N-CSR 1 d56889dncsr.htm OPPENHEIMER MASTER EVENT-LINKED BOND FUND, LLC Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-22207

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Arthur S. Gabinet

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

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

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: 9/30/2015


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


LOGO


Table of Contents

 

Fund Performance Discussion      4   
Top Holdings and Allocations      6   
Fund Expenses      7   
Statement of Investments      9   
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      14   
Statement of Operations      15   
Statements of Changes in Net Assets      16   
Financial Highlights      17   
Notes to Financial Statements      18   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm      32   
Board Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements      33   
Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures; Updates to Statement of Investments      36   
Directors and Officers      37   

 

 

PORTFOLIO MANAGER: Caleb Wong

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 9/30/15

 

   

 

       Oppenheimer Master Event-
         Linked Bond Fund, LLC

 

   

 

Swiss Re Cat Bond
Total Return Index

 

 

 

1-Year

    4.93%                    4.96%           

 

5-Year

    6.48                       7.64              

 

Since Inception (6/16/08)

    5.82                       8.18              

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. Fund returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Swiss Re Cat Bond Total Return Index, which tracks outstanding U.S dollar denominated catastrophe bonds. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

 

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

Shares of Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. This report does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any interests in the Fund.

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

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

 

The Fund produced a total return of 4.93% over the reporting period, compared to its benchmark, the Swiss Re Cat Bond Total Return Index, which returned 4.96%. The Fund’s slight underperformance relative to the Index this reporting period stemmed primarily from its underweight position to U.S. wind bonds. The Index has a significant allocation to U.S. wind, whereas the Fund has a more diversified portfolio. The last large event that impacted catastrophe bonds in this area was Hurricane Sandy in November 2012. Since then, U.S. hurricane activity has been subdued as a major hurricane has not struck U.S. land. This helped drive the performance of U.S. wind bonds, which is the largest concentration of the cat bond market. Also detracting from performance during the reporting period were bonds that cover Florida hurricanes. Investments included Everglades Re 2013, which we bought and sold on an untimely basis. At the same time,

our position in Gator 2014-1 did not do well because the bond has been trading below par since late 2014, as investors have not had a favorable view as to the underlying insurance risks of the sponsor.

Contributing positively to the Fund’s performance were its investments in MultiCat Mexico Ltd. bond, whose performance is tied to Mexican pacific coast hurricanes, and high-yield multi-peril bonds, which are bonds that can default if any one event among a set of events – hurricanes, thunderstorms, earthquakes – occurs. In the middle of September, Hurricane Odile hit the Mexican Peninsula. MultiCat Mexico Ltd.’s event trigger is based on a statistical reading of “Central Pressure”, which is a measure of the velocity of the storm’s wind speed given the storm’s circular wind pattern. The bond traded down significantly in September based off initial readings for Hurricane Odile.

 

 

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENTS IN:

 

LOGO

 

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However, the bond got re-priced when the final reading was made in December 2014 and the new figure was above the trigger value. Since this period, the Multicat Mexico bonds have experienced further volatility. Subsequent to the end of the reporting period, the bond traded near complete default level in October 2015 because of the Hurricane Patricia, a powerful storm that recently struck the central pacific coastline of Mexico.

Our exposure to high-yield multi-peril bonds benefited performance given the absence of catastrophic events. Top performers in this area were our exposure to Successor X Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Notes and Loma

Reinsurance Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Notes. Successor X Ltd. is primarily focused on U.S. wind and Loma Reinsurance is focused on U.S. wind and earthquake.

Looking forward, after a subdued storm season for the Atlantic and an active Pacific windstorm season, we expect conditions to normalize. We are continuing our strategy of screening for peril risk categories that we believe are not fairly valued against the complete universe of perils. This approach allows us to overweight or underweight peril classes against the cat bond universe. Additionally, within each peril category, we are seeking bonds that we believe have the best return and risk attributes in their sector.

 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

 

     
Event-Linked Bonds   

Multiple Event

   39.1% 

Windstorm

   34.3    

Earthquake

   24.8    
Investment Company   

Oppenheimer Institutional

  

Money Market Fund

   1.8    

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of September 30, 2015, and are based on the total market value of investments.

 

REGION OF RISK

 

     
North America    62.5%  
Multi-Region    17.3     
Asia    11.8     

Europe

   8.4     

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of September 30, 2015, and are based on the total market value of event-linked securities

CREDIT RATING BREAKDOWN

 

  

NRSRO  
ONLY  
TOTAL  

 

AAA    1.8%  
BBB    1.4     
BB    32.9     
B    16.1     
Unrated    47.8     
Total    100.0%  

The percentages above are based on the market value of the Fund’s securities as of September 30, 2015, and are subject to change. Except for securities labeled “Unrated,” and except for certain securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign, all securities have been rated by at least one Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”), such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”). For securities rated only by an NRSRO other than S&P, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Sub- Adviser”) converts that rating to the equivalent S&P rating. If two or more NRSROs have assigned a rating to a security, the highest S&P equivalent rating is used. Unrated securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign are assigned a credit rating equal to the highest NRSRO rating assigned to that foreign sovereign. For securities not rated by an NRSRO, the Sub-Adviser uses its own credit analysis to assign ratings in categories similar to those of S&P. The use of similar categories is not an indication that the Sub-Adviser’s credit analysis process is consistent or comparable with any NRSRO’s process were that NRSRO to rate the same security. Fund assets invested in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund are assigned that fund’s S&P rating, which is currently AAA. For the purposes of this table, “investment-grade” securities are securities rated within the NRSROs’ four highest rating categories (AAA, AA, A and BBB). Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and may or may not be the equivalent of investment-grade. Please consult the Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for further information.

 

 

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Fund Expenses

 

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

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended September 30, 2015.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended September 30, 2015” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

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

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

 

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Actual   

Beginning
Account

Value
April 1, 2015

    

        Ending

        Account

        Value

        September 30, 2015

    

        Expenses

        Paid During
        6 Months Ended
        September 30, 2015

      

 

   $     1,000.00                  $     1,030.00                      $         2.24            

 

Hypothetical

                         
(5% return before expenses)                          

 

     1,000.00             1,022.86                 2.23            

 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6- month period ended September 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

Expense Ratio                  

            0.44%

     

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

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS September 30, 2015

 

         

Principal

Amount

     Value  

 

 
Event-Linked Bonds—97.6%         

 

 
Earthquake—24.6%         

 

 
Acorn Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.663%, 7/17/181,2       $       4,000,000       $       4,042,200     

 

 
Azzurro RE I Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.15%, 1/16/191,2    EUR      3,750,000         4,199,888     

 

 
Bosphorus Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.579%, 8/17/182,3         2,000,000         1,992,900     

 

 
Bosphorus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.49%, 5/3/161,2         4,244,000         4,246,228     

 

 
Golden State RE II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.19%, 1/8/191,2         4,000,000         3,992,200     

 

 
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.74%, 11/25/192,3         3,000,000         2,983,350     

 

 
Kizuna Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.00%, 4/5/192,3    JPY      525,000,000         4,386,123     
2.24%, 4/6/181,2         5,250,000         5,279,662     
2.49%, 4/6/182,3         3,950,000         3,979,427     

 

 
Lakeside Re III Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.99%, 1/8/161,2         1,575,000         1,592,048     

 

 
Merna Re V Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 1.99%, 4/7/171,2         4,000,000         4,007,400     

 

 
Merna Reinsurance IV Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.49%, 4/8/162,3         1,250,000         1,253,406     

 

 
Merna Reinsurance Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 1.99%, 4/9/182,3         4,250,000         4,252,763     

 

 
MultiCat Mexico Ltd. 2012-I Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.99%,         
12/4/151,2         4,000,000         4,028,500     

 

 
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.115%, 1/16/192,3         750,000         752,063     
2.24%, 4/13/182,3         2,500,000         2,512,125     
2.49%, 4/13/181,2         3,500,000         3,526,425     
2.74%, 9/29/161,2         4,250,000         4,276,456     
2.865%, 1/16/202,3         4,000,000         4,027,000     

 

 
Tramline Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.24%, 7/7/171,2         4,000,000         3,967,000     

 

 
Ursa Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
3.50%, 12/7/171,2         1,250,000         1,245,438     
5.00%, 12/7/172,3         3,250,000         3,254,713     
5.00%, 9/21/181,2         2,000,000         2,006,700     
        

 

 

 
          

 

75,804,015  

 

  

 

 

 
Multiple Event—38.9%         

 

 
Atlas IX Capital Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.161%, 1/7/191,2         2,000,000         2,013,300     

 

 
Atlas Reinsurance VII Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 8.325%, 1/7/161,2         1,750,000         1,777,519     

 

 
Blue Danube II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.368%, 5/23/161,2         2,500,000         2,529,062     

 

 
Caelus Re 2013 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.24%, 3/7/161,2         4,250,000         4,307,481     
6.84%, 4/7/171,2         3,840,000         3,981,120     

 

 
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.27%, 4/24/171,2         3,500,000         3,541,125     
4.45%, 4/18/171,2         5,000,000         5,054,750     

 

 
Cranberry Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.79%, 7/6/181,2         3,750,000         3,840,937     

 

 
East Lane Re VI Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.74%, 3/14/181,2         2,250,000         2,239,987     
3.74%, 3/13/201,2         3,750,000         3,792,187     

 

 
Galileo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
7.39%, 1/9/171,2         1,000,000         1,023,450     
13.49%, 1/8/181,2         1,500,000         1,530,375     

 

 
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.49%, 4/30/181,2         2,500,000         2,492,125     
4.74%, 4/30/181,2         2,000,000         2,019,300     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

         

Principal

Amount

     Value  

 

 

Multiple Event (Continued)

        

 

 
Loma Reinsurance Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
8.25%, 1/8/181,2       $           2,250,000       $           2,350,462     
10.55%, 1/8/181,2         2,750,000         2,896,162     
16.48%, 1/8/181,2         3,750,000         4,018,687     

 

 
Longpoint Re Ltd. III Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.75%, 5/23/181,2         3,750,000         3,828,562     

 

 
Mythen Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 8.646%, 1/5/171,2         750,000         778,987     

 

 
Residential Reinsurance 2011 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 13.24%,         
12/7/151,2         2,000,000         2,027,600     

 

 
Residential Reinsurance 2012 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.49%, 12/6/161,2         3,650,000         3,726,467     
5.74%, 12/6/161,2         1,330,000         1,370,631     
12.74%, 12/6/161,2         250,000         266,213     
18.99%, 12/6/161,2         1,500,000         1,647,675     
21.99%, 6/6/161,2         2,675,000         2,961,827     

 

 
Residential Reinsurance 2013 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.24%, 12/6/171,2         3,550,000         3,563,313     
7.99%, 6/6/171,2         2,500,000         2,630,875     
9.24%, 6/6/171,2         1,550,000         1,646,178     
19.99%, 12/6/171,2         2,100,000         2,198,805     

 

 
Residential Reinsurance 2014 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.79%, 12/6/181,2         1,750,000         1,732,763     
14.99%, 6/6/181,2         4,000,000         4,156,600     

 

 
Residential Reinsurance 2015 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 10.99%,         
6/6/191,2         1,250,000         1,269,313     

 

 
Riverfront Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.99%, 1/6/171,2         2,750,000         2,751,513     

 

 
Sanders Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.99%, 5/25/181,2         2,000,000         1,992,900     
3.23%, 5/25/181,2         3,000,000         2,987,850     
3.83%, 6/7/171,2         4,000,000         4,062,200     
3.85%, 5/28/191,2         4,000,000         3,989,000     
3.99%, 5/5/171,2         750,000         758,513     

 

 
Tradewynd Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.00%, 1/8/181,2         1,500,000         1,504,125     
5.97%, 1/9/171,2         4,750,000         4,839,063     
6.53%, 1/9/171,2         1,850,000         1,880,618     
7.00%, 1/8/181,2         1,500,000         1,523,775     
8.85%, 7/9/181,2         1,750,000         1,934,888     

 

 
Tramline Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 9.74%, 1/4/191,2         4,050,000         4,170,083     

 

 
VenTerra Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.74%, 1/9/171,2         4,250,000         4,268,913     
          

 

119,877,279  

 

  

 

 

 
Windstorm—34.1%         

 

 
Akibare II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.74%, 4/13/161,2         4,250,000         4,295,156     

 

 
Alamo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.23%, 6/7/171,2         3,500,000         3,621,975     
5.89%, 6/7/181,2         3,750,000         3,890,062     

 

 
Aozora Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 1.99%, 4/7/171,2    JPY      303,500,000         2,536,988     

 

 
Armor Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.07%, 12/15/161,2         4,250,000         4,297,706     

 

 
Atlas Reinsurance VII Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.65%, 1/7/161,2    EUR      500,000         555,013     

 

 
Calypso Capital II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.60%, 1/9/171,2    EUR      3,000,000         3,361,921     

 

 
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.88%, 4/9/181,2         4,250,000         4,316,937     

 

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Principal

Amount

    Value  

 

 
Windstorm (Continued)        

 

 
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.: (Continued)        
9.47%, 4/9/181,2       $           1,000,000      $           1,024,550     

 

 
East Lane Re V Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:        
8.99%, 3/16/161,2         1,000,000        1,034,925     
10.74%, 3/16/161,2         1,000,000        1,040,125     

 

 
Eurus Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.75%, 4/7/161,2    EUR      2,000,000        2,228,096     

 

 
Everglades Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.14%, 5/3/181,2         3,000,000        3,081,450     

 

 
Everglades Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.44%, 4/28/171,2         4,000,000        4,172,200     

 

 
Gator Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.67%, 1/9/171,2         4,250,000        3,942,937     

 

 
Green Fields II Capital Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.75%, 1/9/171,2    EUR      3,681,000        4,130,836     

 

 
Lion I Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.36%, 4/28/171,2    EUR      4,000,000        4,460,214     

 

 
Manatee Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.99%, 12/22/171,2         5,750,000        5,834,812     

 

 
MetroCat Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.49%, 8/5/161,2         3,000,000        3,080,775     

 

 
MultiCat Mexico Ltd. 2012-I Catastrophe Linked Nts.:        
7.49%, 12/4/151,2         4,500,000        4,500,563     
7.74%, 12/4/151,2         4,000,000        4,026,900     

 

 
Mythen Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 11.876%, 11/10/161,2         250,000        260,156     

 

 
Pelican III Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.99%, 4/16/181,2         4,000,000        4,086,600     

 

 
Pelican Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.99%, 5/15/171,2         3,750,000        3,891,188     

 

 
Queen City Re Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.49%, 1/6/171,2         5,000,000        5,016,250     

 

 
Queen Street VIII Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.49%, 6/8/161,2         5,988,000        6,042,641     

 

 
Queen Street X RE Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.74%, 6/8/181,2         4,250,000        4,259,138     

 

 
Successor X Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:        
11.24%, 11/10/151,2         2,000,000        2,008,600     
16.24%, 11/10/151,2         5,750,000        5,798,300     

 

 
Tar Heel Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 8.49%, 5/9/161,2         4,000,000        4,167,000     
       

 

 

 
          104,964,014     
       

 

 

 
Total Event-Linked Bonds (Cost $299,712,854)           300,645,308     
          Shares        

 

 
Investment Company—1.8%        

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.18%4,5 (Cost        
$5,437,716)         5,437,716        5,437,716     
       

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $305,150,570)         99.4     306,083,024     

 

 
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)         0 .6        1,694,625     
     

 

 

 
Net Assets         100.0   $ 307,777,649     
     

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. 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 Directors. These securities amount to $271,251,438 or 88.13% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

2. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.

3. Restricted security. The aggregate value of restricted securities at period end was $29,393,870, which represents 9.55% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes. Information concerning restricted securities is as follows:

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

 

 

Security   

Acquisition 

Dates 

     Cost      Value      Unrealized 
Appreciation/ 
(Depreciation)  
 

 

 
Bosphorus Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 3.579%, 8/17/18      8/11/15       $ 2,000,000       $ 1,992,900       $ (7,100)    
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 3.74%, 11/25/19      11/7/14-5/7/15         2,997,252         2,983,350         (13,902)    
Kizuna Re II Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 2%, 4/5/19      3/20/15-8/13/15         4,345,734         4,386,123         40,389     
Kizuna Re II Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 2.49%, 4/6/18      2/28/14-4/21/15         3,966,969         3,979,427         12,458     
Merna Reinsurance IV Ltd.            
Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.49%,            
4/8/16      5/2/13         1,252,963         1,253,406         443    
Merna Reinsurance Ltd.            
Catastrophe Linked Nts., 1.99%,            
4/9/18      3/16/15         4,250,000         4,252,763         2,763     
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 2.115%, 1/16/19      12/12/14-7/14/15         750,236         752,063         1,827     
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 2.24%, 4/13/18      7/1/15-7/13/15         2,505,105         2,512,125         7,020     
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe            
Linked Nts., 2.865%, 1/16/20      12/12/14         4,000,000         4,027,000         27,000     
Ursa Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked            
Nts., 5%, 12/7/17      11/14/14-4/22/15         3,253,941         3,254,713         772     
     

 

 

 
       $     29,322,200       $     29,393,870       $ 71,670    
     

 

 

 

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

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

 

    

Shares

September 30,

2014

     Gross
Additions
     Gross
Reductions
     Shares
September 30,
2015
 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money            
Market Fund, Cl. E      648,251         159,524,122         154,734,657         5,437,716       
                   Value          Income  

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E          $      5,437,716               $         6,185     

 

 

 
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of September 30, 2015   
            Currency             Unrealized  
Counterparty    Settlement Month(s)      Purchased (000’s)      Currency Sold (000’s)      Depreciation  

 

 
BOA      10/2015         USD         25,617         EUR         23,226       $ 338,392     
GSCO-OT      10/2015         EUR         5,500         USD         6,223         77,255     
JPM      10/2015         EUR         795         USD         906         17,282     
MSCO      11/2015         USD         6,682         JPY         829,000         232,611     
                 

 

 

 
Total Unrealized Depreciation                   $ 665,540     
                 

 

 

 

 

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Glossary:
Counterparty Abbreviations
BOA    Bank of America NA
GSCO-OT    Goldman Sachs Bank USA
JPM    JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
MSCO    Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.
Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies
EUR    Euro
JPY    Japanese Yen

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES September 30, 2015

 

 

 
Assets   
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $299,712,854)    $         300,645,308       
Affiliated companies (cost $5,437,716)      5,437,716       
  

 

 

 
     306,083,024       

 

 
Cash      7,661       

 

 
Receivables and other assets:   
Interest and dividends      2,095,742       
Investments sold      504,472       
Shares of beneficial interest sold      2,686       
Other      12,038       
  

 

 

 
Total assets      308,705,623       

 

 
Liabilities   
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      665,540       

 

 
Payables and other liabilities:   
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      209,428       
Directors’ compensation      10,376       
Shareholder communications      2,609       
Other      40,021       
  

 

 

 
Total liabilities      927,974       

 

 
Net Assets—applicable to 20,377,246 shares of beneficial interest outstanding    $ 307,777,649       
  

 

 

 
  

 

 
Net Asset Value, Redemption Price Per Share and Offering Price Per Share      $15.10     

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended September 30, 2015

 

 

 
Investment Income   
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $5,287)    $     18,168,036     

 

 
Dividends from affiliated companies      6,185     
  

 

 

 
Total investment income     

 

18,174,221  

 

  

 

 

 
Expenses   
Management fees      1,247,588     

 

 
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees      8,281     

 

 
Shareholder communications      9,787     

 

 
Directors’ compensation      15,496     

 

 
Custodian fees and expenses      5,631     

 

 
Other      66,306     
  

 

 

 
Total expenses      1,353,089     
Less reduction to custodian expenses      (58)    
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (5,228)    
  

 

 

 
Net expenses      1,347,803     

 

 
Net Investment Income      16,826,418     

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   

Net realized gain on:

Investments from unaffiliated companies

     2,895,149     
Foreign currency transactions      4,335,381     
  

 

 

 
Net realized gain      7,230,530     

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

Investments

     (5,634,083)    
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      (3,315,856)    
  

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (8,949,939)    

 

 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $     15,107,009     
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year Ended
September 30, 2015
     Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 

 

 
Operations      
Net investment income    $ 16,826,418       $ 24,858,219        

 

 
Net realized gain      7,230,530         2,650,828        

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (8,949,939)         (3,490,974)       
  

 

 

 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      15,107,009         24,018,073        

 

 
Beneficial Interest Transactions      
Net decrease in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:      
Proceeds from contributions      7,645,931         10,889,243        
Payments for withdrawals      (99,246,168)         (41,878,647)       
  

 

 

 
     (91,600,237)         (30,989,404)       
     

 

 
Net Assets      
Total decrease      (76,493,228)         (6,971,331)       

 

 
Beginning of period      384,270,877         391,242,208        
  

 

 

 
End of period    $ 307,777,649       $ 384,270,877        
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     Year Ended
September 30,
2015 
     Year Ended
September 30,
2014 
     Year Ended
September 30,
2013 
     Year Ended
September 28,
20121 
     Year Ended
September 30,
2011 
 

 

 
Per Share Operating Data               
Net asset value, beginning of period    $     14 .39           $ 13 .52           $ 12 .16           $ 11.20           $ 11.03       

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:               
Net investment income2      0 .79             0 .91             1 .04             0 .96             0 .79       
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0 .08)            (0 .04)            0 .32             0 .003            (0 .62)      
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      0 .71             0 .87             1 .36             0 .96             0 .17       
            
Net asset value, end of period    $ 15 .10           $ 14 .39           $ 13 .52           $ 12.16           $ 11.20       
  

 

 

 

 

 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value4      4 .93%          6 .43%          11 .18%          8 .57%          1 .54%    

 

 
Ratios/Supplemental Data               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)    $ 307,778        $ 384,271        $ 391,242        $ 376,657        $ 351,127    

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)    $ 311,603        $ 382,966        $ 376,007        $ 358,447        $ 265,678    

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:5               
Net investment income      5 .40%         6 .49%         8 .16%         8 .41%         7 .19%   
Total expenses6      0 .43%         0 .42%         0 .43%         0 .42%         0 .43%   
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0 .43%         0 .42%         0 .43%         0 .42%         0 .43%   

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      42%         39%         21%         38%         20%   

1. September 28, 2012 represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period. See Note 2 of the accompanying Notes.

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

3. Less than $0.005 per share.

4. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The returns do not include adjustments in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles required at the period end for financial reporting purposes.

5. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

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

Year Ended September 30, 2015    0 .43%
Year Ended September 30, 2014    0 .42%
Year Ended September 30, 2013    0 .43%
Year Ended September 28, 2012    0 .42%
Year Ended September 30, 2011    0 .43%

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS September 30, 2015

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC (the “Fund”) is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended, as a non-diversified open-end, management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. At period end, 100% of the shares of the Fund were owned by the Manager, other funds advised or sub-advised by the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager.

Shares of the Fund are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. The Fund currently offers one class of shares.

For federal income tax purposes, the Fund qualifies as a partnership, and each investor in the Fund is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Fund. Accordingly, as a “pass- through” entity, the Fund pays no dividends or capital gain distributions.

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

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

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

Reporting Period End Date. The last day of the Fund’s reporting period is the last day the New York Stock Exchange was open for trading during the period. The Fund’s financial statements have been presented through that date to maintain consistency with the Fund’s net asset value calculations used for shareholder transactions.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies and amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and foreign investment income are translated into U.S. dollars as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading. Foreign exchange rates may be valued primarily using a reliable bank, dealer or service authorized by the Board of Directors.

Reported net realized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, exchange rate fluctuations between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation on the translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

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.

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 is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

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

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

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

Federal Taxes. The Fund, as an entity, will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Fund will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, and not as an association taxable as a corporation. Therefore, a tax provision is not required. Each shareholder is required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to take into account, in its taxable year with which (or within which a taxable year of the Fund ends), its distributive share of all items of Fund income, gains, losses, and deductions for such taxable year of the

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Fund. A shareholder must take such items into account even if the Fund does not distribute cash or other property to such shareholder during its taxable year.

Although the Fund is treated as a partnership for Federal tax purposes, it is intended that the Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that investment in the Fund would not cause an investor that is a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code (“RIC”) to fail that qualification.

Use of Estimates. 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 increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading.

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

Valuation Methods and Inputs

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

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

Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which it is traded, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the mean between the bid and asked price on the principal exchange or, if not available from the principal exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority): (1) using a bid from the principal exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer. A security of a foreign issuer traded on a foreign exchange, but not listed on a registered U.S. securities exchange, is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the third party pricing service used

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

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

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

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, event-linked bonds, loans, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices.

Short-term money market type debt securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value. Short-term debt securities with a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward currency rates obtained from third party pricing services. When the settlement date of a contract is an interim date for which a quotation is not available, interpolated values are derived using the nearest dated forward currency rate.

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

 

Security Type   

Standard inputs generally considered by third-party

pricing vendors

 

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

 

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

 

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

If a market value or price cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the “good faith” opinion of the Manager, the market value or price obtained does not constitute a “readily available market quotation,” or a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security is fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

 

3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

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

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

Classifications

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

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

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

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

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

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

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

 

     Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  

 

 

Assets Table

          

Investments, at Value:

          

Event-Linked Bonds

   $ —        $ 300,645,308      $                 —        $ 300,645,308     

Investment Company

     5,437,716                —          5,437,716     
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 5,437,716       $ 300,645,308      $ —        $ 306,083,024     
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table

          

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Forward currency exchange contracts

   $ —        $ (665,540   $ —        $ (665,540)    
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ —        $ (665,540   $ —        $ (665,540)    
  

 

 

 

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

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

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

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

Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in a money market Affiliated Fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”) to seek current income while preserving liquidity or for defensive purposes. IMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

 

4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

 

Event-Linked Bonds. The Fund invests in “event-linked” bonds. Event-linked bonds, which are sometimes referred to as “catastrophe” bonds, are fixed income securities for which the return of principal and payment of interest is contingent on the non-occurrence of a specific trigger event, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or other occurrence that leads to physical or economic loss. If the trigger event occurs prior to maturity, the Fund may lose all or a portion of its principal in addition to interest otherwise due from the security. Event-linked bonds may expose the Fund to certain other risks, including issuer default, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional interpretations, liquidity risk and adverse tax consequences. The Fund records the net change in market value of event-linked bonds on the Statement of Operations as a change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments. The Fund records a realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations upon the sale or maturity of such securities.

At period end, securities with an aggregate market value of $300,645,308, representing 97.6% of the Fund’s net assets were comprised of event-linked bonds.

Restricted Securities. At period end, investments in securities included issues that are restricted. A restricted security may have a contractual restriction on its resale and is valued under methods approved by the Board of Directors as reflecting fair value. Securities that are restricted are marked with an applicable footnote on the Statement of Investments. Restricted securities are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments.

Concentration Risk. Focusing on one type of investment, event-linked bonds, rather than a broad spectrum of investments, makes the Fund’s share price particularly sensitive to market, economic and natural and non-natural events that may affect this investment type. The Fund’s investment in event-linked bonds may be speculative and subject to greater price volatility than other types of investments.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

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

Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

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

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

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

 

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5. Market Risk Factors (Continued)

 

appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

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

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

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives

The Fund’s investment objective not only permits the Fund to purchase investment securities, it also allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, variance swaps and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market risk factors. These instruments may allow the Fund to pursue its objectives more quickly and efficiently than if it were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors. Such contracts may be entered into through a bilateral over-the-counter (“OTC”) transaction, or through a securities or futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment.

Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund.

The Fund’s actual exposures to these market risk factors and associated risks during the period are discussed in further detail, by derivative type, below.

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date. Such contracts are traded in the OTC inter-bank currency dealer market.

Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (or payable) and in the Statement of Operations within the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). At contract close, the difference between the original cost of the contract and the value at the close date is recorded as a realized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to purchase specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to take a positive investment perspective on the related currency. These forward contracts seek to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to purchase specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with foreign currency denominated securities held by the Fund.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to sell specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to take a negative investment perspective on the related currency. These forward contracts seek to increase exposure to foreign exchange rate risk.

The Fund has entered into forward contracts with the obligation to sell specified foreign currencies in the future at a currently negotiated forward rate in order to decrease exposure to foreign exchange rate risk associated with foreign currency denominated securities held by the Fund.

During the reporting period, the Fund had daily average contract amounts on forward contracts to buy and sell of $3,692,634 and $22,910,229, respectively.

Additional associated risk to the Fund includes counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty to a forward contract will default and fail to perform its obligations to the Fund.

Counterparty Credit Risk. Derivative positions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund intends to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that the Manager believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund. For OTC options purchased, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Fund should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Fund do not typically give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Fund and not the counterparty to perform.

To reduce counterparty risk with respect to OTC transactions, the Fund has entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements, which allow the Fund to make (or to have an entitlement to receive) a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting) for outstanding payables and receivables with respect to certain OTC positions in swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty. In addition, the Fund may require that certain counterparties post cash and/or securities in collateral accounts to cover their net payment obligations for those derivative contracts subject to ISDA master agreements. If the counterparty fails to perform under these contracts and agreements, the cash and/or securities will be made available to the Fund.

ISDA master agreements include credit related contingent features which allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event that, for example, the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA master agreements, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on exchange-traded derivatives cleared through a clearinghouse and for centrally cleared swaps is generally considered lower than as compared to OTC derivatives. However, counterparty credit risk exists with respect to initial and variation margin deposited/paid by the Fund that is held in futures commission merchant, broker and/or clearinghouse accounts for such exchange-traded derivatives and for centrally cleared swaps.

With respect to centrally cleared swaps, such transactions will be submitted for clearing, and if cleared, will be held in accounts at futures commission merchants or brokers that are members of clearinghouses. While brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for all its customers, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro-rata basis across all the broker’s, futures commission merchant’s or clearinghouse’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

There is the risk that a broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse will decline to clear a transaction on the Fund’s behalf, and the Fund may be required to pay a

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

 

6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

termination fee to the executing broker with whom the Fund initially enters into the transaction. Clearinghouses may also be permitted to terminate centrally cleared swaps at any time. The Fund is also subject to the risk that the broker or futures commission merchant will improperly use the Fund’s assets deposited/paid as initial or variation margin to satisfy payment obligations of another customer. In the event of a default by another customer of the broker or futures commission merchant, the Fund might not receive its variation margin payments from the clearinghouse, due to the manner in which variation margin payments are aggregated for all customers of the broker/futures commission merchant.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker, futures commission merchant or clearinghouse for exchange-traded and cleared derivatives, including centrally cleared swaps. Brokers, futures commission merchants and clearinghouses can ask for margin in excess of the regulatory minimum, or increase the margin amount, in certain circumstances.

Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives. For derivatives traded under an ISDA master agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund or the counterparty.

For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Statement of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold (e.g. $250,000) before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance.

The following table presents by counterparty the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at period end:

 

           

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of

Assets & Liabilities

        
Counterparty    Gross Amounts
Not Offset in
the Statement
of Assets &
Liabilities*
    

Financial
Instruments
Available for

Offset

     Financial
Instruments
Collateral
Pledged**
     Cash Collateral
Pledged**
     Net Amount  

Bank of America NA

   $      (338,392)         $    —         $    —         $    —       $ (338,392

Goldman Sachs Bank

              

USA

     (77,255)                                 (77,255

JPMorgan Chase Bank

              

NA

     (17,282)                                 (17,282

Morgan Stanley Capital

              

Services, Inc.

     (232,611)                                 (232,611
  

 

 

 
   $ (665,540)         $    —         $    —         $    —       $ (665,540
  

 

 

 

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures are excluded from these reported amounts.

 

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6. Use of Derivatives (Continued)

 

**Reported collateral pledged within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from the Fund. The securities pledged as collateral by the Fund as reported on the Statements of Investments may exceed these amounts.

The following table presents the valuations of derivative instruments by risk exposure as reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end:

 

     Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  
  

 

    

 

 

Derivatives Not

Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

   Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location
   Value      Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location
   Value  

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

      $                 —       Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts    $     665,540   

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations is as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  
Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments    Foreign currency transactions  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $             6,549,734   
Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives  
Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments    Translation of assets and
liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies
 

Foreign exchange contracts

   $             (3,315,856)   

 

 

7. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended September 30, 2015     Year Ended September 30, 2014  
      Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Contributions

     526,661      $ 7,645,931        778,374      $ 10,889,243     

Withdrawals

     (6,846,504     (99,246,168     (3,016,657     (41,878,647)    
                                

Net decrease

     (6,319,843   $     (91,600,237     (2,238,283   $     (30,989,404)    
                                

 

 

8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

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

 

      Purchases      Sales  

Investment securities

   $ 127,482,571       $ 193,405,342   

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate of 0.40%.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

 

 

9. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

 

the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

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

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which

shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

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

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $5,228 for IMMF management fees.

Waivers and/or reimbursements may be modified or terminated as set forth according to the terms in the prospectus.

 

 

10. Pending Litigation

In 2009, several putative class action lawsuits were filed and later consolidated before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”), OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (“OFDI”), and Oppenheimer Rochester California Municipal Fund, a fund advised by OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. and distributed by the

 

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10. Pending Litigation (Continued)

 

Distributor (the “California Fund”), in connection with the California Fund’s investment performance. The plaintiffs asserted claims against OFI, OFDI and certain present and former trustees and officers of the California Fund under the federal securities laws, alleging, among other things, that the disclosure documents of the California Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions and the investment policies of the California Fund were not followed. Plaintiffs in the suit filed an amended complaint and defendants filed a motion to dismiss. In 2011, the court issued an order which granted in part and denied in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss. In 2012, plaintiffs filed a motion, which defendants opposed, to certify a class and appoint class representatives and class counsel. In March 2015, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. In May 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated the class certification order and remanded the matter to the district court for further proceedings. In July 2015, the district court held an evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.

OFI and OFDI believe the suit is without merit; that it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an outcome unfavorable to them in the suit; and that no estimate can yet be made as to the amount or range of any potential loss. Furthermore, OFI believes that the suit should not impair the ability of OFI or OFDI to perform their respective duties to the Fund and that the outcome of the suit should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked

Bond Fund, LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC, including the statement of investments, as of September 30, 2015, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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, 2015, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent 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 Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC as of September 30, 2015, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

November 25, 2015

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

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

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

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

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

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

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

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to its benchmark and to the performance of other retail nontraditional bond funds. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its performance category median during the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board also considered that the Fund performed in the first quintile of its performance category during the one-, three- and five-year periods.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The Board also considered the comparability of the fees charged and the services provided to the Fund to the fees and services for other clients or accounts advised by the Adviser. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail front-end load nontraditional bond funds with comparable asset levels and distribution features. The Board considered that the Fund’s contractual management fee and its total expenses were well below its peer group median and category median. Within the total asset range of $250 million to $500 million, the Fund’s effective management fee rate was lower than its peer group median and category median.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund and whether those economies of scale benefit the Fund’s shareholders at the current level of Fund assets in relation to its management fee. Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and

 

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indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates.

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

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2016. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURE; UPDATES TO

STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

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

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

Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents

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

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

 

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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with the Fund, Length of Service, Year of Birth    Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS    The address of each Director in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Director serves for an indefinite term, or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

Sam Freedman,

Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2013) and Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1940

   Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Sub-Adviser and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Sub-Adviser (until October 1994). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Freedman has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1996, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Jon S. Fossel,

Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); Director of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (October 1999-October 2003); Director of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (non-profit organization) (February 1998-February 2003 and February 2005-February 2007); Chairman and Director (until October 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Fossel has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1990, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Richard F. Grabish,

Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Chairman (since 2010) of American Funds’ Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund);

 

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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Continued

   Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005); Vice Chairman (2006-2009) of American Funds’ Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston’s Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Hamilton has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Victoria J. Herget,

Director (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-Present) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Robert J. Malone,

Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman of the Board (since 2012) and Director (since August 2005) of Jones International University (educational organization) (since August 2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (since August 2003); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996- April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997- February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985- 1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991 and Trustee (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Malone has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time he has become

 

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Robert J. Malone,

Continued

   familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (since January 2012); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); Former Trustee of WPI (1985-2008); Former Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Former Chairman of the Investment Committee of WPI (1994-2008); Chairman of SIS Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SIS Bancorp. (1993-1999). Oversees 42 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Marshall has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2000, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Director (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992-2006) and member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

James D. Vaughn,

Director (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969-1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

 

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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

   
INTERESTED DIRECTOR    Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Director” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Director and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Director (since 2015), President

and Principal Executive Officer

(since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

  

Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed-Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

   
OTHER OFFICERS OF THE FUND    The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Wong, Gabinet, Mss. Sexton and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Mr. Wixted, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Officer serves for an indefinite term or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

Caleb Wong,

Vice President (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1965

   Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since June 1999); Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2005); Head of fixed income quantitative research and risk management of the Sub-Adviser (1997-1999) and worked in fixed-income quantitative research and risk management for the Sub-Adviser (since July 1996). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Arthur S. Gabinet,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

(since 2011)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Manager (since January 2013); General Counsel OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013); Executive Vice President (May 2010-December 2012) and General Counsel (since January 2011) of the Sub-Adviser; General Counsel of the Distributor (since January 2011); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (January 2011-December 2012); Executive Vice President (January 2011-December 2012) and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Assistant Secretary (since January 2011) and Director (since January 2011) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (January 2011-December 2012) and General Counsel (since January 2011); Executive Vice President (January 2011-December 2011) and General Counsel of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President (January 2011- December 2012) and General Counsel of OFI Private Investments Inc. (since January 2011); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (January 2011-December 2011); Executive Vice President (January 2011-December

 

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Arthur S. Gabinet,

Continued

   2012) and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); General Counsel, Asset Management of the Sub-Adviser (May 2010-December 2010); Principal, The Vanguard Group (November 2005-April 2010); District Administrator, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (January 2003-October 2005). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Jennifer Sexton,

Vice President and Chief Business Officer

(since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

   Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and

Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub-Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

Brian W. Wixted,

Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1959

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2013); Treasurer of the Sub-Adviser, HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (March 1999-June 2008), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (March 2000-June 2008), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (November 2000-June 2008), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Sub-Adviser) (June 2003-December 2011); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corporation (March 1999-June 2008). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Directors and Officers and is available without charge upon request, by calling 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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OPPENHEIMER MASTER EVENT-LINKED BOND FUND, LLC

 

Manager    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Adviser    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Distributor    OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent    OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.
Sub-Transfer Agent    Shareholder Services, Inc. DBA OppenheimerFunds Services
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    KPMG LLP
Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP

© 2015 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

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LOGO


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that F. William Marshall, Jr., the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, is the audit committee financial expert and that Mr. Marshall is “independent” for purposes of this Item 3.


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $39,700 in fiscal 2015 and $34,100 in fiscal 2014.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $185,479 in fiscal 2015 and $1,042,959 in fiscal 2014 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: Internal control reviews, GIPS attestation procedures, system conversion testing, and corporate restructuring.

 

(c) Tax Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $628,126 in fiscal 2015 and $467,462 in fiscal 2014 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax compliance generally involves preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for a refund and tax payment-planning services. Tax planning and tax advice includes assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

 

(d) All Other Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.


Such fees would include the cost to the principal accountant of attending audit committee meetings and consultations regarding the registrant’s retirement plan with respect to its Directors.

 

(e) (1) During its regularly scheduled periodic meetings, the registrant’s audit committee will pre-approve all audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the principal accountants of the registrant.

The audit committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman for any subsequent new engagements that arise between regularly scheduled meeting dates provided that any fees such pre-approved are presented to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Under applicable laws, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of fees paid by the registrant to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which services are provided 2) such services were not recognized by the registrant at the time of engagement as non-audit services and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee of the registrant and approved prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) 0%

 

(f) Not applicable as less than 50%.

 

(g) The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $813,605 in fiscal 2015 and $1,510,421 in fiscal 2014 to the registrant and the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant related to non-audit fees. Those billings did not include any prohibited non-audit services as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(h) The registrant’s audit committee of the board of Directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. No such services were rendered.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.


Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

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

b) Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

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

None

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 9/30/2015, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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


Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Exhibit attached hereto.

(2) Exhibits attached hereto.

(3) Not applicable.

 

(b) Exhibit attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

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

Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   11/17/2015

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

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   11/17/2015

 

By:  

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

  Brian W. Wixted
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   11/17/2015