class N expenses by 0.50% of the net
asset per year of the respective class.  The Distributor retains the
asset-based sales charge on Class B and Class N shares. The Distributor
retains the asset-based sales charge on Class C shares during the first year
the shares are outstanding. It pays the asset-based sales charge as an
ongoing concession to the recipient on Class C shares outstanding for a year
or more. If a dealer has a special agreement with the Distributor, the
Distributor will pay the Class B, Class C and/or Class N service fee and the
asset-based sales charge to the dealer quarterly in lieu of paying the sales
concessions and service fee in advance at the time of purchase.

      The asset-based sales charges on Class B, Class C and Class N shares
allow investors to buy shares without a front-end sales charge while allowing
the Distributor to compensate dealers that sell those shares. The Fund pays
the asset-based sales charges to the Distributor for its services rendered in
distributing Class B, Class C and Class N shares. The payments are made to
the Distributor in recognition that the Distributor:

      o  pays sales concessions to authorized brokers and dealers at the time
         of sale and pays service fees as described above,
      o  may finance payment of sales concessions and/or the advance of the
         service fee payment to recipients under the plans, or may provide
         such financing from its own resources or from the resources of an
         affiliate,
      o  employs personnel to support distribution of Class B, Class C and
         Class N shares,
      o  bears the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses
         (other than those furnished to current shareholders) and state "blue
         sky" registration fees and certain other distribution expenses;
o     may not be able to adequately compensate dealers that sell Class B,
         Class C and Class N shares without receiving payment under the plans
         and therefore may not be able to offer such Classes for sale absent
         the plans,
o     receives payments under the plans consistent with the service fees and
         asset-based sales charges paid by other non-proprietary funds that
         charge 12b-1 fees,
o     may use the payments under the plan to include the Fund in various
         third-party distribution programs that may increase sales of Fund
         shares,
o     may experience increased difficulty selling the Fund's shares if
         payments under the plan are discontinued because most competitor
         funds have plans that pay dealers for rendering distribution
         services as much or more than the amounts currently being paid by
         the Fund, and
o     may not be able to continue providing, at the same or at a lesser cost,
         the same quality distribution sales efforts and services, or to
         obtain such services from brokers and dealers, if the plan payments
         were to be discontinued.

         When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are sold without the
   designation of a broker-dealer, the Distributor is automatically
   designated as the broker-dealer of record.  In those cases, the
   Distributor retains the service fee and asset-based sales charge paid on
   Class B, Class C and Class N shares.

      The Distributor's actual expenses in selling Class B, Class C and Class
N shares may be more than the payments it receives from the contingent
deferred sales charges collected on redeemed shares and from the Fund under
the plans.  If either the Class B, Class C or Class N plan is terminated by
the Fund, the Board of Trustees may allow the Fund to continue payments of
the asset-based sales charge to the Distributor for distributing shares
before the plan was terminated.

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  Distribution Fees Paid to the Distributor in the Fiscal Year Ended 9/30/02
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                                                Distributor's   Distributor's
                                                  Aggregate      Unreimbursed
                     Total         Amount       Unreimbursed    Expenses as %
                   Payments     Retained by       Expenses      of Net Assets
     Class        Under Plan    Distributor      Under Plan        of Class
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Class B Plan       $647,256      $513,1681       $2,557,075         4.67%
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Class C Plan       $374,199      $ 64,6052        $873,469          2.62%
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Class N Plan        $ 2,259       $ 1,8473         $ 9,675          1.21%
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1.    Includes  $9,257  paid  to an  affiliate  of  the  Distributor's  parent
   company.
2.    Includes  $10,471  paid  to an  affiliate  of the  Distributor's  parent
   company.
3.    Includes $0 paid to an affiliate of the Distributor's parent company.

      All payments under the Class B, Class C and the Class N plans are
subject to the limitations imposed by the Conduct Rules of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. on payments of asset-based sales
charges and service fees.

Performance of the Fund

Explanation of Performance Terminology. The Fund uses a variety of terms to
illustrate its investment performance. Those terms include "cumulative total
return," "average annual total return," "average annual total return at net
asset value" and "total return at net asset value." An explanation of how
total returns are calculated is set forth below. The charts below show the
Fund's performance as of the Fund's most recent fiscal year end. You can
obtain current performance information by calling the Fund's Transfer Agent
at 1.800.225.5677 or by visiting the OppenheimerFunds Internet website at
www.oppenheimerfunds.com.

      The Fund's illustrations of its performance data in advertisements must
comply with rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Those rules
describe the types of performance data that may be used and how it is to be
calculated.  In general, any advertisement by the Fund of its performance
data must include the average annual total returns for the advertised class
of shares of the Fund.  Those returns must be shown for the one-, five- and
ten-year periods (or the life of the class, if less) ending as of the most
recently ended calendar quarter prior to the publication of the advertisement
(or its submission for publication).

      Use of standardized performance calculations enables an investor to
compare the Fund's performance to the performance of other funds for the same
periods. However, a number of factors should be considered before using the
Fund's performance information as a basis for comparison with other
investments:

o     Total returns measure the performance of a hypothetical account in the
      Fund over various periods and do not show the performance of each
      shareholder's account. Your account's performance will vary from the
      model performance data if your dividends are received in cash, or you
      buy or sell shares during the period, or you bought your shares at a
      different time and price than the shares used in the model.
o     An investment in the Fund is not insured by the FDIC or any other
      government agency.
o     The Fund's performance returns may not reflect the effect of taxes on
      dividends and capital gains distributions.
o     The principal value of the Fund's shares and total returns are not
      guaranteed and normally will fluctuate on a daily basis.
o     When an investor's shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less
      than their original cost.
o     Total returns for any given past period represent historical
      performance information and are not, and should not be considered, a
      prediction of future returns.

      The performance of each class of shares is shown separately, because
the performance of each class of shares will usually be different. That is
because of the different kinds of expenses each class bears. The total
returns of each class of shares of the Fund are affected by market
conditions, the quality of the Fund's investments, the maturity of debt
investments, the types of investments the Fund holds, and its operating
expenses that are allocated to the particular class.

      |X| Total Return Information. There are different types of "total
returns" to measure the Fund's performance. Total return is the change in
value of a hypothetical investment in the Fund over a given period, assuming
that all dividends and capital gains distributions are reinvested in
additional shares and that the investment is redeemed at the end of the
period. Because of differences in expenses for each class of shares, the
total returns for each class are separately measured. The cumulative total
return measures the change in value over the entire period (for example, ten
years). An average annual total return shows the average rate of return for
each year in a period that would produce the cumulative total return over the
entire period. However, average annual total returns do not show actual
year-by-year performance. The Fund uses standardized calculations for its
total returns as prescribed by the SEC. The methodology is discussed below.

      In calculating total returns for Class A shares, the current maximum
sales charge of 5.75% (as a percentage of the offering price) is deducted
from the initial investment ("P") (unless the return is shown without sales
charge, as described below). For Class B shares, payment of the applicable
contingent deferred sales charge is applied, depending on the period for
which the return is shown: 5.0% in the first year, 4.0% in the second year,
3.0% in the third and fourth years, 2.0% in the fifth year, 1.0% in the sixth
year and none thereafter. For Class C shares, the 1.0% contingent deferred
sales charge is deducted for returns for the one-year period. For Class N
shares, the 1% contingent deferred sales charge is deducted for returns for
the one year and life of class periods.  Class N total returns may also be
calculated for the periods prior to 3/1/01 (the inception date for Class N
shares), based on the Fund's Class A returns, adjusted to reflect the higher
Class N 12b-1 fees.

            |_| Average Annual Total Return. The "average annual total
return" of each class is an average annual compounded rate of return for each
year in a specified number of years. It is the rate of return based on the
change in value of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the
formula below) held for a number of years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an
Ending Redeemable Value ("ERV" in the formula) of that investment, according
to the following formula:

ERV - 1 = AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
-------
  P

|_|   Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions). The
"average annual total return (after taxes on distributions)" of Class A
shares is an average annual compounded rate of return for each year in a
specified number of years, adjusted to show the effect of federal taxes
(calculated using the highest individual marginal federal income tax rates in
effect on any reinvestment date) on any distributions made by the Fund during
the specified period. It is the rate of return based on the change in value
of a hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formula below)
held for a number of years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an ending value
("ATVD" in the formula) of that investment, after taking into account the
effect of taxes on Fund distributions, but not on the redemption of Fund
shares, according to the following formula:


ATVD        - 1=  Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on
----
1/n         Distributions)
  P


|_|   Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on Distributions and
Redemptions).  The "average annual total return (after taxes on distributions
and redemptions)" of Class A shares is an average annual compounded rate of
return for each year in a specified number of years, adjusted to show the
effect of federal taxes (calculated using the highest individual marginal
federal income tax rates in effect on any reinvestment date) on any
distributions made by the Fund during the specified period and the effect of
capital gains taxes or capital loss tax benefits (each calculated using the
highest federal individual capital gains tax rate in effect on the redemption
date) resulting from the redemption of the shares at the end of the period.
It is the rate of return based on the change in value of a hypothetical
initial investment of $1,000 ("P" in the formula below) held for a number of
years ("n" in the formula) to achieve an ending value ("ATVDR" in the
formula) of that investment, after taking into account the effect of taxes on
fund distributions and on the redemption of Fund shares, according to the
following formula:


ATVDR       - 1=  Average Annual Total Return (After Taxes on
-----
1/n         Distributions and Redemption)
  P


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      Average Annual Total Returns for Class A Shares (After Taxes)
                      For the Periods Ended 9/30/02
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                                 1-Year         5-Year
                                                              10-Year
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After Taxes on Distributions    -15.18%         -2.59%         4.66%1
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After Taxes on                   -7.75%         -0.59%         5.09%1
Distributions and
Redemption of Fund Shares
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   1. Inception date of Class A: 4/24/87


      |_| Cumulative Total Return. The "cumulative total return" calculation
measures the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $1,000 over an
entire period of years. Its calculation uses some of the same factors as
average annual total return, but it does not average the rate of return on an
annual basis. Cumulative total return is determined as follows:

ERV - P = TOTAL RETURN
-------
   P

      |_| Total Returns at Net Asset Value. From time to time the Fund may
also quote a cumulative or an average annual total return "at net asset
value" (without deducting sales charges) for Class A, Class B, Class C or
Class N shares. Each is based on the difference in net asset value per share
at the beginning and the end of the period for a hypothetical investment in
that class of shares (without considering front-end or contingent deferred
sales charges) and takes into consideration the reinvestment of dividends and
capital gains distributions.

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             The Fund's Total Returns for the Periods Ended 9/30/02
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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          Cumulative Total               Average Annual Total Returns
          Returns (10 years
 Class    or Life of Class)
 of
 Shares
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                                                   5-Year           10-Year
                                  1-Year            (or               (or
                                               life-of-class)   life-of-class)
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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          After     Without   After   Without After    Without After    Without
          Sales     Sales     Sales   Sales   Sales    Sales   Sales    Sales
          Charge    Charge    Charge  Charge  Charge   Charge  Charge   Charge
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 Class A  103.65%(1)116.07%(1)-13.83% -8.58%   0.07%    1.26%  7.37%(1) 8.01%(1)
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 Class B                      -13.70% -9.38%   0.16%    0.42%  5.67%(2) 5.67%(2)
          47.80%(2) 47.80%(2)
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 Class C  70.36%(3) 70.36%(3) -10.27% -9.41%   0.43%    0.43%  6.22%(3) 6.22%(3)
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 Class N  -17.34%(4)-17.34%(4)-9.81%  -8.94%  -11.35%  -11.35%   N/A      N/A
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 1. Inception of Class A:     4/24/87.
 2. Inception of Class B:     8/29/95.
 3. Inception of Class C:     12/1/93.
 4. Inception of Class N:     3/1/01.

Other Performance Comparisons.  The Fund compares its performance annually to
that of an appropriate broadly-based market index in its Annual Report to
shareholders. You can obtain that information by contacting the Transfer
Agent at the addresses or telephone numbers shown on the cover of this
Statement of Additional Information. The Fund may also compare its
performance to that of other investments, including other mutual funds, or
use rankings of its performance by independent ranking entities. Examples of
these performance comparisons are set forth below.

      |X| Lipper Rankings. From time to time the Fund may publish the ranking
of the performance of its classes of shares by Lipper, Inc. ("Lipper").
Lipper is a widely-recognized independent mutual fund monitoring service.
Lipper monitors the performance of regulated investment companies, including
the Fund, and ranks their performance for various periods based in categories
based on investment styles.  The performance of the Fund is ranked by Lipper
against all other balanced funds.  The Lipper performance rankings are based
on total returns that include the reinvestment of capital gain distributions
and income dividends but do not take sales charges or taxes into
consideration.  Lipper also publishes "peer-group" indices of the performance
of all mutual funds in a category that it monitors and averages of the
performance of the funds in particular categories.

      |X| Morningstar Ratings. From time to time the Fund may publish the
star rating of the performance of its classes of shares by Morningstar, Inc.,
an independent mutual fund monitoring service. Morningstar rates mutual funds
in their specialized market sector.  The Fund is rated among domestic hybrid
funds.

      Morningstar proprietary star ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted
total investment return. For each fund with at least a three-year history,
Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating(TM)based on a Morningstar
Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly
performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption
fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent
performance.   The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the
next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5%
receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star.  (Each share class is
counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately,
which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) The
Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of
the performance figures associated with its three-, five-and ten-year (if
applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.

      |X| Performance Rankings and Comparisons by Other Entities and
Publications. From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements
and sales literature performance information about the Fund cited in
newspapers and other periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, Barron's, or similar publications. That information may include
performance quotations from other sources, including Lipper and Morningstar.
The performance of the Fund's classes of shares may be compared in
publications to the performance of various market indices or other
investments, and averages, performance rankings or other benchmarks prepared
by recognized mutual fund statistical services.

      Investors may also wish to compare the returns on the Fund's share
classes to the return on fixed-income investments available from banks and
thrift institutions. Those include certificates of deposit, ordinary
interest-paying checking and savings accounts, and other forms of fixed or
variable time deposits, and various other instruments such as Treasury bills.
However, the Fund's returns and share price are not guaranteed or insured by
the FDIC or any other agency and will fluctuate daily, while bank depository
obligations may be insured by the FDIC and may provide fixed rates of return.
Repayment of principal and payment of interest on Treasury securities is
backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

      From time to time, the Fund may publish rankings or ratings of the
Manager or Transfer Agent, and of the investor services provided by them to
shareholders of the Oppenheimer funds, other than performance rankings of the
Oppenheimer funds themselves. Those ratings or rankings of shareholder and
investor services by third parties may include comparisons of their services
to those provided by other mutual fund families selected by the rating or
ranking services. They may be based upon the opinions of the rating or
ranking service itself, using its research or judgment, or based upon surveys
of investors, brokers, shareholders or others.


      From time to time the Fund may include in its advertisements and sales
literature the total return performance of a hypothetical investment account
that includes shares of the fund and other Oppenheimer funds. The combined
account may be part of an illustration of an asset allocation model or
similar presentation. The account performance may combine total return
performance of the fund and the total return performance of other Oppenheimer
funds included in the account. Additionally, from time to time, the Fund's
advertisements and sales literature may include, for illustrative or
comparative purposes, statistical data or other information about general or
specific market and economic conditions. That may include, for example,

o     information about the performance of certain securities or commodities
         markets or segments of those markets,
o     information about the performance of the economies of particular
         countries or regions,
o     the earnings of companies included in segments of particular
         industries, sectors, securities markets, countries or regions,
o     the availability of different types of securities or offerings of
         securities,
o     information relating to the gross national or gross domestic product of
         the United States or other countries or regions,
o     comparisons of various market sectors or indices to demonstrate
         performance, risk, or other characteristics of the Fund.


ABOUT your account

How to Buy Shares

Additional information is presented below about the methods that can be used
to buy shares of the Fund. Appendix C contains more information about the
special sales charge arrangements offered by the Fund, and the circumstances
in which sales charges may be reduced or waived for certain classes of
investors.

AccountLink.  When shares are purchased through AccountLink, each purchase
must be at least $50 and shareholders must invest at least $500 before an
                     ---
Asset Builder Plan (described below) can be established on a new account.
Accounts established prior to November 1, 2002 will remain at $25 for
additional purchases. Shares will be purchased on the regular business day
the Distributor is instructed to initiate the Automated Clearing House
("ACH") transfer to buy the shares.  Dividends will begin to accrue on shares
purchased with the proceeds of ACH transfers on the business day the Fund
receives Federal Funds for the purchase through the ACH system before the
close of The New York Stock Exchange. The Exchange normally closes at 4:00
P.M., but may close earlier on certain days.  If Federal Funds are received
on a business day after the close of the Exchange, the shares will be
purchased and dividends will begin to accrue on the next regular business
day.  The proceeds of ACH transfers are normally received by the Fund three
days after the transfers are initiated. If the proceeds of the ACH transfer
are not received on a timely basis, the Distributor reserves the right to
cancel the purchase order. The Distributor and the Fund are not responsible
for any delays in purchasing shares resulting from delays in ACH
transmissions.

Reduced Sales Charges.  As discussed in the Prospectus, a reduced sales
charge rate may be obtained for Class A shares under Right of Accumulation
and Letters of Intent because of the economies of sales efforts and reduction
in expenses realized by the Distributor, dealers and brokers making such
sales.  No sales charge is imposed in certain other circumstances described
in Appendix C to this Statement of Additional Information because the
Distributor or dealer or broker incurs little or no selling expenses.

      ?  Right of Accumulation. To qualify for the lower sales charge rates
that apply to larger purchases of Class A shares, you and your spouse can add
together:
o     Class A and Class B shares you purchase for your individual accounts
            (including IRAs and 403(b) plans), or for your joint accounts, or
            for trust or custodial accounts on behalf of your children who
            are minors, and
o     Current purchases of Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other
            Oppenheimer funds to reduce the sales charge rate that applies to
            current purchases of Class A shares, and
o     Class A and Class B shares of Oppenheimer funds you previously
            purchased subject to an initial or contingent deferred sales
            charge to reduce the sales charge rate for current purchases of
            Class A shares, provided that you still hold your investment in
            one of the Oppenheimer funds.

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

The Oppenheimer Funds.  The Oppenheimer funds are those mutual funds for
which the Distributor acts as the distributor and currently include the
following:

Oppenheimer Bond Fund                     Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund
Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund     Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund     Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund     Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund           Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund
                                          Oppenheimer  Quest  Capital  Value Fund,
Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund          Inc.
                                          Oppenheimer  Quest  Global  Value  Fund,
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund   Inc.
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund       Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund
Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund   Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Discovery Fund                Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund
                                          Oppenheimer      Rochester      National
Oppenheimer Emerging Growth Fund          Municipals
Oppenheimer Emerging Technologies Fund    Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund               Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
Oppenheimer Europe Fund                   Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund
Oppenheimer Global Fund                   Oppenheimer Total Return Fund, Inc.
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund   Oppenheimer Trinity Core Fund
                                          Oppenheimer  Trinity  Large  Cap  Growth
Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals Fund  Fund
Oppenheimer Growth Fund                   Oppenheimer Trinity Value Fund
Oppenheimer High Yield Fund               Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust
Oppenheimer International Bond Fund       Oppenheimer Value Fund
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund     Limited-Term New York Municipal Fund
Oppenheimer  International  Small Company
Fund                                      Rochester Fund Municipals
Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund  OSM1- Gartmore Millennium Growth Fund II
Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund   OSM1 - Jennison Growth Fund
Oppenheimer  Main Street  Growth & Income OSM1 -  Mercury  Advisors  S& P 500 Index
Fund                                      Fund
                                          OSM1 -  Mercury  Advisors  Focus  Growth
Oppenheimer Main Street Opportunity Fund  Fund
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund    OSM1 - QM Active Balanced Fund
Oppenheimer MidCap Fund                   OSM1 - Salomon Brothers All Cap Fund
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund
And the following money market funds:

Centennial America Fund, L. P.            Centennial New York Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust    Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
Centennial Government Trust               Oppenheimer Cash Reserves
Centennial Money Market Trust             Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
1 - "OSM" stands for Oppenheimer Select Managers

      There is an initial sales charge on the purchase of Class A shares of
each of the Oppenheimer funds described above except the money market funds
and Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund. Under certain circumstances
described in this Statement of Additional Information, redemption proceeds of
certain money market fund shares may be subject to a contingent deferred
sales charge.

Letters of Intent.  Under a Letter of Intent, if you purchase Class A shares
or Class A and Class B shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds during
a 13-month period, you can reduce the sales charge rate that applies to your
purchases of Class A shares.  The total amount of your intended purchases of
both Class A and Class B shares will determine the reduced sales charge rate
for the Class A shares purchased during that period.  You can include
purchases made up to 90 days before the date of the Letter.  Letters of
Intent do not consider Class C or Class N shares you purchase or may have
purchased.

      A Letter of Intent is an investor's statement in writing to the
Distributor of the intention to purchase Class A shares or Class A and Class
B shares of the Fund (and other Oppenheimer funds) during a 13-month period
(the "Letter of Intent period"). At the investor's request, this may include
purchases made up to 90 days prior to the date of the Letter.  The Letter
states the investor's intention to make the aggregate amount of purchases of
shares which, when added to the investor's holdings of shares of those funds,
will equal or exceed the amount specified in the Letter.  Purchases made by
reinvestment of dividends or distributions of capital gains and purchases
made at net asset value without sales charge do not count toward satisfying
the amount of the Letter.

      A Letter enables an investor to count the Class A and Class B shares
purchased under the Letter to obtain the reduced sales charge rate on
purchases of Class A shares of the Fund (and other Oppenheimer funds) that
applies under the Right of Accumulation to current purchases of Class A
shares.  Each purchase of Class A shares under the Letter will be made at the
offering price (including the sales charge) that applies to a single lump-sum
purchase of shares in the amount intended to be purchased under the Letter.

      In submitting a Letter, the investor makes no commitment to purchase
shares.  However, if the investor's purchases of shares within the Letter of
Intent period, when added to the value (at offering price) of the investor's
holdings of shares on the last day of that period, do not equal or exceed the
intended purchase amount, the investor agrees to pay the additional amount of
sales charge applicable to such purchases. That amount is described in "Terms
of Escrow," below (those terms may be amended by the Distributor from time to
time).  The investor agrees that shares equal in value to 5% of the intended
purchase amount will be held in escrow by the Transfer Agent subject to the
Terms of Escrow.  Also, the investor agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Prospectus, this Statement of Additional Information and the application used
for a Letter of Intent. If those terms are amended, as they may be from time
to time by the Fund, the investor agrees to be bound by the amended terms and
that those amendments will apply automatically to existing Letters of Intent.

      If the total eligible purchases made during the Letter of Intent period
do not equal or exceed the intended purchase amount, the concessions
previously paid to the dealer of record for the account and the amount of
sales charge retained by the Distributor will be adjusted to the rates
applicable to actual total purchases.  If total eligible purchases during the
Letter of Intent period exceed the intended purchase amount and exceed the
amount needed to qualify for the next sales charge rate reduction set forth
in the Prospectus, the sales charges paid will be adjusted to the lower rate.
That adjustment will be made only if and when the dealer returns to the
Distributor the excess of the amount of concessions allowed or paid to the
dealer over the amount of concessions that apply to the actual amount of
purchases.  The excess concessions returned to the Distributor will be used
to purchase additional shares for the investor's account at the net asset
value per share in effect on the date of such purchase, promptly after the
Distributor's receipt thereof.

      The  Transfer  Agent  will not hold  shares in escrow for  purchases  of
shares of the Fund and other Oppenheimer funds by  OppenheimerFunds  prototype
401(k) plans under a Letter of Intent.  If the intended  purchase amount under
a Letter of Intent entered into by an  OppenheimerFunds  prototype 401(k) plan
is not purchased by the plan by the end of the Letter of Intent period,  there
will be no adjustment of concessions  paid to the  broker-dealer  or financial
institution of record for accounts held in the name of that plan.

      In determining the total amount of purchases made under a Letter,
shares redeemed by the investor prior to the termination of the Letter of
Intent period will be deducted.  It is the responsibility of the dealer of
record and/or the investor to advise the Distributor about the Letter in
placing any purchase orders for the investor during the Letter of Intent
period.  All of such purchases must be made through the Distributor.

      |X|   Terms of Escrow That Apply to Letters of Intent.

      1. Out of the initial purchase (or subsequent purchases if necessary)
made pursuant to a Letter, shares of the Fund equal in value up to 5% of the
intended purchase amount specified in the Letter shall be held in escrow by
the Transfer Agent.  For example, if the intended purchase amount is $50,000,
the escrow shall be shares valued in the amount of $2,500 (computed at the
offering price adjusted for a $50,000 purchase).  Any dividends and capital
gains distributions on the escrowed shares will be credited to the investor's
account.

      2. If the total minimum investment specified under the Letter is
completed within the 13-month Letter of Intent period, the escrowed shares
will be promptly released to the investor.

      3. If, at the end of the 13-month Letter of Intent period the total
purchases pursuant to the Letter are less than the intended purchase amount
specified in the Letter, the investor must remit to the Distributor an amount
equal to the difference between the dollar amount of sales charges actually
paid and the amount of sales charges which would have been paid if the total
amount purchased had been made at a single time.  That sales charge
adjustment will apply to any shares redeemed prior to the completion of the
Letter.  If the difference in sales charges is not paid within twenty days
after a request from the Distributor or the dealer, the Distributor will,
within sixty days of the expiration of the Letter, redeem the number of
escrowed shares necessary to realize such difference in sales charges.  Full
and fractional shares remaining after such redemption will be released from
escrow.  If a request is received to redeem escrowed shares prior to the
payment of such additional sales charge, the sales charge will be withheld
from the redemption proceeds.

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

5.    The shares eligible for purchase under the Letter (or the holding of
which may be counted toward completion of a Letter) include:
(a)   Class A shares sold with a front-end sales charge or subject to a Class
            A contingent deferred sales charge,
(b)   Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds acquired subject to a
            contingent deferred sales charge, and
(c)   Class A or Class B shares acquired by exchange of either (1) Class A
            shares of one of the other Oppenheimer funds that were acquired
            subject to a Class A initial or contingent deferred sales charge
            or (2) Class B shares of one of the other Oppenheimer funds that
            were acquired subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.

      6. Shares held in escrow hereunder will automatically be exchanged for
shares of another fund to which an exchange is requested, as described in the
section of the Prospectus entitled "How to Exchange Shares" and the escrow
will be transferred to that other fund.

Asset Builder Plans.  As explained in the Prospectus, you must initially
establish your account with $500. Subsequently, you can establish an Asset
Builder Plan to automatically purchase additional shares directly from a bank
account for as little as $50. For those accounts established prior to
November 1, 2002 and which have previously established Asset Builder Plans,
additional purchases will remain at $25. Shares purchased by Asset Builder
Plan payments from bank accounts are subject to the redemption restrictions
for recent purchases described in the Prospectus.  Asset Builder Plans are
available only if your bank is an ACH member.  Asset Builder Plans may not be
used to buy shares for OppenheimerFunds employer-sponsored qualified
retirement accounts. Asset Builder Plans also enable shareholders of
Oppenheimer Cash Reserves to use their fund account to make monthly automatic
purchases of shares of up to four other Oppenheimer funds.

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

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

Retirement Plans. Certain types of retirement plans are entitled to purchase
shares of the Fund without sales charge or at reduced sales charge rates, as
described in Appendix C to this Statement of Additional Information. Certain
special sales charge arrangements described in that Appendix apply to
retirement plans whose records are maintained on a daily valuation basis by
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") or an independent
record keeper that has a contract or special arrangement with Merrill Lynch.
If on the date the plan sponsor signed the Merrill Lynch record keeping
service agreement the plan has less than $3 million in assets (other than
assets invested in money market funds) invested in applicable investments,
then the retirement plan may purchase only Class B shares of the Oppenheimer
funds. Any retirement plans in that category that currently invest in Class B
shares of the Fund will have their Class B shares converted to Class A shares
of the Fund when the plan's applicable investments reach $5 million.
OppenheimerFunds has entered into arrangements with certain record keepers
whereby the Transfer Agent compensates the record keeper for its record
keeping and account servicing functions that it performs on behalf of the
participant level accounts of a retirement plan.  While such compensation may
act to reduce the record keeping fees charged by the retirement plan's record
keeper, that compensation arrangement may be terminated at any time,
potentially affecting the record keeping fees charged by the retirement
plan's record keeper.

Cancellation of Purchase Orders.  Cancellation of purchase orders for the
Fund's shares (for example, when a purchase check is returned to the Fund
unpaid) causes a loss to be incurred when the net asset values of the Fund's
shares on the cancellation date is less than on the purchase date. That loss
is equal to the amount of the decline in the net asset value per share
multiplied by the number of shares in the purchase order. The investor is
responsible for that loss. If the investor fails to compensate the Fund for
the loss, the Distributor will do so. The Fund may reimburse the Distributor
for that amount by redeeming shares from any account registered in that
investor's name, or the Fund or the Distributor may seek other redress.

Classes of Shares. Each class of shares of the Fund represents an interest in
the same portfolio of investments of the Fund.  However, each class has
different shareholder privileges and features.  The net income attributable
to Class B, Class C or Class N shares and the dividends payable on Class B,
Class C or Class N shares will be reduced by incremental expenses borne
solely by that class. Those expenses include the asset-based sales charges to
which Class B, Class C and Class N shares are subject.

      The availability of different classes of shares permits an investor to
choose the method of purchasing shares that is more appropriate for the
investor. That may depend on the amount of the purchase, the length of time
the investor expects to hold shares, and other relevant circumstances. Class
A shares normally are sold subject to an initial sales charge. While Class B,
Class C and Class N shares have no initial sales charge, the purpose of the
deferred sales charge and asset-based sales charge on Class B, Class C and
Class N shares is the same as that of the initial sales charge on Class A
shares - to compensate the Distributor and brokers, dealers and financial
institutions that sell shares of the Fund.  A salesperson who is entitled to
receive compensation from his or her firm for selling Fund shares may receive
different levels of compensation for selling one class of shares rather than
another.

      The Distributor will not accept any order in the amount of $500,000 or
more for Class B shares or $1 million or more for Class C shares on behalf of
a single investor (not including dealer "street name" or omnibus accounts).
That is because generally it will be more advantageous for that investor to
purchase Class A shares of the Fund.

Class A Shares Subject to a Contingent  Deferred  Sales Charge.  For purchases
of Class A shares at net asset value  whether or not  subject to a  contingent
deferred  sales charge as described in the  Prospectus,  no sales  concessions
will be paid to the  broker-dealer of record,  as described in the Prospectus,
on sales of Class A shares  purchased with the  redemption  proceeds of shares
of another  mutual fund offered as an investment  option in a retirement  plan
in which  Oppenheimer  funds are also offered as  investment  options  under a
special arrangement with the Distributor,  if the purchase occurs more than 30
days after the Oppenheimer  funds are added as an investment option under that
plan.  Additionally,  that concession will not be paid on purchases of Class A
shares  by a  retirement  plan made with the  redemption  proceeds  of Class N
shares  of one or more  Oppenheimer  funds  held by the plan for more  than 18
months.

      |X|   Class B Conversion. Under current interpretations of applicable
federal income tax law by the Internal Revenue Service, the conversion of
Class B shares to Class A shares after six years is not treated as a taxable
event for the shareholder. If those laws or the IRS interpretation of those
laws should change, the automatic conversion feature may be suspended. In
that event, no further conversions of Class B shares would occur while that
suspension remained in effect.  Although Class B shares could then be
exchanged for Class A shares on the basis of relative net asset value of the
two classes, without the imposition of a sales charge or fee, such exchange
could constitute a taxable event for the shareholder, and absent such
exchange, Class B shares might continue to be subject to the asset-based
sales charge for longer than six years.

      |X|   Availability of Class N Shares.  In addition to the description
of the types of retirement plans which may purchase Class N shares contained
in the prospectus, Class N shares also are offered to the following:
o     to all rollover IRAs (including SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs),
o     to all rollover contributions made to Individual 401(k) plans,
            Profit-Sharing Plans and Money Purchase Pension Plans,
o     to all direct rollovers from OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle and
            Ascender retirement plans,
o     to all trustee-to-trustee IRA transfers,
o     to all 90-24 type 403(b) transfers,
o     to Group Retirement Plans (as defined in Appendix C to this Statement
            of Additional Information) which have entered into a special
            agreement with the Distributor for that purpose,
o     to Retirement Plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or 401(k) of the
            Internal Revenue Code, the recordkeeper or the plan sponsor for
            which has entered into a special agreement with the Distributor,
o     to Retirement Plans of a plan sponsor where the aggregate assets of all
            such plans invested in the Oppenheimer funds is $500,000 or more,
o     to OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Ascender 401(k) plans that pay for the
            purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class A shares of one or
            more Oppenheimer funds.
o     to certain customers of broker-dealers and financial advisors that are
            identified in a special agreement between the broker-dealer or
            financial advisor and the Distributor for that purpose.

      The sales concession and the advance of the service fee, as described
in the Prospectus, will not be paid to dealers of record on sales of Class N
shares on:
o     purchases of Class N shares in amounts of $500,000 or more by a
            retirement plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption
            proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds
            (other than rollovers from an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle
            or Ascender 401(k) plan to any IRA invested in the Oppenheimer
            funds),
o     purchases of Class N shares in amounts of $500,000 or more by a
            retirement plan that pays for the purchase with the redemption
            proceeds of  Class C shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds held
            by the plan for more than one year (other than rollovers from an
            OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan to
            any IRA invested in the Oppenheimer funds), and
o     on purchases of Class N shares by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored
            Pinnacle or Ascender 401(k) plan made with the redemption
            proceeds of Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.

      No sales concessions will be paid to the broker-dealer of record, as
described in the Prospectus, on sales of Class N shares purchased with the
redemption proceeds of shares of another mutual fund offered as an investment
option in a retirement plan in which Oppenheimer funds are also offered as
investment options under a special arrangement with the Distributor, if the
purchase occurs more than 30 days after the Oppenheimer funds are added as an
investment option under that plan.

      |X|   Allocation of Expenses. The Fund pays expenses related to its
daily operations, such as custodian fees, Trustees' fees, transfer agency
fees, legal fees and auditing costs.  Those expenses are paid out of the
Fund's assets and are  not paid directly by shareholders.  However, those
expenses reduce the net asset values of shares, and therefore are indirectly
borne by shareholders through their investment.

      The methodology for calculating the net asset value, dividends and
distributions of the Fund's share classes recognizes two types of expenses.
General expenses that do not pertain specifically to any one class are
allocated pro rata to the shares of all classes. The allocation is based on
the percentage of the Fund's total assets that is represented by the assets
of each class, and then equally to each outstanding share within a given
class.  Such general expenses include management fees, legal, bookkeeping and
audit fees, printing and mailing costs of shareholder reports, Prospectuses,
Statements of Additional Information and other materials for current
shareholders, fees to unaffiliated Trustees, custodian expenses, share
issuance costs, organization and start-up costs, interest, taxes and
brokerage commissions, and non-recurring expenses, such as litigation costs.

      Other expenses that are directly attributable to a particular class are
allocated equally to each outstanding share within that class.  Examples of
such expenses include distribution and  service plan (12b-1) fees, transfer
and shareholder servicing agent fees and expenses, and shareholder meeting
expenses (to the extent that such expenses pertain only to a specific class).

Account Fees. As stated in the Prospectus, a $12 annual fee is assessed on
any account valued at less than $500.  This fee will not be assessed on the
following accounts:
o     Accounts that have balances below $500 due to the automatic conversion
      of shares from Class B to Class A shares;
o     Accounts with an active Asset Builder Plan, payroll deduction plan or a
      military allotment plan;
o     OppenheimerFunds-sponsored group retirement accounts that are making
      continuing purchases;
o     Certain accounts held by broker-dealers through the National Securities
      Clearing Corporation; and
o     Accounts that fall below the $500 threshold due solely to market
      fluctuations within the 12-month period preceding the date the fee is
      deducted.

      The fee is automatically deducted from qualifying accounts annually on
or about the second to last business day of September.  This annual fee is
waived for any shareholders who elect to access their account documents
through electronic document delivery rather than in paper copy and who elect
to utilize the Internet or PhoneLink as their primary source for their
general servicing needs.  To sign up to access account documents
electronically via eDocs Direct, please visit the Service Center on our
website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com or call 1.888.470.0862 for instructions.
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Determination of Net Asset Values Per Share.  The net asset values per share
of each class of shares of the Fund are determined as of the close of
business of The New York Stock Exchange ("the Exchange") on each day that the
Exchange is open. The calculation is done by dividing the value of the Fund's
net assets attributable to a class by the number of shares of that class that
are outstanding.  The Exchange normally closes at 4:00 P.M., Eastern time,
but may close earlier on some other days (for example, in case of weather
emergencies or on days falling before a U.S. holiday).  All references to
time in this Statement of Additional Information mean "Eastern time." The
Exchange's most recent annual announcement (which is subject to change)
states that it will close on New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.  It may also close on other days.

      Dealers other than Exchange members may conduct trading in certain
securities on days on which the Exchange is closed (including weekends and
holidays) or after 4:00 P.M. on a regular business day. Because the Fund's
net asset values will not be calculated on those days, the Fund's net asset
values per share may be significantly affected on such days when shareholders
may not purchase or redeem shares. Additionally, trading on European and
Asian stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets normally is completed
before the close of The Exchange.

      Changes in the values of securities traded on foreign exchanges or
markets as a result of events that occur after the prices of those securities
are determined, but before the close of The Exchange, will not be reflected
in the Fund's calculation of its net asset values that day unless the Manager
determines that the event is likely to effect a material change in the value
of the security. The Manager, or an internal valuation committee established
by the Manager, as applicable, may establish a valuation, under procedures
established by the Board and subject to the approval, ratification and
confirmation by the Board at its next ensuing meeting.

      ?  Securities Valuation.  The Fund's Board of Trustees has established
procedures for the valuation of the Fund's securities. In general those
procedures are as follows:
o     Equity securities traded on a U.S. securities exchange or on Nasdaq(R)
are valued as follows:
(1)   if last sale information is regularly reported, they are valued at the
               last reported sale price on the principal exchange on which
               they are traded or on Nasdaq, as applicable, on that day, or
(2)   if last sale information is not available on a valuation date, they are
               valued at the last reported sale price preceding the valuation
               date if it is within the spread of the closing "bid" and
               "asked" prices on the valuation date or, if not,  at the
               closing "bid" price on the valuation date.
o     Equity securities traded on a foreign securities exchange generally are
valued in one of the following ways:
(1)   at the last sale price available to the pricing service approved by the
               Board of Trustees, or
(2)   at the last sale price obtained by the Manager from the report of the
               principal exchange on which the security is traded at its last
               trading session on or immediately before the valuation date, or
(3)   at the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices obtained from the
               principal exchange on which the security is traded or, on the
               basis of reasonable inquiry, from two market makers in the
               security.
o     Long-term debt securities having a remaining maturity in excess of 60
days are valued based on the mean between the "bid" and "asked" prices
determined by a portfolio pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of
Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the
security on the basis of reasonable inquiry.
o     The following securities are valued at the mean between the "bid" and
"asked" prices determined by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board
of Trustees or obtained by the Manager from two active market makers in the
security on the basis of reasonable inquiry:
(1)   debt instruments that have a maturity of more than 397 days when
               issued,
(2)   debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or less when issued
               and have a remaining maturity of more than 60 days, and
(3)   non-money market debt instruments that had a maturity of 397 days or
               less when issued and which have a remaining maturity of 60
               days or less.
o     The following securities are valued at cost, adjusted for amortization
of premiums and accretion of discounts:
(1)   money market debt securities held by a non-money market fund that had a
               maturity of less than 397 days when issued that have a
               remaining maturity of 60 days or less, and
(2)   debt instruments held by a money market fund that have a remaining
               maturity of 397 days or less.
o     Securities (including restricted securities) not having
readily-available market quotations are valued at fair value determined under
the Board's procedures.  If the Manager is unable to locate two market makers
willing to give quotes, a security may be priced at the mean between the
"bid" and "asked" prices provided by a single active market maker (which in
certain cases may be the "bid" price if no "asked" price is available).

      In the case of U.S. government securities, mortgage-backed securities,
corporate bonds and foreign government securities, when last sale information
is not generally available, the Manager may use pricing services approved by
the Board of Trustees. The pricing service may use "matrix" comparisons to
the prices for comparable instruments on the basis of quality, yield and
maturity. Other special factors may be involved (such as the tax-exempt
status of the interest paid by municipal securities).  The Manager will
monitor the accuracy of the pricing services. That monitoring may include
comparing prices used for portfolio valuation to actual sales prices of
selected securities.

      The closing prices in the London foreign exchange market on a
particular business day that are provided to the Manager by a bank, dealer or
pricing service that the Manager has determined to be reliable are used to
value foreign currency, including forward contracts, and to convert to U.S.
dollars securities that are denominated in foreign currency.

      Puts, calls, and futures are valued at the last sale price on the
principal exchange on which they are traded or on Nasdaq, as applicable, as
determined by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees or by the
Manager.  If there were no sales that day, they shall be valued at the last
sale price on the preceding trading day if it is within the spread of the
closing "bid" and "asked" prices on the principal exchange or on Nasdaq on
the valuation date. If not, the value shall be the closing bid price on the
principal exchange or on Nasdaq on the valuation date.  If the put, call or
future is not traded on an exchange or on Nasdaq, it shall be valued by the
mean between "bid" and "asked" prices obtained by the Manager from two active
market makers. In certain cases that may be at the "bid" price if no "asked"
price is available.

      When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received
is included in the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset. An
equivalent credit is included in the liability section.  The credit is
adjusted ("marked-to-market") to reflect the current market value of the
option. In determining the Fund's gain on investments, if a call or put
written by the Fund is exercised, the proceeds are increased by the premium
received.  If a call or put written by the Fund expires, the Fund has a gain
in the amount of the premium. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase
transaction, it will have a gain or loss, depending on whether the premium
received was more or less than the cost of the closing transaction.  If the
Fund exercises a put it holds, the amount the Fund receives on its sale of
the underlying investment is reduced by the amount of premium paid by the
Fund.


How to Sell Shares

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

Reinvestment Privilege.  Within six months of a redemption, a shareholder may
reinvest all or part of the redemption proceeds of:
o     Class A shares purchased subject to an initial sales charge or Class A
   shares on which a contingent deferred sales charge was paid, or
o     Class B shares that were subject to the Class B contingent deferred
   sales charge when redeemed.

      The reinvestment may be made without sales charge only in Class A
shares of the Fund or any of the other Oppenheimer funds into which shares of
the Fund are exchangeable as described in "How to Exchange Shares" below.
Reinvestment will be at the net asset value next computed after the Transfer
Agent receives the reinvestment order.  The shareholder must ask the Transfer
Agent for that privilege at the time of reinvestment. This privilege does not
apply to Class C and Class N shares. The Fund may amend, suspend or cease
offering this reinvestment privilege at any time as to shares redeemed after
the date of such amendment, suspension or cessation.

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

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


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

Involuntary Redemptions. The Fund's Board of Trustees  has the right to cause
the involuntary redemption of the shares held in any account if the aggregate
net asset value of those shares is less than $500 or such lesser amount as
the Board may fix.  The Board will not cause the involuntary redemption of
shares in an account if the aggregate net asset value of such shares has
fallen below the stated minimum solely as a result of market fluctuations.
If the Board exercises this right, it may also fix the requirements for any
notice to be given to the shareholders in question (not less than 30 days).
The Board may alternatively set requirements for the shareholder to increase
the investment, or set other terms and conditions so that the shares would
not be involuntarily redeemed.

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

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

Distributions From Retirement Plans.  Requests for distributions from
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, 403(b)(7) custodial
plans, 401(k) plans or pension or profit-sharing plans should be addressed to
"Trustee, OppenheimerFunds Retirement Plans," c/o the Transfer Agent at its
address listed in "How To Sell Shares" in the Prospectus or on the back cover
of this Statement of Additional Information.  The request must:
(1)   state the reason for the distribution;
(2)   state the owner's awareness of tax penalties if the distribution is
         premature; and
(3)   conform to the requirements of the plan and the Fund's other redemption
         requirements.

      Participants (other than self-employed plan sponsors) in
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored pension or profit-sharing plans with shares of the
Fund held in the name of the plan or its fiduciary may not directly request
redemption of their accounts.  The plan administrator or fiduciary must sign
the request.

      Distributions from pension and profit sharing plans are subject to
special requirements under the Internal Revenue Code and certain documents
(available from the Transfer Agent) must be completed and submitted to the
Transfer Agent before the distribution may be made.  Distributions from
retirement plans are subject to withholding requirements under the Internal
Revenue Code, and IRS Form W-4P (available from the Transfer Agent) must be
submitted to the Transfer Agent with the distribution request, or the
distribution may be delayed.  Unless the shareholder has provided the
Transfer Agent with a certified tax identification number, the Internal
Revenue Code requires that tax be withheld from any distribution even if the
shareholder elects not to have tax withheld.  The Fund, the Manager, the
Distributor, and the Transfer Agent assume no responsibility to determine
whether a distribution satisfies the conditions of applicable tax laws and
will not be responsible for any tax penalties assessed in connection with a
distribution.

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

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

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

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

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

      By requesting an Automatic Withdrawal or Exchange Plan, the shareholder
agrees to the terms and conditions that apply to such plans, as stated
below.  These provisions may be amended from time to time by the Fund and/or
the Distributor.  When adopted, any amendments will automatically apply to
existing Plans.

      |X|   Automatic Exchange Plans.  Shareholders can authorize the
Transfer Agent to exchange a pre-determined amount of shares of the Fund for
shares (of the same class) of other Oppenheimer funds automatically on a
monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis under an Automatic Exchange
Plan. The minimum amount that may be exchanged to each other fund account is
$50. Instructions should be provided on the OppenheimerFunds Application or
signature-guaranteed instructions. Exchanges made under these plans are
subject to the restrictions that apply to exchanges as set forth in "How to
Exchange Shares" in the Prospectus and below in this Statement of Additional
Information.

Automatic  Withdrawal  Plans.  Fund shares will be  redeemed as  necessary  to
meet  withdrawal  payments.  Shares  acquired  without a sales  charge will be
redeemed first.  Shares  acquired with reinvested  dividends and capital gains
distributions will be redeemed next,  followed by shares acquired with a sales
charge,  to the extent necessary to make withdrawal  payments.  Depending upon
the amount  withdrawn,  the  investor's  principal  may be depleted.  Payments
made under these plans should not be  considered  as a yield or income on your
investment.

      The Transfer Agent will administer the investor's Automatic Withdrawal
Plan as agent for the shareholder(s) (the "Planholder") who executed the Plan
authorization and application submitted to the Transfer Agent.  Neither the
Fund nor the Transfer Agent shall incur any liability to the Planholder for
any action taken or not taken by the Transfer Agent in good faith to
administer the Plan. Share certificates will not be issued for shares of the
Fund purchased for and held under the Plan, but the Transfer Agent will
credit all such shares to the account of the Planholder on the records of the
Fund. Any share certificates held by a Planholder may be surrendered
unendorsed to the Transfer Agent with the Plan application so that the shares
represented by the certificate may be held under the Plan.

      For accounts subject to Automatic Withdrawal Plans, distributions of
capital gains must be reinvested in shares of the Fund, which will be done at
net asset value without a sales charge. Dividends on shares held in the
account may be paid in cash or reinvested.

      Shares will be redeemed to make withdrawal payments at the net asset
value per share determined on the redemption date.  Checks or AccountLink
payments representing the proceeds of Plan withdrawals will normally be
transmitted three business days prior to the date selected for receipt of the
payment, according to the choice specified in writing by the Planholder.
Receipt of payment on the date selected cannot be guaranteed.

      The amount and the interval of disbursement payments and the address to
which checks are to be mailed or AccountLink payments are to be sent may be
changed at any time by the Planholder by writing to the Transfer Agent.  The
Planholder should allow at least two weeks' time after mailing such
notification for the requested change to be put in effect.  The Planholder
may, at any time, instruct the Transfer Agent by written notice to redeem
all, or any part of, the shares held under the Plan. That notice must be in
proper form in accordance with the requirements of the then-current
Prospectus of the Fund. In that case, the Transfer Agent will redeem the
number of shares requested at the net asset value per share in effect and
will mail a check for the proceeds to the Planholder.

      The Planholder may terminate a Plan at any time by writing to the
Transfer Agent.  The Fund may also give directions to the Transfer Agent to
terminate a Plan. The Transfer Agent will also terminate a Plan upon its
receipt of evidence satisfactory to it that the Planholder has died or is
legally incapacitated. Upon termination of a Plan by the Transfer Agent or
the Fund, shares that have not been redeemed will be held in uncertificated
form in the name of the Planholder. The account will continue as a
dividend-reinvestment, uncertificated account unless and until proper
instructions are received from the Planholder, his or her executor or
guardian, or another authorized person.

      To use shares held under the Plan as collateral for a debt, the
Planholder may request issuance of a portion of the shares in certificated
form.  Upon written request from the Planholder, the Transfer Agent will
determine the number of shares for which a certificate may be issued without
causing the withdrawal checks to stop. However, should such uncertificated
shares become exhausted, Plan withdrawals will terminate.

      If the Transfer Agent ceases to act as transfer agent for the Fund, the
Planholder will be deemed to have appointed any successor transfer agent to
act as agent in administering the Plan.

How to Exchange Shares

As stated in the Prospectus, shares of a particular class of Oppenheimer
funds having more than one class of shares may be exchanged only for shares
of the same class of other Oppenheimer funds. Shares of Oppenheimer funds
that have a single class without a class designation are deemed "Class A"
shares for this purpose. You can obtain a current list showing which funds
offer which classes of shares by calling the Distributor.

o     All of the Oppenheimer funds currently offer Class A, B, C, N and Y
      shares with the following exceptions:


      The following funds only offer Class A shares:
      Centennial America Fund, L.P.           Centennial New York Tax Exempt
                                              Trust
      Centennial California Tax Exempt Trust  Centennial Tax Exempt Trust
      Centennial Government Trust             Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
      Centennial Money Market Trust

      The following funds do not offer Class N shares:
      Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund   Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal Fund Oppenheimer Rochester National
                                              Municipals
      Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund         Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal Fund   Limited Term New York Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund     Rochester Fund Municipals

      The following funds do not offer Class Y shares:

      Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund   Oppenheimer Limited Term Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund         Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Cash Reserves               Oppenheimer New Jersey Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund        Oppenheimer New York Municipal Fund
      Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund Oppenheimer Pennsylvania Municipal
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund Oppenheimer Quest Capital Value
                                              Fund, Inc.
      Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund     Oppenheimer Quest Global Value
                                              Fund, Inc.
      Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals     Oppenheimer Rochester National
      Fund                                    Municipals
      Oppenheimer International Bond Fund     Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate
                                              Fund
      Oppenheimer International Growth Fund   Oppenheimer Small Cap Value Fund
      Oppenheimer International Small         Limited Term New York Municipal
      Company Fund                            Fund


o     Class Y shares of Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund may not be exchanged for
      shares of any other fund.
o     Class B, Class C and Class N shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves are
      generally available only by exchange from the same class of shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds or through OppenheimerFunds-sponsored 401(k)
      plans.
o     Class M shares of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund may be
      exchanged only for Class A shares of other Oppenheimer funds. They may
      not be acquired by exchange of shares of any class of any other
      Oppenheimer funds except Class A shares of Oppenheimer Money Market
      Fund or Oppenheimer Cash Reserves acquired by exchange of Class M
      shares.
o     Class X shares of Limited Term New York Municipal Fund may be exchanged
      only for Class B shares of other Oppenheimer funds and no exchanges may
      be made to Class X shares.
o     Shares of Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund may not be exchanged
      for shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc., Oppenheimer Cash
      Reserves or Oppenheimer Limited-Term Government Fund.  Only
      participants in certain retirement plans may purchase shares of
      Oppenheimer Capital Preservation Fund, and only those participants may
      exchange shares of other Oppenheimer funds for shares of Oppenheimer
      Capital Preservation Fund.
o     Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund are not
      available by exchange of shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund or
      Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves.
o     Shares of Oppenheimer Select Managers Mercury Advisors S& P Index Fund
      and Oppenheimer Select Managers QM Active Balanced Fund are only
      available to retirement plans and are available only by exchange from
      the same class of shares of other Oppenheimer funds held by retirement
      plans.

o     Class A shares of Oppenheimer funds may be exchanged at net asset value
      for shares of any money market fund offered by the Distributor. Shares
      of any money market fund purchased without a sales charge may be
      exchanged for shares of Oppenheimer funds offered with a sales charge
      upon payment of the sales charge. They may also be used to purchase
      shares of Oppenheimer funds subject to an early withdrawal charge or
      contingent deferred sales charge.
o     Shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. purchased with the
      redemption proceeds of shares of other mutual funds (other than funds
      managed by the Manager or its subsidiaries) redeemed within the 30 days
      prior to that purchase may subsequently be exchanged for shares of
      other Oppenheimer funds without being subject to an initial sales
      charge or contingent deferred sales charge. To qualify for that
      privilege, the investor or the investor's dealer must notify the
      Distributor of eligibility for this privilege at the time the shares of
      Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc. are purchased. If requested, they
      must supply proof of entitlement to this privilege.
o     Shares of the Fund acquired by reinvestment of dividends or
      distributions from any of the other Oppenheimer funds or from any unit
      investment trust for which reinvestment arrangements have been made
      with the Distributor may be exchanged at net asset value for shares of
      any of the Oppenheimer funds.

      The Fund may amend, suspend or terminate the exchange privilege at any
time. Although the Fund may impose these changes at any time, it will provide
you with notice of those changes whenever it is required to do so by
applicable law. It may be required to provide 60 days' notice prior to
materially amending or terminating the exchange privilege. That 60 day notice
is not required in extraordinary circumstances.

      |X|   How Exchanges Affect Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. No
contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on exchanges of shares of any
class purchased subject to a contingent deferred sales charge, with the
following exceptions:

o     When Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund (other than Rochester
National Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals) acquired by exchange of
Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund purchased subject to a Class A
contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed within 18 months measured from
the beginning of the calendar month of the initial purchase of the exchanged
Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on
the redeemed shares.

o     When Class A shares of Rochester National Municipals and Rochester Fund
Municipals acquired by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer fund
purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are redeemed
within 24 months of the beginning of the calendar month of the initial
purchase of the exchanged Class A shares, the Class A contingent deferred
sales charge is imposed on the redeemed shares.

o     If any Class A shares of another Oppenheimer fund that are exchanged
for Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund are subject to
the Class A contingent deferred sales charge of the other Oppenheimer fund at
the time of exchange, the holding period for that Class A contingent deferred
sales charge will carry over to the Class A shares of Oppenheimer Senior
Floating Rate Fund acquired in the exchange. The Class A shares of
Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired in that exchange will be
subject to the Class A Early Withdrawal Charge of Oppenheimer Senior Floating
Rate Fund if they are repurchased before the expiration of the holding period.

o     When Class A shares of Oppenheimer Cash Reserves and Oppenheimer Money
Market Fund, Inc. acquired by exchange of Class A shares of any Oppenheimer
fund purchased subject to a Class A contingent deferred sales charge are
redeemed within the Class A holding period of the fund from which the shares
were exchanged, the Class A contingent deferred sales charge of the fund from
which the shares were exchanged is imposed on the redeemed shares.

o     With respect to Class B shares, the Class B contingent deferred sales
charge is imposed on Class B shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed
within six years of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class B shares.

o     With respect to Class C shares, the Class C contingent deferred sales
charge is imposed on Class C shares acquired by exchange if they are redeemed
within 12 months of the initial purchase of the exchanged Class C shares.

o     With respect to Class N shares, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge
will be imposed if the retirement plan (not including IRAs and 403(b) plans)
is terminated or Class N shares of all Oppenheimer funds are terminated as an
investment option of the plan and Class N shares are redeemed within 18
months after the plan's first purchase of Class N shares of any Oppenheimer
fund or with respect to an individual retirement plan or 403(b) plan, Class N
shares are redeemed within 18 months of the plan's first purchase of Class N
shares of any Oppenheimer fund.

o     When Class B, Class C or Class N shares are redeemed to effect an
exchange, the priorities described in "How To Buy Shares" in the Prospectus
for the imposition of the Class B, Class C or Class N contingent deferred
sales charge will be followed in determining the order in which the shares
are exchanged. Before exchanging shares, shareholders should take into
account how the exchange may affect any contingent deferred sales charge that
might be imposed in the subsequent redemption of remaining shares.

      Shareholders owning shares of more than one class must specify which
class of shares they wish to exchange.

      |X|   Limits on Multiple Exchange Orders. The Fund reserves the right
to reject telephone or written exchange requests submitted in bulk by anyone
on behalf of more than one account.  The Fund may accept requests for
exchanges of up to 50 accounts per day from representatives of authorized
dealers that qualify for this privilege.

      |X|   Telephone Exchange Requests. When exchanging shares by telephone,
a shareholder must have an existing account in the fund to which the exchange
is to be made. Otherwise, the investors must obtain a prospectus of that fund
before the exchange request may be submitted. If all telephone lines are busy
(which might occur, for example, during periods of substantial market
fluctuations), shareholders might not be able to request exchanges by
telephone and would have to submit written exchange requests.

Processing  Exchange  Requests.  Shares to be  exchanged  are  redeemed on the
regular  business  day the  Transfer  Agent  receives an  exchange  request in
proper  form  (the  "Redemption  Date").  Normally,  shares  of the fund to be
acquired are  purchased on the  Redemption  Date,  but such  purchases  may be
delayed  by either  fund up to five  business  days if it  determines  that it
would be  disadvantaged by an immediate  transfer of the redemption  proceeds.
The Fund  reserves  the  right,  in its  discretion,  to refuse  any  exchange
request  that may  disadvantage  it. For  example,  if the receipt of multiple
exchange  requests  from a dealer might require the  disposition  of portfolio
securities at a time or at a price that might be  disadvantageous to the Fund,
the Fund may refuse the request.

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

      In connection with any exchange request, the number of shares exchanged
may be less than the number requested if the exchange or the number requested
would include shares subject to a restriction cited in the Prospectus or this
Statement of Additional Information, or would include shares covered by a
share certificate that is not tendered with the request.  In those cases,
only the shares available for exchange without restriction will be exchanged.

      The different Oppenheimer funds available for exchange have different
investment objectives, policies and risks. A shareholder should assure that
the fund selected is appropriate for his or her investment and should be
aware of the tax consequences of an exchange.  For federal income tax
purposes, an exchange transaction is treated as a redemption of shares of one
fund and a purchase of shares of another.  "Reinvestment Privilege," above,
discusses some of the tax consequences of reinvestment of redemption proceeds
in such cases.  The Fund, the Distributor, and the Transfer Agent are unable
to provide investment, tax or legal advice to a shareholder in connection
with an exchange request or any other investment transaction.



Dividends, Capital Gains and Taxes

Dividends and Distributions. The Fund has no fixed dividend rate and there
can be no assurance as to the payment of any dividends or the realization of
any capital gains. The dividends and distributions paid by a class of shares
will vary from time to time depending on market conditions, the composition
of the Fund's portfolio, and expenses borne by the Fund or borne separately
by a class. Dividends are calculated in the same manner, at the same time,
and on the same day for each class of shares. However, dividends on Class B,
Class C and Class N shares are expected to be lower than dividends on Class A
shares. That is because of the effect of the asset-based sales charge on
Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Those dividends will also differ in
amount as a consequence of any difference in the net asset values of the
different classes of shares.

      Dividends, distributions and proceeds of the redemption of Fund shares
represented by
checks returned to the Transfer Agent by the Postal Service as undeliverable
will be invested in shares of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.
Reinvestment will be made as promptly as possible after the return of such
checks to the Transfer Agent, to enable the investor to earn a return on
otherwise idle funds. Unclaimed accounts may be subject to state escheatment
laws, and the Fund and the Transfer Agent will not be liable to shareholders
or their representatives for compliance with those laws in good faith.

Tax Status of the Fund's Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions of Shares.
The federal tax treatment of the Fund's dividends and capital gains
distributions is briefly highlighted in the Prospectus. The following is only
a summary of certain additional tax considerations generally affecting the
Fund and its shareholders.

      The tax discussion in the Prospectus and this Statement of Additional
Information is based on tax law in effect on the date of the Prospectus and
this Statement of Additional Information. Those laws and regulations may be
changed by legislative, judicial, or administrative action, sometimes with
retroactive effect. State and local tax treatment of ordinary income
dividends and capital gain dividends from regulated investment companies may
differ from the treatment under the Internal Revenue Code described below.
Potential purchasers of shares of the Fund are urged to consult their tax
advisers with specific reference to their own tax circumstances as well as
the consequences of federal, state and local tax rules affecting an
investment in the Fund.

      |X|  Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company.  The Fund has
elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  As a regulated investment
company, the Fund is not subject to federal income tax on the portion of its
net investment income (that is, taxable interest, dividends, and other
taxable ordinary income, net of expenses) and capital gain net income (that
is, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital
losses) that it distributes to shareholders. That qualification enables the
Fund to "pass through" its income and realized capital gains to shareholders
without having to pay tax on them. This avoids a "double tax" on that income
and capital gains, since shareholders normally will be taxed on the dividends
and capital gains they receive from the Fund (unless their Fund shares are
held in a retirement account or the shareholder is otherwise exempt from
tax).

      The Internal Revenue Code contains a number of complex tests relating
to qualification that the Fund might not meet in a particular year. If it did
not qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund would be treated for
tax purposes as an ordinary corporation and would receive no tax deduction
for payments made to shareholders.

      To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must distribute
at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (in brief, net
investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gain over net
long-term capital loss) for the taxable year. The Fund must also satisfy
certain other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, some of which are
described below.  Distributions by the Fund made during the taxable year or,
under specified circumstances, within 12 months after the close of the
taxable year, will be considered distributions of income and gains for the
taxable year and will therefore count toward satisfaction of the
above-mentioned requirement.

      To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must derive at
least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with
respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of
stock or securities or foreign currencies (to the extent such currency gains
are directly related to the regulated investment company's principal business
of investing in stock or securities) and certain other income.

      In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, the Fund
must satisfy an asset diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated
investment company.  Under that test, at the close of each quarter of the
Fund's taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund's assets must
consist of cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government
securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and
securities of other issuers. As to each of those issuers, the Fund must not
have invested more than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets in
securities of each such issuer and the Fund must not hold more than 10% of
the outstanding voting securities of each such issuer. No more than 25% of
the value of its total assets may be invested in the securities of any one
issuer (other than U.S. government securities and securities of other
regulated investment companies), or in two or more issuers which the Fund
controls and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses.
For purposes of this test, obligations issued or guaranteed by certain
agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government are treated as U.S.
government securities.

      |X|  Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies. Under the Internal
Revenue Code, by December 31 each year, the Fund must distribute 98% of its
taxable investment income earned from January 1 through December 31 of that
year and 98% of its capital gains realized in the period from November 1 of
the prior year through October 31 of the current year. If it does not, the
Fund must pay an excise tax on the amounts not distributed. It is presently
anticipated that the Fund will meet those requirements. To meet this
requirement, in certain circumstances the Fund might be required to liquidate
portfolio investments to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise tax
liability. However, the Board of Trustees and the Manager might determine in
a particular year that it would be in the best interests of shareholders for
the Fund not to make such distributions at the required levels and to pay the
excise tax on the undistributed amounts. That would reduce the amount of
income or capital gains available for distribution to shareholders.

      |X| Taxation of Fund  Distributions.  The Fund anticipates  distributing
substantially  all of its investment  company  taxable income for each taxable
year. Those  distributions  will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income
and treated as dividends for federal income tax purposes.

      Special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code govern the eligibility
of the Fund's dividends for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders.  Long-term capital gains distributions are not eligible for the
deduction.  The amount of dividends paid by the Fund that may qualify for the
deduction is limited to the aggregate amount of qualifying dividends that the
Fund derives from portfolio investments that the Fund has held for a minimum
period, usually 46 days. A corporate shareholder will not be eligible for the
deduction on dividends paid on Fund shares held for 45 days or less.  To the
extent the Fund's dividends are derived from gross income from option
premiums, interest income or short-term gains from the sale of securities or
dividends from foreign corporations, those dividends will not qualify for the
deduction.

      The Fund may either retain or distribute to shareholders its net
capital gain for each taxable year.  The Fund currently intends to distribute
any such amounts.  If net long term capital gains are distributed and
designated as a capital gain distribution, it will be taxable to shareholders
as a long-term capital gain and will be properly identified in reports sent
to shareholders in January of each year. Such treatment will apply no matter
how long the shareholder has held his or her shares or whether that gain was
recognized by the Fund before the shareholder acquired his or her shares.

      If the Fund elects to retain its net capital gain, the Fund will be
subject to tax on it at the 35% corporate tax rate. If the Fund elects to
retain its net capital gain, the Fund will provide to shareholders of record
on the last day of its taxable year information regarding their pro rata
share of the gain and tax paid. As a result, each shareholder will be
required to report his or her pro rata share of such gain on their tax return
as long-term capital gain, will receive a refundable tax credit for his/her
pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain, and will increase the tax
basis for his/her shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less
the tax credit.

      Investment income that may be received by the Fund from sources within
foreign countries may be subject to foreign taxes withheld at the source.
The United States has entered into tax treaties with many foreign countries
which entitle the Fund to a reduced rate of, or exemption from, taxes on such
income.

      Distributions by the Fund that do not constitute ordinary income
dividends or capital gain distributions will be treated as a return of
capital to the extent of the shareholder's tax basis in their shares. Any
excess will be treated as gain from the sale of those shares, as discussed
below. Shareholders will be advised annually as to the U.S. federal income
tax consequences of distributions made (or deemed made) during the year. If
prior distributions made by the Fund must be re-characterized as a
non-taxable return of capital at the end of the fiscal year as a result of
the effect of the Fund's investment policies, they will be identified as such
in notices sent to shareholders.

      Distributions by the Fund will be treated in the manner described above
regardless of whether the distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in
additional shares of the Fund (or of another fund).  Shareholders receiving a
distribution in the form of additional shares will be treated as receiving a
distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of the shares
received, determined as of the reinvestment date.

      The Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold 30% (29% for
payments after December 31, 2003) of ordinary income dividends, capital gains
distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares, paid to any
shareholder (1) who has failed to provide a correct taxpayer identification
                                            -------
number or to properly certify that number when required, (2) who is subject
to backup withholding for failure to report the receipt of interest or
dividend income properly, or (3) who has failed to certify to the Fund that
the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding or is an "exempt
recipient" (such as a corporation). All income and any tax withheld by the
Fund is remitted by the Fund to the U.S. Treasury and is identified in
reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year.

      |X| Tax Effects of Redemptions of Shares.  If a shareholder  redeems all
or a portion of his/her shares,  the shareholder will recognize a gain or loss
on the  redeemed  shares  in an amount  equal to the  difference  between  the
proceeds of the redeemed  shares and the  shareholder's  adjusted tax basis in
the  shares.  All or a portion of any loss  recognized  in that  manner may be
disallowed  if the  shareholder  purchases  other shares of the Fund within 30
days before or after the redemption.

      In general, any gain or loss arising from the redemption of shares of
the Fund will be considered capital gain or loss, if the shares were held as
a capital asset. It will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shares were
held for more than one year.  However, any capital loss arising from the
redemption of shares held for six months or less will be treated as a
long-term capital loss to the extent of the amount of capital gain dividends
received on those shares. Special holding period rules under the Internal
Revenue Code apply in this case to determine the holding period of shares and
there are limits on the deductibility of capital losses in any year.

      |X|  Foreign Shareholders.  Under U.S. tax law, taxation of a
shareholder who is a foreign person (to include, but not limited to, a
nonresident alien individual, a foreign trust, a foreign estate, a foreign
corporation, or a foreign partnership) primarily depends on whether the
foreign person's income from the Fund is effectively connected with the
conduct of a U.S. trade or business. Typically, ordinary income dividends
paid from a mutual fund are not considered "effectively connected" income.

      Ordinary income dividends that are paid by the Fund (and are deemed not
"effectively connected income") to foreign persons will be subject to a U.S.
tax withheld by the Fund at a rate of 30%, provided the Fund obtains a
properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status. The tax rate may
be reduced if the foreign person's country of residence has a tax treaty with
the U.S. allowing for a reduced tax rate on ordinary income dividends paid by
the Fund. All income and any tax withheld by the Fund is remitted by the Fund
to the U.S. Treasury and is identified in reports mailed to shareholders in
March of each year.

      If the ordinary income dividends from the Fund are effectively
                                                     ---
connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business, then the foreign
person may claim an exemption from the U.S. tax described above provided the
Fund obtains a properly completed and signed Certificate of Foreign Status.

      If the foreign person fails to provide a certification of his/her
foreign status, the Fund will be required to withhold U.S. tax at a rate of
30% (29% for payments after December 31, 2003) on ordinary income dividends,
capital gains distributions and the proceeds of the redemption of shares,
paid to any foreign person. All income and any tax withheld (in this
situation) by the Fund is remitted by the Fund to the U.S. Treasury and is
identified in reports mailed to shareholders in January of each year.

      The tax consequences to foreign persons entitled to claim the benefits
of an applicable tax treaty may be different from those described herein.
Foreign shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors or the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service with respect to the particular tax consequences to
them of an investment in the Fund, including the applicability of the U.S.
withholding taxes described above.

Dividend Reinvestment in Another Fund.  Shareholders of the Fund may elect to
reinvest all dividends and/or capital gains distributions in shares of the
same class of any of the other Oppenheimer funds listed above. Reinvestment
will be made without sales charge at the net asset value per share in effect
at the close of business on the payable date of the dividend or distribution.
To elect this option, the shareholder must notify the Transfer Agent in
writing and must have an existing account in the fund selected for
reinvestment. Otherwise the shareholder first must obtain a prospectus for
that fund and an application from the Distributor to establish an account.
Dividends and/or distributions from shares of certain other Oppenheimer funds
(other than Oppenheimer Cash Reserves) may be invested in shares of this Fund
on the same basis.


Additional Information About the Fund

The Distributor.  The Fund's shares are sold through dealers, brokers and
other financial institutions that have a sales agreement with
OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., a subsidiary of the Manager that acts as
the Fund's Distributor.  The Distributor also distributes shares of the other
Oppenheimer funds and is sub-distributor for funds managed by a subsidiary of
the Manager.

The Transfer Agent. OppenheimerFunds Services, the Fund's Transfer Agent, is
a division of the Manager. It is responsible for maintaining the Fund's
shareholder registry and shareholder accounting records, and for paying
dividends and distributions to shareholders. It also handles shareholder
servicing and administrative functions. . It serves as the Transfer Agent for
an annual per account fee. It also acts as shareholder servicing agent for
the other Oppenheimer funds. Shareholders should direct inquiries about their
accounts to the Transfer Agent at the address and toll-free numbers shown on
the back cover.

The Custodian.  JPMorgan Chase Bank is the custodian of the Fund's assets.
The custodian's responsibilities include safeguarding and controlling the
Fund's portfolio securities and handling the delivery of such securities to
and from the Fund.  It is the practice of the Fund to deal with the custodian
in a manner uninfluenced by any banking relationship the custodian may have
with the Manager and its affiliates.  The Fund's cash balances with the
custodian in excess of $100,000 are not protected by federal deposit
insurance.  Those uninsured balances at times may be substantial.

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

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND


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 The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
 Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund:

We have  audited  the  accompanying  statement  of  assets  and  liabilities  of
Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund, including the statement of investments, as
of September 30, 2002, and the related statement of operations for the year then
ended,  the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the
period then ended,  and the financial  highlights  for each of the five years in
the period then ended. These financial  statements and financial  highlights are
the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these  financial  statements  and financial  highlights  based on our
audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the  United  States of  America.  Those  standards  require  that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether the financial
statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.  An audit
includes  examining,  on a test  basis,  evidence  supporting  the  amounts  and
disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned as of September 30, 2002, by correspondence  with the custodian
and brokers or by other  appropriate  auditing  procedures  where  replies  from
brokers were not  received.  An audit also  includes  assessing  the  accounting
principles  used  and  significant  estimates  made  by  management,  as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

We believe that our audits  provide a reasonable  basis for our opinion.  In our
opinion,  the financial  statements and financial  highlights  referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects,  the financial position of Oppenheimer
Multiple Strategies Fund as of September 30, 2002, the results of its operations
for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years
in the period  then ended,  and the  financial  highlights  for each of the five
years in the  period  then  ended,  in  conformity  with  accounting  principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/KPMG LLP
 KPMG LLP

 Denver, Colorado
 October 21, 2002

OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  September 30, 2002



                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
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 Common Stocks--50.3%
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 Consumer Discretionary--9.1%
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 Auto Components--0.8%
 Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.(1)                             43,000    $
2,134,520
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 Delphi Corp.                                               250,000
2,137,500

-----------

4,272,020

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure--0.7%
 Brinker International, Inc.(2)                              90,000
2,331,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MGM Mirage, Inc.(2)                                         49,700
1,853,810

-----------

4,184,810

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Household Durables--0.8%
 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Sponsored ADR     100,000
1,037,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Nintendo Co. Ltd.                                           16,000
1,863,644
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sony Corp.                                                  13,000
545,671
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sony Corp., Sponsored ADR                                   10,000
411,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Toll Brothers, Inc.(2)                                      22,200
482,628

-----------

4,339,943

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Leisure Equipment & Products--1.2%
 Callaway Golf Co.(1)                                       155,000
1,612,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mattel, Inc.                                               163,000
2,935,630
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shimano, Inc.                                              165,000
2,473,509

-----------

7,021,139

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Media--3.9%
 Cox Radio, Inc., Cl. A(2)                                   61,900
1,619,304
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EchoStar Communications Corp., Cl. A(2)                    132,000
2,283,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 General Motors Corp., Cl. H(2)                              56,000
512,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 News Corp. Ltd. (The), Sponsored ADR, Preference            60,000
996,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Omnicom Group, Inc.(1)                                      61,900
3,446,592
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Reed Elsevier plc                                          180,000
1,546,967
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SCMP Group Ltd.                                          2,356,000
1,019,475
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SES Global, FDR                                            110,000
543,565
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Viacom, Inc., Cl. B(2)                                     260,000
10,543,000

-----------

22,510,903

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Multiline Retail--0.3%
 Federated Department Stores, Inc.(1,2)                      37,500
1,104,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sears Roebuck & Co.                                         20,000
780,000

-----------

1,884,000



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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued



                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Specialty Retail--1.0%
 Borders Group, Inc.(1,2)                                    90,000    $
1,422,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.(2)                     42,000
424,200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Gap, Inc. (The)                                            160,000
1,736,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Talbots, Inc. (The)                                         44,000
1,232,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tiffany & Co.(1)                                            33,000
707,190

-----------

5,521,390

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Textiles & Apparel--0.4%
 Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, A Units                  30,650
454,590
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Nike, Inc., Cl. B(1)                                        44,000
1,899,920

-----------

2,354,510

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Consumer Staples--3.2%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Food & Drug Retailing--0.3%
 Safeway, Inc.(2)                                            77,000
1,717,100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Food Products--1.2%
 ConAgra Foods, Inc.                                         65,000
1,615,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sara Lee Corp.                                              66,000
1,207,140
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tyson Foods, Inc., Cl. A                                   205,000
2,384,150
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Unilever NV, NY Shares                                      33,500
1,991,575

-----------

7,198,115

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Personal Products--1.0%
 Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Cl. A                        60,000
1,724,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wella AG                                                    93,210
3,971,269

-----------

5,695,669

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tobacco--0.7%
 Philip Morris Cos., Inc.                                   100,000
3,880,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Energy--4.6%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Energy Equipment & Services--1.3%
 Cooper Cameron Corp.(2)                                     23,000
960,480
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Core Laboratories NV(2)                                     91,000
852,670
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GlobalSantaFe Corp.                                         91,000
2,033,850
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Noble Corp.(1,2)                                            98,000
3,038,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, Sponsored ADR(2)               110,000
83,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Transocean, Inc.(1)                                         20,000
416,000

-----------

7,384,600

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Oil & Gas--3.3%
 ChevronTexaco Corp.                                         11,000
761,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Devon Energy Corp.(1)                                       62,000
2,991,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Exxon Mobil Corp.                                           16,000
510,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Houston Exploration Co.(2)                                  21,700
675,955



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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Oil & Gas Continued
 Ocean Energy, Inc.                                          60,000    $
1,197,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Perez Companc SA, Sponsored ADR(2)                          28,336
142,530
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference                          33,300
312,108
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Talisman Energy, Inc.                                       90,000
3,608,624
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TotalFinaElf SA, Sponsored ADR                              33,000
2,173,050
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Unocal Corp.(1)                                            173,000
5,430,470
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Westport Resources Corp.(2)                                 74,900
1,370,670

-----------

19,174,057

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Financials--7.4%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Banks--3.3%
 Bank of America Corp.(1)                                   114,000
7,273,200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Bank of New York Co., Inc. (The)                            73,000
2,098,020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BBVA Banco Frances SA, ADR(2)                               25,000
43,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 U.S. Bancorp                                               110,000
2,043,800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UBS AG(2)                                                   33,600
1,398,100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UniCredito Italiano SpA                                    620,000
2,242,650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Washington Mutual, Inc.                                    110,000
3,461,700

-----------

18,561,220

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Diversified Financials--1.5%
 CIT Group, Inc.(2)                                          91,000
1,636,180
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.                                    315,000
5,981,850
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.                                   36,000
1,186,200

-----------

8,804,230

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Insurance--0.9%
 American International Group, Inc.                          37,000
2,023,900
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.                     64,000
2,624,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Zurich Financial Services AG                                 3,300
308,003

-----------

4,955,903

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Real Estate--1.7%
 Camden Property Trust                                       35,000
1,160,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CarrAmerica Realty Corp.                                    45,000
1,132,650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Developers Diversified Realty Corp.                         54,000
1,188,540
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Equity Office Properties Trust                              59,000
1,523,380
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Health Care Property Investors, Inc.                        48,000
2,044,800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Host Marriott Corp.(2)                                     295,000
2,737,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones SA, Sponsored GDR(2)    33,151
187,303

-----------

9,974,523



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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Health Care--8.4%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Biotechnology--1.1%
 Affymetrix, Inc.(2)                                         52,000    $
1,081,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Human Genome Sciences, Inc.(2)                              89,500
1,079,370
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1,2)                       46,000
428,720
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wyeth                                                      105,000
3,339,000

-----------

5,928,690

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Health Care Equipment & Supplies--0.6%
 Boston Scientific Corp.(2)                                  35,000
1,104,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Guidant Corp.(2)                                            76,000
2,455,560
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Healthcare Group, Inc.(2)                                  198
1,050

-----------

3,561,210

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Health Care Providers & Services--1.5%
 Anthem, Inc.(1,2)                                           20,000
1,300,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Covance, Inc.(2)                                           114,000
2,230,980
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Healthsouth Corp.(2)                                       177,000
734,550
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Humana, Inc.(2)                                            142,000
1,760,800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Quintiles Transnational Corp.(2)                           133,000
1,264,830
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Service Corp. International(2)                             420,000
1,470,000

-----------

8,761,160

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pharmaceuticals--5.2%
 Abbott Laboratories                                        118,000
4,767,200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AstraZeneca plc                                             61,600
1,833,551
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.                                    73,000
1,737,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GlaxoSmithKline plc, ADR                                    84,000
3,228,120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Johnson & Johnson                                          103,000
5,570,240
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Merck & Co., Inc.                                           15,000
685,650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Novartis AG                                                118,800
4,697,325
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pharmacia Corp.                                             50,000
1,944,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pliva d.d., GDR(3)                                          20,000
246,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Schering-Plough Corp.                                      121,000
2,579,720
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)                            107,600
2,637,276

-----------

29,926,482

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Industrials--2.7%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aerospace & Defense--0.5%
 Boeing Co.                                                  47,000
1,604,110
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Northrop Grumman Corp.                                       8,000
992,320
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Orbital Sciences Corp.(2)                                      790
2,686

-----------

2,599,116



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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued



                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Air Freight & Couriers--0.2%
 United Parcel Service, Inc., Cl. B                          23,000    $
1,438,190
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Airlines--0.2%
 Delta Air Lines, Inc.(1)                                    70,000
650,300
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Singapore Airlines Ltd.                                    144,000
777,809

-----------

1,428,109

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Commercial Services & Supplies--0.4%
 Pittston Brink's Group                                     100,000
2,240,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Construction & Engineering--0.1%
 Insituform Technologies, Inc., Cl. A(2)                     35,100
503,650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Electrical Equipment--0.0%
 Active Power, Inc.(2)                                      160,000
214,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Industrial Conglomerates--0.3%
 Tyco International Ltd.(1)                                 110,000
1,551,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Machinery--0.4%
 Komatsu Ltd.                                               227,000
762,633
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Morgan Crucible Co. plc                                    400,200
376,858
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SureBeam Corp., Cl. A(2)                                   166,885
300,393
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wolverine Tube, Inc.(2)                                    123,000
753,990

-----------

2,193,874

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Road & Rail--0.6%
 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.                          56,000
1,339,520
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Swift Transportation Co., Inc.(1,2)                        120,000
1,872,000

-----------

3,211,520

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Information Technology--7.7%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Communications Equipment--0.7%
 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.(2)                     75,000
564,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cisco Systems, Inc.(2)                                     115,000
1,205,200
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Juniper Networks, Inc.(2)                                   45,000
216,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Motorola, Inc.                                             183,000
1,862,940

-----------

3,848,890

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Computers & Peripherals--1.7%
 EMC Corp.(2)                                               131,000
598,670
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 International Business Machines Corp.(1)                   160,000
9,342,400

-----------

9,941,070

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Electronic Equipment & Instruments--1.2%
 Cognex Corp.(2)                                             90,000
1,251,900
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Keyence Corp.                                               13,530
2,271,671
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Millipore Corp.                                             51,000
1,621,290
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Waters Corp.(2)                                             77,000
1,867,250

-----------

7,012,111



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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Internet Software & Services--0.1%
 Yahoo!, Inc.(2)                                             43,000    $
411,510
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IT Consulting & Services--0.3%
 Titan Corp. (The)(2)                                       160,000
1,536,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Office Electronics--0.2%
 Canon, Inc.                                                 35,000
1,144,242
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Semiconductor Equipment & Products--2.3%
 Analog Devices, Inc.(2)                                     73,000
1,438,100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Applied Micro Circuits Corp.(2)                            115,000
328,900
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ASML Holding NV(2)                                         113,000
699,470
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Intel Corp.                                                316,000
4,389,240
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KLA-Tencor Corp.(2)                                         60,000
1,676,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lam Research Corp.(2)                                       96,000
854,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 National Semiconductor Corp.(1,2)                           67,000
799,980
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 STMicroelectronics NV, NY Registered Shares                 84,000
1,136,520
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Teradyne, Inc.(1,2)                                        150,000
1,440,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Texas Instruments, Inc.                                     32,000
472,640

-----------

13,235,650

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Software--1.2%
 BEA Systems, Inc.(2)                                       130,000
673,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 i2 Technologies, Inc.(2)                                   165,000
85,800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Intuit, Inc.(1,2)                                           10,000
455,300
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Peoplesoft, Inc.(2)                                        102,000
1,261,740
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rational Software Corp.(2)                                  83,000
358,560
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Red Hat, Inc.(2)                                           137,000
650,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Reynolds & Reynolds Co., Cl. A                              50,000
1,122,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Synopsys, Inc.(2)                                           45,000
1,716,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Veritas Software Corp.(2)                                   38,300
561,861

-----------

6,886,161

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Materials--4.3%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chemicals--2.8%
 Cabot Corp.(1)                                              94,600
1,986,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dow Chemical Co.                                            37,000
1,010,470
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Engelhard Corp.(1)                                         110,000
2,621,300
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ferro Corp.                                                 90,000
2,079,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hercules, Inc.(2)                                          210,000
1,934,100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.                    85,000
2,707,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Monsanto Co.                                                84,823
1,296,944
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Praxair, Inc.(1)                                            43,000
2,197,730

-----------

15,833,394




16 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Metals & Mining--0.8%
 Alcoa, Inc.                                                 68,000    $
1,312,400
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Sponsored ADR                   83,200
1,801,280
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GrafTech International Ltd.(2)                             200,000
1,450,000

-----------

4,563,680

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Paper & Forest Products--0.7%
 Georgia-Pacific Corp.                                      168,000
2,199,120
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sappi Ltd., Sponsored ADR                                   70,000
801,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UPM-Kymmene Oyj                                             45,000
1,236,363

-----------

4,236,983

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Telecommunication Services--1.3%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Diversified Telecommunication Services--0.1%
 Adelphia Business Solutions, Inc.(2)
3,333            117
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Focal Communications Corp.(2)                                3,813
1,906
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SBC Communications, Inc.(1)                                 15,000
301,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (Telemar)             26,283,402
107,557
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA (Telemar), Preference  3,077,585
16,747
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Telefonica SA, BDR(2)                                       16,262
116,603
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WorldCom, Inc./WorldCom Group(2)                           500,000
50,000

-----------

594,430

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wireless Telecommunication Services--1.2%
 AT& T Corp.                                                 390,000
4,683,900
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AT& T Wireless Services, Inc.(2)                            425,000
1,751,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Millicom International Cellular SA(2)                      225,000
148,725
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Telesp Celular Participacoes SA(2)                      49,153,261
32,727

-----------

6,616,352

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Utilities--1.6%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Electric Utilities--0.8%
 Edison International(1,2)                                   58,000
580,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Northeast Utilities Co.                                    115,000
1,943,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Progress Energy, Inc.                                       37,000
1,512,190
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Xcel Energy, Inc.                                           80,000
744,800

-----------

4,780,490

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Gas Utilities--0.4%
 El Paso Corp.                                               90,000
744,300
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NiSource, Inc.                                              72,000
1,240,560

-----------

1,984,860




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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                                      Market
Value
                                                             Shares     See
Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Multi-Utilities--0.4%
 Energy East Corp.                                           75,000    $
1,485,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NorthWestern Corp.                                          75,000
732,000

-----------

2,217,750

 Total Common Stocks (Cost $299,977,206)
287,835,106

==================================================================================
 Preferred Stocks--0.4%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Qwest Trends Trust, 5.75% Cv.(3)                            40,000
316,800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rouse Co. (The), $3.00 Cv., Series B                        23,000
1,058,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sovereign Capital Trust II, 7.50% Cv. Preferred Income Equity
 Redeemable Stock, Units (each unit consists of one preferred
 plus one warrant to purchase 5.3355 shares of Sovereign Bancorp
 common stock)(4)                                            12,500
912,500

-----------
 Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $3,254,427)
2,287,300

                                                              Units
==================================================================================
 Rights, Warrants and Certificates--0.0%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Comunicacion Celular SA Wts., Exp. 11/15/03(2,5)
300              6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Covergent Communications, Inc. Wts., Exp. 4/1/08(2,5)
1,000             10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. Wts., Exp. 2/28/05(2,5)
496            248

-----------
 Total Rights, Warrants and Certificates (Cost $0)
                        264

                                                          Principal
                                                             Amount
==================================================================================
 Mortgage-Backed Obligations--6.5%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Gtd. Mtg. Pass-Through
 Certificates, Series 151, Cl. F, 9%, 5/15/21           $   212,971
222,498
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Gtd. Multiclass Mtg.
 Pass-Through Certificates, 7%, 5/1/29                    3,305,649
3,452,456
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Interest-Only
 Stripped Mtg.-Backed Security:
 Series 199, Cl. IO, (19.84)%, 8/1/28(6)                    789,654
104,876
 Series 203, Cl. IO, (18.19)%, 6/15/29(6)                 9,408,691
1,290,755
 Series 204, Cl. IO, (11.83)%, 5/15/29(6)                 9,372,366
1,397,068
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federal National Mortgage Assn.:
 6%, 5/1/16                                              15,750,788
16,377,066
 6.50%, 12/1/27-2/1/28                                    4,438,968
4,610,146
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federal National Mortgage Assn. Nts., 7.125%, 1/15/30      500,000
621,932
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Government National Mortgage Assn.:
 5.375%, 3/20/26                                            144,717
148,879
 7%, 4/15/26                                              1,588,285
1,672,585
 7.50%, 5/15/27                                           5,840,365
6,212,229
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mortgage Capital Funding, Inc., Commercial Mtg. Pass-Through
 Certificates, Series 1996-MC1, Cl. G, 7.15%, 6/15/06(5)    400,000
402,875




18 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued



                                                          Principal   Market
Value
                                                             Amount     See
Note 1
==================================================================================

 Mortgage-Backed Obligations Continued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Commercial Mtg.
 Pass-Through Certificates:
 Series 1996-B, Cl. 1, 7.054%, 4/25/26(5)               $   199,194    $
161,223
 Series 1996-C1, Cl. F, 8.493%, 1/20/06(7)                  250,000
242,344

-----------
 Total Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $36,795,698)
36,916,932

==================================================================================
 U.S. Government Obligations--7.8%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 U.S. Treasury Bonds:
 6%, 2/15/26                                                500,000
582,988
 6.50%, 11/15/26                                            360,000
445,922
 8.875%, 8/15/17                                          3,650,000
5,411,698
 STRIPS, 6.30%, 8/15/25(8)                               15,300,000
4,707,887
 STRIPS, 6.54%, 8/15/15(8)                                8,500,000
4,745,363
 STRIPS, 7.10%, 11/15/18(8)                               9,350,000
4,190,773
 STRIPS, 7.31%, 8/15/19(8)                               10,200,000
4,353,788
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 U.S. Treasury Nts.:
 5%, 8/15/11                                              4,000,000
4,443,596
 5.875%, 2/15/04                                         15,000,000
15,885,945

-----------
 Total U.S. Government Obligations (Cost $37,883,730)
44,767,960

==================================================================================
 Foreign Government Obligations--8.7%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Argentina (Republic of) Nts.:
 11.75%, 2/12/07(2,5,9)[ARP]                                150,000
2,303
 14.062%, 11/30/02(2,5,9)                                13,125,000
2,756,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Argentina (Republic of) Par Bonds, 5.984%, 3/31/23(2,9)  2,335,000
1,062,425
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Brazil (Federal Republic of) Debt Capitalization Bonds,
 Series 20 yr., 8%, 4/15/14                              14,783,077
7,317,623
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Brazil (Federal Republic of) Eligible Interest Bonds,
 3.063%, 4/15/06(7)                                       6,348,800
4,221,952
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Canada (Government of) Bonds:
 6.50%, 6/1/04[CAD]                                      13,320,000
8,868,524
 8.75%, 12/1/05[CAD]                                        495,000
359,959
 11.75%, 2/1/03[CAD]                                        290,000
188,524
 Series WL43, 5.75%, 6/1/29[CAD]                          7,130,000
4,708,533
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Denmark (Kingdom of) Bonds, 8%, 3/15/06[DKK]            21,900,000
3,299,162
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Eskom Depositary Receipts, Series E168, 11%,
 6/1/08[ZAR]                                              6,430,000
574,349
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Eskom Sec. Bonds, Series E168, 11%, 6/1/08[ZAR]          3,000,000
267,970
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Finland (Republic of) Bonds, Series RG, 9.50%,
 3/15/04[EUR]                                               672,752
724,135
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Germany (Republic of) Bonds, Series 94, 6.25%,
 1/4/24[EUR]                                              1,362,593
1,581,506
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 New South Wales Treasury Corp. Gtd. Bonds, 7%,
 4/1/04[AUD]                                              1,570,000
876,681
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Philippines (Republic of) Bonds, 8.60%, 6/15/27          1,150,000
967,437
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Poland (Republic of) Bonds, Series 0403, Zero Coupon,
 14.37%, 4/21/03(8)[PLZ]                                 23,285,000
5,409,686
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Queensland Treasury Corp. Global Exchangeable Gtd. Nts.,
 10.50%, 5/15/03[AUD]                                     2,590,000
1,455,855
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 United Kingdom Treasury Bonds:
 7.25%, 12/7/07[GBP]                                      2,400,000
4,304,521
 10%, 9/8/03[GBP]                                           325,000
540,585



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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                          Principal   Market
Value
                                                             Amount     See
Note 1
==================================================================================

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Foreign Government Obligations Continued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 United Mexican States Bonds, Series RG, 16.50%,
 9/1/08[GBP]                                                 35,000    $
77,624

-----------
 Total Foreign Government Obligations (Cost $67,817,013)
49,565,604

==================================================================================
 Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes--10.8%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 ABN Amro Bank NV (NY Branch), 7.125% Sub. Nts.,
 Series B, 10/15/93                                         500,000
549,179
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Adelphia Communications Corp.:
 10.25% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 6/15/11(9)                    200,000
74,000
 10.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 10/1/10(9)                        200,000
73,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AES Corp. (The), 8.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/11           300,000
154,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Alcoa, Inc., 6% Bonds, 1/15/12                           1,000,000
1,109,119
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Allied Waste North America, Inc.:
 8.50% Sr. Sub. Nts., 12/1/08                               300,000
286,500
 8.875% Sr. Nts., Series B, 4/1/08                          400,000
390,000
 10% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., Series B, 8/1/09                 200,000
185,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Amazon.com, Inc., 0%/10% Sr. Unsec. Disc. Nts., 5/1/08(10) 500,000
463,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AMC Entertainment, Inc., 9.50% Sr. Unsec.
 Sub. Nts., 2/1/11                                          600,000
525,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 American Cellular Corp., 9.50% Sr. Sub. Nts.,
 10/15/09(9)                                              1,300,000
175,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 American International Group, Inc./SunAmerica Global
 Financing VI,  6.30% Sr. Sec. Nts., 5/10/11(3)           1,000,000
1,114,551
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 American Tower Corp., 9.375% Sr. Nts., 2/1/09              150,000
89,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Amgen, Inc., 8.125% Unsec. Debs., 4/1/97                   110,000
134,650
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Amkor Technology, Inc., 9.25% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/1/06      600,000
417,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AMRESCO, Inc., 10% Sr. Sub. Nts., Series 97-A,
 3/15/04(2,9)                                               200,000
45,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Amtran, Inc., 10.50% Sr. Nts., 8/1/04                      500,000
202,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aurora Foods, Inc., 8.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., Series B, 7/1/08  400,000
230,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Bank of America Corp., 7.80% Jr. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 2/15/10                                                    500,000
605,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 8.375% Sr. Nts., 4/15/12           400,000
402,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Blount, Inc., 13% Sr. Sub. Nts., 8/1/09                    350,000
208,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Boeing Capital Corp., 6.50% Nts., 2/15/12                1,000,000
1,074,336
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Boyd Gaming Corp., 8.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 4/15/12            200,000
209,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 5.75% Nts., 10/1/11            1,000,000
1,082,779
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BRL Universal Equipment Corp., 8.875% Sr. Sec. Nts.,
 2/15/08                                                    500,000
512,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Calpine Corp.:
 8.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/11                           1,000,000
415,000
 8.75% Sr. Nts., 7/15/07                                    150,000
65,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Canandaigua Brands, Inc., 8.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/06   750,000
791,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Caterpillar, Inc., 7.375% Unsec. Debs., 3/1/97             500,000
608,570
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Celcaribe SA, 14.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 3/15/04(5)             350,000
176,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Charter Communications Holdings LLC/
 Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corp.:
 0%/9.92% Sr. Unsec. Disc. Nts., 4/1/11(10)                 400,000
188,000
 10% Sr. Nts., 4/1/09                                       600,000
375,000




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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                          Principal   Market
Value
                                                             Amount     See
Note 1
==================================================================================

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Chesapeake Energy Corp.:
 8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/1/11                            $200,000    $
201,000
 8.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/08                            400,000
404,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CIT Group, Inc., 7.75% Sr. Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 4/2/12    1,000,000
1,089,793
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Citigroup, Inc., 6.875% Unsec. Nts., 2/15/98               550,000
568,939
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Coast Hotels & Casinos, Inc., 9.50% Sr.
 Unsec. Sub. Nts., 4/1/09                                   200,000
210,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Coca-Cola Co. (The), 7.375% Unsec. Debs., 7/29/93          440,000
530,225
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc., 9.75% Sr.
 Sub. Nts., 2/15/10(3)                                      200,000
204,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Comcast UK Cable Partner Ltd., 11.20% Sr.
 Unsec. Disc. Debs., 11/15/07                               850,000
693,812
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Conoco, Inc., 6.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 4/15/29               500,000
566,648
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CSK Auto, Inc., 12% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/15/06               300,000
319,125
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cumulus Media, Inc., 10.375% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 7/1/08  400,000
424,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 D.R. Horton, Inc., 9.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 9/15/10            600,000
592,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dole Food Co., Inc., 7.25% Sr. Nts., 5/1/09                500,000
450,581
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Doman Industries Ltd., 8.75% Sr. Nts., 3/15/04(9)        1,400,000
287,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dyncorp, Inc., 9.50% Sr. Sub. Nts., 3/1/07(5)              100,000
103,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 8.75% Sr. Nts., 2/15/12             250,000
78,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EchoStar Broadband Corp., 10.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
 10/1/07                                                  1,000,000
995,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EchoStar DBS Corp., 9.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/09         700,000
675,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Entravision Communications Corp., 8.125% Sr. Sub. Nts.,
 3/15/09                                                    200,000
205,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fleming Cos., Inc., 10.625% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 Series D, 7/31/07                                          400,000
234,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Focal Communications Corp., 11.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
 Series B, 1/15/10                                           85,000
8,075
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ford Motor Co., 7.70% Unsec. Debs., 5/15/97                500,000
410,165
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Forest Oil Corp., 10.50% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 1/15/06     600,000
642,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Frontier Oil Corp., 11.75% Sr. Nts., 11/15/09              250,000
255,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Georgia-Pacific Corp., 8.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 5/15/11     600,000
501,031
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 7.80% Sr. Unsec.
 Unsub. Nts., Series B, 1/28/10                             500,000
580,653
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Graphic Packaging Corp., 8.625% Sub. Nts., 2/15/12         200,000
202,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (The),
 9.125% Sr. Nts., 12/15/11                                  100,000
74,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hornbeck-Leevac Marine Services, Inc.,
 10.625% Sr. Nts., 8/1/08                                   250,000
262,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Horseshoe Gaming LLC, 8.625% Sr. Sub. Nts., 5/15/09        600,000
630,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Host Marriott LP, 9.50% Sr. Nts., 1/15/07                  400,000
401,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Huntsman Corp./ICI Chemical Co. plc, Zero Coupon Sr. Unsec.
 Disc. Nts., 13.08%, 12/31/09(8)                            800,000
180,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Huntsman International LLC, 9.875% Sr. Nts., 3/1/09(3)     200,000
201,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 International Business Machines Corp., 7.125% Sr. Unsec.
 Unsub. Debs., 12/1/96                                      500,000
547,479
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 International Wire Group, Inc., 11.75% Sr. Sub. Nts.,
 Series B, 6/1/05                                           500,000
320,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 9% Sr. Sub. Nts., 3/15/12     300,000
309,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ISP Holdings, Inc., 10.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/15/09        250,000
226,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IT Group, Inc., 11.25% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 Series B, 4/1/09(2,5,9)
600,000            750




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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                          Principal   Market
Value
                                                             Amount     See
Note 1
==================================================================================

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 6.75% Sub. Nts., 2/1/11        $1,000,000    $
1,092,579
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 John Deere Capital Corp., 6% Unsec. Nts., 2/15/09          700,000
766,996
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.,
 8.875% Sr. Sub. Nts., 4/1/12                               700,000
626,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.:
 10.875% Sr. Nts., Series B, 10/15/06(9)                    250,000
172,500
 12.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 2/1/03(2,9)                          500,000
62,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KB Home:
 7.75% Sr. Nts., 10/15/04                                   400,000
402,000
 8.625% Sr. Sub. Nts., 12/15/08                             600,000
594,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lamar Advertising Co., 9.625% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 12/1/06                                                    100,000
103,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Leap Wireless International, Inc.:
 0%/14.50% Sr. Unsec. Disc. Nts., 4/15/10(9,10)             300,000
13,500
 12.50% Sr. Nts., 4/15/10(9)                                600,000
58,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lyondell Chemical Co.:
 9.625% Sr. Sec. Nts., Series A, 5/1/07                     150,000
139,125
 9.875% Sec. Nts., Series B, 5/1/07                         400,000
371,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MBNA America Bank NA, 6.625% Sub. Nts., 6/15/12          1,000,000
999,494
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mediacom LLC/Mediacom Capital Corp.,
 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/13                             400,000
328,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MeriStar Hospitality Corp.:
 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 8/15/07                        500,000
402,500
 9.125% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 1/15/11                            750,000
671,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MGM Mirage, Inc., 8.375% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 2/1/11      600,000
624,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Millicom International Cellular SA,
 13.50% Sr. Disc. Nts., 6/1/06                            1,500,000
412,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, 8% Sr. Sub. Nts.,
 4/1/12                                                     600,000
618,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Motorola, Inc., 5.22% Unsec. Debs., 10/1/97                170,000
104,497
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 News America Holdings, Inc., 8.50% Sr. Nts., 2/15/05     1,000,000
1,069,252
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Nextel Communications, Inc.:
 0%/9.95% Sr. Disc. Nts., 2/15/08(10)                       200,000
149,000
 9.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/15/09                           400,000
306,000
 12% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 11/1/08                               250,000
211,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Norfolk Southern Corp., 7.90% Sr. Bonds, 5/15/97           500,000
607,848
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ocwen Financial Corp., 11.875% Nts., 10/1/03               325,000
326,625
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 OM Group, Inc., 9.25% Sr. Sub. Nts., 12/15/11              250,000
247,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Orbcomm Global LP (Escrow)
155,000             --
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PanAmSat Corp., 8.50% Sr. Nts., 2/1/12(3)                  300,000
241,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pathmark Stores, Inc., 8.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 2/1/12         300,000
279,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Penn National Gaming, Inc., 8.875% Sr. Sub. Nts., 3/15/10  500,000
505,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pennzoil-Quaker State Co., 10% Sr. Nts., 11/1/08           250,000
297,187
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., 10.75% Sr. Sub. Nts.,
 11/1/11                                                    250,000
270,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 R& B Falcon Corp., 9.50% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 12/15/08          750,000
946,030
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Revlon Consumer Products Corp., 12% Sr. Sec. Nts.,
 12/1/05                                                    250,000
226,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Riverwood International Corp.:
 10.625% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/1/07                            500,000
512,500
 10.875% Sr. Sub. Nts., 4/1/08                              250,000
251,250




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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                          Principal   Market
Value
                                                             Amount     See
Note 1
==================================================================================

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Rogers Cablesystems Ltd.,
 10% Second Priority Sr. Sec. Debs., 12/1/07            $ 1,300,000
$1,300,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rohm & Haas Co., 7.85% Unsec. Debs., 7/15/29               500,000
631,567
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rural Cellular Corp., 9.625% Sr. Sub. Nts.,
 Series B, 5/15/08                                          750,000
401,250
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp.,
 6.70% Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 4/15/12                        1,000,000
1,061,251
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.:
 8.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 12/15/07                            1,100,000
1,133,000
 8.75% Sr. Sub. Nts., 12/15/11                              250,000
259,375
 9% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 7/15/07                           375,000
388,125
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Six Flags, Inc., 8.875% Sr. Nts., 2/1/10                   300,000
247,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Smithfield Foods, Inc., 8% Sr. Nts., Series B, 10/15/09    600,000
594,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Standard Pacific Corp., 9.25% Sr. Sub. Nts., 4/15/12       200,000
190,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sterling Chemicals, Inc., 12.375% Sr. Sec. Nts.,
 Series B, 7/15/06(2,9)                                     400,000
406,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Stone Energy Corp., 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 12/15/11   250,000
257,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Subic Power Corp.:
 9.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/28/08                              224,138
219,655
 9.50% Sr. Sec. Nts., 12/28/08(3)                            44,828
43,931
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun International Hotels Ltd.,
 8.875% Sr. Sub. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/11                       400,000
403,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Swift & Co., 10.125% Sr. Nts., 10/1/09(3)                1,500,000
1,398,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Terex Corp., 9.25% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 7/15/11           250,000
245,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Toll Corp., 8.25% Sr. Sub. Nts., 12/1/11                 2,000,000
1,980,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tritel PCS, Inc., 10.375% Sr. Sub. Nts., 1/15/11           377,000
329,875
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Triton PCS, Inc., 8.75% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 11/15/11     400,000
266,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TV Azteca SA de CV, 10.50% Sr. Nts., Series B, 2/15/07     200,000
186,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tyco International Group SA, 6.375% Nts., 10/15/11       1,000,000
821,590
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Unifrax Investment Corp., 10.50% Sr. Nts., 11/1/03(5)      500,000
502,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 United Auto Group, Inc., 9.625% Sr. Sub. Nts., 3/15/12(3)  100,000
101,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 United Pan-Europe Communications NV,
 10.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., Series B, 8/1/09(2,9)             400,000
14,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 United Rentals, Inc., 9% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 Series B, 4/1/09                                           500,000
415,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 United States Steel LLC, 10.75% Sr. Nts., 8/1/08           600,000
594,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Venetian Casino Resort LLC/Las Vegas Sands, Inc.,
 11% Bonds, 6/15/10(3)                                      200,000
197,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Viacom, Inc., 7.70% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 7/30/10             1,000,000
1,176,726
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Vodafone Group plc, 7.75% Unsec. Unsub. Nts., 2/15/10      500,000
566,468
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 VoiceStream Wireless Corp., 10.375% Sr. Unsec. Nts.,
 11/15/09                                                   149,000
153,470
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 7.55% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 2/15/30      500,000
643,669
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Walt Disney Co. (The), 6.375% Sr. Unsec, Nts., 3/1/12    1,000,000
1,064,688
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Westport Resources Corp., 8.25% Sr. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 11/1/11                                                    250,000
258,750
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Williams Scotsman, Inc., 9.875% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 6/1/07    400,000
342,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wolverine Tube, Inc., 10.50% Sr. Nts., 4/1/09              500,000
477,500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WorldCom, Inc., 6.95% Sr. Unsec. Nts., 8/15/28(2,9)      1,000,000
125,000

-----------
 Total Non-Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $68,425,257)
61,924,483




23 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS  Continued




                                                          Principal   Market
Value
                                                             Amount     See
Note 1
==================================================================================

 Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes--0.3%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Fletcher Building Ltd., 8.05% Cv. Sub. Nts., 6/15/03[NZD]   12,500    $
5,889
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fletcher Challenge Ltd., 10.50% Cv. Unsec. Sub. Nts.,
 4/30/05[NZD]                                                12,500
6,193
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.,
 4.25% Cv. Unsec. Sub. Nts., 3/15/05(5,9)                 1,500,000
225,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Incyte Genomics, Inc., 5.50% Cv. Unsec. Nts., 2/1/07     2,500,000
1,684,375

-----------
 Total Convertible Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $3,057,602)
1,921,457

==================================================================================
 Loan Participations--0.1%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Morocco (Kingdom of) Loan Participation Agreement, Tranche A,
 2.563%, 1/1/09(5,7) (Cost $386,949)                        411,667
363,296

==================================================================================
 Structured Notes--0.8%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit Linked Trust Certificates,
 8.75%, 5/15/07 (Cost $4,555,765)                         4,900,000
4,508,000

==================================================================================
 Joint Repurchase Agreements--14.1%
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Undivided interest of 26.89% in joint repurchase
 agreement with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 1.85%,
 dated 9/30/02, to be repurchased at $80,832,154
 on 10/1/02, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bonds,
 7.25%--10.375%, 11/15/12--2/15/20, with a value of
 $308,594,118 (Cost $80,828,000)                         80,828,000
80,828,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total Investments, at Value (Cost $602,981,647)               99.8%
570,918,402
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other Assets Net of Liabilities                                0.2
1,248,550

--------------------
 Net Assets                                                   100.0%
$572,166,952

====================


24 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



Footnotes to Statement of Investments
Principal amount is reported in U.S. Dollars, except for those denoted in the
following currencies:

ARP   Argentine Peso                 GBP   British Pound Sterling
AUD   Australian Dollar              NZD   New Zealand Dollar
CAD   Canadian Dollar                PLZ   Polish Zloty
DKK   Danish Krone                   ZAR   South African Rand
EUR   Euro

1. A sufficient amount of liquid assets has been designated to cover
outstanding
written options, as follows:




                                  Contracts  Expiration   Exercise
Premium   Market Value
                            Subject to Call       Dates      Price
Received     See Note 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Anthem, Inc.                            80     3/24/03   $  65.00   $
80,559       $ 60,000
 Anthem, Inc.                           120    12/23/02      80.00
62,039          8,400
 Bank of America Corp.                  250    11/18/02      75.00
70,499          5,000
 Borders Group, Inc.                    150    11/18/02      25.00
28,800             --
 Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.           220    10/21/02      65.00
109,613             --
 Cabot Corp.                            230    10/21/02      40.00
28,060             --
 Callaway Golf Co.                      260    11/18/02      22.50
27,820             --
 Delta Air Lines, Inc.                  100    10/21/02      45.00
27,700             --
 Devon Energy Corp.                     130    10/21/02      55.00
23,660             --
 Edison International                   480    10/21/02      17.50
56,159             --
 Engelhard Corp.                        204    10/21/02      35.00
17,136             --
 Federated Department Stores, Inc.      225    11/18/02      47.50
74,136             --
 International Business Machines Corp.  224    10/21/02     140.00
25,088             --
 Intuit, Inc.                           100    10/21/02      50.00
29,700          4,000
 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.       230    11/18/02      45.00
17,020             --
 National Seimiconductor Corp.          280    11/18/02      45.00
55,159             --
 Nike, Inc. Cl. B                        64    10/21/02      75.00
12,288             --
 Noble Corp.                            181     1/20/03      50.00
39,276          1,810
 Omnicom Group, Inc.                    129     4/21/03      75.00
62,822         31,605
 Praxair, Inc.                          160    10/21/02      65.00
36,106             --
 SBC Communications, Inc.               150    10/21/02      45.00
14,100             --
 Swift Transportation Co., Inc.         240    10/21/02      25.00
57,378             --
 Teradyne, Inc.                         460    10/21/02      50.00
120,715             --
 Tiffany & Co.                           70    11/18/02      42.50
18,340             --
 Transocean, Inc.                       170    11/18/02      45.00
19,890             --
 Tyco International Ltd.                320    10/21/02      47.50
32,640             --
 Unocal Corp.                           250    10/21/02      40.00
56,749             --

-------------------------

$1,203,452       $110,815

=========================


2. Non-income producing security.
3. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities
have
been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of
Trustees. These securities amount to $4,065,032 or 0.71% of the Fund's net
assets as of September 30, 2002.
4. Units may be comprised of several components, such as debt and equity
and/or
warrants to purchase equity at some point in the future. For units, which
represent debt securities, principal amount disclosed represents total
underlying principal.
5. Identifies issues considered to be illiquid--See Note 7 of Notes to
Financial
Statements.
6. Interest-Only Strips represent the right to receive the monthly interest
payments on an underlying pool of mortgage loans. These securities typically
decline in price as interest rates decline. Most other fixed income securities
increase in price when interest rates decline. The principal amount of the
underlying pool represents the notional amount on which current interest is
calculated. The price of these securities is typically more sensitive to
changes
in prepayment rates than traditional mortgage-backed securities (for example,
GNMA pass-throughs). Interest rates disclosed represent current yields based
upon the current cost basis and estimated timing and amount of future cash
flows.
7. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate
security.
8. Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the date of purchase.
9. Issuer is in default.
10. Denotes a step bond: a zero coupon bond that converts to a fixed or
variable
interest rate at a designated future date.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

25 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES  September 30, 2002




==================================================================================

 Assets
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Investments, at value
 (including $80,828,000 in repurchase agreements)
 (cost $602,981,647)--see accompanying statement
$570,918,402
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cash
76,517
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Receivables and other assets:
 Interest, dividends and principal paydowns
4,075,440
 Shares of beneficial interest sold
241,346
 Investments sold
10,059
 Other
2,497

------------
 Total assets
575,324,261

==================================================================================
 Liabilities
 Options written, at value (premiums received $1,203,452)
 --see accompanying statement
110,815
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Payables and other liabilities:
 Shares of beneficial interest redeemed
1,235,824
 Investments purchased
1,027,288
 Distribution and service plan fees
313,717
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
153,362
 Shareholder reports
139,162
 Trustees' compensation
137,052
 Other
40,089

------------
 Total liabilities
3,157,309

==================================================================================
 Net Assets
$572,166,952

============


==================================================================================
 Composition of Net Assets
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Paid-in capital                                                    $
607,985,574
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Undistributed net investment income
2,930,086
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Accumulated net realized loss on
 investments and foreign currency transactions(7,786,275)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net unrealized depreciation on investments and translation of
 assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
(30,962,433)

------------
 Net Assets
$572,166,952

============



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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
 $483,310,948 and 46,005,114 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)
$10.51
 Maximum offering price per share (net asset value plus sales
 charge of 5.75% of offering price)
$11.15
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B Shares:
 Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent
 deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net
 assets of $54,757,251 and 5,274,727 shares of beneficial interest
 outstanding)
$10.38
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class C Shares:
 Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent
 deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net
 assets of $33,300,283 and 3,195,530 shares of beneficial interest
 outstanding)
$10.42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class N Shares:
 Net asset value, redemption price (excludes applicable contingent
 deferred sales charge) and offering price per share (based on net
 assets of $798,470 and 76,215 shares of beneficial interest
 outstanding)
$10.48




 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


27 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND




STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS  For the Year Ended September 30, 2002




==================================================================================

 Investment Income
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $243)                $
21,940,954
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $83,507)
4,877,035

--------------
 Total investment income
26,817,989

==================================================================================
 Expenses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Management fees
4,805,477
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and service plan fees:
 Class A
1,114,460
 Class B
647,256
 Class C
374,199
 Class N
2,259
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees:
 Class A
987,951
 Class B
121,998
 Class C
66,482
 Class
N                                                                       918
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shareholder reports
306,771
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Trustees' compensation
42,516
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Custodian fees and expenses
25,838
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other
50,482

--------------
 Total expenses
8,546,607
 Less reduction to custodian expenses
(4,790)

--------------
 Net expenses
8,541,817


==================================================================================
 Net Investment Income
18,276,172


==================================================================================
 Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net realized gain (loss) on:
 Investments (including premiums on options exercised)
(1,387,001)
 Closing and expiration of option contracts written
5,775,584
 Foreign currency transactions
(3,778,161)

--------------
 Net realized gain
610,422

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 Investments
(78,476,758)
 Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign
 currencies
5,088,697

--------------
 Net change
(73,388,061)

--------------
 Net realized and unrealized loss
(72,777,639)


==================================================================================
 Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations               $
(54,501,467)

==============


 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS




 Year Ended September 30,                                       2002
2001
==================================================================================

 Operations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net investment income                                  $ 18,276,172  $
22,334,614
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net realized gain                                           610,422
17,877,549
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net change in unrealized depreciation                   (73,388,061)
(92,767,891)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations    (54,501,467)
(52,555,728)

==================================================================================
 Dividends and/or Distributions to Shareholders
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends from net investment income:
 Class A                                                 (14,210,521)
(17,552,533)
 Class B                                                  (1,133,097)
(1,403,156)
 Class C                                                    (661,527)
(799,605)
 Class N                                                     (11,506)
(860)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distributions from net realized gain:
 Class A                                                 (17,457,674)
(33,019,457)
 Class B                                                  (1,994,603)
(3,502,853)
 Class C                                                  (1,138,028)
(2,017,780)
 Class N
(3,571)           --

==================================================================================
 Beneficial Interest Transactions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
 beneficial interest transactions:
 Class A                                                  (2,115,218)
16,962,286
 Class B                                                     184,684
7,203,058
 Class C                                                   2,353,216
3,669,703
 Class N                                                     822,605
102,856

==================================================================================
 Net Assets
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total decrease                                          (89,866,707)
(82,914,069)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Beginning of period                                     662,033,659
744,947,728

--------------------------
 End of period [including undistributed net investment
 income of $2,930,086 and $2,198,544, respectively]     $572,166,952
$662,033,659

==========================




 See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


29 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS




Class A  Year Ended September 30,             2002      2001      2000
1999      1998
==========================================================================================

 Per Share Operating Data
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net asset value, beginning of period       $12.14    $14.23    $14.06
$13.69    $16.17
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                         .35       .43       .53
.54       .51
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (1.29)    (1.40)     1.21
1.59     (1.22)

----------------------------------------------
 Total from investment operations             (.94)     (.97)     1.74
2.13      (.71)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income         (.31)     (.38)     (.48)
(.54)     (.49)
 Distributions from net realized gain         (.38)     (.74)    (1.09)
(1.22)    (1.28)

----------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                              (.69)    (1.12)    (1.57)
(1.76)    (1.77)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period             $10.51    $12.14    $14.23
$14.06    $13.69
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==========================================================================================
 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(1)         (8.58)%   (7.27)%   13.31%
16.29%    (4.71)%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==========================================================================================
 Ratios/Supplemental Data
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net assets, end of period
 (in thousands)                           $483,311  $562,281  $639,648
$635,603  $624,895
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)        $570,796  $626,251  $644,356
$660,113  $699,665
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                        2.84%     3.16%     3.71%
3.70%     3.34%
 Expenses                                     1.15%     1.01%     1.13%
1.09%     1.08%(3)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate                        31%       40%       33%
15%       59%




1. Assumes an 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 of less than one
full year.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to
custodian expenses.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


30 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued




Class B  Year Ended September 30,             2002      2001      2000
1999      1998
==========================================================================================

 Per Share Operating Data
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, beginning of period      $ 12.01   $ 14.08   $ 13.93   $
13.57   $ 16.04
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                         .25       .31       .41
.41       .38
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (1.29)    (1.36)     1.19
1.58     (1.20)

-----------------------------------------------
 Total from investment operations            (1.04)    (1.05)     1.60
1.99      (.82)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income         (.21)     (.28)     (.36)
(.41)     (.37)
 Distributions from net realized gain         (.38)     (.74)    (1.09)
(1.22)    (1.28)

-----------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                              (.59)    (1.02)    (1.45)
(1.63)    (1.65)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period             $10.38    $12.01    $14.08
$13.93    $13.57

==============================================

==========================================================================================
 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(1)         (9.38)%   (7.96)%   12.30%
15.35%    (5.49)%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


==========================================================================================
 Ratios/Supplemental Data
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)  $54,757   $63,487   $66,777
$68,875   $73,036
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)         $64,702   $67,959   $66,956
$73,673   $74,442
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                        2.02%     2.37%     2.92%
2.85%     2.53%
 Expenses                                     1.97%     1.81%     1.94%
1.93%     1.91%(3)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate                        31%       40%       33%
15%       59%




1. Assumes an 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 of less than one
full year.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to
custodian expenses. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


31 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued




Class C  Year Ended September 30,             2002      2001      2000
1999      1998
==========================================================================================

 Per Share Operating Data
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net asset value, beginning of period      $ 12.06   $ 14.13   $ 13.97   $
13.61   $ 16.07
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                         .24       .31       .41
.42       .38
 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (1.29)    (1.37)     1.20
1.57     (1.20)

-----------------------------------------------
 Total from investment operations            (1.05)    (1.06)     1.61
1.99      (.82)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income         (.21)     (.27)     (.36)
(.41)     (.36)
 Distributions from net realized gain         (.38)     (.74)    (1.09)
(1.22)    (1.28)

-----------------------------------------------
 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                              (.59)    (1.01)    (1.45)
(1.63)    (1.64)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period             $10.42    $12.06    $14.13
$13.97    $13.61

==============================================
==========================================================================================
 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(1)         (9.41)%   (8.00)%   12.35%
15.28%    (5.43)%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==========================================================================================
 Ratios/Supplemental Data
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)  $33,300   $36,171   $38,522
$38,978   $48,417
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)         $37,412   $39,030   $38,597
$43,701   $52,325
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(2)
 Net investment income                        2.03%     2.37%     2.92%
2.85%     2.51%
 Expenses                                     1.96%     1.81%     1.94%
1.93%     1.91%(3)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate                        31%       40%       33%
15%       59%




1. Assumes an 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 of less than one
full
year.
2. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.
3. Expense ratio has been calculated without adjustment for the reduction to
custodian expenses. See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


32 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Continued


Class N  Year Ended September 30,                               2002
2001(1)
===============================================================================
 Per Share Operating Data
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, beginning of period                        $ 12.13   $ 13.67
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Income (loss) from investment operations:
 Net investment income                                           .39       .24
 Net realized and unrealized loss                              (1.38)
(1.48)

------------------
 Total from investment operations                               (.99)
(1.24)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and/or distributions to shareholders:
 Dividends from net investment income                           (.28)
(.30)
 Distributions from net realized gain                           (.38)       --

------------------
 Total dividends and/or distributions
 to shareholders                                                (.66)
(.30)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net asset value, end of period                               $10.48    $12.13

=================

===============================================================================
 Total Return, at Net Asset Value(2)                           (8.94)%
(9.30)%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


===============================================================================
 Ratios/Supplemental Data
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Net assets, end of period (in thousands)                       $798       $95
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Average net assets (in thousands)                              $454       $12
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ratios to average net assets:(3)
 Net investment income                                          2.49%
5.81%
 Expenses                                                       1.48%
1.32%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Portfolio turnover rate                                          31%
40%



1. For the period from March 1, 2001 (inception of offering) to September 30,
2001.
2. Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the
fiscal
period (or inception of offering), with all dividends and distributions
reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at
the
net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period.
Sales
charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not
annualized
for periods of less than one full year.
3. Annualized for periods of less than one full year.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


33 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

================================================================================
 1. Significant Accounting Policies
 Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund (the Fund) is registered under the
 Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management
 investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek high total
 investment return consistent with preservation of principal. The Fund's
 investment advisor is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the Manager).
    The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C and Class N shares. Class A
shares
 are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value plus a
 front-end sales charge. Class B, Class C and Class N shares are sold without
a
 front-end sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales
charge
 (CDSC). Class N shares are sold only through retirement plans. Retirement
plans
 that offer Class N shares may impose charges on those accounts. All classes
of
 shares have identical rights and voting privileges. Earnings, net assets and
 net asset value per share may differ by minor amounts due to each class
having
 its own expenses directly attributable to that class. Classes A, B, C and N
 have separate distribution and/or service plans. Class B shares will
 automatically convert to Class A shares six years after the date of purchase.
    The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently
 followed by the Fund.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Securities Valuation. Securities listed or traded on National Stock Exchanges
 or other domestic or foreign exchanges are valued based on the last sale
price
 of the security traded on that exchange prior to the time when the Fund's
 assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the
last
 sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the
closing
 bid and asked prices, and if not, at the closing bid price. Securities
 (including restricted securities) for which quotations are not readily
 available are valued primarily using dealer-supplied valuations, a portfolio
 pricing service authorized by the Board of Trustees, or at their fair value.
 Fair value is determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures
 under the supervision of the Board of Trustees. Short-term "money market
type"
 debt securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less are valued at
 amortized cost (which approximates market value).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Structured Notes. The Fund invests in structured notes whose market values
and
 redemption prices are linked to the market value of specific securities. The
 structured notes are leveraged, which increases the Fund's exposure to
changes
 in prices of the underlying securities and increases the volatility of each
 note's market value relative to the change in the underlying security prices.
 Fluctuations in value of these securities are recorded as unrealized gains
and
 losses in the accompanying financial statements. The Fund records a realized
 gain or loss when a structured note is sold or matures. As of September 30,
 2002, the market value of these securities comprised of 0.8% of the Fund's
net
 assets, and resulted in unrealized losses in the current period of $47,765.


34 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Security Credit Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield securities, which may be
 subject to a greater degree of credit risk, greater market fluctuations and
 risk of loss of income and principal, and may be more sensitive to economic
 conditions than lower-yielding, higher-rated fixed-income securities. The
Fund
 may acquire securities in default, and is not obligated to dispose of
 securities whose issuers subsequently default. As of September 30, 2002,
 securities with an aggregate market value of $5,553,228, representing 0.97%
of
 the Fund's net assets, were in default.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Foreign Currency Translation. The accounting records of the Fund are
maintained
 in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are
 translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange. Amounts
related
 to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are
 translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of
such
 transactions.
    The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is
 separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market
 values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains
 and losses in the Fund's Statement of Operations.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Joint Repurchase Agreements. The Fund, along with other affiliated funds of
the
 Manager, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint
 repurchase agreement accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
 repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. government securities. Securities
 pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank
 until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of
 the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal;
 however, in the event of default by the other party to the agreement,
retention
 of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other
than
 those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated daily
 to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets
 represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a
 specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Federal Taxes. The Fund intends to continue to comply with provisions of the
 Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to
 distribute all of its taxable income, including any net realized gain on
 investments not offset by capital loss carryforwards, if any, to
shareholders.
 Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.
    As of September 30, 2002, the Fund had approximately $1,180,000 of
 post-October losses available to offset future capital gains, if any. Such
 losses, if unutilized, will expire in 2011. Additionally, the Fund had
 approximately $2,413,000 of post-October foreign currency losses which were
 deferred.


35 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
 Trustees' Compensation. The Fund has adopted an unfunded retirement plan for
 the Fund's independent trustees. Benefits are based on years of service and
 fees paid to each trustee during the years of service. During the year ended
 September 30, 2002, the Fund's projected benefit obligations were increased
by
 $19,102 and payments of $9,080 were made to retired trustees, resulting in an
 accumulated liability of $130,481 as of September 30, 2002.
    The Board of Trustees has adopted a deferred compensation plan for
 independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all
or
 a portion of annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund.
 Under the plan, the compensation deferred is periodically adjusted as though
an
 equivalent amount had been invested for the Board of Trustees in shares of
one
 or more Oppenheimer funds selected by the trustee. The amount paid to the
Board
 of Trustees under the plan will be determined based upon the performance of
the
 selected funds. Deferral of trustees' fees under the plan will not affect the
 net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund's assets,
 liabilities or net investment income per share.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to
 shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations,
 are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Classification of Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. 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 may differ from
 their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. 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 Fund adjusts the classification of distributions to shareholders to
 reflect the differences between financial statement amounts and distributions
 determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Accordingly, during the
 year ended September 30, 2002, amounts have been reclassified to reflect an
 increase in paid-in capital of $58,107, a decrease in undistributed net
 investment income of $1,527,979, and a decrease in accumulated net realized
 loss on investments of $1,469,872. This reclassification includes $2,894
 distributed in connection with Fund share redemptions which increased paid-in
 capital and reduced accumulated net realized gain. Net assets of the Fund
were
 unaffected by the reclassifications.


36 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



 The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30,
2002 and September 30, 2001 was as follows:

                                           Year Ended          Year Ended
                                   September 30, 2002  September 30, 2001
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Distributions paid from:
                 Ordinary income          $16,739,835         $23,605,134
                 Long-term capital gain    19,870,692          34,691,110
                 Return of capital                 --                  --
                                          -------------------------------
                 Total                    $36,610,527         $58,296,244
                                          ===============================

 As of September 30, 2002, the components of distributable earnings on a tax
basis were as follows:
                 Undistributed net investment income  $  2,930,086
                 Accumulated net realized loss          (7,786,275)
                 Net unrealized depreciation           (30,962,433)
                                                      -------------
                 Total                                $(35,818,622)
                                                      =============

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 market value of the securities
 received. Interest income, which includes accretion of discount and
 amortization of premium, is accrued as earned.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
 principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
 management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
 of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
 at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income
and
 expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
 estimates.


37 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued



===============================================================================
 2. Shares of Beneficial Interest
 The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of no par value shares of
 beneficial interest for each class. Transactions in shares of beneficial
 interest were as follows:



                            Year Ended September 30, 2002        Year Ended
September 30, 2001(1)
                                Shares             Amount
Shares         Amount
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Class A
 Sold                        3,119,704       $ 38,219,004
2,352,686   $ 31,857,830
 Dividends and/or
 distributions reinvested    2,300,598         28,557,940
3,456,341     45,547,155
 Redeemed                   (5,720,740)       (68,892,162)
(4,468,559)   (60,442,699)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase (decrease)      (300,438)      $ (2,115,218)
1,340,468   $ 16,962,286

=====================================================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B
 Sold                        1,621,677       $ 19,347,586
1,243,002   $ 16,611,081
 Dividends and/or
 distributions reinvested      237,129          2,923,736
347,123      4,528,696
 Redeemed                   (1,869,194)       (22,086,638)
(1,046,722)   (13,936,719)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase (decrease)       (10,388)      $    184,684
543,403   $  7,203,058

=====================================================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class C
 Sold                          785,399       $  9,356,388
659,612   $  8,880,910
 Dividends and/or
 distributions reinvested      129,600          1,602,446
190,652      2,495,830
 Redeemed                     (719,571)        (8,605,618)
(576,263)    (7,707,037)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                  195,428       $  2,353,216
274,001   $  3,669,703

=====================================================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class N
 Sold                           83,325       $  1,000,643
7,987   $    104,522
 Dividends and/or
 distributions reinvested        1,206
14,492                       69            838
 Redeemed                      (16,163)          (192,530)
(209)        (2,504)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net increase                   68,368       $    822,605
7,847   $    102,856

=====================================================================


 1. For the year ended September 30, 2001, for Class A, B and C shares and for
 the period from March 1, 2001 (inception of offering) to September 30, 2001,
 for Class N shares.


38 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



===============================================================================
 3. Purchases and Sales of Securities
 The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other
 than short-term obligations, for the year ended September 30, 2002, were
 $184,248,689 and $214,348,729, respectively.

 As of September 30, 2002, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based on
cost
 of securities for federal income tax purposes of $605,435,403 was composed
of:

                     Gross unrealized appreciation  $  66,734,752
                     Gross unrealized depreciation   (101,251,753)
                                                    --------------
                     Net unrealized depreciation    $ (34,517,001)
                                                    ==============
    The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation
and
 depreciation, if applicable, is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of
 losses on wash sales, or return of capital dividends, and the realization for
 tax purposes of unrealized gain (loss) on certain futures contracts,
 investments in passive foreign investment companies, and forward foreign
 currency exchange contracts.

===============================================================================
 4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 Management Fees. Management fees paid to the Manager are in accordance with
the
 investment advisory agreement with the Fund which provides for a fee of 0.75%
 of the first $200 million of average annual net assets of the Fund, 0.72% of
 the next $200 million, 0.69% of the next $200 million, 0.66% of the next $200
 million, 0.60% of the next $700 million, and 0.58% of average annual net
assets
 in excess of $1.5 billion.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Transfer Agent Fees. OppenheimerFunds Services (OFS), a division of the
 Manager, acts as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund.
 The Fund pays OFS a $19.75 per account fee.
    OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing
agent
 fees for all classes, up to an annual rate of 0.35% of average net assets per
 class. This undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Distribution and Service Plan (12b-1) Fees. Under its General Distributor's
 Agreement with the Manager, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the
 Distributor) acts as the Fund's principal underwriter in the continuous
public
 offering of the different classes of shares of the Fund.


39 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued



===============================================================================
 4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates Continued
 The compensation paid to (or retained by) the Distributor from the sale of
 shares or on the redemption of shares is shown in the table below for the
 period indicated.




                    Aggregate        Class A     Concessions
Concessions     Concessions     Concessions
                    Front-End   Front-End on         Class A      on Class
B      on Class C      on Class N
                Sales Charges  Sales Charges          Shares
Shares          Shares          Shares
                   on Class A    Retained by     Advanced by     Advanced
by     Advanced by     Advanced by
 Year Ended            Shares    Distributor  Distributor(1)  Distributor(1)
Distributor(1)  Distributor(1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 September 30, 2002  $428,672       $152,045         $19,253
$449,947         $57,203          $7,184


 1. The Distributor advances concession payments to dealers for certain sales
of
 Class A shares and for sales of Class B, Class C and Class N shares from its
 own resources at the time of sale.

                            Class A       Class B        Class C        Class
N
                         Contingent    Contingent     Contingent
Contingent
                           Deferred      Deferred       Deferred
Deferred
                      Sales Charges Sales Charges  Sales Charges  Sales
Charges
                        Retained by   Retained by    Retained by    Retained
by
 Year Ended             Distributor   Distributor    Distributor
Distributor
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 September 30, 2002          $3,142      $171,979         $4,681
$1,298


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Service Plan for Class A Shares. The Fund has adopted a Service Plan for
Class
 A Shares. It reimburses the Distributor for a portion of its costs incurred
for
 services provided to accounts that hold Class A shares. Reimbursement is made
 quarterly at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average annual net assets
of
 Class A shares of the Fund. For the year ended September 30, 2002, payments
 under the Class A Plan totaled $1,114,460, all of which were paid by the
 Distributor to recipients, and included $65,458 paid to an affiliate of the
 Manager. Any unreimbursed expenses the Distributor incurs with respect to
Class
 A shares in any fiscal year cannot be recovered in subsequent years.

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

 Distribution fees paid to the Distributor for the year ended September 30,
 2002, were as follows:

                                                                 Distributor's
                                                  Distributor's      Aggregate
                                                      Aggregate   Unreimbursed
                                                   Unreimbursed  Expenses as %
                  Total Payments Amount Retained       Expenses  of Net Assets
                      Under Plan  by Distributor     Under Plan       of Class
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Class B Plan           $647,256        $513,168     $2,557,075
4.67%
 Class C Plan            374,199          64,605        873,469           2.62
 Class N Plan              2,259           1,847          9,675           1.21


40 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND





===============================================================================
 5. Foreign Currency Contracts
 A foreign currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign
 currency at a future date, at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into
 foreign currency contracts for operational purposes and to seek to protect
 against adverse exchange rate fluctuations. Risks to the Fund include the
 potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.
    The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual
 commitments held by the Fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or
 depreciation are determined using foreign currency exchange rates as provided
 by a reliable bank, dealer or pricing service. Unrealized appreciation and
 depreciation on foreign currency contracts are reported in the Statement of
 Assets and Liabilities as a receivable or payable and in the Statement of
 Operations with the change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
    The Fund may realize a gain or loss upon the closing or settlement of the
 foreign currency transactions. Such realized gains and losses are reported
with
 all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Statement of Operations.

===============================================================================
 6. Option Activity
 The Fund may buy and sell put and call options, or write put and covered call
 options on portfolio securities in order to produce incremental earnings or
 protect against changes in the value of portfolio securities.
    The Fund generally purchases put options or writes covered call options to
 hedge against adverse movements in the value of portfolio holdings. When an
 option is written, the Fund receives a premium and becomes obligated to sell
or
 purchase the underlying security at a fixed price, upon exercise of the
option.
    Options are valued daily based upon the last sale price on the principal
 exchange on which the option is traded and unrealized appreciation or
 depreciation is recorded. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon the
 expiration or closing of the option transaction. When an option is exercised,
 the proceeds on sales for a written call option, the purchase cost for a
 written put option, or the cost of the security for a purchased put or call
 option is adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid.
    Securities designated to cover outstanding call options are noted in the
 Statement of Investments where applicable. Shares subject to call, expiration
 date, exercise price, premium received and market value are detailed in a
note
 to the Statement of Investments. Options written are reported as a liability
in
 the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gains and losses are
reported
 in the Statement of Operations.
    The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the
opportunity
 for profit if the market price of the security increases and the option is
 exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss
 if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised.
The
 risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the
 option is exercised. The Fund also has the additional risk of not being able
to
 enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist.


41 | OPPENHEIMER MULTIPLE STRATEGIES FUND



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  Continued



===============================================================================
 6. Option Activity Continued
 Written option activity for the year ended September 30, 2002 was as follows:




                                        Call Options                   Put
Options
                             -----------------------
------------------------
                             Number of     Amount of      Number of
Amount of
                             Contracts      Premiums      Contracts
Premiums
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Options outstanding as of
 September 30, 2001             10,910   $ 2,787,906          1,529      $
460,058
 Options written                21,365     4,777,196
--             --
 Options closed or expired     (24,936)   (5,776,669)          (600)
(127,696)
 Options exercised              (1,862)     (584,981)          (929)
(332,362)

------------------------------------------------------
 Options outstanding as of
 September 30, 2002              5,477    $1,203,452             --
$      --

======================================================


===============================================================================
 7. Illiquid Securities
 As of September 30, 2002, investments in securities included issues that are
 illiquid. A security may be considered illiquid if it lacks a readily
available
 market or if its valuation has not changed for a certain period of time. The
 Fund intends to invest no more than 10% of its net assets (determined at the
 time of purchase and reviewed periodically) in illiquid securities. The
 aggregate value of illiquid securities subject to this limitation as of
 September 30, 2002 was $4,694,711, which represents 0.82% of the Fund's net
 assets.

===============================================================================
 8. Bank Borrowings
 The Fund may borrow from a bank for temporary or emergency purposes
including,
 without limitation, funding of shareholder redemptions provided asset
coverage
 for borrowings exceeds 300%. The Fund has entered into an agreement which
 enables it to participate with other Oppenheimer funds in an unsecured line
of
 credit with a bank, which permits borrowings up to $400 million,
collectively.
 Interest is charged to each fund, based on its borrowings, at a rate equal to
 the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.45%. Borrowings are payable within 30 days
after
 such loan is executed. The Fund also pays a commitment fee equal to its pro
 rata share of the average unutilized amount of the credit facility at a rate
of
 0.08% per annum.
    The Fund had no borrowings outstanding during the year ended or at
September
 30, 2002.

                                  Appendix A

                             RATINGS DEFINITIONS
                             -------------------

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

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Long-Term (Taxable) Bond Ratings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in each generic rating
classification from Aa through Caa. The modifier "1" indicates that the
obligation ranks in the higher end of its category; the modifier "2"
indicates a mid-range ranking and the modifier "3" indicates a ranking in the
lower end of the category.

Short-Term Ratings - Taxable Debt

These ratings apply to the ability of issuers to repay punctually senior debt
obligations having an original maturity not exceeding one year:

Prime-1: Issuer has a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term
debt obligations.

Prime-2: Issuer has a strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt
obligations. Earnings trends and coverage, while sound, may be subject to
variation. Capitalization characteristics, while appropriate, may be more
affected by external conditions. Ample alternate liquidity is maintained.

Prime-3: Issuer has an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term
obligations. The effect of industry characteristics and market compositions
may be more pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result
in changes in the level of debt protection measurements and may require
relatively high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is
maintained.

Not Prime: Issuer does not fall within any Prime rating category.

Standard & Poor's Rating Services
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Long-Term Credit Ratings

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings

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

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

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

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

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

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




Fitch, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

International Long-Term Credit Ratings

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

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

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

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

Speculative Grade:

BB: Speculative. "BB" ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit
risk developing, particularly as the result of adverse economic change over
time. However, business or financial alternatives may be available to allow
financial commitments to be met. Securities rates in this category are not
investment grade.

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

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

DDD, DD, and D: Default. The ratings of obligations in this category are
based on their prospects for achieving partial or full recovery in a
reorganization or liquidation of the obligor. While expected recovery values
are highly speculative and cannot be estimated with any precision, the
following serve as general guidelines. `DDD' obligations have the highest
potential for recovery, around 90%-100% of outstanding amounts and accrued
interest. `DD' indicates potential recoveries in the range of 50%-90%, and
`D' the lowest recovery potential, i.e., below 50%.

Entities rated in this category have defaulted on some or all of their
obligations. Entities rated `DDD' have the highest prospect for resumption of
performance or continued operation with or without a formal reorganization
process. Entities rated `DD' and `D' are generally undergoing a formal
reorganization or liquidation process; those rated `DD' are likely to satisfy
a higher portion of their outstanding obligations, while entities rated `D'
have a poor prospect for repaying all obligations.

Plus (+) and minus (-) signs may be appended to a rating symbol to denote
relative status within the major rating categories. Plus and minus signs are
not added to the "AAA" category or to categories below "CCC," nor to
short-term ratings other than "F1" (see below).

International Short-Term Credit Ratings

F1: Highest credit quality. Strongest capacity for timely payment of
financial commitments. May have an added "+" to denote any exceptionally
strong credit feature.

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

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

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

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

D:   Default. Denotes actual or imminent payment default.


                                  Appendix B

                           Industry Classifications
                           ------------------------

Aerospace & Defense                Household Durables
Air Freight & Couriers             Household Products
Airlines                           Industrial Conglomerates
Auto Components                    Insurance
Automobiles                        Internet & Catalog Retail
Banks                              Internet Software & Services
Beverages                          Information Technology Consulting &
                                   Services
Biotechnology                      Leisure Equipment & Products
Building Products                  Machinery
Chemicals                          Marine
Commercial Services & Supplies     Media
Communications Equipment           Metals & Mining
Computers & Peripherals            Multiline Retail
Construction & Engineering         Multi-Utilities
Construction Materials             Office Electronics
Containers & Packaging             Oil & Gas
Distributors                       Paper & Forest Products
Diversified Financials             Personal Products
Diversified Telecommunication      Pharmaceuticals
Services
Electric Utilities                 Real Estate
Electrical Equipment               Road & Rail
Electronic Equipment & Instruments Semiconductor Equipment & Products
Energy Equipment & Services        Software
Food & Drug Retailing              Specialty Retail
Food Products                      Textiles & Apparel
Gas Utilities                      Tobacco
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   Trading Companies & Distributors
Health Care Providers & Services   Transportation Infrastructure
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure       Water Utilities
                                   Wireless Telecommunication Services


                                  Appendix C

OppenheimerFunds Special Sales Charge Arrangements and Waivers
--------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

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

The interpretation of these provisions as to the applicability of a special
arrangement or waiver in a particular case is in the sole discretion of the
Distributor or the transfer agent (referred to in this document as the
"Transfer Agent") of the particular Oppenheimer fund. These waivers and
special arrangements may be amended or terminated at any time by a particular
fund, the Distributor, and/or OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (referred to in this
document as the "Manager").

Waivers that apply at the time shares are redeemed must be requested by the
shareholder and/or dealer in the redemption request.
I.


 Applicability of Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charges in Certain Cases
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

      There is no initial sales charge on purchases of Class A shares of any
of the Oppenheimer funds in the cases listed below. However, these purchases
may be subject to the Class A contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed
within 18 months (24 months in the case of Oppenheimer Rochester National
Municipals and Rochester Fund Municipals) of the beginning of the calendar
month of their purchase, as described in the Prospectus (unless a waiver
described elsewhere in this Appendix applies to the redemption).
Additionally, on shares purchased under these waivers that are subject to the
Class A contingent deferred sales charge, the Distributor will pay the
applicable concession described in the Prospectus under "Class A Contingent
Deferred Sales Charge."5 This waiver provision applies to:
|_|   Purchases of Class A shares aggregating $1 million or more.
|_|   Purchases of Class A shares by a Retirement Plan that was permitted to
         purchase such shares at net asset value but subject to a contingent
         deferred sales charge prior to March 1, 2001. That included plans
         (other than IRA or 403(b)(7) Custodial Plans) that: 1) bought shares
         costing $500,000 or more, 2) had at the time of purchase 100 or more
         eligible employees or total plan assets of $500,000 or more, or 3)
         certified to the Distributor that it projects to have annual plan
         purchases of $200,000 or more.
|_|   Purchases by an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored Rollover IRA, if the
         purchases are made:
         1) through a broker, dealer, bank or registered investment adviser
            that has made special arrangements with the Distributor for those
            purchases, or
         2) by a direct rollover of a distribution from a qualified
            Retirement Plan if the administrator of that Plan has made
            special arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.
|_|   Purchases of Class A shares by Retirement Plans that have any of the
         following record-keeping arrangements:
         1) The record keeping is performed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner &
            Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") on a daily valuation basis for the
            Retirement Plan. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
            record-keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan
            must have $3 million or more of its assets invested in (a) mutual
            funds, other than those advised or managed by Merrill Lynch
            Investment Management, L.P. ("MLIM"), that are made available
            under a Service Agreement between Merrill Lynch and the mutual
            fund's principal underwriter or distributor, and  (b)  funds
            advised or managed by MLIM (the funds described in (a) and (b)
            are referred to as "Applicable Investments").
         2) The record keeping for the Retirement Plan is performed on a
            daily valuation basis by a record keeper whose services are
            provided under a contract or arrangement between the Retirement
            Plan and Merrill Lynch. On the date the plan sponsor signs the
            record keeping service agreement with Merrill Lynch, the Plan
            must have $3 million or more of its assets (excluding assets
            invested in money market funds) invested in Applicable
            Investments.
         3) The record keeping for a Retirement Plan is handled under a
            service agreement with Merrill Lynch and on the date the plan
            sponsor signs that agreement, the Plan has 500 or more eligible
            employees (as determined by the Merrill Lynch plan conversion
            manager).
II.


            Waivers of Class A Sales Charges of Oppenheimer Funds
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

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

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

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

The Class A contingent deferred sales charge is also waived if shares that
would otherwise be subject to the contingent deferred sales charge are
redeemed in the following cases:
|_|   To make Automatic Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited annually to
         no more than 12% of the account value adjusted annually.
|_|   Involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law or involuntary
         redemptions of small accounts (please refer to "Shareholder Account
         Rules and Policies," in the applicable fund Prospectus).
|_|   For distributions from Retirement Plans, deferred compensation plans or
         other employee benefit plans for any of the following purposes:
         1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal
            Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or
            disability must occur after the participant's account was
            established.
         2) To return excess contributions.
         3) To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
         4) Hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.6
         5) Under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in the
            Internal Revenue Code, or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or
            separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         6) To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         7) To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in
            Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
         8) For loans to participants or beneficiaries.
         9) Separation from service.7
         10)      Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a
            mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a
            subsidiary of the Manager) if the plan has made special
            arrangements with the Distributor.
         11)      Plan termination or "in-service distributions," if the
            redemption proceeds are rolled over directly to an
            OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
|_|   For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by broker-dealers that
         have entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing
         this waiver.
|_|   For distributions from retirement plans that have $10 million or more
         in plan assets and that have entered into a special agreement with
         the Distributor.
|_|   For distributions from retirement plans which are part of a retirement
         plan product or platform offered by certain banks, broker-dealers,
         financial advisors, insurance companies or record keepers which have
         entered into a special agreement with the Distributor.
III.    Waivers of Class B, Class C and Class N Sales Charges of Oppenheimer
                                        Funds
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The Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges will not
be applied to shares purchased in certain types of transactions or redeemed
in certain circumstances described below.

A. Waivers for Redemptions in Certain Cases.

The Class B, Class C and Class N contingent deferred sales charges will be
waived for redemptions of shares in the following cases:
|_|   Shares redeemed involuntarily, as described in "Shareholder Account
         Rules and Policies," in the applicable Prospectus.
|_|   Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the
         death or disability of the last surviving shareholder. The death or
         disability must have occurred after the account was established, and
         for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of
         disability by the Social Security Administration.
|_|   The contingent deferred sales charges are generally not waived
         following the death or disability of a grantor or trustee for a
         trust account. The contingent deferred sales charges will only be
         waived in the limited case of the death of the trustee of a grantor
         trust or revocable living trust for which the trustee is also the
         sole beneficiary. The death or disability must have occurred after
         the account was established, and for disability you must provide
         evidence of a determination of disability by the Social Security
         Administration.
|_|   Distributions from accounts for which the broker-dealer of record has
         entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this
         waiver.
|_|   Redemptions of Class B shares held by Retirement Plans whose records
         are maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an
         independent record keeper under a contract with Merrill Lynch.
|_|   Redemptions of Class C shares of Oppenheimer U.S. Government Trust from
         accounts of clients of financial institutions that have entered into
         a special arrangement with the Distributor for this purpose.
|_|   Redemptions requested in writing by a Retirement Plan sponsor of Class
         C shares of an Oppenheimer fund in amounts of $500,000 or more and
         made more than 12 months after the Retirement Plan's first purchase
         of Class C shares, if the redemption proceeds are invested in Class
         N shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.
|_|   Distributions8 from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit plans
         for any of the following purposes:
         1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal
            Revenue Code) of the participant or beneficiary. The death or
            disability must occur after the participant's account was
            established in an Oppenheimer fund.
         2) To return excess contributions made to a participant's account.
         3) To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.
         4) To make hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.9
         5) To make distributions required under a Qualified Domestic
            Relations Order or, in the case of an IRA, a divorce or
            separation agreement described in Section 71(b) of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         6) To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal
            Revenue Code.
         7) To make "substantially equal periodic payments" as described in
            Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.
         8) For loans to participants or beneficiaries.10
         9) On account of the participant's separation from service.11
         10)      Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a
            mutual fund (other than a fund managed by the Manager or a
            subsidiary of the Manager) offered as an investment option in a
            Retirement Plan if the plan has made special arrangements with
            the Distributor.
         11)      Distributions made on account of a plan termination or
            "in-service" distributions, if the redemption proceeds are rolled
            over directly to an OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.
         12)      For distributions from a participant's account under an
            Automatic Withdrawal Plan after the participant reaches age 59 1/2,
            as long as the aggregate value of the distributions does not
            exceed 10% of the account's value, adjusted annually.
         13)      Redemptions of Class B shares under an Automatic Withdrawal
            Plan for an account other than a Retirement Plan, if the
            aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the
            account's value, adjusted annually.
         14)      For distributions from 401(k) plans sponsored by
            broker-dealers that have entered into a special arrangement with
            the Distributor allowing this waiver.
|_|   Redemptions of Class B shares or Class C shares under an Automatic
         Withdrawal Plan from an account other than a Retirement Plan if the
         aggregate value of the redeemed shares does not exceed 10% of the
         account's value annually.

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

The contingent deferred sales charge is also waived on Class B and Class C
shares sold or issued in the following cases:
|_|   Shares sold to the Manager or its affiliates.
|_|   Shares sold to registered management investment companies or separate
         accounts of insurance companies having an agreement with the Manager
         or the Distributor for that purpose.
|_|   Shares issued in plans of reorganization to which the Fund is a party.
|_|   Shares sold to present or former officers, directors, trustees or
         employees (and their "immediate families" as defined above in
         Section I.A.) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates and
         retirement plans established by them for their employees.
IV.        Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain
      Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Former Quest for Value Funds
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The initial and contingent deferred sales charge rates and waivers for Class
A, Class B and Class C shares described in the Prospectus or Statement of
Additional Information of the Oppenheimer funds are modified as described
below for certain persons who were shareholders of the former Quest for Value
Funds.  To be eligible, those persons must have been shareholders on November
24, 1995, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the investment advisor to those
former Quest for Value Funds.  Those funds include:
   Oppenheimer Quest Value Fund, Inc.           Oppenheimer Small Cap Value
   Fund
   Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value Fund        Oppenheimer Quest Global
   Value Fund, Inc.
   Oppenheimer Quest Opportunity Value Fund

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

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

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

A. Reductions or Waivers of Class A Sales Charges.

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

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

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

      Purchases made under this arrangement qualify for the lower of either
the sales charge rate in the table based on the number of members of an
Association, or the sales charge rate that applies under the Right of
Accumulation described in the applicable fund's Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information. Individuals who qualify under this arrangement for
reduced sales charge rates as members of Associations also may purchase
shares for their individual or custodial accounts at these reduced sales
charge rates, upon request to the Distributor.

|X|   Waiver of Class A Sales Charges for Certain Shareholders.  Class A
shares purchased by the following investors are not subject to any Class A
initial or contingent deferred sales charges:
o     Shareholders who were shareholders of the AMA Family of Funds on
            February 28, 1991 and who acquired shares of any of the Former
            Quest for Value Funds by merger of a portfolio of the AMA Family
            of Funds.
o     Shareholders who acquired shares of any Former Quest for Value Fund by
            merger of any of the portfolios of the Unified Funds.

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

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

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

|X|   Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased Prior to March 6, 1995.  In
the following cases, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for
redemptions of Class A, Class B or Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The
shares must have been acquired by the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund
into the fund or by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest
for Value Fund or into which such fund merged. Those shares must have been
purchased prior to March 6, 1995 in connection with:
o     withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan holding only either
            Class B or Class C shares if the annual withdrawal does not
            exceed 10% of the initial value of the account value, adjusted
            annually, and
o     liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset value
            of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum
            value of such accounts.

|X|   Waivers for Redemptions of Shares Purchased on or After March 6, 1995
but Prior to November 24, 1995. In the following cases, the contingent
deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of Class A, Class B or
Class C shares of an Oppenheimer fund. The shares must have been acquired by
the merger of a Former Quest for Value Fund into the fund or by exchange from
an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Quest For Value Fund or into which such
Former Quest for Value Fund merged. Those shares must have been purchased on
or after March 6, 1995, but prior to November 24, 1995:
o     redemptions following the death or disability of the shareholder(s) (as
            evidenced by a determination of total disability by the U.S.
            Social Security Administration);
o     withdrawals under an automatic withdrawal plan (but only for Class B or
            Class C shares) where the annual withdrawals do not exceed 10% of
            the initial value of the account value; adjusted annually, and
o     liquidation of a shareholder's account if the aggregate net asset value
            of shares held in the account is less than the required minimum
            account value.

      A shareholder's account will be credited with the amount of any
contingent deferred sales charge paid on the redemption of any Class A, Class
B or Class C shares of the Oppenheimer fund described in this section if the
proceeds are invested in the same Class of shares in that fund or another
Oppenheimer fund within 90 days after redemption.
V.         Special Sales Charge Arrangements for Shareholders of Certain
          Oppenheimer Funds Who Were Shareholders of Connecticut Mutual
                            Investment Accounts, Inc.
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The initial and contingent deferred sale charge rates and waivers for Class A
and Class B shares described in the respective Prospectus (or this Appendix)
of the following Oppenheimer funds (each is referred to as a "Fund" in this
section):
   Oppenheimer U. S. Government Trust,
   Oppenheimer Bond Fund,
   Oppenheimer Value Fund and
   Oppenheimer Disciplined Allocation Fund
are modified as described below for those Fund shareholders who were
shareholders of the following funds (referred to as the "Former Connecticut
Mutual Funds") on March 1, 1996, when OppenheimerFunds, Inc. became the
investment adviser to the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds:
   Connecticut Mutual Liquid Account      Connecticut Mutual Total Return
   Account
   Connecticut Mutual Government Securities Account   CMIA LifeSpan Capital
   Appreciation Account
   Connecticut Mutual Income Account      CMIA LifeSpan Balanced Account
   Connecticut Mutual Growth Account      CMIA Diversified Income Account

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

|X|   Class A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. Certain shareholders of a
Fund and the other Former Connecticut Mutual Funds are entitled to continue
to make additional purchases of Class A shares at net asset value without a
Class A initial sales charge, but subject to the Class A contingent deferred
sales charge that was in effect prior to March 18, 1996 (the "prior Class A
CDSC"). Under the prior Class A CDSC, if any of those shares are redeemed
within one year of purchase, they will be assessed a 1% contingent deferred
sales charge on an amount equal to the current market value or the original
purchase price of the shares sold, whichever is smaller (in such redemptions,
any shares not subject to the prior Class A CDSC will be redeemed first).

      Those shareholders who are eligible for the prior Class A CDSC are:
         1) persons whose purchases of Class A shares of a Fund and other
            Former Connecticut Mutual Funds were $500,000 prior to March 18,
            1996, as a result of direct purchases or purchases pursuant to
            the Fund's policies on Combined Purchases or Rights of
            Accumulation, who still hold those shares in that Fund or other
            Former Connecticut Mutual Funds, and
         2) persons whose intended purchases under a Statement of Intention
            entered into prior to March 18, 1996, with the former general
            distributor of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds to purchase
            shares valued at $500,000 or more over a 13-month period entitled
            those persons to purchase shares at net asset value without being
            subject to the Class A initial sales charge

      Any of the Class A shares of a Fund and the other Former Connecticut
Mutual Funds that were purchased at net asset value prior to March 18, 1996,
remain subject to the prior Class A CDSC, or if any additional shares are
purchased by those shareholders at net asset value pursuant to this
arrangement they will be subject to the prior Class A CDSC.

|X|   Class A Sales Charge Waivers. Additional Class A shares of a Fund may
be purchased without a sales charge, by a person who was in one (or more) of
the categories below and acquired Class A shares prior to March 18, 1996, and
still holds Class A shares:
         1) any purchaser, provided the total initial amount invested in the
            Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds
            totaled $500,000 or more, including investments made pursuant to
            the Combined Purchases, Statement of Intention and Rights of
            Accumulation features available at the time of the initial
            purchase and such investment is still held in one or more of the
            Former Connecticut Mutual Funds or a Fund into which such Fund
            merged;
         2) any participant in a qualified plan, provided that the total
            initial amount invested by the plan in the Fund or any one or
            more of the Former Connecticut Mutual Funds totaled $500,000 or
            more;
         3) Directors of the Fund or any one or more of the Former
            Connecticut Mutual Funds and members of their immediate families;
         4) employee benefit plans sponsored by Connecticut Mutual Financial
            Services, L.L.C. ("CMFS"), the prior distributor of the Former
            Connecticut Mutual Funds, and its affiliated companies;
         5) one or more members of a group of at least 1,000 persons (and
            persons who are retirees from such group) engaged in a common
            business, profession, civic or charitable endeavor or other
            activity, and the spouses and minor dependent children of such
            persons, pursuant to a marketing program between CMFS and such
            group; and
         6) an institution acting as a fiduciary on behalf of an individual
            or individuals, if such institution was directly compensated by
            the individual(s) for recommending the purchase of the shares of
            the Fund or any one or more of the Former Connecticut Mutual
            Funds, provided the institution had an agreement with CMFS.

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

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

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

In addition to the waivers set forth in the Prospectus and in this Appendix,
above, the contingent deferred sales charge will be waived for redemptions of
Class A and Class B shares of a Fund and exchanges of Class A or Class B
shares of a Fund into Class A or Class B shares of a Former Connecticut
Mutual Fund provided that the Class A or Class B shares of the Fund to be
redeemed or exchanged were (i) acquired prior to March 18, 1996 or (ii) were
acquired by exchange from an Oppenheimer fund that was a Former Connecticut
Mutual Fund. Additionally, the shares of such Former Connecticut Mutual Fund
must have been purchased prior to March 18, 1996:
   1) by the estate of a deceased shareholder;
   2) upon the disability of a shareholder, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of
      the Internal Revenue Code;
   3) for retirement distributions (or loans) to participants or
      beneficiaries from retirement plans qualified under Sections 401(a) or
      403(b)(7)of the Code, or from IRAs, deferred compensation plans created
      under Section 457 of the Code, or other employee benefit plans;
   4) as tax-free returns of excess contributions to such retirement or
      employee benefit plans;
   5) in whole or in part, in connection with shares sold to any state,
      county, or city, or any instrumentality, department, authority, or
      agency thereof, that is prohibited by applicable investment laws from
      paying a sales charge or concession in connection with the purchase of
      shares of any registered investment management company;
   6) in connection with the redemption of shares of the Fund due to a
      combination with another investment company by virtue of a merger,
      acquisition or similar reorganization transaction;
   7) in connection with the Fund's right to involuntarily redeem or
      liquidate the Fund;
   8) in connection with automatic redemptions of Class A shares and Class B
      shares in certain retirement plan accounts pursuant to an Automatic
      Withdrawal Plan but limited to no more than 12% of the original value
      annually; or
   9) as involuntary redemptions of shares by operation of law, or under
      procedures set forth in the Fund's Articles of Incorporation, or as
      adopted by the Board of Directors of the Fund.
VI.       Special Reduced Sales Charge for Former Shareholders of Advance
                                America Funds, Inc.
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Shareholders of Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund, Oppenheimer U.S. Government
Trust, Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund and Oppenheimer Capital Income Fund
who acquired (and still hold) shares of those funds as a result of the
reorganization of series of Advance America Funds, Inc. into those
Oppenheimer funds on October 18, 1991, and who held shares of Advance America
Funds, Inc. on March 30, 1990, may purchase Class A shares of those four
Oppenheimer funds at a maximum sales charge rate of 4.50%.
VII.     Sales Charge Waivers on Purchases of Class M Shares of Oppenheimer
                            Convertible Securities Fund
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Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund (referred to as the "Fund" in this
section) may sell Class M shares at net asset value without any initial sales
charge to the classes of investors listed below who, prior to March 11, 1996,
owned shares of the Fund's then-existing Class A and were permitted to
purchase those shares at net asset value without sales charge:
|_|   the Manager and its affiliates,
|_|   present or former officers, directors, trustees and employees (and
         their "immediate families" as defined in the Fund's Statement of
         Additional Information) of the Fund, the Manager and its affiliates,
         and retirement plans established by them or the prior investment
         advisor of the Fund for their employees,
|_|   registered management investment companies or separate accounts of
         insurance companies that had an agreement with the Fund's prior
         investment advisor or distributor for that purpose,
|_|   dealers or brokers that have a sales agreement with the Distributor, if
         they purchase shares for their own accounts or for retirement plans
         for their employees,
|_|   employees and registered representatives (and their spouses) of dealers
         or brokers described in the preceding section or financial
         institutions that have entered into sales arrangements with those
         dealers or brokers (and whose identity is made known to the
         Distributor) or with the Distributor, but only if the purchaser
         certifies to the Distributor at the time of purchase that the
         purchaser meets these qualifications,
|_|   dealers, brokers, or registered investment advisors that had entered
         into an agreement with the Distributor or the prior distributor of
         the Fund specifically providing for the use of Class M shares of the
         Fund in specific investment products made available to their
         clients, and
|_|   dealers, brokers or registered investment advisors that had entered
         into an agreement with the Distributor or prior distributor of the
         Fund's shares to sell shares to defined contribution employee
         retirement plans for which the dealer, broker, or investment advisor
         provides administrative services.


Oppenheimer Multiple Strategies Fund

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