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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)
Robert G. Zack, Esq.
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Two World Financial Center, 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: 09/30/2008
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
(OPPENHEIMER FUNDS LOGO)
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
September 30, 2008
Oppenheimer            Management
Master Event-Linked            Commentaries
Bond Fund, LLC            and
Annual Report
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARIES
Listing of Top Holdings
ANNUAL REPORT
Fund Performance Discussion
Listing of Investments
Financial Statements

 


 

FUND PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION
How has the Fund performed? Below is a discussion by OppenheimerFunds, Inc., of the Fund’s performance during its fiscal year ended September 30, 2008.
Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance. From the inception date of June 13, 2008, through September 30, 2008, Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC produced a total return of -1.00% and therefore lagged the London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”), which returned 0.83% during the same period. The Fund also fell behind the Swiss Re Cat Bond Total Return Index, which returned 0.43%.1
     Since our June launch, we have implemented a ramp-up strategy where we purchase notes mostly through the secondary market. We constructed a diversified portfolio of catastrophe (“cat”) bonds with an allocation tilt toward U.S. hurricane bonds, issues that would trigger loss of principal if a large hurricane were to strike the U.S. coastline and incur large property and casualty losses. By overweighting hurricane-linked bonds, we are expressing the view that bonds tied to this peril type offer the best value. We also sought to introduce more yield and excess return to the portfolio by investing in multi-peril issues—bonds that contain a first-to-occur-trigger tied to several different peril types. These bonds constitute over 40% of the universe of outstanding cat bonds and therefore make up the most risky yet highest yielding alternative within this investment space. Our attribution reports show that these multi-peril issues contributed the most in terms of positive return to the Fund since inception date.
     Although the U.S. has so far experienced an active hurricane season, spreads in the cat bond market had widened only slightly in the 3rd quarter. Neither Hurricanes Gustav nor Ike generated sufficient monetary damages to impair any bond principal. We also did not witness any price volatility from events associated with large earthquakes in California or Japan, windstorms in Europe, or any natural peril at all. However, the event that ended up causing the most volatility in the asset class and to the Fund came directly from the current credit crisis as the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy caused a significant mark-down in prices for four bond issues previously issued through the insolvent investment bank.
     During the early stages of the ramp-up period, the Fund purchased a portion of the Willow Re Ltd. 6/16/2010 bond, an issue with exposure to U.S. Northeast Hurricane risk. While no major storm struck the Northeast and affected the pricing of this bond during this period, the issue, nonetheless, was marked down by over 20% on September 19. Lehman Brothers had underwritten the issue and invested the deal proceeds in AAA mortgage paper as collateral for the interest rate swap facility that supports the note’s
1. The LIBOR return is computed from prevailing 3-month U.S. LIBOR rates at constant maturity. Swiss Re Cat Bond Total Return Index tracks outstanding USD denominated catastrophe bonds.
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FUND PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION
floating rate interest payments. Additionally, Lehman Brothers served as the guarantor to the swap facility. Because Lehman entered into bankruptcy on September 15, the Willow Re Note, along with three other deals in which Lehman served as underwriter, was re-priced to reflect the near-certain outcome that the swap facility would be unwound, the collateral sold at a discount to face value, and the remaining proceeds redeemed to investors earlier than originally scheduled.
     The impact of the bankruptcy of Lehman on event-linked bonds has reminded the cat bond investment community to be more diligent in valuing the ancillary risks associated with these deals. While nearly all the issues in this asset class are linked to natural catastrophe risk and therefore offer very low return correlations with traditional business-cycle sensitive assets, the transactions nevertheless contain a degree of credit risk because the notes are generally issued by special purpose vehicles that enable the issuer to purchase re-insurance protection from capital market investors.
     Looking forward into the next 12 months, we will continue to follow our strategy of positioning the Fund to be a well-diversified event-linked bond portfolio with tilts in insurance-linked securities that should offer generous risk-adjusted returns. Before we finish 2008, we expect to see the new issue calendar resurface as sponsors and insurers return to the capital market to purchase reinsurance protection for the upcoming year.
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NOTES
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(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 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.
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.
The Fund commenced operations on 6/13/08.
An explanation of the calculation of performance is in the Fund’s Statement of Additional 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, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and redemption fees (if applicable); 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 for Actual Expenses are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period, June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) and held for the period ended September 30, 2008.
The Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested on April 1, 2008 and held for the six months ended September 30, 2008.
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 Period” 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 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
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transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads), or a $12.00 fee imposed annually on accounts valued at less than $500.00 (subject to exceptions described in the Statement of Additional Information). 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.
                         
            Ending   Expenses
    Beginning   Account   Paid During
    Account   Value   Period Ended
    Value   September 30, 2008   September 30, 20081,2
 
Actual
 
Class A
  $ 1,000.00     $ 990.00     $3.14  
 
                       
Hypothetical
                       
(5% return before expenses)
                       
 
Class A
    1,000.00       1,019.75       5.32  
 
1.   Actual expenses paid are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 110/366 [to reflect the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008].
 
2.   Hypothetical expenses paid are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for that class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
The expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated fund, for the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008 is as follows:
         
Class   Expense Ratio
Class A
    1.05 %
The expense ratio reflects voluntary waivers or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager that can be terminated at any time, without advance notice. The “Financial Highlights” table in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also show 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, 2008
                 
    Principal        
    Amount     Value  
 
Event-Linked Bonds—98.0%
               
Earthquake—29.1%
               
Cat-Mex Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Cl. A, 5.153%, 5/19/091,2
  $ 2,000,000     $ 1,975,800  
Lakeside Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 10.262%, 12/31/091,2
    2,000,000       2,059,600  
Midori Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.541%, 10/24/121,2
    2,000,000       2,013,800  
Muteki Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.204%, 5/24/111,2
    2,000,000       1,991,000  
Newton Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Series 2007-1, Cl. A, 7.848%, 12/24/101,2
    1,000,000       1,002,600  
Redwood Capital X Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:
               
Series 2, Cl. D, 7.411%, 1/9/091,2
    2,000,000       2,000,400  
Series 2, Cl. E, 12.041%, 1/9/092
    1,500,000       1,500,225  
 
             
 
            12,543,425  
 
               
Longevity—4.7%
               
Osiris Capital plc Catastrophe Linked Combined Mortality Index Nts., Series D, 7.791%, 1/15/101,2
    2,000,000       2,010,600  
Multiple Event—24.0%
               
Atlas Reinsurance plc Catastrophe Linked Nts., 15.197%, 1/10/111,2
  1,500,000  EUR     2,111,695  
Nelson Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:
               
Series 2007-I, Cl. A, 14.704%, 6/21/101,2
    2,000,000       2,012,600  
Series 2008-1, Cl. H, 14.804%, 6/6/112
    2,250,000       2,183,850  
Residential Reinsurance 2007 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Series CL1, 10.061%, 6/7/101,2
    2,000,000       2,055,400  
Successor II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Series CIII, 19.565%, 4/6/101,2
    2,000,000       1,996,200  
 
             
 
            10,359,745  
 
               
Windstorm—40.2%
               
Akibare Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:
               
Cl. A, 5.762%, 5/22/121,2
    2,000,000       2,019,400  
Cl. B, 5.962%, 5/22/121,2
    500,000       504,550  
Blue Coast Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Series B, 17.569%, 12/8/102
    1,500,000       1,474,050  
Blue Fin Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Series 1, Cl. A, 9.507%, 6/17/111,2,3
  1,250,000  EUR     1,719,095  
Eurus Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 9.043%, 4/8/091,2
    2,000,000       1,982,800  
Fhu-Jin Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., Cl. B, 6.691%, 8/10/111,2
    2,000,000       2,035,400  
Green Valley Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 8.562%, 1/10/111,2
  1,400,000  EUR     1,951,107  
VASCO Re 2006 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 11.314%, 6/5/091,2
    2,000,000       2,047,600  
Willow Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:
               
7.924%, 6/16/101,2
    2,000,000       1,580,000  
6.379%, 6/17/111,2
    2,000,000       1,986,200  
 
             
 
            17,300,202  
 
             
Total Event-Linked Bonds (Cost $43,066,603)
            42,213,972  
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued
                 
    Shares     Value  
 
Investment Company—0.2%
               
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 3.15%4,5 (Cost $89,497)
    89,497     $ 89,497  
 
               
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $43,156,100)
    98.2 %     42,303,469  
Other Assets Net of Liabilities
    1.8       774,778  
     
 
               
Net Assets
    100.0 %   $ 43,078,247  
     
Industry classifications are unaudited.
Footnotes to Statement of Investments
Principal amount is reported in U.S. Dollars, except for those denoted in the following currency:
EUR      Euro
 
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 $37,055,847 or 86.02% of the Fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2008.
 
These securities amount to $37,055,847 or 86.02% of the Fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2008.
 
2.   Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.
 
3.   A sufficient amount of securities has been designated to cover outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts.
 
See Note 5 of accompanying Notes.
 
4.   Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the period ended September 30, 2008, 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 period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:
                                 
    Shares     Gross     Gross     Shares  
    June 13, 2008     Additions     Reductions     September 30, 2008  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E
          36,854,259       36,764,762       89,497  
 
                Value     Income  
 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E                 $89,497       $  8,561  
 
5.   Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of September 30, 2008.
Valuation Inputs
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—quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)
 
  2)   Level 2—inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset (such as quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)
 
  3)   Level 3—unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset).
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The market value of the Fund’s investments was determined based on the following inputs as of September 30, 2008:
                 
    Investments     Other Financial  
Valuation Description   in Securities     Instruments*  
 
Level 1—Quoted Prices
  $ 89,497     $  
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs
    42,213,972       182,293  
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs
           
     
Total
  $ 42,303,469     $ 182,293  
     
 
*   Other financial instruments include options written, currency contracts, futures, forwards and swap contracts. Currency contracts and forwards are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. Futures are reported at their variation margin at measurement date, which represents the amount due to/from the Fund at that date. Options and swaps are reported at their market value at measurement date.
See the accompanying Notes for further discussion of the methods used in determining value of the Fund’s investments, and a summary of changes to the valuation techniques, if any, during the reporting period.
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts as of September 30, 2008 are as follows:
                                                 
            Contract                            
Contract           Amount     Expiration             Unrealized     Unrealized  
Description   Buy/Sell     (000s)     Date     Value     Appreciation     Depreciation  
 
Euro (EUR)
  Sell     4,225  EUR     12/18/08     $ 5,967,433     $ 188,467     $ 6,174  
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES September 30, 2008
         
Assets
       
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:
       
Unaffiliated companies (cost $43,066,603)
  $ 42,213,972  
Affiliated companies (cost $89,497)
    89,497  
 
     
 
    42,303,469  
Cash
    24,895  
Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts
    188,467  
Receivables and other assets:
       
Interest and dividends
    604,466  
Other
    255  
 
     
Total assets
    43,121,552  
 
       
Liabilities
       
Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency exchange contracts
    6,174  
Payables and other liabilities:
       
Legal, auditing and other professional fees
    32,387  
Shareholder communications
    4,330  
Directors’ compensation
    118  
Other
    296  
 
     
Total liabilities
    43,305  
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 43,078,247  
 
     
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Period Ended September 30, 20081
         
Investment Income
       
Interest
  $ 526,509  
Dividends—affiliated companies
    8,561  
 
     
Total investment income
    535,070  
 
       
Expenses
       
Management fees
    23,453  
Legal, auditing and other professional fees
    32,586  
Shareholder communications
    5,039  
Directors’ compensation
    1,650  
Custodian fees and expenses
    292  
Other
    167  
 
     
Total expenses
    63,187  
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses
    (310 )
 
     
Net expenses
    62,877  
 
       
Net Investment Income
    472,193  
 
       
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
       
Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions
    2,705  
Net change in unrealized depreciation on:
       
Investments
    (626,420 )
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
    (48,495 )
 
     
Net change in unrealized depreciation
    (674,915 )
 
       
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (200,017 )
 
     
 
1.   For the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
         
Period Ended September 30,   20081  
 
Operations
       
Net investment income
  $ 472,193  
Net realized gain
    2,705  
Net change in unrealized depreciation
    (674,915 )
 
     
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations
    (200,017 )
 
       
Beneficial Interest Transactions
       
Proceeds from member contributions
    43,480,001  
Payments for member withdrawal
    (301,737 )
 
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions
    43,178,264  
 
       
Net Assets
       
Total increase
    42,978,247  
Beginning of period
    100,000 2
 
     
End of period
  $ 43,078,247  
 
     
 
1.   For the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008.
 
2.   Reflects the value of the Manager’s initial seed money on May 29, 2008.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
         
Class A   Period Ended September 30,   20081  
 
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2
    (1.00 )%
 
       
Ratios/Supplemental Data
       
Ratios to average net assets:3
       
Net investment income
    7.89 %
Total expenses
    1.06 %4
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses
    1.05 %
 
Portfolio turnover rate
    0 %
 
1.   For the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008.
 
2.   Assumes an investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods 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.
 
3.   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
 
4.   Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund were as follows:
         
Period Ended September 30, 2008
    1.07 %
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Significant Accounting Policies
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, as amended, a non-diversified open-end, management investment company, The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high level of current income principally derived from interest on debt securities. The Funds investment adviser is OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Manager”). The Fund commenced operations on June 13, 2008.
     Shares of the Fund are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Investments in the Fund may only be made by “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 consistently followed by the Fund.
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.
     Effective for fiscal periods beginning after November 15, 2007, FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, establishes a hierarchy for measuring fair value of assets and liabilities. As required by the standard, 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. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1”, inputs other than quoted prices for an asset that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and unobservable inputs, including the Manager’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as “Level 3”. The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. A table summarizing the Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included following the Statement of Investments.
     Securities are valued using quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily either by portfolio pricing services approved by the Board of Directors or dealers. These securities are typically classified within Level 1 or 2; however, they may be designated as Level 3 if the dealer or portfolio pricing service values a security through an internal model with significant unobservable market data inputs.
     Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which traded, prior
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to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. Securities whose principal exchange is NASDAQ® are valued based on the official closing prices reported by NASDAQ prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the last sale price on the prior trading day, if it is within the spread of the current day’s closing “bid” and “asked” prices, and if not, at the current day’s closing bid price. A foreign security traded on a foreign exchange is valued based on the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the portfolio pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded.
     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, government and municipal debt instruments having a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days and all mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations and other asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices.
     “Money market-type” debt instruments with remaining maturities 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. These securities are typically designated as Level 2.
     In the absence of a readily available quoted market price, including for securities whose values have been materially affected by what the Manager identifies as a significant event occurring before the Fund’s assets are valued but after the close of the securities’ respective exchanges, the Manager, acting through its internal valuation committee, in good faith determines the fair valuation of that asset using consistently applied procedures under the supervision of the Board of Directors (which reviews those fair valuations by the Manager). Those procedures include certain standardized methodologies to fair value securities. Such methodologies include, but are not limited to, pricing securities 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 adjusted for any discounts related to resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as 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.
     Fair valued securities may be classified as “Level 3” if the valuation primarily reflects the Manager’s own assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in valuing such securities.
     There have been no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies during the period.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
1. Significant Accounting Policies 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.
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.
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 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 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 in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in an affiliated money market fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”)
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to seek current income while preserving liquidity. IMMF is a registered open-end management investment company, regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Manager is also the investment adviser of IMMF. The Fund’s investment in IMMF is included in the Statement of Investments. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of IMMF’s Class E expenses, including its 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 IMMF.
Investments With Off-Balance Sheet Market Risk. The Fund enters into financial instrument transactions (such as swaps, futures, options and other derivatives) that may have off-balance sheet market risk. Off-balance sheet market risk exists when the maximum potential loss on a particular financial instrument is greater than the value of such financial instrument, as reflected in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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 Member 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 Fund. A Member must take such items into account even if the Fund does not distribute cash or other property to such Member 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.
Directors’ Compensation. The Board of Directors 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 to the compensation deferral plan.
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
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1. Significant Accounting Policies Continued
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.
Other. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. 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:
                 
    Period Ended September 30, 20081,2  
    Shares     Amount  
 
Contributions
    4,371,650     $ 43,480,001  
Withdrawals
    (30,288 )     (301,737 )
     
Net increase
    4,341,362     $ 43,178,264  
     
 
1.   For the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008.
 
2.   The Fund sold 10,000 shares at a value of $100,000 to the Manager upon seeding of the Fund on May 29, 2008.
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3. Purchases and Sales of Securities
There were no purchases or sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IMMF, for the period ended September 30, 2008.
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the average net assets of the Fund at an annual rate of 0.40%.
Transfer Agent Fees. OppenheimerFunds Services (“OFS”), a division of the Manager, acts as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays OFS a per account fee. For the period ended September 30, 2008, the Fund paid no fees to OFS for services to the Fund.
Offering and Organizational Costs. The Manager paid all initial offering and organizational costs associated with the registration and seeding of the Fund.
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 investments in IMMF. During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Manager waived $310 for management fees.
     OFS has voluntarily agreed to limit transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees to 0.35% of average annual net assets of the Fund. This undertaking may be amended or withdrawn at any time.
5. Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date.
     Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Statement of Investments. Forward contracts will be valued daily based upon the closing prices of the forward currency rates determined at the close of the Exchange as provided by a bank, dealer or pricing service. The resulting 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.
     Risks to the Fund include both market and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that the value of the forward contract will depreciate due to unfavorable changes in the exchange rates. Credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty will default. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund’s loss will consist of the net amount of contractual payments that the Fund has not yet received.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued
6. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2008, FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. This standard requires enhanced disclosures about derivative and hedging activities, including qualitative disclosures about how and why the Fund uses derivative instruments, how these activities are accounted for, and their effect on the Fund’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of SFAS No. 161 and its impact on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.
7. Change In Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Unaudited)
At a meeting held on August 20, 2008, the Board of Trustees of the Fund appointed KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to the Fund replacing the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, effective for the fiscal 2008 audit. The audit report of Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to the Fund’s May 29, 2008 seed money financial statements contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. Further, there were no disagreements between the Fund and Deloitte & Touche LLP on accounting principles, financial statement disclosure or audit scope, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche LLP would have caused it to make reference to the disagreements in connection with its report.
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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, 2008 and the related statement of operations, the statement of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008. 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 audit.
     We conducted our audit 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, 2008, by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides 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, 2008, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period from June 13, 2008 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
November 13, 2008
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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT Unaudited
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) request and evaluate, and that the Manager provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the initial investment advisory agreement (the “Agreement”). In approving the Fund’s Agreement, the Board considered information provided by the Manager on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Manager’s services to be provided, (ii) the proposed fees and expenses of the Fund, including estimated and comparative expense information, (iii) the profitability of the Manager and its affiliates, including an analysis of the anticipated cost of providing services, (iv) whether economies of scale may be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (v) other benefits that the Manager may receive from its relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Manager.
     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 and extent of the services to be provided to the Fund and information regarding the Manager’s key personnel who will provide such services. The Manager’s duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio manager and the Manager’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; securities trading services; oversight of third party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions. The Manager is 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 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. The Manager would also provide the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.
     Quality of Services. The Board also considered the quality of the services expected to be provided and the quality of the Manager’s resources that will be available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that the Manager has had over forty 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 Manager’s
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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT Unaudited / Continued
advisory, administrative, accounting, legal and compliance services, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Manager’s key personnel and the size and functions of its staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services to be provided, the Board considered the experience of Caleb Wong, the proposed portfolio manager for the Fund, and the Manager’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Manager as Directors or Trustees and other funds advised by the Manager. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Manager, which its members have become knowledgeable about in connection with other funds managed by the Manager. The Board concluded, in light of the Manager’s experience, reputation, personnel, operations, and resources, that the Fund will benefit from the services provided under the Agreement.
     Costs of Services by the Manager. The Board reviewed the fees to be paid to the Manager and the other expenses that will be borne by the Fund. The Board also considered the comparability of the fees to be charged and the services to be provided to the Fund to the fees and services for other clients or accounts advised by the Manager. The Board also considered how the Fund’s expenses will compare to a group of similar, unaffiliated funds.
     Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Manager. The Board considered the extent to which the Manager may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund and the extent to which those economies of scale would benefit the Fund’s shareholders. The Board considered that the Manager must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide services to the Fund and that maintaining the financial viability of the Manager is important in order for the Manager to provide significant services to the Fund and its shareholders.
     Other Benefits to the Manager. In addition to considering the profits that may be realized by the Manager, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and indirect benefits the Manager may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Manager’s affiliates. The Board also considered that the Manager must be able to pay and retain experienced professional personnel at competitive rates to provide quality services to the Fund and that maintaining the financial viability of the Manager is important in order for the Manager to continue to provide significant services to the Fund and its shareholders.
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     Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Directors meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Directors. Fund counsel and the independent Directors’ counsel are independent of the Manager 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 Directors, approved the Agreement for an initial period of two years. In arriving at this decision, the Board did not single out 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 Agreement, including the management fee, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES; UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited
The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and 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 1.800.525.7048, (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 1.800.525.7048, 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 http://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.
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited
     
Name, Position(s) Held with the   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Fund, Length of Service, Age   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.
     
William L. Armstrong,
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director
(since 2008)
Age: 71
  President, Colorado Christian University (since 2006); Chairman, Cherry Creek Mortgage Company (since 1991), Chairman, Centennial State Mortgage Company (since 1994), Chairman, The El Paso Mortgage Company (since 1993); Chairman, Ambassador Media Corporation (since 1984); Chairman, Broadway Ventures (since 1984); Director of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (oil and gas drilling/production company) (since 1992), Campus Crusade for Christ (non-profit) (since 1991); Former Director, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2002-2006); former Chairman of: Transland Financial Services, Inc. (private mortgage banking company) (1997-2003), Great Frontier Insurance (1995-2000), Frontier Real Estate, Inc. (residential real estate brokerage) (1994-2000) and Frontier Title (title insurance agency) (1995-2000); former Director of the following: UNUMProvident (insurance company) (1991-2004), Storage Technology Corporation (computer equipment company) (1991-2003) and International Family Entertainment (television channel) (1992-1997); U.S. Senator (January 1979- January 1991). Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
     
George C. Bowen,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 72
  Assistant Secretary and Director of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (December 1991-April 1999); President, Treasurer and Director of Centennial Capital Corporation (June 1989-April 1999); Chief Executive Officer and Director of MultiSource Services, Inc. (March 1996-April 1999); Mr. Bowen held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (September 1987-April 1999). Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
     
Edward L. Cameron,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 70
  Member of The Life Guard of Mount Vernon (George Washington historical site) (June 2000-June 2006); Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (accounting firm) (July 1974-June 1999); Chairman of Price Waterhouse LLP Global Investment Management Industry Services Group (accounting firm) (July 1994-June 1998). Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
     
Jon S. Fossel,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 66
  Director of UNUMProvident (insurance company) (since June 2002); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (since November 2004); 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 Manager; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Manager), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
     
Sam Freedman,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 68
  Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Manager and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Manager (until October 1994). Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued
     
Name, Position(s) Held with the   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Fund, Length of Service, Age   Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
 
Richard F. Grabish,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 60
  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 17 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Beverly L. Hamilton,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 62
  Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (since December 2005); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (since April 2002); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005) and Vice Chairman (since 2006) 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 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Robert J. Malone,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 64
  Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (since March 2008); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (since 2006); Director 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); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organiza- tion) (since 1986); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); 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 Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2001-July 2004); and Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997-February 2004). Oversees 39 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
F. William Marshall, Jr.,
Director (since 2008)
Age: 66
  Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996) and MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996); Trustee of Worcester Polytech Institute (since 1985); Chairman (since 1994) of the Investment Committee of the Worcester Polytech Institute (private university); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (since January 1999); Chairman of SIS & Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999). Oversees 41 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
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Name, Position(s) Held with the   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Fund, Length of Service, Age   Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
 
INTERESTED DIRECTOR
AND OFFICER
  The address of Mr. Murphy is Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1008. Mr. Murphy serves as a Director for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal and as an Officer for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Murphy is an interested Director due to his positions with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and its affiliates.
     
John V. Murphy,
Director, President and Principal Executive Officer (since 2008)
Age: 59
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Manager (since June 2001); President of the Manager (September 2000-February 2007); President and director or trustee of other Oppenheimer funds; President and Director of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (the Manager’s parent holding company) and of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (holding company subsidiary of the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (subsidiary of the Manager) (November 2001-December 2006); Chairman and Director of Shareholder Services, Inc. and of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (transfer agent subsidiaries of the Manager) (since July 2001); President and Director of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since July 2001); Director of the following investment advisory subsidiaries of the Manager: OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation and Tremont Capital Management, Inc. (since November 2001), HarbourView Asset Management Corporation and OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since July 2001); President (since November 2001) and Director (since July 2001) of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (OAC’s parent company) (since February 1997); Director of DLB Acquisition Corporation (holding company parent of Babson Capital Management LLC) (since June 1995); Chairman (since October 2007) and Member of the Investment Company Institute’s Board of Governors (since October 2003). Oversees 103 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, Zack and Ms. Bloomberg, Two World Financial Center, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Messrs. Vandehey, Wixted, Petersen, Szilagyi and Ms. Ives, 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 and Portfolio Manager (since 2008)
Age: 42
  Vice President of the Manager (since June 1999); worked in fixed-income quantitative research and risk management for the Manager (since July 1996); formerly Assistant Vice President of the Manager (January 1997-June 1999); before joining the Manager in July 1996, enrolled in the Ph.D. program for Economics at the University of Chicago. An officer of 3 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
     
Mark S. Vandehey,
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2008)
Age: 58
  Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2004); Chief Compliance Officer of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2004); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc., Centennial Asset Management Corporation and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since June 1983); Former Vice President and Director of Internal Audit of the Manager (1997-February 2004). An officer of 103 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
     
Brian W. Wixted,
Treasurer and Principal
Financial & Accounting Officer
(since 2008)
Age: 49
  Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Manager (since March 1999); Treasurer of the following: HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. and Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since March 1999), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (since March 2000), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued
     
Name, Position(s) Held with the   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships
Fund, Length of Service, Age   Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen
 
Brian W. Wixted,
Continued
  Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2000), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Manager) (since June 2003); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (trust company subsidiary of the Manager) (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of the following: OAC (since March 1999), Centennial Asset Management Corporation (March 1999-October 2003) and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (April 2000-June 2003). An officer of 103 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Brian S. Petersen,
Assistant Treasurer (since 2008)
Age: 38
  Vice President of the Manager (since February 2007); Assistant Vice President of the Manager (August 2002-February 2007); Manager/Financial Product Accounting of the Manager (November 1998-July 2002). An officer of 103 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Brian C. Szilagyi,
Assistant Treasurer (since 2008)
Age: 38
  Assistant Vice President of the Manager (since July 2004); Director of Financial Reporting and Compliance of First Data Corporation (April 2003-July 2004); Manager of Compliance of Berger Financial Group LLC (May 2001-March 2003). An officer of 103 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Robert G. Zack,
Vice President and Secretary
(since 2008)
Age: 60
  Executive Vice President (since January 2004) and General Counsel (since March 2002) of the Manager; General Counsel and Director of the Distributor (since December 2001); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since December 2001); Secretary and General Counsel of OAC (since November 2001); Assistant Secretary (since September 1997) and Director (since November 2001) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Vice President and Director of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc. (since December 2002); Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of OFI Private Investments, Inc. and OFI Trust Company (since November 2001); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (since June 2003); Senior Vice President and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since November 2001); Director of OppenheimerFunds International Distributor Limited (since December 2003); Senior Vice President (May 1985-December 2003). An officer of 103 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Lisa I. Bloomberg,
Assistant Secretary (since 2008)
Age: 40
  Vice President (since May 2004) and Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) of the Manager; Associate Counsel of the Manager (May 2004-May 2008); First Vice President (April 2001-April 2004), Associate General Counsel (December 2000- April 2004) of UBS Financial Services, Inc. (formerly PaineWebber Incorporated). An officer of 103 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.
 
   
Kathleen T. Ives,
Assistant Secretary (since 2008)
Age: 43
  Vice President (since June 1998), Deputy General Counsel (since May 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Manager; Vice President (since 1999) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2003) of the Distributor; Assistant Secretary of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (since October 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Shareholder Services, Inc. (since 1999); Assistant Secretary of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (since December 2001); Senior Counsel of the Manager (October 2003-May 2008). An officer of 103 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 1.800.525.7048.
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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 George C. Bowen, the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, and Edward L. Cameron, a member of the Board’s Audit Committee, are audit committee financial experts and that Messrs. Bowen and Cameron are “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 $32,100 in fiscal 2008 and no such fees in fiscal 2007.
(b)   Audit-Related Fees
The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees during the last two fiscal years.
The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $15,000 in fiscal 2008 and no such fees in fiscal 2007 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: audit of capital accumulation plan.
(c)   Tax Fees
The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees during the last two fiscal years.
The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees to the registrant during the last two fiscal years 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.
(d)   All Other Fees
The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees during the last two fiscal years.
The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees during the last two fiscal years 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.
(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 maybe 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 it 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) 100%
 
(f)   Not applicable as less than 50%.
 
(g)   The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $15,000 in fiscal 2008 and no such fees in fiscal 2007 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 trustees 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.
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
1.   The Fund’s Governance Committee (the “Committee”) will evaluate potential Board candidates to assess their qualifications. The Committee shall have the authority, upon approval of the Board, to retain an executive search firm to assist in this effort. The Committee may consider recommendations by business and personal contacts of current Board members and by executive search firms which the Committee may engage from time to time and may also consider shareholder recommendations. The Committee may consider the advice and recommendation of the Funds’ investment manager and its affiliates in making the selection.
 
2.   The Committee shall screen candidates for Board membership. The Committee has not established specific qualifications that it believes must be met by a trustee nominee. In evaluating trustee nominees, the Committee considers, among other things, an individual’s background, skills, and experience; whether the individual is an “interested person” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940; and whether the individual would be deemed an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of applicable SEC rules. The Committee also considers whether the individual’s background, skills, and experience will complement the background, skills, and experience of other nominees and will contribute to the Board. There are no differences in the manner in which the Committee evaluates nominees for trustees based on whether the nominee is recommended by a shareholder.
 
3.   The Committee may consider nominations from shareholders for the Board at such times as the Committee meets to consider new nominees for the Board. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine the candidates to present to the Board and, in such cases where required, to shareholders. Recommendations for trustee nominees should, at a minimum, be accompanied by the following:

 


 

    the name, address, and business, educational, and/or other pertinent background of the person being recommended;
 
    a statement concerning whether the person is an “interested person” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940;
 
    any other information that the Funds would be required to include in a proxy statement concerning the person if he or she was nominated; and
 
    the name and address of the person submitting the recommendation and, if that person is a shareholder, the period for which that person held Fund shares.
    The recommendation also can include any additional information which the person submitting it believes would assist the Committee in evaluating the recommendation.
 
4.   Shareholders should note that a person who owns securities issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the parent company of the Funds’ investment adviser) would be deemed an “interested person” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition, certain other relationships with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company or its subsidiaries, with registered broker-dealers, or with the Funds’ outside legal counsel may cause a person to be deemed an “interested person.”
 
5.   Before the Committee decides to nominate an individual as a trustee, Committee members and other directors customarily interview the individual in person. In addition, the individual customarily is asked to complete a detailed questionnaire which is designed to elicit information which must be disclosed under SEC and stock exchange rules and to determine whether the individual is subject to any statutory disqualification from serving as a trustee of a registered investment company.
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 09/30/2008, 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/ John V. Murphy
 
John V. Murphy
Principal Executive Officer
   
 
Date: 11/11/2008    
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/ John V. Murphy
 
John V. Murphy
Principal Executive Officer
   
 
Date: 11/11/2008    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Brian W. Wixted
 
Brian W. Wixted
Principal Financial Officer
   
 
Date: 11/11/2008